Summary
Jupiter Direct at 18 degrees Taurus February 4
Mercury Transits Aquarius February 11 – 27
Full Moon in Cancer 30 deg/Ashlesha February 12
Sun Transits Aquarius February 12 – March 14
Mars Direct at 23 degrees Gemini February 23
Mercury Transits Pisces February 27 – May 6
New Moon in Aquarius/Shatabishak February 27
March 2025 Headlines

Summary

For an in-depth analysis of specific planetary placements, please continue with the full planetary forecast.

Jupiter Direct at 18 degrees Taurus February 4

After walking back through the late degrees of Taurus since October 9th, Jupiter resumes direct motion on February 4th. Retrograde motion of a planet can make predictions difficult; the planet’s indications and results can vary widely.

We expect clarity, wisdom, and accurate guidance from Jupiter, and the past four months has left many folks feeling rather lost. Jupiter’s water sign, Pisces, has additionally been hosting Rahu since November of 2023, muddying the waters, and with the retrograde cycle added to it, the confusion levels have risen considerably.

There are a couple of factors coming online that should help us to regain some clarity about direction, even though we also have some incoming influences that indicate a slate of rapid changes. Let’s take advantage of this window of clarity during February and make a game plan for the very dynamic Spring of 2025.

One favorable transit to consider is Jupiter’s parivartana with Venus which engages when Venus moved to Pisces on January 27th. Parivartana status is gained when a pair of planets occupies one another’s sign. Jupiter is the ruler of Pisces where Venus voyages through May 31st. Venus is the ruler of Taurus, where direct Jupiter will be finishing his transit on May 14th. This gives us a 3.5 month period where two great benefic planets both gain the benefit of this exchange, which bolsters the results of each of the planets involved.

During this window, things may get a bit wiggly from March 1st to April 12th, when Venus is retrograde in Pisces, with the added shimmy of Mercury retrograde in Pisces from March 15th to April 7th. Adding to the wiggles comes a strong game of light and shadow with a lunar eclipse on March 13-14 and a solar eclipse on March 29th.

With so many moving parts during this time, including the transit of great Saturn from Aquarius on March 29th, we will all be looking for stability, grace, and inspiration amidst a chaos fueled period. The exchange of signs between Venus and Jupiter, the two great teachers who guide our connections and growth, is very positive and stabilizes us through a rapidly changing phase. The spice comes with the fact that Rahu will join with Venus, putting a wild energy into the already shifting landscape.

February 4th brings us Jupiter’s return to direct motion. Until Venus assumes retrograde on March 1st, this gives us a generous few weeks to maximize the creative growth potential promised by this exchange of signs. Look for the lighthouses and correct your courses while the fog clears temporarily.

Mercury Transits Aquarius February 11 – 27

Mercury is advancing quickly through Saturn’s signs of Capricorn and Aquarius. This rapid motion normally comes just before a retrograde cycle, which we see for Mercury in Pisces from March 15th to April 7th. The first part of February, we’ll see Mercury running up the incline we find in Capricorn, and the dash continues from February 11th through the 27th in Aquarius.

Aquarius is a paradoxical sign, having the co-lordship of Saturn and Rahu. As the fourth of the fixed signs in the zodiac, Aquarius brings in stability in the air element, urging us to focus our mental efforts for maximum gains in the long run. The stable nature of Aquarius is reflected in the deliberate nature of Saturn, while the other co-lord, Rahu, projects a dynamic and unpredictable energy that brings forward the reality of navigating a wild world and its diverse masses.

Aquarius has been hosting Saturn since January 2023, which is part two of Saturn’s voyage through his two contiguous signs, giving us a bit more than five years of Saturn in strength. Since Saturn’s game involves hard work, sacrifice, determination, and surrender, for many, this stretch which began in January 2020 when Saturn entered Capricorn, has been challenging.

February and March will be the final two months of Saturn’s transit in Aquarius, and we may encounter details that need to be completed in the matters that Saturn has been drawing to our attention in the past couple of years. Aquarius represents the realization of desires that have been long sought or worked toward. Saturn urges us to let go of what has already passed, so that forward movement is unimpeded. Saturn also helps us to maintain boundaries, stand with strength, and make hard calls.

As Saturn moves toward his next station in the final sign of the zodiac, our long games will be cycling into new vistas. Saturn in Pisces is from March 29, 2025 through Feb 23, 2028, with a Saturn in Aries preview from June 2 – October 20, 2027.

Mercury’s exact meeting with Saturn comes on February 25th at 27 degrees Aquarius in the nakshatra of Purvabhadra, which spans between the signs of Aquarius and Pisces. Much of the action with the upcoming eclipses and transits will occur in Purvabhadra nakshatra, which has the reputation for intensity but with the power to elevate and uplift those who have prepared themselves to rise.

While Mercury is in Aquarius with Saturn from February 11 – 27, use the stability of steady Saturn to focus mental energy on one task at a time. Mercury tends to multitask, which can result in loss of time and energy as dropped threads need to be picked up eventually. Slow down, maintain focus, stay on task, and don’t forget to eat, even when the world is swirling outside your door.

Now is the time to analyze what is happening in the short term and make projections for the long term. Do your best with the information you have on hand.

Full Moon in Cancer 30 deg/Ashlesha February 12

We’re on a roll with full Moons occurring at the last degree of a sign, which means that a feeling of transition and instability has been prevailing for a few months. The full Moon of February comes on Wednesday February 12th as the Moon lines up at 30 degrees Cancer in the nakshatra of Ashlesha, while the Sun occupies 30 degrees Capricorn in the nakshatra of Dhanistha.

Going forward, the degree the full Moon occurs at will begin to back away from the edge, but both February and March will maintain that tipping point feeling. The zone that joins the last degrees of Cancer to the first degrees of Leo is the first gandanta of the zodiac, that tricky transition between a water sign and a fire sign that can feel like a challenge or trial.

At sunrise (Colorado, USA) on February 12th, the Sun at 29 degrees 54 minutes Capricorn will oppose the Moon setting at 29 degrees 54 minutes Cancer, bringing us a full Moon that feels like a brink reached. The Moon when full and in its own sign of Cancer is considered to be strong, meaning that emotional energy will be high and that as much light as possible is beaming into the night sky.

The lead up to this full Moon during the first part of February could be an avenue to gaining more insight and information about both the practical facts of life and the emotional landscape that reacts to those facts. When we reach that full Moon moment, it will be less than an hour before the Moon moves through the gandanta zone and into Leo and it will be a just a few hours until the Sun moves into Aquarius.

Mercury is the ruler of the nakshatra Ashlesha, where the Moon’s fullness peaks. Ashlesha’s symbol is a serpent, which carries forward the Chinese calendar’s new year which becomes Year of the Wood Snake on January 29th. One of the transformational feats of the snake is the ability to shed its skin to accommodate growth and cleanse its system of toxins. The snake is a prevalent symbol of transformation and healing in many cultures, including being the main feature of the caduceus, the traditional symbol for Hermes, aka Mercury, ruler of each of the nakshatras that fall in the last section of each water sign.

Take stock of what is, what has been, and how you are going to manage the changes ahead. Individually and collectively we are facing the depths of change, invited or not. In this tide, decide whether to surrender completely to it or to find navigational clarity in order to choose conscious change over being changed against your will.

Sun Transits Aquarius February 12 – March 14

The Sun moves from Capricorn to Aquarius just after the full Moon peaks on February 12th for a one month cruise through Saturn’s air sign. This will be the last time that the Sun will transit either of Saturn’s signs while Saturn holds court there until 2050 when Saturn makes it back to Capricorn.

Sun and Saturn are known enemies, each championing an equally valid sector of life. The Sun shows us the power of the individual, reflects the truth of an immaterial soul as part of the individual system, and sets the tone for personal expression, which could manifest in almost any way under the Sun. Achievement, leadership, generosity, nobility, and righteousness are the best qualities we can aspire to when it comes to embodying the Sun.

Saturn’s agenda recognizes individual power and expression but brings into play the field on which this individual moves, calling into question how an individual operates in the context of society. With Saturn, we are called to define our beliefs about social responsibility and how much the individual needs to recognize that he is just one of the many, and to examine how individual actions affect the rights of others.

With Saturn and Sun facing off from mid-February through mid-March, we will have our annual ego summit meeting for one last time in Saturn’s territory, which brings us into the realm of the common folks, the masses, and those who are compromised in some way due to health, wealth, gender, or any kind of suffering and difficulty.

The annual Saturn and Sun meeting often brings up themes of me vs we. It is important for individuals to care for and know themselves, but how can that occur without robbing others of that same privelege? This study is relevant in our personal lives but also when we look at the bigger picture of the collectives and groups that make up countries and societies.

The Sun in Aquarius this year really does feel like a retreat or summit meeting due to very few aspects coming into Aquarius from other planets. The nodal axis aka Rahu and Ketu, Jupiter, and Mars are all out of range of hitting the Sun and Saturn during their time together.

Take this as a hint to make some time to create a quiet space so that your own voice alone can be heard as you turn inward and find the roots of what you need, what you want, and what you can actually do in the face of what you have to support you. Make some time to have a heart to heart with yourself, without considering anyone else’s needs. Then make some more time to have a heart to heart with the other people in your life and try to understand their needs and desires. Then take even more time to sit with both of these data sets as you make plans about how to move forward in a sustainable way.

Mars Direct at 23 degrees Gemini February 23

Mars has been making quite a splash as he is slowly grinding through his retrograde phase. Retrograde took Mars from Cancer back into Gemini on January 21st, pulling us into what feels like a slog as powerful Mars walks back into the quick and intellectual sign of Gemini.

When Mars is unable to fire on all cylindars, we can feel a bit edgy or frustrated on a personal level. For the first few weeks of February, we will all feel the slight power vaccuum as retrograde Mars rolls back, extending his unstable and fiery energy into Virgo, Sagittarius, and Capricorn via aspect, in addition to his influence in the sign of Gemini. One of Mars’ duties is to protect and serve; retrograde Mars has left many feeling like the fox is guarding the henhouse.

Retrograde motion does not inspire firm foundations and smooth initiation, so it may be wise to plan new campaigns for after Mars returns to direct motion on February 23rd. The first few weeks of February is a good time for reviewing strategies and investigating data sets.

Retrograde motion, in the sense of frustrating Mars, could come out as short temper, impatience or aggression, especially in the Mercury realms of communication and transaction. Try to turn the control inward and err on the side of saying less this month.

Mercury Transits Pisces February 27 – May 6

Mercury will be spending a long stretch in the sign of Pisces from February 27th through May 6th, due to a retrograde cycle that stalls him in those stars from March 15th through April 7th. If you’ve been watching this space, you’ll be aware that we’re all in for some planetary excitement this spring, with the sign of Pisces being the main stage.

One of Mercury’s hats is that of journalist, being the eyes and ears, recording the events on scence, asking questions of involved parties... Mercury’s presence in Pisces during this time could be quite useful. Pisces, the water sign of expansive Jupiter, is the debilitation sign for Mercury, making it difficult for swift Mercury to think and move with his usual quickness.

The emotional depths of the water signs tend to bog down detail oriented Mercury. But of all the planets, Mercury has the intelligence to learn his way through most difficulty and the humor to buffer the painful edges of life enough to keep walking the path and making it work. When a planet transits through its sign of debilitation, there are a set of conditions that if met will cancel the debiltation and in some cases boomerang the weakness into strength and the difficulty into opportunity.

One of the conditions is the presence of an exalted planet on scene, which will be the case with Venus, exalted in Pisces, present during the entire transit of Mercury through Pisces. Venus transits Pisces from January 27th through May 31st.

New Moon in Aquarius/Shatabishak February 27

As the second month of 2025 comes to a close, the Moon slides into the Sun’s zone for our new Moon moment on Thursday, February 27th. The luminaries join at 16 degrees of Aquarius, which falls in the third pada of Shatabishak nakshatra. There is a lot of Rahu influence on this new Moon. Not only is Rahu edging closer to Aquarius, Rahu is the co-ruler of Aquarius, as well as the planetary ruler of Shatabishak nakshatra, which is associated with the concept of radical healing.

The nadir of lunar energy comes with the new Moon, which can also correspond with an ebb in physical and mental energy. It is a good to carve out time for rest and relaxation, purging what has been spent and opening space for what is to come.

When the Sun and Rahu or Ketu get into the same zone, the Earth experiences the extreme play of light and shadow that comes with eclipses. In March, the Sun joins with Rahu, bringing an eclipse pairing that acts as the harbinger for an outer planet rollout of changes through the Spring.

The Rahu influence on this new Moon asks us to examine our deep impulses and desires. Shatabishak nakshatra is supportive for connecting with medicine. Medicine is a broad term here, meaning any person, place, or thing that contributes to the healing process. Medicine can be magic when the body, mind, and soul are aligned. Medicine means nothing when the system is out of alignment or when the cause of illness continues to operate.

Create alignment and harmony between what you truly desire and what you are actually doing. When you find that grain of sand that may be irritating, stay there and work on the source of friction. Identify sources of pain or discord, and objectively study how you are furthering or reducing that friction.

With big changes ahead starting in March, we are collectively readying ourselves by cleaning things out, resting and regaining strength, and adjusting our strategies going forward to include self care that supports and is supported by a larger system of societal and community care.

March 2025 Headlines

Venus Retrograde in Pisces March 1 – April 12
Sun+Saturn Conjunction March 11
Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in Leo 29deg/Uttaraphalguni March 13-14
Sun Transits Pisces March 14 – April 13
Mercury Retrograde in Pisces March 15 – April 7
New Moon Partial Solar Eclipse in Pisces/Uttarabhadra March 29
Saturn Transits Pisces March 29, 2025 – Feb 23, 2028