Astrology by Mary MacLean

New Moon Forecast March 26th, 2009 at 6 degrees of Aries

 It feels like spring!   Well ,  by George,  it is spring. The trees are budding and life is starting to wake from her winter sleep.   I love spring.  I get very   energetic   for an older gal at this time of the year.  I wake up to a new feeling of aliveness.  It must be the color green.  I never thought of this before but green is an intense color. Just think of what flashes through your mind when you see the vibrant green of a lawn or the burst of green in your flower garden.  Ah!  These are the things that move the soul.  The green of money doesn’t hurt either.  I am anxious to plant my vegetable garden, although I must hold myself back because of the weather here in Denver.   The best time to plant is after May 15th, but you are still not guaranteed a hail free spring.  I will start getting my planters ready and set them outside to soak up these warm summer days, always with an eye on the horizon for a possible hail or snow storm.   

This New Moon is in Aries, the sign of aggressive beginnings.  That even sounds exciting.  This Venus retrograde has brought some things to a screeching halt and other paths have become visible up ahead.   For some of you this can be a difficult transition but, for others, it is a new awakening in terms of possibilities.  The story is not over yet but there is a significant amount of movement.  Venus is trying her best to catch up to Mars and that doesn’t happen until April 22nd.  I am a Libra rising and you can tell by my last posting that Venus, my ascendant ruler, is really jousting with my reality.  If that wasn’t enough, just as I was getting my swimming schedule secure, they closed the pool for a week.  This New Moon is very welcome as it lends energy and excitement to the coming month.   

Mercury is in active Aries as we enter April and moves into steadfast Taurus on the 10th.  This will slow down the activity and bring a little stability to Mercury.  Mars is in Pisces most of the month but seems to tickle Aries around the 23rd of April.  This starts off a strong and active period for everyone depending on where it lands in your chart.  As for a magic date, watch the 22nd of April.   Jupiter is still racing through Aquarius and starts the month off at 19 degrees.  By the end of the month it is at 23 degrees of Aquarius.  It is fast approaching a conjunction with Neptune in the last two weeks of May just as Neptune is going retrograde.  It will conjunct Neptune for a total of 4 weeks.  I will write more about this aspect in May.  Uranus moves from 23degrees of Pisces to 25 degrees.  If you have any natal planets at these degrees in your chart, hold on to your boots.  Pluto goes retrograde at 3 degrees of Capricorn to retreat all the way back to 0 degrees of Capricorn.  This will be very important if you have natal planets at any one of the 0 to 3 degrees of Capricorn.

Please be sure to read your rising sign as it will resonate with your personal chart. If you have intercepted signs you will need to check it more closely.

ARIES-(March 21-April 19)This New Moon takes place in your 1st house of personality.  It brings action and energy to you on a personal level.  People will think that you are definitely moving at lightning speed.  This serge of energy is really good for self- promotion and for starting some personal exercise regime.   This New Moon also squares Pluto in Capricorn in your 10th expressing your desire to accomplish something with career overtones.  There may be a little frustration building for you in and around your work or health. 

TAURUS-(April 20-May 20)This New Moon takes place in your 12th house of institutions and behind- the- scenes activities.  There may be a tremendous amount of energy that you are expressing from behind-the-scenes.  This is all due to the New Moon square Pluto in the 9th.  The energy will most likely be expressed on a mental level because of the house placements.  I would imagine that it will have much to do with research for some 9th house matters.  (Philosophy, legal matters, foreign affairs, high education)  This is great for you, Taurus, as your energy level is usually quite steady.   

GEMINI-(May 21-June 20) This New Moon takes place in your 11th house of goals, hopes and wishes.  It brings your aspirations and the possibilities of their manifestations into full view.   Clearly, you are in purgatory over some situation.  The energy that emanates from this Moon Pluto square from the 11th to the 8th sets your mojo on high.  Partnership finances and other people’s money will insist on your cooperation. 

CANCER-(June 21-July 22)This New Moon takes place in your 10th house of career.  It has an intense square to Pluto in the 7th house and indicates your personal involvement in a very intense situation.  To say that this is minor is a mistake in judgment.  All four corners of your chart are activated so this is quite personal to you, and quite moving. 

LEO-(July 23-August 22)This New Moon takes place in your 9th house of philosophy, higher education, legal matters and foreign affairs.  Pluto in your 5th house indicates that there is a relationship that needs to be put to the fire.  If it survives, it will be great.  If it fails to live up to your values, you are better off letting it go now.  There are new beginnings on the horizon so save yourself.    

VIRGO-(August 23-September 22)This New Moon takes place in your 8th house of sex, death, taxes and partnership resources.  Pluto in Capricorn, your 4th house, indicates financial interests involving your home and issues revolving around the home.  This can be a strong stimulus to repair or improve whatever structures you already have in place.  This also indicates a move to self-improve.

 LIBRA-(September 23-October 22) This New Moon takes place in your 7th house of partnerships and dealing with the public.  This also is an intrinsic part of a cardinal T square from the New Moon to Pluto in the 10th house.  This is new partnership opportunity for you and has you putting a lot of effort into career matters.  You are learning by leaps and bounds as this includes all four corners of your chart.  This is personal and important.   

SCORPIO-(October 24-November 22)This New Moon takes place in your 6th house of everyday work and health, initiating some new beginnings.  It makes a major square to Pluto in your 3rd house of communications.  These are cardinal signs and they indicate a starting point for you.  Keep in mind that any and all 3rd house matters can manifest under this square.

 SAGITTARIUS-(November 22-December 21)This New Moon takes place in your 5th house of children, creativity and love affairs.  I think you are going to like this….  This puts Pluto in your 2nd house of love values and personal finances.  It’s getting better..  The square from the New Moon in the 5th and Pluto in the 2nd moves intensely toward achieving some desired personal goal.   It could be money, love, children or all of the above.

 CAPRICORN-(December 22-January 19)This New Moon takes place in your 4th house of home and core issues in square to transiting Pluto in the 1st house of personality.  You may be called upon to take action on some home issue that requires your personal attention.   This can be an interesting transition for you because it requires your innate personal touch to make it happen.   

 AQUARIUS-(January 20-February 19)This New Moon takes place in your 3rd house of community and communications.  Dealing with your work environment and your community obliges you to communicate your desires to the world.  Pluto in the 12th house indicates work that has been going on in the background of your life. This is a transition and delights you in the end. 

 PISCES-(February 20-March 20)This New Moon takes place in your 2nd house of personal finances, love and values.  If you have Aries on the 2nd house, you don’t need any encouragement to make money; you are a money maker.  This is more about what you want in life or more specifically, your goals.  You begin something here that can be the next giant step in your life.

Aries

We salute the Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere this time of year and it is all about you Aries, Happy Birthday and happy planting.  We say fair well to Pisces for now the ground has been prepared by our water sign and now we welcome in the Sun Sign Aries.  When the constellation of Aries is high in the sky, the ancients knew it was time to planet the new crops, when the sign of Aries shows itself you know the land is fertile for new seedlings. 

It is time for growing, exploring, shouting with joy and laughing it is time to rejoice and embrace new life, the gifts of new birth and new direction for us all.  All you have to do if you have the courage is rally in the energies of this rambunctious sign, and you have new, new and more new.  Aries is an early morning sign waking at dawn to meet the world and all it has to offer, you are the first sign of the zodiac.   

Under the tropical zodiac the Sun is in Aries from March 21 to April 19 the vernal equinox, and the Astrological New Year is here, hail to spring.  During this astrological new year we also embrace the energies of your ruling planet Mars.        

When you pronounce Mars you want to put the sound of “Z” at the end “MARZ”, named after the Roman God of war, and bloodshed, its not really that bad.  For you Aries the glyph symbol for Mars is a spear and shield.  Each planetary symbol is associated with particular human attributes or qualities Mars is the archetype Warrior, Hero, Leader, your key words are “I Act.”  Mars is the action planet vivid, strong, bold, signifies power and heroism, motivation and manifest leadership. 

Maybe that is why Arians have a soldier like appearance and temperament and do very well in high official positions.  Arians are leaders, independent and like to go on their own, not likely to take advice and they work well under pressure, in fact they love it.    

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System and is considered the red planet because of its reddish appearance and has two moons Phobos and Deimos both small and irregularly shaped.  Mars is the action planet, it is about drive, force, strength, ambitions and love of competition, even at times domineering, and sometimes militant, “I want” and “I will get.”  

Mars is the god of war represented by Ares (Greek), Mars (Roman), Indra (Hindu), Odin (Nordic), Attis-Adonis (Asia-Minor).  No obstacle is too great and not enemy too strong, with Mars energies we can learn to act as independent and self-sufficient; Mars gives us courage, and the will to act.      

The cycle of Mars encourages development of skills; you can enhance your career, or improve you relationships.  Mars has a fairly short cycle approximately 2 ½ years, and spends about 57 days in each sign.  Which means that repeating patterns can be easily observed and used for personal benefit, just grasp the lessons Mars offers, with Aries determination.

You are a Fire Sign dear Aries as is Leo and Sagittarius and your modality is Cardinal where you convene with Capricorn, Libra, and Cancer.  Cardinal signs are considered the initiators of the Zodiac.  Let’s take a look at the energies of the fire signs first.  Fire represents the spark of life, and is the most positive of the elements.  Spontaneity and enthusiasm are just a few of your key words and your driving force once you get inspired.

The fire signs are internally motivated and have their own sense of truth.  You are radiant, glowing, warm, energetic, spontaneous, courageous, and self-confident.  All positive and very complementary, but we also have to examine the unskilled part of Aries you can be a hot-head, rash, impatient, impulsive, and a bit overwhelming for some of the other zodiac signs.

As a Cardinal Sign your energies radiate outward, spring forth just like nature during this time of year.  Setting still isn’t one of your strong points; you initiate action, start new things and get things going, you are a shaker and mover.  However, you can be a little top-heavy with personality, oh well.  Nobody is perfect and you can always flip those less than desirable traits because you are an Aries. 

Aries your home on the zodiac wheel is the first house.  Traditional the first house is associated with personality and Aries has plenty of that, I mean that in a positive way.  The astrological houses are usually described as representing areas of life, such as health, career, relationship, and so on.  They can also be interpreted as representing 12 stages of development in the life cycle of the individual, embrace it either way.

Your Zodiac Symbol is the Great horned Ram, what a magnificent animal majestic in every way, shows great courage in its demeanor.  This animal is filled with life force, telling you to go your own way, follow your inner path, and stay clear of the rut made by the narrow minded.  The Ram helps you to balance harmoniously in unstable places, because sure footed is the Ram.  This long horned Ram signifies change and new beginnings.    

Famous Arians: Charlie Chaplin, Joan Crawford, Henry James, Thomas Jefferson, David Letterman, Wayne Newton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Steven Seagal, Omar Sharif, Tennessee Williams, Vincent Van Gogh.