Full Moon March 2024 Lunar Eclipse

The full moon in March 2024 is a lunar eclipse, so it is more powerful and longer-lasting than a regular full moon. It coincides with Venus sextile Jupiter, making the meaning of the full moon in March 2024 astrology love, good fortune, cooperation, and a desire for peace.

The March 2024 lunar eclipse also aligns with a star encouraging friendship and cooperation. However, it also suggests that the terms for peace may be unrealistic or suspicious.

Full Moon March 2024 Astrology

The full moon on Monday, March 25, 2024, is at 05°07′ Libra. As the full moon horoscope below shows, it makes aspects to Mars and Pluto. However, the quincunx to Mars has too wide an orb to be felt. The trine to Pluto is more significant but has a moderate influence.

The primary planetary influence is Venus sextile Jupiter. However, the most significant astrological influence on the Lunar Eclipse of March 2024 comes from a fixed star in very close alignment at 05°10′ Libra.

Lunar Eclipse March 2024

Lunar Eclipse March 2024 Astrology

Like a regular full moon, only more potent, the Sun opposite Moon of a lunar eclipse sharpens the focus on home, family, and intimate relationships. Opposing forces, such as work versus home or what you need versus what you want, create inner tension and external pressures. This can lead to conflict and crises that drain your energy.

The lunar qualities of emotions and instincts will climax during the March 2024 lunar eclipse. So, use your increased emotional strength and intuition to overcome any relationship challenges. Subconscious awareness allows for an honest and balanced look at your relationships. You will see any relationship dynamics or negative feelings causing disharmony.

The Planets

Full Moon trine Pluto gives emotional sensitivity and psychic perception. You will feel things more powerfully and likely be transformed by your intense emotional reactions. Intimate relationships can also undergo a positive regeneration.

You may be driven to probe other people’s feelings and appear possessive or obsessive, but others will likely welcome your interest. Your interactions with others, especially with family members and women, will be more intense and profound than usual.

Venus sextile Jupiter brings growth and good fortune. It is a pleasant, loving and creative influence that encourages cooperation, peace and harmony. It is ideal for relaxing, partying, making money and making love.

Socializing, dating, and making friends come easily; new friendships should be genuine and mutually beneficial. Good luck applies to travel, financial investments, business deals, higher education, and the law.

The Constellation

The Full Moon in March 2024 is in the Sign of Libra, but as the star map below shows, it is located in Constellation Virgo. The Signs and the Constellations do not match up. Over the last 2000 years, the Constellations have moved nearly 30° out of alignment with the Signs because of the precession of the equinoxes.

The Zodiac was invented only as a measuring device. The degrees on the ecliptic line in the image below equate to those in the Full Moon horoscope. I use the Fixed Star and Constellation like the ancient astrologers, not the Signs and Houses of modern astrology.

As the image below shows, the March 2024 Lunar Eclipse 05°07′ Libra aligns closely with Eta Virginis, Zaniah, at 05°10′ Libra.

Full Moon March 2024

The Virgin

Virgo Constellation is ruled by Mercury and has always been associated with purity, diplomacy, discernment, intellect, and analysis. Harsh aspects (opposite the Sun) can cause criticism, fussiness, hypocrisy, gossip and self-pity.

The Moon in Virgo Constellation gives a receptive and analytical mind, retentive memory, a retiring nature, an eye for detail, fluent speech, and a wish to serve. Harsh aspects can cause timidness, nagging, an unfunny wit, a lack of self-confidence, and criticism and perfectionism over unimportant details. ^[1]

The Star

Fixed star Zaniah at 05°10′ Libra gives refinement, honor, congeniality, order and a lovable nature. ^[2]As a Venus-natured star, it gives artistic appreciation, unexpected gains, good fortune, riches, good judgment, sociableness, creativeness, idealism, and impulsiveness. Harsh aspects cause wantonness, indiscretion, scandals, foolhardiness, destructiveness, cleverness, anxiety, and self-seeking. As a variable star, Zaniah also gives a tendency to be argumentative, inconstant and unreliable. ^[1]

The Moon with Zaniah gives worry, loss through legal and Venusian affairs, trouble through writings, and a tendency to be led astray by sympathies. ^[2]

An outward appearance of congeniality but involvement in controversial subjects and people. With harsh aspects, it gives a tendency to speak without thinking of the consequences and a lot of time disengaging from the controversy, legal involvements and spur-of-the-moment decisions, generally based on sympathy, not logic. ^[1]

A talent for negotiating peace and the intuition for knowing to call a halt to battle and either offer or seek terms for peace. However, the terms for peace may either be unrealistic or downright ‘shady,’ especially with harsh aspects. ^[3]

Full Moon March 2024 Meaning

The March 2024 full moon has a stronger-than-usual astrological influence because it is a lunar eclipse. This influence is positive because of the favorable planetary aspects and the Venus-natured fixed star. Pluto encourages positive transformation while Venus sextile Jupiter brings love and good fortune and gives a desire for peace and harmony.

Fixed star Zaniah is the most significant influence on the March 2024 lunar eclipse astrology. It encourages friendship and cooperation, but the Moon does not bring out its best side, instead causing worry and loss. This star’s variability and opposition to the Sun also bring arguments, unreliability and controversy.

Combining the planets’ influences and Zaniah, this eclipse’s central theme is the desire for peace. The challenges posed by Zaniah are unrealistic or suspicious terms for peace and being led astray by sympathies.

Eclipse Phases

The influence of the March 25 lunar eclipse will combine with that of the April 8 solar eclipse to form an eclipse phase that lasts about six months up to the lunar eclipse on September 17, 2024.

If the Full Moon March 2024 astrology directly impacts your horoscope decan, you can read about it in your monthly horoscope. For more detail about how it affects your natal chart, see full moon transits.

Previous Moon Phase: New Moon March 10, 2024
Next Moon Phase: Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024
2024 Moon Phases Calendar

Lunar Eclipse March 2024 Times and Dates

Los Angeles – March 25, 0:00 am
New York – March 25, 3:00 am
London – March 25, 7:00 am
Delhi – March 25, 12:30 pm
Sydney – March 25, 6:00 pm

Lunar Eclipse March 2024 Map

The Lunar Eclipse in March 2024 will be fully visible from most of the Americas. It will rise over Australia and eastern Asia and set over western parts of Africa and Europe.