March 3: Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo:

Another eclipse is on the way. A total lunar eclipse in Virgo arrives on March 3. You will see the influence of this eclipse in your personal life if you are born on or near May 2 – 4, June 1 – 3, Aug 23 – 25, Dec 23 -25, otherwise you will observe an intensification regarding the news of the day.

Chart Above: Total Lunar Eclipse, March 3, 2026
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**Breaking news: Operation Epic Fury: the USA and Israel (operation dubbed Royal Lion) launched a combined military attack on Iran, killing the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a move that could dramatically shift the power dynamics in the Middle East. Time of first attack: 9:27 am Tehran, Feb 28, 2026. Mars was in transit at the exact degree of the solar eclipse of February 17.

Chart above:
Inner wheel: February 28, 2026, 9:27 am Tehran, Iran (recorded time of first attack).
Outer wheel: Annular Solar Eclipse, February 17, 2026
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Passages of note are typical. The solar eclipse in Aquarius on February 17 brought the death of civil rights leader Reverent Jesse Jackson, iconic actor Robert Duval (“I love the smell of napalm in the morning”, Apocalypse Now) and comedian Catherine O’Hara. If your birthday falls on an eclipse, it marks your year ahead as an important, standout year. How that might play out (to the plus or minus) depends on the eclipse and your chart. It has proved a tough birthday for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Here is another interesting thing to note about eclipses. To be born on an eclipse will mark one’s life for a special destiny. Donald Trump (total lunar), Benjamin Netanyahu (partial solar), and Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (solar annular), were all born on eclipses. Both the Trump and Netanyahu eclipses have Mars in Leo (almost exact!), while the Netanyahu (28 Libra) and Khamenei (28 Aries) solar eclipses are in direct opposition (an “open enemy” position).

Chart above:
Inner Wheel: Solar Annular Eclipse, April 19, 1939: birthdate of Ayatollah Ali Khameni
Middle Wheel: Total Lunar Eclipse, June 14, 1946: birthdate of Donald Trump
Outer Wheel: Solar Partial Eclipse, October 21, 1949: birthdate of Benjamin Netanyahu
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Three out of the four eclipses of the year are prominent on the natal chart of Prime Minister Mark Carney. (The solar eclipse of Feb 17 made a close to exact conjunction to his 11^th house Ceres in Aquarius, an eclipse that has raised his profile on world stage. The total lunar eclipse of March 3 profiles his fifth house Uranus in Virgo. Despite criticism, he continues his agenda to improve trade relationships with China and India. It remains to be seen if/how Trump will react to Canada’s pledge of aid to Cuba.

Chart Above:
Inner Wheel: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney birthchart:
March 16, 1965, 7:56am Fort Smith,NWT, Canada
Outer Wheel: Total Lunar Eclipse, March 3 2026
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The total lunar eclipse in Virgo could be corrective, healing, or set the stage for necessary improvement. Acceleration is a key factor of all eclipses. Most importantly it can provide an opportunity to deal with something that has recently surfaced/been exposed. Downplaying it, avoidance, denial, or kicking the issue down the road will not suffice. Rather than pin your hopes on the potential or the ideal, work with the reality of the here and now. It is time to recognize the futility of the battle. Let it go and move on. There are times when satisfaction, resolution, or completion simply cannot be reached.

On the plus side, this eclipse can uncover a more effective remedy, solution, or avenue. Something (or someone) helpful or useful could suddenly appear, someone could resurface and/or surprise you. An important missing key could surface. A missing blank could fill itself in. An eclipse will always hole an element of the sudden or unexpected. A background “wildcard trigger is in the works for this one.  Something unforeseen may require your immediate attention. (Keep plans loose so that you can drop and go if required.)  Watch for a market trend (market correction) to gain traction (something social or political could too). Someone key could be a newsmaker too. Among the range of potentials, the eclipse could trigger information on Nancy Guthrie’s abduction or more clarity on other recent news stories.

In Virgo, the eclipse can put the spotlight on employment, employees, workers, strikes, work shortages/shortfalls, on health (yours, your loved ones, your pets), health care and service industries.  A change of routine or schedule could be the start of an improvement curve. Do not hesitate to seek/ask for help when you need it. The eclipse sets a timely backdrop to address/seek help for an addiction, self-undermining behaviour, or a toxic situation.

Mercury in Pisces continues in retrograde to March 20:

Mercury is the ruler of Virgo and a key planetary contributor to the eclipse. While Mercury retrograde tours Pisces (to March 20), try to simplify as best you can. When in doubt, take a pause. It pays to do your research and to stay as informed as you can. Stay realistic about what you can and cannot manage, what is working for you and what is not.  Admit when you do not feel up to speed or up to task. Ask more questions, to double check all facts. Do not assume. Do not bank on a promise.

March 2: Mars enters Pisces (to April 9)

Mars enters Pisces just one day before the eclipse. There are variables on how this transit can trigger. On the one hand, Mars in Pisces can spark a subconscious intent to pierce through illusions and fantasies. That could trigger confusion, loss, and disillusionment. On the other hand, Mars in Pisces can stimulate wonderful inspiration, imagination, and potential. Despite all, the transit encourages you to dream a better dream – to aspire higher, to search for fresh potential, to renew hope, to place more trust and faith in the divine plan. On a bigger picture scale, Mars in Pisces, a transcendence impulse, aims to realign personal will with higher will. Progressive awareness of personal purpose and higher purpose naturally unfolds from this unification.

On a mundane, day to day note, it is a time to ease up, to allow rather than to push, to respond rather than react. Spring break, a vacation, and quiet moments to yourself can be well timed.

March 6: Venus enters Aries (to March 30)

While Mars begins, Venus comes to the end of her tour of Pisces on March 6. For the month ahead Venus in Aries sparks a fresh evaluation on self interests, assets, resources, and personal involvements. March 7 to 9, Venus could see a goal reached, or a timeline completed. A potential become a reality/show its worth. Just before Venus enters Aries, the sun’s trine with Jupiter sets opportunity in motion.

On March 7, the sun and Mercury form an inferior conjunction. This is the midpoint of Mercury retrograde and the start of a next phase of observation/correlation and implementation. On this same day Neptune/Venus form a conjunction. This is a potent planetary pairing Venus: lower octave, Neptune: higher octave – alignment of essential values and universal values/principles. It is the personal quest for attainment, for the seeking of that which holds ultimate value, purpose and meaning.  March 8, Saturn/Venus (conjunction) brings the reality into focus, while Jupiter/Mercury form an opportunity trine (fruitful for setting wheels in motion, for growth and expansion and for opening up to/the exploring/testing of potentials).

On March 10, Jupiter ends four-months of retrograde. Venus in Aries sets a backdrop for something or someone fresh or new to get the ball rolling.

March 10: Jupiter ends retrograde

Jupiter spends one year in transit through a sign. Since June 2025, Jupiter’s tour through Cancer has increased the focus on safety and security (personal, material, domestic, national), on family, comfort zones, home, and real estate. Everything to do with food (costs, handling, production, distribution, security, safety, crop yields) also gains increased attention/concern. If you have been in a holding pattern, or have been biding time, that is soon to change. Look to the end of Jupiter retrograde (along with supporting transits) to set the backdrop for advancement on the key matters mentioned above. Note, as Jupiter ends retrograde and resumes forward motion, it is moving slower than average and therefore is of amplified influence. (This is an apparent rather than actual slow down, based on our observation from earth).  For the entire month of March, Jupiter is situated at 15 Cancer. How might that affect you? You will feel a part of your life to continue to stay enlarged in scope if you have a natal planet on or near the mid degree of cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn). Interestingly, this Jupiter transit continues to trigger Jeffrey Epstein’s natal Uranus (15:54 Cancer). The search for the truth and for justice for the victims continues.

Chart above:
Inner Wheel: Jeffrey Epstein, January 20, 1953, Brooklyn, New York, 6:15 am
Outer Wheel: March 10, 2026 transit chart, Jupiter stations direct
(also note: contemporary transits Mercury retrograde and transit of Mars in Pisces also trigger Jeffrey’s natal Mars/Venus. By the end of 2026, the transiting south node will form a conjunction with Jeffrey’s pluto. The transit of Jupiter in Leo will continue to stimulate the chart through the first half of 2027.)
Yes, charts live on beyond an individual’s life span!
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March 14: Ceres enters Taurus

Due to a retrograde tour (mid August to late November 2025), Ceres has been on tour through Aries for ten long months. Ceres has kept conflicts and battles (actual and metaphoric) on rapid fire throughout this time. (Planetoid Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt, holds a similar regenerative influence as does Pluto. (Ceres archetype: sacred mysteries/death & rebirth, loss & return, grief, mother, caretaking, nurturance; food/agriculture, cycles/seasons; seasons of the soul).

Over this past 10 months, the transit Ceres in Aries (“living it out in real time”) has contributed to the intensification of the immediate moment/the experiential track. (Ceres in Aries; a continuous stoking of the fire; inflaming with an intent to call forth courage and strength/the warrior from within.)

As of March 14, Ceres will begin a 2.5-month tour of Taurus. The knowledge/experience gained over this past year now takes root. It also qualifies the value of assets and the worthiness of undertakings. Ceres in Taurus sets a fertile backdrop for manifesting, for utilizing resources, and for the planting of seeds.  By the end of May, beginning of June, Ceres will join Uranus in the sign of Gemini. Look to the spring to be trendsetting, mobilizing and accelerating, likely in a significantly reformatted or catch the wave way.

March 18, New Moon in Aries
March 20: Aries Equinox, Mercury stations direct

On March 18, the new moon in Aries is accompanied by Jupiter/Venus in square aspect. You can feel this as a momentum/energy shift, an emotional or attention shift. The March 20 Equinox is accompanied by the end of Mercury retrograde, and a building Jupiter/Mars trine (March 21). The sun forms conjunctions to Neptune on March 22, and to Saturn on March 25. This cluster of transits infuses this next season with a top-up of fresh incentive and clearer sense of direction. Heightened karmic potency is triggered throughout the month of March. Don’t let the opportunity pass you by. When you feel it in your gut/from the inside out, that is the time to give it your best shot. There is a potential to make great strides/great gains in a short period of time.