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Early March 2018
Mercury has met Venus in Pisces, and they both have formed a departing trine with Jupiter in Scorpio. These aspects connected at 23°.
bring new education and more ways to prosper.
Here's what this looks like to an astrologer.
During the next few weeks, diplomacy, cooperation and the creative use of assets will produce new investment opportunities -- new places to put your time, talents and energy to work -- and bountiful new ideas, helpful information and great learning experiences.
It's time to brainstorm with partners on the best way to use your resources and skills to get what you want to have ... and arrive where you want to go!
Pisces and Scorpio are both water signs.
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Mercury represents your conscious mind, your intellectual perspectives, your ability to generate ideas and work with information. This energy takes in data from your physical senses ... and helps you understand and make sense of the world.
Venus represents your values, your style of forming and managing relationships and the way you deal with $$$.
Jupiter is the symbol for growth, expansion, higher learning, abundance and generosity.
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In Pisces, Mercury energy is extraordinarily intuitive. It connects to deep feelings and can merge left and right brain functions in ways that are analytical and psychic all at the same time. Thoughts and feelings are virtually inseparable ... and your best information comes by listening to your own inner wisdom.
In Pisces, Venus energy is deeply spiritual, tolerant, kind and forgiving. Venus in Pisces desperately wants to make the world a better place. It seeks to heal injury, offer forgiveness and model unconditional love in ways others can learn from and follow.
In Scorpio, Jupiter energy is concerned with growth through reinvestment, combining your assets with those of others and building something with teamwork that none of the partners could manage alone. It shows you how to reclaim lost capital (time, money and effort) by eliminating projects, relationships, ideas, responsibilities and agreements that no longer serve your interests ... so something better can fill the space.
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As with all energy exchanges, the transfer ... the action and reaction ... flows in two directions. With Scorpio / Pisces trines one possible sequence shows a serious rearrangement of your communal investments -- the projects and financial bonds you share with other people ... followed by a period of thought and reflection as you devise new ways to move forward, new targets to aim for and new ventures to launch now that you have the chance to start again ... or make substantial course corrections.
When the energy flows in the other direction, a time of creative brainstorming -- possibly following an incident of injury, recovery, solitude or setbacks -- shows you new ways to put your resources, talents and energy to work ... producing better results and certainly better profits!
These energy flows can seem circular, so that it's hard to tell which event put what in motion, or which is definitely an action and which is a consequence. It all merges into one swirling episode of change and adjustment.
Suffice it to say that you'll soon meet (or already have met) a time when you'll rearrange your focus and create new pathways to explore. This alteration involves teamwork, joint ventures and communal projects -- as you take a deep breath and start fresh toward more satisfying destinations.
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Mercury / Jupiter trines usher in a time of mind-expansion, pure and simple. Life conspires in all directions to bring you big ideas and perk up your ambitions, sometimes to the point of overload. You want to do it all ... and can wind up with far more on your schedule than you can possibly -- or realistically -- handle, so do use a little discretion before you say "yes" to everything in sight.
Mercury / Venus conjunctions add an extra helping of grace and style to the way you share your ideas. Your perspective is accommodating. Your ideas have a special flare. This blend supports an interest in art, beauty, diplomacy and gracious living. It also perks up your own artistic and creative urges ... and invites you to do something awesome with your time and talents.
Venus / Jupiter trines bring a pleasant, sociable atmosphere. Help is available if you need it -- and you're open to requests to help others. Money may be less of an issue for a while -- or you may be able to have things you want and need without having to spend a lot for them. You may simply feel more confident and optimistic about finances ... and that alone can help your overall outlook.
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- Ideas on how to change or improve your personal appearance or make adjustments that give a better presentation
- Lots of artistic inspiration and interest in the creative work of others -- also possible collaborations
- A more poetic, graceful way of writing ... or expressing yourself in ways that encourage acceptance, cooperation, and have popular appeal
- A more interesting social life. Cooperative, congenial, lucrative alliances.
- More help and support from partners ... and more help and support to them from you.
- A positive, confident attitude toward money ... and your ability to have enough and manage it well.
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The energy of Mercury / Venus trine Jupiter widens your intellectual horizons and helps you think from several points of view. This energy provides an overview of your life, your prospects, your ambitions and your objectives.
You can get helpful advice from others and see how working together can accomplish mutual goals ... and reap mutual profits. Your attitudes support the well-being and prosperity of others as strongly as they do your own ... and in this remarkable time of exploring mutual interests and working in concert, amazing things are possible.
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Mercury moves into Aries late, late tonight and Venus moves into Aries late tomorrow afternoon. This shift of signs brings a totally new energy and emotional climate to the business of everyday life along with a more intense and energetic outlook.
Jupiter turns retrograde in Scorpio late Thursday night. This begins a time of retrenching in order to expand again ... in about 4 months, on a bigger scale with more potential. A new growth period is gearing up ... and whatever goodness you see before you now is only the beginning.
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