Astrological Insights: February 24 - March 2, 2025
Pisces New Moon, Venus Retrograde, and More...
Here are some insights about the opportunities and challenges that this week’s astrology may offer us collectively. If you’re looking to access personalized insights to help you navigate the now, I’d love to do a Stellar Guidance Session with you.
As the week begins, watch your words. Invoke a stance of responsibility in your communications as well as a diligence in your messaging. It’s a time where less may be more, and more actually less. All thanks to Tuesday’s Mercury/Saturn Conjunction.
On Thursday, we greet the Pisces New Moon, a yearly lunation that inspires us to connect to the well of compassion that resides within each of us. Here some opportunities, challenges, and affirmations I shared about the Pisces New Moon in my book The Astrological Self-Care Journal.
The Opportunities
Feeling more in the flow.
Connecting to a more soulful way of perceiving life.
Being more empathetic and compassionate.
The Challenges
An oversensitivity to others can lead to blurred boundaries.
Difficulty in discerning what’s truly real from you want to be real.
A heightened tendency to play the martyr.
Affirmations
Dreams can come true.
We are all connected.
I am love.
I am loved.
As the weekend appears, we may find ourselves hyper-focused on what we value, what we perceive to have worth, and what we deem to be enriching. I say that as Venus is stationing, set to begin its six-week retrograde cycle on Saturday.
When Venus is retrograde, we have the opportunity to re-evaluate what we value. Traditionally, one of the realms that is under heightened consideration during this period is our relationship life. Stumbling blocks that we experience with a partner, friend, or client may be frustrating, yet may also give us insight into ways we need to bolster our alliances.
If aggravations arise, see what they reveal about the relationship, including whether you have realistic expectations for it. View this period as one in which you can gain greater awareness into how you approach partnerships, and see whether you want to adjust the balance of the give and take that they feature. In addition, people, perspectives, and places from your past may provide you with great treasures to access one of the big lessons of this time—ways to bolster a deeper understanding of just how valuable you truly are.
Venus will be retrograde through April 12. During this time, it will travel from 10 Aries to 24 Pisces. If you know your chart, see where that range of the zodiac resides—and if there are any planets are located there—as that will be a zone of life coming into greater focus for a re-evaluation.
Wishing you an enriching week!
xxStephanie
P.S. Speaking of relationships, if you want to learn more about how astrology can give you insights on forging fulfilling ones, check out this segment I did on the television show New Day Northwest last week. In conversations with the host Kelly Hanson, I shared some Do’s (re-evaluate what you value, including in a relationship, during the upcoming Venus Retrograde) and Don’ts (don’t make a judgement on a current or potential partner just because if their Sun sign). Find the clip to the segment here.
Astrological Highlights
February 25: Mercury/Saturn Conjunction
February 27: Pisces New Moon; Mercury/Uranus Sextile
March 1: Venus Stations Retrograde
March 2: Mercury/North Node Conjunction; Sun/Jupiter Square; Mercury/Neptune Conjunction
All days reflect Eastern Standard Time (- 5 hours GMT)
Photos: Ruben Bagues and Rodion Kutsaiev, via Unsplash
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