Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of March in a playful and creative part of your chart before returning to your busy work sector on the March equinox each year, this is a time of year when you are used to balancing work and play. This year, you also have Mars in your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery, which is going to keep the playful, creative and adventurous side of life’s fence powered up for the whole month. That will remain the case even after the Sun leaves and returns to your busy work sector on 20th March and when after 14 years Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams will do the same. Adding to this, Venus and Mercury, the planets that rule the heart and mind, can’t decide which side of life’s fence they want to be on. Venus, who had left a playful and creative part of your chart and returned for what is normally a 24 day visit to your work sector last month, is not only still here as you move into the new month but has come to a standstill ahead of a retrograde turn on 2nd March. This will ultimately see Venus retrograde back out and back into a playful and creative part of your chart on 27th March, but not before spending nearly the whole of March holding the doors open to the past, second chances and untapped job potential. Mercury, who will return to your work sector on 3rd March but will turn retrograde 12 days later will be doing the same, before he too retrogrades back out and back into a playful and creative part of your chart on 30th March, ending the month back where he started. That powering up of both sides of life’s fence but also an overlapping of the two is conditioning you for a major shift, for not only is Neptune leaving a playful and creative part of your chart on 31st March but here since 2023, Saturn will leave in May. This will be Neptune’s first time in your work sector in our lifetime and with Mars returning to your career sector next month, this is the start of a major powering up of this professional year.
Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of March in your romantic sector, the solar spotlight is always on matters of the heart and all things romantic at this time of year. However, this year the Sun has brought half the solar system with him and even planets that have or will leave are going to come back for a second shot. Venus and Mercury, the planets of love and communication, are the planets reluctant to leave and considering that after 14 years Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams is leaving on 31st March, it is no wonder. Venus, the planet of love did leave in early February, so should be long gone. However, a retrograde turn on 2nd March will see Venus make a U turn and start heading back, with her return on 27th March both a chance for a do over and to get the most out of Neptune’s final days. Until Neptune leaves on 31st March, this is the last time in our lifetime that the planets of love and dreams will be together in your romantic sector at the same time. Even Mercury, who will leave on 3rd March, will turn retrograde and come back for a double dip visit on 30th March, resuming his mission to give your heart a voice and to put heart and mind on the same page during Neptune’s last full day. Even the dwarf planet Ceres returned late last month to resume her first deep dive into your heart’s needs and priorities in four years. While the Moon will leave your romantic sector on 1st March, as well as getting the month off to a romantically charged start, it will return for a do over from 27th March to 29th March. These romantically charged lunar vibes will be the perfect backdrop for when Venus and Neptune hook up here for the last time. Meanwhile, back in direct motion in your relationship sector, Uranus will benefit from having the Moon here from 3rd March to 5th March. With the main focus on matters of the heart all month, when it comes to your relationships, this will be a chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged and aware. You will get another chance when the Moon comes full circle on 31st March.
There is not so much a standoff on both sides of the financial fence, but a better chance to achieve the right balance between money coming in and money going out. Since Mercury left your income sector in the New Year, there has been no planetary activity on the income side of the financial fence and you wouldn’t expect any until the Sun returns later in the year. However, in the closing days of February the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment returned for her first visit to your income sector in four years. Juno will turn retrograde on 20th March and a month later will retrograde back out again, meaning that she isn’t here for long, but long enough to help you capitalise on what will be a defining and pivotal month on the job front. This has other implications, in that while Juno has been slowing down since she returned and will need to have come to a standstill in order to turn retrograde, she is not going to venture beyond the very early degrees of your income sector. This means that she is no threat to Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion on the other side of the financial fence, with no danger of them ever clashing. With Jupiter back in direct motion since early February and slowly starting to gain speed, this is giving you a chance to have your cake and eat it too. This is going to give the income side of the financial fence an unexpected break without getting in the way of the financial growth and expansion that Jupiter is now focused on. The only time there could be some financial tension or a battle for your attention is when the Moon moves through your two money houses. When the Moon moves through your financial sector from 6th March to 8th March, it will align with Jupiter but clash with Juno in your income sector. Two weeks later, when the Moon moves through your income sector from 20th March to 22nd March, it will align with Juno and clash with Jupiter. The Moon will continue to do this until Juno leaves next month, each time energising both sides of the financial fence.