March 14-21, 2005

It's the last week of winter, finishing sensitive Pisces. It begins with the moon (heart spirit) in earthy Taurus. By Sunday the sun will cross into spring, kicking off a new year of fruition.

Monday starts off strong. The soul is vulnerable (sun in Pisces) and the heart is fertile (moon in Taurus). Creativity, internalizing in love (Jupiter retrograde in Libra), is blending with dreams at the peak of awareness (Neptune at mid-Aquarius). Tension is breaking between tender vitality (sun in Pisces) and passionate power (Pluto in Sagittarius). Beauty and grounding are blending in emotion (Venus trine Saturn in water signs).

Tuesday the spring energy moon rises to the lofty mentality of Gemini for a couple days of sensitive thinking. Late Thursday the moon spills over into Cancer's releasing feeling. Love charged with deep power (Venus square Pluto) reaches the breaking point. A wave of emotion overwhelms our resistance. Saturday Mercury, mental quickness, having led the way into Aries/early spring, slows to an apparent stop, its scouting job complete, and begins three weeks of apparent backtracking/internalizing. There's nothing wrong with this so long as we accept it, letting the mental tide turn inward and deepen as we move forward.

Sunday morning the sun crosses the equinox into Aries, the dawn of spring on our seasonal cycle, just as the moon reaches the peak passion of Leo's radiant expression. Sun and moon in fire signs, expansive Jupiter deepening in Libra's love, the Year of the Rooster is ready to crow.