Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast: Mars in Cancer, the Scorpio Full Moon, and Taurus Season 2021

Taurus season is here, and this one has A LOT going on. Yesterday, Mercury and the Sun entered Taurus, creating a stabilizing effect on the energizing energy from the start of spring. 

Later this week, Mars enters Cancer (Friday), and the Full Moon in Scorpio opens up a major portal for potential healing and release (Monday).

These coinciding transits make the energy this week palpably rife with the potential to translate emotional healing (and purging!) into physical, manifest beauty and abundance. 

This comes with a caveat, as in order to receive the deep benefits of emotional release and manifest up-leveling, you have to be willing to move through the depths of your own shadows. 

Notice the full range of emotions from love to anger to grief to peace. Remind yourself that you are courageous enough and present enough to feel them one by one.

Mars in Cancer supports you in your ability to honor, nurture, and care for your inner state, but make sure this manifests as true care and not as hiding from yourself or your purpose.

This is a good week to take some time to reflect, pause, and heal. You can do it. 

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This week’s AstroYoga posture supports the Taurus, Cancer, and Scorpio-ruled sections of the body.


ASTRO YOGA TIP OF THE WEEK 

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Practice puppy pose (Uttana Shishosana)

To practice this pose:

1. Come to table top position (hands and knees)
2. Walk the hands forward and begin melting the heart toward the earth
3. Either keep the torso away from the floor, rest the forehead on the floor, or place the chest and chin on the floor (according to your comfort and flexibility)
4. Stay and breathe

PRO TIP

Allow the lower back and hips to widen as you enter this back bend. Allow the backbend to take place more in the upper back. This is a great posture to begin to open the more fixed vertebrae in the upper thoracic spine, so give yourself time and space here to allow them to open!

My advice on how this asana connects with astrology is general. Your personal chart will offer more specific advice on what sorts of activities could fortify your best qualities and encourage growth where there’s unrealized potential.

Your Weekly AstroYoga Forecast: Aries-Taurus Cusp--A Secret Stage of Manifestation

This is a week filled with the mixture of Aries and Taurus energy. 

Both these signs hold the energy of spring, and esoterically, these energies represent the coming together of the energy of your spirit (Aries) and the energy of your body (Taurus).

When Aries and Taurus combine, they lead to wellbeing, increased energy toward your goals, and heightened powers of manifestation.

As the Aries new moon energy from last weekend begins to grow and manifest new things in your life, offer yourself some Taurus energy to support it.

This week, Venus and Mercury both move from Aries into Taurus, offering you the chance to sustain, support, and ground yourself in the intentions you set for the Aries new moon.

Give yourself lots of space and grace as you travel this path this month. Uranus' presence in Taurus makes these transits important moments when you can examine, redefine, and offer compassion to yourself for the way you've responded to big shifts in the last few years.

This week’s AstroYoga posture offers invigoration and opening for the Aries and Taurus-ruled sections of the body.


ASTRO YOGA TIP OF THE WEEK 

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Practice plow pose (Halasana)

To practice this pose:

1. Lie on your back
2. Lift the legs to the sky at a 90 degree angle
3. Stay OR lift the hips to the hands, keeping the torso at a 45 degree angle to the floor
4. Stay OR double check that all neck vertebrae are lifted and shift the torso to a 90 degree angle
5. Stay OR bend the hips, lowering the feet behind you

PRO TIP

Check in with the vertabrae in the neck as you move into this posture. The true hallmark of an advanced yoga practice is one that is both SAFE and AWARE. As you move, make sure that all weight rests in the shoulders rather than the spine. Ideally, most bodies will have a small gap between the floor and the spine throughout this posture.

If you do practice full plow pose, be sure to follow with a fish posture!

My advice on how this asana connects with astrology is general. Your personal chart will offer more specific advice on what sorts of activities could fortify your best qualities and encourage growth and healing where there’s unrealized potential.

New Moon in Aries 2021: AstroYoga Forecast

The New Moon in Aries is coming up this Saturday, joining the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Chiron in Aries.

This formation gives this week the most potent Aries energy of Aries Season 2021.

What this means for you:

You now have a heightened capacity to turn dreams into action. This is a moment when the energy you've been spending on places, projects, and people that don't resonate with you can be redirected toward your most aligned aims.

The time for fully embodying the truth of your self is here. The time for stepping into the fullness of your being and allowing your passions, spirit, and drive to be expressed is now.

Ask yourself who you truly want to be. Ask yourself what you truly want to do. Use this new moon to set the intention to do and be that which aligns with you. Allow yourself to be fully yourself now, releasing all that is not you.

This week’s AstroYoga posture offers invigoration and balance for the Aries-ruled sections of the body.

ASTRO YOGA TIP OF THE WEEK 

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Practice Rabbit pose (Sasangasana)

To practice this pose:

1. Kneel on both knees
2. Curl your spine and place the top of your head on your mat, close to your knees
3. Grab your heels and raise your bottom toward the sky
4. Stay and breathe into the back body

PRO TIP

This posture opens up and invigorates the energetically receptive areas of the body. Practice this pose to receive nourishment by breathing into the back body and allowing a true release by sitting with any discomfort (not pain) rather than resisting it.

My advice on how this asana connects with astrology is general. Your personal chart will offer more specific advice on what sorts of activities could fortify your best qualities and encourage growth where there’s unrealized potential.

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Your Mind is Power: Astrology Forecast for March and April 2021

This week, Mercury travels through the end of Pisces and into Aries. Mercury is the planet of thought, communication, and the mind, and this transit is a brief, but powerful moment when you can get right within your own head.

If you've been swimming in thoughts, feelings, and communication patterns that shift from manageable to overwhelming in unexpected ways, now is a moment when these patterns can shift.

When Mercury enters Aries this Saturday, a two-week period begins when you can begin to move the mind easily using the power of your intention and your attention. 

If you consciously engage with this Mercury transit, questions about where you stand will be clairified, and you'll be able to direct your thoughts, actions, and life energy into concentrated, positive directions. 

This has the ability to take you where you want to go and to offer you comfort as you recognize your simultaneous individuality and connection with the universe. 

Ask yourself where you want to go and what you want to do. If you simmer in this question through Saturday, clarity will begin to emerge from within your own spirit.

This week’s AstroYoga posture offers opening, flow, and connection for the channels of this transit.


ASTRO YOGA TIP OF THE WEEK 

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Practice standing wide-legged forward bend (Prasarita Padottanasana)

To practice this pose:

1. Take a wide stance
2. From the pelvis, fold forward with a long spine
3. Either place the hands under the face OR grab the big toes with the pointer and index fingers
4. Stay and breathe

PRO TIP

Use this posture to take a new perspective this week. Things have been shifting for everyone, and this pose can simultaneously invigorate and restore if performed with a balance between simplicity and length. Take it easy to balance the energies of the zodiac and this week's planetary influences.

My advice on how this asana connects with astrology is general. Your personal chart will offer more specific advice on what sorts of activities could fortify your best qualities and encourage growth and healing where there’s unrealized potential.

Full Moon in Libra, March 28, 2021: Healing, Love, and Insights

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What is the Spring Equinox 2021, and what does it mean in Astrology?

Happy Equinox! This is a powerful moment in the year with some potent opportunities for influencing the year to come. Watch this video to learn what this day means and how you can make the most of it!

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