The Vibrational Astrology Diary
by Linda Berry
Today, Tuesday (3/17/2026), the strongest vibrational influence comes from the Moon and Mercury joining with Mars (2*). This Vibrational Energy Pattern is about a basic attunement to yourself and what is rising up within you. You are seeking to express what you find within you. There is also interaction with that which is around you combining what you are attracted to in many different often unexpected ways until it seems like a new thing. You may be seeking to create a flow, introducing changes into the world around you or interacting and exploring what you are attracted to in an organic way. You are learning, and reaching out to act based on what you have learned and may find real emotional satisfaction in this process. For VA Students (1 thru 5)
This vibrational energy pattern is better and more effectively implemented by engaging with whatever you are attracted to with curiosity. You are seeking to attune to the universal pattern underlying your interest and be guided by it.
The AstroFrequency(s) for the day (strongest listed first)
1 (2*) Doing things your own way, evaluating the ideas of others and only changing if you agree with them
The Sabian Symbols of our Featured Planets: Moon, Mercury, Mars >>
The uplifting message from the featured planet positions that shows the way through: You are flying above the limitations you have encountered, getting an objective perspective on your internal patterns and distortions. You are laying aside the use of force to gain your ends and embracing love and peace, both within yourself and in your interactions with others.
The more dysfunctional expression of this message: You are losing track of what is going on around you, removing yourself from what is happening, seeking to escape your responsibilities, putting yourself above everyone else. You are holding grudges and being ready to fight others at any sign of opposition or giving up in defeat and feeling worthless and useless.
10 Pisces = Moon merging with Mercury [An aviator in the clouds] You are flying above the limitations you have encountered, getting an objective perspective on your internal patterns and distortions and/or you are losing track of what is going on around you, removing yourself from what is happening, seeking to escape your responsibilities, putting yourself above everyone else
13 Pisces = Moon merging with Mars [A sword in a museum] You are laying aside the use of force to gain your ends and embracing love and peace, both within yourself and in your interactions with others and/or you are holding grudges and being ready to fight others at any sign of opposition or giving up in defeat and feeling worthless and useless
The Two Planet Diary
{When 2 planets interact it influences the way we want to express ourselves, our attitudes, moods, and impulses. Becoming aware of these vibrations helps us to guide these aspects of ourselves with awareness rather than being controlled by them.
There are longer patterns which tend to have more impact because we feel them for several days in a row and there are quick Moon patterns that impact our moods and feelings for a window of a couple of hours either side of the exact time o fthe aspect. The longer patterns are stronger and so are listed here, followed by a section on the Moods of the Moon}.
Mar 17 – Mar 19 (exact Mar 18) Venus in Aries is acting and agitating (square) with Jupiter in Cancer. This energy begins to influence us around 5 PM on Mar 17 and is increasing in influence until it peaks at 12:09 PM on Mar 18 then it is decreasing fading out around 8 AM on Mar 19. This vibrational energy pattern brings a focus on new ways you can create rich expansive beauty.
Mar 17 – Mar 19 (exact Mar 18) the Sun in Pisces is sharing freely (sextile) with Uranus in Taurus. This energy begins to influence us around 4 PM on Mar 17 and is increasing in influence until it peaks at 4:20 PM on Mar 18 then it is decreasing fading out around 5 PM on Mar 19. This vibrational energy pattern brings the desire to share exciting spontaneous experiences with your friends.
The Moods of the Moon
{The Moon patterns only last a short period of time. They impact our moods and feelings for around 4 hours, 2 hours each side of the exact position.}
Starting at 9:25 AM, peaking at 11:25 AM, the Moon in Pisces is joining with Mercury in Pisces. The emotions and moods and mental patterns are working together. This is a time when you are very effective in doing projects.
Starting at 2:46 PM, peaking at 4:46 PM, the Moon in Pisces is joining with Mars in Pisces. In this 4 hr period when the Moon and Mars join together the emotions get a lot of energy and there is a desire to go out and take action. If something blocks that action there may be feelings of anger.
Starting at 8:18 PM, peaking at 10:18 PM, the Moon in Pisces is flowing freely (trine) with Jupiter in Cancer. In this 4 hr period there is a sense of emotional openness and expansion within you. This can feel either good or bad depending on what your general feeling at the time is but it will tend to be optimistic.
The Cyclic Patterns Diary {These are patterns that continue over an extended period of time and you may find that rereading this periodically will help you effectively handle what we are all experiencing as our “astral weather” in this time period.}
On March 11, the Moon in Sagittarius is acting and agitating (square) with the Sun in Pisces. This Vibrational Energy Pattern will be influencing us until the New Moon, on March 18, 2026. This Vibrational Energy Pattern is focused on acting out of your inner truth whatever you may see happening around you. You are pulling the patterns you see around you into yourself and evaluating them testing them seeking to determine what is real and what is illusion or fantasy. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “A little white Lamb, a Child and a Chinese Servant”. This is about recognizing the value of all levels of consciousness, seeking to serve and teach those who know less than you do in a gentle loving manner, recognizing that you’re learning from everything around you. The distortion is to separating yourself from those who are perceived as having less status than you, acting like a spoiled brat and, perhaps, getting away with it, failing to take responsibility for yourself. The Moon Symbol is “A Child and a Dog with borrowed Eyeglasses”. Here you are recognizing that your perceptions are distorted by the beliefs and visions of others and seeking to see what is really going on. The option is to live in a distorted reality based on false impressions and pretending to be something other than what you truly are.
On March 3, the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse occurred with the Moon in Virgo and the Sun in Pisces. This Vibrational Energy Pattern will be influencing us until the next Lunar Eclipse, on August 28, 2026. This Vibrational Energy Pattern will be influencing us until the next Solar Eclipse, on August 12, 2026. This Vibrational Energy Pattern is about stepping back and seeing the big picture. There may be a lot of emotional activity connected with this eclipse. There is also the potential for exceptional communication that can be very effective. This pattern shows that there is a potential to act out of your personal concepts without taking other people into account. There are hidden things going on that have the potential to be revealed and cause a big shift in understanding. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “A Sword in a Museum”. This presents a choice. You can lay aside the use of force to gain your ends and embrace love and peace, both within yourself and in your interactions with others. Or you can hold grudges and be ready to fight others at any sign of opposition. Or you can give up in defeat and feel worthless and useless. The Symbol for the Moon is “A Strong Hand supplanting Political Hysteria”. Here the power of your personality and your spiritual awareness is acting to calm the situation down. Alternatively, you are being too timid and afraid to take action, losing the opportunity to gain control; or using your power and energy to manipulate the reactions of others for your personal gain.
On February 17, the Solar Eclipse (a New Moon) occurred with the Moon and Sun in Aquarius. This Vibrational Energy Pattern will be influencing us until the next Solar Eclipse, on August 12, 2026.This Vibrational Energy Pattern brings a sudden unexpected change that surprises everyone. The energy is focused on internal evaluation of the patterns that you are seeing around you with you seeing what changes are needed to reestablish a flow within the social structure. There is the capacity here to take the actions that will bring about that change. The Sabian Symbol for the Eclipse is “Butterfly emerging from Chrysalis”. This speaks of emerging from a long period of suspended confinement within a transformative cocoon. You are discovering that you have experienced a complete metamorphosis of your personal self in this time period. The key is to open up to new and different experiences and not hold onto the old limited form.
On December 21, the Sun entered Capricorn, the Winter Solstice. This Vibrational Energy Pattern will be influencing us at least until the Spring Equinox on March 20, 2026. This Vibrational Energy Pattern brings an awareness of natural beauty and a drive to contribute to it. This can be expressed either through deception and betrayal or by attuning to the highest spiritual awarenesses and transcending distorted ego patterns. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun to Moon relationship at the Solstice is “A Sword in a Museum” which speaks to laying aside the use of force to gain your ends and embracing love and peace both within yourself and in your interactions with others. If you refuse to do this you are likely to get caught in a pattern where you are holding grudges and being ready to fight others at any sign of opposition or possibly giving up in defeat and feeling worthless and useless.
On September 7, a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse occurs with Moon in Pisces and the Sun in Virgo. This Vibrational Pattern will be influencing us until the next Lunar Eclipse on March 3, 2026. This Vibrational Energy Pattern encourages us to see beyond our emotional reactions to the truth of this moment showing that we must learn to embrace that which we have previously excluded. We are challenged to adjust our visions of the future to see more clearly the possibilities for sudden insights into the deep archaic patterns that are holding us back from realizing our dreams. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “An Orangutan” which involves sensing powerful primitive distortions deep within you and recognizing the need to refine and guide those forces into more mature expression. It is dangerous in this energy pattern to take for granted your right to do whatever you feel like in life without considering its effect on other people. The Symbol for the Moon is “The Flow of Inspiration” which brings the potential for you to connect into the flow of spiritual inspiration moving through you and out into the world, If you close up and get caught in a cycle of negativity you will find your perceptions limited which will shut you off from others.
The Retrograde Diary: DEGREE CHANGES TODAY: Mercury >> Introductory Period of Pluto: Turning Forward of Mercury, Jupiter: Resolution of Uranus, Neptune. {During the apparent retrograde period each planet’s movement relative to the backdrop of the stars slows down, reverses and then turns back around forward again concentrating its vibration in a particular area. There are issues that each planet focuses on during the period leading up to its turn backwards. These issues are addressed again to be reworked on during the retrograde period [in brackets] then a new understanding of these issues occurs during the post retrograde period. These issues are not from Vibrational Astrology, this is an experiment based on interpretations of the Sabian Symbols that I wrote many years ago. If an entry resonates with you, then claim it, if not, release it, it was for someone else. I would very much like your feedback on this. Points of especially concentrated energy are marked with “!!!”}
!!!Mercury R {Feb 12, 2026 !Feb 17! [Feb 26 – !Mar 7! – Mar 20] !Apr 5! Apr 9} 8, 16, 22 Pisces → Mar. 17 – 23: (9 Pis – 8 Pis) Turning Forward: The Challenge is learning how to pace yourself and evaluate your situation then move forward quickly when the time is right, recognizing that the process is more important than the outcome, learning to cease rushing ahead without thought, getting carried away; seeking to win at all costs and finding that you run out of steam before you have completed your work [A jockey]
Venus clear of any shadow (May 17, 2025 – Aug 30, 2026)
Mars clear of any shadow (May 3, 2025– Nov 4, 2026)
Jupiter {Aug 17, 2025 !Sep13! [Nov 11 – !Jan 10, 2026! – Mar 11] !May 8! Jun 6} 15, 20, 25 Cancer → Feb. 15 – Apr. 3: (16-15 Can) Turning Forward: The Challenge is finding an ancient source that contains information related to what you’re experiencing, giving a better understanding of this vast new world you have encountered, learning to cease limiting your focus to current understandings, assuming the current levels of awareness contain everything you need and, thus, missing vital clues contained in ancient sources of wisdom [A man before a square with a manuscript scroll before him]
Saturn clear of any shadow (Mar 3, 2026 – Apr 19, 2026)
Uranus {May 20, 2025 !Jun 25! [Sep 6 – !Nov 21! – Feb 4, 2026] !Apr 15! May 21, 2026} 25, 27 Taurus, 1 Gemini → Mar. 11 – Apr. 6: (28-29 Tau) Resolution: Remember working to combine two forms of awareness, to provide a greater understanding than any one perspective could provide, learning to cease holding onto a single point of view, with all other views being rejected [Two cobblers working at a table]
Neptune {Mar. 13,2025 !Apr 20! [July 3 – !Sep 23! – Dec.10] !Feb 20, 2026! Mar. 30} 27, 28, 29 Pisces → Jan. 26 – Feb. 27: (30-1 Pis) Resolution: Remember opening up to the initial tentative pulse of creative energy within you, feeling it on a primal level of awareness, embracing it and allowing it to rise up in a flow within you, learning to cease failing to open up to the tentative pulse of creation that you feel within you because of a lack of commitment to the process or being too weakly connected or being too fearful and insecure [A woman rises out of water, a seal rises and embraces her]
Pluto {Jan 12, 2026 !Feb 20![May 6 – !Jul 27! – Oct 16] !Dec 29! Feb 6, 2027} 3, 4, 5 Aquarius → Feb. 10 – Mar. 20: (4-5 Aqu) Introductory: Are you receiving guidance, being given access to the knowledge and wisdom of your ancestors as you’re evaluating which parts of the ancient wisdom are the most effective in addressing the problems of today, learning to cease being caught up in tradition, limited and bound by the patterns of the past and the approval of the elders, hoping that this will validate what you’re doing and prove that you have worth [A council of ancestors]
Next Cycle Diary:
Pluto {Jan 12, 2026 !Feb 20![May 6 – !Jul 27! – Oct 16] !Dec 29! Feb 6, 2027} 3, 4, 5 Aquarius
Mercury {Feb 12, 2026 !Feb 17! [Feb 26 – !Mar 7! – Mar 20] !Apr 5! Apr 9} 8, 16, 22 Pisces
Neptune {Mar. 16, 2026!Apr 23! [July 7 – !Sep 25! – Dec.12] !Feb 23, 2027! Apr 2} 1, 3, 4 Aries
Saturn {Apr 20, 2026 !May 22![Jul 26 – !Oct 4! –Dec 10] !Feb 11, 2027! Mar 15} 7, 11, 14 Aries
Uranus {May 25, 2026 !Jun 30! [Sep 10 – !Nov 25! – Feb 8, 2027] !Apr 19! May 25, 2027} 1, 3, 5 Gemini
Venus {Aug 31, 2026 !Sep11! [Oct 3 – !Oct 23! – Nov 14] !Dec 5! Dec 15} 22 Libra, 0 Scorpio, 8 Scorpio}
Jupiter {Sep 16, 2026 !Oct 15! [Dec 13 – !Feb 10, 2027! – Apr 12] !Jun 11! Jul 10} 17, 22, 27 Leo
Mars {Nov 5, 2026 !Nov27![Jan 10, 2027 – !Feb 19! – Apr 1] !May 16! Jun 8} 20 Leo, 0, 10 Virgo
All times are given in Eastern USA time zone.
Namaste,
Linda Berry
*Planetary Pattern Pictures and Sabian Symbol Interpretations, ©Linda Berry, AstroSleuth.org, 1* = 50-100 points, 2* = 100-150 points, etc.