Previewing a Major Lineup of Planetary Events in Fiery Aries

Hey, everyone. This is Adam Elenbaas from Nightlight Astrology [https://nightlightastrology.com/]. Today we are going to take a look at Venus's entrance into Aries as one of a number of major transits that are coming up in the sign of Aries, especially from the month of March all the way through May. The month of March is loaded with planetary transits and events taking place in the sign of Aries. So as Venus enters Aries right now, we're going to take a look at all of the Aries transits to come. I'm going to give you five things to start thinking about, five themes to watch for given all of the action in the sign of Aries that is to come. We'll outline what's happening and when it's happening as well.

This will also be the first of a number of videos that we'll do on these topics. So we'll have horoscopes later down the line, our monthly overview for March, and our horoscopes for March. We'll be covering all of this in depth. We'll have plenty of time to look at all of these events individually and so on. So today is just a way of briefly going over everything happening in the sign of Aries. That is our agenda for today.

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Okay, let's take a look at the real-time clock and preview all of these transits that are coming. The reason I chose to do this today is Venus has just entered Aries. Venus went into Aries on the fourth, which is yesterday. Jupiter also went direct yesterday. I'm going to be doing a separate video on that tomorrow. So we'll be looking at Jupiter's turn direct. I've got some journaling exercises that I'll give you if you want to track Jupiter's retrograde. We'll be looking at the topics of the houses that Jupiter's been in and tracing it back to October.

Anyway, Venus retrograde in Aries is coming up. When I was prepping all of my notes for the year ahead a long time ago, in 2024, I was halfway through the year. I prep for the next year. I start prepping. Anyhow, so Venus in Aries is one of a number of major planetary events that are all taking place in the sign of Aries. Let's take a look at what happens here.

Right now in February, Venus entering Aries is not the biggest deal in the world. There's a nice little sextile to Pluto that's coming in the next couple of days. That little sextile to Pluto is very brief, but everything starts really ramping up in March. So I'm going to take you forward right now to early March. You'll see that on March 2, Venus has stationed, and the moon is in Aries. Then the next day, Venus turns retrograde, and Mercury enters the sign of Aries. This is where we get the conflagration—a big fiery heap. We have Venus turning retrograde in Aries on the third, and then Mercury crosses over the place of Venus. They conjoin on March 11, and just a couple of days later, Mercury stations retrograde on the 15th, by the 16th, around that same ninth, 10th degree that Venus stationed at.

Now we have both Venus and Mercury retrograde. Those two are going to be retrograding back into combustion with the sun, which then enters Aries on the spring equinox. That's, of course, the Fall Equinox in the southern hemisphere, but the Zodiacal Spring Equinox when the sun is at zero Aries. So that is now another planet in Aries. Both of these planets are now retrograde and combust, which ramps up the difficulty and the process of transformation that they're going through becomes a lot more intense at that point.

As if that's not enough, we're coming into a solar eclipse in the sign of Aries on March 29. So you see how March is just the month of Aries. The very next day, you'll notice that Neptune enters Aries. This is the first time Neptune will be ingressing into the sign of Aries, dipping its toes into the fires and then backing out later in the year. But now we also have Neptune in Aries. So if you count all of that up together, we have Venus retrograde in Aries, Mercury retrograde in Aries, a solar eclipse in Aries, and, oh, by the way, that solar eclipse is also happening right on the same degree, within a degree of the same station points of Mercury and Venus's retrograde. Then the day after again, we have Neptune entering Aries.

Now, if we move this forward two months to the end of May, the chart has shifted a little bit. Here you can see Saturn entering Aries, the sign of its fall. So March is definitely a very fiery Aries month, and then by the end of May, Saturn joins the party. Quite a powerful lineup. And remember, one of the things that makes this even a little bit more intense, especially in the month of March, is the fact that Mars, the ruler of all of those planets in Aries, is still in its fall, although in direct motion now, which is nice, in Cancer. So the fire and water combination become quite intense, and you can think of it a little bit like boiling water.

This solar eclipse in Aries hosted by the fallen Mars, Neptune entering Aries hosted by the fallen Mars, the Venus and Mercury retrogrades in Aries hosted by the fallen Mars—this is going to be a fierce, intense, and potentially very emotional month. So I thought, you know what, with all of that coming up, and again, like I said, we'll have the chance to break down all of these transits individually, but I still think it's good to take some time right now to preview what is likely to happen based on all of these events kind of coming at the same time.

So I've got five themes to watch for, which is my favorite random number to use for this exercise. Let's start with number one, which is inceptions. All of these planets in Aries, all of these events in Aries, share one thing in common: they're all taking place in this first sign of spring. The first sign of zodiacal spring is the sign in which light takes over from darkness within the solar year. On that half of the solar year when darkness takes over from light, the sign is, not surprisingly, the domicile of Mars and the exaltation of the sun—two planets very much associated with yang energy, a sort of centrifugal force that moves from the center outward. It's a very masculine type of energy, which does not need to be connected to literal sex or gender.

The inceptional quality of Aries likes to start things. It's the first sign of zodiacal spring, a sign that is often associated with inceptions and beginnings. So what do all of these retrograde, solar eclipse, Neptune into Aries events suggest? They suggest a month in which some very new and very powerful beginnings are at hand. Many of us will experience that relative to the whole sign house of Aries in our birth chart, which is why eventually you will see us doing probably several editions of horoscopes for these transits, for each of them individually even.

But the inceptional quality of Aries means that this is a sign that is very pioneering. It is ambitious. It likes to plant seeds and start things. It likes to take decisive actions in new directions. So all of those pioneering, inceptional qualities are going to be very amplified during the month of March, and really from March all the way through May, given that eclipses also take a little while to play out, and that Saturn is going to enter the party in late May. March is the big fiery month, but a couple of months after, we still see a lot of repetitive action in Aries. Venus will come back in direct motion through Aries, Mercury will come back in direct motion through Aries, right? So, inceptionality.

So what can you expect from these couple of months worth of very intense focus on the sign of Aries? New beginnings relative to the whole sign house. Start there. That's a really important space.

Number two would be a change of direction, value, and ambition. Venus is always telling us something as she transits through the zodiac about what she values. As the goddess, we think of Venus in relation to all that we find attractive, beautiful, desirable, aesthetically pleasing, or satisfying. So Venus is very dialed into what we value, what we want, what we desire. A change of direction for Venus, along with Mercury, can mean a change of direction and value—mentally, philosophically, aesthetically, in terms of what we're attracted to and how we're thinking. These changes or shifts in thought or value can also lead to new ambitions or new directions which we feel inclined to take action on behalf of—that's the Mars fiery quality of Aries infused within two retrogrades.

So changes of thought, changes of approach, of organization, of strategy, of technology, of mind, of communication, and changes of value—aesthetic desire, taste, what we find pleasing—and those leading to new or different or redirected ambitions. Our actions will look different because of the changes of mind and value that Mercury and Venus retrogrades imply.

Now, number three: all of these transits together will also, because they're in a fire sign, because retrogrades can be frustrating and can give us temporary setbacks or something we need to revise, or delays, and Neptune can be this very subtle influence that we're not even aware of. It's sort of like Neptune is often associated with things like allergies—things in the environment that you're very sensitive to. So the high level of sensitivity around two retrogrades, a solar eclipse, and Neptune entering Aries can result in the qualities of heat, irritation, inflammation—physically, emotionally, verbally, mentally—becoming amplified. Issues with anger, frustration, hostility, conflict, willpower—all of those dynamics and how we handle those things. Are we learning something new when it comes to the application of our willpower or how we express or work with anger? Those would be very predictable themes to be working with under all of these transits in Aries.

There's obviously an opportunity here to learn a lot about these things and to use these qualities—the quality of heat, anger, will, irritation, or inflammation—to learn more about them, to reduce them, to use them more effectively, whatever way you can imagine that one might interact with this. All of this fire energy, that potential, is definitely here now.

Alright, number four would be significant changes in relationships or social life. The reason I say this is because the Venus retrograde, in particular, alongside Neptune, which is often about things that we are connected to on a more collective dimension—all of the outer planets have a little bit of a collective dimension to them—so you think about Neptune entering Aries, Venus retrograding in Aries, and it is as though there may be some significant changes in relationships or in our social life. Venus is in her detriment in the sign of Aries, which means nothing more than she's in the sign of her planetary opposite, Mars, which means that she has to sort of mediate or deal with martial energy. That gives us something like the feminine warrior archetype, or the athletic, Sporty Spice kind of vibe. Or it gives us tensions in relationships that are rooted in things like conflict, dominance, ego, arrogance, power, pride—the kinds of Mars-Sun themes that are unique to Aries, Aries again being the exaltation of the sun and the domicile of Mars.

So willpower, ego, and sensitivity around those things, or issues around those things in relationships, can be featured when Venus is retrograde in that sign. Then the connection to different collective currents, new collective initiations or inceptions, and what kinds of social breakdowns or conflicts are occurring in the collective, and how are we responding or feeling engaged or not personally, could also be a real theme during this time.

Number five would be the amplification of conflict, competition, victory, and what makes us strong or successful. There's a healthy way in which each of us needs to feel strong, effective, and like our creative energy means something. It matters to us that we can create something from our heart, in the way we live a day or a life, and to be in touch with that creative energy in a way that does not confuse ourselves or our ego for the source of that energy is a big lesson with the sign of Aries. How do we feel strong but not domineering? How do we feel effective and victorious on some level, which makes us feel good about ourselves, makes us feel like we have creative potency, which is a part of our divine nature? But then on the other hand, how do we make sure that that is not measured solely in terms of how we compare to other people, or how much we can compete and win resources over others, or how much we are approved of or liked versus others?

The kinds of conflicts that people may want to drag us into while Venus is retrograde in Aries may be wise to avoid. On the other hand, there may be some conflicts we have to figure out how to have in a peaceful manner. This is the tension of Venus retrograde in a Mars-ruled sign. Some of these themes would be similar if Venus was in Scorpio, a little different, though, but you get the feeling there. There are meaningful struggles that we have to go through in relationships that allow us, through that struggle and through working that struggle in a way that is peaceful, thoughtful, and sensitive to the other, to grow as people. So not all conflicts need to be avoided. I don't think that's actually what pacifism is really about. As someone who values peace, I think of peace as something that often has to be negotiated and worked through tension, dialogue, and a degree of conflict. But it's how we approach that conflict, how we entertain it, how we go about it that allows for us to be seen, heard, valued, loved, and respected despite differences.

So these are the kinds of things that may all become quite strong and noticeable while Venus is retrograde in Aries, along with all these other transits—the Mercury retrograde in Aries, a chance to examine impulses that we have mentally and emotionally. Also, with the solar eclipse in Aries, wow, what a powerful change of life direction with the solar eclipse in the sun's exaltation—a renewed or transformed sense of purpose, ambition, and direction, very much in line with the solar eclipse in Aries. And to speak of Neptune entering Aries, which brings us into this very fiery new direction collectively, historically—which, by the way, if you ever want to look in the shop page, you can see a webinar that I did last year on Neptune into Aries. If you want to get a real deep dive on that topic, I'll be looking at Neptune and Aries in depth, of course, as we get closer to that ingress at the end of March.

Alright, I'm going to leave it here for today. I wanted to show you, wow, look at this lineup of fire, and some initial things to start thinking about. I like to get out in front of these because then, as they start rolling through, we're not completely caught off guard. We need a little advanced notice as astrology students, as followers of astrology, to these kinds of major lines. I think it really helps. So on that note, I hope you're having a great day, and we will see you again tomorrow. Bye.