Karen Anderson, Peak to Peak. Mermaids and Mermen are swimming with the flotilla of fish, as Pisces enters the center of the stars. This sympathetic, intuitive sign will guide us through the month of March. Neptune raises his trident, all powerful in Pisces, directing the school of fish.

Mercury reverses for the month of March, making this month ideal for rewriting, house cleaning and solving psychological dilemmas. This provides the platform for the lively month of April when the retrograde in the sign of Pisces ends and hits the refresh button for fresh fish.

Aries- The mermaid leads you into an underwater adventure, as you intuitively examine where you have been. This journey will allow you to leap forward when Spring arrives and you start your new astrological year. Swim backward so that you can dive forward into your future.

Taurus- The flotilla of fish floating into your future allow you to envision the reality that you want to create. This is a fine year for you to develop a strategy for career, whether you want to expand or change fields. In 2020, fortune will favor your actions in the world, so prepare now.

Gemini- The school of fish in the sign of Pisces are in search of food, fame or classrooms. Mercury, your ruler, is retrograding in March, so while something fishy is going on, this adventure will allow you to readjust your present so that you can move forward in April.

Cancer- The oceanic sign of Cancer welcomes the imagination and inventiveness of the sign of Pisces. This mystic merging into the watery depths will bring you inner, spiritual direction for your outer world. You experience fluidity during the Mercury retrograde issues in March.

Leo- The sign of Pisces brings the retrograde month of March, with fish swimming forward and backward and upside down. This will allow you to unravel unsolved mysteries from your past and recalibrate. Then you will become a smooth synchronized swimmer in your present.

Virgo- Your opposite sign of partnership, Pisces, is swimming into view. Mercury, your ruler, is retrograding in watery Pisces in March, and first appears to have flooded your world with murky oceanic waters. After you negotiate this emotional deluge, you emerge cleaner and clearer.

Libra- There are a number of brightly colored fish to swim with during the month of March. Mercury, the symbol of ideas and transportation, will be reversing in the oceanic sign of Pisces. Despite the reversal issues, as in lost car keys, clarity about the future starts to emerge.

Scorpio- As you navigate the seven seas of your life, your now welcome your fellow water sign, Pisces. The Scorpion says thanks for all the fish to Pisces. Strategic planning is the theme for you, as you swim through the course correction of March toward the treasure chest in April.

Sagittarius- The portion of the zodiac poetically known as the depth of the soul, or in this situation as the depth of the oceans, is now activated by Pisces. This swimmer is the omega sign of the zodiac, the last preparing you, after soul searching, for the vibrant Spring Equinox.

Capricorn- The star group of mountain goat planets in the heavens work well with the school of fishes now swimming into view. March features Mercury retrograding in Pisces, so prepare for recalibration, which will ready you for the vibrant Spring Equinox that enlivens April.

Aquarius- Aquawomen and Aquamen become mermaids and mermen as the sign of Pisces enters aquariums everywhere. The sign that follows yours, Pisces, will bring your future forward. The month of March, with Mercury retrograde, is ideal for planning for the lively Spring Equinox.

Pisces- Happy Birthday! The March Mercury retrograde starts at the final degree of the zodiac, 29 Pisces. You will swim from murky illusions into intuitive waters. The last becomes first; the Spring Equinox brings psychic unification, with fresh fish hitting the refresh button.

Karen Anderson is available for readings at 303-258-7258.

(Originally published February 21, 2019, in the print edition of The Mountain-Ear.)