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Happy astrological new year! Aries season is here 🐏☄️

forecasts Q2 for the 🌌:

Second Quarter: 20 March - 20 June

The second quarter will be the most exciting and volatile section of the year, accelerating processes of growth in some areas of life while disrupting others. There will be increased discord due to the combination of a lunar eclipse in Libra on 25 March, a total solar eclipse in Aries on 8 April, and Mercury’s retrograde transit through Aries from 1 April to 25 April. The Sun becoming eclipsed at its exaltation degree in Aries portends the downfall of authorities, while the conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus will inspire liberatory movements. Simultaneously, the presence of Mars with Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, from 22 March to 30 April, suggests difficult tests and challenges to face, including troubling news concerning water issues. Expect the unexpected and be ready to shift and adapt plans quickly.
May and June will bring opportunities for recovery and initiating bold new directions. Jupiter will enter Gemini on 26 May and spark growth in technological, literary and intellectual realms through its flowing trine aspect with Pluto in Aquarius. Jupiter in Gemini is more frenetic and freedom-oriented than Jupiter’s previous placement in Ta**us; multi-tasking numerous projects during this time may risk becoming spread too thin. The mentally dexterous sign of Gemini will host two other alignments that will kindle creative regeneration: the conjunction between Venus and the Sun on 4 June and the conjunction between Mercury and the Sun on 14 June. Thus the new moon in Gemini on 6 June can be especially fruitful for initiating work involving language and diverse forms of arts and crafts. Due to Saturn in Pisces forming a square with the planets in Gemini, however, there will be a need to be patient, realistic and persevering with plans.

20 March 2024 Nowruz – literally ‘new day’ – the Persian New Year. Beginning on the spring equinox, it marks the first day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian solar calendar. Nowruz has Iranian and Zoroastrian origins, but has been celebrated by many communities of different faiths for over 3,000 years in Western and Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin, the Balkans and South Asia. Celebrate by spring cleaning, visiting loved ones and gathering around the traditional Haft-sin table.

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2 March 1982: Death of Philip k. Dick, science fiction author and Gnostic prophet, in Santa Ana, California. His works are informed by visions and voices, a
‘divine madness’ he investigates in his Exegesis. ‘Within the armour is the butterfly and within the butterfly is the signal from another star.’

1–2 February: Imbolc, Imbolg, Candlemas, Saint Brigid’s day. Marking the midpoint between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, Imbolc begins on the evening of 1 February and celebrates renewal and the burgeoning of new life: the invisible presence of spring’s earliest signs.This is a time for cleansing, blessings, initiations and renewal of oaths. Out with the old and in with the new.