New Moon Partial Solar Eclipse in Aries - March 29th, 2025
On Saturday, March 29th, 2025 at 3:58 am PDT/6:58 am EDT, the moon begins a new cycle in the fierce, assertive, and passionate sign of Aries. This also happens to be a Partial Solar Eclipse that will begin at 1:50 am PDT and reach its peak at 3:47 am PDT before completing at 5:43 am PDT. Those in Northeastern USA, eastern Canada, parts of Europe, Greenland, Iceland, Northwestern Russia, and Northwest Africa will be able to view this event, but all of us will feel it in some manner.
Solar Eclipses take place on a New Moon and carry potent energy of new beginnings. This one happens to mark the final layer to a larger story about relational dynamics and personal evolution that is reflective of the Aries/Libra axis which began back in 2023. This cycle has compelled us to confront and dismantle patterns of codependence, people-pleasing, inauthenticity, and irresolution by fostering a deeper understanding of our personal identities. We've been engaged in a process of asserting our individual desires, while simultaneously exploring the nuanced dance between autonomy and interconnectedness
Take a moment and reflect on the last two years when this eclipse story began. How has life changed for you? How have your relationships evolved, or perhaps dissolved? Do you show up differently inside any of your relationships? Have you redefined your role within these connections? Do you now feel a greater sense of alignment with those around you? What’s changed about your identity? What have you learned about boundaries? What have you learned about your needs? What have you learned about yourself?
If you’d like to get more clarity about how this Aries/Libra energy has impacted you, look for the houses they occupy in your chart. Hint: The house that’s ruled by Aries is ready to claim a fresh beginning. If you have planets in Libra or Aries, this eclipse will also feel extra impactful. It’s important to note that endings create space for new beginnings.
If you’ve been waiting for a catalyst, this Aries Eclipse offers a surge of optimistic energy, propelling you forward. The warrior's influence will bolster your courage and confidence, and you’ll see the barriers that have kept you from your soul's true path. This New Moon is inviting us to awaken to the parts of ourselves that have felt buried, silenced, or suppressed. You also might feel some profound karmic energy being activated and this could lead to feeling more irritable, frustrated, or annoyed with how things have been going. You may start questioning who you’ve been, who you’re becoming, and how to move forward on a new path. It’s also possible that you’re reached a point where you no longer feel willing to tolerate certain behaviors.
Eclipses bring to light what we've obscured, and with Mercury, the planet of communication and perception, and Venus, the planet of beauty, harmony, and attraction, still Retrograde, the answers arrive through revisiting past patterns. So while there is energy to push things forward, use this time to review, reconsider, rewrite your identity, and reclaim independence from a younger version of yourself. It will be a potent time for you to rework and reinvent how you express yourself. While Mercury Retrograde is active, expect potential miscommunications and moments of uncertainty; exercise patience, and delay major decisions until a clearer picture emerges.
This period invites a thorough review of identity, values, and direction so we can reassert who we are on our own terms. Venus Retrograde is conjunct Neptune in Pisces and the day after Neptune will move into Aries for the first time in over 160 years, initiating a new, powerful vision into focus. Reality might feel cloudy and narratives may feel uncertain, but this lunation asks us to trust ourselves and surrender to the flow by facing our fears, claiming our path forward, and embracing a new vision.