The Solar Eclipse in Aries on March 29th marks the end of the Aries/Libra Eclipse cycle that has dominated the skies for the past two years. This will come as a great relief for those tired of the wild pendulum swings between war and peace; harmony and cacophony, but we are still not out of the woods. Aries is the zodiac sign of the rugged individualist. Aries people don’t rely on others but rather look to themselves when the going gets tough. This makes them scrappy and brusque, but what they lack in politesse they make up for in heroism. If the Eclipses have taught us anything, it’s that each of us has a responsibility to transmute the Mars energy into something higher. Either we can bully and laugh at others’ misfortune or we can draw upon Mars’s ennobling energies to stand tall and safeguard those who cannot safeguard themselves. Where others run from catastrophe, those born under Aries run toward it seeing what they can do to help. It’s one of the great gifts of the sign and something that can inspire us all now.