Daily Cosmic Calendar For March 5th

The Moon is in Taurus all day — opening the gates to resourcefulness in financial matters, construction work, gardening, cooking and baking. Let the eternal optimist within emerge from hibernation during a supportive, 60-degree alliance from the Moon to Jupiter (6:03AM) — happening one day before giant Jupiter shifts from retrograde to direct in Cancer for a 9-month cycle in forward motion.  Watch out for some static coming from investment planning or regarding sisterhood ties as Venus squares Vesta (11:18AM). Less than two hours later, Venus enters airy Aquarius (1:04PM) until April 5. Venus in the eleventh sign of the zodiac is a boon for expanding your circle of friends and becoming more involved with community affairs and global causes that appeal to your philosophy of life. Solving problems may take extra oomph and patience today as Venus forms an off-kilter, 150-degree tie with Pallas (1:34PM) while, nearly 8 hours later, Pallas tries to ameliorate any damage by making a constructive, 60-degree contact with Vesta (9:23PM).  In between these two alignments, try to take advantage of the bright, radiant warmth contained in a supportive, 60-degree sextile linking the Moon and the Sun (2:58PM).  [Note to readers: All times are calculated for Pacific Standard Time. Be sure to adjust all times according to your own local time so the alignments noted above will be exact for your location.]