The Astrological Forecast for March 2025
The spring month of March is named after red planet Mars, the Roman god of war.
According to the Roman calendar, March (or Martius) was the first month of the calendar year.
The spring month of March 2025 marks the beginning of the astrological new year with the entry
of the Sun into Aries.
With Mercury and Venus both in retrograde, two eclipses and a major planetary shift, March will
be the most transformative and crucial month of 2025. However, March 2025 is also a
complicated month with Venus, Mars and Mercury in incompatible signs….
Since the end of February 2025, red Warrior Mars is no longer in retrograde in Cancer.
Mars is in Cancer astrologically ‘in Fall’, so fiery Mars does not feel at home in that water sign.
The shadow period of Mars retrograde will not be over until April 18, 2025, so until then we must
take into account a feeling of insecurity, powerlessness and fear.
Fear translates into aggression and reactive, impulsive and egocentric behavior.
The smoldering retrograde fire of Mars will flare up regularly during March 2025.
A crisis may also arise with regard to the housing market.
Decisions made during this shadow period are often reversed when the shadow period is over.
From March 2 to March 27, 2025 Venus goes in retrograde in Aries. Venus is astrologically ‘in
detriment’ in Aries, so Venus does not function well in Aries. Venus rules money, values and love.
With Venus retrograde in Aries, we must take into account aggression and egoistic motives.
Venus retrograde is not a good economic period. Venus retrograde is also not favorable for the art
world, cosmetic surgery, starting a love relationship or for making a commitment or promise.
Venus retrograde in Aries is a favorable time to clarify your emotional needs and boundaries and
to strengthen interpersonal connections.
With the transit of our light-hearted messenger Mercury through the fire sign Aries from March 4,
2025, the willingness to fight for an idea or opinion grows. Mercury in Aries is also impulsiveness,
talking too much and pushing. There will be an abundance of information, including
disinformation.
The retrograde period of Mercury in Aries from March 15 to 30, 2025 is a period of evaluation,
reassessment and revision. Mercury is discernment and rules all types of communication, verbal
and written, speaking, learning and thinking. Mercury rules the internet, logistics, organization,
agreements and contracts, buying and selling, travel, transportation, trade and transport.
During Mercury retrograde in Aries, opinions change and decisions are more difficult to make.
Expect postponements, delays and misunderstandings.
On March 14, 2025, there will be a total lunar eclipse at 23º57 in the earth sign Virgo.
A lunar eclipse is a line of the Sun, Earth, and Moon, with the Earth between the Sun and the
Moon. The full moon will be completely obscured by the shadow of the Earth.
The first lunar eclipse of 2025 will be visible from most of North America, South America, and the
Pacific Ocean.
This total lunar eclipse in Virgo is ruled by retrograde Mercury in Aries, and is about restructuring
in health, daily routines, and commuting. Our collective patience and adaptability will be called
upon. We must expect work stoppages in transportation, education and healthcare, and
government institutions. The Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on March 14, 2025 has a major impact
on the economic and political situation in the world, especially for the United States it can be a
difficult time of war, aggression and financial problems.
This Total Lunar Eclipse is conjunct Saturn and the South Node in Pisces and that can be a wake
up call, both individually and collectively. We are being shaken awake to see what is real instead
of what we may want to see and that promises and responsibilities must be kept.
Something is going to change, which will clear the way for practical progress.
Read more about this Total Lunar Eclipse and its impact on all zodiac signs under NEWS on this website.
On March 18, 2025, the Sun forms a conjunction with the North Node in Pisces.
The Sun represents our collective self and with the conjunction of the North Node in Pisces we
are confronted with sensitive topics that have been avoided, left undiscussed or overlooked.
An intense event means that these sensitive subjects can no longer be ignored.
On March 21, 2025, the Sun enters the first sign of the Zodiac, the fiery realm of Aries.
We celebrate the Spring Equinox, the astrological new year in the Northern Hemisphere. Day and
night are of equal length. The Sun grows in strength and nature comes back to life.
A particularly powerful period in which new energy can lead to constructive changes in ourselves
and in the world around us. The energy of the Sun in the dynamic fire sign Aries feeds
enthusiasm, self-confidence and motivation, but can also encourage impatience.
However, with the current retrograde energy, goals and deadlines should be seen as something to
strive for.
Sunday, March 23, 2025 can be a special day with the conjunction of the Sun with retrograde
Venus in Aries sextile Pluto in Aquarius. The last time the Sun, Venus and Pluto in Aquarius were
in connection was 200 years ago! Today there can be a breakthrough.
On March 27, 2025, Mars in Cancer will form an exact square with Chiron in Aries for the third
time in a row. We must then take into account fires or explosions with aviation.
From March 28, 2025, retrograde Venus has descended into Pisces. Venus is ‘exalted’ in Pisces,
so positive, but due to retrograde effect, Venus in Pisces is weakened. With retrograde Venus in
the wonderful waters of Pisces, the world can be more beautiful, but beware of its treacherous
currents. There is a danger that we will be swept away in manipulative situations, illusions,
delusion and wishful thinking. Of course it is good to help others, but with retrograde Venus in
slippery Pisces it is more difficult to signal red flags and face reality.
Eclipses symbolize the end and a new beginning.
The Sun will be partially eclipsed by a Supermoon on March 29, 2025. A Supermoon is closer to
Earth and with the conjunction of retrograde Mercury and Neptune can cause tsunamis,
mudslides or earthquakes or floods. This Solar Eclipse in Aries is the last eclipse on the Libra/
Aries axis and shows a hopeful sextile with Jupiter in Gemini, but with the conjunction of
retrograde Mercury and Neptune there can be confusion, irrational reactions, lies and lack of
clarity and it is difficult to distinguish fact from fiction.
Read more about this partial Solar Eclipse and its influence on all zodiac signs under NEWS on this website.
The provisional shift from March 31, 2025 of Neptune into the fire sign Aries and the influence of
the Solar Eclipse in Aries of March 29, 2025 can be the cause of a major event involving a world
leader at the end of March 2025 or the beginning of April 2025.
Neptune in Aries together with the North Node in Pisces can lead to a collective awareness that
things can no longer continue like this and that change is inevitable.
Neptune was last in Aries from 1861 to 1875, the period of the American Civil War and the
abolition of slavery. Almost two centuries later, people are unfortunately still being exploited in the
most heartless and hypocritical ways.
With the transit of Neptune in Aries, we can only hope that the world will be flooded by a wave of
evolved consciousness from the higher realms of consciousness.
Read more about Neptune in Aries and its influence on all zodiac signs under NEWS on this website.
Retrograde Mercury shifts back to Pisces from March 31, 2025. Astrologically speaking, Mercury
is ‘in Fall’ in Pisces, so that is with Venus in Aries and Mars in Cancer, the third planet in an
incompatible sign this month.
Be inspired, but do not be seduced by empty promises or misled by fake news.
Not everything we see and hear is based on truth.
I wish everyone a safe month of March 2025!
Marlies Goovers
