The Daily Astrological Currents by Week

Weekly Summary: APRIL 5 - APRIL 11

"Practice listening to your intuition, your inner voice; ask questions; be curious; see what you see; hear what you hear; and then act upon what you know to be true. "

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

There is optimism and idealism stirring this week — but also plenty of crisis-driven, Cardinal Sign turmoil. The Moon wanes in light and the deep, base note pulse-of-change of the Saturn-Pluto sextile slowly begins to soften as the aspect separates. The imperatives may seem to dissipate or fracture. The need for deep connection and cooperation, based on authenticity and honesty, may be lost through a dissolute impatience. Nonetheless, the Sun's square to Jupiter, that was forming under last Wednesday's Libra Full Moon (7:11 PM PDT 12° Libra/Aries), completes at the beginning of the week, keeping us aware of the optimistic potential that is offered. The Moon moves into Sagittarius (ruled by Jupiter) on Sunday evening, providing a surge of individual empowerment and bringing forward a 'truth-and-justice-seeking' determination. While the Moon is still in Sagittarius, Venus moves into a growth-inspiring conjunction with Ceres. That conjunction is both nurturing and deeply powerful, encouraging deep and abiding connections that are focused on caring for others. However, the need for responsibility may be easily obscured by the increasingly apparent, free-wheeling enthusiasm that can quickly turn into defensiveness if things don't fall into place immediately. The Moon arrives in Capricorn on Wednesday, making activating squares to the waning Saturn-Neptune conjunction. By Thursday, Mars arrives 'home' in Aries, marking a sharp and intense shift in tone. Restlessness and irritability roll out with a demanding sense of freedom and a determined desire to 'do as we please'. The Moon moves further into Capricorn, later in the day on Thursday, to square the Sun and Chiron in Aries. The Cardinal sign emphasis, with Mars now in Aries, creates an intense sense of crisis-driven momentum but will tend to produce some unrealistic expectations. Intuition offers some relief to help us find a clear strategy to tame the energy that is pulsing through this environment. Mercury, still in Pisces, emerges from the shadow of the last retrograde phase on Thursday as it approaches a conjunction with Pallas that will complete on Saturday. There are very productive opportunities that are offered by the Mercury-Pallas conjunction but we will need to use all of the wisdom that we have gathered under the past retrograde Mercury if we are to make the most of those opportunities. We are encouraged to embrace a broadly intuitive viewpoint in order to take advantage of what is offered. There are extremely shortsighted impulses trying to achieve a dominant position while avoiding the necessary intuitive perspective. Balancing individual desires and intentions with a broader duty 'to humanity' will provide the most successful approach as we end the week. Mercury's intuitive guidance offered in the sign of Pisces continues to offer quiet intuitive wisdom if we are able to calm ourselves enough to hear the 'whispers'. Mercury will leave Pisces by April 14th and arrive in Aries ahead of the extraordinarily activating Aries New Moon (4:51 AM PDT 27° Aries) on April 17. At that time, the Aries stellium (Neptune, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Chiron, the Sun, and the Moon) will 'super-charge' the transformative process that is underway, suggesting the injection of both bold courage and reckless impulsiveness.

There is a great deal of optimistic potential on Sunday, along with a strong desire to take action based on that perceived potential. Nonetheless, there are also extremely powerful undercurrents in the environment that may simply 'have other plans'. It is nearly impossible to miss how strong Monday's energy actually is — encouraging deep and abiding connections that have us focused on caring for others. Nonetheless, it is important to avoid overbearing attitudes of superiority. We are likely to need the support of others on Tuesday in order to avoid sacrificing our perspective and integrity due to uncertainty and a lack of individual confidence. Overconfidence and acting on misleading information is the danger. Wednesday's environment is powerful, crisis-driven, and likely to lead to further questions and the need for further clarification. We may be trying to find or hold on to some kind of established precedent that can guide us — without much success. There is an intense sense of crisis-driven momentum on Thursday as well as some unrealistic expectations. There are important intellectual/intuitive clues in the atmosphere that do help us to find a sense of clarity but the intensity of idealistic impatience has the potential to reach extreme levels. Intuition helps provide some relief to help us find a clear strategy to tame the energy that is pulsing through the environment on Friday. There are, in fact, very productive opportunities that are offered. There are extremely shortsighted impulses trying to achieve a dominant position without the necessary perspective on Saturday. Balancing individual desires and intentions with a broader duty 'to humanity' will provide the most successful approach.

Sunday April 05, 2026

Today's Sun-Jupiter square provides a great deal of optimistic potential and a strong desire to take action based on that perceived potential. Nonetheless, there are extremely powerful undercurrents in today's environment that may simply 'have other plans'. Today's Scorpio Moon makes a stirring, emotionally driven trine to Mars this morning (10:06 AM PDT), followed up by a Moon-Uranus opposition this afternoon (2:28 PM PDT). But the Moon goes VOC this afternoon following the Moon-Uranus opposition (2:28 PM PDT - 4:31 PM PDT) — and our initiatives can quickly seem to 'run aground'. With the Moon's arrival in Sagittarius, we begin to suspect that we haven't fully recognized our overall ability or situation. By the time the Moon trines Neptune this evening (9:20 PM PDT), there is a new and more powerful idealism beginning to come forward.

Monday April 06, 2026

Today's Sagittarius Moon, ruled by Jupiter, provides a surge of individual empowerment and brings a 'truth-and-justice-seeking' determination into the foreground. Venus moves into a growth-inspiring conjunction with Ceres today that is both nurturing and deeply powerful. It is nearly impossible to miss how strong today's energy actually is — encouraging deep and abiding connections that have us focused on caring for others. An early morning (5:02 AM PDT) Moon-Saturn trine lays the foundation for today's activity which will certainly lead to further expansion of today's determined pursuit of truth that will carry over into the next few days. Nonetheless, it is important to avoid overbearing attitudes of superiority. The need for responsibility here may be easily obscured by today's free-wheeling enthusiasm and can quickly lead to defensiveness.

Tuesday April 07, 2026

The need for connection and strong alliances is amplified by the Moon's squares to Mercury and Pallas today. We won't get away with as much as we think in this environment. Mercury will emerge from the 'retrograde shadow' by Thursday and conjunct Pallas by Saturday, leading to an extremely powerful, intuitive discernment. In the meantime, we are likely to need the support of others in order to avoid sacrificing our perspective and integrity due to uncertainty and a lack of individual confidence. Overconfidence and acting on misleading information is the danger here. The forming Mercury-Pallas conjunction 'puts us on notice' that we need to follow our inner wisdom and honestly express our individual perspective.

Wednesday April 08, 2026

The Moon is briefly VOC overnight following a Moon-Mars square (2:51 AM PDT). But the Moon quickly arrives in Capricorn by 5:04 AM PDT and will square Neptune and Saturn today. We progress from some kind of crisis of confusion toward increasing clarity that may lead to defensiveness. Today's environment is powerful, crisis-driven, and likely to lead to further questions and the need for further clarification. We may be trying to find or hold on to some kind of established precedent that can guide us today — without much success. Mercury will emerge from the shadow of the last retrograde phase tomorrow, leading to increased intellectual clarity. With the involvement of Pallas — a conjunction with Mercury will complete on Saturday — the level of intuitive discernment is leading us to extraordinary clarity and insight.

Thursday April 09, 2026

The arrival of Mars into Aries today (12:35 AM PDT) marks a sharp and intense shift in tone. Restlessness and irritability roll out with a demanding sense of freedom and a desire to 'do as we please'. The Moon's opposition to Jupiter (2:09 PM PDT) and square to the Sun (9:53 PM PDT) create an intense sense of crisis-driven momentum but will tend to produce some unrealistic expectations. With Mercury's emergence from the shadow of the last retrograde phase and the forming Mercury-Pallas conjunction (completing on Saturday), there are important intellectual/intuitive clues in this atmosphere that do help us to find a sense of clarity. Nonetheless, by the time Mars conjuncts Neptune next Sunday the intensity of idealistic impatience will reach extreme levels.

Friday April 10, 2026

There are at least some opportunities to ground the extraordinary energy today, offered by the Moon's square to Chiron this morning and trine to Uranus this afternoon. Intuition helps provide some relief to help us find a clear strategy to tame the energy that is pulsing through this environment. Nonetheless, despite the valiant attempts to inject heightened intellectual insight into this activated energy, it is likely to take more time to really 'grab hold' of this extreme energy. It is important to pay close attention in order to respond effectively to surprising and unexpected events as they play out today. There are, in fact, very productive opportunities that are offered here but it will take all of the wisdom that we have gathered under the past retrograde Mercury. We are encouraged to embrace a broadly intuitive viewpoint in order to take advantage of what is offered.

Saturday April 11, 2026

The overnight Moon-Pluto conjunction (3:22 AM PDT) and the Mercury-Pallas conjunction shortly thereafter (9:53 AM PDT) provides increasing hope that we can find an intellectual/intuitive route to transforming our overall perspective in order to embrace a broader sense of connection. Balance is crucial. There are extremely shortsighted impulses trying to achieve a dominant position without the necessary perspective. Balancing individual desires and intentions with a broader duty 'to humanity' will provide the most successful approach here. The Moon slowly moves towards a square to Venus today that will complete by 10:42 PM PDT, suggesting some extraordinary stubbornness that requires compromise and responsibility. There is less and less room to hide vulnerability and weakness as the Mars-Neptune conjunction (completing tomorrow) will burst the 'bubble' of any optimism.

Weekly Summary: APRIL 19 - APRIL 25

"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

— Rosa Parks

As we move into a new lunar cycle this week, following last Friday's Aries New Moon (4:51 AM PDT 27° Aries), perhaps the biggest challenge that we face is impatience. Our individual integrity is being tested as we try move forward without becoming sidetracked. The Aries energy, led by Mars, is stirring an intense desire to take action. However, Mars makes a conjunction with Saturn at the beginning of the week which, although Mars is still holding the 'upper hand', slows down all of our initiatives. Mars has already been slowed by last week's Mars-Neptune conjunction. This week's Mars-Saturn conjunction further stalls the initiatory drive of Mars. Mercury joins Mars and Saturn on Monday. Mercury actually emerges from the interaction with Mars and Saturn 'in the lead'. Mars emboldens Mercury, encouraging sharp tongues and strong demonstrations of independence. Nonetheless, the Sun's entrance into Taurus at the beginning of the week, ruled by Venus, already in Taurus, suggests a growing interest in avoiding conflict. But the Sun's exit from Aries and move into Taurus also seems to 'lighten the load' of rulership that Mars has been carrying — perhaps indicating a 'weary warrior' that is becoming 'sadder but wiser'. Even as we reach the activating 1st quarter phase of the lunar cycle on Thursday, we find ourselves slowed and challenged by uncertainty and doubt. The 1st quarter Moon's opposition to Pluto does produce a growing awareness of new opportunities to pursue initiatives — but these initiatives are developing a decidedly more intellectual flavor. There is broad and growing demand for independence, fed by innovative new ideas and driven by individual voices. Venus makes an important conjunction with Uranus on Thursday evening at the last degree of Taurus. This echoes a previous Venus-Uranus conjunction at the last degree of Taurus that occurred last year (July 4th, 2025). Venus will arrive in Gemini right after conjuncting Uranus, ahead of the ingress of Uranus into Gemini on Friday. This is the same sequence — Venus 'paving the way' for the ingress of Uranus into Gemini — that happened last year. The echoes that we see and hear this week are bringing forward a new sense of purpose and progress that was elusive in last year's sequence. In essence, we begin to move toward a new sense of intellectual independence that allows the energy of Mars to 'pivot' away from conflict in order to facilitate the growth of new intellectual initiatives. Finally, we cannot forget the importance of Chiron at the last Aries New Moon. We are still being offered the important 'healing insights' of Chiron in Aries, which continues to try to remind us that we are all connected. Connection, cooperation, and compromise without abandoning individual integrity is something like 'threading a needle' in this week's impatient environment but exactly what we are being asked to do.

We're likely to try to stand our ground on Sunday — right or wrong — in order to display our independence. Our individual integrity is being tested as we try move forward without becoming sidetracked. Monday offers a clarifying intellectual framework to better understand whatever challenges and restrictions that we have been experiencing. Impatience grows on Monday and we need to be prepared to 'dig in', persevere, and do whatever that we can do to follow through on the new intellectual framework that is developing. There is significant mental strain to contend with on Tuesday. The push to act is likely to lead us further than we are wise to go. The challenge of navigating Wednesday's highly erratic and unpredictable environment involves finding balance in the midst of crisis and uncertainty. Finding balance is especially difficult. We are beginning to find extraordinary power in our individual, independent voices through Thursday's shifts. The exchange of new, innovative ideas is nearly unstoppable in the developing environment. Overall, there seems to be more recklessness in the way we express Friday's insights — whether they are right or wrong — and we will need to fully engage with the details before can really begin to understand the ramifications of what is expressed with such 'fervor'. There seems to be some significant defensiveness surfacing on Saturday when we have difficulty getting clear information or further clarifying the information that has already been presented. Ultimately, it is will-power that is stifled and challenged.

Sunday April 19, 2026

The Sun arrives in Taurus this evening (6:38 PM PDT) — ruled by Venus which is also in Taurus — suggesting a growing interest in avoiding conflict. This actually seems to 'lighten the load' of Mars, which has been carrying the full weight of the Aries stellium since last Friday's Aries New Moon (4:51 AM PDT 27° Aries). This is especially significant because Mars completes the conjunction with Saturn today (3:43 PM PDT). The Mars-Saturn conjunction (closely tied in with Mercury, which will exactly conjunct Mars and Saturn tomorrow) is placing extraordinary demands on the 'battle weary' initiative of Mars. The Moon's arrival into Gemini this morning (9:17 AM PDT) right after a Moon-Uranus conjunction (8:44 AM PDT) also helps to 'lighten the load', encouraging a bit more adaptability in the face of the broad, intense changes that are unfolding today. The Moon goes on to sextile Mercury, Saturn, and Mars as we move through the day, providing opportunities to 'glean' intellectual insights from today's extraordinary developments. Nonetheless, we're more likely to try to stand our ground today — right or wrong — in order to display our independence. Our individual integrity is being tested as we try move forward without becoming sidetracked.

Monday April 20, 2026

Mercury completes conjunctions with Saturn and Mars today, providing a clarifying intellectual framework to better understand whatever challenges and restrictions that we have been experiencing. Our integrity and independence is being tested. Impatience grows today and we need to be prepared to 'dig in', persevere, and do whatever that we can do to follow through on the new intellectual framework that is developing. However, the Moon is VOC all day today (having made the last aspect to Mars last night at 10:17 PM PDT), leaving us with lots of 'ideas' but little or no traction. Impatience has the potential to turn into defensiveness, suggesting feelings of inadequacy. Sharp tongues become more pronounced today, with a great deal of criticism directed 'outward'. We are much more likely to find progress through 'keeping our head down' and following our own path while focusing less on what others are doing or saying.

Tuesday April 21, 2026

Mars and Mercury have finally emerged from the Saturn-Neptune 'gauntlet' and now, Mercury is 'leading' the way. The Moon moves into Cancer by 9:59 AM PDT to head into activating 'cardinal' squares. The Moon first squares Neptune and Saturn and then will make overnight squares to Mars and Mercury early tomorrow morning. Although there is an intense imperative to act, confusion and doubt seem to hold us back. There is significant mental strain to contend with. The push to act is likely to lead us further than we are wise to go. Emotional drives may lead us to believe that it is most important to be first, rather than right. We may take on more responsibility than we should. Perhaps the best that we can hope for today are 'lessons' and 'experiences' that have us emerging 'sadder but wiser'. Resisting the urge to take unwise actions seems extraordinarily difficult.

Wednesday April 22, 2026

The Moon emerges from the early morning squares to Mars and Mercury with a considerable 'head of steam' that is fully expressed by the time that the Moon conjuncts Jupiter this afternoon (3:51 PM PDT). Finding balance is especially difficult today. A quiet Moon-Ceres sextile around noon today offers the most hope of recognizing the value of discretion — the importance of spending more time 'listening' than talking. The challenge of navigating this highly erratic and unpredictable environment involves finding balance in the midst of crisis and uncertainty. Venus is approaching an important conjunction with Uranus that will complete tomorrow at the last degree of Taurus. This echoes the last Venus-Uranus conjunction at the last degree of Taurus that occurred last year (July 4th, 2025). Venus will arrive in Gemini tomorrow, ahead of the ingress of Uranus into Gemini on Friday — which is just the same progression that happened last year. The echoes that we see and hear today are bringing forward a new sense of purpose and progress that was elusive in last year's sequence.

Thursday April 23, 2026

The Moon trines Pallas and makes sextiles to Venus and Uranus today, highlighting this evening's precipitous Venus-Uranus conjunction. The Moon's arrival in Leo, earlier in the day, increases the independent courage of today's atmosphere. We reach the 1st quarter lunar phase as the Moon squares the Sun while also opposing Pluto, offering the awareness that we have a chance to finally act on the initiatives offered under the new lunar cycle. The Moon's trine to Neptune provides inspiration and helps us to more fully recognize the important shift represented by the ingress of Venus into Gemini later this evening. We are beginning to find extraordinary power in our individual, independent voices through today's shifts. The exchange of new, innovative ideas is nearly unstoppable in the developing environment. We can expect to see further developments of the shift towards a focus on new ideas under next week's Venus-Neptune sextile and Venus-Pluto trine. Nonetheless, today's burst of new energy is filled with lightening-like insights that are offering extraordinary clarity.

Friday April 24, 2026

The Moon's trines to Mars this morning (8:48 AM PDT) and Mercury this afternoon (3:20 PM PDT) signals the significant exchange of new information with some 'emphatic flair'. We can begin to see some real initiative blossoming out of last week's Aries New Moon (4:51 AM PDT 27° Aries). However, the Moon goes VOC following the Moon-Mercury trines, leaving some significant gaps in details. Once the Moon gets to Virgo tomorrow evening, we can hope to find something more tangible to work with. Overall, there seems to be more recklessness in the way we express today's insights — whether they are right or wrong — and we will need to fully engage with the details over the weekend before can really begin to understand the ramifications of what is expressed with such 'fervor' today.

Saturday April 25, 2026

The Moon is VOC for much of the day today, until arriving in Virgo at 6:04 PM PDT. The Sun's square to Pluto creates significant tension with few productive outlets for most of the day. There seems to be some significant defensiveness surfacing when we have difficulty getting clear information or further clarifying the information that has already been presented. Ultimately, it is will-power that is stifled and challenged today. We don't have the capacity to 'force the issue' in this environment but it is hard not to keep trying. The arrival of Uranus into Gemini, at the same moment as the Moon arrives in Virgo, leads to the unpredictable Moon-Uranus square — all at 6:04 PM PDT. The 'pressure cooker' environment, suggested by the Sun-Pluto square, finally finds an 'outlet' for the tension. There are any number of revelations initiated by this precipitous shift, leading to entirely new perspectives based upon new details coming to light.