Starcodes March 3, 2023 Heather Roan Robbins

This week the mood is sensitive, nervous, and fierce. Our energy runs at a lower ebb and our nerve endings feel sensitized with the sun, Mercury, Neptune, and soon Saturn, in sensitive and receptive Pisces.

Even the energy from ordinarily activating Mars is now uncertain and diffused as Mars in nervy Gemini approaches a square to softening, dreamy Neptune. That Mars-Neptune square can lead us to question everyone’s motivation and either idealize our anger, or, potentially, let it go. We choose how we respond. It could also precipitate anger around spiritual or religious issues, accidents caused by water damage, weather, or environmental pollutants, so let’s keep our head up for unnecessary accidents, and consider not taking the bait if religious debate arises.

That doesn’t mean we’re all relaxed; our emotional responses are still swift and fierce as Venus and Jupiter in Aries keep the heat on, emotional pots simmering; they won’t let us settle in or just space out during this tail end of winter. We can be aware of hardships, feel tested by life as Venus semi-squares Saturn and the Sun semi-squares Pluto, these are quick moving and not terrible aspects to bring our minds to the things that feel heavy or worrisome. The Sun is unusually active, solar flares create aurora borealis and turn up the volume so everything feels important. Whether it’s tough news in the headlines…