Cosmic Calendar

Welcome to March 2010 FRI MAR 12 Under the monthly transit of Aquarius Moon, thinking more about contributing to the greater whole is the highest keynote. Take part in community events, group enterprises or team sports. Focusing too much attention on personality desires and superficial interests pulls you away from fulfilling your greater destiny in society and the global village. Reach out to friends, pen pals and colleagues via the World Wide Web and the variety of advanced techniques for intercommunication growing by leaps and bounds. Maintain a serious attitude regarding love and money matters as Venus parallels Saturn (11:08AM PST). Any parallel formation – in which planets align north and/or south of the Celestial Equator – can be as potent as a union in the zodiac. Taking a dear one for granted is a no-no. Have fun with an arts and crafts project, digital or video camera while the Moon parallels Neptune (11:40AM PST). Let your intuition guide you to success as you seek to master a key hobby. Tune into the mental brilliance and problem-solving genius that Pallas offers as this asteroid prepares to shift from direct to retrograde motion in Scorpio on Sunday. Let the good times roll this evening as the Moon in Aquarius often carries a quirky, free-spirit and spontaneous vibration. SAT MAR 13 Keep a journal by your bed to record nocturnal soul wanderings as the Moon makes its monthly union with Neptune in Aquarius (4:58AM PST). Strange forces are on the prowl around this time and during the next 5+ hours as a void lunar uncertainty zone begins with the Moon-Neptune conjunction and continues until 10:45AM PST when the Moon enters psychic and sensitive Pisces. During this limbo time-span this morning, the Moon unites with Chiron (6:32AM PST). Learn more about the healing arts and advances in alternative medical therapies. Once the Moon is safely in Piscean waters, compassion and empathy can pull you like a magnet toward helping the needy and disadvantaged. Avoid emotional entanglements and upheavals with loved ones as Venus makes a dicey contra-parallel with Uranus (12:55PM PST). Fortunately, a Moon-Jupiter parallel (2:42PM PST) and Moon-Chiron parallel (6:58PM PST) can assist you in bouncing back with literary, publishing and educational endeavors. Many people are subconsciously drawn to watching film classics or reading compelling novels during the monthly transit of highly imaginative and fantasy-prone Pisces Moon. Try your hand at recreating one of grandma’s old-world recipes for fish stew or corn chowder. Dance fever strikes tonight as the Moon in Pisces often bestows happy feet. Gear up for tomorrow morning’s Pallas station and shift into reverse motion. SUN MAR 14 Astrologers have been following the zodiacal movement of Pallas since 1972 – although it was discovered back in 1802 a little over a year after the sighting of the largest asteroid Ceres. Pallas – now at 24 degrees of Scorpio – makes a station at 5:39AM PDT and begins a shift into reverse motion, lasting until June 24. Pallas virtually motionless puts an extra focus on the need for problem-solving, strengthening your immune system, and conducting in-depth research projects. Less than 1 hour later, a Sun-Mercury Superior Conjunction occurs at 24 degrees of Pisces (6:17AM PDT). Mercury is now proceeding at a fast daily speed and is on the far side of the Sun. This means there is actually a line-up in the solar system of the Earth, Sun and Mercury. The eminent astrologers Dr. Marc Edmund Jones and Dane Rudhyar referred to this as a Full Mercury. Ingenious ideas and spiritual insights can soar into your mind like comets flashing through the night sky. Pour your creative imagination into arts, crafts and hobbies. Golden opportunities are available if you know where to look for them – courtesy of the monthly Moon-Jupiter union in Pisces (2:18PM PDT). Surprises and unsettled conditions can produce a shock to the system as the Moon parallels Uranus (5:43PM PDT). If you are feeling any kind of energy drain or physical exhaustion, this may be due to the dark of the moon cycle being very prominent right now as the New Moon in Pisces happens tomorrow. The dark of the moon cycle also has spiritual significance. Therefore, it is wise to meditate for guidance as Sunday morphs into Monday and you begin the start of a new workweek. MON MAR 15 Yesterday produced a trinity of potential opportunities as Pallas turned stationary, the Sun united with Mercury in Pisces, and the Moon made its monthly union with good-luck benefactor Jupiter. Of these three celestial events, the Pallas station and Sun-Mercury conjunction remain strongly in effect – helping you diagnose and solve problems while also energizing your literary and verbal skills. Circumstances beyond your control may be in the driver’s seat in the morning hours since the Sun parallels Uranus (5:23AM PDT) while the dark of the Moon extreme uncertainty cycle holds sway until the New Moon clocks in at 2:02PM PDT (activating 26 degrees of Pisces). Before the New Moon, keep a low profile and stay out of trouble. After the New Moon, push forward vigorously during the next three hours as Mercury unites with its higher-octave agent Uranus (2:41PM PDT), the Moon unites with Uranus (4:39PM PDT) and the Moon unites with Mercury (5:02PM PDT). This three-hour time-period contains a rare electricity and excitement that can equate with your putting lucrative ideas into real practice. The Moon-Mercury conjunction (5:02PM PDT) – while giving overall communications and literary pursuits a boost – also begins a void lunar cycle that lasts until 11:33PM PDT and the arrival of fiery Aries Moon. Here’s another one of these 6+ hour lunar twilight zones when it is better to complete old business on a high note than launch bold, new enterprises. Get set for more cosmic fireworks on Tuesday.

Cosmic Calendar by Mark Lerner Mark Lerner -- a professional astrologer since 1972 -- publishes Earth Aquarius News -- an astrological journal online. He has been writing the daily Cosmic Calendar since 1981. He was the publisher and editor of Welcome to Planet Earth astrology journal (1981-2000) that pioneered a new direction in the field of Mundane Astrology. He is the co-author of the best-selling Inner Child Cards -- a tarot deck-book set on child consciousness, fairy tales and mythology that have sold over 100,000 copies and been translated into many languages. He is also the co-author of Baseball Tarot. A former member of the Findhorn Community in Northern Scotland and the Arcane School (a global meditation group that is part of the Alice A. Bailey educational system and Lucis Publishing Company). He can be reached at markgobear@aol.com The website address is: Earth Aquarius News.