Hi Friends,

The Sun is in Aries. It is Aries season and Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. Happy Astrological New Year!

Did you know from our perspective here on Earth, the sun moves along an apparent circular path called the “ecliptic” and that the constellations of the astrological zodiac are arranged along that path? While the sun appears to move along the ecliptic, what we really see is the projection of our Earth’s orbit around the sun. The two points where the ecliptic intersects with the equator marks the vernal (spring) and autumnal equinoxes, one of which was this last week on March 19th.

So, we “saw” the sun move into Aries last week. From our perspective, this marks the vernal equinox when the sun’s energy is in balance between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The vernal (spring) equinox indicates a time where there is an equal amount of darkness and daylight. This equinox heralds the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere where I live. The light is beginning to take over and the earth here is giving indications that its fertile and ready to give fruit and blossom.

In my last newsletter I wrote about how under the Pisces new moon we are asked to surrender deferred dreams and seed new prayers for new ones. Have you thought about which chapters in your life are closing and where you are gaining clarity about the dreams that are aligned for you now?

If so, you are right on time because Aries season is all about going for the dream… with extra gusto, so ready your engines.

The Sun in Aries highlights where to
put Yourself first.

When the sun moves into a zodiac sign, it puts a spotlight on the energy of the sign in our reality. With the sun in Aries, we can collectively feel more decisive, courageous and more inclined to prioritize our needs and desires over others.

When the sun is in Aries, we can feel the urge to “go, go, go” but there will be a few necessary energetic road blocks stops along the way. The 2024 edition of the “me” and “we” story in the Aries/Libra axis of our lives is being reactivated with the Libra lunar eclipse on Monday, March 25th and the Aries solar eclipse on April 8th. I wrote about the dynamics of this axis in my September 2023 newsletter (a good read). The sun was in Libra then and we were about to have a full moon in Aries. Now, we are on the other side of an allegorical mirror. We are looking at the opposite scenario with the sun in Aries meeting up with a full moon in Libra.

The Libra full moon will illuminate what is happening now for you in partnerships, connections and contracts. Our bonds are being tested to show us what has to be released or changed in our efforts to balance:

• How we share our energy with others (Libra axis)

• Our quest for authenticity within individuation (Aries axis).

There will be ample time to consider how you are integrating both your Aries & Libra energy, because Mercury, the messenger planet is getting ready to station and turn retrograde in Aries on April 1st. We are already in the “pre-shadow” period where Mercury is slowing down. It may feel like the winds of winter are reemerging figuratively or literally in your life. There may be a slow down of communications or planning in whatever you are working on in the Aries part of your life, try to take it in stride. Planetary retrogrades are helpful periods to review what is happening in our lives and to access what might need to be revisited or reevaluated.

The Full Moon in Libra Illuminates our
Relationship Dynamics

When the moon moves through the sky it shines light on what is happening in our subconscious minds. During a full moon it can show us what we are bringing out into the conscious mind. It also shows us what we are manifesting.

Today there is a full moon at 5° Libra, opposite the sun at 5° Aries. Full moons are when the moon is at its brightest in the sky. These lunations are typically powerful times to release your creative work and think about what you have harvested in the past 6 months since the moon was in the same sign. The last new moon in Libra (symbolizing new beginnings) occurred on October 14th, 2023 during the initial phase of the Aries/Libra eclipse cycle described in my September newsletter.

Because we are in an eclipse cycle, lunations in Aries and Libra are enhanced and the effects are more potent. We are at the midway point of this eclipse cycle.

Your Rising sign readings are below to give you insight where the Aries/Libra axis is activated in your chart and to help you consider how you are integrating the opposing energies.

Use the free chart generator to find your Rising sign.

Libra Full Moon Rising Sign Readings

Aries Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 1st (Aries) and 7th (Libra) houses. This is a significant time for you as you harmonize your personality, style and temperament and the way you present yourself to others (1st house) with how you show up in your personal and professional partnerships and contracts (7th house). The 7th house rules your so-called “open enemies” so the full moon can clearly illuminate who your "haters are or how you have hated on yourself as a reflection of how you treat others.

Taurus Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 12th (Aries) and 6th (Libra) houses. You are giving yourself an opportunity to reprogram isolating and self-sabotaging behaviors (12th house) and become more intuitively sensitive while also balancing what you do in service to others, how you take care of your health and your daily routines (6th house).

Gemini Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 11th (Aries) and 5th (Libra) houses. You have been flexing your wings as you identify friends who are helping you achieve your long-term goals by providing inspiration and support (11th house) while also letting go of an attachment to something you were holding onto creatively like a romantic partner, a way of showing up in your relationship with your children, or a speculative venture (5th house).

Cancer Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 10th (Aries) and 4th (Libra) houses. This is a very important eclipse cycle for you as you blend your new way of becoming an authority in your career, public standing and life-calling (10th house) with a more hopeful, yet boundaried way of showing up in your connections related to your childhood, your home and what you do from the place you call home (4th house). Mercury retrograde in Aries is a critical time for you to take a look at your aspirations and ambitions since the 10th house reflects what you have and may achieve in life.

Leo Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 9th (Aries) and 3rd (Libra) houses. You have been exploring higher education, spirituality, the law, foreign cultures, and long journeys for a deeper lens into the way the world works (9th house). Perhaps your goal is to integrate all that you are passionately learning with a new way of showing up as a leader in your local community, family culture, school or social media community (3rd house).

Virgo Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 8th (Aries) and 2nd (Libra) houses. My traditional Hellenistic astrology teacher, Adam Elenbass, has referred to the 8th house as the people’s “blood bank.” With your 8th house under an eclipse cycle, it means you have been pouring out your resources or tapping too heavily into other people’s resources (8th house). You are balancing a new sense of fearlessness around your personal power with a new and improved sense of security around your money, possessions and other resources.

Libra Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 7th (Aries) and 1st (Libra) house. The cycle directly impacts your house of open enemies and alliances (7th house) and your house of you (1st house). Libra the messages that come up for you during this cycle are meant to give you a clear progress report on how you are integrating this transformative axis of your life. Something about your self-interest, image, or personality (1st house) is being eclipsed so that you can authentically become more of a real boss in how you show up in partnerships (7th house).

Scorpio Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 6th house (Aries) and 12th (Libra) house. You have been exploring ways to express yourself more creatively and authoritatively in your day-to-day routines, what you do for work, and providing service to others while balancing tricky-to-see self-sabotaging and self-limiting behavior when it comes to how you show up in relationships (12th house). I suggest asking a close friend or two with knowledge of your situation to help you see what is showing up for you in connections.

Sagittarius Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 5th house (Aries) and 11th (Libra) house. You are charged up creatively and you need a release for your self-expression (5th house). You are integrating this need while evaluating how you show up consciously through community, friends, politics and humanitarian efforts (11th house). You will be letting go of important connections as you determine what is at the real heart center of your creativity.

Capricorn Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 4th (Aries) and 10th (Libra) houses. Pluto was in your sign for 15 years and during that time you have learned really difficult, but catalyzing lessons to help steer and empower you as an individual. You have been changing something about your career or life calling so that you can show up more authentically as who you are at your core. The full moon will show what is being eclipsed in your most visible connections. Take an active stand, advocate for and defend what is right for you. Mercury’s retrograde in Aries will provide guidance about what needs to be tended to at home.

Aquarius Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 3rd (Aries) and 9th (Libra) houses. You are balancing your desire for more authority in your self-expression, day-to-day travel, thinking, speaking and writing (3rd house) with how you connect with others in the way you express your ideas publicly or expand your mindset and philosophies through travel, foreign cultures or higher education (9th house).

Pisces Rising
Your eclipse axis is in your 2nd (Aries) and 8th (Libra) houses. If you want to be more self-sufficient, now is a good time as Venus brings support to you and connects you with opportunities to uplevel your money, possessions and your other tangible resources (2nd house). Your efforts will pay off more fruitfully as you also evolve the way you previously shared energy and spiritual resources between you and others (8th house).

Next Stage of Aries/Libra Eclipse Cycle

Use what you learn under the lunar eclipse to help provide a sense of direction on how to move next in your connections. Lori Lothian, one of my favorite mundane (world event astrology) astrologers notes that the signs and synchronicities of lunar eclipses can take place up to a month before and within 6 months after an eclipse. Other astrologers suggest up to a 12-month post eclipse window.

The next eclipse in this cycle will occur at 19° Aries as a solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th, 2024. Solar eclipses tend to be more impactful because they force change. This is especially true if placements in your birth chart are closely aligned with the degree points of these eclipses.

Remember that the sun will still be in Aries and Mercury will be retrograde during this upcoming solar eclipse. It will be a good time to consider how you are showing up as a leader in the Aries part of your life. There will also be an eclipsing of one of more significant leaders within 12 months after the solar eclipse, so expect major changes of leadership on the world stage.

Continue to take note of what has been coming up for you related to integrating authentic individuation with more fairness, justice and harmony in your familial, romantic, friend and professional relationship dynamics. The Aries/Libra axis will be activated until early 2025.

Thank you for reading.

With love,
Diana

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