Starting Friday the 13th, don’t count on luck as this week holds an urgent Mercury-Mars conjunction in Pisces on Sunday and a heartfelt, puddle-like new Moon in Pisces on Wednesday, all under a fog-inducing retrograde Mercury. We can count on creative vision, kindness, and sensitivity, and need to apply a healthy dose of critical thinking to anything we hear. Friday 13ths are notoriously synchronous with snafus in the material world but also carry the potential for sublime, heart-centered, spiritual openings. Tread carefully and keep the compassion gates wide open.
Be particularly mindful about words, actions, and declarations this week. Unthoughtful decisions can boomerang and produce the opposite results to what we desired, as our country may find. With mental Mercury now retrograde in Pisces, the sign opposite its rulership, and creeping closer to Mars, our minds can feel like it’s caught in a wet muddy road replete with strange emotional swirls and eddies. Winds and weather can spin out dangerously, just like our moods. Stay alert to find solid ground, know when to hold still.
Saturday, March 14: Lean into community and communal voices as the Moon enters Aquarius and sextiles Neptune and Saturn. Encourage the lights; listen to those speaking from compassion or seeking connection. Find odd common ground with dear ones and also with the least likely people, if even for a fleeting moment, to build allyship. The day may grow more serious, if a problem arises around dinnertime deal with it directly as the Moon conjuncts Pluto, but don’t make it a power struggle. Tonight, it’s too easy to be preoccupied or irritated, so prioritize safety and kindness as Mercury approaches an overnight conjunction with Mars.
Sunday, March 15: This Ides of March is tricky. Calm down and don’t take the bait on an artificial sense of urgency but do stay on task. Focus on peace, equanimity, safety, and good balance as Mercury conjuncts Mars. Check headlines for physical or verbal explosions, collisions, or radically unwise comments, and let's not make the same mistake ourselves. Lean into a diplomatic Venus-Moon sextile this afternoon which can soften our hearts and help us work together to handle emergencies or build mutual awareness.