Happy Pisces Season! Pisces’ dreamy, surreal nature will make for a lively, intoxicating, and revolutionary Mardi Gras. This energy will be heightened when Venus begins its retrograde back through Aries on the 1st, and Mercury enters into Aries on the 3rd. Aries and Pisces mark the beginning and the end of the zodiac cycle, respectively, and thus the transformative nature of Carnival season will continue to show its stripes (or teeth!) as the month progresses. The full moon eclipse in Virgo will occur on the 14th, preceding the equinox by about a week. Aries’ insistent nature combined with Virgo’s calculated urgency will likely heighten tensions in our personal lives, and Mercury retrograde starting on the 15th will add some good old-fashioned chaos to these difficulties. Aries’ domination of both Venus and Mercury’s retrogrades this month might find us vacillating between the Piscean inclination towards rest and reflection, and a (perhaps impulsive, or frightened) desire to start revving our engines for a new cycle around the sun. Though Mardi Gras is one of the most life-affirming traditions on the planet, it can undeniably drain our energy and pockets. Our health and stability are paramount to defeating fascism, and though there is much work to be done personally, politically, and socially, we simply cannot pour from empty cups. If we make space for recovery, the equinox on the 20th will mark the beginning of a new chapter for the warriors among (and within) us. Venus and Mercury will re-enter Pisces on the 27th and 29th, respectively, offering a soft landing after the chaos experienced early in the month. March is about finding stable footing despite the waves and flames that engulf us.
ARIES
Mercury and Venus’ retrogrades through your sign this month will impact both your mental capacity and social life. Both fortunately and unfortunately, the sun will be transiting your 12th house of karma and endings, so these combined astrological forces might lead to a more disruptive end to Carnival than you’d like. Disruptions don’t have to be bad, and if anything, your fiery nature craves disruption as a force for change. Perhaps try to take this opportunity to disrupt your own negative karmic loops.
TAURUS
On the surface, Pisces and Taurus don’t have a great deal in common. Pisces can be quite irresponsible and impulsive, whereas you might thrive best when things are predictable. However, in ways that are really beautiful and important, you are both pleasure-seeking lovers of the Earth, bound to the sea and to the land. The sun’s transit through your 11th house this month will show you how to best share this love of Earth and of life—consider hosting a workshop or inviting your friends to lay in the grass with you while dreaming of bigger and better futures.
GEMINI
After what was likely a spicy Aquarius season, Pisces season will arrive with some sizable energetic demands. The sun’s transit through your 10th house of public image and legacy will ask you to set and meet higher standards, though not in the traditional sense. Pisces rulership of your 10th house indicates a potential for disruptive, liberatory behavior that benefits those in need—this month is an excellent time to let your freak flag fly as high as you want it to.
CANCER
Water signs are often concerned with cleansing. Whether it be their own hearts, their space, or the fucked up world order, water signs, and Cancers in particular, are able to move mountains in this regard—with the right motivation. Pisces season and the sun’s transit through your 9th house might provide you with the exact incentive you need to remove or transmute relationships, habits, and beliefs that make you feel murky. Pisces’ adaptable energy is an excellent tool to harness for these goals. You needn’t control the entire process, you just need to get it started, then trust it.
LEO
Pisces rulership of your 8th house is, if nothing else, a testament to the hard-won nature of Leo’s confidence. Though stereotypes about being overconfident abound for Leos, many overlook that the lion does tons of work to grow into its power. This month is very likely to be one of those times, as the sun transits your 8th house and Pisces’ influence demands that you take a look at your shadows and give them the opportunity to show you what you are truly capable of. Be wise, be brave, and don’t let anyone dim your shine that you’ve worked so hard to achieve.
VIRGO
As you reach the halfway point in your cycle around the sun, your sister sign Pisces will give you many opportunities to be mushier than usual. The sun will transit your 7th house, associated with romance, beauty, and partnership, and you might find yourself melting into a sense of safety and happiness previously unknown. Though your cautious nature will never totally abandon you, you might find yourself letting it have less rulership over your life and choices. The full moon in your sign on the 14th is an excellent time to embrace Piscean notions of surrender, while honoring the legacy of care and caution that has made your current reality possible.
LIBRA
The 6th house is perhaps most easily associated with our health and well-being. It is also, in equal effect, associated with work ethic and service to others. The sun’s transit through yours this month will compound with the Venus and Mercury retrogrades through your sister sign Aries, creating a reality that might feel very touch and go. On the one hand, you are ready to form new habits and demonstrate their effectiveness to the people you love, and on the other you know that you need rest and (dare I suggest) isolation to care for your body and nervous system. Give your body what it needs and the habits will fall into place more easily.
SCORPIO
This season might be one of your best all year, and your post-Mardi Gras glow will be well served by putting yourself out there creatively and emotionally. The sun will be transiting your 5th house of play and creativity until the 20th, and Pisces’ influence over this area of your chart could open up new avenues for your gifts and talents to shine. Now is not a time for shyness—though, as always, it will be useful to reflect before committing to things that don’t feel fully in alignment with your spirit.
SAGITTARIUS
Though Sagittariuses are often thought to be brazen, attitude-laden hotheads, you are often also some of the most deeply, radically caring people on the planet. The sun’s transit through your 4th house of home and safety is going to ask you to be authentic about what emotional safety looks like—whether it is in your home, your family, or more broadly within the feminine aspects of your nature. Venus and Mercury’s retrogrades through fellow fire sign Aries will occur in your 5th house, perhaps asking you to refine your intentions for your home and creativity before the sun joins these planets in Aries starting on the 20th.
CAPRICORN
Because Capricorns understand all too well the destructive and regenerative cycles that make the world go round, you often have one dark sense of humor. This will serve you well this month as the sun transits your 3rd house. Opportunities for play and exploration will also represent opportunities to deepen your understanding of yourself and society, and the full moon in fellow earth sign Virgo will benefit your intellect and emotions insofar as you have demonstrated a willingness to honor both.
AQUARIUS
Aquarians can often struggle with money and stability as a result of their altruistic natures. The sun’s transit through your 2nd house will likely highlight these difficulties so that they can be (at least in part) overcome. As a fixed sign you are able to form and maintain new habits, but as an air sign it probably doesn’t appeal to your preference for fluidity and responsiveness. It will aid you (and others!) if you spend this month setting long-term goals for your resources and labor.
PISCES
Happy You season, Pisces! This month, despite the terrifying spectre of a declining empire, you are set up for regeneration and self-reflection. The sun’s transit through your 1st house each year represents a bit of a reset. The full moon in your sister sign Virgo on the 14th and the start of Mercury retrograde on the 15th will both contribute to an introspective period where you can cultivate a new, improved self-image and set goals that are in service to both your head and your heart.
illustrations by Anneliese DePano
