March Equinox Forecast 2025
- Aquila Idha
- Mar 13
- 11 min read
Preamble:
In astrology, the solstices and equinoxes occur when the sun enters one of the four cardinal signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, and the cardinal signs act as doorways for metaphysical energy to more easily influence the field; they tend to initiate change. For this reason, much like with eclipses, which are also liminal magical gateways, we can use a chart cast for these days to gather useful information about human evolution and its affect on the world. I use the term magical in the sense of spiritual energy shaping matter, or the power of Mind to influence outcome, and in the case of the equinox for about 3 months.
The sun is central to the evolution of consciousness on the planet, and is directly linked to sun-spot activity and the transmission of visible and invisible light, and throughout the year, pulses of energy pour into the human collective field and the Gaian energy system, much like notes played on a piano generating a shifting musical chord over time. In this way the forecasts are best understood together and not just as sole events, but rather as energy downloads that mix and merge with those that came before.
Astrological symbols express quite differently depending on one's core vibration of consciousness, so there are numerous ways we each can experience how the cosmic energies in play move us. In addition I work increasingly with the newer archetypes correlating to new celestial bodies discovered since 2000. These newer archetypes operate at much higher vibrations than the traditional more personal ones, and this means that the more we ascend in vibration the more we become conscious of these newer cosmic players, and the more they influence us.
I write from an esoteric foundation and aim to decode causative patterns rather than the effects. I am not trying to predict exactly what will happen in the world, but rather to unveil the nature of the energy unfolding and the evolutionary opportunity available to all of us, so we are better prepared to respond individually.
To begin with…
We have been in a corridor of time (2021-2025) when the scintillating high-frequency angelic-warrior archetype embodied by the dwarf planet Manwë, coincides with the March equinoctial sun by conjunction, where the energy of the over-lighting angelic force of protection and piercing truth-light merges with the solar energy, adding quite a special infusion during the influx of equinoctial energies every March over the last few years.
Despite the shadow expressions playing out in the world, we have also been significantly supported during this time. This year Manwë is in an exact sextile to Pluto in Aquarius during the Aries equinox, indicating these same support energies will be driving evolutionary change this year.
It is worth remembering that the Aries Equinox marks the beginning of the astrological year, when we are annually invited to receive new seed impulses that guide our creative essence for the next 12 months - the Aries New Moon/Solar Eclipse follows just 9 days later, when this process may be experienced even more personally and powerfully. Both the equinox and new moon offer liminal windows when we are more likely to receive clear signals from the Higher-Self with regard to new directives.
In addition the Aries Equinox occurs right in the middle of 2 eclipses, invigorating the new yearly cycle with more evolutionary energy, suggesting that 2025 may be a year of significant life adjustments. Eclipse energy waves are dynamically linked to karmic evolutionary forces, ensuring we stay on track with our personal evolutionary directive. This is one reason why eclipse energy can feel so strong at times.
For this March equinox forecast I will focus more on the collective archetypal themes initiating for the next 3 months, and I will put more attention on personal evolutionary processes in the upcoming Aries New Moon Forecast, which is also a solar eclipse, since it occurs just 9 days later when the collective archetypes will be much the same.
The equinox chart features a focus of energy in Pisces and Aries, while the aspect dynamics are considerably less complex than usual, so lets take a deeper look at the themes shaping the cycle for the coming year…
Chart cast for the Equinox on 20th March 09:01 GMT/ 04:01 EST
For a guide to the astrological symbols click here
Astro-Technicals:
Conjunctions:
Neptune conjunct the North Node in Pisces
Manwë conjunct the equinox Sun and Venus in Aries
Saturn conjunct T-Wako in Pisces
Squares:
A T-Square featuring Salacia opposing Makemake with Quaoar and Pholus at the apex
Varda square Neptune
Varda square the Nodes
Chiron square Mars
Asbolus square the equinox Sun
Trines:
Typhon trine Neptune
The Moon trine Mercury
Pallas trine Makemake
Inconjuncts:
Praamzius inconjunct Saturn and T-Wako
The world on a threshold of positive change
The Pluto-Uranus cycle is reflective of how collective evolutionary energy generates sudden shifts in collective consciousness, which in turn generates sometimes radical revolutionary movements within the human experience.
To understand better where we are in the current Pluto-Uranus cycle, it is helpful to return to the evolutionary themes initiated when Pluto and Uranus were last in conjunction back in 1965-1966 at 16˚-17˚ Virgo. At that time we saw some key radical Aquarian movements initiating through the hippie ‘drop out’ culture, with its use of psychedelics and ‘free love’ ideal, the anti-war movement in relation to Vietnam, and the height of the civil rights movement.
The Pluto-Uranus conjunction was an inception point for our current cycle of evolution through the archetype of Virgo, which seeded grass roots movements that have evolved and mutated since. For example psychedelics quickened what is now the holistic health movement. The free-love ideal further catalysed the gay rights movement and so on. Overall, the Virgo impulse is about a return to natural law principles through which we can optimise life, and by extension speaks to the need for the sacred in everyday life, and in particular through nature and the protection of our planetary wealth, in the form of immense ecological diversity. Notably Greenpeace was founding shortly after the Pluto-Uranus conjunction in 1971 - a clear reflection of the Uranian impulse through Virgo.
From 2012-2015, Pluto and Uranus were in square, generating a great deal of evolutionary pressure, expressing as the tension between the Plutocrats and their vision of a One World Government and the common people moving toward greater personal and spiritual freedom. This period describes a birthing process, where the seed ideals from the 60’s were further consolidated and anchored into the world through crisis. For example the Occupy Movement of 2011 gave rise to the growing awareness of collective power through the slogan “we are the 99%” and thereafter a growing negative sentiment toward the so called 1% representing the elite, which epitomised the Pluto-Uranus squares (there were 7 in total). During this time we also saw the revelation of the umbrella term “White Hats” as we became more aware of their presence in world events, and a push back against elite self-interest, something that is still happening to this day.
We are fast approaching the Pluto-Uranus trine; an energised and harmonious aspect suggestive of free flowing evolutionary energy, much like a flowering, when we can expect significant pro-aquarian changes to emerge in a bigger way, rooted in those earlier expressions in the 1960’s. The Pluto-Uranus trine period is approximately from June 2025 - June 2029. Both planets will be in air signs, so the frontier of evolution will occur through the realm of ideas and ideals, and have positive affects on both society and technology.
Multi-dimensional awareness is where we are headed
Neptune is currently conjunct the lunar North Node in Pisces, and is also in a close conjunction to the equinoctial sun. Varda, the celestial goddess of the stars, is in exact square to Neptune and is associated with the light-field emissions coming from the hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy, the light of which effectively bathes our planet in neutrinos all the time.
The lunar North Node acts as a compass needle, relative to collective human evolution, pointing the way forward for the next year and a half, and a conjunction with Neptune speaks to the multi-dimensional quantum level of existence, as even more significant in the year ahead; we benefit when we move beyond the physical phenomenal world and reclaim awareness of the unseen realms that govern our manifest life in human form.
The way each of us approaches this evolutionary mandate will be unique and reflective of where we each are on our spiritual journey, but suffice to say that we can definitely expect guidance to be drawing our attention to the quantum level of things; we are collectively called to spiritualise more.
Varda on the Galactic Center is in exact square to Neptune, generating a crisis in action, stimulating us to take steps forward on our own personal spiritual path. Light photons are information packages changing human consciousness.
This theme will be amplified by the equinoctial sun giving it more momentum as the astrological year begins.
The exploration of unfamiliar realms and the laws underlying nature
A key collective dynamic is represented by a tense and energised T-Square featuring Salacia opposing Makemake with Quaoar and Pholus at the apex at 11˚ Capricorn. I have spoken a fair bit about the Quaoar-Pholus conjunction in relation to high-frequency light energy transmitted by our sun and the star-field, and its effect on the collective ascension process in earlier forecasts. With Quaoar and Pholus at the apex of a T-Square, this quickening of consciousness is significantly energised via the two opposing planets Salacia and Makemake.
What makes this T-Square interesting is that much of the energy is directed into human civilisational structures e.g. culture, society, politics, banking, education etc, and more deeply into the sub-physical structures that define our experience of space-time reality.
Salacia represents benevolent aspects of the unseen reaching us from the higher dimensions, and in a sense correlates to the fecundity of the spiritual realms, and while in Aries, Salacia is inviting us to explore with curiosity and enthusiasm our human spiritual birthright.
Makemake meanwhile, represents past tributaries of spiritual wisdom and knowledge reaching through us via DNA lineage or pas- life memory. Makemake symbolises the wisdom keepers of our collective forgotten past. These two archetypes in opposition represent the inherent tension between the masculine and feminine spiritual paths (Salacia is feminine and Makemake is masculine) i.e. between the old spiritual wisdom e.g. indigenous shamanism or occult knowledge, and the as yet undiscovered aspects of the subtle realms opening up to us through quantum physics, as we ascend in vibration. Both have something to offer us, and are best when internally balanced; we can be open to the old ways, while also exploring new systems and in so doing generate spiritual perspectives that suit these modern times.
This evolutionary dynamo between the past and the present now directs energy to the Quaoar-Pholus conjunction in Capricorn, and this will drive those on a spiritual path and particularly those pursuing understanding through science, to push through the boundaries of science dogma to change society through new discoveries, which I think will have a decidedly spiritual “quantum” aspect to them.
The courage to pioneer a better world
Venus is conjunct Manwë and close to the equinox sun, while in a close sextile to Pluto in Aquarius. So the new cycle kicks off with the power of an open trusting heart leading the way forward, while over-lighted by the protective light of the archangelic powers.
The exact sextile between Manwë and Pluto implies that forces of light are now very much in line with the evolutionary pulse toward greater freedom, equality and prosperity for all, carrying forward over the coming 12 months. If we cultivate an open heart-centred way of being, we can become conduits for powerful high frequency energy that can positively influence the changing structures of our reality. This is something we must choose.
Just looking at the equinox chart overall, there is a focus of archetypal energy in the signs of Pisces and Aries, and the stellium of planets in Aries evokes a sense of new beginnings, while Saturn, the North Node and Neptune in Pisces speaks to aspects that still need completion. Saturn and Neptune will soon enter Aries, so this feels very much a tentative threshold leaning into positive change and new developments.
Put another way, there is energy to move forward with optimism, while we still work on overcoming division and separation, toward a more integral life approach. Part of this will be to bring forgiveness into the equation. With Saturn and T-Wako in conjunction in Pisces, there will be work for all of us, as we learn to forgive the shadow players in our lives, in which ever form they take. The shadow has always had a role to play, but perhaps more significantly the role of the shadow is changing as we and the planet ascend, and I think for this reason the shadow has been a much stronger challenge of late.
In the Pisces New Moon Forecast last month, I made mention of the rebirth of Pallas through Pluto in Aquarius, and how this initiated a guidance cycle that would drive personal evolution toward self-realisation through a crucial repudiation of a collective status that has become unbearable, implying irrevocable change through the outright rejection of cultural patterns within society for the next 5 years.
This equinox, Pallas links with Salacia, Hygeia and Makemake by exact degree, tying in healing and integrative processes, ancient wisdom from the past, and new spiritual innovations in the present, with guiding impulses that will more and more be asking us to disengage from the False Matrix expressing through our current societies and cultures.
Pallas also resonates with Quaoar and Pholus by semi-sextile (the number 12), while Hygeia also sings with Quaoar and Pholus by trine (the number 3). This coming year, if we individually accept the ascension opportunity by inviting in the higher frequency energies available to us at this time, we can expect spiritual guidance to come on line in ways that link directly to the old lineage wisdom emanating from our ancient past, and the old alliances that were established in pre-diluvial high cultures like Atlantis, as well as the new guidance teams now available to us as we become more and more attuned to the higher dimensions.
Hygeia in Taurus reminds us that as we engage higher guidance in ways that alter and elevate our personal frequency, we absolutely must put attention and effort into full embodied integration. We are ascending with our physical bodies, so we must actively heal, alchemise and ground on a regular basis. This can be done in numerous ways, but the easiest and perhaps most essential is through connection with the natural world, which has an inherent harmonising influence.
Watch for key messages
This equinox, Asbolus is in an exact square to the Sun, highlighting a window of opportunity where we can receive future forward information of relevance to our personal journey. Asbolus is the part of us that can see the patterns in things and predict possible futures. He is square the Sun, Manwë and Venus, generating lots of energy, where we can become clear about some aspect of ourselves or our lives if we want.
In this regard the Moon in Sagittarius in a trine to Mercury and sextile to Pallas, is going to enhance this opportunity through a naturally heightened intuitive capacity over the equinox period, to receive guiding impressions and translate them effectively into linear understanding.
If you want insight and more clarity, this is an opportune moment to make clear intention and heartfelt prayer.
Finally…
The North Node now in Pisces highlights a collective evolutionary need to overcome division and a fixation on ‘identity’, through a more heart centred and integral way of being. The lessons inherent to the Pisces North Node cycle for the next 18 months are going to be varied depending on the frequency of consciousness of any individual or group. For some this may kick off a new path of awakening for the first time, for others it may be a call to deepen and stabilise the spiritual impulse.
Saturn in Pisces has been delivering lessons through crises of confusion, disillusionment and the dissolution of old realities, in order to stimulate spiritual activation and deepening. Some have been learning tough lessons around escape and avoidance strategies through drugs and other addictions. With T-Wako in close conjunction to Saturn, this may have felt at times like a battle between good and evil; the shadow work has been, and continues to be, an active part of the process. Saturn makes a close inconjunct with Praamzius in Leo, emphasising the role of internal crisis through loss of meaning as the evolutionary grit driving us all to become more self-realised and aligned with the Higher Self. Or put another way, when we align with the Higher-Self, we are more able to integrate shadow elements without too much internal stress; if we resist by trying to escape reality, loss of meaning just gets worse.
Mars in Cancer makes this a more emotional and sentimental time, where we are more engaged with the emotional realm, so we should be prepared for potential emotional freak-outs and moments when emotional insecurities drive our actions. Some of our life challenges may well be moving us to feel more, and for many of us dealing with emotions is still not something that comes easily, and yet with Chiron in square to Mars, it is through an ability to flow with our emotions that healing and activation can most readily occur.
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