Forecast: Thursday, Friday, early Saturday, March 15-17

Sun in Pisces and Moon in Capricorn, 2012

Beginning Thursday 15 March at 3:25a PT | 6:25a ET | 10:25p UT
through Friday 16 March
/moon goes void-of-course Saturday 17 at 6:02a PT | 9:02a ET | 1:02p UT
until Luna enters Aquarius Saturday at 9:13a PT | 12:13p ET | 4:13p UT

\Satisfying Experiment/

As a rule of thumb, Thursday this time looks better for most purposes than Friday, whether for business or social pleasures.

With the moon in Capricorn there is shrewdness and realism. This might tend somewhat toward the morose or depressing on Friday.

The grand trine in earth signs is joined by the moon, so the good business climate should continue or improve (whatever the stock market, so far blooming under this configuration, may do).

The occult influence of Neptune in Pisces, where it shall be for another thirteen years (it began on February 3), may become noticeable in interesting ways. Do you have an invisible guide or playmate, friend or teacher? How can we connect with the "dead" or have telepathic contact with them or those embodied? Interest in such subjects will increase over the next decade.

Whatever farming or gardening means to you, it could be valuable to get involved with it. I hear that some in Greece, in order to recover from its disastrous slide, are turning to working the soil, establishing a fresh agricultural side to the nation's economy. The grand trine in earth signs favors this, and Mars in Virgo (to early July). Also, dietary theories and experiments.

The restlessness of Mercury conjoined to Uranus in the first decanate of Aries can be a good kind of restlessness, spurring you to discover friends, connections, and improved methods of working. At times it may seem too much, so that you need rest mentally and physically.

Then the rest could itself become a form of vice, if it leads to gross fulfillment of appetites, a danger of the otherwise excellent grand trine. The March issue of Harper's has a superb article on fasting which many would find extremely revealing. What I learned from it, in essence, is that I can eat much much less and be stronger and healthier. (The author of the well-researched article fasted for forty days and reports his experience in an encouraging way.)

Originality and experiment are good, and likely to go in ways you wouldn't have expected while Mercury is retrograde. That period (to April 4 but also beyond) can be good for quite wild experiment arising from the subconscious or even the superconscious. Whatever your field, a "beyond the box" attitude facilitates discovery and creativity. (But I must repeat the usual Mercury-retrograde warning: Beware of ending things, such as a job or relationship, just because they are difficult. The new does not replace the old but supplements it.)

At worst, on Friday (extending into Saturday) you might feel that some reversal of your plans and hopes is hard to face. This is a matter of being sure you are going in the best direction. The seeming "reversal" is a matter not of succumbing but of overcoming.

There is beauty to be appreciated, in nature and humanity and its creations. There can be happy reciprocity with people you like, effortless and spontaneous, especially on Thursday, continuing into the evening.

{Thursday, Friday and early Saturday} /Satisfying Experiment\

Cosmic Piper