The Sun is the Invincible Spirit. So great is this universal wonder that it must come in small doses, distributed as it travels around the Zodiac over the course of a year.  The Sun's position symbolizes the active presence of the Divine.  The Sun entered the sign of Pisces on February 18, 2019. The fish swim in different directions, representing the conscious and unconscious, the dark and the light, the conflicting pulls within.  The sense of invisible connection is strong, as is imagination and intuitive knowings that grow from beliefs. The Sun moves into Aries on the Spring Equinox, followed by a strong full moon at the cardinal axis on March 20, 2019. 

The Moon is the Receiver.  As the Sun energizes her, she receives and moves through her angular relationship with him over the course of the month.  She delights in shape-shifting.  She delights in the repetitive ebb and flow from night to day,  from New to Full in predictable sequence.  She delights in being able to portray the Sun's invincible spirit through her silver light.  We see this dance every month, beginning at the New Moon, timed for the Moon's alignment with the Sun.  This month's New Moon occurs on March 6, 2019 at 11:04 AM EST at 15 + Pisces.  With Sun, Moon, Neptune, and Mercury Rx in alignment, the pull of Pisces is strong. 

 Mercury has 3-4 Retrograde (Rx) cycles every year, each lasting approximately 3 weeks, and each offering a period of reflection, recalibration, revision, and resolution, as Mercury and the Sun exchange the message of a particular degree of the Zodiac.  Mercury turned Rx on March 5,  at 1:19 PM,  at 29 Pisces 36, and will turn Direct at the end of the month at 16 +. 

The Venus cycle is complex and mysterious, beginning while Retrograde as an Evening Star, moving through conjunctions with the Sun, and shifting from Evening Star to Morning Star, and back. It allows Venus to recalibrate her relationship to the Sun.  When an Evening Star--calm, mature, settled, and knowing her brilliance, as Venus is best seen outside the clutch of the Sun--she begins her new cycle.  Venus turned Retrograde October 5, 2018 at 10 Scorpio 50.  Here Venus is at her detriment, not particularly social, but diving deep to weigh out the work of Jupiter's journey over the last year.   Having had her Interior Conjunction with the Sun on October 26, and her aggressive  Heliacal Rising shift from Evening to Morning Star on October 31, she has changed direction on November 16, is now calm and confidently rushing forward into love and life for 9 months.  This period of her cycle epitomizes the feminine as the container of gestation.  She will move through the sign of Aquarius and into Pisces during the month of March. 

Mars will be in the sign of Taurus this month. In this sign, Mars operates through Venus, so there is a cool aloof quality to the actions required.   Past the conjunction, but in the same sign as  Uranus, the energy is solid and surprising.

Jupiter will remain in its own sign of Sagittarius until December.   All sights are on the quest for truth and freedom.  Jupiter is currently at 22 + degrees.  Blasting forward until April 11, Jupiter turns retrograde just before reaching the  Galactic Center position. Difficult work done during the 2014-2017 Saturn transit through Sagittarius can be expanded all through 2019. 

Saturn is at home now, in the earthy, grounded  sign of Capricorn.   Saturn reveals that  practicalities are necessary,  and structures must  be built methodically through  time and karma. Saturn is the reality check,  and rewards authentic effort.   Saturn is  at 18 + Capricorn now. With Jupiter and Saturn at home, look for some new trends or memes in the  travel or construction industries. Saturn also turns retrograde at the end of April, near Pluto's nodes.