Astrology for Monday, 16 March 2020:

Today Mercury ingresses back into Pisces, the sign of its detriment and fall. Mercury is retracing the path of its retrograde, which can describe a process of integrating or making sense of the lessons that we were reviewing during the retrograde itself. That said, as Mercury moves back through a sign where it often struggles, there may be answers or information that continues to elude us. Mercury in Pisces asks us to communicate about our feelings with as much clarity as possible, but this can be difficult if those feelings are too immense or overwhelming. The Moon in Sagittarius makes a square to the Sun in Pisces, entering the waning quarter phase of the lunation cycle. As we continue to move through this process of healing, the waning quarter Moon asks us to let go of structures or practices that are no longer serving us. The Moon then ingresses into Capricorn, the sign of its antithesis or detriment but with reception from Saturn. The Moon describes our instinctual needs for safety and security, own physical and emotional needs for comfort and care. These resources can feel in short supply in Capricorn where the emphasis is on work, discipline, and accomplishment. No doubt there is work that needs to be done, but be sure that you are also investing in practices of self- and collective-care. The Moon makes a sextile to Mercury in Pisces, suggesting that one way to respond to immense or overwhelming feelings will be to focus on the body, the felt sensation of whatever is coming up for you right now. You may not be able to put easy words to the emotional experience, so what if you began by trying to describe your physical state from the inside out? As the Moon makes a trine to Uranus in Taurus, we may find that access to comfort or care comes through insisting on revolutionary and innovative approaches to asking for what we need and offering what we can to meet the needs of others.