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On February 17, a Solar Eclipse swept through 28° Aquarius — the sign of community, networks, and how we show up for each other across distance. Eclipses are threshold crossings. They don’t announce themselves politely. They arrive, and they rearrange.

Three days later, on February 20, Saturn and Neptune met at 0° Aries — a conjunction that hasn’t happened in over two thousand years. Saturn is structure and what’s real. Neptune is dissolution and what we can barely see but deeply feel. At the very first degree of the zodiac — the beginning of the wheel — they stood together and said: We’ve moved away from the fog. Now we are journeying toward the spark. Pisces exposed you to everything possible. Aries is asking for your commitment to act on your truth.

And then on February 26, Mercury stationed retrograde in Pisces, the sign of fog, depth, and everything that moves under the surface. Mercury retrograde in Pisces pulls you inward. It makes the outer world feel like a language you temporarily forgot.

I went underground.

Not in a dramatic way. In the simple way of realizing you can’t pour from empty — and the most honest thing is to stop, fill back up, and come back when you have something real to offer.

Mercury — the messenger planet — stationed retrograde.

Retrogrades ask you to pause on new projects or commitments, and instead look at the “re” words: re-consider, re-assess, rejuvenate, renew. It’s a time to take stock of what’s already in progress — refine, revisit, recycle.

For me, there was a lot of “re” happening. And instead of trying to push against it like the old version of me would have, I let myself lean into this interesting blend of energies.

Mercury stations direct on March 20.

And here I am.

What I found in the cave wasn’t what I expected. It was simpler — and harder — at the same time. A lot of the structures I’d been building (systems, workflows, plans) needed to be held more lightly.

Saturn and Neptune at 0° Aries kept asking the same question: what are you building, and is it actually yours?

I think some of what I was building was mine… and some of it was a performance of what I thought this was supposed to look like.

Aries season is here now. The sun crossed into Aries on March 20 too — a rare double threshold. Mercury direct and the Equinox in the same breath. The fog has lifted. What’s left is quieter, clearer, and more honest than what came before.

What the sky is saying now, and through April.

If the last few weeks have felt strange for you too, here’s a brief translation.

We’re still in the Mercury post-shadow through April 9. The fog is thinning, but not entirely gone. Conversations that went sideways in late February and early March can start to sort themselves out. This is a good time to revisit what you shelved, reconnect with people you lost touch with (hello), and finish what stalled.

Aries season (March 20 – April 19) is cardinal fire. It initiates. It begins. After weeks of Pisces dissolution and the Aquarian eclipse rewiring, the sun in Aries is a direct current that says: one step, then the next. You don’t need the full plan. You need the first honest move.

The New Moon in Aries arrives April 17 at 27°. That week is a clear planting window. Six planets will be gathered in Aries at the peak — the sun, moon, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and Neptune. If you’ve been holding something quietly, waiting for timing, pay attention to what wants a first form.

Jupiter is in Cancer through June 30. Jupiter turned direct on March 10 after months of retrograde. This is growth that has to do with home, nourishment, and feeling held. If you’ve been feeling unmoored, this is the transit that helps you rebuild a nest. Security doesn’t have to be earned through exhaustion.

One thing to try between now and the New Moon.

Write down one thing you started before February that you haven’t finished. Not because you’re lazy or avoidant — but because Mercury retrograde in Pisces dissolved your traction on it.

Now ask: does it still want to be finished?

Or did the retrograde do what retrogrades do — and quietly complete it, in the sense that you no longer need it to be what it was?

Aries season isn’t about forcing old threads to conclusion. It’s about discerning which threads are yours going forward.

That’s the practice.

I’m glad to be back in touch.

More soon — and this time, with something in your hands.

With care,

Flora

Wildflower Soul

P.S. If you’ve been curious about what’s coming in April — I’m hosting a small Saturday morning Taster event at Summit Holistic Wellness in Amherst, NH. Yoga, sound bath, a little Aries season astrology, and a women’s circle. 12 spots, register at the link: https://wildflowersoul.offeringtree.com/offerings/rooting-into-spring-a-wildflower-soul-taster-experience