New Beginnings 03.2025
- Fran Arnet
- Mar 2
- 30 min read
Updated: Mar 4
Heliocentric sidereal planetary cycle Astrology – the Universe guides and receives us in a seemingly endless spiral of evolution….
“Coincidence” is an illusion of separation
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15th of March Mercury and Mars conjunction just passed their most northern points
19th of March the Jupiter–Eris cycle reaches its 60° angle / step. – separate post
20th of March Equinox March 2025
Mercury meets Mars at 26°57’53” sidereal Cancer at / under the Lion’s head
They have both just passed their most northern points of orbits between 22°50’ (Mercury starts here) and 24°30’ (Mars ca. ends here) and now meet in conjunction, giving emphasis on these points of awareness. Mars doesn’t go much north of the ecliptic and stays a bit below the head of Leo but Mercury with his roughly 7 degrees north, is right at the lion’s head or face.
In this orbit of Mars, Mercury conjoins Mars at their cardinal points – very interesting and suggests major changes and decisions in our perception and actions. Whereas in September 2024 they met right between both their Northnodes, now they meet just passed their most northern points suggesting an awareness has grown of their functions and may lead to changes in personal lives and the relationship we build with the “outside world”.
The location involving the Lion’s head, tells us that it’s time to “leave the nest”, to dare, to go the own way, to go beyond the doubts and trust what we have “bred out” in Cancer…
The “players” and an excerpt from the September post about their “workings together”:
Mercury, the “god’s Messenger” is all about communication, in inner (neurological system for example) as well as outer ways, commerce, connecting the outer with the inner world or the gods with man, information, learning.
More about Mercury: https://www.faempowerment.com/mercury
Mars is traditionally the “God of war” – innovative, vital and active, also of leadership qualities, how we apply our “willpower”, our inner force. Really a lot of physical and “sexual” energy, the divine masculine principle (can have a lot to do with “protection”). Immature Mars can be very impulsive and if afflicted he can express as “explosive, ballistic” power.
More about Mars: https://www.faempowerment.com/mars
They always “work together” as we know from their “planetary cross” – for example – we have a system, that moves our body/limbs sometimes even before we know consciously or having given a “command” … have you ever had the situation, when you opened the mouth to say something but closed it again, because we forgot what we really wanted to say or aren’t sure of how to say it?? Or that something is said, that we for whatever reason didn’t want to say comes out “unfiltered”!!?? Or the “classic”, finding oneself somewhere (in another part/room of the home) to then return because one forgot why we went there the first place – often, it suddenly comes back to mind with a little more or less delay….
This is not a disease or something, it just only means we focused onto something else and our body followed an only “brief thought”, or a subconscious “command” – so we were not “HERE, in the now” with our attention…
There’s a lot of “programming” involved, which is nothing “bad”, no, opposite actually – it means we have a “perfect” collaboration at work. On the “human, physical, incarnate” level, we’re often challenged with that understanding, even though we actually do use the system every day and we use it consciously when we “learn” something new.
Learning is expanding the system – new synapsis are built in the brain, maybe new “movements” of the body are involved etc., for example, learning to dance or to drive a car or motorbike or as kids when learning to ride a bicycle or how to write etc. At first it seems very hard and a tall mountain to climb, yet, once that’s all put into “place” as “learned”, it’s just used, without further thought – opposite, when you know how to drive and then in a situation start to think about, what you have to do, or when you get a new car where maybe certain things are different, suddenly the driving doesn’t go as smoothly anymore, because we “interfere” with the thinking mind….
It's a principle at work – as that, we do not need to know all its details (unless we want to do so), just as we don’t need to be a mechanic, engineer etc. in order to fly/drive/ride and fulfill the basic needs of the vehicle we chose as “transportation tool” …
Just as the car will give “signals” of one or another kind of “problem” within the system’s flow, so will our body or our life in general.
There though, might come the time we do want to "dive deeper" into a theme or "evolve"... yet, sometimes, we're not even consciously aware of having made the choice - then things can become tricky as we may start to "battle" with ourselves, or look for the "manual" of how to do so when in fact the "manual" is ourselves / within...
The Mercury – Mars conjunction chart
Mars and Mercury (circled red) are in direct relation with the approaching first Sextile between Jupiter and Eris (circled light green) – it’s a sextile from Jupiter and a trine from Eris.
They’re also in a 150° angle from Saturn under the Circlet (head of the westward swimming fish).
The Earth / Moon system is at a cusp and therefore in angle with all of the above mentioned and Venus is approaching the Earth/Moon system (for example opposing already mentioned Saturn, which means that Saturn is geocentrically at solar conjunction).
There’s more cusp energy in this chart and I think, that gives A LOT of emphasis on “shifts”, which is often a bit difficult but does hold so much potential and promise that we may at times almost “forget” the difficulty and just go ahead… at least that’s what is in my opinion suggested here.
What is also important to note is, that the Leo-Virgo cusp represents an area where we’re “backstage” with the knowledge or awareness with all that happens “on stage”, the pushes and pulls that are going on…
Here the link to the Jupiter – Eris cycle update 19th March 2025:
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Equinox on 20th of March 2025
For the Sun the Equinoxes or Solstices aren’t a phenomena or even “spectacle” visible as to us here on Earth.
Yet, from the Sun’s point of view, it’s obvious that the Earth stands in a specific alignment to the galactic “cross” or “cardinal points” and with that a new “era” of consciousness begins.
If you’re interested about the Equinoxes in general, then please feel free to consult the post below. https://www.faempowerment.com/post/the-equinoxes
Equinox chart with Details:
It’s a special equinox this year, because the “geocentric” Sun is conjoining Neptune or in heliocentric terms the Earth/Moon system opposing Neptune, while the Earth/Moon system is conjoined by Venus and therefore opposing the “geocentric Sun” and Neptune.
This “axis” is also in T-square (red triangle) with Jupiter and even though it’s not an exact square, there’s this theme of expansion, higher view points etc. that is prominent.
Remember what I’ve said about the star Al Hecka being one of “magic” in its natural expression – we may become aware of the meaning of this and being able to incorporate that into our lives…
Furthermore, there’s this “bright” Grandtrine and further Kite/Pyramid aspect configuration (blue triangle with attached small triangle) of which our equinox axis is making the opposition, the “apex” and the “grounding” or “arrow” … one can also see like a diamond in it… It does involve Uranus in very early sidereal Taurus and Pallas just 9,5 minutes into sidereal Capricorn north of the ecliptic in the constellation Aquila.
As Mercury and Venus are conjoining Earth or in astronomical terms, at inferior conjunction (with the Sun), they’re in geocentric view both in retrograde motion. Venus a bit further in the “process” than Mercury but him in heliocentric view also conjoining Orcus in the southern heavens (constellation Hydra).
Concluding all of what I have written about this month, I can say I'm excited about this month outlook - astrologically also April and May or short, all year, is exciting and full of challenges with promises.
Lots of what I have written here, I have said several times over the last years, yet, it becomes let's say, more manifest, more obvious and accessible now. It's there to be taken, to be claimed, to be lived as "strange and challenging" this may be at times.
Major changes in the psyche / awareness of people and subsequently society is something scary, yet, long awaited.
Whatever it means for you personally, whatever themes are most prominent for you, they need to be addressed from a "different" angle, with an awareness of a "higher reality" than the one we have lived and automatically opportunities are presented.
"Love" and "Mind" may become a new meaning or definition - in my experience I've learned that one can "love" without "liking" (depending the definitions). I can accept the existence of a situation with all their players involved without fighting them and same time "discern" it as not "my likes", say "no" to it by simply going another way... what is no longer fed with any form of attention will kind of "dry out"/starf...
Yet, there are at times situations that feel so "stingy" that we can't just "let them be" - there it's in my opinion important to be open to whatever wants to come forth there, as it may show us some kind of "poison"/issue within self that is released for good.
As much as we may define Venus to be standing for "love" - she's most importantly about "beauty" and therefore values and that includes the value of Self. Something many of us have to learn as a basis for the "love" of others...
The flow of the Universe is "personal" and "interpersonal" the very same time - just as you can't walk for someone else, you can't receive the Universe for someone else - so be you, give you and receive you...
Much Love to you All,
Fran
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