The Astrology of March 2023: Featuring Saturn and Pluto Changing Signs!

[@mmangelsun]

Embracing melancholy as one does with moon in Pisces. Without downtime and dreamtime, I am simply not healthy. What an absolutely beautiful talk today. Thank you. And, yes, to rehiring the Robin Williams character, the old man. Just yes! for so many reasons.

[@blissgps3899]

Pisces rising here, absolutely been feeling the extreme pressure to look deep into my life's journey and asking if I'm living my best life, am I feeling directionless, and needing to get my life back on track, course correct, and finding my happiness, where did it go? how do I get it back? who am I? who do I want to be going forward? how to move forward? putting the past to rest. heavy stuff.

[@cdwalsh]

Same, Pisces Rising ✌️you said it best.

[@ERV0608]

I feel you. Hang in there bilss GPS. 🙏🏽🤗

[@joanna-on-earth6390]

Pisces Rising vibes, for sure!

[@Waterlilys.]

We got this!! Pisces Rising here!! 💕

[@sierragrant1506]

So curious if you’re a rising Pisces born in the 90s? Did you have Pluto in the 11th house? I did and it’s been a rough couple weeks ending this 15 year cycle of being in the public eye in a way that doesn’t feel comfortable

[@kaitlynatown]

Another Kerouac quote that I think really embodies this time is the last line of Dharma Bums “Desolation, Desolation, I owe so much to desolation… thank you for bringing me to the place where I learned all”

[@fauxgazi]

“Your life is already artful, waiting, just waiting for you to make it art.” - Toni Morrison

[@ubergeraldine]

Alas Guernica is also art!

[@RoxxiRed]

I’ve been in a place of extreme melancholy, and have been plagued by loneliness. I’ve been beginning to embrace it though, because I know how necessary this time is for me coming out of an abusive marriage. I feel like I’m in a cocoon. I planted a garden that’s beginning to sprout and I feel like once it blooms I will be ready too.

[@emilytatomer7889]

I LOVE listening to Shawn Nygard! I feel like his words just wash over and through me leaving such richness in their wake.

[@LinLin256]

I know. That Venus in Pisces is really great to listen to 😂😂 I used to fall in love with a classical guitarist with Venus in Pisces. Great artists they are ☺️☺️

[@susand4255]

Interesting observation about the Piscean opposites (fish) being attached. Saturn rules oppositions, so maybe the way we deal with oppositions will change, becoming less rigid and more mutable.

[@nc23scasbear]

“Art of living your life” .. Amen Adam 🙌🏽

[@snakewomangirl]

Venus in Pisces conjunct Chiron in the 6th house opposite the moon conjunct Pluto in Virgo in the 12th. Ongoing artwork re relationships and issues around mothering and attachment. Love Shaun’s input, he is a voice for the soul. Have him on more, just listened to his podcast, fantastic.❤

[@brightwithspirit]

You know what is wild to me? The last two weeks I cannot stop listening to The Pet Shop Boys! Just out of the blue I am revisiting them and totally addicted.... so of all the songs Shawn has on repeat, it's pet shop boys. Wow! I'll def be checking his podcast out on musical taste alone haha. (Although who doesn't like smashing pumpkins? 🤔 what! )

[@GuardianofLight8]

That was music to my ears so many things I will be exploring, and definitely heading over to Shawn’s podcast. Thank you for this episode

[@cathygnatek7190]

Saturn at 0 Pisces here, absolutely spiritual path of tears. 2nd Saturn return on 3/7

[@LadyRebecca363]

Wow, my 1st daughter is the same day as your birth✨ 3/7/82

[@EricaSpradlin]

Best to you!♥️ At least you’re aware, may you be able to better navigate. 🙏

[@caroljamault5718]

Wanderful talk! I was particularly delighted with the idea of making peace with shades and shadows. Recently I have been working with my neighbors in replacing the lightning in my community. I have suggested warm gentle lights with the intention of “preserving some night” but despite my arguments on health and the need of restorative sleep, a cozy feeling, and environmental consideration for biodiversity protection, the majority still voted for a daylight Target style 😅 Although I got frustrated, I was still able to share the message. This podcast today helped me feel that I’m not alone in seeing it or working for deeper connection with Nature on an individual level and through the work I (we) do. AI bots are not for me. In gratitude for both of you for these beautiful channels.

[@janemay639]

Interesting to hear thoughts about Saturn moving into Pisces after a long period of being in Saturn ruled signs. It is a relief, and a gentler transit. The boundaries that are so rigid in Capricorn and Aquarius start to be dissolved, blurred, transcended. In my personal life, that time spanned my Saturn return, and some intense transits from Saturn and Pluto to my natal chart. It’s somewhat amusing to me that I went from being a very un-Saturn like person prior to these transits, to being strong-armed by situations and relationships into becoming much more “Saturnian:” jaded, disciplined, rigid, realistic, cautious, materialistic… Now these transits are fading for me, personally, and it’s like so much tension is starting to be released. It’s strange feeling that those qualities have become so integrated into me that I feel concerned, afraid of not upholding them. Yet I also see where some very sacred, wonderful things inside myself have faded. Enthusiasm, idealism, individuality, optimism, my dreams, just to name a few. Now, I’m trying to go forward with the lessons I’ve learned, and allow space for those qualities to blossom, too. Seeing this happen in the world astrologically as well is profound. It’s humbling, hard to put it succinctly. One of the beautiful things about that is that it shows that everything is tied together, everything does give meaning to each other. There’s a time for one, and a time for all. That’s all encompassing- for better, and for worse- but how wondrous is that in the grand scheme of things? I hope it leads to some beautiful connections and creations during Saturn in Pisces.

[@cherylmoser6383]

Wonderful collaboration!

[@janemay639]

Pisces following Aquarius and Capricorn, so symbolically profound and rich with meaning. We grow and create structures, then try to make those structures more advanced- but without everything Pisces rules, it’s hollow, harsh, weaponized, soulless. We need to transcend for those creations to serve humanity best. Interesting how Pisces is part of the axis of service with Virgo. It’s vague, hard to define, hard to quantify, but so, so important, so powerful. We need to love, we need to forgive, we need to look beyond, we need to reach beyond delineation. It’s a sacred part of the process in life, no lesser than anything else. Because of its formless reality, its mysteries that elude “knowing,” many skeptics discount its value. Pisces is quite misunderstood. It can be quite maddening, speaking as a ♓️ moon! Yet it certainly has its place…

[@thesandboxpod]

#grabbed I signed up for a six-week course that guides a cohort through The Artists Way via assignments and community. I realized afterward that it begins March 6 on the Eve of Saturn’s ingress into Pisces. I had been getting messages that I needed to dig into my creativity but felt clueless (in my Neptune square Neptune transit) so this felt perfectly timed. coincidently Pisces is the the sign of my fifth house.

[@blissgps3899]

the wizard of oz talk is exactly my life right now as a pisces rising. moving into the unknown and following the yellow brick road or staying in the black and white dust bowl era depression . time to go, not sure what's out there will it be better or just a shinier version of what I already have. thank you so much for this video.

[@EricaSpradlin]

As for Saturn; I feel that it has had a huge influence on Pluto as it’s guide. As if Pluto was a helper. With Saturn entering into Pisces. I feel Saturn will be behind the scenes, as if watching unnoticed.

[@iamfranny]

As a fellow literary person (I too think in story, song, and poem references), I felt at home listening to Shawn. Thanks for having him!

[@laswan11]

#grabbed -- Adam, this video is profound. I admire how you're able to contextualize a reality that is difficult to name, and unpack it in a way that truly serves the masses - thank you! Here’s my #grabbed: In Feb 2022, I discovered that Pluto would ingress into Aquarius, direct for *40 days*, and then retrograde back to Capricorn *40 days* later. At that moment, despite having no religious association of the 40 day symbolism (future episode idea??) I asked the universe to present me with an opportunity for "awakening" during what I anticipate to be a significant 80-day period and preview into the two decades ahead... Short backstory: In July 2019, I was struck by the impending Jupiter/Saturn/Pluto conjunction and was intuitively guided to take my life in a new direction knowing my burnout and general life discontent (aka, misery) could not sustain a global crisis. I left my job, my marriage, and my last box left my old home on March 8, 2020. Just one week later, California issued its Stay at Home order and I exhaled a sigh of relief -- I had made it!! Fast forward to Aug 2022 (after being blissfully unemployed for nearly 3 yrs and on a deep journey of self development and dark night of the soul) and I was contacted by a former boss who first appeared in my life during my first Saturn Return--redirecting my life from grad school to a career in the Travel Industry (circa 2011 with Pluto sq. my AC and Jupiter opp. my AC, with a 3rd H. Sagg stellium… go figure). Shortly after being hired, this boss offered to sponsor my attendance at a weeklong event called the "Integrated & Embodied Awakening Retreat" from March 26-31, 2023...! So now, as I prepare for Pluto's transit, and this retreat, your points are perfectly aligned: 1. I am being exposed to a new philosophy and paradigm through which to perceive the world, and entering a community of people who will likely reorient my social identity (Pluto’s sextiling my 3rd H. Saturn @ 1° Sag) 2. Illuminating the parts of myself I’ve been hiding will allow them to transform, and through creative tension, will ultimately evolve my personas to be in greater coherence with my authentic self--putting me in greater alignment with my soul tribe and those who I'm meant to serve (Aquarius) 3. Revealing unconscious motivations of my patterns will further direct me away from blindly following outdated norms so I can serve as a model for new thought and a new and integrated way of being in the New Age. 4. I am about to purchase the property I’ve been renting, and my focus will soon shift away from all the endings I’ve been weaving and lessons I’ve been integrating into beginning a new journey of birthing my vision of a healing retreat center. (Pluto will conjunct my 5th H. Jupiter from 2028-2035) 5. So many parts of ourselves have been shut down by others, starting with something as simple as an innocent hushing from our parents at a moment those parts were being expressed at an inconvenient or socially unacceptable time; rather than our child psyches being able to discern the context of the given situation, we internalized it as punishment and took it upon ourselves to banish a true and beautiful expression to the corners of our psyche--too afraid to ever again step on stage. I hope to bring those parts of myself forth to speak, sing, and shine once again! Thank you again for sharing your insight and I will carry these concepts with me into the retreat and for years to come 🙏🏼 Namaste

[@lynnmcmvt1815]

This was so good. Thanks for letting us in on one of your discussions. As a confirmed Hillmaniac (which I know he’d hate 😂) I can’t wait to listen to Shawn’s first podcast. So glad you’ve begun these, Shawn!

[@t.francoisii5567]

30:03 is my favourite part - the path of tears

[@johncamacho6657]

Another brilliant presentation. Saturn in Pisces here AND feeling my 2nd Saturn return already. My journey has encompassed a great deal of crying, which has yielded deep insights and self compassion. We are incarnate, so therefore subject to tears both painful and joyful. Such gifts of beingness are the hallmarks of humanity's beauty and most specifically, the sacred heart. Love you Adam! I can't wait to hear Shawn's podcast. XOXO

[@tahoeperfectworkout1651]

I found this liberating. Heading into exact Saturn return. Moon in Aquarius- Venus in 12th house with my sun. Romantic, creative, inward, deep the time when patron supported esoteric arts, mixed dinner parties with spiritualist and poetry, painting and rich conversation. Romantic language, the lovers. AI will be on a surface for those with no imagination or depth. Yet an under current of magical alchemy will be the trend of the day. Everyone get your tarot cards out. Talk to the stars. Invite others for this alchemical dance. We ARE READY! Praise all that is and will be. 🙏🏼

[@ra.h.8840]

My Pisces ♓️ is in Saturn 🪐 Aquarius ♒️ Sun ☀️ Rising in Leo ♌️ The past 6 years have been already beyond difficult for me. Unbelievable various losses. Remembering 1994, it was transforming and pretty tough, rather than melancholic. I had to literally run away from prominent life threatening danger.

[@elizabethbolen1267]

This was great! Thank you both so much and I look forward to checking out Shawn's new podcast!

[@willowbell3756]

Fascinating stuff. My teenage melancholic phase, when I wrote awful poems, was the one before in the 1960s, it culminated in my listening to Leonard Cohen, when it passed into Aries. I started work just at the end of the Saturn in Pisces transit .

[@llamatastic]

Beautiful talk, thanks! Looking forward to check out the podcast, Shawn.

[@EricaSpradlin]

The air element of ideas. Air feeds fire, inspiration to our gifts.

[@juliegiles334]

Perfect timing for me to be introduced to Shawn Nygaard to day. Thank you Saturn/Mercury conjunction!

[@daniellebrook3333]

This was great! Thank-you to you both 😎😎

[@thebeenu]

What a delight! Thank you the deeply imaginative, beautiful reflections.

[@TesasTarot]

I think that Aquarian stamp is more about the act itself of change and innovation, regardless of the time period. Each time period, even an archaic one, still has its own act of change where it progresses its own sense of science into something new. When “looking back” it only seems archaic, because, perhaps, what we are doing is comparing how they lived or looked rather than what it is they are actually doing, the spirit of change and innovation lives on in every time period.

[@thebeautyofcorephysics7546]

LOVED THIS GUYS!!

[@judemcdougall9504]

Thank you Shawn and Adam. Unique brilliant archetypal symbolism story telling

[@lyndaweston]

'News of the World' with Tom Hanks may be the new more brutal version of Dead Poets.

[@Samantha-ps2vv]

Love the description of melancholy..thank you!

[@annie-white]

That was great! Shawn is excellent. I will be sure to follow. I love any and all talk about Light, the subconscious, artists/creativity (everyone is creative!), and the loss of primitive lifestyle-something I have been deeply feeling the last decade or so. The disconnect humanity has with the rhythms of nature, earth, the divine etc. 🌿

[@veronicaoldland7834]

Thank you. Pluto moving into my first house is now more than ever an exciting transit. Your conversation opened up so much. I am very excited. Blessings to you both. 🙏🙏✨✨

[@LizLondonWWA]

I ❤ this discussion. Embodying art, music plus examining our shadows which visually create this 3D world, are part of the beauty of this upcoming new season.

[@groovan1242]

March 23 is my birthday. Just tuned in, good timing?

[@LadyRebecca363]

Heyah, 🌷 mine too ! 3-23-1963 ✨ ==27=9=Divine 😉🕊️💫🤍

[@jeanette9205]

Thank you Adam and Shawn💜 This whole episode made my heart sing. Adam, I liked what you said that "art can be living your life"

[@THATMERGOAT]

Thank you for sharing the song. I absolutely loved it. I’m coming out of Saturn transiting my conjunct sun (Cap) and moon (Aqua) and let me tell you, it’s been cruel. So Saturn moving into my Pisces 5th house is really something that I look forward to, especially since my natal Venus is there at 2 degrees.

[@costa2150]

Saturn in Pisces feels like he gets a promotion to lead janitor, of the Temple

[@EricaSpradlin]

But, Saturn will (metaphorically) be felt again later. As Pluto retrogrades back in June. Kind of like a teacher coming back for test time to see what the students have learned. And, what course to set next.

[@nataleo9093]

such insightful and beautiful reflections shared; thank you!

[@lesliewagner6744]

fantastic!

[@hazelknutt2118]

Thanks Alan for , everything you do and bringing Shawn...kudos to you for being authentic, it shows, really shows! Best wishes to you & yours! SHAWN I LOVE YOU!!! "THE SOUL HAS IT'S OWN SCHEDULE." 🖖🥳....I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EXPRESS..pardon the caps butt..😅🤣🤣...yes...never rush a good thing!

[@lilywindermere5358]

I've also been considering that Pluto spends the first two and half years of its sojourn in Aquarius with Aquarius' ruler, Saturn, in Pisces. Looking back, I can definitely see how Saturn, as the ruler of Capricorn, moving from Virgo through Aquarius, colored its stay in that sign as well. With this in mind: Pluto will be in Aquarius from: Nov 19, 2024, to Mar 8, 2043 Aug 31, 2043, to Jan 19, 2044 With Saturn in: Pisces - Mar 7, 2023, to May 24, 2025 to Sep 1, 2025, to Feb 13, 2026 Aries - May 24, 2025, to Sep 1, 2025 and Feb 13, 2026, to Apr 12, 2028 Taurus - Apr 12, 2028, to May 31, 2030 Gemini - May 31, 2030, to Jul 13, 2032 Cancer - Jul 13, 2032, to Aug 26, 2034 and Feb 15, 2035, to May 11, 2035 Leo - Aug 26, 2034, to Feb 15, 2035 and May 11, 2035, to Oct 16, 2036 and Feb 11, 2037, to Jul 6, 2037 Virgo - Oct 16, 2036, to Feb 11, 2037 and Jul 6, 2037, to Sep 5, 2039 Libra - Sep 5, 2039, to Nov 11, 2041 and Jun 21, 2042, to Jul 14, 2042 Scorpio - Nov 11, 2041, to Jun 21, 2042 and Jul 14, 2042, to Feb 21, 2044 and Mar 25, 2044, to Oct 31, 2044

[@tk-ee7zc]

Interesting. Currently I live 9 miles from the train derailment in Ohio, the entire debacle of the train derailment feels very much like Pluto going into Aquarius….. let’s hope for the truth to be revealed as a part of the transition of Pluto for all involved. 🙏🏻 🚂

[@julietma]

I hope you and yours are doing ok. I've been watching everything closely from my home in Pittsburgh.

[@QSnarf]

There is a book called Lights Out, Sleep, Sugar, and Survival, by TS Wiley, which discusses in detail the physiological need for darkness, esp. In relation to sleep.

[@suzdwyer4577]

The past six months, especially past few days has been very dark and heavy for me, with a very overwhelmed feeling, like imprisonment and intense suffering, physically but at times mentally. I'm going to try to find a way to get into a creative or artistically expressive space to somehow navigate and help understand what I'm experiencing. I really hope it passes with Saturn into pisces (sun, Venus, mercury 10H aquarius, Saturn mercury conjunction squaring my ascendant currently) 😢

[@suzdwyer4577]

(Pluto has been with my sth node and square to my natal Pluto also)

[@Natalia-ve4sj]

I loved your conversation! I hope for more ❤ my Neptune exact conjunct my Moon and Ascendant at 27° Cap was of course trying to not to tear up in the metro while listening.. not because it was sad but so beautiful.. your converstation was poetic

[@andrewwade2308]

Beautiful and powerful, thank you! ✨🙏🏻

[@esperanzavencetarot]

Thank you💗💗💗💗

[@mayes1mike]

Def gonna check it out, ty

[@hazelknutt2118]

For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

[@xyst_222]

Great video! Is Nygaard a common name given in Minnesota? I'm curious.

[@patternsinthestars]

OK fabulous discussion... does Shawn have some prominent Mercury/Gemini placements?? Love the way his mind works!

[@kaitlinmcsweeney]

“want to have a relationship with it (soul) but don’t want to colonize that space”. 🤘

[@kotahlawlz]

Beautiful explanation

[@freyja_astrology]

Absolutely loved attending some of this live and some of it as a revisit. You guys really got me thinking back to the previous Saturn in Pisces transit as my moon is 1° Pisces and I've definitely been feeling it coming in since the start of the year. Taking health seriously as well as living environment long term goals, and major female reproductive health life stage shifts. Also, how have I never seen the Dead Poet's Society?! I'm nearly 40! Gotta watch it!

[@bethbennett5515]

Well, relaxed atmosphere at baseball games until…the pitchers time clock!!😮

[@danyellerobinson5940]

I'm curious to see what Saturn brings. I'm often called a change agents. I tend to inspire seeds to grow. I'm Aries rising; and, it's my second Saturn return, my son's first. I'd love to hear more about Saturn returns.

[@DREAMER-uq4gh]

'QUEEN OF THE OCEAN, STAR OF THE SEA , PRAY FOR ME' ' WAS SUNG AT MY 16YR OLD SON''S [TRAGIC ACCIDENT] FUNERAL;. STRANGELY, AFTERWARDS, , I FOUND A MOTHER DAYS CARD, WHERE HE CALLED ME 'QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE ' WHEN JUST EIGHT YRS OLD .

[@ionamcbrid]

This conversation was a real delight in so many ways. Curious, knowledge loving minds exchanging ideas shouldn’t be rare but it seems to be, also I was taken back to my own 1989 where I read The Sorrows of Young Werther, Metaphysical poetry and listened to Dead Can Dance. I also wore a cape and took winter walks around ruins and lakes - I lived in England and was studying art history. My best friend coined the word tragiorlorn for our self conscious semi-comic behaviour. I had no idea then we were role playing Saturnin Pisces. Thanks 🙏 for the revived memories and invitation to new round of sad poetry.

[@LinLin256]

I’m 27, single, and realised probably all of my future kids will be born with Pluto in Aquarius 😅😅 I was born with Pluto retrograde at 0 something degree in Sagittarius. Excited to see how it goes during this period when Pluto is going back and forth before anchoring into Aquarius. That has been the theme of my life, I guess, as Pluto is so close to my IC.

[@freaksofnashville]

Awesome 😊

[@denammoskowitz3589]

Thinking about the melancholy we will feel more strongly in the next three years for our planet, climate change, rise of authoritarian. New grunge music to be born

[@EricaSpradlin]

I feel with Pluto coming from Capricorn into Aquarius; I imagine Pluto as like a black fluid that takes form depending on the house in which it sits.

[@LadyRebecca363]

🤣black death 🫣🤔😎 I have a raw sense of humor 🤣

[@EricaSpradlin]

@@LadyRebecca363 ;🤣💯Believe me, I’ve felt it!🤣

[@theurelita]

20:33 if youbwanna skip to the point.

[@fredwiggins4610]

Thank you!

[@jenniferdurocher548]

Hahaha can I get a ticket to a seat next to you both at the game!!

[@EricaSpradlin]

In Capricorn I see Pluto was more a like Santa Claus in the idea of bringing gifts (lessons) for us. This can be different for everyone. But, I feel the transition from Santa, being more moved into a form of (imagine if you will) a Fan Man.

[@margolyn8291]

🌠💙😂made my night..pet shop boys, Saturn and excellent insight..🌹💯❤️

[@LadyRebecca363]

Have you read the new* edition of Our Cosmic Origin by Ismael Perez? Might be a interesting show topic. I believe he is on your in the U.S.. for a book signing ✨😎

[@alexwelts2553]

Is melonchollie after you cut out all the things to be depressed about in your life, but feeling the sadness of others from afar without attachment? I do that and process it and cry because of the tempest, but generally I'm just transmuting it like the items in Mario 2, but it's collective atrocities and sad.

[@AT-dx9pf]

Meloncolie unlistenable? Pure blaspheme my friend.lol. Well the first song is "tonight, tonight" and I don't see how anyone can find that song unlistenable. It is a beautiful, life-affirming orchestral piece . As for many of the other songs I totally get it tho. Great work as always.

[@annajackard4121]

My spiritual path has been knowing a valley hiccup that invited a decision to trust the path choice that has served my higher good for many years or resist the spiritual unfoldment demands a higher level of responsibility goes with Soul's journey. So much has to be released and heart trust required. My birth Uranus in Taurus and moon in north node Scorpio will likely have its own awareness voice. My Jupiter is Pisces.

[@SamAmongTheStars]

Is the podcast on KZbin?

[@loveplants248]

It's right in front of our eyes if they're hooking up Buddhist and monks to wires That's just a physical representation of what happens in the spiritual Realm we have so many cords coming out of our head and out of our body we don't see these things so the physical has to show you to try to get you to imagine but we're all too stuck thinking that we are not smart and we need cords and electricity

[@yelojazz6199]

❤❤❤

[@leetaballenger9023]

Love me some baseball!! GO Cardinals ⚾️⚾️

[@alexwelts2553]

The yellow bricks are made of arsenic.