Vernal Equinox – March 20, 2026, 14:46 UT

The New Moon in Pisces in the early hours of March 19, 2026, is followed by the Chiron-Eris conjnction in Aries later the same day. The Sun enters Aries on March 20, marking the Vernal Equinox and the beginning of the astrological new year. Mercury is stationary conjunct the North node of the Moon at 8+ degrees of Pisces, about to turn direct five hours later.

The New Moon at 28+ degrees of Pisces is in conjuncton with Neptune and tno Borasisi in the early Aries. Neptune is associated with oil and Borasisi with nuclear power, among other things. Both planets may also refer to a denial of the truth.

The Chiron-Eris conjunction at 24+ Aries shares its degree with centaur Okyrhoe, named after the nymph daughter of Chiron and Chariklo. She was a prophetess, whose ability to speak was taken. She revealed to Chiron his fate. Zeus tranformed her into a mare for revealing the secrets of the gods.

Astrologically Okyrhoe has been interpreted to give clairvoyance and abiliity to travel between different realities. According to Mark A. Holmes’s delineation, “Okyrhoe seems to indicate being criticized or attacked, being able to cope with attacks or unpopularity, ability to stand up for one’s beliefs or principles.”

This New Moon is in tight conjunction with Okyrhoe of the European Union at 29+ degrees of Pisces. The European leaders stood up for their principles despite of threats from Trump and rejected his call for help to reopen strait of Hormuz: “This is not our war.”

Silencing Okyrhoe can also be seen as a symbol of the restriction of press freedom and the free flow of information. When Trump was elected to his first term in 2017, Okyrhoe was in early Aquarius, caught by the Sun within a few days. Trump’s attacks on the American media and journalists began immediately. He has caused a significant decline in freedom of the press. In recent news we saw how the Pentagon has not permitted press photographers to take photos inside the press briefing room after taking unflattering photos of Pete Hegseth. There has been no free press in Putin’s Russia for a long time, but now Russian authorities have said that they are escalating internet censorship efforts by fully blocking the nation’s most popular social media platform Telegram in April.

I also consider the recent heated debate in Finland as an example of the Chiron-Eris-Okyrhoe conjunction. Our government proposed that all restrictions on nuclear weapons would be removed from the Nuclear Energy Act. The parties didn’t receive information about the government’s bill in advance. Broad parliamentary consensus on issues related to Finland’s security has worked successfully before. The assessment of such significant legislative changes affecting Finland’s security should take place in parliament.

Mercury turned retrograde on Feb. 26, 2026. Mars squared Uranus on Feb. 27, 2026, and the next day the United States and Israel began a series of strikes against Iran. Violence and accidents are commonly associated with the Mars-Uranus square. Now only a few days after the challenging square, the Full Moon at 12+ degrees of Virgo is accompanied by a total lunar eclipse. There are usually two lunar eclipses a year. This is the last total lunar eclipse until New Year’s Eve 2028. The Sun in Pisces is in exact conjunction with asteroid Pallas. The Moon in Virgo is tightly sextile to centaur 39P/Oterma in Cancer.

There is no clear orbital distinction between centaurs and comets. Centaur 39P/Oterma was discovered in 1943 by the Finnish astronomer Liisi Oterma. At the time it was an active comet, but a close approach to Jupiter in 1963 put it on its current inactive centaur orbit between Jupiter and Saturn. 39P/Oterma’s orbital period around the Sun is nearly 20 years. For the time being I am not able to get centaur 39P/Oterma appear in the chart wheel, but its location is currently at 12+ degrees of Cancer conjunct Jupiter.

There is another comet in Cancer more closely conjunct Jupiter, namely the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. It was discovered on July 1, 2025. It may be the oldest comet yet seen. It came from the direction of the Milky Way’s Galactic Center. Comet 3I/ATLAS cannot be traced back to its original parent star because it has been traveling around the Milky Way for billions of years. It passed closest to our Sun on Oct. 29, 2025. It will pass Jupiter on March 16, 2026, before heading further to the outer regions of our solar system and then escaping back into interstellar space. The opportunity to catch the message that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS came with will soon be lost.

The Sabian symbol for the Full Moon is Virgo 13, A strong hand supplanting political hysteria. “This is a symbol of the real weight of human personality as emphasized here by the direct intervention of outstanding individuals in the affairs of their fellows. They must provide an over-all ordering for each moment of history if it is to count for much in the lives of the others around them, since there is always a counsel of confusion to take over when events are allowed to drift or when the immediate leadership proves deficient. The greatest opportunity for self-discovery lies in the transient crises of everyday living. The keyword is POWER. When positive, the degree is consistent effectiveness in dramatizing personal potentials, and when negative, loss of all opportunity by timid action.” (Marc Edmund Jones)

Instead of order, the political leaders are providing us chaos and destruction. The symbol of the strong hand hardly refers to them. Asteroid Pallas is named after the Greek warrior goddess of wisdom, foresight, and well-planned warfare. Demetra George points out that in the sign of Pisces Pallas embraces the wisdom of compassion, and can be a devotee of nonviolent resistance, for example.