The Pisces New Moon:
Visualising Your Path to Alignment
On Thursday, 19th March at 1:23 am (GMT), the third New Moon of the year arrives in the dreamy, ethereal sign of Pisces. In the world of strategic moonology, this is a pivotal moment to pause the linear hustle and look back over the past 12 months to acknowledge exactly how far you have come.
Before you rush into your next set of quarterly targets, this lunar phase invites you to dream big and visualise the life you truly want. When you look ahead, what do you see? Where will you go, who will be by your side, and - most importantly - how will it feel once you have arrived?
Understanding the Lunar Cycle
New Moons represent the beginning of a four-week cycle. They provide us with a natural reset button to set intentions that help us achieve professional goals or maintain the personal standards we value.
The 6-Month Container: While we set intentions every four weeks, anything initiated under this New Moon should ideally reach completion by the Full Moon in the same sign.
The Timeline: This gives you a dedicated six-month container for your strategy, culminating with the Full Moon in Pisces on 28th August, which is also an Eclipse.
Scale Your Ambition: Your New Moon wishes can be as expansive or as minute as you like. If a dream feels overwhelming, simply break it down into smaller, manageable milestones to track your progress through each subsequent cycle.
Healing, Resting, and Dreaming
Think of this Pisces New Moon as the caterpillar in the cocoon. After the shifts triggered by the Virgo Eclipse, you need this dedicated time to rest, integrate, and process the changes occurring in your life. This is your space to heal from the things that have been holding you back so you can emerge renewed.
This week’s guide explores the specific energy of the Pisces transit and how you can work with it to heal, ground and grow.
The Zodiac: Working with Mutable Water Energy
Not all New Moons are the same; they are flavoured by the zodiac sign the Moon is in at the time and influenced by other planetary movements. A New Moon is always in the same sign as the Sun, giving us a double dose of that sign's energy to work with - which is exactly why this is such a potent time for goal setting.
The Flexibility of Pisces
Pisces is one of the four mutable signs, which follow the fixed signs and bridge the gap to the next cardinal sign. These are the more flexible signs which welcome change and adapt to it. With themes centred on imagination, spirituality, and intuition, Pisces provides the ideal backdrop to visualise your goals and allow your inner guidance to direct your steps in achieving them.
The Dreamer’s Challenge
As one of the three Water element signs, Pisces is emotional, sensitive, receptive, mystic, and compassionate. However, as the dreamer of the zodiac, this energy can sometimes become ungrounded as they float through life. Use this New Moon as a good time to review your own grounding techniques and how you protect your own energy.
Ask yourself:
Do I have good boundaries?
Do I need to stand up for myself more?
Am I being truly kind to myself?
Setting Your Intentions
When setting your Pisces New Moon intentions, we can use the specific themes and energy of this sign to help us. Here are the key questions you should ask yourself to get the most from this energy:
What is my intuition telling me?
How can I trust myself more?
How can I move closer to my dreams in the next 6 months?
How can I have more compassion?
Where do I need to set healthy boundaries?
Where do I need to be more gentle?
Practical Alignment
There are also several practical ways that you can work with this New Moon:
Water Rituals: As a water sign, try taking a bath or being submerged in water. If you have always wanted to try cold water swimming, give it a go now.
Gentle Movement: As this is a gentle energy, starting a yoga practice (or recommitting to one) is a great way to gently get your body moving if cold water swimming doesn’t appeal to you.
Mindful Healing: It’s all about finding ways to heal your mind, body, and soul; perhaps for you, that means starting to meditate.
Compassionate Action: As a kind and compassionate sign, asking for help where you need it and offering to help others are also great ways to work with the energy.
The Astrology: A Gathering of Planetary Energy
When you look at the chart for this New Moon, it looks like all the planets are gathering for a party on one side. We have a concentrated cluster of energy with the Sun, Moon, Mars, and a retrograde Mercury all in Pisces, while Neptune, Saturn, and Venus are all next door in Aries.
While the party is large, it is specifically Neptune and Saturn who are close enough to whisper to the Moon, with Uranus adding its influence from over in Taurus.
Saturn: Structure, Karma, and Reality Checks
Saturn is the planet of Karma. It often gets a bad reputation for being restrictive, but the truth is that we all need a bit of structure and discipline at times to reach our goals.
The Big Picture: Currently in instinctive Aries, Saturn asks us to look at our systems and question if they are truly supporting us or simply controlling us. It is a time to identify where you need to be more assertive.
The New Moon Impact: For this lunar phase, Saturn is here to bring us back down to earth. If you find yourself feeling lonely, depressed, or pessimistic, you can channel that heavy energy productively by knuckling down to a significant work project.
Neptune: Dreams, Vision, and the Piscean Fog
Neptune is the planet of dreams. It oozes spirituality, but its shadow side can bring confusion or emotional overwhelm.
The Big Picture: Neptune began a 14-year journey through pioneering Aries in January. This is a long-term cycle for spiritual action, establishing your own identity, evaluating digital tools, and learning to act with vision rather than moving impulsively.
The New Moon Impact: Right now, Neptune is bringing that signature confusion to this New Moon - which is exactly what we don't need when navigating the already watery emotions of Pisces.
Expert Tip: Be mindful of unrealistic wishes. If you start something now that you don’t truly believe in, it is likely to have fizzled out and been forgotten by the time we reach the Full Moon.
Uranus: Innovation and the Element of Surprise
Uranus is the crazy planet of chaos and mayhem; it is the place in the chart where sudden, unpredictable changes happen.
The Big Picture: While Uranus is in stable Taurus, we need to look closely at our personal values and what makes us feel secure. This is a potent time for finding innovative new solutions to money and security.
The New Moon Impact: For this New Moon, Uranus wants us to break out of our regular old routines and start experimenting. It feels almost like an echo from the recent Virgo Full Moon Eclipse. We know that whenever Uranus shows up, something exciting is about to happen.
A Note on Mercury Retrograde
As a side note, Mercury is currently retrograde in Pisces, which may add to the foggy feeling of this period. However, this retrograde ends the day after the New Moon. Use this final day of the cycle to feel your way through your intentions and cocoon before the energy shifts back into forward motion.
Summary of the Energy
In short, this is a time for spiritual action tempered by reality. While the Pisces energy encourages us to dream, the presence of Saturn and Uranus reminds us that those dreams need a solid foundation and a willingness to try something new.
Your New Moon Rising Sign Guide
To find out what this New Moon is about for you, find your Rising Sign below. If you don’t know your Rising Sign you can find it here. If you don't know your time of birth, you can just use your Sun Sign.
Aries Rising - It’s all about your secret and most private self
Things to do
Yoga
Have a break
Face one fear
Trust your intuition
Meditate
Share a secret
Taurus Rising - It’s all about your friends and special networks, and your hopes and dreams
Things to do
Sign up for a new class
Meet some new people
Wish on a star
Say hi to someone you see every day but never speak to
Get together with friends
Join a new social group
Gemini Rising - It’s all about your career and reputation
Things to do
Help a colleague
Start a new business
Apply for new jobs
Take credit where you have earned it
Plot your next career move
Check you haven’t become status-mad
Cancer Rising - It’s all about adventure, travel and personal development
Things to do
Explore the world
Read some books
Do a personal development course
Find a new spiritual teacher
Talk about your faith
Make a cyber friend
Leo Rising - It’s all about other people's money and where it meets yours
Things to do
Pay off, or take out, a loan
Open a savings account
Cancel a credit card
Ask for a pay rise
Try something new with your partner
Face a fear
Virgo Rising - It’s all about love and marriage, relationships, business partnerships, friends and foes
Things to do
Throw out old love letters
Recommit to your partner or try online dating
Play matchmaker for a friend
List out the qualities you look for in a partner
Think about what a loving relationship means to you
Meet friends
Libra Rising -It’s all about your daily work and health routines
Things to do
Renew gym membership
Look at your diet
Help someone else
Read a book on positive thinking
Eat healthy lunches
Meditate
Scorpio Rising - It’s all about creativity, fun, kids and romance
Things to do
Do something creative
Start a new creative hobby
Play a game
Do something fun
Go on a date
Hang out with children
Sagittarius Rising - It’s all about home and family, where you come from and where you feel like you belong
Things to do
Have a car boot sale
See your parents
Sort out your photos
Get together with friends
Renovate or redecorate at home, or even move
Explore your family history
Capricorn Rising - It’s all about communicating
Things to do
Read a book
Go on a short trip
Hang out with a sibling
Learn a new language
Really listen to others
Catch up on correspondence
Aquarius Rising - It’s all about your cash, property, talents and assets
Things to do
Start a savings account
Pay bills, taxes, debts etc
Hire an accountant
Show off your talents
Get a neck and shoulder massage
Invest in a new face cream
Pisces Rising - It’s all about the image you present to the world
Things to do
Throw out your make-up and start again
Move home
Have a facial
Have an eye test
Wear a bright colour
Have a make-over
Conclusion: Emerging from the Cocoon
I hope you found this week’s blog helpful as you navigate the ethereal and healing waters of the Pisces New Moon.
Remember, this is your time to be the caterpillar in the cocoon. Before the world demands your next big move, give yourself permission to rest, integrate the shifts from the recent Virgo Eclipse, and dream about what is possible. By using this six-month container to align your intentions with the lunar cycle, you can stop the linear hustle and start leading with the light.
Stop Wandering in the Dark
If you feel like you are pushing against a closed door or starting projects at the wrong time, it might be because you are out of sync with your personal lunar rhythm.
My Personalised New & Full Moon Readings are designed to help you stop guessing and start flowing. By looking at exactly where the moon hits your unique birth chart, we identify your specific Seed Moments and Harvest Windows so you can manifest with precision.
What’s included in your reading:
Custom Birth Chart Overlay: See exactly which area of your life is being impacted.
Personalised Ritual Guide: Practical steps, including journal prompts, crystals, and actions to take for the transit.
Key Dates & Timing: Know the exact window when the energy is strongest for you.
PDF Delivery: A grounding reminder you can re-read whenever you need it.
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