April kicks off our spring season with Mercury retrograde.  Sure it sounds ominous, but is it?  Mercury retrogrades are infamous for miscommunications, technical glitches, mistakes and misunderstandings along with travel problems and possible financial issues.  Mercury’s timing is out of step until the end of the month.  Read everything carefully.  Speak clearly. Count and recount your money, stay up to date with emails and phone calls.  Keep your appointments and check the tires and fluids on your ride before taking off. While Mercury is in Aries It passes over Chiron three times.  The first conjunction with Chiron took place in February and will conjunct the final two times on April 25th and May 7th.  As Chiron is the wounded healer, its transit through Aries can allow healing to things that we have carried for a long time. Living authentically with determination can help us push through tough moments.  We are also entering the month with Ceres squaring the nodes.  Self care rituals may require that you get up earlier. You could notice that the way you are nurturing or taking care of others is taking too much of your time and resources. It is also possible your relationships with your children, family members and friends may need a more harmonious connection.  Using traditional ways of communication, such as letters and phone calls could make conversations go smoother as using technology to send emails and texts will prove more difficult.  Pluto is still sitting at 2 degrees of Aquarius and it would be beneficial to take a look back to January 20, 2024, when Pluto made its second entrance into Aquarius.  Pluto will begin retrograde on May 2, 2024 and won’t station direct until October 14, 2024.  This will give us the opportunity to plan for the major changes that can affect our lives for the next 20 years and bring closure to the things, people and places that the Pluto transit through Capricorn showed us what no longer serves us in that area of our chart. Saturn has entered its shadow zone of retrograde that begins June 29, 2024 and lasts through November 15, 2024.  On April 10th, Mars will be the last planet to make a conjunction with Saturn in Pisces for the remainder of the year.  Because this conjunction takes place in Pisces while Saturn is in its retrograde shadow, you should make a note of anything that takes place now. As this is also the last time Mars and Saturn meet in Pisces, releasing what no longer serves you and strengthening that which sustains you will be required.  If you have been actively making this purge, only hard work and commitment will be required. Otherwise, this transit through Pisces will be challenging as you will have to release things and people that were a big part of your life. If you run into an unexpected problem, delay or obstacle concerning these themes, the Saturn retrograde will give you the opportunity to make adjustments, add new boundaries, make new rules or negotiate a better deal.  Venus makes its entrance into fiery Aries, April 5th, which is also the same day that the Sun makes a conjunction with the North Node in Aries.  A new purpose could move you in a different but more authentic direction.  The first Solar Eclipse of the Year takes place on April  8th.  This will be a powerful eclipse of an Exalted Sun that is also conjunct Chiron.  While this event has been the topic of discussions for a while, the anxiety that this particular eclipse brings to many of us probably won’t live up to the hype.  We may have to wait until the eclipse season in September and October, when we find what our fate holds. The Sun enters Taurus on the 19th, which puts more focus on nature, resources, money, earth changes, love and comfort. The long awaited conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus will take place on April 20th. Jupiter is the planet of blessings, wisdom and abundance.  Uranus is the planet of sudden events, unexpected changes and surprises. The last time Jupiter and Uranus made a conjunction in Taurus was May 1941.  Venus rules Taurus which represents resources, money, love, connections, harmony, nature, nurture and comfort. The energy of this conjunction could bring abundance and unexpected blessings, but it could also push us to over-indulgence. The Sun in Taurus forms a square to Pluto in Aquarius on April 21st.  These are fixed energies.  Pluto is the transformational planet and the Sun is our purpose. Because this is a hard aspect, difficulties experienced while bringing a project or relationship to an end will require the detachment and strategy of air sign Aquarius and the focus and steadfastness of earth sign Taurus. The full moon in Scorpio on April 23, 2024 could bring with it endings, obstacles, or difficult choices.  Because this could involve letting go of someone or something that is important, clear thinking and solid strategy will save you from over obsession and depression.  At the end of the month Venus enters Taurus and squares Pluto.  The transformational energy of this square will be experienced in love, money, resources, relationships, comfort and security. While this could put you back on your heels it would be wise to think before you speak as what you desire now will change.  Mars will move into Aries on the last day of the month. This is an energy boost for the energy in Aries.  More determination, independence, authenticity and power can propel you to new territory.

 

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Aspects

Apr 01 Mercury Retrograde

Apr 03 Venus conjunct Neptune

Apr 05 Sun conjunct North Node

Apr 05 Venus enters Aries

Apr 08 Sun conjunct Chiron

Apr 08 New Moon/Solar Eclipse Aries

Apr 10 Mars conjunct Saturn

Apr 10 Sun conjunct Mercury

Apr 15 Mercury conjunct Chiron

Apr 17 Venus conjunct North Node

Apr 19 Mars sextile Jupiter

Apr 19 Mars sextile Uranus

Apr 19 Mercury conjunct Venus

Apr 20 Jupiter conjunct Uranus

Apr 21 Sun square Pluto

Apr 21 Venus conjunct Chiron

Apr 23 Full Moon Scorpio

Apr 28 Mars conjunct Neptune

Apr 29 Venus square Pluto

Apr 29 Venus enters Taurus

Apr 30 Mars enters Aries
 

Mercury will retrograde Apr 01 thru Apr 25

All other planets in forward motion