18TH The New Moon continues to accompany the Sun's entrance into a new sign, an ominously positive message about new beginnings. It forms when the Sun is hanging onto the very last seconds of Aquarius before it enters Pisces; very precipitory and crucially adamant. There is a positive note to relationships this month. We are drowning out the questions, worries, woundedness and fears. Those who travel will find the journey goes well. It may lack the excitement of other voyages however it is pleasantly enjoyable.

Winter comes to a close this month. The Sun in Pisces offers us the first tantalising glimpse of what is to come. This can be in nature, in current trends or within our sensory perception. Daylight is increasing rapidly and daylight savings time will come into effect March 8th for those who adopt the shift. It is a delicate and changeable atmosphere. We feel vulnerable and experience difficulty with our boundaries. In this zone of impenetrable faith however we can muster the upliftment of our spirit. Let go of attachments, new and old, dissolve impediments, meander and allow. Let the unlimited, elusive and intangible be the muse. Renew faith, heal wounds and dream. In Pisces we therapeutically prepare for the Sun's new journey through the zodiac by shedding, releasing, cleansing, and letting go. We are emotional and intensely compassionate; guided by altruistic feelings.

Guilt is a terrible motivator. It can suffocate with expectation, duty and obligation. Going overboard in attending to the needs of others is a waste. Whether it is to outdo, impress or live up to a high standard it is excessive. Take the time to reassess and put thoughts and actions into perspective before expending unnecessarily. It is recommended not to take anything on that cannot prevail. People will not be listening if they think they already know. Be sure there is dyadic conversation. Things cannot be built upon faulty communication. Children and travel, their academic progress, or legalities involving them is a process that takes some time. Grandparents and in-laws will need attention. Health issues surround assimilation. Check food sources. Liver and gall bladder reactions cause irregularities in the appetite.

19TH Gung Hay Fat Choy ~ Happy New Year of the Ram {Green; Sheep/Goat}

Parents are not creating genetically modified human beings and sending them out to multiply according to code. There is no rigid standard. In every parent-child relationship there are cycles and phases involving growing pains, separation anxiety and independent ambition that define the relationship. The parent reaches a point with a child where they are no longer the infant, toddler, preschooler, tween or teen and things need to adjust. With the younger children it is easier but making this transition graduates to a more and more difficult level as the stages increase. Somewhere in those cycles there is concern with changing rules, habits, schedules, expectations or curfews. What is acceptable and what is approved of evolves. If conventions are too tight there can be rebellion.

Strategies within relationship are redesigned to remove the limitations that surround something of unique value to one or both. It is more clarifying than distressing. Wherever there is a disproportionate balance, objectives need to be modified. This is an opportunity to give validity to what is delegated. All levels of relationship in every facet of life will benefit from this revaluation.

Mars crosses over into Aries.We are at the starting gate and ready to take off with life-changing high energy. An abundance of independent self-assertive vigour is helpful in reconfiguring our place and purpose. The forward charge is powerful. Through the power of our will, we will affirm to others that we are committing to a course of action. We need to take a stand about what we intend to create. Next we need to go about finding others that will support and empower us. Now is the time to deepen our level of commitment to implementing our goals. Mars in Aries is our ally, supporter and coach! This impulse to take action is well advised to safeguard against accident, inflammatory assertions and intemperate restlessness.

20TH Venus joins Mars and Uranus in Aries and the Moon will be hours behind her. This passage of spring will activate our powers of attraction. Hold the mental space; add the thoughts and ideas then create reality. We can use these high powered vibrations to change our mind's vibration and clear subconscious debris. Impulsive and curious we become more experimental and casual about forming friendships or relationships.Fiery passions are easily inflamed. In the midst of this alpha zone we need to remember our peaceful happy place and Venus will help us do that.

If we are living life in the zen-zone it will bring a lot of luck. Physical health improves, muscles seem to work better. However, the urge to take on more than we can handle overextends our abilities and reminds us of what we have left to learn. Lean toward caution in financial dealings. Do not limit future resources. Understand the situation with insight, employ an acute sense of timing, and stay within limitations in a self-aware manner and we can amaze others with our luck. Be moderate and compete with self-betterment. Do not cross the line legally. Being compromised by other people cannot continue. It must change. Understand that even a superhuman uses discretion and discernment.

21ST The slender Crescent of the budding new Moon is a beautiful sight. Off to the side of this picturesque sight are Uranus, Mars and Venus. It will be worth viewing if the sky is clear. It is a thrilling phase this month, filled with anticipation but also jam packed with details to assemble. Creatively we are at our peak. An abundance of ideas, inventions and innovations will flow. It is a guiding light that will lead us to our intention. We need only contemplate our purpose and organise our goals.

22ND If working, playing or doing anything together with others is not stable or jointly shared it will be necessary to reform the communal effort to provide for future goals. What cannot pull together may pull apart in mutual agreement. This is not so much the start of things as completion and transition into the next expression. We are looking for security, loyalty, honour and shared values. Relationship that can grow together through warm intimacy and mutual honouring will bond in a comforting sense of security that is long lasting. Where there is integrity all form and structure is given reinforcement. Loyalty and commitment are possible when individual values are integrated in a positive way. Under these conditions there will be positive trends in joint financial holdings.

24TH Electronic excellence comes to make our modern life enjoyable. A growing understanding of how to get the most out of our equipment gets a lot accomplished. The essentials of good time management will help us to get a lot done as well as to learn to work with its nature and role in our lives and belief systems. It is appropriate to attend to upgrades of our software and hardware or simply to do some important maintenance. Work is engaging and career changes can be exciting. There is more freedom to innovate. In other areas of life unusual experience reshape our beliefs through insights. Many will explore the multi-dimensional realities of the new age. The rest will vary from their regular routine. We are looking for new pathways.

25TH We are stirred into taking action to reenergise our associations. This is most important for our significant relationship. Single people will begin to have thoughts about marriage. They will send out signals to the appropriate type of person who suits their karma. Everything is malleable at this point, what we design for ourselves is woven into our future tapestry. Think long and hard about the big picture, the far-reaching implications and what is being sought. Be responsible for creating decisions that lead to positive results. An open mind is receptive to broad-range possibilities realising personal preferences are always evolving. Independence and freedom are admirable components in a cooperative and committed relationship. Our relationships will stir us to act on dormant desires. We are defended and protected by those who give us safe haven.

The First Quarter Moon phase challenges anything newbie in our sphere of activity. The constructive criticism that is received tends to make us feel reprimanded and rejected. A particularly vulnerable aura exists around new ventures but it is more perceived than real. The test, obstacle or question is instructional. Not that we need instruction from someone else, but it will alert us to what we do not know and need to learn. That is a constructive purpose. Endeavours cannot go forward until a broadly based foundation is laid without defect.

Once we have looked at all the alternatives we can choose our actions more carefully and methodically. Diligence and perseverance is strong. We are capable of hard work and organised details. We are careful, controlled and exacting. Our actions can lead to real and lasting successful accomplishment. We will win the respect of others. Work that requires precision, concentrated effort or involves metal and stone, drawing up exact plans, building, grinding, polishing and cutting, especially with metal tools is particularly symbolised.

26TH  Whatever obstacles come between us and our goals they will be the catalyst to forming an intensely passionate and focused commitment that is willing to make a sacrifice. It will drive us to narrow our goals and broaden our awareness. In that way there is a destructive streak that pushes the irrelevant out of the way of the priority. Ultimately it strengthens our confidence. We can learn the ways of power or be drawn to investigate secret corners. We see ourselves in the reflection of those drawn to us.

There is vacillation or an objective direct-connect; we either confuse ourselves with consequential possibilities or we get it. There is dichotomy involved but there is so much more self-awareness. The trick is that we can refer to no right or wrong, black or white or either/or. There are shades, blends and patterns in the muted greater whole. A middle path does exist. It will measure up to the balance, creativity, devotion, adventure, exploration and dedication we seek. Our spirit advances and as it does so too do we move forward in our outer lives.

27TH The sense of being betwixt and between feels like a clash of complication that must be brought into harmony. Existing conditions are giving way to a preferred state of affairs. To make way for future developments the paradox, riddle or incompatible must be resolved to relieve frustration. If stifled by something adjustment is required. There is no avoiding this juncture. Make a choice. Transformative experiences are highly creative in their intent. We cannot ignore or silence the irony. It makes way for what is meant to be.

March 1st The Gibbous Moon Phase brings things together, they gel. It is possible to get comfortable with that which is at odds with what we thought. Broadening the scope of how things are defined loosens the boundaries of our mind. Piecing together components that are unfamiliar takes precision thinking. Guided to what is needed, wanted or meant to be provided help. A generous conveyance of karmic thrust assists self-realisation.

Soul energy; chi, qi or prana, will be rising. We feel more energised within our body. It radiates outward. Energy can be moved around at will from chakra to chakra or from head to foot. The aura will grow and glow. Meditation will be very effective. In the mundane world these vibrant sensations create strange moods and unusual feelings. All manner of states are triggered. Misunderstandings arise from discouraged egos and from those who feel inferior, weak, incapable or deluded. Many feel irritable, itchy or in denial. Confidence men like to hit when people are vulnerable. Be super conscious of the legitimacy of the cause soliciting donations.

We get the opportunity to demonstrate our strengths! Fulfilling our needs for achievement and success is imperative. However, overly obligated or constrained by responsibilities we are not as available to those who depend upon us for emotional support and nurturance. Difficult choices have to be made involving children or elderly parents. There can be distance, tension, stress or conflict in these relations. The issue of having children can create tension in relationship too; or the inner child may need attention. Childhood conflicts can fill the thoughts and affect behaviour. Approval, disapproval, entitlement and permissiveness are triggers.

2ND Finding our way back from the edge of 2010 we are on a whole new playing field. In this alchemical phase of becoming, all reality merges as a slurry containing raw, unprocessed essentia. It is an enormous task to solidify potentials into perceptible comprehension. What we visualise is attainable. It is beyond logic, reason or intellectual belief because it requires re-identification. An unemotional redefinition of what is known is assisted by a focused imagination and powered by all of our senses and extrasensory perception. There will be assurances and verifications as we find our way and take up residence in a newly charted reality.

3RD With a flushing flow that gathers momentum we are on our way in a big rush. Self-reliant and self-assured the extraneous is shed to make haste toward the achievable. The surge is fast and the currents are strong but we have excellent navigational control. Many barriers are down. We are experiencing a sense of freedom in a big way. Activism takes a leap forward acting on behalf of whatever cannot fight for itself. Big expenses are worthy occurrences. New and fascinating experiences, new places and new ideas make life more alive and interesting. Our eccentricities will come out and other people will react to what they perceive as strangeness. If questioned we can retract this facet of ourselves but that is not recommended. We need to be our honest integral self.

5TH Honouring Purim

The Full Moon is about lessons learned throughout history and throughout a lifetime. Appreciation for the hard times gives us more freedom. Enriching ourselves with the paradoxical happenstance that brings us to today's possibilities makes us brave, it boosts our courage. Now perched at the top of the hill it seems there is no thing we cannot overcome. We are on track and picking up the recyclable pieces. Repurposing the past, present and future comes from many layers of realisation. We find wholeness in what we learn.

8TH International Women's Day ~ Daylight Savings Time begins 2 a.m. except in Saskatchewan...they keep standard time.

9TH We now find ourselves at the Disseminating Phase of the Sun/Moon relationship which is making things pop. This is usually the disbursing gateway where we share our accomplishments and receive more information. This month it is activating optimism and energising self-authority; a positive motivation but somewhat pushy. We do have choices we just do not feel like we do. Use all the self-control, discipline and determination available to keep on track. Be flexible enough to avoid being an obstruction to someone else. Keep this in mind over the next few days.

We reap what we have sown, no one else is to blame and no one else needs to receive credit. Rewards come from good karma. Celebrate the things that have worked out, the positive, successful and winning situations. Discard time wasters and things of exaggerated value. Healthy competitive instincts create momentum. Happily engaged in athletic or recreational exercise, outdoor activities and sporting events it makes the schedule busy. Good timing and an eye for success makes most of a productive period. New proposals are considered and opportunities crop up. Crusading, carelessness and self-indulgence are the down side.

10TH In our quest to realise a fullness of self we need to identify the bonds that create a conflict with our purpose. It is not always necessary to cut the bond. Becoming increasingly obvious the connection's conflicting components and aspects can be dissolved so they do not interfere. Parents, relatives and childhood friends are nurturing relationships but aspects of these people can hold us back if we identify too strongly with them to the point where they hold control. Likewise needy people can drain us dry if they are allowed unlimited suckling. Increased sensitivity reduces the extent to which we can extend ourselves for others. If we overdo the charity it will negate the whole purpose. Escape is not the answer, shape-shifting is.

11TH Electrified energy makes us extra restless and daring. Consider all actions and make decisions that will create positive consequences. Accidental mishap can occur simply from a fast pace. Be cautious on the road and with equipment or sharp instruments. Transformational and evolutionary, anything is possible. There are some aspects of this energy that are eccentric and unpredictable. That is what makes them so exciting, they are a wildcard that can be used for whatever we need. A highly charged nervous system can be impulsive. It is easy to figure that at this fast and furious pace anger, irritation, rebelliousness, resentment or defiance can easily be triggered.

Powerfully intense confrontation and lower vibrational ruthlessness affects certain egos as well as nature. There are violent and dangerous potentials in these influences. Combined with the electrical charge these emanations release destructive forces in the form of violent people or natural disasters. It can bring the demon out in people. Avoid road rage, dangerous situations or violent places and do not travel where there is risk. These energies are building to a pitch by the 16th. At present this metamorphic influence helps us to cleanse and purge if not heal. People are out of step with each other for a time because of the pressure to tend to destiny. Think strategically and ambitiously with priority importance on self accomplishment. Aim toward renewal. Objectives may take obsessively extreme effort.

12TH Mercury in Pisces enhances extrasensory abilities and gut instincts. It also increases feeling and imagination which is good for artistic talent but confusing and distressing to logic. We need to be grounded or work on our grounding. To that end this is a good time for foot reflexology or shamanic soul coaching to rebirth and reconnect to our soul purpose.Crystalline deposits impede the grounding connection of the foot with the earth. Reflexology will clear these.

To be grounded means that we are "in" our body and connected energetically to the earth. Easily connected to the etheric, the source or to spiritual existence it is harder to cope with what is required of us on earth. With grounding we can enjoy both worlds equally.

Discover the power that is found in silence. Silence energises the mind. It is an art form and a tool of the wise. We can work to perfect the art of silence. Emotional impressionism stirs the memories so we are likely to experience a "slide-show" within the mind during quiet moments.

13TH The crunch of the Last Quarter Moon phase is usually about finishing what was started or discovering what is successful and what is flailing. This time is it about creating more appropriate strategies when faced with the unprecedented. We need to create a more broadly-based foundation for our endeavours, policies and beliefs. Redundancy challenges us to secure new methods of operation and design. Old machinery or ideas need to be replaced. This is a good trend although preliminary to the positive end result.

The tempestuous mental storminess of Juno's retrograde will come to an end. With Juno direct we can stop beating ourselves up, comparing ourselves to others or tallying our scorecards. This changes how we co-participate. The negative mind games and manipulative control issues have evaporated. Hopefully they have cleared and flushed anything untoward out of our relationships. We are better prepared to enjoy mutual benefit and demonstrate equality and fairness.

14TH Saturn is entering its annual retrograde period, releasing us from its demanding agenda and letting us do some personal work. Letting go and redefining is the theme. We develop better method, rule or guideline and improve organisation. A great teacher, Saturn will help us to form better judgement. We learn from reflecting upon our mistakes. If there are things that need to be let go we will feel very stuck, limited, restricted and rejected. It is a sign of what must be done. Otherwise we simple review the physical and psychological supports in our life, build more self-authority, take on more responsibility of our choice and renegotiate frustrations. This is a good time to renew investments.

A search for answers is instinctive. The ability to gain a better understanding by reaching the core truth is kicked off by curiosity and restlessness. Working with the new evolved version of our pattern gives us new challenges to conquer but we feel safe in following the unconventional direction. Travel goes hand in hand with education. Side step the competitive, bull-headed, blind, convicted and forceful because they want everything on their terms.

15TH The Ides of March

16TH We are in the Twilight Zone; a rarefied dimension of limitless possibilities. The two planets responsible for transformation and metamorphosis are squaring off against each other for the last time in this cycle. These past few years have been about crisis and integration. We have also seen an upsurge in global violence, natural disaster, marine and air disaster as well as epidemic.

On a personal level we find out what works and what does not. We experience liberative urges to free ourselves. The empowered individual breaks free from old paradigms while jolts of inspiration illumine new pathways for the future. Sure there is groundbreaking loss, surprise and other epic experiences which may entail losing everything but in the end the purpose is to find ourselves. We have to let go, get unstuck and free ourselves up to explore our own true alive sense of destiny.

We need to seek out those who are taking in the new. It is a time of revolution that this time is more about revelation. The consequences of the world debt explosion have created other aspects of this climatic period. But there is real hope for a brighter future now that it is coming to a close. It will take a couple of years to calm down so in the interim the real challenge will be to transform hope into realistic solution and positive outcome. That is the next stop on the evolutionary train.

The Balsamic Moon Phase is a brilliant congealer of potentials. To have this phase concurrent with the last exact critical point of our current cycle is ominous. If we were meant to be inspired to find our way this is the signal and the message written clearly on the wall. We will be directed, steered, guided and magnetically drawn toward an evolved pathway. The old crystallization of self will dissolve and the broken bits will mend together. A greater sense of empowered thought helps and inspired us to carry on toward our goals.

17TH Happy St. Patrick's Day

Venus in Taurus is a good time to cultivate patience, live simple and natural or find a new groove. It is an opportunity to build trust and loyalty into predictable and dependable relationships. The heart is opened to love and acceptance. Loving the body means pampering it with healthy treats and treatments. Drawn to outings in nature we are refreshed and reinvigorated. Getting away from the fast-paced high-energy and creative cosy situations gives us what we need. We can really spend our money. Retail therapy could never be better.

We need a conscious cleanse of our energy field. We can do this through physical discipline, exercise, hard work or concentrated activity. If we have not let go of old issues they are pushed to the surface like a bad pimple. Every time we look in the mirror we are reminded of what is keeping us stuck. It could be someone's offhand remark triggers the pent up energy. Habits and routines could remind us of the consequences of past actions. Otherwise these energies can just leak out. Repressed anger or frustration will find their way of being heard. There is potential for accident or breakdown so be careful with sharp or metal objects and when operating machinery.

19TH We are meeting with the guardians at the gates of incarnation and reincarnation. There is a regular cycle that refreshes our job description however this performance review is one of the most critical. Whether we have cleaned the slate or not it is time to rewrite the script. Hopefully as we create a new model we are not weaving in baggage from the previous design. Our five year plan gets tweaked or our agenda for a next life is formed by our state.

A singleness of purpose develops because of the need for sacrifice and survival in the face of global imbalance. It also serves our individually independent evolution. Nonetheless involvement in present day dilemmas brings the awareness that we are all bound together on this Earth, inter-reliant on goods and services and each other, with no nation self-sustaining. Survival depends on cooperation and interdependence.