Steve Judd's Sun SignsMarch 2010
Global
The Saturn/Pluto square has faded into the background for a few months, and Neptune is noticeable for most of us by its lack of action. But Uranus… the new Moon in Pisces on the 15th March is exactly on top of Uranus, bringing a time of radical change, innovation, novelty, chaos, unpredictability and new beginnings. This is big folks, really big. Times like these are the equivalent of throwing fishing lines into the future for many years to come. This time speaks of the decline of orthodox religions and the increasing emergence of the holistic and self empowered philosophies and belief systems. And with Jupiter also racing through early Pisces, particularly affecting those born around the 1st to the 8th of March, things will not be small. Add to this the fact that over the whole month Mars is standing still at the very start of Leo, a feisty and fiery position if ever there is one, and I anticipate a lot of sudden developments this month that will change our ideas of how the future will be. This is a month of compressed and concentrated change. It will either be focussed on specific objectives, or it will be random and unpredictable. But change is here…get your surfboards ready!
How are you creative juices now? Are you feeling blocked, stymied or otherwise unable to come up with anything new or innovative? I’m not surprised. With Mars standing still now it’s good for biding one’s time, for standing still and allowing the fermentation to take place around you. If you try and interfere in the process the end result will not be as pure as you would like. There’s a kind of metamorphosis going on, if you have children you’re likely to see this through them, otherwise it’s your own creative endeavours. Don’t allow desires for normal and conventional to rule now – the more unusual your drives, the more long term successful they will be.
Romance and Relationship
Venus enters your sign on the 7th of this month, and from then on most of the affairs in your romantic and relationship field should prosper, although some of you born in March may choose to doffer. Nevertheless the background energy is that of greater social experience and better receptivity from others. Your popularity levels look like growing, so don’t hesitate to take advantage of any offers coming your way that bring a degree of stimulation into your personal life. Your capacity for attraction is much stronger than usual this month, so use it or lose it.
Business and Finance
The middle of this month, particularly around the 16-18th is a time where you can make and take hard decisions and actions from a more impersonal and objective stance, although be aware that others may also say ruthless. You’ll be in a better position to see what’s worked and what hasn’t since November, and make changes accordingly, and from the 18th onwards results will become more evident and succinct, so bide your time and see where you stand mid month before making long term decisions.
Health and Spirit
There are rustlings in the undergrowth; there are faint indications of long term change on the distant horizon… Next month’s new Moon in Aries will give a clearer indication of what form these changes will take, but at the moment there’s a sense of disquiet, as though things are never quite going to be the same again......If you’re sensible you’ll stay alert to the changing tides of time, and use the end of this month as a time to do things that make your path forward a lot smoother and clearer.
There’s a gradual acceleration becoming more obvious as time unfolds, the closer we get to May and June the more favourable your chart is looking. But at the moment it is only a glimmer on the horizon, and were you to take big or sudden actions now they would inevitably prove to be premature. Bide your time. The urgency that resides within you now is best left to mature and become more complete. You can have short term gratification now if you wish, but there’s a case for waiting a few more months, when the quality of experience may not be so direct but will be of better all round quality. Fast quantity or long term quality – the choice is yours.
Romance and Relationship
You seem to be wearing an asbestos suit this month in that no matter how hot the outside world is getting you remain impervious to other people’s energies. This is great if you’re trying to deflect unwanted attention, but at the same time don’t let yourself become too much of an island of one. Sure, there’s a background vibe brewing of really nice experiences, but this isn’t going to really hit fruition until May and June, so bide your time. Don’t let other people get under your skin.
Business and Finance
I wouldn’t call March a ‘lucky’ month for you, but there are planetary patterns in the heavens before the 18th that suggest that by talking to people face to face and looking them in the eye as you do so you can get to places that otherwise would be impossible. There's good networking links now, your ability to get on with people is good and you can get things done. The biggest crime in the first half of this month is to do nothing; it’s a waste of an opportunity.
Health and Spirit
There are huge changes going on in the areas of the un and subconscious, the transpersonal and psychological. You can probably feel them in terms of lower gut uncertainty. But they know what they are doing, they have your best interest at heart and they do best for you when left alone to their own devices. The last thing they want is understanding or analysis, so leave them alone and don’t worry about things. For this month, it’s OK to be superficial!
It’s easy to be all things to all people, but every so often the elastic stretches too much, the veneer wears thin and you want to back off and retreat. Now is such a time, except that for once retreat is just not possible. Especially in your professional and career circles, you’re becoming uncomfortably visible, so make sure that all your actions are above board and transparent, because if there’s anything untoward about your dealings, be sure that it will be seen. Stay squeaky clean and all will be well. At the same time, the hardest thing to do is exactly that which is being asked of you – to remain stable, remain visible and not let anything get to you.
Romance and Relationship
There’s a sense of things beginning to turn around. I don’t want to get your hopes up unnecessarily, but the more you get into 2010 the more you will find that the quality of person coming into your life is that of stimulation, difference and originality, and surely this has to be a good thing? Existing relationships need a bit of a kick up the backside to get them flowing cleanly again, but this shouldn’t be a problem in the long run. April will be more active, May will be dramatically so. But for now, bide your time.
Business and Finance
It would be so easy now to overreach yourself, to put all your eggs in one basket and to just go with one particular direction of action or thought. And yet by doing so, you will miss a number of other opportunities that won’t really become obvious until the second half of the month. Take the middle path and be seen to be capable of handling responsibility and authority, because people will remember and when new openings occur they will think of you.
Health and Spirit
March is a disquieting month, with a number of minor worries and issues. There’s nothing you can pin down and point to as the root or cause of what’s bugging you, it’s just that everything’s a bit itchy and mildly frustrating. Ride with it and don’t let day by day trivia get in the way of seeing the bigger picture, that of a time of gradual recovery and recharging after recent years intensity and extremes of change. Don’t get too dogmatic; keep your flexibility levels high.
I know that this is going to sound crazy bearing in mind your current circumstances, but this period of time is great to just throw everything up in the air and grab your passport and run before it all comes down again. The idea of a two or three day break does wonders for charging your battery banks, and now is one of the best times of year to consider this. And if it’s not travel that appeals to you in terms of stretching the grey area between your ears and adding to your cultural and philosophical side, then the idea of higher education can also bring a better reward than usual. Broaden your mind, whether through travel or education. Time to stretch a bit.
Romance and Relationship
It’s as though you’re caught between the devil and the deep blue sea at the moment, there seems to be fire and water in every direction that you look. One will burn and hurt; the other will drown and dampen. And in the middle there’s you, trying to cope with the steam generated and use it productively as opposed to just getting hot under the collar. Best not try and initiate anything just yet, wait for a month or two when the pressure will have lessened somewhat and you’ll be able to channel it more constructively
Business and Finance
Steady as it goes is a good catch phrase for this month. There will be variations that will panic the unstable amongst you, but by the end of the month the creases of time will have been ironed out and new crisis or opportunities will be seen to have been just hot air. That doesn’t mean that everything will stay the same, but it does suggest that there are no great developments this month, despite the superficial appearance. Take half of what’s going on around you as real.
Health and Spirit
Recent months have seen an increase in the deep down currents of change, and over coming times these will permeate through into the surface levels of your life. In the long term these are definitely for the best, but the short term suggests one or two weird dreams, or intuitive experiences, which can briefly leave you wondering about the nature of reality. What’s really going on is a psychic retuning, but that would take me a long time to explain.
Cat on a hot tin roof, you’re in potentially such a volatile state that you could easily alienate or wear out those around you through your high activity rate and your apparent insensitivity to what’s going on around you. With Mars standing still in your sign now, there’s such an imperative for action that you need to make decisions, otherwise they will get made on your behalf, and it’s better to act than react. But despite the almost critical desire for action, bide your time. Now is the time to make decisions – actions come over the coming few weeks and months, and Mars’ capacity for impulsiveness and rash actions is well deserved. Don’t shoot yourself in the foot by jumping in head first!
Romance and Relationship
Talk about hot….. You’re so hot that you can burn both yourself and others. ‘Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true’. You can have what you want now, if you’re willing to pay the price, and Mars so strong in your sign won’t let anyone else stop you. But do you want it that bad? Now, just when you can have what you think you’ve always wanted, do you really want it? Play safe, behave towards others and you would like them to behave towards you and you’ll be fine.
Business and Finance
There seems to be so much going on in one specific area of your life (determined by the time of birth) that to push forward in almost any other area would be foolhardy and inopportune. This is a time to ride the winds, surf the tides, deal with life at the day by day level and leave the long term for a few more months, from when things will have calmed down a lot. And your willingness to err on the side of caution when under stress is a direct reflection of your maturity.
Health and Spirit
How sharp are you? How willing are you to sometimes, when necessary, see things as black/white, yes/no? Mars is only retrograde in Leo on average every twenty four years, and this month he seems to be saying that this is a choice point, where the repercussions of current developments and choices echo far into the long term future, so choose wisely and in a way that you think that the you of ten and twenty years time would approve of. And whatever you do, don’t dither.
By now you should be well on the road to recovery after the last couple of years of having Saturn stay with you, and this recovery shows every sign of continuing to develop and improve over coming weeks and months. But there’s going to come a time in June and July when both Mars and Saturn will be together in your sign, so keep your powder dry until then. At the moment, with a lot of planets in your opposite sign of Pisces, the tendency will be to try and go faster, overreach or stretch yourself to the limits. Why? There’s no need, so rest up can continue recharging. In a couple of month’s time you’ll be glad you did, and July is the fastest time of the year.
Romance and Relationship
The first week of the month is definitely the best time should you be thinking of being more proactive than usual, chances taken then will probably work out better than usual. After this time, you’re likely to find that you’re stepping back more into the realm of the personal and private, and that you’re going to be less interested in playing other people’s games or social whirls. You’re not lonely – but at this time you can be alone in a roomful of people, a state that will continue until April.
Business and Finance
Ever felt like you’re in a bit of slowly tightening vice? That’s a good analogy for now and the coming times until June. This really is time to streamline and prune away all the excess, that which can’t survive on its own. The pressure you’re under isn’t going to go away for a few months yet, so instead of complaining about how hard things are, weed away the superfluous and make yourself more effective and efficient as a result. Then by June you’ll be sharp, just when it’s needed.
Health and Spirit
If things are going to explode, or at least get a lot larger than life, then this is the month when this is going to happen. It’s an unpredictable time, where if you’re ready to jump when necessary then the changes now can be seen as real opportunities for new beginnings. But if you act or react with an overwhelming desire for stability or convention then this is unlikely to prove productive, so don’t be scared to loosen up a bit and take a few chances.
Since November, Saturn’s been putting the brakes on many of the areas on your life, but now is the temporary finale to this, you should be finding that as both March and April evolve so you regain a kind of stability that says that when you’re at rock bottom you can put your feet down on solid rock and then spring back confidently. But you have to be at the bottom in order to do this, so it’s almost as if I’m encouraging you to do it the hard way, because at least then you only have to do it once. Life is never easy when Saturn is involved, but at least you can see the challenges that are around you and deal with by slow, gradual hard work with no short cuts.
Romance and Relationship
There’s been a fair amount of challenge in your life recently, but one of the side effects has been that of weeding and pruning your address book and your social life with the end result being that although there are now fewer people in your life, those that are there are of substance and worth and should continue to be there for the foreseeable future. And during this month you can steadily begin to appreciate them more, the experiences coming your way as a result of the interaction with the select few are healthy indeed.
Business and Finance
So – you’ve had your first taste of Saturnine reality over recent months, and now the implications are beginning to set in. I anticipate significant news around the 18th concerning potentials for the future, one way or another, and from then on you’ll start to see the first signs of long term futures becoming clearer on the horizon. This is time to get your priorities right, to ask yourself what is it that you really want for yourself long term? You may start getting first permanent signs in a couple of weeks.
Health and Spirit
March is increasingly a time of choices, with your options becoming clearer as the month develops. The second half of the month is when you can start adding up all the current facts and deformation and then taking decisions on what you know at the time, safe in the knowledge that from then on things are clearer. The full Moon in Libra on the 30th closes down certain areas of your life in a way that could be permanent, but this is something that’s been brewing at least six months so it won’t disrupt you.
Rarely do I say this, but this looks like being a good time, so antennae up for opportunities. These are most likely to occur either in areas concerning travel or else in areas concerning children or even grandchildren – taking the grandkids on holiday abroad would be a great thing to do now! This is not so much a time of hard work or disciplined effort; it is more a time of expanding one’s mind and consciousness through direct experience at the cultural level. So go somewhere you’ve never been, do something you’ve never done, bring an energy of stimulation into your life by doing something novel. Nothing to lose, everything to gain.
Romance and Relationship
You may have to live up to your reputation if you’re going to go out there and play this month, there’s some heavy hitters out there who don’t take prisoners and if you want to play with the big boys then you have to be strong in yourself. At the same time the ‘thrill of the chase’ or the enjoyment of the challenge is something not to be sneered at. Better to try and fail than not to try at all, and this month the individuals coming into your life will certainly stimulate and even provoke you, so be aware of this count to ten.
Business and Finance
First half of the month is a much better time than usual for getting your point across, or for holding interesting and developmental discussions about future prospects. Your ability to come across as cheerful (yes, really!) and effective at the same time is not only healthy it’s strong. So use the first half of the month to bring a degree of growth into your external affairs, particularly at the professional level. It’s the right time to do it, and you’re in the mood for it so go and make things happen.
Health and Spirit
It’s a weird one this month, in that early Scorpios are doing very well indeed, whilst those born after the 15th are very much a mixed bunch. It does seem that slowly emerging out of the mist there are the beginnings of clarity as to some things and some people’s worth, and that as you get towards the end of the month so this will become ever more obvious, leading to a time at the end of April with the Scorpio full Moon from when there won’t be room for indecision. No rush, let things evolve.
Often there’s a pull in life between two directly opposite sides of experience, and now is such a time. If you’re not careful than you can get almost dichotomised in the pull between home and family on the one hand, and career and work on the other. And it would be easy to go the whole hog, to lose balance and go completely to extremes if you’re not careful. There is an energy of overinflation and exaggeration about many of the things in your immediate circle – don’t buy into the hype and spin because by doing so a drama becomes a crisis, you’ll have to sort it out, and then you’ll get the blame. Better to stand in the middle and watch dispassionately.
Romance and Relationship
The first week of the month is a time where you’re unlikely to get things going the way you want, there’s just a background of quicksand and treacle that sucks you back and tells you to wait. But after this time you should find that social circumstances and opportunities are suddenly fun and pleasurable, that your company is wanted and that your personal life becomes more active in a way that could pleasantly surprise you. Rarely do I say this – it’s a good month.
Business and Finance
Recent affairs, possibly concerning a combination of family, residence and relationship seem to have conspired against you in a way that’s taken your eye off of the boil. Now, one way or another, bubbles are bursting and the focus is beginning once again to turn more towards your position in the outside world as opposed to your personal life. Expect March to see the first signs of new structures unfolding at work, which if you can gel with will prove to be really good for you.
Health and Spirit
You seem to be piggy in the middle in a number of different arenas at this time, so perhaps the best option is to stay safe by holding the middle ground. This isn’t exciting, but it is reliable. The more you get pulled of centre by other people’s ideas, philosophies or visions, the more wobbly you become. At this time you don’t need other people’s ways to guide you – trust in your gut instinct, never that wrong, but now unusually astute. First impressions count and are normally right. Trust your gut.
Some of the intensity and extremes of recent months is now beginning to fade away, but don’t get fooled into thinking that it’s all over, because it’s not. You’re merely heading in to a period of respite, where you can begin to explore and expand into some of the new areas of life that have been forced into existence over recent months. It’s tentative steps at first, but the decrease in gravity and stress does encourage you to slowly pick up speed, and as long as you don’t gallop you’ll find that these times bring new experiences that steadily broaden your horizons without upsetting anything or anyone. You can begin to come out of your cave, the big boys have gone for the medium term.
Romance and Relationship
It’s like an itch you can’t scratch this month, most areas of your life are working well, and there’s no reason why this shouldn’t continue to be the case. But when things are going well, there’s the tendency to take chances that you normally wouldn’t do, and if you push the boat out this month in terms of romantic development it may be at the cost of other areas of growth in your life. So try and take the middle path – don’t throw all your eggs in one basket.
Business and Finance
OK – no excuses, get out there and make some money if that’s what turns you on. This is a great time to take advantage of unfolding opportunities, so antennae up. You should find that the first two and a half weeks of the month are a brilliant time for negotiations around finances; you seem to be able to inspire people to do what you want, a rare time indeed. This isn’t going to happen, you’ve got to attract it – but it’s out there, waiting for your and if you don’t take it then it will move on.
Health and Spirit
Relentless, remorseless, there’s a side of you that, at least in public, comes across as impersonal and dedicated to your objective. And for this month, that’s OK. Just don’t get into a groove with it because to do so would encourage a degree of alienation and isolation from community. The potential for obsession or single minded focus is strong now, and can be used wisely and properly. Just don’t let it rule your life, down time charges the batteries.
I know that it’s early days, but from an astrological perspective the most active times of 2010 are already past. Note the use of the word active, however, the coming few months are going to be highly re-active, particularly in the area of your one to one relationships, whether professional, personal, family or friend. And over March and April you can really get your buttons pushed by what seems on the surface to be other people’s insensitivity, so lower your threshold for retaliation, it’s not deliberate on their part, it’s just that you’re seeing things from a much more personal perspective, and you’re wearing your heart on your sleeve. Keep your shields up!
Romance and Relationship
Your reputation for being impersonal, detached and objective is right against the wall in terms of scrutiny and challenge now. Mars is directly challenging you to speak your truth and walk your talk, especially where your one to one interactions are concerned. You can stay behind the veneer if you wish, because if you come out you may indeed get hurt. But come out and play willingly and you’ll find many different types of relationships waiting to welcome you. Time to take a few chances.
Business and Finance
If you’re prepared to engage with people more at the one to one level then there’s every chance that this month will bring you into contact with those who can considerably help you in your path forward. Your willingness to interact with other and others will be directly reflected in your output this month. Basically, two and two equals five during March, in that team work is better than working alone, despite your desire to do so. And by the end of the month the rewards will be starting to become apparent…..
Health and Spirit
Sometimes, when you just want to be left alone to get on with things because you can do them better alone than with others, people constantly get in your way. But if you engage deliberately with others, there’s a greater risk of misunderstanding and confusion. So it’s a balancing act with isolation and perfection on one hand, and the need for community and imperfection on the other. And you’re in the middle, which is fine as long as you don’t go to extremes. People rely on your centred approach now, don’t let them down.
Possibly the most active month of the year, with the Sun, Mercury, Venus and especially Jupiter running riot through your sign. It’s a great month for being more outgoing, optimistic and bouncy, but it’s also going to be very easy to overstretch yourself, quite possibly financially, so by all means enjoy yourself but keep an eye on the purse strings. The start of the month is very good indeed for negotiations, contracts, plans, debates and discussions, you should be in a lot more of an amenable state to let other people have their own opinions and ideas as long as they don't directly conflict with yours – and even then you’re not going to be bothered, you’ll merely move on. Great month.
Romance and Relationship
Venus is still with you until the 8th of this month, so make hay whilst the sun shines is a good way of describing the first week of March. After this things don’t so much go off the boil as approach a status of simmering nicely. But don’t be scared to take a few chances in the first days of March, the rest of the month could go swimmingly well if you do. Rarely do I say this, but this is a good month. The only danger here is complacency, obviously not a good idea.
Business and Finance
Jupiter’s with you big time, so chances and opportunities abound. Remember though that Jupiter is only hot air, he’s a gas giant with no solidity and often promises more than he delivers. But at the same time he brings optimism and hope, and this is a great month to take a few chances professionally, especially in the first two weeks of the month. Times like this are rare, so use them whilst they are there
Health and Spirit
This is it folks, this month’s new Moon is in Pisces and right on top of the planet Uranus, the changebringer. Don’t plan on anything being normal or routine, this is a lousy time for convention or stability, but a great time to begin again, re-invent yourself and break the mold of the past. ‘Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it now. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it’. And Goethe was talking about a similar energy that’s around you this month. Use it or lose it.