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March 2026 Overview
You know that strong feeling that inexplicably pulls you into or away from something? Like when something you were once okay with becomes a resounding hell no, and suddenly you just cannot make yourself participate anymore? Or even when the inner voice screams hell yes, and you don’t know why, but you just have to jump. This is the firm hand of the gut check that guides you when you have no idea which path to take. That feeling is a tool for clarity, even when you can’t see what’s ahead.
Even when you can’t see what’s ahead, you are being guided, if by nothing else than your feelings. I’m thinking specifically about how I’ve had a conclusive, unignorable, and persistent pull to resign from my day job for at least a year. I’ve been toiling and calculating how to make it work, until recently, when I realized it’s like the Allegory of the Cave–you cannot see what’s out there from inside the cave. Anyway, I did it. My point is: you can’t always build the next good thing from within the bad thing. That feels like a perfect picture of the astrology of the year so far. The felt experience is sometimes more logical than logic itself.
We’ve spent the past few months reevaluating and challenging the stories and beliefs we hold about ourselves. March is a reckoning. Our views, and the ways we once operated in the world and functioned in society, might have done a complete somersault. Now, you may be picking up hints that what you’re trying to fix has already been resolved–you’re just picking the scab out of habit.
On the heels of a super transformative eclipse, we’ve entered Pisces, the final sign in the zodiac, which we tend to romanticize and stereotype as gauzy dreaminess. No. Not today. Pisces season is a clearinghouse that provides space to process grief, exhaustion, and truth before beginning what’s new. This month is a cleansing rite that makes way for the activation that comes with Aries season and the beginning of a totally new cycle. You can’t get There from Here, unless you work your way out of Here.
This month, many astrologers are underscoring the transition from internal processing into outward action. Tired structures and routines that aren’t working anymore dissolve during Pisces season–this is the time for wrapping things up emotionally. The stories you tell yourself aren’t necessarily true, even if they once were, and they might be what’s keeping you stuck. The Virgo Lunar Eclipse on the 3rd pushes us to upgrade our thinking and clear the internal clutter so we can move forward with clarity.
And don’t get it twisted: the emotional turmoil and upheaval we’re feeling and seeing in the world is not coincidental. Take in the information and consider it data. This is meant to guide you toward your next best step.
This March is not about dreamy, weepy navel-gazing. It’s not about reacting. It’s not about falling apart or throwing everything away. It’s about taking an emotional inventory, recalibrating your structures, and then consciously integrating to prepare for what comes next. If February was a revolution, March is a refinement, and April will be ignition.
This month is showing us that we are required to take the necessary steps to process emotions; this step can’t be bypassed. This activation is exhausting, but it’s important. This is what moves the needle.
IMPORTANT DATES THIS MONTH
March 2 – Mars enters Pisces
The vibe is Stevie Nicks: “Never have I been a blue calm sea, I have always been a storm.”
March 3 – Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Virgo
Healing and growth take precedence as you make space to be as truly you as possible. Spring cleaning commences–where can you make space for your best habits?
March 6 – Venus enters Aries
It feels like sock hop season, doesn’t it? The confidence of Aries makes us bold in love.
March 10 – Jupiter goes direct in Cancer
Your strength is your authenticity, and as the planet of luck and expansion moves into intuitive Cancer, trust your gut and believe in the power of your softness.
March 18 – New Moon in Pisces
Springtime makes the potential for new seem limitless, and this New Moon helps expose what’s possible. Release old timelines and tired stories. Look ahead.
March 20 – Sun enters Aries | Spring Equinox | Astrological New Year | Mercury direct in Pisces
Finally, we thaw and feel awake and alive enough to begin anew. Take a stand for what you want and go after it. With the start of Aries season, we end the first Mercury retrograde of the year. Move confidently with the clarity you’ve been given.
March 30 – Venus enters Taurus
With Venus entering one of its ruling signs, we close out the month with some serious magical vibes. Enjoy your creature comforts and simple pleasures. Value everything you love.
Birthday Royalty <3 Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
You are meant for bigger things than melting into someone else’s mold. What is desired of you isn’t always aligned with what you want, and self-contortion tends to lead to erasure. This month, you’re recognizing where you’ve become small without meaning to. Now you can expand with clarity. You are one of the wise souls among us who’s meant to collect the insights and feel things deeply without dissolving. Don’t apologize for vulnerability. When the Sun moves into Aries, something clicks, and you are simply done shrinking to keep the peace. You’re familiar with staying soft while exhibiting bravery. This is your superpower.
Tarotscope | 9 of Cups
Everything you have has been earned, and it’s yours alone.
NOW FOR THE REST OF YOU...
Aries (March 21 – April 19)
The air feels electric for you this month, as the eclipses are exposing what in your daily habits isn’t supporting your ambitious plans. Eventually, the tank is depleted, and if it isn’t fueling you, it’s draining you. You’re feeling the signal to move, and what’s been dormant within you is suddenly lit. You’re ready, but move with intention. Don’t be reckless or avoidant.
Tarotscope | Knight of Swords
Consider whether you’re being fueled by genuine curiosity and desire. Or is it spite?
Taurus (April 20 – May 20)
Ease is not equal to joy. What brings you comfort isn’t always the same as what makes you happy. This month, you are being called to think honestly about the difference between complacency and comfort. Are you staying because it’s easier than leaving? Leaving because it’s easier than staying? Neither is wrong–you’re just being asked to consider all angles and recognize the subtle tones lying beneath the surface.
Tarotscope | The High Priestess
You know what it means. Shielding yourself from your truth doesn’t make it any less true.
Gemini (May 21 – June 20)
Your inner world and outer world are misaligned, and you know it. The Virgo eclipse brings something domestic or foundational to the surface, and you can’t ignore the disparity anymore. This month has the feeling of finally having the long-overdue conversation, and realizing it wasn’t actually that bad. You’re over-intellectualizing things, scrutinizing every feeling. Sometimes, you just need to say it without air-signing it to death.
Tarotscope | Eight of Swords
Stop pretending you don’t know the way out.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
Senses and emotions are on high this month, but that’s okay. You’re just being asked to consider which of these weights that you’re carrying is actually yours. You might realize that you have been unintentionally, unknowingly holding onto something that doesn’t even matter anymore. The eclipse spotlights some sort of message that reveals a truth, changing your perspective–in a good way. You are being pushed into visibility, forced out of hiding.
Tarotscope | 9 of Wands
Keep your boundaries strong, and know that you’re almost there.
Leo (July 23 – August 22)
Suddenly, you might feel like something’s not right. The value isn’t adding up, and it seems like you’re aware of a disparity between how much you receive and the work you’re putting in. Do your resources match your effort? Something is misaligned, and if you aren’t feeling valued, you’ll soon lose interest. It might be wise to speak up before you’ve fully withdrawn. You might find that you get what you want if you simply ask.
Tarotscope | Five of Swords
Balance the scales. Reciprocity matters, and resentment builds slowly over time.
Virgo (August 23 – September 22)
This month’s Lunar Eclipse is in your sign, and it is not subtle. This is a turning point for you. Something about who you are and how you show up is changing. Your identity, your body, or your direction shifts with this eclipse. It becomes impossible to ignore that you’ve been quietly tolerating something that just doesn’t fit anymore. It’s time to cut it out and release yourself from what isn’t right for you. You don’t need to justify your evolution.
Tarotscope | Justice
What’s meant for you will always find you, and if it doesn’t feel like yours, you don’t have to keep it.
Libra (September 23 – October 22)
You’re feeling v chill vibes and focusing on your internal landscape. You are being subconsciously activated this month–your dreams are more vivid than usual, and your intuition is heightened. This is lovely, and revelatory. Something that hasn’t been obvious on a surface level becomes super real to you this month. Meanwhile, this same energy is triggering old fears. You don’t need to analyze this. You just need to observe it. There is a part of you that’s been waiting for this moment.
Tarotscope | The Sun
Truth is clarifying, even when it kinda scares you a little bit.
Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)
Your long-term commitments are under review. You may be realizing that you don’t owe loyalty to dynamics that don’t work for you, especially if they don’t reciprocate. If it feels performative, then it is, and that just doesn’t sit right with you. You can see with crystal clarity what feels misaligned, and this month, it feels appropriate to leave the party if it isn’t fun anymore. You’re inspired to collaborate, but only if it’s mutually beneficial and you feel respected.
Tarotscope | Three of Cups (Reversed)
You should leave the party if it isn’t fun anymore.
Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)
You have been feeling like you’re a bug under a microscope, especially at work, and we hate this for you. You’ve been working so hard–you don’t need to push so hard to be taken seriously. This month allows for some course correction. Once Aries season rolls around, you’ll be feeling lighter and more free. There’s a reason this is all happening now. You’re at a fork in the road; do you want to continue on this path or veer onto another course?
Tarotscope | Ace of Wands
When you feel that creative or passionate spark again, nurture and protect it.
Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)
This month, it becomes clear that you’ve been operating under some belief systems or narratives that feel so outdated. You’re evolving, and your foundations are shifting with you. Just because you’ve believed something for a long time, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily true now. You are allowed to change, and you don’t have to hold onto expectations or rules that you’ve inherited forever. Strength doesn’t have to mean rigidity. It can also be agility.
Tarotscope | The Empress
You don’t need to control to be strong.
Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)
This eclipse is likely to bring you a reckoning–emotional or financial–when you see the cracks in a foundation that isn’t truly stable. It’s on you to rebuild yourself a solid structure that doesn’t cave. What got you here won’t get you where you’re trying to go next, and maybe you can’t even get there from here. You might have to break a few yolks to make the omelette, as Hayley says. It’s possible to get what you want, but only if you take it.
Tarotscope | The Tower
You are the hammer. You are the tower and the truth bringer. Avoidance just delays the inevitable.
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