Navigating the Magical Turbulence of the March Madness

I started February attending a Vision Board Workshop with Dijana Kocić. We escaped the city for a day, surrounding ourselves with trees, fresh air, and birds chirping. The day was cold but sunny, the brisk quality of the air invigorating our thinking. Five other amazing women attended, and Dijana led us through the process.

What we did that day—all the tools Dijana presented, writing down our visions, breaking them into steps, and infusing the process with creativity and play—reflected the moment of the New Moon in Pisces that colored the last few days of February.

I had (as always) many visions and goals, but this year, at the center of my board, I pinned a picture of myself perched on a pile of books I love the most. Above the image, I glued the words “my creative self.” Other visions, photographs, and words surrounded it, but every day when I look at my board, I see the center first.

The day after the workshop, I threw myself into action—one day working on my small business, the next day I tended to home and children, then to my academic pursuits. I enjoyed every step, yet by the end of each day, a strange guilt crept in. Not the mama guilt I was accustomed to but something quieter, but stronger and overwhelming.

Within two weeks, a few of my vision board goals manifested—I found a new studio for my yoga classes and workshops, set to begin on March 8. And I also rented an office for Wednesdays for my astrology consultations.

However… when I came to the office for the first time, I wasn't interested in doing my astrology work. As soon as I sat at the desk, a familiar feeling took over me. I let it guide me, opened my laptop, and pulled out my unfinished manuscripts—three books that were sitting there and waiting for years. I started reading my own words out loud. I was engaged and amazed. My essays were beautiful, smart, and funny. My novel was gripping and visceral. And yet, my inner critic had locked them away a few years ago, in a document file, suffocating them under endless self-questioning. It felt as if the space wanted me to write. Hours passed. I didn’t drink water, didn’t take a bite to eat. I was completely lost in the work I had abandoned.

When Bojana, the owner of the space, returned in the evening, she didn't seem surprised by my story. My father wrote all his books in this room, she said with a warm smile.

I left in a hurry, not even thinking to ask about her father, too overwhelmed by what had just happened.

A few days later, I attended a family constellation therapy session, and I asked the therapist if my work that day could focus on my novel. The therapist was delighted, saying she had never placed fictional characters in the constellation process before—but that we should try it. And we did. The process helped me understand that my obsessive search for truth in writing suffocated the joy of creativity. I had been obsessed with questions like Am I doing this right? Is this even the right word?—and in the overthinking, creativity had disappeared.

On the day of the New Moon in Pisces, I returned to Centrala 24, now my writing space, and began the daunting process of translating my novel from English to Serbian. But this time, I enjoyed it. I let my characters breathe again. I wasn’t distracted by the search for the perfect word.

And then, I remembered something my Buddhist teacher once told me:

✨ There can be just ONE top priority. ✨

So if, right now, my top priority is, as my Vision Board says, my creative self, then I must let it be that way.

This New Moon in Pisces (that occurred on February 28, 2025) is a meeting point between structure and surrender, discipline and dreams, reality and illusion. Nestled between Saturn, the planet of boundaries, and Neptune, the planet of dissolution, this lunation has invited us into a liminal space—where visions demand form, and where clarity is found not by grasping, but by trusting.

Pisces, ruled by Jupiter and Neptune, naturally blurs lines, dissolves barriers, and softens hard edges. It’s the realm of dreams, intuition, and boundless creativity. But with Saturn so close, we are being asked:

• What parts of my dream are worth committing to?

• Where do I need more structure so my vision can take shape?

• What illusions am I finally ready to release?

  
  

Saturn brings realism to the Piscean realm, ensuring that we aren’t just escaping into fantasy but instead creating something tangible from our inspiration. This was a New Moon that asked for both devotion and discernment—teaching us that it's not enough just to dream, but we must also commit to the work required to manifest those dreams. It is not enough to make a Vision Board and hang it on a wall, but we must take small steps every single day.

My Vision Board experience was a perfect precursor to the magical turbulence of March—a month that not only tests our perceptions of reality but also challenges us to redefine our relationships to our creative pursuits. As we navigate this month's celestial dynamics, reminiscent of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland, we find ourselves at a tea party with the Mad Hatter, where every sip of tea deepens our introspection and every conversation expands our horizons.

This March, let the magical turbulence inspire you to navigate your own Wonderland, finding wisdom in its madness and joy in its unpredictability. It's a time to allow the magical and the mad to lead us toward deeper understanding and transformation.

This month, I also encourage you to:

• Write down your biggest dream—then break it into Saturn-sized steps. What is one practical action you can take every day to move forward?

• Practice surrender. Some things are beyond your control—let the tides carry what needs to go.

• Notice where your desires are shifting. Venus and Mercury retrogrades will show you what’s up for review in your relationships and values.

• Embrace the discomfort of the in-between. You don’t need to have all the answers—this is a time to sit with the wondering.

This will not be just a journey through the magical turbulence of March, but a journey into the very essence of our aspirations and dreams.

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