Astrology in March 2012 - Forks in the Road of Destiny, an Intensified Irrationality in a Weird Time of Important Decisions

by Robert Wilkinson

This coming weekend begins an extremely important time of major shifts and decisions determining future destiny! It’s time to take a new look at a higher law, your genius or unique qualities, and see how your life is transforming right before your eyes.

Besides Mercury retrograde conjuncting Uranus, always an interesting time of getting unique insights into how the past, present, and future relate to each other, Mercury is now triggering the Saturn triseptile Uranus that has dominated this “cosmic fork in the road of destiny” prevailing since November 2011, putting people, corporations, and nations on the edge of dynamic, irrational change!

The other major factor in play now is that Mars, while still retrograde, is beginning to speed up, preparing to go stationary direct in about two weeks. This is quickening the pace of things. At this time it’s beginning to enter one of the 7 hot zones created by the Saturn triseptile Uranus, and will be totally in the groove precipitating important choices and initiatives by the time of the Vernal (Spring) Equinox happening March 19, 10:15 pm PDT (March 20, 5:15 am Greenwich).

Mercury retrograde conjunct Uranus forming a triseptile to Saturn re-invokes the power of the Saturn triseptile Uranus that has acted as a second “irrationality producing” configuration along with the Grand Irrationality also in play. The very important “fork in the road” in the relationship between two major powerhouses has thrown all of us into shifts in our destiny and life directions.

Mercury is also closely forming triseptile to Mars, while Mars is in close forming septile to Saturn. This makes this particular period very important, as is the entire Spring 13 week period. We’ve now entered a time when we’ll consistently have three points of a Great Septile, or 7 pointed Star, activated. Degree spans most affected right now include 28 Libra-1 Scorpio, 19-22 Sagittarius, 11-14 Aquarius, 2-6 Aries, 24-27 Taurus, 15-18 Cancer, and 6-9 Virgo.

Thus we’re all going to confront major forks in the road of our lives wherever we have early Aries, early Virgo, and late Libra in our charts, since these areas are occupied by Mercury, Mars, and Saturn, thus affecting 6 signs, 6 houses, and any planets we may have in Aries, Gemini, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Aquarius. If you have a planet or Ascendant in any of the 7 zones mentioned in the previous paragraph, then expect significant developments in the house where that planet is, as well as the houses that planet rules in your chart.

I’ll discuss more about this in the coming article on the Spring Equinox in a few days.

Copyright © 2012 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[Debbie Eastick]

Well not only is my chiron return exact today, the above directly hits my natal asc, POF, vertex and pluto, couldnt be a clearer death/rebirth, hopefully just a new life beginning now have left the old behind, so watch this space lol, but in case its literal, thank you Robert for supporting and inspiring with your writings, especially at times when my own was lacking. Namaste

[Elizabeth (Montreal)]

Thanks for this Robert. I have found the developing Mars-Chiron opposition square to the lunar nodes to be very challenging, with transiting Chiron approaching my natal Moon. From what I can tell, this aspect pattern will be most exact from March 19-23, i.e., this coming Monday to Friday. There's always something about planets "at the bending," or square, to the lunar nodes that seems karmic or at least pretty intense. Lots going on astrologically now!

[Rebecca]

Hi Robert. I have North Node and Mercury at 9 virgo!

[helinä]

Thank you for your tips.
I love to follow time indicators.
:)

Seems important time (hit my cancer sun, and aquarius moon + its north node):
I have no plans to jump in anything.
Something may dissappear? Making more spacefor future?
Maybe my "little child" is just growing up.

[catt berlin]

I have been in a very weird place the past weeks as I have the both transiting Mars and Mercury Rx's opposite my natal Mercury Rx and natal Mars Rx. It is hard for me to put into words how I feel .....(it is intense and not in a good way) I feel a huge weight on me and yet I cannot move as if the weight is forcing me to stand in one place and that is a place that I don't want to be in . And when I try to LOOK at how I feel and deal with it I feel as if I am in a thick fog and all of my usual ways of coping are failing me.

[HM]

wow... i knew and felt it was somewhat quickening changing times but now i got a real taste of it... i have got planets in all these zones!

[ull]

I`ve beeen feeling quite happy until I met people that either are in a terrible mood or just acting quite rude towards me..Today I was at a jobinterview. Three people, and the boss was sitting in front of me reading a magazine..! Just ignoring us/me..That was so rude I think I`m in shock now. (I have Pluto at Virgo 8´and Venus at Virgo 6´, Moon 11´Aquarius, Saturn 9´Aquarius and Mercury 13´cancer.) But I feel good vibes from the universe! What´s wrong with people?
Perhaps it is Mars transiting my Venus and Pluto..But I recognize this pattern..Feeling harmony and wham!

[Robby Coker]

I haven't been feeling well for the last two days. Yesterday, after helping some people out with a program I did in Excel spreadsheet form, I suddenly became split, confused, and anxious over which path I should continue on. It revolved around whether I should resume that project or continue with music composition (which I extensively got into last year because I began experiencing obstructions with that project). Last year, work on the program halted as I lost the tools that I was using to work on it, and we weren't able to get them back on until October (which, by then, I had lost interest, and at the same time, I was quickly getting better with music composition). Before I was able to get it back on, users were still demanding ports (at the time of my Progressed Lunar Return in Aug 2011), and I felt depressed about his as I did not have the computer coding skills myself either to expand on it. I needed a partnership, but it would be hard because I can't communicate well (seldomly speak when with groups of people), and I'm on the shy side.

Tomorrow, my nodal opposition transit goes exact. However, I don't think the nodal opposition itself is causing the current problems. Chiron is square the nodes as well, and Chiron transits have always been very hard for me psychologically. Chiron conjuncts my North Node by 7 degrees. I had no major issues over the days when Mars squared the nodes.

I experienced a period of depression in November 2011 as well when Chiron was in a stationary square with its natal position. A solar eclipse in that time frame opposed my natal Chiron.

I have Chiron and North Node in Gemini in the 9th House, though the North Node is conjunct the Midheaven by 7 degrees.

[Nat]

Wow, Catt, you expressed my every emotion and I am happy to hear someone else is feeling like me. It's been a strange couple of weeks and I have been terrible at expressing or pinpointing what it is that bothers me. I seem to have all negatives working against me and I just recently had a meltdown, which is rarely something that I show. I am normally strongwilled and can hold my ground but have been feeling so defenseless and angry for no apparent reason, or at least one I can't express. I told a friend/coworker and she informed me about retrograde, which is something I never heard of before. And it absolutely explains what I am going through! I am a Taurus born April 27 so it makes all the more sense too. Guess I just have to accept it for what it is. But I am lookong forward to April 4!!!