“It’s the promise of life. It’s the joy in your heart.”
— Antonio Carlos Jobim

As if washed downstream by Jobim’s fanciful “Waters of March,” Venus departs Pisces and enters Aries shortly after 12:50 pm EDT (16:50:25 UTC) today. Less than seven hours later Mercury leaves Aries behind and enters Taurus, where it will remain until June 12 because of its upcoming retrograde.

With its ingress to Aries, Venus will emulate the Sun at last month’s vernal equinox. This renewal of the zodiac cycle of signs will carry extra poignancy for Venus this year because, during Thursday’s Aries New Moon, it will return to within a degree of its first 2015 conjunction with Mars.

For some of you, the merger of Venus with Mars in the second degree of Aries on Feb. 22 of last year may feel like only yesterday. Others of you will feel that a lot of water has gone under your life’s bridge since that time.

Regardless of your perception of the time elapsed, it is now true that Venus has returned to start over. Since Aries is ruled by Mars (which is currently lagging behind in Sagittarius), Venus is not exactly in its element there. Nonetheless, given the fact that Venus and Mars complement (as in “complete”) each other, it’s a meaningful place for Venus to be. On several levels, you might say it’s a starting over for how Venus works in your life.

In many ways, Venus really is the promise of life and the joy in your heart. That’s why the idea of starting over after a weekend initiated by April Fools’ Day has so much appeal. You can begin again by reconstructing yourself as consciously compassionate rather than reflexively compassionate. You can endeavor to evolve from being merely gracious to being truly graceful. If you need an example of the potential upside held by the traversal beginning today, you need look no farther than Abraham Lincoln, who was born with Venus in Aries.

Mercury’s subsequent ingress to Taurus shortly after 7:09 pm EDT (23:09:11 UTC) today is at least as significant as Venus starting over. Taurus is a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus. The combination of its element, quality and ruler confers upon Taurus an intimate association with the miracle of biological life.

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What could be more of a wonder than the stuff of mud become animate? Of all the improbabilities in the universe, what could be more astounding than the promise that every day of living brings?

Where else but in a living heart can joy even be known?

That’s the upside of a long and winding tenure for intellectual yet versatile Mercury in Taurus. It’s the potential to know in your mind — and express with your mind — what your body simply yet profoundly understands.

It’s a chance to reach a beach downstream from March and ground yourself in the fact that reality as a living biological being can indeed (in deed?) with all its challenges be the single thing most envied by even the Divine.

While you may have had a misadventure or two rolling downstream during the last month (or even the last year), there is no denying the fact that you have arrived here now. Based on the premise that what’s above corresponds to what’s below, that’s good news — but not conferred. It’s good news to be made. It’s good news to be found. If ever there were a good day to get started with the making and finding, Mercury and Venus say it’s today.

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