March 2024
Vedic Astrology
March is a complicated month. Tension is builds up as Saturn and Mars
are close in the sky. Mars wants to move ahead, Saturn remains
deliberately fixed and this creates tension. Saturn will remain the main
influence in March, as it was also in February. Saturn is also in charge
for all of 2024 as we are in an eight year, the number of Saturn (2024 = 2
+ 2 + 4 = 8). Saturn always means business. This planet tends to bring
karmic reckoning. It also suggests an emphasis on hard work,
restlessness, pessimism, anxiety, and concerns over safety, security, and
law and order. At the higher level, Saturn represents the divine impulse
which encourages us to seek the truth and overcome our karmic
limitations through spiritual humility, discipline, will power, and
determination.
All planets remain direct so moving forward will continue but be
mindful of how you spend your energy and of not taking on too many
commitments than you can efficiently manage. We may have trouble
with communicating clearly and everyone’s patience will be tested as
Mercury moves into Pisces, its sign of debilitation this month.
In addition, we begin Eclipse Season! What does eclipse season mean
in astrology? Astrologers use the term “eclipse season” to refer to the
time period or window that eclipses are occurring, which happens twice
a year.
Eclipse Season begins two weeks before the first eclipse and lasts for at
least two weeks after the second eclipse. That means for one month,
most people feel some form of nervousness, feeling a little more easily
destabilized or thrown off-center.
This is why it is even more important to take daily walks, practice
simple calm breathing techniques, meditate, sing, dance, or do whatever
healthy habits bring you resilience and a calmer mind.
March 1: Sun, Saturn and Mercury Conjunct Aquarius
Watch impatience and conflict with others. There can be a tendency to
slip into bad habits.
March 3: Mars in Capricorn and Ketu in Virgo Trine
Mars and Ketu can be impulsive risk-takers, so be patient, especially if
you are experiencing heightened or misdirected emotions. Mars and
Ketu together can also be insightful and helps us to understand our own
strength and power. Again, emotions in the world run high during this
day.
March 7 - 25: Mercury Transits Into Pisces
Pisces is the sign of Mercury’s debilitation (greatest weakness).
Challenges in Communication! Mercury’s qualities of discernment and
detail orientation gets lost in the watery sign of Pisces. Communication
may be misinterpreted so be precise in all communications during this
time.
March 7 - 31 - Venus Transits into Aquarius: A Constructive Time
Especially for Innovation, Futuristic Exploration, and Goal-
Oriented Group Endeavors
Venus in Aquarius is hopeful, futuristic, goal-oriented, innovative, and
especially successful when it comes to group endeavors. This is a great
time to make community more prominent in your life and a time to make
new acquittances and expand your network! Venus transiting here can
also be constructive in matters related to finances, the arts, love and
relationships, inner peace, beauty, and vitality.
March 8: Mercury Conjunct Neptune in Pisces: Enhanced
Creativity!
This conjunction can be very good for artistic, humanitarian, and
creative pursuits, and for tapping into altered dream states and higher
consciousness. The conjunction of these two planets in the sign of
Mercury’s greatest weakness (Pisces) may highlight market volatility or
other unpredictable moves in the financial sector.