MARCH ORACLESCOPES
March is a pretty wild ride.
Venus meets up with Jupiter on the 1st, emboldening us in all our rambunctious cuteness to be Out There and take up space through indulgent connection. Mercury moves into Pisces on the 2nd just after tying up loose ends with Saturn. allow for dreaminess, poetry, losing track of time and space, revisiting some favorite memories on a whim, and double-checking all your locks. Venus embraces Chiron on the 3rd, which might bring up some sensitive personal material for us to make peace with or share with another. no worries, we get an identity upgrade when the sun gets an airdrop from Uranus on the 6th. just in time for a sticky full moon in Virgo on the 7th, which involves a frustrating square to Mars and a delusion-revealing opposition to Neptune. the same day, Saturn moves into Pisces, and we may be confronted with some call to accept what is not and redefine what is. Venus in Aries helps us bounce back with a few kisses from ruler Mars in Gemini on the 11th, the same day Mercury helps us unpack that Uranus download and spread the word about our new selves & ideas. Jupiter meets Chiron on the 11th as well and, without any fault of his own, perhaps rubs a bit of salt into the metaphorical wound - it was only in search of Jupiter that Saturn descended to Earth and threw himself onto the woman who would abandon Chiron at birth. consider the spiritual elements within this experience if you are able, or give yourself the chance to dip out of whatever feels too grandiose or out of proportion. lean on that positive Venus/Mars and Mercury/Uranus energy to shift out of what feels uncomfortable and connect with others on your philosophical findings.
we have a lot of Neptune to deal with this month, at best an invitation to break free from the norm for a moment and check out outer space, and at worst, a mess of frustration and lack of progress or proof. on the 14th, we encounter our final square between Mars and Neptune, a story that first opened up just before Mars stationed retrograde back on Halloween and repeated not far into said retrograde. on the same day, a third-quarter moon in Sagittarius t-squares the whole show, compelling us into a crisis involving our mind against our spirituality/faith/narrative/purpose. the next day, the sun merges into Neptune, urging us to surrender into the moment and allow for the intangible to commune. on the next day, the 16th, we have a pile-up of epic proportions, with Mercury following the sun straight into the waters of Neptune, the sun confronts Mars, Venus squares Pluto, and Mercury squares Neptune. a lot happens in a very short period of time, so it’s wise to practice regulation on this day and hang tight for Venus’ ingress into Taurus that night, where we can lick our wounds and treat ourselves to comforts. on the 17th, Mercury grants us clarity via its pre-retrograde cazimi (yes, it’s already time to start thinking about our first proper rx of 2023) and Venus in Taurus lends some grounding to Saturn in Pisces. we might gain a little perspective here, burning off the fog of the previous Neptune nonsense. this deepens with Mercury checks in with Pluto in Capricorn on the 18th, helping us receive subterranean messages from our sacral center about our urges and desires before Mercury enters Aries.
Venus meets up with the north node she is ruling on the 20th, revealing to us new connections through the lessons we’ve been learning through the nodal journey. on the same day, the sun finishes the work begun by Mercury in meeting with Pluto, helping us integrate those messages regarding urges and desires into consciousness, and shortly after the sun moves into exaltation in Aries. the new moon on the 21st occurs at 0º of Aries, and to really blow your mind, consider this is where Saturn will meld into Neptune in 2026. shortly before meeting the sun, the moon is ruffled by Mars and transcends the tension through Pluto, bringing us to a place of release of that narrative of tension. later that night, the moon meets Mercury to help us download and shift into new beginnings. Pluto enters Aquarius on the 23rd, opening us up to the first glimpses of the significance of this loooong transit - but we’ve already been shooting down multiple UFOs and we’re still in our first quarter of the year… Mars moves into Cancer on the 25th, dropping us down into our instincts of protecting those we love. Mercury communes with Chiron on the 26th, challenging us to develop language for what aches within us. an embrace with Jupiter the next day gives Mercury much to share and connect with through others and our expanding framework. Mars and Saturn link up in a watery trine from Cancer to Pisces on the 30th, while Venus meets Uranus in Taurus, so expect the unexpected and remain open to intuitive efforts as they support your visions.
this month’s oraclescopes were pulled using my debut tarot deck, PORTALS, as well as Matt Hughes’ Dreamscape Oracle deck. read for your sun, moon, and rising sign. keep what hits and leave the rest.
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pisces
justice & white buffalo / Desert rose selenite
a sword, a pipe - two very different tools with strikingly similar composition. as the poster child for March’s highly mutable activity, you will be pulled along with the tide this month, and your pathway through relies on your ability to do the work you can to maintain balance. your tender subconscious, sacred temple of your most vivid dreams and hopes, will be challenged this month by our cultural drive to make progress, seemingly at all costs, and your own current inner confounding of the meaning of it all. while there will be opportunity for you to lash out or lose your cool, or otherwise surrender fully to the energies that surround you, it’s important that you carry yourself with integrity now, even if it doesn’t feel fair, and especially if it truly isn’t. with Saturn’s entrance, what you focus on this month will begin to crystallize in time, including cycles of turmoil or crisis. call upon your holistic practices to help ground you mentally and spiritually this month and bring you back into personal balance so that you can carry that sense of integrity into the choices you make in your external world. desert rose selenite, pictured above, is said to not only protect and cleanse our own energetic field but the field of anything in its periphery. it is particularly purifying of our sacral space, allowing us clarity of instinct and intuition, and can be a helpful sounding board for dreams and spellwork. a bud or two while journaling helps distill and filter your words into wisdom and reflective joy.
aries
two of cups & fawn / flower agate
the innocence of newborn emotions as they emerge in connection. as your ruler Mars finally clears its long-enduring retrograde shadow this month, your sign is home to a wealth of activity thanks to the six bodies hanging out. with you as the central hub, you have many opportunities this month to establish an abundance of connection, bringing you unprecedented opportunities to broaden your social circles and philosophical explorations. the chance to expand and anchor in change that can have lasting potential is yours, if you make the effort to pursue it openly. wounds rise to the surface via conversations with Chiron regarding your very innate self, and you are called to embrace these moments with your full heart rather than starving the victim to cure the symptoms or worse, lashing out at others in seeming retaliation. these opportunities to connect are largely of an interpersonal nature but have the potential to evolve into new financial situations if you can ground yourself in the face of uncertainty, and if you choose to pursue that which desires to grow naturally from your heartspace rather than from a place of ego or perceived need. flower agate helps us soften and embrace each day with more self-nurturance and belief in our heart’s desire, as well as our capacity to bring it to life with loving care. a piece on your altar reminds you that you shape your world through your most innocent instincts and urges.
taurus
the tower & the architect / tiger iron
chaos channeled serves as the electricity to fuel your visions. as your ruler Venus tears through Aries and your deep unconscious, skeletons get cleared out and self-sabotaging attitudes are brought to the surface. in all this catharsis and process, you may find yourself attuned to what feels like troubling or eruptive energies, but this is simply you becoming aware of what has long lingered in your deepest lairs. something yearns to be set free within you, and the first half of this month calls upon you to reckon with your own unknown and allow yourself to surrender to meet it in an effort to tame it, rather than forcing it to manifest outwardly without your full control. leaning into your powers of offering your physical vessel as a channel for the imaginative flow within you empowers you to harness raw power and energy into conscious creation before it burns you up and out from within. tiger iron, layered with tiger’s eye, hematite, and red jasper, instills in us the power to ground and develop personal strength and balance in the face of eruptive energies. in rooted stillness, you can tune out of destructiveness and into higher vision and understanding. a palm stone delivers calm through its cool surface.
gemini
ace of cups & sun bear / moss agate
basking in the light that emerges when you are held and fed. with Neptune holding the rest of your chart by the strings, you are called to contend with your stability at this time, grounding in where you can and allowing yourself to observe the actions that unfold around you to invite in new emotional experiences. all of this thickness has the potential to cast deep uncertainty over your axis of home & inner world and the legacy you seek to create in the world outside of you. while tensions may stir within your deepest wells of self, try to remain open to what is stirred up in this process, surveying what surfaces through the lens of your spirituality and intuition. entering into retrospection from a place of rest can invite inner balance to help support you against what unfolds around you. steadiness offers you the power to take in all the information, no matter how confounding or unclear, and to reconcile the unknown within your most trusted spaces. as you come to understand and know these new emotions more intimately, you are emboldened to share these with those whom you feel ready to connect. moss agate anchors us in place and allows for trust in newness as it grows, helping to guide us back to our roots for inner strength. anchor a crystal grid with a chunk of moss agate to help ground and distribute other energies.
cancer
page of cups & raven / lemurian seed
two birds look off into the same distance, one emerging at dawn and the other basking in midnight. both are perched above water at their feet. Venus and Jupiter travel together through Aries, bringing attention to your broader exploration of the world as it pertains to your connection to lineage and ancestry. there is richness awaiting for you as you dig into your roots this month, for looking to the past allows you to receive in the present moment. what you open up to within your family heritage, whether through reflection on known stories or exploring curiosity here for the first time, has the capacity to open you up to new intuitive urges, new creative ideas, and new emotional connections with others. establish or spend time at a family altar space this month or tend to a familial resting place and activate a deep process within yourself now. open yourself up to benevolent ancestors you’ve never met on this plane and invite in their wisdom and guidance. lemurian seed is said to contain the blueprints to the universe, memories of how we were for moments when we seem to have lost ourselves. assigning a piece to your ancestral altar allows you to reconnect with lost dreams and intentions.
leo
knight of pentacles & harpy eagle / citrine
the eagle and the bee come together to represent your unconscious instinct and your physical drive to meet it in the tangible realm. in the dark of night, the harpy eagle channels new insights; in the daylight the been puts this intel to work. changes call out to you now from deep within your intuitive chambers, whispering to you in your dreams and in the wind in your waking life. the yearning for change emanates from your desire to strike new balance in your life and focus on the strengths you have developed. the life you envision for yourself this month has the capacity to emerge thanks to your tireless drive to make your meet your evolved standards. creating space for these visions to come through in clarity is important now, as is creating an action plan for how you can begin to build your way there. planning tangible steps helps create a guideline for your energy now, and you have the energy to push through both tangible and imaginary blockages and challenges this month. citrine connects us to our energetic stores and can catalyze our inner spark. a piece in your pocket as you take steps to create change helps stabilize your root chakra and promotes trust in the process.
virgo
chariot & sea turtle / amethyst
the chariot and sea turtle herald an invitation to ride the waves. you’ve been in a long entanglement of contending with your path ahead and the legacy you seek to leave here while navigating the road and the narratives that brought you into this world, all calling upon you to transmute some energetic store from the past into a conscientious realignment of self and purpose. this process has perhaps pulled you into the throes of your own subconscious, asking you to do the deep searching of your psychological landscape to understand how you attach to these narratives and what this attachment reveals about your character and your narrative needs moving forward. this month shows you where this journey has allowed for you to establish connection to your shadow processes, and where you are able to begin moving forward once more with new integrity. you are invited to make long-awaited plans for your future now, to zoom out now and look at the larger path ahead of you and assess what you need to begin the swim. amethyst is known as the “traveler’s stone” and offers protection against peril and fear of the unknown. a piece near your heart can keep negativity at bay as you make your way.
libra
ten of wands & tiger / black tourmaline
ten of wands and tiger contain an inner fire that can swiftly overtake its vessel if unleashed without care. both move through their world in a mostly solitary fashion, bearing their weight alone. this month your ruler Venus travels through her sign of detriment, working harder than usual to make sure her needs and desires are accounted for and taken seriously, and while Jupiter’s presence bolsters her spirit, it also potentially amplifies the feelings that accompany advocacy in a world of privilege. you’ve one who works hard to make adjustments wherever you can to improve the well-being of those around you, and this month may have you feeling a bit of the subsequent exhaustion. you are called to stand tall in the face of those who deny you, to show up with the strength you carry in your reserves, and to allow yourself the solitude to tend to your inner flame with tenacity and grace lest it burn you from the inside out. black tourmaline helps absorb and purify lingering negative energy and offers in its place strength and protection. meditating with a piece before taking on your day can help cleanse and prepare you for the day and the fight ahead.
scorpio
queen of pentacles & memory / Lapis Lazuli
what is easily forgotten or warped within memory can be supported and grounded by the queen of pentacles, yet the flame held by memory threatens to burn down all that the queen has to offer. there appears to be a delicate balance in store for you now, Scorpio, as your ruler Mars finally clears its retrograde shadow but falls victim to the whims and waves of Neptune as it does, challenging your account of what you have endured and experienced over these past several months and how this time has unearthed some of your deepest psychological imprints and schemas. it’s fully up to you to determine how you set the record straight for yourself and those closest to you now, and you have the capacity and the power to nourish and replenish the land within you that has been tilled. offer sustenance to the memories that strengthen you and decide how to discard or do away with those that continue to cause you pain and harm. allow benevolent memories to inform your needs. lapis lazuli assists with strengthening memory and activating intuition in the process. a piece under your pillow allows for old hauntings to surface to be freed and anchors in the memories you wish to keep.
sagittarius
six of cups rev. & the scales / flourite
as the pastel sky of the six of cups slips away in reversal, the weight of the scales comes into view. your ruler Jupiter has been under the command of Mars, for some time now, and while the flames of Aries have been motivating, the emotion beneath may have been fueled by rose-colored memories of the past, clouding your judgment in the present. with this retrograde shadow burning off, so too do the anchors that keep you dwelling in a time that is no longer accessible or relevant to you now, and it’s time to allow the clouds to part and to restore your connection to clarity. you are called this month to retune your antennae this month and bring your focus back to the present moment, which asks for you to make a concise and informed decision regarding your self-expression and how it pertains to your one-on-one relationships. only you can set into balance these elements of your life now. flourite increases focus and concentration, allowing you to soothe any anxiety that inhibits decision-making. holding a piece while you pray or meditate can call in clarity where you need it.
capricorn
king of pentacles rev. & palomino / black kyanite
relthe king of pentacles and palomino both command great respect, and are revered for their great strength and dedication to their tireless efforts. in reverse, the king of pentacles wishes to step down from this role of responsibility or feels disconnected from their ability to endure and sustain for others. as your ruler Saturn steps out of a long stint in domicile and makes a break for the wide oceans of Pisces, so too are you heeding the call to step away from the tangible responsibilities you have felt so beholden to over the past 6 years or so and to take a dive into unknown waters. this month invites you to put down a role or several roles you have played over this time, trusting that you have either mastered them and can return to them in due time, or that you have fulfilled the duties of these roles and are now ready to move on. either way, you are long-overdue for a break from the ordinary, a free roam through the wilderness that informs your dedication. take time this month to set yourself free from obligation where you are able in order to throw yourself into the wild. black kyanite flushes out stagnant energy and negativity and awakens fresh vitality within us. sweeping a piece over you as you move through ritual clears out the old in preparation for the new.
aquarius
four of cups & koi fish / prehnite with epidote
the figure in the four of cups could just as easily be mistaken for a fish, for its smallness against the waves of the ocean camoflauges its shape. perhaps they both seek the same answers as they make their way out to sea, though they might not know how to recognize it, and that may be in part because what they seek is still within them at this stage. this month, Mars finally makes headway toward more aligned self-expression, putting to rest a stalemate you’ve been stuck in and allowing you to finally choose your words with more care and ease. Saturn has been whipping you into shape, seemingly holding you in place while carving you out of the marble. with these two planets clearing the path ahead, you are invited into deep release and transformation as you finally put in the effort now to swim upstream. while the work isn’t easy, the journey catalyzes a mystical transmutation that resources you with beneficial bounty at the finish line. prehnite connects us to our solar plexus and our stores of great willpower as well as the trust we need for the journey; epidote increases the energy of anything it touches. keeping a piece on your nightstand can replenish the vitality of your willpower as you rest.
