How Athens Received Her Name
Celestial Almanac for the week of March 23rd, 2025
🪐 Affirmation
I am dissolving before I am reborn. I let it happen.
💎 Crystal of the Day
Labradorite – For intuition, mysticism, and protection during deep inner journeys.
Keep it near your throat or third eye today to anchor yourself in truth while you drift.
🌿 Botanical Ally
Blue Lotus – Dreamy, otherworldly, and gently euphoric. Sip as a tea, use as an anointing oil, or place dried petals on your altar to enhance intuition and access higher wisdom.
🎴 Card of the Day
The High Priestess – Element: Water • Planet: The Moon • Significance: Intuition, Mystery, Inner Knowing
📝 Journal Prompt
“What am I ready to release before this eclipse rebirths me?”
Where am I holding onto illusions, and what would it feel like to let go—even if I don’t know what comes next?
✨ Astral Weather
Transits:
• Venus conjunct Neptune in Pisces – the dreamy, dissolving heart
• Mercury Retrograde in Aries – the warrior rethinks his wordsPortal Opening: Solar Eclipse in Aries this Saturday 3/29/25
Cosmic Shift Incoming: Neptune enters Aries on Sunday 3/30/25 for the first time since 1862
🌟 Collective Message
The veils are thin with the Moon waning in Pisces and Venus conjoined with Neptune, we drift in a sea of feeling—tender, intuitive, and a little undone. This is not a day for hard decisions. It is a day to dream gently, to grieve softly, to float in the in-between.
Mercury retrograde in Aries stirs old words, missed messages, and misfires of the tongue. But instead of charging forward, sit with it. Let silence speak. Let the ocean of the sky rewrite the script.
💫 Ritual of the Day
Take a warm bath or foot soak with Epsom salts, lavender, and blue lotus flowers. As you soak, whisper forgiveness—to yourself, to someone else, to the past. Let the water take it. Let your breath bless it. Let your tears be holy.
Lore & Legend:
How Athens Received Her Name
Long ago, the gods of Olympus gathered to decide the name and fate of a newborn city. Two immortals stepped forward to claim it—Poseidon, god of the sea, and Athena, goddess of wisdom and war. To win the devotion of its people, each would offer a sacred gift. Poseidon, struck the rocky ground with his mighty trident and from the earth surged a saltwater spring, a symbol of his power—and in some tellings, a warhorse, thundering and wild. The gift was bold, fierce, and untamed—like Poseidon himself.
Poseidon's trident is a symbol of raw, elemental power. With it, he could summon storms, stir the sea, and shatter the earth—earning him the name Earth-Shaker. He created springs, split mountains, and even formed the first horse from a camel. This three-pronged weapon became a lasting emblem of naval might, echoed today in the insignia of the U.S. Navy SEALs. The Romans called him Neptune, and his trident’s force remains timeless.
Athena, in contrast, stepped forward in silence. She knelt and planted a single olive tree—a gift of nourishment, endurance, and peace. The people chose Athena’s offering. Though less dramatic...the olive tree has sustained them for generations: oil, wood, food, and the wisdom of slow, sustainable growth became the foundation of Athens.
Poseidon, enraged by rejection, flooded the land in a surge of wounded pride. But the lesson remained:
Power without purpose is chaos. Vision with peace is sovereignty.
Now, on March 30th, 2025, Neptune, the planet associated with collective oneness, psychic receptivity, spirituality, illusions, confusion, and dreams, leaves the cooling waters of Pisces and enters fiery Aries for the first time in over 160 years. The sea god steps into the warrior’s forge. Dreams ignite. Illusions burn. As a collective we are asked once more:
Like Poseidon, will we seek devotion as a power grab with force and retaliation? Or like Athena, will we tap into our intuitive and spiritual prowess to plant something enduring - rooted in wisdom, devotion, and care. The positive archetypes of both Neptune and Aries reside within each of us, should we choose to embody them. How do you imagine your Poseidon vs. Athena era unfolding?
