March 2024 Vedic Astrology
March is a complicated month. Tension is builds up as Saturn and Mars are close in the sky. Mars wants to move ahead, Saturn remains deliberately fixed and this creates tension. Saturn will remain the main influence in March, as it was also in February. Saturn is also in charge for all of 2024 as we are in an eight year, the number of Saturn (2024 = 2 + 2 + 4 = 8). Saturn always means business. This planet tends to bring karmic reckoning. It also suggests an emphasis on hard work, restlessness, pessimism, anxiety, and concerns over safety, security, and law and order. At the higher level, Saturn represents the divine impulse which encourages us to seek the truth and overcome our karmic limitations through spiritual humility, discipline, will power, and determination.
All planets remain direct so moving forward will continue but be mindful of how you spend your energy and of not taking on too many commitments than you can efficiently manage. We may have trouble with communicating clearly and everyone’s patience will be tested as Mercury moves into Pisces, its sign of debilitation this month.
In addition, we begin Eclipse Season! What does eclipse season mean in astrology? Astrologers use the term “eclipse season” to refer to the time period or window that eclipses are occurring, which happens twice a year.
Eclipse Season begins two weeks before the first eclipse and lasts for at least two weeks after the second eclipse. That means for one month, most people feel some form of nervousness, feeling a little more easily destabilized or thrown off-center.
This is why it is even more important to take daily walks, practice simple calm breathing techniques, meditate, sing, dance, or do whatever healthy habits bring you resilience and a calmer mind.
March 1: Sun, Saturn and Mercury Conjunct Aquarius
Watch impatience and conflict with others. There can be a tendency to slip into bad habits.
March 3: Mars in Capricorn and Ketu in Virgo Trine
Mars and Ketu can be impulsive risk-takers, so be patient, especially if you are experiencing heightened or misdirected emotions. Mars and Ketu together can also be insightful and helps us to understand our own strength and power. Again, emotions in the world run high during this day.
March 7 – 25: Mercury Transits Into Pisces
Pisces is the sign of Mercury’s debilitation (greatest weakness). Challenges in Communication! Mercury’s qualities of discernment and detail orientation gets lost in the watery sign of Pisces. Communication may be misinterpreted so be precise in all communications during this time.
March 7 – 31: Venus Transits Into Aquarius
A constructive time especially for innovation, futuristic exploration, and goal-oriented group endeavors.
Venus in Aquarius is hopeful, futuristic, goal-oriented, innovative, and especially successful when it comes to group endeavors. This is a great time to make community more prominent in your life and a time to make new acquittances and expand your network! Venus transiting here can also be constructive in matters related to finances, the arts, love and relationships, inner peace, beauty, and vitality.
March 8: Mercury Conjunct Neptune in Pisces – Enhanced Creativity
This conjunction can be very good for artistic, humanitarian, and creative pursuits, and for tapping into altered dream states and higher consciousness. The conjunction of these two planets in the sign of Mercury’s greatest weakness (Pisces) may highlight market volatility or other unpredictable moves in the financial sector.
