DR. G’s FLUTE HOROSCOPES March 2023
by Rachel Taylor Geier
Happy March! Spring is almost here and the zodiac is gearing up for a busy season. Planets that have not moved in a while are now strolling slowly into new realms. Saturn, the great taskmaster, is moving at the beginning of the month. Look for new, albeit challenging, opportunities for growth in your flute life. This will not be easy and will no doubt test your resilience, but in the end you will be stronger and more knowledgeable than ever before. Pluto will also be moving this month, encouraging you to consider new ways to tackle old problems. Think out of the box and ask yourself those tough yet honest questions. The Sun and Moon are also pairing up at the end of the month, working together to focus your attention on new and exciting developments in your life. Go for the things you want, even if they scare you. You will surprise yourself with your own fighting spirit.
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Pisces (February 19-March 20) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 1st house of identity. This is a great time to pontificate on your flute blog about the parts of flute playing that interest you the most. Do you have a favorite composer? A favorite piece? How do you draw inspiration for your performances? What makes you the flutist that you are and what do you still need to do to become the flutist you always wanted to be? Write about it!
March 7th - Full Moon in 7th house of relationships. You may be saying goodbye to a toxic relationship around the time of this Full Moon. Do you have a strained relationship with one of your colleagues? This is likely due to miscommunications and competition. Take this person out for coffee and talk it out. How can you forge a better path in the future? This may include going your separate ways if needed. Keep an open mind.
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 1st house of identity. The great taskmaster is moving into your sign to completely makeover your flute life. That’s the good news! The difficult part will be identifying the parts of your world that simply do not work anymore. This will require you to be honest with yourself. What flute activities do you actually enjoy? What activities could you do without? Take stock now.
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 3rd house of communications. Venus will ask you to pour your heart out onto your flute blog. Write about your favorite piece and what makes it speak to you. What do you imagine while you perform the piece? Do you have any cherished memories performing this piece? Share your thoughts with the world.
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 2nd house of income. This is a great time to participate in an interview or audition for a new role. Start woodshedding your excerpts and rehearsing your best answers to standard interview questions. You’ve got this!
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 2nd house of income while a New Moon appears in your 2nd house of income. The Sun and the Moon will be working together this month to help attract a wonderful new job opportunity. You are focused on achieving your goals! You are in a great position to wow your potential new boss.
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 12th house of behind-the-scenes activities. Pluto is all about changing your mindset. In your 12th house, that means that you will be changing your approach to practice. How often do you practice? Experiment with different durations at different times of the day. Change up where you practice - Perhaps you need a change of scenery.
March 25th - Mars moves into your 5th house of creativity and joy. Mars will encourage you to finally work on a creative project that has been on your mind. Roll up your sleeves and just get to work. You can revise later! Throw caution to the wind and let your imagination fly!
Aries (March 21-April 19)
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 12th house of behind-the-scenes activities. Mercury will encourage you to discuss some of your best-kept practice secrets on your flute blog or podcast platform. What routine works best for you? How do you organize your time? How often do you take breaks? How do you record your practice goals?
March 7th - Full Moon in your 6th house of daily work and health activities. This Full Moon will ask you to take a careful look at your daily schedule. Write out all of your activities hour by hour, comparing what you planned to accomplish that day and what your day actually looked like. Then, trim the fat. What activities can you delegate to someone else? Take a social media pause for a week to increase productivity. Clear your schedule so that it works better for you.
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 12th house of behind-the-scenes activities. The great taskmaster, Saturn, is moving into your practice zone. Not only does that mean that you will be practicing more but you will also be learning new techniques to practice more efficiently. Make the most out of the time you have carved out in your schedule to practice. Chances are you will find a better approach that makes you far more productive than ever before.
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 2nd house of income. Venus will help you attract a wonderful new job opportunity, possibly out of the blue. Keep your phone ringer on around this time as you might be asked to sub for a local orchestra or temporarily take over a roster of students. Be open to any new opportunity that presents itself.
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 1st house of identity. Mercury will encourage you to ask for what you want. Do you want a new flute? Start chatting up your local instrument retailer - What are your options? Do you need more time to plan a great recital? Ask folks to take on some of your other tasks so you may focus on your priorities.
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 1st house of identity while a New Moon appears in your 1st house of identity. The Sun and the Moon are working together to help you move closer to your most important goals. Prioritize what matters the most. This is a great time to host a recital. You might catch the attention of a local conductor looking for a superstar flutist!
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 11th house of groups and communities. Pluto will likely change the group you perform with moving forward. This is a great time to audition to various types of ensembles (flute choirs, orchestras, bands) and even consider starting your own chamber group. Make new musical connections!
March 25th - Mars moves into your 4th house of home and family. This is a great time for a studio renovation. Remove all old furniture and repair any broken cabinets or ceiling fans. Invest in a new music stand and upgrade your technology. Make your teaching space work better for you and for your students.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 11th house of groups and communities. This is a great time to host a sectional or two. Mercury will make collaborating with your colleagues clear and easy. Tackle those tricky technical sections that seem to allude everybody. Tune those pesky high register runs. Listen carefully to suggestions from others – They may have a really good alternative approach.
March 7th - Full Moon in your 5th house of creativity and joy. Working on a creative project such as a composition or a lecturer recital? Hitting a snag in your work? This Full Moon will ask you to step back and take a look at the bigger picture. Have you veered away from the original idea? Has your project spun out of control into a collection of mini-projects? Streamline where you can.
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 11th house of groups and communities. Saturn will have you knee deep in rehearsals that may become increasingly more challenging. Why? Because Saturn will ask you to learn something new about collaborating. Something will be difficult and folks will not be on the same page. This is a great opportunity to learn new methods of communication.
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 1st house of identity. Venus will ask you to invest in your comfort and well-being. Book a trip to the spa. Take a yoga class. Shop for a great new recital outfit or update your go-to concert black ensemble. Invest in yourself!
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 12th house of behind-the-scenes activities. Do you have a flute blog or a YouTube channel? This is a great time to share some of your best kept practice secrets on your various platforms. What does your routine look like? What are your favorite method books? What time of day do you practice? Discuss it with your audience.
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 12th house of behind-the-scenes activities while a New Moon appears in your 12th house of behind-the-scenes activities. The Sun and the Moon will be working together this month to completely reinvent your practice routine. This is a great time to research alternative ways to organize your time. Try switching up the time of day that you practice or practice in smaller chunks. This will come in handy when trying to tackle challenging new repertoire.
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 10th house of career goals. Pluto will ask you to change your mindset about your career. Have you been on a trajectory that you don’t really believe in? Perhaps a well-meaning advisor along the way told you this was the best way to establish a career as a flutist. Be honest with yourself – Only you know what the best path for you is and it doesn’t have to look like anybody else’s path. Be your own authentic self.
March 25th - Mars moves into your 3rd house of communications. If you don’t have a flute blog yet, this is a great time to set one up. Write about what interests you the most about the flute. Is it performing? Is it teaching? Share some of your most cherished experiences and what you learned along the way. How did you carve your own niche?
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
March 2nd- Mercury moves into your 10th house of career goals. This is a great time to schedule a meeting with a trusted career advisor or a more senior flutist that you admire. Have you fallen off-track in your career? Are you considering a career shift to focus on a different area of flute life? Perhaps you’d like to transition to full-time teaching or take a more administrative role. Talk it out!
March 7th - Full Moon in your 4th house of home and family. Something in your home environment is just not working. Perhaps your home studio set up just doesn’t work anymore. Revamp it! Toss out old furniture and streamline your space. Update old equipment and technology. If possible, move your teaching space to a larger room in the house or even off-site if space is available at a local instrument shop.
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 10th house of career goals. Saturn is going to test you when it comes to your career. It is likely that you are preparing for a new direction. Saturn will demand hard work to make the most out of this transition. It won’t be easy. And you may want to quit now and then and go back to the status quo. Fight against that urge. The career you are craving on the other side of these tests is well worth it!
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 12th house of behind-the-scenes activities. Venus will ask you to practice some of your favorite repertoire this month. What pieces always put a smile on your face? Can you breathe new life into old favorites? Is there a piece that you love but have never tried practicing? Now is the time! Pour your heart into your music.
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 11th house of groups and communities. This is a great time to host a sectional or two. Mercury will help you communicate clearly and efficiently with your colleagues. Work on all of those tricky technical passages and those impossible-to-tune problem notes. Keep an open mind to the suggestions of others – They may have approaches that work better for the rest of the group.
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 11th house of groups and communities while a New Moon appears in your 11th house of groups and communities. The Sun and the Moon are working together this month to create positive mayhem in your performing life. You may be knee-deep in rehearsals on one hand and auditioning to new groups on the other. You will likely be invited to join a new group or two or even create your own smaller ensemble. Keep an open mind.
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 9th house of travel and higher education. Pluto will give you the courage to sign up for a course that may be a bit out of the box. Want to learn a new instrument? Go for it! Want to learn about the connection between plants and music? Well, you know about music, but this would be a good opportunity to learn more about plants! Think creatively about what you do not yet know. Where can you test the waters of other disciplines?
March 25th - Mars moves into your 2nd house of income. Apply to challenging new jobs. Don’t think – Just apply! Mars has lost patience with you and wants to see you advance in your job. Stop second-guessing yourself or believing you do not deserve to be crushing it higher on the musical ladder. Just go for it and ask questions later. The worst they can say is no.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 9th house of travel and higher education. Mercury will ask you to share your expertise with others. Can you organize a panel discussion for an upcoming music conference? Pool your creative talents and personal expertise with a small group of colleagues working in similar areas. Share important lessons with a brand-new generation of musicians to give them tools you may not have had as a young musician.
March 7th - Full Moon in your 3rd house of communications. Writer’s block, Cancer? You are likely working on an article or a book and may find yourself stuck around the time of the Full Moon. Use this time to do some serious proof-reading. Have you veered off your topic? Or included too many examples that do not quite clearly support your idea? Where can you streamline your work? Sometimes less is more.
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 9th house of travel and higher education. Saturn will not make learning a new skill a walk in the park, so be prepared to be put to the test. Are you trying to learn a new instrument? Avoid rage practicing if it does not come easily for you. Instead take a deep breath and slow everything down. Practice in the mirror. Take notes at your lessons and practice carefully in your downtime.
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 11th house of groups and communities. Have you ever tried jamming with other flutists? Yeah, I know – Sounds scary. If jamming isn’t, well, your jam, try playing through duets with a flute friend. This is a great way to laugh, have fun, and bolster your sight-reading skills.
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 10th house of career goals. This is a great time to have a conversation with a career advisor or trusted flute mentor. Discuss your career goals, both in the short term and in the longer term. Where would you like to be in the next year, five years, and ten years? Are you on track to meeting these goals or are there other jobs and/or experiences that you need to add to your life to bring you closer to these objectives? Create a new plan.
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 10th house of career goals while a New Moon appears in your 10th house of career goals. The Sun and the Moon are working together this month to create new and exciting paths forward in your career. Apply to those jobs you might think are way over your head. Audition to the orchestras you might believe will never let you in. You may be pleasantly surprised. Regardless of the outcome, you are creating valuable audition experiences.
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 8th house of banking and finance. Pluto will ask you to change the way you think about saving money. You may have a large purchase that you’d like to make in the near future but absolutely no plan on how to get there. Use this energy to explore your options. How much will you need to save? What is your preferred timeline and is this realistic? Have you looked at financing options?
March 25th - Mars moves into your 1st house of identity. Mars is done waiting for the right time to be the most awesome flutist you can possibly be. You know what you need to do. It may be more practice. It may be auditioning more. It may be recording more. Whatever it is, Mars is screaming at you to take action at the end of the month. Just go for it! The time is now to create the flute life you really want.
Leo (July 23-August 22)
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 8th house of banking and finance. This is a great time to sit down with a financial advisor or a loan administrator to discuss financing options for a large purchase. Are you hoping to buy a new flute in the coming months? Or a house? What do you need to get there? What is your budget? Does your banking institution offer any short-term personal loan programs?
March 7th - Full Moon in your 2nd house of income. You may be saying goodbye to a job around the time of this Full Moon. Do not panic – This is likely in connection with a move to a better, more challenging position elsewhere. Muster your courage and hand in that 2-week notice to your boss. Help them create a reasonable transition plan moving forward. Remember to exit gracefully and avoid burning any bridges with your colleagues. You never know when opportunities to collaborate will present themselves down the road.
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 8th house of banking and finance. Saturn will demand that you start saving money. Where can you trim expenses? Are you signed up for subscription services that you don’t really need? Gym memberships that go unused? Are you addicted to streaming services you don’t really watch? Trim your budget where you can and add the extra cash to your savings account each month.
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 10th house of career goals. Venus wants you to consider what aspects of your flute life make you the happiest. Are you in the zone when you are teaching or does time fly when you are performing? What version of yourself as a flutist are you most proud of? Got it? Now, how can you align your career to this persona? Are there job opportunities available that speak to these abilities? If not, what types of jobs could you target to bring in more of what you love about the flute into your career?
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 9th house of travel and higher education. Mercury will ask you to take a deep dive into something new. Is there a subject that you always wanted to learn more about? Sign up for a course. Share some of the lessons you learn about this subject on your various social media platforms. How can you tie this subject into your flute life? Is there a creative way to look at this subject through the eyes of a musician?
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 9th house of travel and higher education while a New Moon appears in your 9th house of travel and higher education. The Sun and the Moon are working together this month to offer more educational opportunities on subjects you have been curious about but never really formally studied. Want to learn to play a new instrument? Sign up for lessons. Curious about history? Take a class at a local community college.
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 7th house of relationships. Pluto wants you to repair relationships that might have been damaged or even brokent. You may be a different person now. Put yourself in their shoes and think critically about the way you interacted with them in the past. Perhaps you misunderstood something or did not ask the right questions. Maybe something was going on in their lives that you did not know about. Offer apologies and listen to understand.
March 25th - Mars moves into your 12th house of behind-the-scenes activities. Mars will ask you to practice, then practice, then practice some more. Practice all of the things. Invest in interesting new method books and start rehearsing that scary difficult piece you heard last year at a convention. Break it all down and build it back up again.
Virgo (August 23-September 22)
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 7th house of relationships. Mercury will encourage you to network with flute friends old and new. What are folks working on? Answer questions on flute forums and comment on interesting blog posts. Contact a flutist you admire and ask them for an informational interview. How did they make their way through the flute scene and what advice do they have for you in your own career? You might be surprised by the insights you gather from others.
March 7th - Full Moon in your 1st house of identity. Something in your flute world just isn’t working anymore. Was there an important goal that you had set for yourself in the past that has lost its importance as time has gone by? It is totally okay to reevaluate and set new goals moving forward. Our interests and abilities are not set in stone. They are fluid and change as we change. Be a different kind of flutist.
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 7th house of relationships. Saturn will put relationships to the test during this transit. Now is the time to be honest with the others in your life. It may be painful. It may be messy. But truth is the greatest liberator. Just remember that there is a difference between honesty and cruelty – Try to remain respectful as you repair broken bonds.
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 9th house of travel and higher education. Venus and Uranus will encourage you to get away. Take a weekend trip to somewhere beautiful. Attend an orchestra concert in another city. Take a masterclass across the country or in a different country. Leave your flute in its case and take a skiing trip to the mountains. Think outside the box and just get away for a couple of days.
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 8th house of banking and finance. This is a great time to sit down with a financial advisor or a loan executive at your local banking institution. Are you planning on making a large purchase (a new flute perhaps) or wondering about the status of your student loans? Discuss your options moving forward. They may give you some great advice on how to save on your current budget and plan for the future.
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 8th house of banking and finance.
while a New Moon appears in your 8th house of banking and finance. The Sun and the Moon are working together this month to help you make your large purchase sooner than you expected. Start creating a realistic budget and timeline. What are your financing options? Is there a wealthy family member willing to help you out with a loan on a very flexible payback schedule?
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 6th house of daily work and health routines. Pluto will ask you to reprioritize your schedule based on your deepest wants and needs. You may be giving your time and energy out too freely to responsibilities that drain you. Redelegate these activities to others that might enjoy them more. Focus more on the events that inspire you or fulfill your goals. Life is too short.
March 25th - Mars moves into your 11th house of groups and communities. Mars will have you knee deep in rehearsals and sectionals at the end of the month. Luckily, these are likely to be super productive. Help keep others on track at this time. What are your rehearsal priorities? Make sure you are achieving your goals with each rehearsal. Encourage others to stick to the agenda to make the most out of your time.
Libra (September 23-October 22)
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 6th house of daily work and health routines. This is a great time to schedule all of those pesky 1:1 meetings you have been avoiding. Do you need to have a difficult chat with a parent about student practice expectations? Is there a student that needs a few extra lessons to prepare for a recital? Book it. Remember: Time blocks are your friend. Make-up lessons can be time-batched on a Friday morning.
March 7th - Full Moon in your 12th house of behind-the-scenes activities. Something you have been rehearsing is just not coming together. Is it a piece for your next recital? Is it one of those pesky Jean-Jean etudes that brings you to tears of frustration every time you try to practice it? It is totally okay to throw in the towel and find another piece that better resonates with your playing style. Revisit this one later when you can calmly tackle it.
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 6th house of daily work and health routines. Saturn is not impressed with your overly packed schedule. The great taskmaster will demand that you clear out distractions from your schedule that don’t really serve your best interests. Any activities you are doing out of guilt for organizations that you do not really enjoy participating in will finally need to be redelegated to others. If you don’t make these changes now, Saturn will make them for you. Take back charge of your schedule.
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 8th house of banking and finance. Venus and Uranus will be helping you attract the resources necessary to make a large purchase (such as a new flute). Do a bit of window shopping. What models would you like to try? What bells and whistles are you looking for? How much will your ideal flute cost when all is said and done? What are your financing options and realistic savings goals to pay the final bill? Create a plan.
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 7th house of relationships. This is a great time to network with flute friends new and old. Email your old colleagues from high school or college. What are they working on? What challenges and opportunities are they experiencing in their studio and on/off stage? Also reach out to flutists you admire. How did they get their start? What advice do they have for you?
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 7th house of relationships while a New Moon appears in your 7th house of relationships. The Sun and the Moon are working together to bring exciting new connections into your life – Connections that will open important new doors in your life. Attend all of those interesting networking opportunities, both online and in-person. Book tickets to conferences and chat up other musicians that you admire. Are there any opportunities to collaborate on exciting new projects or joint recitals? Are there job opportunities on the horizon?
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 5th house of creativity and joy. Pluto will encourage you to brainstorm a few ideas for creative projects. What have you always wanted to do but have been too intimidated to try? Is it composing? Is it playing Jazz? Is it learning electro-acoustical pieces or experimenting with that super cool Glissando headjoint? Start taking the next steps on these projects.
March 25th - Mars moves into your 10th house of career goals. Apply to all of the jobs and go to all of the auditions. Don’t think this time – Just put yourself out there! You may receive rejection notices. You may only be in front of the scary red curtain for one minute before they say, ”Thanks, but no.” All of these things are good things because they build your resilience and experience. Likely along the way you will receive a yes to a new opportunity. If that is the case, take it! Don’t second guess your awesomeness.
Scorpio (October 23-November 21)
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 5th house of creativity and joy. You have been working on a creative project lately and may realize at the beginning of the month that you need collaborators. Yes, Scorpio, you cannot just complete this one on your own in your cave. Bummer, yes, but this also offers an opportunity to draw upon the expertise of others to help your idea be much bigger and better. Talk it out with the experts. Seek out their wisdom and advice and put it to good use.
March 7th - Full Moon in your 11th house of groups and communities. You may be calling it quits to a group you have been involved with, whether it has been in a performing capacity or not. Beware – This situation may bring your Scorpio stinger out. Try to remain calm. If your affiliation with this group drains your battery or frustrates you beyond measure, it is for the best to find an alternative group that will instead inspire and challenge you in positive ways.
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 5th house of creativity and joy. The great taskmaster Saturn will demand that you bring more creativity into your life. Have you felt like you’ve been on a hamster wheel, doing the same things in the same ways for the same people, over and over again because it is easier than breaking away and doing your own thing? Being a rebel is full of risks but it is the ones that go against the grain that become legends. You are ready to become a legend - Let Saturn show you the way!
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 7th house of relationships. Venus and Uranus will bring a number of new and awesome friends into your life out of the blue. This is a great time to do some networking both online and in-person. Chances are you will meet someone with similar interests and ambitions. Invite this person out for coffee to chat about opportunities to pool your collective talents. Is a joint recital on the horizon?
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 6th house of daily work and health routines. Although the introvert in you may normally avoid meetings that could otherwise be emails, Mercury will encourage you to meet with a number of people to discuss upcoming projects and how you may collaborate. Perhaps you are planning a flute festival. Or creating a new flute choir in your community. This will require auditions, rehearsal set-up, booking venues for performances, music selection, and possibly hiring a great conductor (if your conducting skills aren’t the best). Think big!
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 6th house of daily work and health routines while a New Moon appears in your 6th house of daily work and health routines. The Sun and the Moon are working together this month to completely revamp your schedule. Things have no doubt been spiraling out of control for a while now. You have said yes to one too many things. Your studio practice has bloomed out of control. You have struggled to get proper exercise and have been eating like a racoon. It’s time for a change. Say no to any activities that drain you. Redelegate the more mundane things to others who may benefit from them more. Clear out your schedule so you can devote more time to practice and creative activities.
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 4th house of home and family. Pluto will encourage you to make changes to your home environment. You may have been envisioning a move to a new home in a different neighborhood, city, state, or even country. Start looking at all of your options. If you could live anywhere, where would it be? Is it possible to make this extreme of a move? Look at prices and possible job opportunities in all of these areas. A change may do you good!
March 25th - Mars moves into your 9th house of travel and higher education. Mars wants you to take a much-needed vacay. Can you escape to somewhere beautiful on a long weekend? Or take a fun adventure to Disneyland? Is there a concert in another state that you are dying to attend? Book it and go! You need an exciting new adventure in your life. Get out and have some fun!
Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 4th house of home and family. This is a great time for a family meeting. You might have some drama to deal with in your extended family. Talk things out with those closest to you. What can you do to help alleviate this drama? Could you perhaps offer to cook meals or babysit? Could you help out with rides to and from various locations? Do your family members just want to spend time with you to vent or problem-solve? Be supportive during this time. You are the rock of stability that everybody needs right now.
March 7th - Full Moon in your 10th house of career goals. This Full Moon will ask you some very tough questions about one of your career ambitions. You are not happy on the track you are on. Something just isn’t right and doesn’t really jive with who you are as a flutist. Do you not enjoy performing? Would you rather be teaching? Or writing? Or composing? Ask yourself honestly why you are on the trajectory you are on. Was it your idea or was it a well-meaning mentor that encouraged you to pursue one line of work to become a “professional flutist”? Being a flutist looks differently from one flutist to another. Dare to be something different!
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 4th house of home and family. Saturn will be demanding that you make changes to your environment when he moves signs. It won’t be easy! You may have been teaching out of the same home studio space for years and lately it has felt stale and confining. Saturn will encourage you to look for teaching spaces elsewhere. Is there a music shop with much larger spaces to rent? Can you teach for a community college or from a practice space at a larger school? Explore your options. Status quo no longer works for you.
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 6th house of daily work and health routines. Venus and Uranus are so over your boring routine. Work, work, work – Is that all you do? Not anymore! Venus wants you to visit beautiful spaces in your community. Visit a museum in a nearby city. Take a drive up to the mountains or down to the beach. Do something out of the norm and immerse yourself in something beautiful.
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 5th house of creativity and joy. This is a great time to discuss a creative project you may be working on on your blog or YouTube platform. What is the concept behind this project? What inspired you to start working on it? What challenges have you experienced and how have you addressed these issues? What do you envision the end product to look like? Your readers may have some great ideas to add to your work.
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 5th house of creativity and joy while a New Moon appears in your 5th house of creativity and joy. The Sun and the Moon are working together to help you complete your awesome creative project. Are you working on a composition? A transcription? A festival program? Devote your time at the end of the month brushing up what you have while adding a few interesting finishing touches to your work. Is there room for a Part II in the future?
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 3rd house of communications. Pluto will ask you to do a bit of freewriting. You likely have a great idea for an article or book project but you are not quite sure what direction to take your idea. Research some musical examples and other facts to help support your idea. You may be surprised when this research leads you down a completely different path. Follow that path! Pluto is giving you a nudge to where you should direct your writing.
March 25th - Mars moves into your 8th house of banking and finance. Mars really wants you to start saving for a major purchase (a new flute, perhaps?). Where can you cut your budget? Cancel those subscriptions and trim down your streaming service line up. Pick up an extra student here and there and put all of your extra income into a separate, high interest savings account. How much can you save in one month? In 6 months? This will help you construct a reasonable purchase timeline.
Capricorn (December 22-January 19)
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 3rd house of communications. Whenever the planet of communication (Mercury) moves into the house of communication, the time is perfect to write. Write about whatever interests you about the flute playing. Do you have a favorite composer or artist? Are you interested in a certain genre of music? Do you have cherished practice techniques? Don’t think – Just write. You may decide later to turn your work into an article, blog, or book project.
March 7th - Full Moon in your 9th house of travel and higher education. A trip you had been planning may be unexpectedly postponed or canceled around the time of this Full Moon. Try not to panic – There was something that did not quite work about this trip. Perhaps the timing wasn’t the greatest or you were planning to be away too long in the middle of a very busy season. Do not fret. Instead, plan a bigger and better trip for a time when you expect to be far less distracted. Summer in Italy perhaps?
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 3rd house of communications. Saturn is not playing when it comes to your writing. You have a lot of great ideas and you are on track to writing something publishable, but Saturn will ask you to do some serious proofreading. Remember that, when it comes to writing, sometimes less is more. Carefully look for opportunities to streamline your ideas, such as including fewer yet more powerful musical examples.
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 5th house of creativity and joy. Venus and Uranus will be urging you to throw your super scheduled Capricorn routine out the window for a while and just have fun. You have been stressed out lately, Cap. Too many responsibilities for too many people. You need a break! Call in sick mid-week and take the family for a fun road trip to the beach or, better yet, a theme park. Leave your flute in it’s case and just have a great time!
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 4th house of home and family. This is a great time for a family meeting. Schedules are ramping up and family events are conflicting with one another. Iron everything out with a shared Google calendar. Where are there conflicts? Decide who will attend what and when you will need pet sitting. Is there room to plan more exciting family outings on the weekends? Make a plan now so you have things to look forward to in the coming weeks and months.
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 4th house of home and family while a New Moon appears in your 4th house of home and family. The Sun and Moon are working together this month to completely revamp your environment. Are you house hunting? Look for housing options with great home studio spaces and spaces with sound-proofing potential for those long night practicing piccolo excerpts. Start envisioning your perfect space. Create a venn diagram – What do you want in a space? What do you need in the space? What is practical on your current budget?
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 2nd house of income. Pluto will ask you to consider a job move. You may not be 100% happy in your current position. Are you living up to your potential? Are you doing something right now that doesn’t really fulfill you? Does your paycheck accurately reflect the amount of time and work you put into your job? If not, start perusing the job boards. Search for things that you know interest you. Better yet, look for opportunities to teach and/or perform in your favorite organizations. Make your job more meaningful in your life.
March 25th - Mars moves into your 7th house of relationships. Mars will ask you to do some serious networking at the end of the month. Don’t think – Just get in there and chat people up. Attend all of the music conferences in your area. Comment on questions posed on flute forums and respond to interesting blog posts from your colleagues. Reach out to flutists you admire to inquire about opportunities to collaborate. Hit up your old colleagues – What are they up to? Be a social butterfly!
Aquarius (January 20-February 18)
March 2nd - Mercury moves into your 2nd house of income. This is a great time to participate in interviews or auditions. Go for the gold! Apply to positions that may seem just out of your skill set. You might be surprised at your ability to sell yourself to the decision makers. Ask for what you want! If you know you are the best candidate for the position, let them know what you are worth. Don’t be intimidated by that red curtain or that scary-looking guy in the suit. You’ve got this! Own your own potential.
March 7th - Full Moon in your 8th house of banking and finance. You may be making the final payment on a large purchase around the time of this Full Moon. Congrats! That flute you put on a financing plan this summer is finally officially yours! Celebrate by purchasing a shiny new flute bag or other flute accessory to jazz up your instrument gear. Remember to review any closeout paperwork carefully and ensure that accounts are closed properly.
March 7th - Saturn moves into your 2nd house of income. Saturn will push you into a new job but will not make the transition easy. You are about to learn a lot of tough lessons. This new position will not be easy. You are going to need to work harder than you ever have before. You may want to quit along the way – Don’t. This is a great challenge that will make you tough, increase your expertise, and boost your resilience. Prepare for the tournament, pick yourself up every time you fall, and get ready for a brand-new level in your career. You’ve got this!
March 16th - Venus joins Uranus in your 4th house of home and family. Venus and Uranus will have you considering changing up your teaching environment. Chuck any old bulky furniture. Upgrade all technology including computers, mics, and recording equipment. Streamline sitting areas to create more space for crazy techniques such as marching while playing, conducting with the end of the flute, and playing on a trampoline. Add an inspirational piece of art or a calming fountain to your space. Spring studio refresh!
March 19th - Mercury moves into your 3rd house of communications. Whenever the planet of communication (Mercury) moves into the house of communication, the time is perfect to write. Write about whatever interests you about flute playing. Do you have a favorite composer or artist? Are you interested in a certain genre of music? Do you have a cherished practice technique? Don’t think – Just write. You may decide later to turn your work into an article, blog, or book project.
March 21st - The Sun moves into your 3rd house of communications while a New Moon appears in your 3rd house of communications. The Sun and Moon are working together this month to make sure your writing is published somewhere. Use this time to do some serious streamlining and proofreading. Send your work to a trusted colleague for a second set of eyes. Ask to write a guest blog post on a friend’s platform to test out your ideas. Gather your list of preferred publishers and make sure you read their submission requirements carefully. Then, gather your strength, and submit. The worst they can say is no.
March 23rd - Pluto moves into your 1st house of identity. Pluto will ask you to make yourself over – In all ways. Makeover your image with a crazy new hair color. Makeover your recital and concert black outfits into something a bit more flashy with a bit more sparkle. Makeover your flute with a jeweled crown or a brand-new headjoint. Makeover your practice routine so you are working at your most productive times. Shine brighter than ever before, no matter how intimidating that may be. Time to be your best self ever!
March 25th - Mars moves into your 6th house of daily work and health routines. Mars will have you super busy yet super productive at the end of the month. Make sure you do not burn out running from rehearsals to lessons to networking events. Take breaks, even if they are simply to breathe. This is also a great time to add a new exercise routine to your life. Have you always wanted to try surfing or weight lifting? Find yourself a personal trainer and learn something new. Mars will give you all of the energy you need to crush it!
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Happy March!