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Weekly Summary: MARCH 29 - APRIL 4 "I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream"— REM
Losing My ReligionThe current lunar cycle culminates this week with a Libra Full Moon (7:11 PM PDT 12° Libra/Aries) on Wednesday. This Full Moon follows up on the initiatives of the Spring Equinox which has brought forward a dizzying sense of individual empowerment. The Sun's 'empowerment' has emerged from the challenges of last week's Sun-Saturn conjunction while still carrying the deep, resonant, 'pulse' of the slowly waning Saturn-Pluto sextile. Hopefully, we have gathered some considered wisdom and discipline through the Sun's interaction with Saturn and Pluto as we head into the waning phase of the lunar cycle. At the Full Moon, both the Sun and Moon are approaching a square to Jupiter. Those squares can help to support further individual empowerment but also may make it easy to lose patience or focus and miss important opportunities through a lack of self-discipline. Mercury, now direct but still in the shadow of the last retrograde phase, is approaching a trine to Jupiter which will complete shortly after the Full Moon. With the exalted Jupiter in Cancer in such a potent and powerful position, there are certainly opportunities for Grand Scale advancements this week. Nonetheless, the luck in this atmosphere can also be debilitating, allowing us to believe that all we need to do is 'let the good times roll'. Mercury's return to make a third trine to Jupiter, with both planets now direct, encourages us to draw broad conclusions from the period of reflection and review that was offered while Mercury was retrograde (February 26 - March 20). The Mercury-Jupiter trine offers confidence and encouragement that seems to confirm what we think we know — that is, what we have discovered, uncovered, and recognized while Mercury was retrograde. Nonetheless, there is still more to be learned and understood — most importantly through recognizing the perspectives of others. Mercury's message from Pisces has encouraged us to recognize our interconnectedness. Saturn's sextile to Pluto — which was exact last week but continues to produce a deep, resonate 'pulse' of insight — is encouraging us to recognize our individual power. However, in the context of this week's Full Moon, the important message is to open up to the perspectives of others in order to build a bridge of understanding and connection. It may be quite easy to lose track of that message under the Full Moon squaring Jupiter — we may believe we know more than we actually do. Adding to our confidence and reliance on simply establishing a sense of personal comfort with our individual position, Venus moves into Taurus on Monday of this week. The arrival of Venus in Taurus is remarkably calming, despite the deep, pulsing undercurrent of dramatic, empowering shifts that are coming into our awareness. Venus will square Pluto by the end of the week, while Saturn is still engaged with Pluto. The strong determination produced by the Venus-Pluto square, in this environment, may tend to obscure the need for authenticity, honesty, and cooperation. The inclination is to try to hold on to our own position without listening to the input of others or fully trusting what we're hearing. Nonetheless, there are extremely important opportunities to build bridges of understanding. Ignoring these opportunities — either due to a lack of trust or extreme arrogance — is likely to leave us feeling disconnected and baffled at how fast our luck seems to have dissipated.
We find an intuitive ability on Sunday to help us to make new connections with others and express our unique, individual perspective. There is incredible mental ability offered, providing a remarkable ability to follow through on whatever insights we have found. Although intuition seems to be the guiding force on Monday, the undercurrents are tremendously practical. We are offered the prospect of building a bridge of understanding and connection with others. The tests and challenges that we find on Tuesday are likely to require some kind of compromise or at least some extra consideration. Too much pride may have us believing that we don't need to recognize anything other than our own view — which is a dangerous approach. There is considerable luck offered on Wednesday but it may run short if we aren't willing to follow up on our good fortune by recognizing the 'connectedness of all things'. Inertia, pessimism, and despair are all fed by a lack of recognition that we do, indeed, have a true connection to the world around us. We face extraordinary challenges on Thursday trying to integrate new perspectives. We aren't likely to have as much information as we need — or as much relevant information as we believe we have. There are extremely important opportunities to build bridges of understanding on Friday. Nonetheless, the strong determination in the environment may tend to obscure the need for authenticity, honesty, and cooperation. We may try desperately to draw broad conclusions on Saturday, based on this week's important revelations and insights. However, we continue to face challenges and a lack of trust when trying to establish a cohesive, collaborative, connection to others.
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Current Planetary Positions
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| Sun | 17° Aries 55' 36" | |
| Moon | 21° Sagittarius 04' 57" | |
| Mercury | 20° Pisces 30' 18" | |
| Venus | 09° Taurus 56' 24" | |
| Mars | 28° Pisces 23' 27" | |
| Ceres | 09° Taurus 09' 20" | |
| Pallas | 24° Pisces 03' 54" | |
| Juno | 02° Aquarius 29' 02" | |
| Vesta | 13° Pisces 39' 55" | |
| Jupiter | 16° Cancer 17' 07" | |
| Saturn | 06° Aries 23' 03" | |
| Chiron | 26° Aries 06' 22" | |
| Uranus | 29° Taurus 03' 00" | |
| Neptune | 02° Aries 27' 19" | |
| Pluto | 05° Aquarius 18' 58" | |
| TrueNode | 08° Pisces 09' 01" R |
The Daily Astrological Currents by Week
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The power of the Saturn-Pluto sextile continues to pulse in the background of today's activity. The Moon's square to Uranus and trine to Venus encourages an intuitive ability to make new connections with others and express our unique, individual perspective. There are important revelations coming through today's intense energy. The Moon is briefly VOC from 10:27 AM PDT until 12:33 PM this afternoon. Once in Virgo, the Moon aims towards a YOD configuration involving both Saturn and Neptune, as well as Pluto. There is incredible mental ability offered here, providing a remarkable ability to follow through on whatever insights we have gleaned from the 'rumblings' that are coming out of the Saturn-Pluto sextile.
The arrival of Venus in Taurus is remarkably calming, despite the deep, pulsing undercurrent of dramatic, empowering shifts that are coming into our awareness. The Moon's opposition to Mercury (11:43 AM PDT) produces a burst of intuitive insight that may be difficult to fully trust. However, Venus offers a surprising surge of courage to say what it is that we're feeling. Although intuition seems to be the guiding force today, the undercurrents are tremendously practical. Venus will square Pluto by this Friday, further intensifying the message that Saturn and Pluto are laying out in front of us. Today begins to offer us the prospect of building a bridge of understanding and connection, slowly developing as we reach the culmination of the current lunar cycle at the Libra Full Moon (7:11 PM PDT 12° Libra/Aries) on Wednesday.
The Moon heads towards a trine to Uranus today that will complete at 5:31 PM PDT. The sharp intellectual acuity and sense of freedom in today's environment has the potential to get us in a bit over our heads if we aren't paying close attention. There is a distinct element of ambition that may easily lead us towards arrogance. The need to maintain our humility and remain open to listening to the perspectives of others may be overlooked here. The tests and challenges that we find today are likely to require some kind of compromise or at least some extra consideration. Too much pride may have us believing that we don't need to recognize anything other than our own view — which is a dangerous approach in this environment. Tomorrow's Libra Full Moon (7:11 PM PDT 12° Libra/Aries) offers important opportunities to extend a bridge of understanding but only if we stay open to an expanded perspective.
Today's breakthroughs, arriving ahead of this evening's Libra Full Moon (7:11 PM PDT 12° Libra/Aries) produce some potentially uncomfortable surprises. The Moon trines Pluto (5:40 AM PDT) and opposes Saturn ((6:25 AM PDT) early this morning suggesting significant shifts in the landscape that require a great deal of awareness. For some, this may feel like a destiny force over which we feel a fatalistic lack of control. Nonetheless, cooperative effort is powerful under today's Full Moon, offering important opportunities to understand where others are actually coming from. Inertia, pessimism, and despair are all fed by a lack of recognition that we do, indeed, have a true connection to the world around us. It is especially important, in today's atmosphere, to rekindle that sense of connection — if we're 'just not feeling it' in this atmosphere. There is considerable luck offered here but it may run short if we aren't willing to follow up on our good fortune by recognizing the 'connectedness of all things'.
The Moon is VOC nearly all day today, following a square to Jupiter early this morning (1:54 AM PDT). We face extraordinary challenges trying to integrate the new perspectives that have been revealed over the past few days. We may feel that it is important to draw conclusions and make judgements today, hoping to stabilize our position and most importantly, determine our 'next steps'. However, we aren't likely to have as much information as we need — or as much relevant information as we believe we have. Mercury is forming a trine to Jupiter (with both planets now direct) that will complete early tomorrow morning, offering confidence and encouragement that seems to confirm what we think we know. Nonetheless, there is more to be uncovered. Tomorrow afternoon's Fixed T-Square involving the Moon, Venus, and Pluto suggests some distinct challenges to any reliance on the information that we have in front of us today.
The Moon arrives in Scorpio early (5:10 AM PDT) and engages with today's Venus-Pluto square in a powerful but challenging way. The strong determination in this environment may tend to obscure the need for authenticity, honesty, and cooperation. There are extremely important opportunities to build bridges of understanding today. In the midst of today's T-Square, the Moon also makes a quincunx to Saturn, suggesting that we may struggle to trust anyone. Despite today's challenges, there are extremely significant opportunities to make lasting connections to others that will lay a foundation for future progress. Ignoring the opportunities that are offered today — either due to a lack of trust or extreme arrogance — will represent a tragic, missed opportunity.
The Moon forms a 'loose' Grand Water Trine with Jupiter and Mercury today before heading into an overnight trine to Mars tomorrow morning. We may try desperately to draw broad conclusions today, based on this week's important revelations and insights. However, we continue to face challenges to establishing a cohesive, collaborative, connection to others. Dead-ends and tempting side roads may seem to leave us at least somewhat confused or impatient. Perhaps the biggest challenge in this atmosphere is a feeling that we need to convince others of something or verify all aspects of someone else's perspective in order to establish the 'bridge of understanding' that we have been offered by the Saturn-Pluto sextile. If we are able to focus on the inherent 'connectedness of all things', along with the compassion offered by today's Water trines, we will find extraordinary new routes to establish the cooperation that we are desperately seeking today.
Today is Tuesday April 07, 2026
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 EstésThere 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 12 - APRIL 18 "Physician, heal thyself""— Luke 4:23The Moon wanes in light for most of this week, ahead of Friday's Aries New Moon (4:51 AM PDT 27° Aries). That New Moon, in a tight conjunction with Chiron, offers extraordinary healing insights — but only if we are willing listen. And listening is not at all easy this week. Mercury joins the Aries stellium on Tuesday, bringing the number of planetary bodies in Aries to seven (Neptune, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Chiron, the Sun, and the Moon). Mars, ruling Aries, is certainly in the 'driver's seat' but there are no clear, easy directions offered to Mars that would suggest the effective leadership associated with Aries and Mars. Mars conjuncts Neptune at the beginning of the week. That conjunction is overwhelmingly profound — both intensely idealistic and intensely disillusioning. We are faced with the question of how we respond when our deepest ideals and beliefs seem to be savagely dashed. We carry the challenges of finding an effective response with us throughout the week. There are more endings than true beginnings this week. Mercury makes a sextile to Uranus from the last degree of Pisces to the last degree of Taurus, which only provides intuitive glimpses of the shifts that are coming with Friday's precipitous Aries New Moon. For the most part, this represents endings, rather than the pursuits of any of the initiatives that Mars — and the Aries stellium — are impulsively seeking. With Jupiter out of the spotlight, any reliance on 'luck' is likely to be exposed and the potential for frustrated violence is inescapable. But Mercury's arrival in Aries on Tuesday does certainly offer some much needed intellectual capacity that can help us to iron out some of the disillusion and cynicism pouring out of the Mars-Neptune conjunction. As Mars moves determinedly through the widening Neptune-Saturn 'gauntlet', there is an increasing recognition that letting go of our 'false beliefs' and 'mistaken hopes' is the only way to maintain any hope of stability. Both Mercury and Mars head toward a conjunction with Saturn, which will complete at the beginning next week while the Moon will be in Taurus. Both Mars and Mercury form sextiles to Pluto at the end of this week before joining Saturn. That activity carries forward the shifts and challenges that we have seen over the past few weeks under the extended Saturn-Pluto sextile. This is actually part of the important advancement of the ongoing structural shifts that go all the way back to the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of 2020. We are at the point in that restructuring process when we have important opportunities to make 'course corrections' through the expression of our individual perspectives. Both the greatest strength and biggest weakness of Aries is the determined independence that is seen in the sign. The strength of that independence offers powerful, pioneering leadership capability. However, 'leaders must listen to their followers' or risk isolation and the total loss of support. Mercury and Mars are offered the power of transformative insight from the sextile to Pluto. Once past the grounding limitations of Saturn and using the initiatory power of the Aries New Moon, Mars activates — and Mercury communicates — the 'pulse of change' that has been stirred over the last few weeks under the Saturn-Pluto sextile. Most importantly, the healing insights of Chiron should not be overlooked. We are being guided to learn from those insights. Chiron teaches us that we need to continue to interact with those around us, maintaining the independence of Aries — our individual integrity — while balancing the valuable input from others. Accomplishments are certainly available as we move into the new lunar cycle but only if we are able to maintain that delicate balance and listen to the message of Chiron, encouraging us to recognize the importance of our connections to others.
Sunday's 'wilderness' is actually leading us into an entirely new sense of reality that has been purged of some of our false beliefs and mistaken hopes. Perhaps the biggest challenge in the environment is allowing cynicism to distract us from our individual pursuit of 'truth'. Monday offers some hope of dispelling some of the cynicism in pursuit of new ideals, new hopes, and new directions. Distractions abound. Tuesday brings forward some much needed intellectual capacity, helping us to iron out some of the disillusion and cynicism of the past few days. Nonetheless, the intellectual assistance struggles to control the impulsive, yet frustrated, martian energy that is intensifying to extraordinary levels. There is an extraordinary level of healing insight available on Thursday if we are willing to listen for it. We are offered the power of transformative insight. The importance of recognizing the perspectives of others may be easy to miss on Friday in the excitement and intensity of the environment. The 'pot is stirred', bringing to the surface the deep, transformative demands of the overall atmosphere. Perhaps the most important element in Saturday's activity is the need to avoid becoming sidetracked. We also need to continue to interact with those around us, maintaining our individual integrity while balancing input from others.
Sunday April 12, 2026
Today's Mars-Neptune conjunction is overwhelmingly profound — both intensely idealistic and intensely disillusioning. The question of how we respond when our deepest ideals and beliefs seem to be savagely dashed is what we are faced with today. Mars seems to hold the upper hand here, so the responses may certainly tend towards frustrated violence. Any reliance on 'luck' is certain to be exposed. This is a deeply spiritual opportunity, despite what we may be seeing 'out there'. As we move through this week, Mars will move beyond Neptune to meet Saturn — assisted by Mercury — at the beginning of next week (April 19th). Today's 'wilderness' is actually leading us into an entirely new sense of reality that has been purged of some of our false beliefs and mistaken hopes. Perhaps the biggest challenge in today's environment is allowing cynicism to distract us from our individual pursuit of 'truth'.Monday April 13, 2026
The Moon is briefly VOC following an early morning Moon-Uranus square (12:42 AM PDT). Also overnight, Venus completes a sextile to Jupiter (1:20 AM PDT) that is quickly followed up by the Moon's arrival in Pisces. Today's Pisces Moon and the Venus-Jupiter sextile serves to restore some of the inspirational strength of Neptune, providing some hope of dispelling cynicism in the pursuit of new ideals, new hopes, and new directions. Nonetheless, the Pisces Moon is waning in light and there are more 'endings' today than any clear sense of a 'new path forward'. Distractions abound, potentially directing our focus towards 'grieving the past', instead of recognizing what is developing ahead of us.Tuesday April 14, 2026
This morning's Moon-Vesta conjunction (8:22 AM PDT) puts the emphasis on sacrifice and suggests increased awareness of the cost of our past choices. There is a flood of endings here that is stirring up considerable emotion. Mercury's sextile to Uranus, from the last degree of Pisces to the last degree of Taurus, only provides intuitive glimpses of the shifts that are coming with Friday's precipitous Aries New Moon (4:51 AM PDT 27° Aries) which will be tightly conjunct Chiron. Many of the ideas that surface today may seem to be 'ahead of their time' but as we cross this 'bridge' into an entirely new landscape, we should not ignore the vast potential for healing insight that is being offered. The impulsiveness of Mars is certainly still thrashing about with deep frustration — seen in our responses to the Mars-Neptune conjunction. Nonetheless, as Mars moves determinedly through the widening Neptune-Saturn 'gauntlet', there is an increasing recognition that letting go of our 'false beliefs' and 'mistaken hopes' is the only way to maintain any hope of stability. Mercury's arrival in Aries this evening (8:21 PM PDT) offers an 'intellectual boost' to our search for a 'new beginning'Wednesday April 15, 2026
Mercury's arrival into Aries last night has brought forward some much needed intellectual capacity, helping us to iron out some of our disillusion and cynicism. Of course, as Mercury approaches tomorrow's conjunction with Neptune, there are plenty of opportunities for stunning levels of deception and delusion. Nonetheless, Mercury is offering intellectual assistance to the impulsive, yet frustrated, martian energy that is intensifying to extraordinary levels. With the arrival of the Moon into Aries this morning (7:03 AM PDT) the Aries stellium grows to seven 'bodies' — Neptune, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Chiron, the Sun, and the Moon. Mars is extraordinarily empowered here but (perhaps luckily) as it approaches Saturn, the energy has some hope of being channeled into tangible, productive effort. The exact Mercury-Mars-Saturn conjunction won't complete until Sunday — after Friday's Aries New Moon (4:51 AM PDT 27° Aries). That conjunction, coming after the new lunar cycle begins, will actually provide extra potential for making the most of the healing insights being offered.Thursday April 16, 2026
A Sun-Chiron conjunction and a Mars-Pluto sextile suggest that there is an extraordinary level of healing insight available today if we are willing to listen for it. Both the greatest strength and biggest weakness of Aries is the determined independence that is seen in the sign. The strength of that independence makes for powerful leadership capability. However, 'leaders must listen to their followers' or risk isolation and the total loss of support. Mars is offered the power of transformative insight from the sextile to Pluto and can begin to activate the 'pulse of change' that has been stirred over the last few weeks under the Saturn-Pluto sextile. The energy of Mars and Pluto, carried into tomorrow's Aries New Moon (4:51 AM PDT 27° Aries) has the potential to be grounded and stabilized by the followup Mercury-Mars-Saturn conjunction on Sunday. However, without the deep awareness of our need for the connection to others, Sunday's atmosphere could also become something more like the frustrated strangulation of any potential for productive use of this intense martian energy.Friday April 17, 2026
The Moon conjuncts Chiron a little over an hour before this morning's Aries New Moon (4:51 AM PDT 27° Aries). The intensity of the New Moon carries the message of Chiron's healing insights, especially surrounding the importance of sharing our individual perspectives with others with honesty, sincerity, and authenticity. However, the importance of recognizing the perspectives of others may be easy to miss in the excitement and intensity of this environment. The Moon's arrival in Taurus at 8:57 AM PDT this morning provides important grounding for this energy. The Moon goes on to square Pluto later in the day (5:45 PM PDT), which serves to 'stir the pot' in many ways, bringing forward the deep, transformative demands in the overall atmosphere. Our opportunities to let go of the past willingly have slipped away. What we are refusing to let go of willingly are bound to slip away — without our permission — very shortly.Saturday April 18, 2026
Mercury makes a sextile to Pluto today as it races towards a powerful Mars and their conjunction with Saturn tomorrow. Today's activity carries forwards the shifts and challenges over the past few weeks under the extended Saturn-Pluto sextile. This is an important advancement of the ongoing structural shifts going all the way back to the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of 2020. The Moon heads towards a conjunction with Venus, completing late this evening (11:43 PM PDT), that foreshadows next week's Venus-Uranus conjunction that will precede the Uranus ingress into Gemini on April 25th. Perhaps the most important element in today's activity is the need to avoid becoming sidetracked. However, we also need to continue to interact with those around us, maintaining our individual integrity while balancing input from others. Accomplishments are certainly available here, and as we move forward, but only if we are able to maintain this delicate balance.
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