Astrology April 2019

Happy Autumn Everyone! Happy Birthday Aries!! Testament Mercury may be Direct but still in His Shadow, that it’s taken me this long to get posted! The technology fails & mishaps have been REAL y’all!! A Retrograde in a Water Sign is MESSY. But we should start to get untangled & our washing machines, baths, sinks, candles, coffee cups, petrol tanks, fountain pens & eyes will stop flooding soon. Aries Season is considered to be the Astrological New Year & it makes sense, if you’re on the other side of the World & heading into Spring. But we, upside down. down here, do things differently! We have piles of leaves & bonfires to Celebrate with. The Fiery Sky offers us initiating Energy, as Aries is all about fresh starts & new adventures. The first half of the Month is a little topsy-turvy, with the personal Planets all making Aspects which are a tad schizophrenic, but if we factor this into our expectations, we’ll be just fine.

Sooo… Venus (Beauty, Love & Money) & Neptune (Dreams & Spirituality) are in Pisces. Jupiter (our Philosophies & Expansion) is in Sagittarius & Saturn (Grounding & Structure) is in Capricorn. All four Planets in these Signs are Super Powered & moving us forward… BUT! On the other hand, we have three Planets going Retrograde in April… Saturn, Jupiter & Pluto (Lord of transformation & regeneration). As I’ve mentioned before, when Planets go Retrograde, their Energy typically goes from outward expression to being more internal, reflective & inactive. We assimilate all the information we gathered when the Planets were Direct & in this case, we’re covering the last 8 to 10 months. Another BUT is that we have a New Moon in Aries (our Annual starting gun) however the South Node (releasing & letting go) is wedged in between Saturn & Pluto (looking back/releasing). So, as you can see, it’s all a bit up & down, stop & start.

Mercury (communication & thought process) is still in Pisces, hanging out with dreamy Venus. So though it’s Aries Season, we still have a lot of Watery, emotional Energy. Venus in Pisces is gauzy, floaty & ethereal, with her cabbage rose halo & silver slippers on. She’s HYPER romantic, but doesn’t have a practical bone in her body! Mercury & Venus are going to be Conjunct Neptune, Pisces Ruler, before they take off into Aries & until about the 20th, we have no Planets in Fixed Energies, to solidify & anchor us. This kinda adds to the slippery slide-y feeling Mercury & Venus here create. Everything may feel like it’s dissolving. Neptune is gliding along slowly in mysterious, spiritual Pisces, with his all knowing Mona Lisa smile, leaving everyone to wonder what *it* all really means! As we know guys, still waters run deeeeep. Contemplating our existence & catching feelings is what all this amounts to. Aries Season it may be, but there’s still that feeling of being tired & a bit over it in April, so take it easy on yourself… eat well, sleep well & allow some day dreaming breaks.

Mars is in Gemini, juggling away in his three pronged jokers cap. Our Planet of motivation & action is tinkling & multi-tasking. Gemini is all about having choices & options, so again we get this feeling of not knowing precisely which way to go. Around the 27th, he too has a conversation with Neptune. Perhaps the best way to work this is to look at all the ingredients in your kitchen & research recipes, but not to necessarily start baking. Can we save that til Taurus Season, next Month? With Mars here, you probably won’t have time anyway, there’ll be a dozen extra things to get through each day, until mid May. Knowing this, try & plan a light schedule, busy is fun when you aren’t time stressed! As an aside, please take care when you’re driving this Month & funnily enough, watch your hands!! Accidents can happen because we’re running around dizzy, distracted & delirious. Leave the chop/dice/mince/julienne & chiffonade-ing thing to Mr. Ramsay.

This Month,  Jupiter is full steam ahead, in Sadge, until the 11th & apart from a few “one day wonder” Aspects with the faster moving Planets, he’s happy doing His do, where He is. We’re contemplating the World & our place in it. What is relative to us & how are we relevant? Uranus is much the same, settling into Taurus & for the moment, we’re getting on board with the changing winds around us. Next Month, Taurus Season, Uranus will be defining our new hussle, but for now He’s grazing. Having said this, the last week of the Month we may see some surprising shots fired over the bows. The Sun will catch up with Him & when these two get together, the environment gets HOT. If something does go fizz-pop, don’t react immediately, you’re better sitting back & waiting for the dust to settle before you take any action.

Saturn is plodding along, periodically pointing his gnarly finger & rapping his cane on the floor. He’s been rather quiet lately, but this Month & in going forward, He’s hanging out with Pluto, skulking Lord of the Under World. Pluto has his claws firmly ensconced in our subconscious, so these two are Hell bent on stirring up our ongoing transformation & setting of new life structures. The trouble with this is their lessons tend to be tough & we can end up feeling overwhelmed & actually… very sad (Saturn). We may be prone to becoming overly suspicious, paranoid even & at worst hopeless (Pluto). In April, the South Node of the Moon is conversing with both Planets & again, though it’s Aries Season, we’re still going through much releasing & letting go. But all is not lost!!!

As I’ve touched on before, the South & North Nodes of the Moon are said to give us insight into where we’ve come from (our past, our histories & ancestors) & where we’re destined to go (the future & the reality we create for ourselves), respectively. As the above configuration is happening in Capricorn, we go to the opposite Sign to find solutions & that Sign is Cancer. Cancerian Energy is nurturing, it’s sensitive & very sympathetic! This Sign loves being at home, being creative, cooking, taking baths, watching fave movies & nesting in general. So if you’re having a tough time try doing some of these things to keep yourself occupied. Plan to redo & redecorate your space for the cooler Months ahead. That may sound simplistic but Cancerians are great strategists too! If you can put yourself in a calm, safe mode, you’ll be able to think things through from a less distracted/bombarded place. Time alone is healing & you’ll be able to process & regroup faster.

The New Moon is in Aries, on Friday the 5th at 19:50, @15 Degrees. So here t’is, the First New Moon, in the First Sign of the Zodiac… Ta Daaa!! Aries is about SELF, it’s about putting yourself first & working out what YOU want. Yes, we have to take others into account, but you do need to do that from a place where YOU feel happy, motivated & comfortable. This might be a break from the “Old You”, the one who’s been trying to keep everyone else afloat at your own expense. Aries has the Fire power & the will & motivation to say “No”. If you put yourself front & centre & ask what would keep you smiling & content until April next year, what would that be? What do you want? What do you need? What are you passionate about? What do you want to try? What fresh Energy do you want to bring into existence. What inspires YOU? People think an attitude like this is selfish, but it’s actually quite healthy because by nurturing ourselves, we’re nourished at a core level & so have more energy to share around. If we feed ourselves first, we’re less likely to resent others taking a bite from our plates! So, we go back to basics & ask ourselves the simple question: What makes me happy? & then? We go for it.

The following Full Moon is in Libra, on Friday the 19th at 21:12, @29 Degrees & it’s the second Full Moon in Libra, in a row. If Aries is all about ME, Libra is all about WE. Libra is partnership & team work. It’s interesting & constructive to have this Libra/Aries/Libra Moon dynamic, because with the last Full Moon (March 21st), we would have been enlightened to “the others” perspective, wants & needs. By “other”, I mean pretty much anyone you’re in a relationship with. This is not just about romance, it’s about your Family, your Co-workers, your Friends etc. & it’s about what you find valuable, be it the way you relate, or by what you’re paid, or by what people do for you & you for them. Of course it’s about love too, because Libra is Ruled by Venus & Venus is about our hearts.

So having other peoples perspectives under our belts from last Month, we then had that burst of Aries New Moon Fire: “Yes, but what do *I* want in all of this?” & we started out on our path… which led us back to… the Libran “We” again. Basically, this is like one long negotiation: What do you want? This is what I want! Can WE or can’t WE do this? Luckily, Libra is a born diplomat & ultimately wants peace, love & harmony all round. I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole of the UN is packed full of this Sign. But anyway, at the end of this we’re either together or apart & forward we go. Time waits for no man!

A great Crystal for April would be Apophyllite, as it helps connect us to our higher purpose in life. It helps us see a bigger picture & make Spiritual sense of things. The transparent form of this Stone is dazzling! It sparkles with a clarity not even Herkimer Diamonds or Clear Quartz can top. Just looking a piece of this is inspiring & uplifting… it looks powerful, like it can slice through anything with laser sharpness. Said to help release & calm anxiety, depression & stress related ails, it fills your body with a breezy, regenerative light & helps you vibe from a place of abundance & love, which is what I’d wish for all of you throughout April & ongoing!!

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