by ASTROcreatrix
photo by Jana Astanov, Aileah from an upcoming photo book Clove Valley Community Farm
Sun at 00°00’ Aries, Tropical
March 20th, 2025, 5:02 PM EST affecting us for the entire year!
Celebrate Spring Equinox with us at Clove Valley Community Farm! This Sunday March 23nd! 🌙✨
Spring Equinox is here balancing the light and the darkness! March 20th is marked by a potent cosmic opening. The Sun ingresses into the cardinal sign of Aries at 5:02 AM EST on March 20th and remains on the first degree of Aries until March 21th, beginning a new journey around the Zodiac wheel. The feeling of expansion is aroused with the rays of the Spring sunlight!
The Spring Equinox stands for the new astrological year, and its chart defines the energies for the upcoming year, and in particular the first quadrant until the Summer Solstice.
This year we have a mighty stellium of 6 planets and points Saturn, North Node, Neptune, Sun, Venus, and Mercury enhanced by the powerful trine from the Moon in Sagittarius! It creates an incredibly charged, multidimensional energy that combines themes of karmic purpose, spiritual awakening, identity, love, communication, and structure. This is a rare and deeply complex alignment, suggesting a profound moment of destined manifestation and creative-spiritual integration.
To successfully integrate these energies, you need to balance Saturn’s discipline with Neptune’s surrender. Allow creative and spiritual inspiration to flow, but stay grounded and build something real. Saturn offers the container — Neptune offers the dream. The North Node ensures that the effort is aligned with your soul’s growth.
The Cosmic Portal of the BIG Entrance to one of the four Cardinal points of the astrological Wheel of the Year, (which are the dates corresponding to Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumn Equinox, and Winter Solstice) is the gateway to manifesting through the energy of leadership. Use the cosmic forces to activate, to motivate, and to move-forward! This four-angle portal brings different energies with each different quadrant. With Aries, a cardinal, fire sign ruled by Mars, we are experiencing a boost of energy helping us to take reality in stride. With its pioneering, courageous, intense survival spirit, we are launched to fearlessly conquer the world.
Major Planetary Energies
When Sun enters Aries it conjuncts the Aries Point (first degree of the Zodiac) and the cycle of the astrological Wheel of the Year begins, already containing the energies of the upcoming events. The chart of the Spring Equinox focuses on accessing the inner strength with unity of purpose (Sun trine Moon) so as any unconscious feelings work for our intentions rather than against them. With Neptune conjunct the Sun, there is a strong emphasis on compassion and kindness in all our relations, which will also assist in handling the intensity of emotional experiences induced by all the Mars aspects squine to the Moon (dissonant energy) and square between Mars and Chiron, the Wounded Healer indicating the need to acknowledge painful experiences, to process the trauma, and to be guided by empathy and compassion as we transmute our past karmas, learning the lessons, and overcoming difficulties.
The main focus is on the mighty rolling conjunction of 6 planets. This stellium reflects a rare convergence of destiny (North Node), spiritual awakening (Neptune), and practical mastery (Saturn) — all woven together with the personal energies of self-expression (Sun), love and creativity (Venus), and communication (Mercury). It signifies a moment where:
🌌 Spiritual downloads and insights can be crystallized into concrete form through Saturn’s grounding presence.
🌌 Romantic or creative partnerships could feel karmic and fated — but they will require maturity and integrity to succeed.
🌌 Creative inspiration flows easily, but Saturn asks for discipline in bringing those visions into reality.
🌌 Communication and artistic expression are heightened, but Neptune’s fog could lead to confusion if not anchored by Saturn’s clarity.
🌌 There’s a powerful opportunity to align personal identity (Sun) with higher spiritual purpose (Neptune) and lasting achievement (Saturn).
With the two personal planets Venus and Mercury Rx conjunct in Aries, Venus infuses the alignment with beauty, harmony, and love. It brings the potential for both romantic and creative unions that feel divinely guided — but also raises the possibility of idealization or illusion if not balanced by Saturn’s realism.
Mercury retrograde adds an important layer of complexity to this already nuanced stellium. With both Mercury and Venus conjunct in Aries, the energies of love, communication, and creative expression are intensified — but Mercury’s retrograde motion introduces a reflective and possibly disruptive undercurrent that alters how these energies are processed and expressed. Mercury Rx in Aries shifts the dynamic from forward momentum to internal review. While Aries typically favors bold, direct action, Mercury retrograde asks us to pause, reassess, and refine before moving ahead. This creates tension between the instinct to charge forward (Aries) and the need to slow down and reflect (Mercury retrograde). Best antidote is to slow down and strive for mental clarity, linking the heart and mind so the creative and spiritual insights flowing from Neptune and Venus can be articulated and shared with the world.
With the Sun in Mighty Aries we ought to use the solar fiery energy to burn the negativity and emerge into Spring. It’s important to remember the painful past so as to learn from it, and to make the PEACE vows to ALWAYS PROTECT THOSE WHO MAY BENEFIT FROM OUR STRENGTH AND LOVE.
Stay in your power!
With Cosmic Blessings,
Agni Jnana is an astrologer and an artist living in the Shawangunk Mountains.
