March 2013 horoscope - Libra

I follow the sidereal calendar; this is the monthly solar horoscope for birthdays from 16^th October to 15^th November or Libra Ascendants and Moons

By Louise Gilbert

Libra, you may not feel it but you are going through an important cycle of change at the moment and for the next 2 years where you enter a new phase in your life. This never happens overnight and never happens with getting rid of the attitudes, perception and even people you can no longer associate with. It not an easy process and for the less aware you are of what is happening in your life, the more painful it is. The end result of Saturn’s transit through your sign is a more mature you – maturity is the key to this transit as you kind of leave behind and grow out of what you’ve experienced over the past 29 years. If you are around 28-30 years old or around 56-60 years old, you are going through your Saturn return now which will give you a double-dose of this Saturnian energy.

Saturn is in retrograde motion now until early July which actually gives you a bit of a breather and you can take a step back and look at what you’ve learned about yourself since last year and where you are heading. However, Saturn retrograde not only relieves some of the pressure, it also puts some things on hold. In your case, this mainly concerns the areas in life to do with your home environment, property matters and your mother. If you were planning to move, buy, sell or refurbish, you may experience some delays now – all for the best, who knows, you might end up in a place that is exactly what you wanted rather than the one you saw last week but which would have been a bit of a compromise.

What’s good news for you this month is that you have a new Moon on 11^th March in your house of true love, romance, affairs of the heart and children. New Moons are fresh starts and with a lot of energy focused on this area in your chart at the moment (since February already), you may begin a little spring romance. You may have been a little more outgoing of late and in the mood to flirt and have some fun. This also concerns creative projects so this is a good time to be creative, join an acting class or drawing course – anything where you can express yourself freely.

Mercury is still retrograde until 18^th March in your house of creativity AND in conjunction with Neptune. Now, generally speaking, this combination is not the best for clear and structured communication but it can be helpful combination for all things creative as your imagination and intuition is higher than usual. If you are so inclined, use it to your advantage and go and create!

After mid-month, Venus and the Sun follow Mars into the area of your chart that has to do with work, daily routines and your health. Although your ruler Venus is exalted here, she doesn’t feel too comfortable in this house and close to Mars, the soldier, you may have to deal with some irritating situations at work, with co-workers or smaller health issues. Now is a good time to make changes to your fitness routine or the way you work to avoid stress, irritations and maybe even some level of conflict around your work and not let it affect your health and wellbeing.

In some extreme cases, with Saturn going over your Ascendant too, all these transits in your 6^th house can also indicate that you decide to call it a day when it comes to one particular relationship – either a business partnership or marriage. The full Moon on 27^th March in Virgo opposes the Sun, Uranus, Mars and Venus, all of which square up to Pluto. This is not such an easy transit and things can change quite suddenly. Mars rules your house of relationships and Venus is the ruler of your own sign so with both of them tangled up in a stressful square, tensions may get to some of you. Although squares are productive in the sense that they inject the energy and the focus we need to get things going, they are not very comfortable aspects and we often have to put a lot of effort into solving issues and removing obstacles in the areas touched by the squares.  

During this full Moon, you may also feel the need to be alone more than usual – maybe because of some tensions you’ve been experiencing or a busy work schedule. Think about what began in late September 2011 with another milestone at the end of June 2012 and this should give you a clue as to what comes to a conclusion now or moves on to the next level. Again, this can relate to work projects, health matters or for some also relationships.

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