The first Mercury Retrograde of the year commences February 25th through March 20th highlighting the same eclipse energies we're all feeling right now! He retraces his reverse journey from March 21st through April 9th. This is an excellent time to fail forward toward authenticity.

Mercury Rx Eclipse Processing

The Leo Total Lunar Eclipse Full Moon on March 3rd invites us to check in with encrusted self-expression patterns needing release to make way for our authentic future. Jupiter is opened up to support an expansion of communication, learning and exchange. The moon activates the Shadow of Forgetting and the South Node the Shadow of Arrogance. Be mindful (the gift) of your patterns with being overly reserved and therefore feeling forgotten or censoriously provoking others just to insert yourself into the conversation. This goes hand in hand with the tendency to arrogantly defer to others through false humility or scornfully seeing them as beneath you. Be mindful of your shadow patterns and become the shining beacon of a leader you are called to be from a place of unapologetic truth.

The last quarter moon on March 11th in Ophiuchus challenges healing integration of deep spiritual wounds. Notice where you are stuck in worry loops about these wounds and shadow patterns or where you might be surrounding yourself with the noise of the world to drown them out. Let go of the worry and turn off the noise. Go deep within yourself in the quiet stillness and feel what comes up. It’s really that simple. This is where insight comes from, that small, still voice within, no longer seeking external validation.

The FIrst Pisces 2026 Moonth

Intentionally Cultivate your Intuition

As this moonth begins, Mercury is nearing the end of his retrograde. He will spend the majority of this moonth retracing his path through Aquarius and Pisces. You should be able to feel a forward momentum and a clarity emerging as he moves back through the energies highlighted by this last eclipse. This moonth takes a moment to more deeply highlight the Saturn and Neptune conjunction in Pisces. With intention, clarity can be found surrounding the illusions and the dissolution of structures that surround us. The new moon begins conjunct these two luminaries encouraging us to place our intention on the cultivation of our intuition to more ease-fully navigate these waters. The Gene Key gifts to contemplate this moonth are: Lightness, Self-Assurance, Resolve and Artfulness.

This Pisces new moon draws attention to the Saturn/Neptune conjunction that creates our backdrop these days. Saturn joining Neptune in his native waters brings disruption to illusion in our lives. Neptune also reciprocates by dissolving the structures and fears of Saturn. It makes for an interesting mix and a need for intuitive discernment. Uranus is lightly touched by this new moon keeping the door open for relating all of this to authenticity with resources and values. Notice where you are over-serious or flippantly indulging in your desires without care for the ripple effect. In the turbulent waters of Neptune’s ocean it is much more useful to let your distrust in life die and embrace a lightness so that the Divine can carry you to the shore of your personal paradise. The desires we cling to may in fact be holding us back.

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The first quarter moon on March 25th in Gemini challenges some mind centric integration with this Saturn/Neptune conjunction. The integration of intuition and logic can be a bit nebulous in and of itself, but I find that intuitive knowings hit me as I am learning and communicating with others. It comes as an electric excitement in the body. The trine to Mercury with the North Node should make this even more palpable for everyone. Pay attention to these “Aha!” moments and integrate them into your intention for this moonth. Be aware of the tendency to “check out” from the body or become frantically over-active when fear strikes. Instead, I invite you to trust the combination of your body and intuition for guidance on the next steps to take.

The Virgo Full Moon on April 1st is a great time to check in with your health and routines as well as the way that you show up to serve. As structures dissolve and illusions fall away, how does this affect your capacity to be of service to the vision of a beautiful future? With a square to Jupiter, this will need integration with expansion to communication and exchange. The interaction with Pluto makes it supportive to the dawn of restructuring that we are witnessing. As the dispositor, Mercury, is now directly traversing Aquarius, momentum moves forward toward a more authentic future. Take a moment to check in with the health of your boundaries. Are you acquiescing and allowing your personal boundaries to be crossed or contemptuously crossing the boundaries of others? Begin to say “No” to misaligned requests of your energy flow and build up your resolve as well as the strength of your boundaries.

The last quarter moon on April 9th in Sagittarius is a gift toward the integration of a new perspective. A square to Chiron requires integration with spiritual wounds and a trine to Venus in Aries shows us the value of desire. The opposition with Jupiter reminds us to find balance with expansion to communication and exchange. Notice where you are pridefully manipulating others through guilt and shame to adopt your new perspective or are boasting about this new enlightened understanding. Instead, with intent, artfully magnetize others toward your new found perspective through the vehicle of your purpose in life. If you are not sure what this purpose is, just start with the intention to open yourself up to it and let it blossom from there.

The Second Pisces 2026 Moonth

Gateway through the Dark Night of the Soul

This moonth is marked by a powerful 0° conjunction of the New Moon with Chiron, activating the spiritual wounds of the collective. On an individual level, this is an excellent time to embrace with intention. It is a time of emotional turbulence compounded by a large concentration of luminaries in Pisces and aspects to Pluto throughout the moonth. We may all feel a bit tossed by the waves of the ocean this moonth, but it is also a powerful time to rebuild trust in our fellow man. The Gene Key gifts to contemplate this moonth are: Humanity, Magnetism, Resourcefulness and Aspiration.

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Some may feel triggered by the Jesus or Yeshua framing, but others not. I know it brings up childhood wounding in me, but lately, I'm really finding exploring the Bible through a metaphysical lens very enlightening.

My spirituality is very much unique to me and it feels like that is how it should be for everyone. It is a personal relationship to the Divine within yourself.

This Second Pisces new moon 0° conjunct Chiron on April 17th initiates a powerful activation of spiritual wounds. A loose square to Pluto requires integration with the ongoing breakdown of structure. The dispositor, Neptune, is also in Pisces conjunct Mars, Mercury and Saturn compounding the felt reach of these wounds to the areas of desire, the mind and structures. Neptune’s sextile to both Pluto and Uranus opens the door for this emotionally turbulent time to be channeled toward the breakdown of the right structures and cultivation of authentic resources and values. Be wary of the tendency to brace against this turbulence and create nervousness in your system or to be swept away into a live soap opera. Take this as an opportunity to transmute human suffering into long standing bonds that are built on trust and vulnerability. New moons are more often quiet beginnings that are better pinpointed in hindsight. Trust that intuition you’ve been cultivating and go with the flow.

The first quarter moon on April 23rd in Cancer brings a challenge to home, family or security. Neptune’s rule of this turbulent ocean, still illuminated by desire and structure, offers support for this challenge. Pluto requires balance with the breakdown of structure at this stage and Chiron invites you to integrate with your spiritual wounds. Venus just about perfectly joins Uranus to offer a more potent opening for the cultivation of authentic resources and values. Notice where you are feeling dull as in empty and headed toward depression, or denying dullness as an extremist, moving from one thing to another with no real purpose or rhythm. Instead, seek the rhythm first, by connecting with nature and allow the perfect interactions to magnetize to you.

The Second Virgo Full Moon at her feet on May 1st invites you to stabilize the refinement to your health and the way you show up to serve. This refinement supports your authentic life path and expansion to communication and exchange. Pluto again requires integration with the breakdown of structures, and the dispositor, Mercury, is now conjunct Chiron placing the mind firmly upon the spiritual wounds illuminated this moonth. Does this bring up feelings of inadequacy in you, keeping you bland and conforming to societal norms or unscrupulously hiding behind the system and using it to manipulate others through fear? This is an opportunity to tap into the gift of resourcefulness by trusting in the unfolding, as the natural state of abundance that surrounds you is revealed.

The last quarter moon on May 9th in Capricorn challenges you to look at the entire moonth with a long term view. Steadfastness and diligence here will support the cultivation of resources true to your values. This needs integration with the mind’s focus on personal desires, yet opens the door for support if you let those desires flow with the ocean of life. Where do you see greed pop up in your life? Do you repress it by un-ambitiously refusing to begin your journey or do you greedily snap up material possessions in an effort to fill a bottomless void when what you need is connection? Transmutation here opens up aspirations that rise above the material level and work toward the collective benefit of all.