MONTH OF April
You love them, you love them not? Some of your relationships are in a “growth phase” right now—and possibly experiencing a few growing pains. Last month, structured Saturn moved into Pisces and your partnership house for the first time since 1996, and things took turn for the serious.
This month, the Sun and philosophical Jupiter are in Aries and your eighth house of bonding, prompting even deeper pondering about the state of your closest ties. And they’ll connect here on April 11, which could bring a huge breakthrough! While it’s good to evaluate, try not to ruminate. Your natural Virgo overthinking tendencies could go into overdrive this month, especially with deep-diving Pluto now in Aquarius and your analytical sixth house. Yikes!
If things seem intense or even a bit gloomy, the clouds should part after April 20. A pivotal solar eclipse in Aries arrives that day, marking a bold new chapter or turning point around long-term finances, intimate relationships and joint ventures. (Don’t be surprised if something sparks up unexpectedly in any of these areas!)
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That same day, the Sun moves into Taurus and your worldly ninth house, setting your sights on the big picture. It’s time to face forward and look ahead, creating something big enough for you to get excited about. If you’ve been hiding, hibernating or making yourself small, Taurus season wants to break you out of that. What do you want to learn? Where in the world would you like to take a journey? What experiences have you been curious to try?
Feel free to keep the blue-sky thinking on your scratchpad for the moment. Your ruling planet, Mercury, will be retrograde from April 21 to May 14, a tricky time for communication, technology and travel. Consider the full buffet of options before pressing “book now” (especially if the cancellation policy is strict). Since retrogrades rule the past, it might be better to blow the dust off of an old passion project or go visit a beloved destination you haven’t been to in years.
It’s Aries season until April 20
Get ready for a deep dive, Virgo. The Sun is simmering in Aries and your eighth house of sex, spirituality and intimacy until April 20, lending an air of intensity to everything. Your attention is laser-focused on one special person or project, which is exactly how it should be. All your discerning Virgo superpowers will love finally cracking the code on a problem that’s dogged you for a while. Bring on the savvy solutions!
The eighth house also rules shared resources and joint financial ventures. You may explore merging with a synergistic soul for mutual gain. This is an excellent time for research and detailed work or sifting through an emotionally intricate situation. Your brain is alert, able to notice important patterns and connect psychological dots. Your insights this month could lead to a major transformation around love, work and money.
The Day of Miracles is April 11
The potency intensifies on April 11, when the confident Sun (your ruler) makes its once-a-year conjunction (meetup) with lucky Jupiter, Many astrologers regard this date as one of the year’s luckiest and have dubbed it the Day of Miracles. Any joint venture, whether financial or personal, gets a potent power surge. If you tend to be overly cautious, toss that fear aside. Fortune favors the bold under this hopeful, confident cosmic mashup! An investment, possibly a property sale or purchase, could really pay off today.
Need to have a difficult conversation? Let yourself be vulnerable, Virgo, even if things get a little raw. Those sensitive subjects won’t stop nagging at you unless you deal with them directly. With work being so busy, you could soak up people’s stress like a sponge—all the more reason to take some quiet moments to decompress and tune in to your inner voice.
The April 6 Libra full moon brings a money moment!
One anchoring day this month arrives on April 6, when the full moon in Libra beams into your grounded, practical second house. Matters of material security come into the spotlight. A job, client or project you’ve been exploring could materialize now. Have you been on the fence about accepting an offer or mulling a professional change? This full moon could finally bring a decision. Take a look at your budget for the rest of the year and correct course if necessary.
Don’t be surprised if doing so drives up a few turbulent emotions and your inner micromanager. This year’s Libra full moon will be opposite Chiron, the “wounded healer” comet, which is in Aries and your intimate, intense eighth house. Look at any fears you have around sharing money or power. Which ones are legitimate (e.g., you have a partner who goes into debt and mismanages their finances) and which are rooted in old limiting beliefs (“If I don’t do it myself, it won’t get done right”)?
The April 20 Aries new moon is a solar eclipse
On April 20, in the final hours of Aries season, a rare and powerful Aries solar (new moon) eclipse brings your love life or joint ventures to a turning point. This is also the second Aries new moon in a row; the first was on March 21. This event marks the first eclipse to activate your eighth house of shared resources, investments and intimacy since 2015.
Today’s eclipse begins as an annular “ring of fire” and evolves into a total eclipse. As this unfolds, a spark of possibility may reignite a previously dwindling flame. However, the ultimate decision is in your hands. Do you take the plunge or walk away?
With this eclipse kicking off a two-year series on the Aries/Libra axis (today through March 29, 2025), you may feel uncertain about which path to take. This is an excellent time to take a deep dive into your true desires and motivations, allowing yourself to explore your innermost desires while staying grounded in practical considerations (because #Virgo).
This eclipse series will ripple across your money axis, bringing changes to your income, investments, routines and relationships. Today’s maiden voyage can bring about transformative financial shifts, particularly regarding shared resources. Got debt? The next couple years could be a powerful time to pay it off bit by bit. Look for ways you can make your money work harder for you. Consider opportunities in real estate, venture capital, business loans or passive income.
The emotional factors behind your “money story” are important to unpack. Where is there an imbalance? If you’re covering most of the bills or picking up an unfair share of the load, it’s time for a new strategy.
Taurus season starts April 20
You’ll become even more outspoken on April 20, when the Sun starts its monthlong visit to Taurus and your ninth house of adventure and expansion. Brooding dissipates, and your joie de vivre returns. An opportunity to travel, teach or study could arise over the next four weeks. However, you might want to book actual tickets for after May 14, since Mercury will be retrograde until then, which can be a tricky time for vacations (everything from expired passports to flight delays to bad hotels could foil your plans). Take extra precautions if you already have a getaway booked.
Your best bet is to ease into Taurus time and take things one step at a time. Not only is the eclipse energy a bit turbulent, but the Sun will enter Taurus at a harsh 90-degree square to powermonger Pluto in Aquarius. Your Virgoan tendencies to micromanage could flare, especially if you overwhelm yourself with too many details and decisions. Take a step back and evaluate things at a more manageable pace. Are you in charge of way too much? Whether people dumped that on you or you saddled yourself with the job (“nobody can do it the way I want it done…”), hit the pause button and start delegating. Your stress levels depend on it!
Mercury turns retrograde April 21 to May 14
Destination unknown? Mercury, the placlass=”body-el-link standard-body-el-link” net of communication and technology, is retrograde in Aries and your ninth house of risk-taking and truth-telling from April 21 to May 14. Those grand ideas might include a few greatest hits while others could wildly miss the mark. Watch your words too since you could accidentally offend by being overly blunt. At times, you might just feel like people don’t “get it,” even when you’re convinced that you’ve got a bona fide brilliant concept here. Something to consider: Maybe you’re talking TOO big-picture and need a 101 “For Dummies” version to explain your concepts to the uninitiated. Remember, not everyone can synthesize blue-sky ideas as quickly as you do, Virgo.
Silver lining: While Mercury is retrograde, you can finally process all the changes of the past couple months. Evaluate your goals, but bring your innate Virgo creativity to the process. You might break out the colorful markers and sketchpad for a mind-mapping exercise. Start with a central idea: Begin by writing down your main goal in the center of the page. This could be a specific project, outcome or area of your life you want to focus on.
Then, fork out in categories. From the central idea, create branches that represent different areas related to your goal. For example, if your goal is to improve your health, your categories could be exercise, nutrition, sleep, stress management, etc. Keep making sub-branches until you feel like you’ve covered everything. Use color, images, collaging or any visuals that keep you inspired—so it becomes like a hybrid vision board and goal tracker all in one.
With lusty Mars hovering in Cancer and your sector of community and technology all month (from March 25 to May 20), sexy sparks could fly with a friend or an idealistic kindred spirit you meet online or while hanging out socially. Take the time to talk and get to know the real person instead of making assumptions. Dating app connections could sizzle but then fizzle just as quickly. Keep it moving, Virgo!
Couples can turn up the excitement by getting out for adventures and having fun. Think: festivals, concerts and other group gatherings where you socialize as a duo. As long as you feel the union is stable, you may crave a little independence. But that’s just to reconnect to yourself—and to let the heart grow fonder. Who says relationships mean being joined at the hip?
This energy is especially strong the first week of April as Venus wraps up a tour of Taurus and your adventurous, worldly ninth house. If you’re not firmly committed, you may need to explore (and sow) some wild oats—locally OR globally. Attached? A romantic getaway a deux could recharge your batteries, no matter how drained you think they are.
When Venus jets into Gemini and your future-oriented tenth house on April 11, you suddenly feel more serious about a certain person or about taking a significant next step in your partnership. Even as Mars is rallying for freedom and fun, Venus here wants to know where things are going and to lock down a plan to accomplish your shared goals. You may need to negotiate a few speed bumps, but stay the course, Virgo: You WILL get there!
This Venus position could shine a light on an overlooked special person at work or someone you bump into at an industry event. Even if they don’t seem like a perfect fit at first, give worthy candidates a chance! That quieter person you wrote off as “boring” might turn out to be the deepest and most interesting soul in the room once you break the ice.
Team up for the win! With the Sun in Aries and your eighth house of joint ventures until April 20, combining your superpowers with a strategic plus-one could turn into mutual gain. Considering an investment? Do your research and due diligence. Approach any professional moves proactively instead of reactively. With your ruler, Mercury, retrograde in your ninth house of risk-taking from April 21 to May 14, you’ll want to be extra careful who you sync up with. Hold off on signing any contracts during this time if you can.
If changes to your spending, saving or overall lifestyle are in order, you’ll identify those by April 6, when the Libra full moon spotlights your second house of work and money. A pending job offer could come through, or you might sign a new client. Commit to a new habit that will help you create security in your life.
