Astrological Insights: March 4 - 10, 2024

As Chiron comes together with the North Node on Tuesday, we’re reminded of our capacity for healing. Whispers of past hurts and sorrows may cross our radar wanting to be acknowledged. In doing so, we’re encouraged to find a rightful place for them, one that doesn’t shroud them from our awareness and yet one that doesn’t have them serve as the cornerstone of who we are and how we orient to life.

In honor of this alignment, I wanted to share some resonant quotes that caught my attention:

"Healing yourself is connected with healing others." - Yoko Ono

"It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place." - David Hume

"Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn't you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are." - Rachel Naomi Remen

“Healing means that we dedicate our life to where the light meets the shadow. Where aliveness meets the contraction. Where the potential meets the past. Working on that edge is a constant revelation and expansion.” ~ Thomas Hübl

As the weekend approaches, it may seem as if the door to our heart has been opened a bit wider. This may allow tides of love to stream in as well as have us access the capacity for forgiveness that seemed to previously allude us. With messenger Mercury uniting with boundary-blurring Neptune, we may find that our thoughts drift more than usual; instead of fighting that tide, see what ideas and insights it helps you to discover.

This alignment encourages us to connect with art, think poetically, perceive the interconnectivity that exists, and see what awareness our dreams (whether those of the night or those of the day) bring to us. Go slow, opt for softness rather than sharp edges, and perceive how blur can actually bring oft-overlooked things into focus.

Even if this approach is a bit different than your go-to, there may be less barriers of entry to taking on an approach that is not your usual. After all, on Saturday, championing Mars makes a square alignment with innovative Uranus. See what you can shake up, while also proactively looking for opportunities to pivot and take detours; doing so will not only remind you of your ability to be adaptable and stay bouncy, but it may also reveal strategies that are more efficient and creative than those you usually employ.

On Sunday, we greet the Pisces New Moon, a yearly lunation that inspires us to connect in with the well of compassion that resides within each of us. As we dive into our empathetic hearts, it’s important to remember that giving of ourselves doesn’t need to equal giving away of ourselves. It’s one thing to hold space for another and desire to foster their enhanced joy, and another to let go of our needs and sacrifice ourselves in that pursuit.

Pisces represents the numinous and the places where we dive into the soulful remembrance that we are love and love runs through us. The last sign of the zodiac, Pisces is the realm of water, the wellspring of emotions, and the invisible appearing more visible.

Between the Mercury/Neptune Conjunction in Pisces, the balsamic moon phase beginning several days before the New Moon, and the New Moon itself being in Pisces, we may find that quiet brings a greater volume of clarity. Instead of fighting the current, we’re encouraged to surrender to it, experiencing what it feels like to be supported by—and know we are a part of—something greater than our individual selves.

Have a soulful week!
xxStephanie

Astrological Highlights

March 4: Mercury/Uranus Sextile
March 5: Chiron/North Node Conjunction
March 8: Mercury/Neptune Conjunction
March 9: Sun/Uranus Sextile; Mars/Uranus Square
March 10: Mercury enters Aries; Pisces New Moon; Mercury/Pluto Sextile

All days reflect Eastern Time (- 5 hours GMT through Saturday, - 4 hours GMT beginning on Sunday)

All photos by Eugene Golovesov, via Unsplash