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March 1981

The spring equinox falls on March 20; a full moon in Virgo on March 20 and a new moon in Pisces on March 6; Mercury retrograde ends March 2.

Spring Equinox

Sun enters Aries · March 20, 12:03 pm ET

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This month

  • New Moon · PiscesMar 6 · 5:32 am
  • First Quarter · GeminiMar 12 · 8:51 pm
  • Full Moon · VirgoMar 20 · 10:23 am
  • Last Quarter · CapricornMar 28 · 2:35 pm
  • Spring EquinoxMar 20 · 12:03 pm
  • Mercury stations directMar 2 · 2:07 am
  • Uranus stations retrogradeMar 4 · 8:28 pm
  • Neptune stations retrogradeMar 27 · 1:34 am

Mercury retrograde Feb 8 – Mar 2

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Notable aspects

  • Mars square NeptuneMar 10 · 4:56 am
  • Mars trine UranusMar 16 · 11:03 pm
  • Jupiter conjunction SaturnMar 4 · 2:47 pm
  • Mars opposition SaturnMar 25 · 8:39 am
  • Mars opposition JupiterMar 24 · 6:24 am
  • Mercury trine PlutoMar 11 · 9:56 am
  • Sun square NeptuneMar 15 · 6:56 am
  • Mercury square UranusMar 18 · 12:17 am
  • Venus square NeptuneMar 19 · 11:10 pm
  • Sun opposition SaturnMar 26 · 11:52 pm
  • Venus opposition SaturnMar 29 · 3:42 am