Jacqueline Lasahn

Intuitive Astrologer and Ritualist

Eclipse Conflux

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A confusing conflux of cycles
overlap and merge,
messy circumstances congregate,
communication conflicts crop up,
rapid change all along the way.

A time of flux, of back and forth,
distractions, delays,
false starts and worry.
Agitation.
Misunderstanding. Reconsideration.

There is an unraveling, 
questioning the mystery,
fearful imaginings,
many feeling lost and confused.

Constant opportunities to help and serve,
to be in connection with others,
to make a difference,
to feel and to be aligned with Spirit.

Energized by synchronicities
and fresh perspectives.
Breaking free from constraints.

Yes, there’s a lot going on,
these times are weird, surreal,
and dramatic.

Sharp contrast
between ideals and reality.

Everything is interconnected.
Watch your step.
Slow down for the speed of kindness.
Open hearts flow.

Lunar Eclipse Virgo
March 13, 2025
11:57 pm PDT

Significant endings and beginnings. Virgo brings attention to discern and question: What is a meaningful life?

Eclipses change the way we perceive the world. What is hidden is often revealed. What is real for you? How do your dreams and ideals inspire you? Stay awake. Simplify.

This lunar eclipse is the Virgo Full Moon opposite Pisces Sun. Virgo is resonant with divine order. Pisces is abstract, formless. Tension between logic and intuition. Alignment with compassion and service. Where or what do you need to clean up or reorganize or let go?

The weeks between the eclipses are always rich and deep. March 2025 is particularly intense. Profound.

Venus and Mercury, both retrograde in Aries (and then in Pisces) meet and weave through the eclipse portal. Venus retro in Aries is impulsive and direct (read more in my previous post). Mercury retro in Aries often jumps to conclusions, is argumentative and outspoken. Keep that in mind and think before you speak.

Significant dates below with brief comments, not intended as a thorough analysis:

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Our reality is changing shape, we are transforming. We are in the Chrysalis.

 

March 15: Mercury in Aries stations retrograde alongside Venus retrograde in Aries.  Courageous and bold or egotistic bravado?

March 20: Spring Equinox, Sun enters Aries.

March 22: Sun conjunct Venus Aries. Midpoint of the Venus retro cycle. Love, money, self-worth, all relationships, creativity. What do you want?

March 24: Sun conjunct Mercury Aries. Midpoint of the Mercury retro cycle. Illumination of the mind. Dynamic communication. Ambition.

March 27: Venus retro enters Pisces and conjuncts Neptune. What are your dreams? (waking and/or sleeping).

March 29: Solar Eclipse Aries and Mercury retro enters Pisces and conjuncts Neptune. (more in the next AstroFlash)

March 30: Neptune enters Aries. (until October 22, 2025 then returns to Pisces, and into Aries January 26, 2026 – May 21, 2038).

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We are transforming, we are in the Chrysalis.

 

There is a lot for us to chew on. March 22-24 is a potent juncture.

Note what houses in your chart hold Pisces and Aries, there is a great focus of activity and change in these areas for you. Allow space for rest to calm and refresh your waters as well as physical activity to revitalize your body and spirit!

I’ll follow-up towards the end of the month with thoughts about the Solar Eclipse and Neptune’s entry into Aries.

With love,

Jacqueline

“Just had a fabulous reading by Jacqueline – she is so on the mark and has a very eloquent way to explaining the complexities of life as it is unfolding with regards to astrology – I highly recommend her!” Amy C.

Navigation in the Mystery

Your astrological chart is a potent pattern: it is the matrix that reveals how the planets speak within you. Prediction is a matter of looking down the river to interpret and sense the shape and flow of the journey ahead. Consult your celestial compass: What are the conditions and optimal ways to navigate? What are your possibilities and options?

“When you bring consciousness to anything,
things begin to shift.”
Eve Ensler

The sun, the moon and the planets are your allies in seeking truth.
They offer parameters, milestones and timing.
They open doors – if you are willing to step through the threshold to
deeper understanding and self-acceptance.
I welcome your inquiry.
I offer navigation in the mystery through astrology and tarot.
With Love,
Jacqueline

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Pisces New Moon, Venus & Mars Standstill

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Confusion reigns.
No one really knows all
what is going on.

Invite Mystery to sit at your table.
Surrender judgements,
bow to tenderness.

Face fear without allowing it’s cries
to fill your room.
Value compassion and the kinship
of unspoken affinities.

Write a letter to your hopes and dreams.
Look to the stars and listen to the ground.

Learn to read your intuitive compass and decipher invisible ink.
Sort through the curious treasure trove of your imagination.
Read the poetry etched on your heart.

Trust in the ineffable during uncertain times.

Cultivate integrity.
Practice gratitude.
Believe in love.

Pisces New Moon
February 27, 2025
4:45 pm PST

Questioning reality. Yearning for ideals. Numbing out.
Distraction. Overwhelm. Fatigue. Escapism.

Five planets plus the Lunar North Node line up in Pisces at this new moon. Neptune, ruler of Pisces, is still conjunct the North Node.

Take a time out. Hug a tree. Commune with the ocean. Gather with kindred spirits. Meditate with ambient music. Gaze at the sky. Cleanse your aura. Unplug. Sing! Be quiet.

It’s very complicated! Here goes…. take it slow…

Mars at a standstill.

Restrained friction, slow burn. Simmering. Treading water. We may question our or others motivations.

Check this out: Mars retrograde December 6, 2024 to February 23, 2025.

Now Mars hanging out at 17 degrees Cancer from February 12 – March 9. In other words, Mars is direct but not moving forward …yet!

After March 9, Mars begins to pick up speed… does that mean we are free and clear? Nope! Read on…

Venus is slowing down to retrograde on March 1st (until April 12).

Venus sits at 10 degrees Aries from February 23 to March 7 which overlaps with Mars at a standstill!

We are in a SLOW process of turning. Collectively and personally, we are processing, assimilating, concocting, maneuvering, managing, organizing, and  transforming.

Venus at a standstill.

Anger…Rage! Frustration. Provocative.

Relationships and/or $ often need revisioning.

Self-worth is examined, may be tested.

Venus demands that defend our values. What is worth fighting for?

“Venus stands guard against that which will poison us…”

Erin Sullivan

It gets even weirder when Mercury retrogrades on March 14 in the same area (Aries/Pisces) as the Venus retro.

Does this make your head spin?
You’re not the only one. This year is very complex!

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

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Reflections and Seeds of Intentions

Note: Venus was retro in Aries/Pisces March 4 to April 15, 2017. What was going on in your life? Similar themes come up for consideration. There is an echo of the past in your present situation.

What unfinished business in relationships is coming up for me now?

How may I respond compassionately to myself and with others?

“You always knock my socks off! You’re more than helpful…
insightful, brilliant, stimulating and GOOD. Thank you!”  Joan R.

Navigation in the Mystery

Your astrological chart is a potent pattern: it is the matrix that reveals how the planets speak within you. Prediction is a matter of looking down the river to interpret and sense the shape and flow of the journey ahead. Consult your celestial compass: What are the conditions and optimal ways to navigate? What are your possibilities and options?

“When you bring consciousness to anything,
things begin to shift.”
Eve Ensler

The sun, the moon and the planets are your allies in seeking truth.
They offer parameters, milestones and timing.
They open doors – if you are willing to step through the threshold to
deeper understanding and self-acceptance.
I welcome your inquiry.
I offer navigation in the mystery through astrology and tarot.
With Love,
Jacqueline

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Everything Changes

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Everything changes,
Everything changes,
Nothing is set in stone.


We’re in a complex turning of directions,
not a one-way street.

This year we seem to move forward,
only to backtrack, reassess,
and align our actions
with new information or circumstances.

However it shakes out,
We will be forever changed.

Different elements, values,
ideas and cultures
are coming together
and being influenced by another.

It may seem unreal,
like a dream.

 

Whose dream are you dreaming?

Whose dream are you believing?

The collective dreams are the underpinning.
Don’t ignore the subtleties.
Yes, it is confusing,
leaning towards numbing out,
stumbling into deceptions and falsehoods,
mesmerized and addictive…

(reflected by Neptune (in late Pisces) conjunct the Lunar North Node in aspect to the upcoming Venus retrograde).

Don’t get sucked into a downward spiral! Give yourself quiet time to tune into your center and clear away the distractions that weigh you down and sap your strength and vitality. Soothe yourself with movement and touch; with music and song; feast your eyes on beautiful flowers and the vibrant, living green. Gather with friends and community.

“There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” Rumi

Leo Full Moon
February 12, 2025, 5:52 am PST

In the days leading up to the full moon, Sun and Mercury conjunct in Aquarius on February 9 (clarity and the ability to articulate new awareness). The next day, February 10, Mercury squares Uranus, followed by Sun square Uranus on February 11. The next morning, on February 12, the Moon moves into place, creating a full moon with Moon, Sun and Mercury squaring Uranus (a T-square in astrological parlance).

We’re in for a shock. Uranus is known for unexpected disruptions and often crisis. Rapid change. At the very least, it will be tense. Considering that the full moon is in Leo, I don’t expect it to be understated. More likely dramatic fireworks.

Also note, Mars (Cancer) is still retrograde, slowing down until it stations direct on February 23. Still moving slowly until it picks up the pace after March 9.

There’s more ahead… to be continued. Stay attuned to what is life-giving and not what is draining your life force.

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Reflections for our Times

Whose dream am I dreaming?

Whose dream am I believing?

What are the practices in my life where I may feel embodied and whole?

“Thank you for your eloquent perspective and wise cosmic guidance.”  JZ

Navigation in the Mystery

Your astrological chart is a potent pattern: it is the matrix that reveals how the planets speak within you. Prediction is a matter of looking down the river to interpret and sense the shape and flow of the journey ahead. Consult your celestial compass: What are the conditions and optimal ways to navigate? What are your possibilities and options?

“When you bring consciousness to anything,
things begin to shift.”
Eve Ensler

The sun, the moon and the planets are your allies in seeking truth.
They offer parameters, milestones and timing.
They open doors – if you are willing to step through the threshold to
deeper understanding and self-acceptance.
I welcome your inquiry.
I offer navigation in the mystery through astrology and tarot.
With Love,
Jacqueline

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Cancer Full Moon – Nourish

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“Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.”
Audre Lorde

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Storm surge, high tide,
seeking security in turbulent waters.
Clinging to a rock in the oceanic mysteries,
buffeted by agitated and fluctuating waves.

Cautious and impatient
is a strange dynamic for change.
Opposing currents create turbulence,
conflict riptide intensity.
Is there no repose? Then go with the flow.

Stay awake.
Respect your gut intelligence,
hone your instincts.
Include an expansive perspective
of the complex geometry
of disorienting truth
and divisive polarity.

Spiral inward, know your center,
your moral compass, your internal clock
aligned with integrity.

Keep your eyes open and your heart humming.

Nourish strength and tenderness
deep within.

“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.”
Carl Gustav Jung

Cancer Full Moon – Nourish
January 13, 2025
2:26 pm PST

The Moon is in its home sign of Cancer, emotions are running high, overflowing. Mars retrograde in the mix, closely aligned with the Moon, heightens awareness of our own suffering, empathy for other’s suffering, and the urge take action, to do something. Emotions run into overdrive with irritability, anger and willfulness. Impulsivity is not all bad, watch your step. Perhaps it is the kick-start you need.

Moon in Cancer opposite Sun in Capricorn highlights caution and security… and just reading the news headlines these days rattles anxieties and fears!

The tension of this lunation spills out in to the month with these notable oppositions to Mars retrograde in Cancer:

1/15 Sun opposite Mars retrograde is the tense half way point in Mars retro cycle that started 12/6. Once again irritability, aggression, and confrontation often arise, but take note of what your emotions are showing you about who you think you are, what you’re fighting for or your attitude.

1/23 Mercury opposite Mars retrograde: arguments and fights, hot-headed, impulsive communication. Hasty judgments or keen insights. Notice and change compulsive thoughts.

All these oppositions are an opportunity to get to know ourselves, our feelings and how we’re coming across to others.

“Up until recently, research showed that we can name and label about three emotions accurately: happy, sad and angry. That means every nuanced feeling that we have – disappointment, resentment, dread, worry, wonder, awe – we shove into these three big crude buckets.”  Brene Brown

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How may I be in tune with my internal rhythms in ways that make me stronger?

How may I stabilize my emotions and be most effective in fulfilling my responsibilities?

What are the practices in my life where I am able to integrate all parts of me and feel whole?

Who are the people in my life with whom I am comfortable with all parts of me and feel whole?

 

“Thank you for the depth of your presence in your readings and writings.” S.R.

Navigation in the Mystery

Your astrological chart is a potent pattern: it is the matrix that reveals how the planets speak within you. Prediction is a matter of looking down the river to interpret and sense the shape and flow of the journey ahead. Consult your celestial compass: What are the conditions and optimal ways to navigate? What are your possibilities and options?

“When you bring consciousness to anything,
things begin to shift.”
Eve Ensler

The sun, the moon and the planets are your allies in seeking truth.
They offer parameters, milestones and timing.
They open doors – if you are willing to step through the threshold to
deeper understanding and self-acceptance.
I welcome your inquiry.
I offer navigation in the mystery through astrology and tarot.
With Love,
Jacqueline

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Solstice Gateway

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“In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.”
Wilma Mankiller

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Solstice Gateway

Gaze within
the rising tide of darkness,
see the glimmer of stardust
in your bones.

The constellation of our times
draws us closer
to our collective underworld
where truth, morality, and ethics
cry out from the center of our galaxy.

Crisis motivates change.
Stay awake.
Cultivate your relationship
with the natural world.

Be nourished by truth,
music, dance, art,
healthy food,
and good company.

Allow the infinite river of loving kindness
to stream through your heart and mind.

Listen to the trees, the earth, the sky, and all that is alive.
Offer your attention to each precious moment.

Be real. Be gentle. Be kind.

 

“With our actions every day, and just by being our truest self, we are a conduit of possibilities for others. Just by living the best lives we can, the kindest, the most compassionate, we have done something to sustain and illuminate a path to freedom.” Sharon Salzberg

Solstice Gateway
December 21, 2024

The days grow longer,
the light is returning.

Sun in Capricorn prompts us to
trust our roots,
to gather ancestral wisdom and
take responsibility for our lives
and for the generations ahead.

Jupiter square Saturn
December 24, 2024
read about it: https://jacquelinelasahn.com/reality-check/

Mars Retrograde
December 6, 2024 – February 23, 2025
read about it: https://jacquelinelasahn.com/mars-and-pluto-take-the-stage/

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So much love to you,

Jacqueline

Navigation in the Mystery

Your astrological chart is a potent pattern: it is the matrix that reveals how the planets speak within you. Prediction is a matter of looking down the river to interpret and sense the shape and flow of the journey ahead. Consult your celestial compass: What are the conditions and optimal ways to navigate? What are your possibilities and options?

“When you bring consciousness to anything,
things begin to shift.”
Eve Ensler

The sun, the moon and the planets are your allies in seeking truth.
They offer parameters, milestones and timing.
They open doors – if you are willing to step through the threshold to
deeper understanding and self-acceptance.
I welcome your inquiry.
I offer navigation in the mystery through astrology and tarot.
With Love,
Jacqueline

Stay in touch & Subscribe to AstroFlash!

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