Dear Friend and Reader:
We are in the midst of an influential flow of events, astrological and historical, though the pace is about to pick up. The culmination point is the third and final conjunction of Chiron and Eris on March 19.
While this is the rare meeting of two distant planets, one with a 51-year orbit (Chiron) and the other with an approximately 557-year orbit (Eris), the events surrounding this conjunction have a distinctly personal feeling. This is due to the prominence of Mercury, Venus and Mars throughout the proceedings.
There is also a lunar eclipse in the mix, which is a Moon-Sun event that is distinctly personal as well. Yet eclipses also have a way of connecting the individual and the collective. And then there is the Aries Point, which does the same thing.
One useful way to read astrology is to look at when the closer-in personal planets (Mercury, Venus and Mars) line up with the slower-moving planets that address deeper themes (such as Saturn, Chiron, Neptune and Eris, among others).
The inner planets personalize the outer planets and bring their meaning and effects in closer. Outer planet events (such as Chiron conjunct Eris) can set the zeitgeist of an era and represent historical turning points. When the inner planets get involved, it’s easier to experience events as being personally relevant, and available to one’s mind, one’s feelings and one’s senses.
Aries Point Involvement: Political as Personal
Another way to bring events close in is to have them aligned with the Aries Point, or the first degree of the zodiac. This is the point of reckoning between the tropical zodiac (based on the seasons) and the sidereal (star-based) zodiac.
We have all heard of the Aries Point because that’s the thing being tracked when we talk about the Age of Aquarius beginning. The Sidereal Vernal Point is currently still aligned with sidereal Pisces (i.e., the constellation and the sidereal sign), wobbling its way ever-so-slowly “retrograde” toward Aquarius. It does not reach the first star in Aquarius for hundreds of years, while the technological state of society suggests strongly that we are already in some kind of Aquarian age, or the precursor to it.
In any event, the Aries Point or SVP serves to personalize matters, it brings them closer to perception. The overall effect of the Aries Point is to de-individuate, to turn inside-out and violate and even eliminate privacy in a way that is peculiar to electronic media.
All electrical devices, from the light bulb to the telephone to your cellphone, eliminate privacy both as a concept and as a lived reality. This is the same phenomenon. Once the idea of privacy is eliminated, the experience is also eliminated (even though eventually people stop noticing the situation, as is happening now).
In Fact, a Radio Phenomenon
I have read that awareness of the Aries Point goes back to the days of Ptolemy, though I have not directly encountered this information in my limited reading of old texts. The Aries Point finds its way into modern astrology through the Uranian or Hamburg School (same thing), which still exists today. Here is a Google summary that I know to be reasonably accurate:
“Alfred Witte and the early Uranian School (Hamburg School) of astrology began incorporating the Aries Point into their techniques during the 1920s and 1930s. They established it as a critical point representing public view, fame, and the widest social relationships, aligning with Witte’s experimental work developed between 1919 and 1925.”
Notice that this discovery occurs as the radio era is beginning, with government using radio for propaganda broadcasts (in both Allied and Axis countries) and the first commercial radio stations being licensed in the United States. Thus, we can say that radio technology both retrieved and amplified the Aries Point. And the Aries Point is described as (and feels a lot like) the odd personal-public effect that radio created. It is, of itself, an amplifier.
The Aries Point as we know it today is a direct phenomenon of the “personal is political” mental environment of radio. Hence: the Radio Point.
Eris Entered Aries in the 1920s
This happened as Eris entered Aries, meaning that Eris was conjunct the Aries Point repeatedly in the 1920s. This culminated with a series of Uranus-Eris conjunctions in 1927 and 1928, which peak with a Jupiter-Uranus-Eris conjunction in the first degree of Aries on Jan. 25, 1928. It was during this series of conjunctions that John McCarthy, inventor of “artificial intelligence,” was born.
This Aries lineup is exactly square Pholus in the first degree of Capricorn (also activating the Aries Point). Pholus is the runaway reaction and the small cause with a big effect. And that was radio, the first electronic mass communication medium.
Radio marked the beginning of the mass communication electronic broadcast era. The mental conditions of this era set up the mental state of society that gave rise to Hitler, Gandhi, Roosevelt, Mussolini and other characters from that era. They had one thing in common, which was mastery of the radio medium.
We saw the power of radio again in this era with the September 1939 speech by newly-coronated King George VI, informing Great Britain that it was at war with Germany. George was an extreme stutterer who overcame his debility to give what is known as one of the most influential speeches in modern history. The time and place offers another extraordinary Eris in Aries chart.
And a Digital Phenomenon
Of all technology, radio bears the greatest resemblance to digital. Both create the “global village” or “global theater” experience. Both unravel individuality, privacy, private identity, and the personal, interior conscience. Both turn people into tribal beings who struggle to think for themselves.
And this can spin society on its finger. Here is an example. In 2016, the world experienced the seemingly uncontrollable rise of Donald Trump, who thought he would run for president as a marketing campaign for his brands — never expecting to win. Trump was a master of using Twitter, the modern-day radio, to galvanize the public.
Everyone was asking how the heck it was possible for Tony Baloney to be running the world from his phone, spewing out hate speech, then getting the Republican nomination with all of the party’s senior members screaming in objection. Then he won the election, or at least was declared the winner.
Nobody really understands how this happened, though the combination of media theory and astrology provides some points of understanding. These will serve as a reminder of how we got into the mess we are currently in.
The Uranus-Eris Conjunctions of 2016
What was happening in 2016 was a series of Uranus-Eris conjunctions in Aries, which threw gasoline onto the already out-of-control digital fire. And that was when we experienced the digital phenomenon of someone totally unqualified for office taking over the U.S. presidency — using digital tools.
These Uranus-Eris conjunctions occurred on June 8, 2016, Sept. 25, 2016, and March 17, 2017, though they have a much wider time orb covering at least two years on either side. But ’16 and ’17 were the peak, and represented a major turning point in the history of the digital age. This led to similar out-of-control tribal events of late 2017 and throughout 2018.
What we learned about in 2016 was not the power of digital technology itself but rather the ways in which digitized people can be manipulated by those who have mastered the technology. It’s easy to point to the devices and blame them for things that happen. But the technology does not exist independently of the effects that it has on people. The final result is the mass consciousness created by billions of digitally hypnotized individuals adding up to a digitally hypnotized society.
The Antidote: Chiron Meets Eris
Eris is a chaotic, hypnotic influence that both fragments and tribalizes people. Uranus is a chaotic, electrical influence associated with groups, which is to say that Uranus also tribalizes people. So from both, we got a tribal effect.
We are now experiencing the Chiron-Eris conjunction. Chiron, the maverick, is an individuating force. Chiron’s method is to see patterns and to turn the chaos of disease into order. Eris is fragmentary and Chiron is holistic. Eris is invisible and Chiron works in the open. Eris deceives. Chiron is driven by honesty. All healing is about honesty.
Eris externalizes, and Chiron internalizes and actualizes. In Aries, that means self-actualization. So in the meeting of Chiron and Eris, we have the intersection of the powerfully individuating influence of Chiron encountering the chaos-generation and collectivizing factor of Eris. This is going to be turbulent, as we are seeing. But we are also seeing the first astrological event associated with awakening, focus and inner awareness in a long time.
However, the effect of this is not automatic. Chiron never is. Chiron presents the option to tap into something that is available. It is a special tool that will allow you to perceive much that is invisible. Then you must use what you know.
This Is Not About Mass Awakening
The electric tribe is going to revolt against any shift of consciousness or individual self-awareness. I say let them knock themselves out. In any group where individuals are awakening, there are little coalitions who want to hold the process down.
So, you will need to be alert, awake and in possession of the kind of strength that comes from flexibility. Pay attention and make every decision consciously. Each counts for a lot right now.
One last point. Chiron-Eris does not describe “mass awakening.” It’s about individual awakening. So please, stop waiting “for everyone to wake up.” Get out of bed, put on your slippers, say hi to your cat, and make a pot of coffee. Otay?
The rest of this article consists of a timeline of events between now and April 1.
Faithfully,
All times are in Eastern Standard Time despite Daylight Time starting on Sunday, March 8.
Mercury Stations Retrograde — Thursday, Feb. 26 at 1:48 am EST. The retrograde begins at 22+ Pisces. Through the course of the retrograde, Mercury is moving through Pisces and will make many conjunctions in a short time, including to Venus, Nessus, the Sun, Pallas and Mars. The retrograde ends March 20 at 2:33 pm EST with Mercury at 8+ Pisces.
Mars Enters Pisces — Monday, March 2 at 9:16 am EST.
Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo — Tuesday, March 3 at 6:38 am EST. The eclipse is at 12+ Virgo, with the Sun in an exact conjunction to Pallas. Mercury, disposed by the eclipse, is exactly conjunct Nessus in Pisces. The Moon-Sun-Pallas axis aligns with Pholus, the heart of the Family Hunger Game pattern in Capricorn, along with many other points at approximately 12+ degrees.
Venus Enters Aries — Friday, March 6 at 5:46 am EST. Venus jumps into the Aries fray and conjoins the Aries Point.
Venus Conjunct Neptune in Aries — Saturday, March 7 at 6:27 am EST. This takes place exactly on the Aries Point in a close opposition to supergalaxy M87 in Libra.
Venus Conjunct Saturn in Aries — Sunday, March 8 at 8:39 am EST. This takes place in degree 3 of Aries, in a close opposition to M87 in Libra. Daylight Savings Times in the United States starts at 2 am. Times in this article will continue to be presented in Eastern Standard Time. Adjust for your local time zone and let’s eliminate Daylight Savings Time please. It is the most ridiculous thing ever invented.
Vesta Enters Pisces — Tuesday, March 10.
Sun Conjunct Nessus in Pisces; Jupiter Stations Direct in Cancer — Wednesday, March 11. The conjunction is exact at 2:56 am EST.
Mercury Rx Conjunct Mars — Sunday, March 15 at 3:08 am EST.
Pisces New Moon — Wednesday, March 18 at 8:23 pm EST. This is an anaretic event taking place in the next to last degree of Pisces, while making a 60-degree (sextile) aspect to Uranus in Taurus. As part of this pattern, Mars in Pisces is also sextile Pholus in Capricorn. This is taking some pressure off of the Hunger Games pattern and diffusing it in Pisces.
Chiron Conjunct Eris — Thursday, March 19 at 6:07 am EST. This is the third in the series of conjunctions. The first was May 26, 2025 and the second was Oct. 8, 2025. Usually with outer planet conjunctions, the center one is the “real” event as that is the one that’s exact using the heliocentric horoscope. However, in this setup, the conjunctions seem to be gaining momentum and the process comes to a peak with the third event. The previous series of Chiron-Eris conjunctions was in Aries in 1971-1972, associated with the distinct feeling of events of that era.
Sun Enters Aries; Vernal Equinox — Friday, March 20 at 9:46 am EST. Here the Sun aligns with the Aries Point, also called the Sidereal Vernal Point (SVP). Sidereal time resets to midnight. But nobody knows what “sidereal time” means unless you’re older than 82-years-old.
Mercury Stations Direct — Friday, March 20 at 2:33 pm EST. Mercury is conjunct the lunar North Node at 8+ Pisces at the time it stations direct. This adds some emphasis and comes with a little hint of eclipsy energy.
Sun Conjunct Neptune in Aries — Sunday, March 22 at 6:18 am EST. This occurs in the second degree of Aries, exactly opposite the massive galaxy M87.
Sun Conjunct Saturn in Aries — Wednesday, March 25 at 3:55 am EST.
Venus Conjunct Eris and Chiron in Aries — Thursday, March 26 at 10:57 am EST. This is the big burst of fireworks right at the end of the exhibition, perfectly descriptive of the digitized nature of the modern female human.
Mars Conjunct Nessus in Pisces, and Also Conjunct Pallas — Sunday, March 29 at 1:39 pm EST. “Patrol your own borders. Examine your own mind.” Pallas adds the theme of politics and law; yes, just when you thought you didn’t have enough, more political intrigue.
April Fool’s Day — Libra Fool Moon.