#358-"“This is How it’s Meant To Be”-Week of March 30, 2026

We are moving through a profound threshold.

With Saturn and Neptune newly joined at 0° Aries, we are living inside the early emergence of a new era. This is not something to figure out quickly. It is something we feel our way into.

If things feel uncertain or stretched, there is nothing wrong with you. This is the nature of deep change.

And at times, this includes witnessing collective events—conflict, misuse of power, and leadership that can feel out of alignment with truth. Staying present without collapsing or turning away is part of the work of this moment.

This week brings a mix of grounding, relational awareness, and intensity.

Monday, March 30 – Venus enters Taurus
Venus returns to her home sign, inviting a shift into Earth wisdom. After the heat of Aries, this is a call to slow down, root, and reconnect with what is steady and nourishing. In times of disruption, tending to what is real and tangible becomes essential.

Wednesday, April 1 – Full Moon in Libra (12°)
This Full Moon illuminates the relational field. Libra highlights balance, reciprocity, and fairness. You may see clearly where there has been imbalance—personally or collectively. This is a moment of awareness, not perfection.

Friday, April 3 – Mercury in Pisces trine Jupiter in Cancer
Water supports water. This aspect opens intuitive understanding and deeper listening. When external narratives feel confusing, this is an invitation to trust a quieter inner knowing.

Friday, April 3 – Venus in Taurus square Pluto in Aquarius
This brings intensity to values and relationships. What feels non-negotiable may surface. Pluto asks for truth at depth, even when it disrupts comfort.

Sunday, April 5 – Sun in Aries square Jupiter in Cancer
This is an amplifying aspect. The zodiac sign Aries pushes forward; Jupiter expands. The zodiac sign Cancer reminds us to stay connected to emotional truth and care. Discernment is key—expansion without overreach.

Reflection Questions:

 • Where am I being asked to root more deeply into what sustains me?

 • What am I seeing more clearly in my relationships or in the world around me?

 • Where is something deeper asking for my honesty, even if it creates tension?

Podcast poem: Blackbirds by Julie Cadwallader Staub

Transcript

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Hello, welcome to Astrology Alchemy. I'm Sheila Bellagio, your host for this podcast. Alchemy is defined as a seemingly magical process of transformation. Spiritual alchemy is the process of pursuing the gold of your true nature. By transmuting the unrefined limiting parts of yourself. In this podcast, I'll offer you inspiring insights from current astrology cycles that support your path of turning your personal lead into gold. More resources are available at the website on the edges of change.com. Hello and welcome to episode number 358 of the Astrology Alchemy Podcast. This is for the week of March 30th, 2026. I'm your host and guide, Sheila er, a phrase from this week's podcast poem. This is how it's meant to be. We are still moving inside a profound threshold. If things feel uncertain, stretched, or hard to name, there's nothing wrong with you. This is what it is like to live inside a turning of an era with Saturn and Neptune, newly meeting at zero degrees of Aries. We are not just navigating personal change, we are inside a collective reorientation of truth, of leadership, of what is real and what is no longer sustainable. And at times that includes witnessing actions in the world that are deeply confronting and challenging. This week's astrology cycles hold both grounding and intensity, both clarity and amplification. On Monday, March 30th, Venus enters Taurus. We begin this week with Venus moving into Taurus where she is at home. Venus is very much seen as the goddess, the relational one, as an archetype after the heat and immediacy of Venus being an Aries, a fire sign. This is a return to earth, to what is steady, to what nourishes. Venus and Taurus reminds us that value is cultivated over time. That what sustains us is often simple, tangible, and close to the body in a time when the larger world can feel so destabilizing, even disorienting this matters because without rooting. It is so easy to become overwhelmed by the scale of what we are witnessing. This is a moment to come back to what is real in your immediate field, to what you can touch to what you can tend. And then Wednesday, April 1st, happy Fool's Day. We have a full moon in Libra at 12 degrees of Libra. Here's a moment of illumination in the relational field. And this includes not only personal relationships, but how we are relating to what is happening collectively. Libra brings awareness to balance, fairness and reciprocity. Under this full Moon, something comes into view and is illuminated. You may see more clearly where there has been imbalance or injustice, where truth has been distorted, or where you have been navigating the tension between keeping the peace and honoring what you know is true. And this may not only be personal. We are living in a time where questions of justice, leadership, and integrity are not abstract. They're very active. You might notice what is it like to stay present with that awareness? Without collapsing and without turning away. And then on Friday, April 3rd, we have Mercury Rinding, Jupiter and Venus squaring Pluto. So Friday brings a layered field, mercury in Pisces, trines Jupiter in cancer. It's a very harmonious. Aspect, water supports water, Pisces, the fish cancer, the crap. This is an opening for intuitive knowing, for sensing what is true beneath the noise, and at a time when narratives can be confusing, distorted, or overwhelming. This aspect supports a quieter kind of listening. A deeper orientation, and on the same day, Venus in Taurus Squares, Pluto in Aquarius. This brings intensity into the realm of values, what you stand for, what you are no longer willing to compromise. Pluto, the transformer does not work on the surface. It asks for truth at depth. And sometimes that truth brings discomfort, especially when what we are seeing personally or collectively does not align with what we know to be right. This is not a moment to force resolution, but it is a moment to recognize where something deeper is asking for your honesty. And then on Sunday, April 5th, the sun in Aries Squares Jupiter in cancer. This is amplification the Zodiac sign. Aries initiates the archetypal planet. Jupiter expands, but the Zodiac sign cancer reminds us of emotional truth of care. Of belonging with this aspect. There can be a pull here between reacting quickly and responding from a more rooted place between urgency and wisdom. During this time when there is a lot happening personally and in the world, this aspect invites discernment. Not shutting down, but not getting swept up either. So this week moves in a spiral, grounding, illumination, intensity expansion, and woven through it is a deeper question. How do we stay present in a world that is changing at times so painfully without losing ourselves? And here are several reflection questions for the week that you may just stay curious about. Where am I being asked to root more deeply into what sustains me? What am I seeing more clearly in my relationships and in the world around me? And where is something deeper asking for my honesty, for even if it creates tension to let those questions be with you this week in whatever way serves. In the PO podcast poem that comes for this week, partly it's about Venus and Taurus and rooting into what's of deep value, and partly it's about the Full Moon in Libra calling us for Integrous relationship and balance. It's called Blackbirds by Julie Kader. Staub. I am 52 years old and have spent truly the better part of my life out of doors. But yesterday I heard a new sound above my head, a rustling, ruffling, quietness in the spring air. And when I turned my face upward, I saw a flock of Blackbird. Rounding a curve I didn't know was there and the sound was simply all those wings, all those feathers against air, against gravity, and such a beautiful winning the whole flock, taking a long, wide turn as if of one body and one mind. How do they do that? If we lived only in human society, what a puny existence that would be. But instead we live and move and have our being here in this curving and soaring world that is not our own, so that when mercy and tenderness triumph in our lives and when. Even more rarely, we unite and move together toward a common good. We can think to ourselves, ah, yes, this is how it's meant to be. So this week may you have an extraordinary experience. Of living in this curving and soaring world and may mercy and tenderness come into your life and may there be miracles of us uniting and moving together toward a common good. Thank you. Thank you for the gift of your life presence in listening to the podcast. Take good care of yourself and your beloveds. You have been listening to the Astrology Alchemy Podcast with your host, Sheila Lange. Resources are available at the website on the edges of change.com. Thank you for listening. Bless your alchemical journey to embrace the gold of your true nature.