March 2013 horoscope - Pisces

I follow the sidereal calendar; this is the monthly solar horoscope for birthdays from 15^th March to 13^th April or Pisces Ascendants and Moons



By Louise Gilbert

Pisces, you’re in a dreamy mood at least for the first half of the month as the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars continue to transit your solar 12^th house of intuition, secrets and endings. It’s your birthday month, however, for the first couple of weeks, the emphasis for you is still on recognising and letting go of old but deeply ingrained behaviour patterns. As a Pisces, you are not entirely uncomfortable with this energy – it heightens your intuitive powers even more. However, on a more mundane level, Mercury, the planet of communication and the ruler of your ‘pillar’ houses in your solar chart is in the house of all things intangible. This affects your solar 7^th house of trade and committed relationships as well as your 4^th house of your foundation, emotions and your home. As you glide through that dream world of yours, you may be more prone to private affairs or attracting a partner that is quite secretive and independent. You may more than usually feel the need to withdraw and live in your world of imagination for a little while before bursting back to life after mid-month. Far-away places may now also be quite attractive to you – whether that means you are actually on a plane to somewhere or you’ll explore new places in your dreams and imagination!

The new Moon on 11^th March in the same house helps you through this period of reviewing and letting go. Use the time to recharge your batteries even if you have to spend more time than usually on your own. Early March and the time around the new Moon seem to be the quiet before the storm before we all go through a fairly intense full Moon at the end of the month.

But remember that Mercury is still retrograde until 18^th March. This means you’ll need to be clear in your communications with others, especially your partner, in your job and generally in the area where you deal and trade with other people. Equally, with so many planets in the 12^th house, including the ruler of your 7^th house of deals, conjuncting Neptune, the planet of illusions, make sure the details of any job propositions are watertight. Don’t let them pull the wool over your eyes. The same goes for relationships where there maybe a little bit of friction now what needs to be talked over.

So, your imagination is fuelled in March 2013 and as the month progresses, you’ll have more and more energy to push through your ideas. Jupiter, your ruler, is in the house of get up and go while Mars, the planet that, in your case, is responsible for your cash is in your 1^st house. This means you can pour all your energy into turning your ideas into reality. This can also include travelling more than usual and taking part in activities that help you look at things from a new perspective. Jupiter expands, boosts and favours all activities related to communication generally but in particular with neighbours and siblings and your day to day community contacts, commerce, teamwork and (short) projects.

Jupiter has also been in a helpful and supportive aspect to your 7^th house of partnerships, so if you are looking than the latter half of the month when Mercury goes forward again looks more promising. This is a better time to smooth out differences that may have cropped up over the past weeks.

Despite the energy boost and the start of your new solar year, you may feel the mounting pressure of the Uranus square Pluto. I’ve mentioned this in previous forecasts but who you are is changing as is your life direction. What you want in your career and generally, where you’re headed is undergoing transformation. It’s not a time for standstill for you now and in March, as the square is building up to be exact again in May and Mars is part of this formation, you may at times find it difficult to keep your emotion – i.e. your anger – under control. Squares are productive, so don’t waste it by shooting off missiles into the wrong direction. Use the energy to do something with all those ideas and new insights that are coming your way now. The Yod, or the Finger of God, I talked about last month, is exact in March with Jupiter at the receiving end, so you almost can’t help but focus on how you communicate and your ideas  now.

The month ends with the full Moon in Virgo in the nakshatra of Hasta, symbolised by the raised hand or the fist which means strength, togetherness and power in its general attributes on 27^th March. Meanwhile, the Sun conjuncts Uranus, Mars and Venus all of which square up to Pluto. Think about what began in late September 2011 with another milestone at the end of June 2012. In the sign of your opposites, it’s likely to do with relationships, business partnerships and any kind of deal-making. Maybe it was a time of break-ups or breakthroughs but in any case, now is a time of reaping the rewards and finally bringing this situation or relationship you have been dealing with since then to a close or move it to the next level.

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