March will be the ideal month to tackle all your home-related plans. If you were thinking of moving, start looking for a new space the moment March arrives. The new moon appeared on February 28 at one minute to midnight on the United States West Coast, and on March 1 for most others in different time zones. That means this month will start off with lots of fresh energy and will provide you with opportunities, many of them perfect to solve your home-related dilemma.

It will be important to start fast, with not a moment to spare, for all new moons are strongest when they appear, and then steadily decline in power with each passing day until, by the time you get to March 13 or so, the new moon will pass the baton of energy to the full moon, who will take over from that point on. (The full moon will occur Sunday, March 16, and be influential for approximately plus or minus four days.)

You can choose a contractor to renovate your kitchen, do extensive repairs on the windows or roof, rent a charming cottage by the sea for a week next summer, start to map out the new landscaping you want to do in the spring for your yard - you'll have many options and you can decide. What makes this new moon so special is that Neptune will enter with the new moon on her arm, and Neptune, being the planet of art, will supply you with many artistic options. Let out the mini-Martha Stewart in you! Go to the paint store and collect paint chips, or the furniture or upholstery shop and come back with fabric swatches. Your design talents are being stimulated and chances are, you'll love the results.

I am also so excited to tell you that Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck, will be beaming his excellent shimmering rays to this new moon. The new moon is at 11 degrees Pisces, a water sign, and Jupiter is in another water sign, Cancer at 11 degrees - wow, a perfect mathematical match, translating into perfect harmony for your home project.

Jupiter's position shows you'll have the money you need to start your home-related dream project. Jupiter will see to it that you are able to get a mortgage, refinancing plan, or home improvement loan from the bank. Or, you may be given money from your family to get started. Jupiter is currently touring your eighth house of other people's money (ruling such things as bank loans, insurance payouts, credit cards, inheritance, gifts, bonuses, commissions, and other one-time payments and financial dealings outside of personal salary.) Jupiter is also in Cancer, the sign of home and family. You can't get anything better than this, dear Sagittarius! In early March, when it comes to home, it looks like all the money you need can appear with just a bit of effort from you. If you are in the market to sell a house / condo / co-op apartment, it will be your best time to do so. You can close on a house or move into one you have already chosen in early March.

Mercury stopped being retrograde as of February 28, so you can now order expensive items and electronics for your home without fear. You can sign papers and announce your choice of contractor. Many things will begin to move forward now. If you can wait until on or after March 20, all the better, as by then Mercury will have retraced all his steps to the point when he first went retrograde, considered a significant mathematical point in astrology. If you can't wait until March 20, that's okay - at least Mercury is moving in the right direction!

A home-related day that deserves a big gold star is March 26 when Mercury and your ruler, Jupiter, will work together to bring fantastic news regarding a home-related plan. It would be an ideal day to sign papers, or if you need to take a trip, perhaps to view real estate or see family, do it on this day. With the moon in Aquarius, if you need to buy an electronic item or appliance, this is the day to buy it.

One little thing concerns me in your chart. Neptune will conjoin the Sun and new moon, so at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I want you to protect yourself against flooding and any possible water damage. Neptune is the mythological lord of the sea, and it appears he wants to bring the sea with him into your house (so to speak), and this applies even if you live in a big city and have an apartment in a high rise. You never know when the people upstairs will overflow the bathtub or a hurricane's wind and rain will come in your windows and ruin your beautiful parquet floor. Neptune will remain in your home sector until January 2026 (yes, that is not a typo - 2026), so I will be relentless on this topic until I see you did call your broker and take care of this. I am trying to protect you!

It was time to pay my own annual home insurance premium, and I was thinking about you, dear Sagittarius, so I figured I should follow my own advice about having good coverage, even though I am not a Sagittarius. I called the insurance company and received more information than I got from my broker. Insurance companies have intricate wording in their policies, so be absolutely sure you understand what your policy covers and what it does not cover. (Knowing what is not covered was much more interesting as you will find out about how tightly these policies are worded - no surprises later.) As it turned out, I had nothing to fear concerning possible water damage or for anything else for that matter, and I came way realizing I was covered for lots of things I had not even thought about. I hope you get the same news. By the way, I will never ask you to do something that I have not road-tested myself!

Neptune is also the planet of fog and confusion, but this month he is so beautifully angled to Jupiter at the new moon that I am not as concerned with the possibility that Neptune would cause you to be deceived. Still, I as your best friend and astrologer, I am obligated to say that you need to have the very best appraiser you can find if you are buying a house, and that you should hire a crackerjack real estate attorney to represent you, too, if you are buying, selling, renting, or inheriting a house or apartment. Neptune can spread his beautiful, but misleading, fog over facts, so this month, it is absolutely worth going the extra mile to be sure you understand every clause written into the paperwork you will sign.

Neptune is in hard angle to your Sun (90 degrees) if you were born November 27, so if you were born either five days prior to this date, on the date, or five days after this date, you will be more prone to missing the details of a home-related deal than other members of your sign.

If you are set with your home, and have no plans to make changes, this gorgeous peach of a new moon February 28/March 1 can help you find options to help your parent or someone you have always thought of as a parent. Does your mom need you to locate a specialist for her medical concern, and to accompany her when she goes to the doctor? Does your father need a little help finding a new home he'd like to move into in a sunnier climate? Any family-related question you need to solve in early March will bring answers now - this is your best new moon of the year for home matters, dear Sagittarius.

Your attention will switch to your career once we get within range of the full moon, March 16, plus or minus four days. This full moon will be in Virgo, 26 degrees, and will light your tenth house of honors, awards, achievement, and fame. This full moon will bring to culmination much of the fine work you've been doing and for the leadership and visionary qualities you've demonstrated. It is likely be a time of applause and praise. You may get a new position or promotion, fine publicity, or other type of career victory. It's an important moment in your timeline, and if you have played your cards right, a time of enormous professional reward.

Saturn will be on hand to send beautiful golden beams of stability to the full moon, so after the full moon is fully over (give it four days), you should feel more secure and proud of all you've done.

Actually, a day leading to this full moon, on March 13 (the full moon is March 16), may work out to be quite wonderful for you, when the Sun and Saturn will be in sync. This might result in a very profitable exploratory meeting, interview, or presentation with a VIP. Circle it on your calendar and use it for career purposes.

Do you want to take a little trip? The fine communication going on between Venus in Aquarius and Uranus in Aries on March 18 may lift your spirits. Or, if you cannot travel, you might get a text / email / letter from a friend or news from your sister, brother, or a cousin.

Now we get to the month's second new moon, and the mood will change dramatically. That new moon will be in Aries 10 degrees, fall in your house of true love, and it will come arm-in-arm with Uranus. Uranus brings all sorts of news that you'd never expect, both positive and not positive, and you never know which way Uranus will go - that's his nature. You seem to be looking for excitement and adventure when it comes to love, but after this new moon arrives, and in the ten days that follows the new moon, you may get a little bit too much excitement. Pluto will be in very hard angle to Uranus, and because Pluto is in your second house of money, the matter that arises may have to do with a difference of opinion over the handling of finances.

This same house rules creativity and children. Keep your eye on a creative project that could go off the rails and perhaps cost you more money, which is not what you want to hear. Also keep your eye on one or all of your children, as one may act up in a way you would not have expected. With Uranus involved with this new moon March 30, you can't really prepare for what will surface, because news will always be unexpected and not what you were looking at as a possibility with Uranus. Because this is a new moon, it will begin a trend, not end one, and as mentioned, it seems to require you write a check. I don't see small trends, only big ones, so I can only imagine this would be a hefty a check that you did not suppose you'd have to write.

Mars rules your fifth house, the place where this troublesome new moon will arrive, and coincidentally, Mars will retrograde this month from March 1 to May 19. This tells me that one of your friends may put in his/her unsolicited two cents about the person you are dating (or make a judgment about your choices of those you date), and this may grate on your nerves. It is also possible that you volunteer in a leadership position in a club, charity, humanitarian project, or other association and have not had an easy time getting along with one of the committee chairmen - with Mars retrograde you can get a second chance to mend the relationship.

Welcome to April - this new moon of March 20 will give you a preview of the hardest month of 2014. There are two eclipses due next month, one April 15, which will focus you on a friend (maybe the same one) and April 29, which will be about your work projects and health. This new moon will give you hints of what is to come. We are all in this together, so all we can do is open the window and see what flies in.

If your birthday falls on December 2, plus or minus five days, or if you have done your chart and know you have Sagittarius rising 10 degrees (plus or minus five degrees), you will feel this new moon, but may find a way to deal with it better than most. I say that because your Sun or ascendant will be in friendly angle to the new moon, and that is a big help.

With Mars retrograde too, it's not a time to make any big decisions about love, as Mars rules your fifth house of love. It's a good time to reflect and think things over, and to come up with multiple ways to deal with any dilemma that comes up. (I always feel that having only one idea is always a dangerous thing - come up with many ideas, always, and then choose the best one among all those you generate.)

Your home will be the subject of most of your thinking as the month opens, thanks to a very positive new moon, February 28 / March 1, that will provide you plenty of opportunity to upgrade your living situation during the first half of March. You may want to move or renovate or redecorate. The creativity you display in home-related matters will be impressive. You first order of business, however, will be to review your home insurance, for Neptune will conjoin this new moon, elevating the danger of water damage to your house or apartment. (Neptune will remain your home sector until 2026, so this is no short trend.) Fortunately, Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck, will be friendly at the new moon, suggesting that your insurance and mortgage broker will likely support your interests and offer good advice and find attractive rates.

In terms of your love life, you have changes coming. Mars, the ruler of your fifth house of true love, is about to retrograde from March 1 to May 19. You will be ready to decide whether you want to slow down the relationship. If you have been trying to help one of your children who may need expert help, Mars retrograde will help you assess whether enough progress has been made, and if not, who to see to get your child the help he needs. Couples trying to conceive with no success so far should consult with a medical expert now, but plan to try again for conception after Mars goes direct, after May 19.

If you volunteer, belong to a charity or club, and are active, you may disagree with one of the leader's comments or direction, and you may clash. This person and you may have clashed for some time - now, with Mars retrograde, you may get together if you can bury the hatchet. You may come up with new ideas of how to approach coming projects. On another note, if you are active in social media, be careful not to share too much information.

Career news will have you smiling radiantly within four days of the full moon March 16 when a deal or career interview may be clinched. A high level, older executive behind the scenes, indicated by Saturn, seems to have assisted your progress by speaking up about how well you've performed on difficult projects. This VIP believes in you, and has put you on their short list of stars-in-the-making. The position or new venture you discuss now will have the power to raise your status in your company and also industry, so aim toward getting closure mid-month on any professional endeavor important to you. Mars is retrograde, as of March 1 to May 19, so if talks drag on, it's fine - let them. You will remain on this VIP's radar. It would be best to seal your deal or start your new position in late May. If you can't, don't worry - you do have good aspects.

Your career will bring big, hopefully wonderful news, within four days of the full moon, March 18. You may hear you won a position you interviewed for earlier. Saturn will be friendly, so it looks like you may get precisely the salary you wanted too.

The new moon of March 30 will bring up flaws in a close romantic relationship. Finances could be at the heart of the discussion. A new moon sets up a trend, so think before you speak, as a rocky time may ensue. Alternatively, this new moon may be about a child and what you hope to do to help that child.