Hello, friends! I hope all is well with you, and your families. I am late in getting out the newletter, because I’ve been working on releasing my book, and getting my tinctures ready; they will be in my shop next week. I also have been finalizing the second album I’ve been producing with Moda.fm Studio in Detroit; it is an Arab music album meant for bellydancers, as I am retired now, I want to keep producing music. I apologize, but February flew by, and March came fast for me this year. The energy of the Shubha Kartari Yoga on the 22nd and the Venus Jupiter conjunction on the 2nd has really fueled my creativity, and everything is finally coming together. I’m excited to share this book with you, so I will send out an anouncement once it’s published! It will be available on Amazon as a paperback or on Kindle. The title is Uma’s Upayas: Astrological Aromatherapy, Practical Remedies for the Planets, here is the book description that will be on Amazon:
“Uma’s Upayas, ‘Mother’s Remedies’, is an astrological aromatherapy guide that matches plant families with each of the Navagraha, or traditional nine planets, used in Vedic astrology. While many make use of the benefits of fragrance, not many know that there is a reason they are drawn to certain scents, and through the lens of Jyotish we can see why. Uma is the wife of Shiva, she is also known as Parvati, and she is aligned with the Moon, as she rules marriage, motherhood, beauty, and also is the life force of the Earth; an upaya is a remedy given by an astrologer to bring balance to a certain planet in an astrological chart. Most upayas are mantras, yantras, and gemstones, but for the first time this author sheds a different light onto the customary remedies, and gives us a perspective from the Divine Feminine.”
This month we have some intense energies! Mars has been in Taurus since October 30th of last year, and now he will finally be going back into Gemini where he began his retrograde station. When planets hit these degrees of where they began their retrograde journey it triggers the same type of events that occured at that time. The position of Mars in the US birth chart is 0 degrees 40 minutes, so literally Mars stationed Rx right on top of the US Mars. Woa. Looking back at the headlines of that day we were embroiled in the Ukraine War, and Nancy Pelosi’s husband was attacked. Hmm..I feel that there were things behind the scenes happening that we will hear about now. Mars will re-enter Gemini on the 12th, so look to what house in your chart is in that sign to see how this will affect you.
The Full Moon in Leo, Purva Phalguni, the “Party Nakshatra”, on the 7th is about having fun, celebrating our accomplishments, and socializing. Then we have a Rahu Venus conjunction on the 20th, which will bring in some wildly creative energies, and as it’s in the 5th house for the US chart, the stock market could have a rally. I wouldn’t be surprised, because once Jupiter goes into Aries in April to conjunct Rahu until November, I feel the Dow Jones and cryptocurrency markets will begin to rise again.
The New Moon on the 21st is the Pisces New Moon, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra, and this is the chart we use to gauge how the year ahead will be for everyone. This is the Serpent of the Deep, and represents the spine and the kundalini energy that is deep within us. It’s best to use your home location to gauge this for yourself, but for a country you’ll want to use the Capitol. So, for the US, this always occurs in our 4th house, and this year there are several planets conjunct the Moon. Pisces is a very spiritual sign, but the fixed star Scheat at 4.57′ is the thorn in our sides that will eventually bring joy, but it’s going to be a difficult road to get there. See my video for some discussion of this month’s activity.
I send you all love and blessings, and remember, real happiness is inner peace, and the lesson of Venus in Pisces currently is to go within. Nothing can sway you from that still point if you cultivate your meditation practice, whatever it may be.
March 2023 Transits
-March 2nd, 12:35am EST-Jupiter Venus Conjunction, 18 degrees Pisces, Revati
• Conjunct Venus’ exaltation point of 15 degrees
-March 7th, 7:40am EST–Full Moon 22 degrees of Leo, Purva Phalguni
-March 11th, 9:57pm EST-Venus Enters Aries
-March 12th, 7:33pm EST-Mars Re-Enters Gemini
-March 14th, 9:04pm EST-Sun Enters Pisces
-March 16th, 1:18am EST-Mercury Enters Pisces, debilitated
-March 20th, 10:18am EST-Rahu Venus Conjunction, 10 degrees Aries, Ashwini
-March 21st, 1:23pm EST-New Moon 6 degrees Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
• Jupiter, Moon, Sun, Mercury, and Neptune conjunct in Pisces
• Moon is close to the fixed star, Scheat, 4.57 degrees
o It causes extreme misfortune, murder, suicide, and drowning
o Star of literary and poetic ability, but also implies extreme loss and sorrow
o Foreshadowing of what’s to come with Rahu in Pisces this November
-March 28th, 2:58am EST-Jupiter Mercury Conjunction, 24 degrees Pisces, Revati
-March 31st, 5:25am EST-Mercury Enters Aries
Namaste,
Katya / Team
