Hello everybody,

I know everyone is gearing up for Wednesday - that magical day we've all been waiting for - the day that Mars finally goes Direct. It's funny, no matter who I say it to "that tired, hard to get moving feeling will go away next week" they invariably say "oh thank goodness!" It's truly amazing how many people are feeling this transit so acutely.

Hopefully, you have used the Mars retrograde time wisely and cleaned up any big hairy problems that have been holding you back. Those of us who cleared up those DMV problems, or the tax problems, or the relationship problems that have been us back (even updating address information or mending that sibling relationship) will be free and unfettered as our energy starts to move forward again. Any problems that don't get taken care of by Wednesday March 10th may go by the wayside for a while longer as things are going to start clicking into high gear.

The rest of this month will be a great time to get those new projects underway - though many of us are still in a holding patter as we wait for some decision or milestone to be reached that we can't directly affect. It does seem, however, that by April 1, all that stuff will be decided and those still in a holding pattern will finally get to make plans then.

Remember we still have some stuff coming up. Mars, Pluto and Saturn remain in the early degrees, though Saturn is heading back to Virgo to make it's last opposition with Uranus while in Virgo and Pisces during the month of April. I believe that our golden period this year will be between June 1 (Saturn goes Direct on May 30) and about July 15th (just before Jupiter goes retrograde) so we want all plans in place and all systems go by then, to make the most of that great energy.

This week, Venus moves into Aries - and if you remember last year's period of the planet of "we" in the sign of "me" you may get an idea of what's coming up. All the personal planets will be moving into Aries soon - the Sun goes, marking Spring, on the 17th - and as they do, they will all make connections with Mars, Pluto and Saturn. That will have use with first the planet of love and comfort, Venus, thinking about how satisfied she is and a bit less compassionate. After that, Mercury (the planet of communication) and the Sun (the Self) will make those same connection with the planet of action (Mars), the planet of transformation and control (Pluto) and the planet of structure and foundation (Father Saturn). So it may not be an easy couple of weeks coming up, for some of us, but things will start to move forward, and for that we can all be grateful!

Wishing you all the very best, friends! Peace!
Carole