Weekly Forecast for March 29 to April 4, 2006 by Ellen Zucker This morning started of with a bang as we experienced a solar eclipse in Aries. From an astrological perspective, solar eclipses are new moons on steroids. Think of this one at 8 degrees of Aries as the real beginning of Spring. We will finally shake ourselves out of the doldrums and be ready to move. Pluto made its direct station a mere two hours later in the day. This is a powerful time. Pluto transits transform us and often reveals hidden dynamics in people and situations. Hurricane Katrina struck during the last Pluto station and revealed the poor quality of our disaster planning. World and personal events that occur now have far reaching impact. One example is the elections held in Israel yesterday. Elections are a mechanism where democracies transfer power. The results will be profound in shaping Israel'sdirection. It will be worth noting other current events that occur over the next fewdays. The good news is now that Mercury is no longer retrograde, it is now safe to sign contracts-so long as you read the small print. We feel like we can breathe again after being so boxed in as we were in the past few months. Now is the time to move forward. The next two weeks in particular is a period when you can make a great deal of progress towards your goals. This is the time to take initiative, make contacts and get out and about.