March 2

Mars moves into Pisces

Purim/The Festival of Lots begins at sunset

Ta’anit Esther/The Fast of Esther

March 3

Full Moon in Virgo (also known as the Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Lenten Moon, Sleepy Moon, Sap Moon, Seed Moon, and Worm Moon)

Purim/The Festival of Lots ends at sunset

Shushan Purim begins at sunset

Total Lunar Eclipse at the Full Moon: a massive, rolling stellium involving Mars at 00° Pisces, the North Node at 08° Pisces, a Retrograde Mercury at 20° Pisces, Venus at 26° Pisces, Neptune at 01° Aries, and Saturn at 02° Aries.

March 4

Holi (India)

Shushan Purim ends at sunset

March 6

Venus moves into Aries

March 8

Daylight Savings Time begins (ends November 1)

International Women’s Day

March 10

Jupiter goes Direct at 15° Cancer

March 12

Aztec (Mexika) New Year

March 15

Mothering Sunday (United Kingdom and Ireland)

March 17

Saint Patrick’s Day

Eclipse Shadow Period Ends

March 18

Eid-al-Fitr (end of Ramadan) at sunset

New Moon in Pisces

March 20

Mercury goes Direct at 08° Pisces

Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period begins

Spring Equinox/Ostara

Sun moves into Aries

March 25

Conceptio Christi/the Feast of the Annunciation, the Feast of the Incarnation,

Lady Day (Scandinavia)

March 29

Palm Sunday

March 30

Venus moves into Taurus

March 31

Cesar Chavez Day