Hi you…

Thanks for being here. And since you are, I’m just wondering. Do you feel something stirring? Are you feeling like you might be getting a little excited again about something that’s been at anchor a little too long? Or that you can feel a release from something that’s felt a little too still or heavy? I hope you do, because something shifted last night, and I want to share it with you.

Think back to November – or even sometime between November and December – just a few months ago. If there was something you were breathing life into, something that held a lot of meaning for you, a lot of promise, you might have noticed that around the Winter holidays the energy wasn’t gaining momentum anymore…

That was Jupiter. Our cosmic friend of big ideas and big hopes and exuberant, life affirming motivation. He started moving backwards on November 11 in the sign Cancer, and because he has everything to do with forward motion and gaining momentum and putting your faith and your sweat into something you really believe in, that backtracking can feel like what was once bright and shiny – right there on the horizon – lost its luster. The sunrise might have dimmed, or you might have felt some resistance, or started to doubt your own reasons for being lit up about it in the first place.

But here’s the thing… a really lovely thing. Last night, March 10, at 11:30 PM EDT, Jupiter started moving forward again, after four months of going against the tide. And when that happens, the energy begins to shift, and you catch a little wind in your sail, and you might feel the possibilities stirring again.

Maybe close your eyes for a couple seconds… see if you can align with that excitement again about the thing… whatever that thing was and STILL may be, and then see if you can find a smile around it. Can you? Do you feel the corners of your mouth turning up just a little when you focus on it? That’s what it feels like when hope returns…

That’s what it feels like when the tide turns, and you feel your own purpose start to swell again.

So, the whole reason for any planet to go Retrograde, is to give you time to rethink your plans, to realign with why you’re doing what you’re doing – maybe in a different way. During those four months of Jupiter traveling backwards, you were meant to gain some new perspective about what you believe in and what you’re trying to accomplish. Maybe during those four months you learned something? Or maybe you realized that you needed to change your plan or shift something slightly – or a lot – to make it better.

And if you’ve come up with a more honed and worthy goal, or shifted direction a little… and even if you didn’t!… what are you feeling right now?

This is the time the wind is picking up again.

So think about how you can gather your momentum again. Look for signs that things are shifting… hell, create your own shifts, be the wind in your own sail, because when you do, you’re actually moving with the current current. You’re saying to Jupiter, I get it! I’m moving with you… and he really likes that. 😊

And here’s the beautiful part: this is just the beginning. On March 20—the Spring Equinox—Mercury goes direct in Pisces, the Sun moves into Aries (pure initiation energy), and every single planet in the sky will be moving forward. Not one retrograde. Just momentum, clarity, and the open water.

We’ll talk more about that next week. But for now, know this: March 11-20 is the tide rising. Jupiter just cleared the mist. The Equinox is when you catch the wind.

How does that feel? What does that look like? What’s your new perspective? What’s happening that’s letting you know that things are starting to move forward?

If you want to explore what Jupiter moving forward means in your life right now—via your astrology chart—where your momentum is building, what’s ready to grow—I have a few openings this month. You can reach me here: astrology@michellegregg.com.