TL;DR:
What’s going on: confusion, situations in limbo, misunderstandings, negotiations, travel issues, setbacks in commerce, unfair circumstances, pessimism, impulsive behaviour, lack of willpower, loss of control, complications with leadership
Don’t: force things, act impulsively, make irreversible decisions, be inconsiderate
Do: move slowly and deliberately, confront what’s at stake, consider how other’s and the bigger picture is affected
March 18th – April 17th: High Stakes & Low Visibility
In the past month, there was likely a ton of momentum building that lead to a rupture and destabilizing shift without resolve. That carries into this time period, but with fog and confusion.
you may feel like you’re trying to move forward while something behind you hasn’t fully resolved
This time period is full of uncertainty and high stakes. There’s urgency to get things done, but confusion is getting in the way. Acting too quickly or trying to force outcomes can make things worse. The best approach is to slow down and focus on what’s directly in front of you.
Situations involving fairness, leadership, responsibility, conflict, and the broader impact may come up. What feels right for one person’s interests may not work for everyone else, and vice versa.
Toward mid-April, things begin to clear. Misunderstandings get resolved, communication improves, and decisions that were stalled start moving forward, but this shift will be abrasive, not smooth.
March 18th, New Moon in Pisces
The New Moon in Pisces is a blurry reset where it’s unclear what’s beginning vs. what’s ending. Whatever was disrupted in February and early March is still settling, and no one is clearly in charge of the situation. Decisions are pending, situations are unresolved, and it can feel like everyone is operating from completely different versions of reality, with no shared baseline. There is tension between what people want and what actually supports stability or growth.
March 20th, Aries Equinox, Mercury Retrograde Ends, Mars trine Jupiter
Aries usually arrives like the first ray of sunlight piercing the dawn sky, unmistakably bright and carrying the promise of a new day. But this Aries season looks different, like how a sunrise might look in a dream… distorted and uncanny. The 2026 Aries equinox carries a strange mix of urgency and paralysis. It’s like being pushed onto a stage before you know your lines. The spotlight is blinding and you feel the weight of every eye on you, but the show must go on.
We’re navigating a paradox. The force is here, but the clarity on how to direct it is not.
The Feeling of Spring
It’s warm outside. I know this not because I can feel it, but because I can smell it through my open window. It reminds me of fresh linens, except not in a synthetic way. It smells warm, but not toasty like nutmeg. It’s sparkly, but not sharp. It reminds me of my childhood in a comforting way. It’s the sort of scent that banishes any feelings of fear or doubt, and it’s rare. You can only catch glimpses of it in the spring. The summer air is too thick, and the lingering warmth leading into fall is too musty.
Despite the foreboding weight of this equinox, that familiar, soothing aroma has drifted into my home and swaddled me up on several occasions this past week. For a moment, I see the world as a child, and everything seems simpler. The reprieve is fleeting… not long enough to resolve everything, but long enough to make it feel possible to overcome.
In this season, I’m taking direction from those moments. It isn’t the time to try to force clarity. Have you ever driven at night in dense fog? Usually, the first instinct is to turn the high beams on in attempt to cut through the fog. If you’ve ever tried that, then you know that only makes it worse. The light reflects back at you and blinds you even more. Instead, you have to slow down, dim your lights, stop trying to see the whole road, and focus on what you can make out right in front of you. It’s not clear, and it’s not comfortable, but it’s enough to keep moving.
That’s what this season calls for. Don’t force things. Lean into those brief moments where things just seem to click, and make the most of them.
March 25th, Saturn Cazimi
Willpower comes easily when the end goal is clearly in sight. But right now we’re blind, and pessimism thrives in uncertainty.
Doubt creeps in, and you don’t know if you’re one step away, or completely off. You don’t feel like you’re in control, and anyone you’d normally look to for direction doesn’t seem to have it together either. Instinctively, you might want to make some sweeping decision that forces clarity… but we already learned that putting our high beams on in the fog only makes things worse. So you try to assert control in the only other way possible: giving up.
The fog won’t let up, so you decide to pull over and wait it out. You ease off the gas, steer toward what you think is the shoulder… and your stomach drops. Through a small break in the fog, you realize that the road has no shoulder. Only one lane and a steep cliff. You have nowhere to stop, so you have to keep going.
You tighten your grip on the wheel and ease back onto the gas. Now the stakes are even higher. You can barely see, and one wrong move could send you over the edge.
That’s the move right now. Step back just enough from what you’re navigating to make the stakes clear. Get honest about what’s at risk if you stop here, and let that clarity carry you forward. It’s not enjoyable, but it’s effective because it pulls you out of overthinking and locks you into the present. Uncertainty makes it easy to spiral and worry, but when the weight of what’s in front of you is real enough, there’s no space for that.
April 1st, Full Moon in Libra square Jupiter in Cancer
In your rearview mirror, you notice headlights behind you. Someone has been quietly following you this whole time. You realize that they could have mistakenly followed you off the cliff when you veered off the road earlier. This isn’t just about you anymore.
This Full Moon in Libra exposes imbalance and seeks to correct it. The person behind you is upset because you almost led them off a cliff. From their perspective, that reaction makes sense. But from your side, it doesn’t feel that simple. You’ve been the one out front, navigating the fog, taking on the risk of not being able to see. You weren’t trying to pull anyone off course, you were just trying to stay on the road.
Another break in the fog arrives, and in your rearview mirror you realize there isn’t just one car behind you, there’s an entire line. Every move you’ve made has been rippling outward further than you thought. You’ve been navigating without considering how it would affect everyone behind you. But you didn’t choose to take on that responsibility, it was forced on you. Both are true.
The reality is, the situation sucks and it’s not fair. But the road is only one lane. People cannot pass you and take on leadership. It has to be you. The reality is, the situation sucks and it’s not fair. But the road is only one lane. No one can pass you and take over. It has to be you. You don’t get relief right now. You get responsibility.
However, there’s a silver lining. By holding it together and taking care of everyone behind you, it doesn’t go unnoticed. When you finally make it out of the fog, the tension breaks. People recognize what you carried. They see what it took to stay steady when things weren’t clear, and they thank you for leading the way.
April 9th, Mars enters Aries
You know that feeling when sh*t hits the fan and everyone’s looking around for someone to lead the way? And then you get that rush where you’re like, wait, it’s me. I’m the one that can lead. That’s Mars entering Aries. It’s the courage we’ve been lacking finally coming to surface.
The only thing to be wary of is being too impulsive. Everything is still foggy, and there’s a lot at stake. Remember, you already learned what happens when you move too fast without seeing. Allow the confidence to keep you moving, but keep it contained. Small steps are still progress.
April 13th-14th, Venus sextile Jupiter, Mercury enters Aries
If you’ve ever driven near the coast of California, you know how common the fog is. The cool thing is, much of the terrain is hilly here, so there’s these points along the road where you’re so high up that you can actually see the top of the blanket of fog.
That’s what this is. A clear, palpable break where you can finally see. You can see that you’re about to plunge back into the fog again, but you’re so high up that you can also see where it ends.
This is one of the clearest moments of uncomplicated good fortune in the entire month. What’s been vague starts to solidify. Communication sharpens, decisions get made, things begin to take form, things work out in your favor.
But it’s still a high point, not the final destination. In these moments of clarity, you have to be ready to drop back into the fog for the final stretch. You’ll be navigating it one more time, but now you know where it ends.
April 15th-16th, Moon transiting Aries and hitting Mercury, Mars, and Saturn, Mercury conjunct Neptune
This is the final stretch of the fog, and even though you’re used to navigating it, it feels even less forgiving this time. The road is even more narrow and full of potholes and obstacles. There’s pressure to move faster now that you know the end is close, but this is where rushing can cause problems. Stay steady, move carefully, and focus on the road right in front of you.
April 17th, New Moon in Aries
A much-needed fresh start arrives, but it isn’t a complete exhale. Forward momentum requires letting go of total independence and working with others in order to create something stable and lasting.
Sagittarius Rising
This period starts with instability in your foundation, where the ground beneath you feels unsteady. This could involve your living situation, real estate, your parents, something from the past, or something else involving the underlying structure that you are building your life on. You may feel like you’re not fully in control of your environment, or that decisions affecting your stability are being shaped by factors outside of you. Support from others or alignment with groups may feel unreliable, excessive, or poorly timed, creating pressure that directly impacts your stability.
Pressure may arrive from friends, groups, employees, or co-workers, pushing against you or something in your life that you know needs to be protected or stabilized. Conversations don’t land cleanly, and it may feel like you and others are operating from completely different assumptions.
Around the Full Moon, the dynamic between you and others becomes unavoidable. Friends, networks, or groups begin reacting to your actions, and you start to see how your decisions have been impacting people around you. What you’ve been doing privately or independently now has visible consequences.
There can be tension here, feeling misunderstood, judged, or held accountable for things that weren’t entirely in your control. But at the same time, there’s a necessary correction happening. Imbalances in give-and-take, fairness, or shared expectations are being exposed. You may feel like you didn’t choose to be “in charge,” but the reality is that others are responding to you as if you are.
This period starts with pressure coming from outside, such as work demands, obligations, or other people, pushing against something in your life that you already know needs to be protected or stabilized. There’s a mismatch between what’s being asked of you and what actually feels right at a deeper level.
Very quickly, it becomes clear that something about your direction or a key relationship isn’t as solid as it seemed. There’s a realization that things were being handled in a way that wasn’t fully grounded, and because of that, something has to shift. This isn’t a gradual adjustment—it’s more like a reset. You’re forced to see things differently, and that changes the course you were on.
At the same time, there’s a growing internal pressure to act, but early on it doesn’t move cleanly. You may feel pulled in different directions or unsure how to channel that energy. Then something clicks. What you want and what actually supports your life start to line up, and the confusion begins to clear.