March is the beginning of 2014...Happy New Year!

    March is the third month and with the digits for 2014, when added together we get 10, then we add 1 + 0 to tell us that this is a one month in numerology, which tells us we are at a point of new beginnings. February was a nine month and March is a one month this year, this is the time of a critical shift with new directions, goals, and purpose. The 10 and the 1 are represented by the Wheel of Fortune and Magician Archetypes in the Tarot cards. The Wheel of Fortune is about prosperity and abundance that comes from being objective, flexible and creative. To quote Ruth Ross “All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imaginations.” The 1 card is the Magician which represents the principal of communication, represented by the god Mercury. With his planetary representative turning direct during this trecena.  Words were originally magic. Another quote to illustrate this comes from Starhawk, “Language shapes consciousness, and the use of language to shape consciousness is an important branch of magic.”

So March represents the beginning of a new cycle which comes into being through our communications leading us towards prosperity by being flexible, objective, and creative. Another thing I find interesting about this year is we had two new moons in January, none in February, and another two new moons in March. This sets powerful new energies in motion that required the numerological nine month of February to release the old and worn out, whether it’s aspects of self, life situations, attitudes that no longer work, or concepts, beliefs or perceptions that have out grown their usefulness, so in March we can move forward unencumbered.

    Before I get into the daily energy for 1- Transformation, on February 20th all the planets appear to move forward from our vantage point on Earth except Mercury and Jupiter, which appear to move retrograde or in reverse motion.  Jupiter was the king of the gods, and the planet is about good fortune, opportunities, faith, religion, beliefs and expansion. Cancer is about family, home, nurturing, and protection. Mostly what I find with Jupiter retrograde, as with any retrograde cycle there is a review of the past, and with Jupiter what gets reviewed are missed opportunities. In Cancer these are likely to be related to home and family. Jupiter turns direct on March 6th, taking time to build momentum to move forward in expanding the themes of Cancer such as security, home and family, which have been reviewed and revised during Jupiter’s retrograde since early November. Mercury turned retrograde February 6th and turns direct on the 28th, so the beginning of this trecena would be a good time to avoid signing contracts or other legal papers, making any major purchases, or even taking a new job. If you can postpone these types of activities the terms will be much clearer after Mercury is moving direct. Mercury retrogrades force us to slow down and pay more attention to our lives by making us focus on the details of our daily experience.

    The big change for the Cimi trecena is that Mars turns retrograde on March 1st, followed by Saturn on March 2nd. Mars appears to move in reverse on the 1st. Of course planets don’t really move backward. It’s more like when you are in a car, passing a slower car, that car appears to move backwards relative to distant landmarks on the horizon. So during this trecena, Mars appears to slow down, stop and begin to move in reverse, which is called retrograde by astrologers. When a planet appears stopped, it is said to be at the peak of its power.

During this report period Mars, representing drive and aggression, is in Libra. Mars is in its detriment in Libra because it is opposite Aries, the sign of Martian rulership, and is traditionally considered to have difficulty operating positively in Libra. Because of its retrograde cycle Mars will spend 8 months in the sign of the scales. Typically Mars spends two months in a sign so this placement for most of the year is uncomfortable and monotonous. Mars agitates and in Libra it’s about relationships and can lead to social anger. This may cause us to see an increase in passive aggression, which I personally despise. Mars has been in Libra for several months and I’ve already seen folks competing for love. They are willing to fight for a partner. People are becoming aggressive in their quest for romantic love. As much as Mars is unhappy in Libra, it’s also very unhappy retrograde. This is a really difficult time to access our drive and aggressive energy. Mars began the 1st stage of offering us a course correction on 12/26/13 when it first crossed the point in the zodiac where it will eventually begin moving forward again at 9 Libra, from then to 3/1/14 we are gathering information and energy related to an upcoming change of course. On the 1st Mars begins the 2nd stage which lasts until 5/19/14, where the retrograde movement has us going back over the details from the 1st stage, as we have experiences that give us an indication of what needs to change in our lives. As an aside, sexual relationships that begin during a Mars retrograde cycle may be less than satisfying. Mars turns direct on 5/19 and begins the 3rd stage which lasts until 7/21 which is the time to implement the course correction that we will become aware of through this process. To understand how you will personally be impacted, look at the area governed by the house of your astrological chart that contains the arc between 9 and 27 degrees Libra. Mythological Mars, is the Roman counterpart to Aries, the Greek god of war, bloodshed, and violence. Homer portrayed him as moody and unreliable, and representing the chaos of war, where as Athena was the goddess of military strategy and skill. Mars seems to be more of a berserker than a soldier. Retrograde Mars in Libra has us reviewing our partnerships, new relationships and friendships, particularly to get them moving in the correct direction.

Then on the 2nd Saturn turns retrograde. Saturn appears to be slowing down at the opening of this thirteen day period prior to appearing to move retrograde or in reverse motion from the perspective of the Earth on March 2nd at 23 degrees of Scorpio. So during the beginning of the 1 – Transformation trecena, Saturn is stopping and at the peak of its power. Themes of Saturn in Scorpio are loss, depression, failure, fear, the shadow, betrayal, the stuff that goes deep. Superficial just won’t cut it with Saturn in Scorpio. This is very different than Saturn in Libra. In Libra, Saturn had people trying to determine whether they can make a deeper commitment in their relationships or cut their losses before Saturn in Scorpio turns an annoyance into excruciating pain. Now people who did not make a commitment one way or the other in their relationships, are finding they are being forced to face the music and address the unpleasant issues they have been avoiding. These can be very difficult and often painful decisions. For me following my strategy and authority from my Human Design chart has been an amazing tool in making any decision during this time of uncertainty, where the consequences of choice will effect years to come. Saturn takes 29 years to make a complete orbit so we’re talking several decades to fix some of these decisions. But that will be plenty of time to really understand the repercussions of choice for good or ill.

   Saturn entered into its retrograde shadow period on November 26, 2013 when it reached the point it will eventually turn direct at 16 degrees Scorpio, which brought us a period of time where we received information regarding our commitments that comes up for review under Saturn’s retrograde period from March 2nd to July 20th in 2014. This ultimately will yield a change in course regarding these themes during the period from July 20th to October 25th. This retrograde will also intensify the connection between Saturn and Pluto, with Saturn in Pluto’s sign of Scorpio and Pluto in Saturn’s sign of Capricorn, we have mutual reception between the two planets. Mutual reception means that Pluto and Saturn are strengthening and supporting each other while Saturn remains in Scorpio. That’s the next three years. When I think of Saturn and Pluto teaming up the words “karmic judgment” come to mind. To understand how you will be personally impacted, look at the area governed by the house of your astrological chart that contains the arc between 16 and 23 degrees of Scorpio. For me that is my sixth house of health and service, so Saturn wants me to seriously work on how I can better serve people and make choices to increase health. Saturn is the Roman counterpart to the Greek god Cronus. Something interesting about Saturn, he underwent a metamorphosis in his meaning in the pantheon of gods. Originally he was the god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, agriculture, renewal and liberation, which are themes currently more associated in astrology with Jupiter, who is Saturn’s son. Saturn’s reign was depicted as a golden age of peace and plenty, and was associated with Roman festivals of feasting, free speech, gift giving and revelry, while with his consort Rhea. But when he was associated with the goddess who received bloodied weapons of enemies destroyed in war, Lua, we see the more familiar saturnian qualities of limitation and restriction. Saturn retrograde is a task master that demands we take responsibility to review the scorpionic themes such as motives, ethics, and intensions. If we have not been clear on these subjects we are likely to feel our burden is heavier than the load we had previously chosen.

Scott Davis presents the 1 – Cimi (transfomation) trecena spanning from February 20th 2014 to March 4th 2014. Also see video here for War and Scarcity.

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