The arrival of Pisces season has the potential to soothe our nervous systems and bolster our vitality. The spring equinox occurs on the 20th and has been celebrated across many different cultures for millennia, operating as a yearly moment where cultural ideas around renewal coalesce. This moment marks the transition between Pisces and Aries seasons, and the astrological new year in Western astrology. We have been working to release our pasts through the Gregorian New Year, the Lunar New Year, and now the Solar New Year, and with each release we create room to plant new seeds. The full moon Lunar eclipse in Virgo on the 3rd is its own cycle ending of sorts, as after this eclipse the north and south nodes will shift into Aquarius and Leo, respectively. For the last year and a half the nodes have been moving through Virgo and Pisces, activating fated lessons around practicality, spirituality, sacrifice, and purity. This final full moon eclipse will act as a capstone in regards to lessons about our health, our capacity for service, and self-abandonment. Venus, planet of love and feminine power, will shift out of Pisces and into fiery Aries on the 6th, and Jupiter will turn direct in Cancer on the 10th. The combined influence of these two cardinal signs will set the stage for us to take charge of our life force. The equinox and the eclipses will have global impacts, and the waves of these impacts will ripple against one another in an array of revolutionary action and reactionary oppression. Pisces and Virgo will rise to the occasion as strategic, empathetic leaders, and the arrival of Aries season on the 20th will kick things into high gear.
ARIES
Your position at the beginning of the zodiac comes with a great responsibility. When your season arrives, the Earth starts to come back to life, and this external experience is reflected in our spirits. Your capacity to inspire and persist is of utmost value right now, and the sun’s transit through your 12th house until the 20th will prepare you to take on this role. This house concerns itself with karma and endings—let Pisces wash away last year’s troubles and water the seeds of revolt that you wish to sow.
TAURUS
This month, Pisces’ mutable water energy meets your fixed (perhaps dry) Earth energy in your 11th house of community and legacy. Much like the warm rains that nourish our hardened soil as spring emerges, slowly these two meet and create the circumstances for growth. Living this out will mean feeling your feelings and letting them soak in, which might not be the most comfortable experience. Trust it is for the greater good, and let those feelings inspire sustainable community work.
GEMINI
Last month your ruling planet Mercury went retrograde on the 26th, and this transit will continue through the majority of the month before ending on the spring equinox. This transit through watery Pisces in your 10th house could bring road blocks in your goals and career, but being redirected can be a blessing. The sun’s transit here will illuminate outdated patterns of self-sabotage, and Pisces’ influence will encourage going with the flow.
CANCER
Jupiter’s continued transit through your sign and 1st house will have an amplified effect this Pisces season, as Jupiter is Pisces’ ruling planet. Whatever plans you’ve been trying to get off the ground, the combined influence of Jupiter and the sun’s transit through your 9th house of freedom and exploration will provide novel possibilities, if you are willing to peek outside of your shell.
LEO
One of the most potent effects that Mardi Gras has on our lives is the transmutation of grief, and you might find that this season operates as an extension of that experience last month. The sun’s transit through Pisces in your 8th house will unearth deeper layers of pain that need addressing, through the equinox on the 20th. The arrival of Aries season on this day will invigorate Leos who have been willing to sit with the darkness in order to truly appreciate the arrival of the light.
VIRGO
Your sister sign Pisces’ rulership of your 7th house of relationships is likely a bit of a doozy each time you encounter it. As a Virgo, you are inclined toward precision, where Pisces prefers a softer, less logical approach. It could be wise to lean into your shared mutable nature this month, as romance and partnerships of any kind will demand a lot of your attention. Pisces season invites flow and release, and Mercury retrograde until the 20th will invite introspection before action.
LIBRA
When was the last time you embraced your rage? As a Libra, this uncomfy emotion is one that you prefer to avoid until absolutely necessary. However, this month your ruling planet Venus will leave Pisces for your fiery sister sign Aries on the 6th and begin its transit through your 7th house. If there are relationships you’ve been working too hard to heal, perhaps this is the month to let them go. Aries will teach you to cut cords rather than constantly mend them.
SCORPIO
You might find that Pisces has a cleansing influence on your life and energy, much like spring snowmelt deepening the Mississippi and stirring up the dormant swamps that surround us. Your fellow water sign will likely affect your romantic and creative lives most heavily.
SAGITTARIUS
When was the last time you truly slowed down? Your fiery nature moves through life quickly, and last month’s energetic demands might have left you feeling drained. This month the sun’s transit through your 4th house will invite you to embrace a more Piscean way of being, and focus on home, family, and stability with grounding practices like meditation.
CAPRICORN
Venus will move into fellow cardinal sign Aries on the 6th, and will conjunct both Neptune and Saturn in your 4th house the following two days. Your ruling planet Saturn’s relationship with Venus can be complex, and this combination of restriction and love might have you looking at your family’s past and the patterns that you carry as a result, in hopes that you can become a better version of yourself.
AQUARIUS
The end of winter and the arrival of spring align with your 2nd and 3rd house being illuminated by the sun. Pisces rulership of your 2nd house encourages an intuitive approach to establishing and maintaining stability. Perhaps this month consider meditating before you make your schedule, or integrating affirmations into your everyday life.
PISCES
Happy You season, Pisces! Your free-flowing, ever-changing nature might not characteristically be called to leadership, and yet this month stepping into that role might feel inevitable. Your ruling planet Jupiter will turn direct in fellow water sign Cancer on the 10th, and this energy will supercharge your potential to heal yourself and others in service to the greater good. The new moon in your sign on the 18th is a good time to focus on your own healing and filling your own cup.
illustrations by Anneliese DePano
