Say Sayonara to Eclipses + Mercury Retrograde Ends as Aries Season Begins (March 16–22, 2026)

Eclipse Season finally comes to a close this week as the Pisces New Moon puts an end to the chaos (on paper at least - will explain in the episode). At the same time, Mercury Retrograde ends as Aries Season begins with the Spring Equinox, also known as International Astrology Day, offering you a much needed reset and fresh momentum to get moving on your dreams. In this week's episode, I break down what these major astrology shifts mean for you and how to work this powerful transition from Eclipse Season into the bold new beginnings of Aries Season.

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Transcript

Welcome And Week Overview

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Hello, hello, and happy Monday, Astro Lovers. We are here discussing the week of March 16th through the 22nd, 2026, and in so many ways. This is the week we've all been waiting for. I have so much good news for you this week. So buckle up, buttercup. It's time to dive in. We're gonna go right down the gamut. We're not gonna waste any freaking time because who has time to waste these days? In this economy, in this political climate? What? We don't have time to waste. So let's just get with the major astro weather you need to be aware of this week, which starts gloriously on Wednesday, March 18th, which happens to also be my late grandmother's birthday, who was a saint in my eyes. And oh, I love that her birthday is the day that eclipse season comes to an end. Round of applause for Team Uni. Standing ovation. Thank you, thank you, thank you. And you know why eclipse season comes to an end? Because the Pisces new moon takes us out that hoe. Gets us out this bitch. Now, this comes with a little asterisk, a little disclaimer that this is the end of eclipses on

Eclipse Season Ends

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paper. All of you who have been rocking with me for quite some time. And if you're new here, don't worry. I'm gonna get you buckled in and all nice and safe. Eclipses are famous for also happening a month after the season, and of course, even a month before the season, because the nodes of fate are getting close enough. They are catching up with the sun and the moon. And as they begin their proximity, as they as they get closer and closer, they're like, hey, guess what? Hey, guess what? Hey, guess what? Turn of events, cataclysmic change, unforeseen circumstances, things you don't see coming, offers, opportunities, pregnancies, selling homes, divorces, leaving a job, going to be a van life nomad, you know, breakups, marriages, engagements, baby announcements, all hell breaks loose in the anything goes era of eclipses. So, yes, we get to say eclipse season comes to an end with the marking of the Pisces New Moon. However, we are going to honor the disclaimer that we still have about a month of the dust settling for things to still get a little interesting. Fate and destiny aren't just like taking off just yet. All right. So granted, the intense period from February 1st through March 18th, yes, yes, that intensity is waning. So it is worth celebrating that your chapter four, Virgo Pisces story, and your chapter one, Leo Aquarius story, is wrapping up and it is moving forward. And now it goes into six more months of evolution and development and acceleration in some way, right? Now you've got to go, like, okay, based on what I have experienced in eclipses, now this is how I move forward. One of my favorite teachers from back in the day used to say that eclipses were like the universe coming in and turning off all the lights in your home and rearranging all your furniture and making you live in the dark with a new layout. And then when eclipses are over, they turn the lights back on and go, okay, now adjust to your new life. Okay, so kind of think about like how much have you learned? How much has happened? How much have you been trying to process everything that feels like it's been accelerating, but then also with Mercury retrograde scrambling. Okay, so all of that with this Pisces new moon comes to a new turning point. And on paper, yes, we get to shout from the moon from the mountaintops that eclipses hip hip ha fucking raw are over. Okay. Now that also means that we have a Pisces New Moon. And what is kind of like beautifully tragic about a Pisces New Moon is that endings and beginnings are one in the same. So there is this uh kind of renewal, this rebirth energy, this cleansing and purification that can happen with the Pisces New Moon. But the very nature that this is the major moon phase that is taking us out of eclipses gives you such a great opportunity to wash yourself, rinse yourself of anything that you've experienced from January to present and kind of send it away. Send it down the drain. Send it, you know, uh put it in the the because I'm so such a

Cleansing Rituals And Fresh Starts

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swimmer now, you know, put it in the water and leave it there. Put it in the the river, the lake, the ocean, you know, send it away, squeeze out the the any like dark remnants or any stains that have just like been laying over, any dark clouds that have been kind of just over over the world at large. Let's not let's not act like you know, we don't see dark clouds like in the world at large. But now even more specific to your eclipse experience and just kind of saying anything that's lingering, even if it's just a mindset, even if it's just your belief system, this is just a good time to go in the name of beginning a new book or beginning a new chapter of my life. In the name of all of that, what do I need to cleanse myself of in order to begin again? So, very beautiful opportunity with the Pisces New Moon, but it does come with that. There's a little bit of heaviness and a little dark night of the soul that is present, right? And with the new moon, we're talking about the dark phase of the moon. You don't ever see a new moon in the sky because the sun, moon, and earth are in perfect alignment. So they create now, in terms of manifesting and moon phase manifestors, hip hip hooray. Everybody in that program, we get to freaking manifest like we normally do, right? We get to re-enter the the universe's natural rhythm and flow. And so with this Pisces New Moon, in terms of manifesting, like there is this empty vessel that the universe is going, hey, what do you want to throw in here, right? What do you wanna what do you want to do here? And when you're like ready to freaking, you know, go and call in and be very intentional with how you activate this energy, because that is the nature of working with the major moon phases as I teach it in Moon Phase Manifester. There are ways to activate each specific energy. And when you do so, that's when you attract what you're trying to manifest. That's when you attract like the way in which you can, you know, lose the 10 pounds that you've been trying to lose or create the capacity to make

Manifesting With Moon Phase Timing

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5K, 10k, 15, 20, 30, 50k in your side business. That's when you can like get the all-expense paid trip to some Florida resort vacation, right? I mean, it's happening with to Moon Phase Manifestor clients all the time. And that's the thing, that's the idea. When you're activating this energy specifically, working with that Piscean energy, that is when the universe goes, Oh, you know, you know how to talk to me at just the right time. Thank you very much. And since you're talking to me and you're showing me all the things that I need to see in order to say, like, yeah, I'm I'm gonna help you out. I'm gonna help you out. The universe responds. And when I tell you it responds, it responds even better than you imagine things unfolding. And that's the part that likes never just ceases to amaze me. I mean, we still got people in the lunar new year telegram chat sharing wins from their from their Aquarius, new moon, solar eclipse and red envelope ceremony, right? Like it's it never ceases, it just bogs my mind. It bogs my mind every time. And this is why I love what I do, and this is why I continue to do it, because every story is a new story, and every win is a new win. And whether it's mine, yours, it's all of ours, like we get to celebrate that ever-loving ish out of that. And so I want you, I just want you to be cognizant of that. So many people that have like new people that I have come across in, you know, kind of like the last like six months to a year. I hear so much. I just want to, I just want to be aligned. I want to feel alignment or I want to get into alignment and I want clarity. And so often, I mean, I I lead questions, right? I I lead with leading questions to really like break down exactly like what alignment means and what clarity means. Well, alignment means you are working in the rhythm of the universe. That's alignment, right? So that the moves you make, the decisions you make, when you're making them in the flow of the universe, and especially the moon phases, that's when things become you get locked in. You just get locked into this flow. And you don't push when you're meant to release, and you don't release when you're meant to push, right? So there, and that is just it's a very simplistic rhythm, but you have to like, you know, you just it's like learning, not necessarily learning a new language, but it's more so like learning a new skill, right? Like I've been swimming now for six months, and this is a new skill, right? I'm developing a new skill. I'm I'm learning how to warm up, like when you're supposed to warm up. I'm learning how to do each stroke, right? And and one thing builds on the next. That's exactly what Moon Phase Manifesting is, right? You just have to like learn how to activate that rhythm and work in that flow so that you're not like doing the stress spirals that so many people these days are like trying to make comedic on social media. Like, no, stress spirals aren't great. I don't want anyone in my world stress spiraling, right? The work we do together is designed to not, you know, or at least to minimize as much as humanly possible, right? I want you to feel like, oh, wow, okay, like win, win, win. Okay, cool. Now sit, process, you know, retreat and and do less to receive more, and then like go do when you're meant to do. That's why the gods gave us the freaking planets, y'all. They gave us the planets so that we could make sense of this human experience, right? And that's why you're here. At least that's why I imagine you're here. So that's what we're doing. Now we've gotta, we're gonna move on away from eclipse season coming to an end. The Pisces New Moon of it all. And now the breath of fresh

Aries Season And Spring Equinox

SPEAKER_00 14:06

air comes on Friday, March 20th, when two major things happen. Um, first and foremost, the sun enters Aries on Friday the 20th. And oh my god, this is the zodiac renewing itself, rebirthing itself. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. So we have the sun has completed a full cycle around all 12 signs, and now it comes to renew the cycle again. Now, in some astrology perspectives, this is considered the astrological new year. And it does make sense because the sun is our major luminary, and when he renews himself, like we're all getting this like renewal. There is a reason and a connection that when the sun enters Aries, this is also the spring equinox. The nature of the equinox is that there's a balance, equal sunlight, equal nighttime, right? And there's a balancing act. And with the oracle deck that I use the most, the spring equinox is a message about rebirth and renewal. And like honoring that balance means good days and bad days. It means there's sunshine and it means there's rain. It means that flowers are en route, right? You're you're closer to the bloom, you're closer to the like breath of fresh air than you were at the winter solstice, because that was the major, the major phase, the major solar phase that came before. So from the winter solstice, where things are cold, dark, and frozen, now at the spring equinox, all the ice and this is the metaphoric ice, and I certainly hope that anywhere that's been frozen to all of our friends over there in the Northeast and in the Midwest, wherever have been, wherever you've been literally frozen, that this now starts to like that ice begins to melt and then you know begins to create the grounds for flowers to bloom and trees to to blossom and you know, new leaves to to to be to unfold. So the very nature of the sun entering Aries is all about that that honoring when you combine this with the oracles. Like it's combining and accepting, like, okay, balance means great days and not so great days. And it's sunshine and gloomy, you know, like you're coming out of, but you're closer to, you're coming out of the the I guess despair. I mean, we'll go ahead and call it what it is. The despair that can that can show up at the winter solstice and in the winter season. And now you're coming into that, like, oh my God, oh my God, I can feel I'm on the precipice. I'm on the precipice of this, this of turning a new leaf, like a new season beginning, because literally a new season is beginning. Right? So we've got that on Friday. You know what we also have on Friday? Are you even ready for this amount of good news? Like, as if eclipse is ending, as if the new moon, and as if Aries season giving us that fresh start and new beginnings energy, as if that wasn't enough. The next bit of good news I have for you is that on Friday the 20th, Mercury stations direct. Hip hip high thuggin' ray, Mercury retrograde's coming to an end. Now, I will say by the very nature of Mercury stopping, we gotta give, we gotta kind of basically say the two days before and the two days after might be a little bit of a communication shit show. So we gotta honor that. We gotta honor that, you know, anytime a planet stops, whether it's gonna move backwards or it's gonna move forwards, its energy gets a little, a little chaotic and a little, you know, misfired, miswired, scram messages scrambled,

Mercury Direct And Retrograde Lessons

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you know, oops. I like even the day that I'm recording this, overslept by two hours. Thanks a lot, Mercury. Appreciate it. You know, and like had to rush film, do a self-tape for some, you know, commercial that I was auditioning for. You know, like when Mercury stops, we can kind of anticipate it or not be surprised by any kind of like extra traffic on the way to work that like there's normally nothing going on. I can't tell you how many times during this retrograde I've been rerouted or like my GPS didn't even didn't even like know that like this these ramps on ramps on the highway were even like blocked off, and I had to go do a whole like I can't tell you the amount of times that's happened. So with Mercury stationing direct, that means now chapters one and two of the Mercury retrograde story have completed. So that means you've got data from February 12th all the way through Friday, March 20th, of good data. What came to mind? What were your thoughts? What were your feelings? Did you have any kind of healing conversations? Was nostalgia like almost like medicine? Was music, dance, creativity, did you use those as a way to process and integrate the lessons and the evolutions of eclipse season, right? Because Mercury and Pisces is already stressed. What you're like, we don't even need the retrograde for Mercury and Pisces to be stressed, but with the retro effect, then we had this opportunity. Now, I personally have had a number of really healing reconnections and reunions with people that I literally haven't talked to in almost a decade. And like really have found it to be so powerful and so moving and so helping, so supportive during like what eclipses have done to your boy on the other side of the phone. Man, oh man, have I needed the support? And it showed up. And that's why I cannot be a Mercury retrograde hater, and I don't want you to be sipping on any Mercury hater raid because it is such an awesome opportunity. And even when you deeply connect it with where it's happening in your chart and the fact that this was in Pisces and the North Node is in Pisces, so karma and evolution and fate and destiny have been wrapped up in this whole Mercury retrograde story. Baby, you like this was not for one, the feign of heart, but two, this was not a season to really miss that opportunity and to miss deeply connecting and understanding what that means for you in your chart. Okay, because somewhere you've got Pisces. You don't have to have any planets there. In fact, I don't have any planets in Pisces, but I have certainly a major point in my chart and a major area of my chart that is ruled by Pisces. And so do you. And when you know, like, oh wow, that's where my eclipses and my Mercury retrograde were taking place. Holy cow. It's a very transformative thing. So now the very nature of chapters one and two ending, so going all the way back to February 12th and all the way to Friday, this Friday, the 20th, like the nature of chapter three, which is the third and final chapter of retrograde. Remember, the first one is the preview of the movie. You're just kind of collecting information. What is what is Team Uni bringing back into your space, bringing back into your mind, into your dreams? And then chapter two, you f around and find out, aka, you experiment galore, right? You weren't meant to get married to any one thing. You were just simply meant to F around. Experiment with shit. I mean, I had so many clients that were like, okay, I'm gonna play around with this new structure to my business. Oh, I'm gonna F around and try this new software. I myself, with Drunk Astrology, I've been playing around with different softwares to support me on the back end. And I haven't committed to. Any of them. And I was like, no, I'm going to see if, like, how does this one compare to this one? Right. Just experiment galore and like feel good about what you're experimenting with. And no need to rush into any kind of like commitment to something or someone. Well, now chapter three initiating is now we go into the integrate with clarity. Now we start bringing all of the information together and go, now I know how I'm going to proceed. I'm going to commit to this one. I didn't really like this one so much. So I'm going to move on from that. After what I've been seeing, you know, from this partner, this relationship, this friendship, this family dynamic, like, I need to, I'm going to enforce some like stricter boundaries over here. And then I'm going to, you know, decide to, you know, use movement as medicine, right? I'm going to dance, you know, and instead of doing like some crazy, like heavy lifting workout, like I once a week I'm going to move my body and just dance or do a dance-based workout. You know what I mean? Like really activate that Pisces energy. So whatever it is, just know that from the 20th through April 9th, we're still in Mercury's retrograde story, but now it's beginning to become clearer. The fog

Integration Phase Through April 9

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begins to, the mist really begins to dissipate. So so much to look forward to this week with all of these things. Eclipse season ending, the Pisces new moon for the cleansing, purification, and the manifesting. Aries season plus the spring equinox plus the astrological new year. But to be honest, I really look at the Aries New Moon as the astrological new year because I want both luminaries together. And so that is just so you know, in the trunk astrology world, we go against the grain and we look for the sun and the moon to be in the sign of Aries, which will happen in, you know, about four weeks. And so, you know, maybe I'll be doing something special for that. I don't know. You might want to keep your ears peeled. Ding, ding, ding. And of course, last but not least, Mercury stationing direct. Like, oh yes. Hip hip a friggin' ray. Let's quickly talk about Monday, March 16th. Let's get your daily dose of stars in. We've got the moon in Aquarius. Such a great way to start the week. Your tribe, your community, your friendships. And there's healing opportunities at 6 51 a.m. Pacific in those community circles and friendship circles with a sex when the moon has a sextile to Chiron. Now the moon goes void at 12.57 p.m. with a square to Uranus. Hello, connect, connect, connect, and innovate, right? You really get this opportunity to start the week off in a new way. Innovation is key when you're talking about Aquarius and you're talking about Uranus because it's the ruling planet to Aquarius. So when they square off with each other, it's a call to innovate, a call to connect, a call to give back, even in a certain way. Maybe you donate some clothes that you don't wear anymore. Maybe you just, you know, dedicate some time to a friend who really needs a supportive ear. The moon is void until 416

Monday Forecast And Void Moon Tips

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p.m. Pacific. So we're looking at what? About a three, a little over a three-hour void moon phase, but at 4 16 p.m., the moon enters Pisces. Okay, warming us up for that new moon on Wednesday. And so just know that when the moon is void, those of you who might not be already subscribed to the daily doses, this is a period of time that the moon goes asleep. It goes dark, not gonna make any more connections to any, no major aspects to any major planets. And so when the moon is down, when the moon is asleep, not an ideal time to start anything new. Not a time to, you know, move, like announce a new project. It's better off, you're better off. Already working, working things that are already in motion. You don't want to do a big grocery haul because all the you end up eating out all week and then the food goes bad and you wasted a bunch of money. Uh, you don't want to buy things online because those are the things that you eventually stain and like they don't it won't ever come out, they get ruined, or the delivery is a pain, or they they send you the wrong size. It's a whole thing with the void moons. And just know, because if you're not in the daily doses, and this is the first you're hearing of the void moons, just know that these happen every two to three days. Okay, so that's one of the things about that is so powerful when you're really working with the daily moon and just the moon in how she creates different energies and opportunities because she's the fastest moving planet. She's changing energies all the time. So if you're a cancer or if you have major cancer energy in your chart, whether it's planets, whether it's like a strong, like one of your ascendants or your descendant or your IC, your midheaven, very strong parts of your chart are answering to the moon. And she's changing signs every two and a half days, which means the very nature in which you show up in those planetary energies or in those major points is changing. And so that's why the daily dose of stars even exist, because the moon is such a powerful, you know, she's she's our second luminary. And so if the sun is lighting us up, like the moon is lighting us up, but from the inside, she's our internal operating system, where the sun is our ego operating system. Both very, very important, but very important to know that like the moon has all these nuanced intricacies. And when you work with them, baby, again, you're locked into that flow. All right, let's get your bad bitch affirmation for Monday, March 16th, and get you on your freaking way. Oh, hello. Okay. Your bad bitch affirmation for Monday, March 16th is release the ghost of the fucking past. Let go of the shit that suffocates your soul. How beautiful as we prepare for the Pisces New Moon. Here is your permission to be free from anything that still haunts you. Today is a new day. Clear your energy and start fresh. Damn, that's good for the week. Carry that with you, all right. Have a great week ahead. Happy eclipses ending, happy Pisces New Moon, endings and beginnings, happy Aries season, International Astrology Day, and the balance of the spring equinox, and happy Mercury stationing direct to you. Enjoy track your stories, your Mercury, your eclipses, and just get ready for the renewal. It is coming, it is coming. And in fact, this week, by the end, it is here. Enjoy.