There are many things to talk about in April, but I’ll start with your career–a theme I’ll keep emphasizing as we transition through the early stages of Neptune in your solar career house. Neptune in Pisces is a double wallop of a certain kind of drama-loving energy. If you don’t love drama already, try to learn to at least tolerate it. (more…)
We’ve got a combination earth energies in April, Cancer, as we have been having for a number of months now. For you, the new moon in Taurus on the 21st, combined with Jupiter in Taurus and Mars going direct in Virgo on the 13th, spells golden opportunities to network, self-promote, chat people up, sell, and persuade. (more…)
You may want to travel in April, Leo. April is Aries month, and Aries is your solar travel sign. Aries likes to travel to explore, to discover, for adventure, rather than for any practical purpose.
Meanwhile, Jupiter, the travel planet, is in your career house right now, and we have a new moon in your career sector on the 21st. So, some of you might like to combine business or professional travel with recreational or adventure travel this month if you can. (more…)
The danger-craving portion of your chart is activated in April, Virgo. Did you know you have a danger-craving part of your chart? You do. It’s Aries in your solar 8th house. Your Aries nature’s idea of a good movie is one with plenty of action, daredevil stunts and satisfying explosions.
Yup, that’s how your chart escapes from everyday reality–with fantasies of violence, mayhem and pointless destruction. And that kind of entertainment is good for you. It provides an antidote to your Virgo sun sign’s tendency to repress all that and behave sensibly. So maybe a trip to The Hunger Games or a flick of similar ilk would be just what the doctor ordered for you in April. (more…)
Good news! Your ruler Venus enters the sign of Gemini in early April and she doesn’t leave until early August. In your solar chart, Gemini represents your 9th house. The 9th house deals with a variety of things including travel, your plans and aspirations, study and education, courts and legal matters, and the big philosophical questions of life. Venus rules things like beauty, tact, diplomacy, charm, love, money, manipulation and an indirect method of accomplishing things. Since Venus will be in Gemini for so long, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to mix and match these various attributes of Venus in the 9th house. (more…)
On April 3, Venus moves into Gemini for a very long stay, until August. Venus usually stays in a sign for only a few weeks, but this year she wants to stay in Gemini for almost as long as is astronomically possible. In your solar chart, Gemini represents the 8th house, the sector of deepness, sex, debt, and sometimes shopping. Quite a combination! Venus represents beauty, so all kinds of possibilities are present for using this transit. (more…)
Mars goes direct in your career house on the 13th, after a rather long retrograde. This isn’t a strong enough influence to indicate a radical change in your career, but it could indicate a slight change of direction. Mars has been in your career house since last November, so whatever happens should theoretically be a result of whatever you have been involved in since that time. Stay open to potentials for growth on this front all month, but especially around mid-April. (more…)
In the early part of the month, we have a full moon in Libra on the 6th. This full moon relates to your career and may indicate that something is wrapping up or ending or that you need to tie up loose ends with regard to a career matter. Keep your eyes open for matters that need to be completed with a personal touch. With Saturn still in this sector of your chart until October, it might be wise to remember that when a chapter ends, the book doesn’t. There is still a lot to be written, but Saturn has a tendency to want something to end during his stay in this house, seemingly on the theory that the next chapter will be even better than the current one. (more…)
For a couple of years now, you’ve had Saturn in Libra telling you not to be impulsive in matters of the intellect. And for a couple of years now, you’ve had Uranus in Aries telling you to be as impulsive as possible in matters of the intellect and to do and think everything more quickly.
In April, the sun and Mercury in Aries jump into the fray to throw in their two cents. They want you to talk, talk, talk, talk or think, think, think. And they probably wouldn’t mind if you got in an argument or two. (more…)
April has a distinct Aries flair, as is often the case. The month opens with the sun in Aries, and it finishes with Mercury in Aries, and all throughout Uranus in this sign stirs things up, as is his wont. The inner planets in Aries work (hopefully) to sharpen your mind when it come to finances. The planets in Aries team up with Venus in Gemini, a beautiful placement for improving your home life, and one which also likes to talk and think about money! All these planets encourage quick financial action and healthy curiosity. They’re shrewd. (more…)
Happy Birthday, Pisces! In many ways, this is a good month for your sign. Venus and Jupiter meet up in Taurus in your solar third house and make happy trines to Mars and Pluto the week of the 12th. The solar third house is a light and breezy house, not associated with deep emotions. The trines make it easier to resolve any issues you may have with your relationships, whether with lovers, friends, or just the people you deal with everyday. (more…)
March is traditionally Pisces month, at least until the sun moves into your sign to mark the beginning of spring. Pisces is the sign designated to care about those less fortunate, about cosmic connections, about spiritual compassion, and a lot of do-gooder-y feelings if not always actions. It represents your solar 12th house, which means its effects are supposed to take place behind the scenes. In other words, you’re not ‘supposed’ to lead with your do-gooder-y feelings but they’ll be trying to nudge you just the same. This year in March we have Mercury spending a single day in Pisces before escaping into your sign, only to start sliding back (retrograding) on the 12th until it slides all the way back into Pisces on the 23rd and stays there for the rest of the month. (more…)
This is the time of year when traditionally the focus of the inner planets is on your 11th and 12th houses. The 11th house deals with friendship and relating to others in a friendly way, as with colleagues and acquaintances. Your friendship sign is the creative and spiritual sign of Pisces. This year, in addition to the sun in Pisces until the 20th, we have Mercury retrograding in the sign plus the super-creative Neptune and healing Chiron. Creative communication and thought with a healing purpose seem to be the order of the day, especially as you relate to others on a casual basis. (more…)
Your ruler Mercury retrogrades this month, which gives it more time to focus on an area of great interest and activity in your solar chart, your 10th house. The 10th house is related to career (as opposed to survival jobs), ambitions, and one’s parents. Your ruler Mercury favors intellectual activities and interests, so this month we have a blending of intellectual and career concerns. Normally, Mercury would just zip through your solar career sign, Pisces, and be on its merry way. This year, however, it spends but a single day at the beginning of the month in Pisces.
Then it moves into Aries, ahead of schedule, realizes its mistake, and turns around on the 12th to head back toward Pisces. (more…)
