One thing about this week is communications are the focus: whether bad, miscommunicated, deleted or denial. There is a little window later in the week when things start to clarify.

Mercury goes direct next week (this has been a particularly challenging Mercury Retrograde for gazillion reasons). Part of it, yes, is Venus is also retrograde. When you think about it, Venus expresses love, what attracts us, how we flirt, how we engage people, persuade…

Venus enhances all these skills because she's about how we each are moved to connect with people. Of course, some people are very good at seduction or selling. And others want to meet you in a very heartfelt place. Others chat, buzz, and stimulate. This time, Venus Retrograde is in Pisces… not everybody feels in clear focus. This period is absolutely fantastic for diving into the dream world, visioning and creativity — because with Venus and Mercury Retrograde in Pisces, we can invite the realm of fantasy, imagination, spirituality.

Some of us may go into La La Land and the deep sea of unreality. Depending on what you need to get done, it may feel as though you're adrift or have trouble concretizing anything. The delays will end after this week and the challenge is to invite in what is possible.

This week ask yourself: "Am I being clear? What is it I really want or need to say? How do I get my message heard?”

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Neptune Enters Aries on March 30, 2025, right after the Solar Eclipse / New Moon at 9° Aries. Neptune symbolizes the Universal Unconscious, the big cosmic soup of our collective humanity. In its negative, we can feel powerless, victimized. In its positive, we are pumped with Love and creative juice. In Aries, we can be Warriors for what we most Love.

Okay, I'm starting to get really jazzed — We're approaching the second eclipse of the year.

Last week was the equinox, which brings potential. Early morning March 24, get things in place that to map out the week because the next few days are when we are complete the lunar cycle, waning moon, before the solar eclipse the end of the week.

Many of us may feel an intensification of energy now. People feel things are precarious. Some are very excited because they believe that great changes are coming. In spite of indications that may point otherwise, great things can come, but only through dynamic courage. Huge sweeping changes occur already and have created an unprecedented reality for the United States.

But the piece that has not been resolved and won't be, as long as we're going through these big energetic shifts, is what do those changes actually lead to?

The United States (big lumbering bear that it is) triggers change throughout the world, especially with financial or military matters. What is super important as we go forward, especially as Neptune moves into Aries the end of the week, is to align yourself with community, allies, and people who support what you would like your world to be. Each one of us can contribute to the whole that we want; what is required is to find your place within that supportive space.

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This is the week wedged between the two eclipses of March; it brings in the Equinox. Monday the 17th (some practice as St. Patrick's Day) has the moon in Scorpio. The next couple of days are very rich to sink into a greater spiritual understanding of where we are at…

…everything is changing, everything can seem upside down. People don't know quite where to land or what to strike out to do. The most important piece is to check in to where you're at for spiritual recognition. \

Now if you don't have a spiritual practice, many people do respond to nature, a walk outside. Or perhaps you feel a sense of connectivity through music… painting, cooking, whatever promotes that sense of quiet peace and continuation.

In this ephemeral world we have continual reminders that everything can change. When the Moon is in the sign of Scorpio, we may think how brief this span of time on earth really is, and the preciousness of these moments.

As we approach this Equinox, it stirs the desire to take action for a spiritual mandate. Think about the essence of what spirituality or mysticism is and you may agree that it is Love.

Integrate the Love essence with how you take action, your heartfelt desire. It is possible to create enhanced communication and strengthen connection.

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The first eclipse of the 2025 strikes just as Mercury (communications) goes retrograde. Venus (symbolizing love, money) is already retrograde, which has intensified feelings of not having enough.

Things feel tight, less available. Even though both Jupiter (fortune/ risks) and Mars (initiative) are now direct, there is too much back and forth. People do not know what is happening: conflict in North America between Mexico, the United States and Canada.

Eclipses always trigger Donald Trump because he was born on a full moon eclipse. In eclipse season, there’s a lot of volatility around this man, who's now president of the United States. Expect this.

On Monday, the 10th, the moon in the sign of Leo invites a lot of creativity and dialogue. Even a good idea is best served anticipating the possibility of something out of left field throwing the concept. Now, this isn't necessarily bad. We're in the waxing moon cycle, so the potential for new energy to come is quite high, especially as we go towards that eclipse.

The complete week’s forecast on the podcast…

The week of March 3rd, 2025: Venus Retrograde. This has been a very volatile period of time, much ado about the planetary line-up… but more important, in world news — the value shift.

Venus is the planet that signifies love, what we value, where we invest, our relationship with money, what we feel we deserve, and how we ideally create harmony — or not.

With the retrograde — right before the volatile events that happened between the United States and Ukraine (and therefore Europe, etc., etc). We are in a very strong re-evaluation period of how certainly the United States postures itself with allies and obviously the shift has been extreme.

Venus in the sign of Aries…. Aries is the sign that links to the planet Mars; this is an aggressive stance of Aries. It's decisive and makes a statement that is self-involved.

That is just one impression of what's going on with Venus Retrograde and it will continue through the next couple of months. It goes direct on April 12th.

Part of what we might all be thinking about this week is what do we value, care about and want to invest our love and money in?

This can be highlighted for each of us personally when you know where Aries falls in your horoscope. Obviously, people with strong Aries placement may feel this in a personal way. Also, Librans and Taurus, are the signs that are linked to the planet Venus.

Good general things to do when Venus is retrograde: reflect on what you earn. How long has it been since you've asked for a raise? Or if your self-employed, changed your rates — of course, in present economy, that may feel a little, again, volatile, difficult to confront or deal with.

But what's important is to look at it, evaluate and see, do I feel I'm getting my worth in what the output I'm putting in? And another thing very important to consider, am I investing what I truly want to work care about in things that I value most? And I think that this is a, in general, really valuable thing for many of us to reflect on at this point in time when, as I've talked at many, many times with this shift that we're experiencing. It's incredibly important to really choose what it is you're doing, leaving, investing, and how committed you are to an outcome that is in alignment to what you truly believe and care about.

So those are general themes for the weeks coming forward, but we may be feeling a real push towards it now that we're on the onset of this retrograde.

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The dark of moon prior to the Pisces New Moon can surprise, reveal or even upset; it may hit from a place we didn't see coming. We're invited to open up to the unexpected and possible discomfort to push us in new directions. This encourages actions to allow the possibility for change. It can happen very quickly!

Slough off what you don’t want: fear, anger, lack of confidence. Perhaps a pile of things you've carried around from move to move but haven’t used in years? You might pass it on to someone else. There's a tremendous energy surge when you’ve decided you're done.

At 7:45 PM ET on February 27 the Pisces New Moon supplies the juice for deep spiritual and creative renewal. Mars went direct over the past weekend to fuel a nice momentum. It’s wonderful to be brimming with ideas or possibilities, but it becomes more effective if you narrow it down to what to concentrate on now. It opens heart energy to become far more effective when funneled into a project or one connection or one concept.

Over the weekend, Venus goes retrograde… more on this on the podcast

Mars goes direct this week and it’s important to have make sure things are shipshape when we move forward.

Neptune is at the final stages of the sign of Pisces, something we've been experiencing since 2011 because Neptune is a slow moving planet. There’s a miasma, cloudiness and nebulous quality of many things: eradication of truth, facts, proliferation of self-medications to obliterate one's passion or drive for life. Coupled with continual messages of helplessness and victimization, these are all negative products of Neptunian energy.

Neptune spans a spectrum from victim to savior — and everything in between: the artist, the healer, the helper, the visionary, missionary, one who sacrifices. As we have experienced this arc, it may seem as though we've missed the overall concept of Neptune. The God of the sea, Earth is mainly water and our bodies are mainly water. Our most precious resource is water.

Neptune symbolizes the highest octave of love; the ideal connection for us all is we are all one. Yet media and messaging has used victimization to divide us so we are not seeing the best side in the last gasps of Neptune in Pisces. The positive of this is that as we go through this extreme metamorphosis it can precipitate a revolt or correction.

In this contemplative week, our relationship with the energy of Neptune can influence many of our moves; choose how to operate with wisdom.

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The week of February 10th, 2025 opens in the waxing moon cycle; we move towards the culmination of Full Moon energy. This particular full moon invites us to look at how we communicate to build bridges with neighbors, siblings, with an emphasis on self-expression. Does the community see us for what we bring, or do we limit ourselves because we are not allowed (or it is not comfortable) to contribute?

Can you do something that lights up your star power?... this can be quiet acknowledgement within— it depends on the person.

We all have Leo energy: every sign is somewhere in your horoscope’s makeup. We all have the same celestial DNA, which symbolizes the intrinsic quality of a human being. However, in today's world, the news, social media and messaging — is about how we're not the same. We are told to keep away from certain groups, there’s no possible reconciliation and… some groups of people are more important or more valuable than others.

And yet, it doesn't matter who the person is when there's a biological connection from the donor that can save another person's life, as in blood or organ donors..

This particular full moon is invites us to look at how do I express my unique quality, my creative self within the community, what is my contribution? Some people believe their contribution is to be antagonistic, different and not connect. The dynamics of this full moon can indicate disharmony. But within dissonance, communication can tease out or start a dialogue; it can create vibrations that allows awakening. It’s work to listen, express and be alert to ways to move the dissonance into integration and dialogue.

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The week opens with an Aries Moon and Mars retrograde, which indicates a lot of emotional push and pull… move, stop, move, stop. It's more stop than move. People can be cranky. There can be a high level of frustration. A well-worn grievance may need to be expressed, but won't carry heat for long — unless action is taken on it that one might regret. A sudden blow up is a temporary condition, so consider with care before you engage.

Jupiter goes direct on February 4 at 4:40 AM ET! Tuesday/Wednesday’s Taurus Moon supplies a good cycle of follow-through. Find the high-vibration for creativity, coupled with a spiritual mandate. Break bread with those you love. People come together for common goals and community.

By the weekend, pay attention to emotional needs: people we love and care about — yes, but also people we don’t know, the neighborhood around us, the landscape, our home and all living things. There’s strong nurturing energy during this waxing moon cycle… more on the podcast

We are in for a challenging week. How to best strategize, prepare and utilize the energy's play? This week is the Aquarius New Moon, the onset of the 2025 Chinese New Year.

I will send out another forecast about the year for that New Moon — so far, it's been quite an opening of 2025 — hasn't it?

January 27th has the moon in the sign of Capricorn, a pretty good day. Bear in mind, a good day in a challenging week. The new moon occurs on the 29th, EST. Monday in the dark of moon period has a serious tone about life and what we're doing here.

Even with light-hearted activities, there’s the capacity to deepen into spiritual perspective. The Indians have a term: Maya — the illusion of reality that we all create. Of course, mine is different than my husband’s and is different than my siblings’ — even though we share common experiences; the unfathomable wonder of unique perceptions.

We create and see the world through our own lens. Part of the illusion that we all struggle with is how do we work towards common truth? It's quite a challenge, especially in today's world — where there's alternate truths.

This has always been the case one could argue, but the difference between now and 30 years ago is that realities were not able to be manipulated in quite the same way as they are in our cyberworld. With this moon in Capricorn, it behooves us to look at what is your reality and why? There are benefits to question our worldview and our responsibility within it.

On the 27th, we're invited energetically to reflect on how we view the world and if that's connected to the greater continuum and community. Are we living in a way that is in alignment to what or who we want to be spiritually? For those without a spiritual call, the emphasis is to expand and support the illusion, no matter what seems to threaten or deflate it.

On Tuesday the 28th, inspiration may come to some of us in the morning with a sense of lightness, to feel more love and connection. The new moon occurs on the 29th at 7:36 a.m. ET at 9° Aquarius 51”, Chinese year of the Wood Snake. A 9 year (endings) plus the Snake… expect a lot of shedding this year. Use it to move past stuck energy.

The next day, the 30th, Uranus goes direct —it pushes a lot of electric volatile energies in this brief time.

I go into this week more on the podcast and the Lunation post will be out soon. Please remember, effective power comes when we note our reaction, catch it, and choose how we respond. Be a love warrior.