Dear Friend and Reader;
The astrology depicted below is what we are now living through, working our way to the chart on the right, which is the Chiron-Eris conjunction of March 19.
This post includes extended readings (the March monthly horoscope) that cover through the equinox, Mercury direct and the momentous Chiron-Eris conjunction of March 19. Look back to the February reading for additional details.
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March 2026 – Extended Readings by Eric Francis
Aries (March 20-April 19) — You are now fully engaged in the mystery of who you’re becoming. Many developments have yet to unfold, and they will do so rapidly over the coming weeks. You have significant influence over the flow of events, and you must shed any notion that you’re merely along for the ride. As you may be aware, there are two nearly simultaneous developments in Aries, though they have similar themes. One is about understanding the boundary between you and the rest of existence (the still alive Saturn-Neptune conjunction). The other (the Chiron-Eris conjunction) is about awakening from the dream of false collectivism, which includes all kinds of culty, tribal thoughts and behavior we take for granted. Chiron-Eris is a push into the reality that you are your own person with your own ideas. This may arrive with a shock, as the chilly tribal dream we are living through conceals the deeper condition of nearly everyone being out for themselves. You are discovering that it’s too painful to maintain this inner conflict. It is painful to pretend you agree with people who have no commitment to your best interests. Independent thinking is a grand idea until someone risks being thrown into the wilderness, which is why it so rarely happens. You are in a moment unlike any other requiring you to summon your courage and make your own decisions. Just the thought of this may be terrifying, but only before you experience the surge of strength that comes with honoring your hard-earned truth above any other priority.
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Taurus (April 19-May 20) — The forthcoming lunar eclipse is your grand invitation to get out of your own way. This gesture often goes by fancier names like ‘talent’, ‘creativity’ and ‘self-mastery’. These things start with not tying your shoes together. Then on the intermediate level you learn how not to throw obstacles in your path. And along the way you learn how to suspend self-criticism and engage in your creative flow as recreation and play. As Brian Eno reminds us, children work by playing, and adults play by making art. I recognize that after 20 years of eating breakfast sandwiches, making your own scrambled eggs may feel awkward at first, and it’s similar with art. Most people went through 16 years of school to learn how to suppress their curiosity and their sense of inner adventure. Yes, it takes that long, and usually it works. You are now being given the option to remember the simple joy of being curious — about yourself, and not some abstract issue in the world. Rabbit holes and deep dives do not count toward what I’m suggesting. Anything that might result in a poem, a few moments of music, a drawing, a photograph or a clay sculpture definitely does. The measure of your success is not money, or approval. You are succeeding when you feel good. You are succeeding when you make a little discovery that something is possible. Beauty and pleasure for their own sake must lead you and in their own sublime way will bestow that rare thing some call happiness.
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Gemini (May 20-June 21) — Everything around you seems to be surging forward. Patience will pay, especially when the whole planet is in a huge hurry to go nowhere fast. People are blowing stop signs and working through weekends, and checking their phone at 1 am. If this sounds like you, you’re invited to dial things back quite a bit. Get off of the burnout track. Contemplation and inner awareness are what count now; intelligence and beauty can only be recognized by a somewhat quiet mind. If you’re concerned about business rivalry, set your fears aside. There are many ways nobody can match you. Ideas are the most efficient thing in the world; they move at the speed of light and can vanquish delay and confusion. You’re on your own clock and exist in your own time zone. Once Uranus reaches your sign a little later in the year, you’re going to be carried forward at a brisk pace. Even if you’re not competitive, you will have the feeling of leaving others in the shade. Meanwhile, I suggest you play your strong suit, which is social. Spend as much time in places where people are gathered — for any purpose at all and especially in informal settings. You will be a magnet in any room. This year the key to business success is checking in with as many people as you can, in places where you can carry on a conversation. Listen carefully to where people are coming from. This is your well-disguised form of leadership.
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Cancer (June 21-July 22) — The world may be FUBAR, but it’s also your oyster bar. Times of chaos offer the greatest opportunity. There are two reasons for this generally, and a third that pertains directly to you now. First, instability reveals possibilities. Cracks in the facade and even the foundations of existence create needs that you can tailor your abilities to, and fulfill. Second, people tend to hide out when things are shaky and/or going wild. They are more risk averse, focused on the moment rather than the future. This presents a significant opening for you, because despite the frenzy of society at the moment, more is available to you. Now as for the personal angle, as you may know, the great emphasis of the astrology is currently in Aries. This is where you stand up in the world, and offer yourself to the world. It’s also where you get to experiment with what supports your growth. You have a tremendous opportunity to work the nexus that so few people get near. Too often, success involves major sacrifices of who you are as a person. You now get to fully engage your personhood and your potential in an environment where you can try unusual ideas with little risk of consequences. At the same time something exciting can catch on. Apropos of the moment, I leave you with the words of a great and anonymous fortune cookie writer. “Be resolutely who you are. Be humbly who you aspire to be.”
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Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) — It’s likely you’ve been through an unstable and unpredictable few years in your professional life and are looking for new direction. It has not been quick to come, though it is arriving sooner than you think. You have a moment to emphasize the spiritual aspects of who you are, and honor your existence as a person rather than as a participant in the fast-moving sphere of business and commerce. In the U.S. in particular, the ethos around one’s career has little to do with one’s reality as a person. Too often they could not be more boldly divided. The only way to remedy this is to focus on who you are and who you are becoming, outside of any context that might either distract you or support you. You’re experiencing profound changes, discoveries and developments in the innermost spiritual dimension of your existence. This is providing you with both experience and knowledge that will allow your whole existence to make more sense. When new opportunities arrive in a few months, it will help if you choose from among them on the basis of who you understand yourself to be. That includes knowing who and what you love. At this stage of your life, it’s vital that you make decisions on that basis alone. While this may seem to narrow your options, it also cuts down the potential for carelessly acting on a whim, and increases your potential for highly unusual success when the right door opens. And it will.
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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) — The immediate combination of a lunar eclipse in your sign and retrograde Mercury in your opposite sign, Pisces, say it’s time to reassess where you stand with yourself and others. The long-term astrology has been sending you this message for ages. You’re crawling out of your chrysalis in a new form and with a radically different approach to relating than you’ve ever had. What is rarely ever said about human bonding relationships is that it’s about your bond with yourself. If you’re in conflict with you, then you’ll import that into your experiences with others — who are likely to mirror your state of mind. By clarifying and developing your relationship to yourself, you cannot go wrong. You will be more level-headed and understand who you are and what you want. Then look for others whose primary relationship is to themselves. Then and only then can you connect with people on level ground. I’m surprised that this simple idea is not the topic of a thousand relationship advice TikToks and the central teaching in every therapy class. It’s almost always overlooked, and the result is the drama of relationships that don’t quite work. Accept that you have no choice but to be who you are in whatever context you may find yourself. This may feel awkward, edgy and even dangerous. You’re going to test how much people care about you and want the best for you, though that’s far from the point. What you want are things that only you can give yourself.
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Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) — Whatever is happening in the world, or your world (and there’s plenty in both), this is the time to cultivate the Witness. Such is the aspect of awareness that observes, listens, and experiences, and seeks the rare thing known as understanding. True, it’s impossible to be alive and not participate. Yet if you emphasize the observer, and observe yourself, you’ll learn much that is unavailable otherwise. Imagine the world you’re watching is a drama that doesn’t involve you. (Much of it does not.) Give yourself some emotional distance. Ask yourself what the story is about. Then, at the right moment, consciously enter the scene. You’ll know when you hear your cue, like an actor or musician coming in at the right moment. This is an exercise in mindfulness, which is your most important resource. It’s the difference between living with the lights on or off; between decisions made in a state of fog versus clarity. One crisis the planet is suffering from is people living unconsciously and making random choices they don’t even notice. Some are responding to crises that don’t exist; others are ignoring problems they could easily solve. You have the ability to see the scenario for what it is. In the process, you’ll save time, energy and money, and have more for yourself. You need your resources — especially your time and energy — and you don’t need chaotic interactions with others. So stand back a little, and invest the resulting profits in what you find to be creative and exciting.
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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) — Horoscope master Patric Walker said (to John and Yoko) that life is what happens while you’re making other plans. What you do each day is what you do with your life. Most people have double vision on this matter, which is what I’m getting at: it’s your daily actions and moment-to-moment choices that matter the most. It’s what happens when you get to whatever you call work. The astounding internal force of self-actualization is upon you. You’re being called upon to grow, perhaps faster than you ever have. Yet the zone of focus is on what most people take for granted, the ordinary work week. Do you belong where you are? There’s an easy way to test that: notice how the passage of time feels. If the hours drag on, you’re not where you belong. If time passes effortlessly, you’re probably free to learn, grow and express yourself. Under your current astrology, boredom cannot be an option, unless it’s the pleasant kind on a lazy Sunday afternoon (get in as many of those as possible). The world we inhabit, dominated by digital technology and digital consciousness, jams out nearly the entire experience of being human. Individuality is crushed to dust and it’s difficult to have any sense of privacy. It’s up to you and you alone to respect the private person you are. It’s your prerogative alone to focus your awareness inwardly and ask yourself what you feel, what you need and what you want. Then guide yourself from moment to moment with each choice lived consciously.
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) — The power emanating from your fellow fire sign Aries is driving you to experiment boldly and without much regard for the outcome. Do that for as long as you can. Get over your usual risk aversion and take a chance you might not ordinarily take. Allow yourself to be moved and carried by the insane pace of life, guided only by your curiosity. Along the way, something special happens. Next Tuesday’s eclipse of the Moon in Virgo will reveal a goal or objective that you might not have noticed before. You might feel like it was standing there all along, and it was, though concealed by a psychic veil. This idea can become the organizing principle of your life. Whether you do that exact thing or not does not matter; allow yourself to have a point of focus, and something to aim for that seems either out of reach or beyond your abilities. Allow yourself to reach further than your current grasp. Ultimately you are reaching for something you already possess. Your goal can be a phantom or the precursor to a great accomplishment; it amounts to the same thing. What you learn on the way matters. This includes the skills you cultivate, in particular the one that is the most significant for you: attention to detail. This is a paramount issue for Sagittariuses of all stripes. Both your greatest pleasure and your greatest successes come from focusing in on the sublime facets that make the difference between unreal and real.
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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) — Spend as much time as you can in the kitchen. First, organize the space. Dig out cabinets, go through the fridge and the pantry, and sort out what you need from what you do not. Notice the emotions involved; remember why you acquired certain things as you determine whether to keep them or let them go. Then in your newly renovated space, try something you’ve never done before: a baking project, or some recipe you’ve never tasted and could barely imagine. I’m not giving homemaking advice but rather suggesting a deep form of therapy that will put you in touch with your emotional roots and your healing power. Kitchens always contain many generations of information, even if not a single ancestor has ever stepped inside your home. So when you take things apart, be as mindful as an archeologist. Few things contain more poignant memory than food. You are going through an emotional renewal right now. You might feel scattered all over the place unless you give yourself a point of focus. The presence of Ceres is giving you something to orient on, and a metaphor to work with. Consider your parents (and the food they ate) and how you feel about them today — and all the other ways you’ve felt about them in the past. Consider your grandparents (and the food they ate) and ask yourself if they were happy people in any sense of the word. This is all part of an essential self-discovery process that will lead you to understanding one thing especially: what you want from existence.
For your full 2026 written and audio reading, please check out Inner Light – Inner Peace.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Your mind is stretching into new territory, and you seem eager to boldly discover the truth of who you are. You may be feeling bold about new ideas, new technology, or being a pioneering independent thinker. Yet this remains a delicate moment where you must take responsibility for your thoughts and your feelings. Do not let the future distract you from what is on your mind right now. It matters. I assume you know this, and more significantly, you may feel overwhelmed by the pressure to be impeccable in a world that seems to have lost any and all moral orientation. Therefore, keep your eye and your intuition on your inner compass. Plenty that seems promising and wonderful right now requires serious evaluation, and that includes self-reflection. Much that seems harmless demands an assessment of risk and of impact. And there is one particular matter that may require a wrestling match with your conscience. Welcome that; under the current astrology, doubt is your friend, and self-assurance is likely to be a trap. The keynote of your year is “know when you don’t know.” While this may be ancient Asian wisdom, it requires a total commitment to assessing the contents of your mind. You must be able to spot your assumptions and stop short of acting on them. While it’s still early in the year, build these review loops into your thought process. Once Uranus enters your fellow air sign Gemini, that turbocharged combination will require you to know exactly where the brake pedal is.
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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — An eclipse of the Moon in your opposite sign Virgo is a reminder that you must stand on your own and honor your personal constitution. Your first commitment in this life must be to yourself, beginning with being truthful with yourself. You have a strong tendency to take care of others and to honor your commitments to them. Yet the ties that bind are often used against you. Your goodwill cannot come at the expense of your fidelity to your existence or (borrowing an overused term) your integrity. In our moment of self-aggrandizement and “do your thing at all costs,” it’s easy for such an idea to be misinterpreted. What I am talking about is the basis of participating in the world in a way that sustains you, and that allows you to do the right thing as you determine it to be so. While the alignment of Chiron and Eris will help awaken you to the ways you have sold yourself short, the Virgo eclipse will pull back the drapery on one particular relationship that you need to see for what it is. What you witness will make a lasting impression that will continue to inform you about the underlying nature of many relationships. You are still on notice that everyone in your life must have a specific reason for being there — a purpose and point of contact that you both understand, and that each person is willing to fulfill. And the one and only starting point is you being true to yourself.
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