The New Moon occurs at 28° 27 minutes of Pisces on March 18th, 2026 at 6:23pm PT
This New Moon falls in the penultimate degree of deep, sometimes melancholy,yet Transcendent Pisces. It is an invitation, a beckoning towards uncovering and understanding our deepest and most important reflections or our innermost oftentimes hidden thoughts or motives.
Now almost at the end of a very profound Mercury Retrograde in Pisces a New Moon occurs in the Same degrees of the Zodiac! Even though Mercury has been Retrograde in the sign of Pisces many times in the last 50 or 60 years this year it especially underscores a need to follow intuition over logic. It can cause miscommunication ; “fogging up the mirror” so to speak, and a heightened potential for misunderstandings, unclear or occluded thinking or mishaps based on incorrect information thereby forcing us to deal with emotional nostalgia and long buried or unresolved personal issues or trauma:
Feelings may take priority over Facts
is a time to still the mind and retreat from external noise and pressure. It is crucial to be aware and present with those parts of ourselves we may have mislaid, misconstrued, misunderstood, misused, almost forgotten, definitely avoided, or even suppressed or denied. These memories, feelings, inner thoughts voices and fears voices DO NOT ARISE BY ACCIDENT . Piscean energy causes them to rise up like water bubbling out of a spring or murky oil seeping out of the ground because they no longer can be forfended, repressed, or avoided; rather they are ready to be seen, heard, acknowledged, and integrated ….or discarded depending …upon what they bring to the table… or what they take away.
Mercury has been Rx since February 26th. During this transit in Pisces, our experiences, both personal and Transpersonal, have stirred up powerful memories,some difficult emotions, experiences and realizations. Uranus moving through its final degrees of Taurus and leaving that sign forever in our lifetimes on April 25th activates background influences and energy. Therefore so many of these experiences have spotlighted or illuminated themes around stability, survival, and with Pisces being the the last sign of the zodiac even our own fate or mortality.
The last few months have been filled with sudden insights, deep emotions and disruptions. These ARE NOT meant to disempower or to destabilize. They ultimately reveal just exactly where some serious life affirming growth is needed and where we sorely need some Change of Attitude or Direction. In the sometimes muddy muck or bog of Piscean energies we are almost desperate for greater causality and authenticity.
The world around us is continuing to deconstruct. The Saturn/Neptune conjunction,Revolutionary Uranus in its final degrees of Taurus and the ongoing evolution of the Magic Triangle in effect until 2028 are fomenting an upheaval on a scale not seen in many many many centuries before. We may feel uncomfortable to say the least! Chaos, bellicosity, instability, fear, Anger, violence, despair, greed, and jealousy appear hand-in-hand with humanity erupting everywhere we look! Pisces begs the question “ Are you going to allow the ocean to drown you in this riptide / or can you tread water until the seas calm and then swim back to Shore? The Choice may not always seem so clear when our fear and our inner demons direct us away from Truth. On a personal level, people may be demanding more of us: more attention, more work, more responsibility, more personal time, more resources, more obligations. Yet all you may want to do is close the door and draw the blinds! It can feel like there is always something more to give which is a difficult feeling when at times you may feel that you cannot transmit what you don’t have …
With so many emotions moving through the collective consciousness, it is so easy to become overwhelmed or to feel unsettled in body, mind, and spirit. This is where spiritual practice and diligence become critical, even essential.
Rather than reacting to all of the chaos around us, resisting life, or becoming lost in the emotional quicksand and morass, now is the time to:
1. Pause
2. Stop
3. Count to ten
4. Turn inward
5. Commune with whomever, or
whatever you consider to be your Highest and Best Expression (your Higher Power, so to speak), it may seem easy to feel spent, at an impasse, or to feel discouraged. Overwhelming emotion or frustration only lead to a Dead End. Therein lies the ending of Pisces, which leads to a New Beginning..
This is where becoming spiritually fit is essential.
Turn inward and speak to yourself with honesty, even if it’s hard, but temper it with compassion.
Pisces instructs us that True healing begins only when we recognise and reconnect with the Divinity that is within and around us All.
Without a spiritual barometer or connection, we are bereft. It becomes too easy to stumble, drown in self sorrow or to fall into despair and hopelessness.
In our deepest being, at our core, we are that old saying: we are not human beings having a spiritual experience; rather, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
It is now time at this New Moon in Pisces to seek connection, not only with self or Other, but with the Cosmic Energy that is The Creator of All Things.
Nothing in life happens by coincidence. I do not believe in random probability. Every experience, even the challenging, difficult ones, brings potential to guide us toward a deeper awareness and a higher consciousness.
This may sound like heavy stuff, but please remember that you are never alone. All that is required is:
1. The humility to ask for help
2. The grace to accept it
3. The willingness to look for guidance or clarity, rather than roadblocks and pain. Remember the old adage, “Ask and ye shall receive.”
As with all New Moons, this lunation heralds a Shift , a fresh start, maybe a new beginning. However, before the new cycle fully emerges, Pisces asks us to release the baggage we have been carrying. Old habits, outdated beliefs, negative paradigms and ways of approaching life that no longer align with our authentic self MUST be left behind.
In so doing, we are prepared for the renewal, the renaissance, and the rebirth that occurs once this retrograde is over in just a few days, at the time of the sun’s entrance into fiery Aries at the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.
A clearer path will emerge, one that shines toward a future brighter than we may currently imagine looking down rather than upward…
For the rest of this week please do not be so hard on yourself, so filled with self-deprecation, self pugilistic behaviour, or the perceptions of loss and being “less than.”
The final degrees of Pisces can feel heavy, cloudy, and exhausting. We may sense that something old can no longer satisfy our soul’s deepest longing, and it may need to pass. Compassion and Transformation are Keywords. Don’t forget your vision. Do not lay aside your dreams. Let them be a compass, a signpost. Allow them to guide you to the further shore, towards more hope, more love, more peace, and more promise.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”