To say that April 2024 is a crucial month is an understatement.
Until you have been hiding beneath a rock – or are simply getting began with astrology – this In April 2024, Jupiter will conjunct Uranus in Taurus. The precise conjunction will happen on April 20 and 21, 2024, however its affect is already growing and shall be extra strongly felt within the second half of the month.
Earlier than the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction now we have one other essential astrological occasion: intense photo voltaic eclipse in Aries.
This Eclipse is essential for a number of causes: It’s a Whole Eclipse, which implies that it’s by default extra intense than a partial Eclipse (the vast majority of Eclipses are partial). And it’s EXACTLY conjunct Chiron. We have not had such an intense photo voltaic eclipse in a very long time!
The primary half of the month is INTENSE to say the least. Mercury is retrograde, now we have a complete photo voltaic eclipse and Mars is conjunct Saturn, simply to call a number of.
Nonetheless, the second half of the month guarantees to be far more uplifting. On April 20-21, 2024 now we have Jupiter conjunct Uranus, on April 26, 2024 Mercury goes direct, and on the finish of the month the planets of relationships, Venus and Mars, transfer into their domicile signal.
I actually just like the final week of April. For the primary time in a very long time, it appears like issues are transferring in a constructive course.
However let’s check out crucial transits of the month:
April 5, 2024 – Venus enters Aries
On April 5, 2024, Venus leaves Pisces and enters Aries.
Maybe the very best quality of Venus in Aries is emotional honesty. Once we faucet into Venus within the boldness and vibrancy of Aries with an open coronary heart, we routinely join with the a part of us that’s fearlessly and unashamedly genuine.
Venus in Aries is a good way to follow emotional honesty with your self and others. Emotional honesty isn’t about making calls for or making different folks really feel mistaken. It’s our repressed feelings that finally come out aggressively or self-righteously.
April 8, 2024 – New moon and photo voltaic eclipse in Aries
On April 8, 2024, now we have a New Moon and Photo voltaic Eclipse at 19° Aries. The Eclipse is carefully conjunct Chiron (at 19° Aries). Like a Phoenix, we’ll rise from our wounds on the Photo voltaic Eclipse with a renewed sense of id.
The ideas, feelings, flashbacks, occasions or interactions that can floor on the time of the Eclipse will trigger our vulnerabilities and unresolved ache, but when we keep there, now we have a novel alternative to rewrite the story of our wound and heal the unlock hidden elements of it. potential.
April 10, 2024 – Mars Conjunct Saturn in Pisces
On April 10, 2024, Mars is conjunct Saturn at 14° Pisces.
Mars needs to behave NOW, however Saturn needs to do issues LATER – not as a result of he’s lazy (fairly the other), however as a result of he needs to suppose issues via and ensure one thing of lasting worth is constructed.
The Mars-Saturn conjunction can really feel very irritating, however it should additionally give us that additional push and dedication to get issues accomplished, discovering an excellent compromise between impulse-driven motion and practicality.
April 15, 2024 – Mercury Conjunct Chiron
April 15, 2024, Mercury retrograde is conjunct Chiron at 18° Aries. That is the second Mercury-Chiron transit in a collection of three (the primary was on March 20, at 19° Aries, and the third will happen on Could 7, at 21° Aries).
Mercury retrograde, with its introspective high quality, offers us the chance to delve deeper into the basis causes of our wound (Chiron) and reframe our understanding of ourselves.
Possibly our wound – and the story surrounding it – is not actually as everlasting or defining as we as soon as believed. Maybe we will acquire a clearer understanding. Possibly we will rewrite the story.
April 19, 2024 – Solar enters Taurus
On April 19, 2024, the The Solar enters Taurus. Welcome to Taurus season, such a particular season, particularly this 12 months.
Whereas Jupiter and Uranus in Taurus are actually very shut collectively, it’s the entry of the Solar into Taurus that can give the inexperienced gentle to faucet into the signal’s archetypal power.
The Solar in Taurus will make it clearer to us what the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction means for us on a private degree.
April 21, 2024 – Jupiter Conjunct Uranus
On April 20-21, 2024, Jupiter is conjunct Uranus at 21° Taurus.
Jupiter conjunct Uranus is an thrilling transit in itself. What’s to not be enthusiastic about? Jupiter is the good benefactor and gives alternatives for development and growth. Uranus is the planet of progress and surprises.
Now we have a Jupiter-Uranus conjunction as soon as each 13 to 14 years, and it’s the solely time in our lifetime that this occurs in Taurus. Jupiter conjunct Uranus guarantees to deliver a really thrilling alternative within the Taurus sector of your chart.
There’s something magical about this transit. Uranus brings the component of pleasure, and Jupiter means that whereas we could not anticipate what Uranus has in retailer for us, it is probably one thing constructive.
In fact, simply because a transit appears nice on paper does not imply everybody will win the lottery.
If in case you have planets or angles round 21° in Taurus (or Most cancers, Virgo, Capricorn and Pisces), you’ll probably expertise the constructive manifestations of Jupiter conjunct Uranus.
If as a substitute you could have planets or angles round 21° within the different mounted indicators, this highly effective transit could problem you at first. It isn’t that the developments that Jupiter and Uranus deliver aren’t primarily constructive, however it could not really feel that method at first, as a result of change is not at all times simple, particularly in mounted indicators.
No matter occurs (or would not) across the time of this conjunction, take note of any messages or downloads you obtain. There WILL be alternatives, however you need to take them and say sure to them.
April 23, 2024 – Full Moon in Scorpio
On April 23, 2024 now we have a Full Moon at 4° Scorpio. That is an intense Full Moon sq. its ruler, Pluto (now at 2° Aquarius).
The Full Moon in Scorpio is an effective time to let go of emotional baggage that now not serves us. Nonetheless, the Pluto sq. is something however snug. Energy struggles, hidden agendas or unconscious wishes could floor.
Pluto will ask us to face this confrontation, regardless of how uncomfortable the method could also be. But it’s via this means of dealing with our shadows that we will expertise true self-awareness and empowerment.
April 26, 2024 – Mercury goes direct
On April 26, 2024, Mercury stations direct at 15° Aries. This can be a aid after a interval of reflection and recalibration throughout a VERY intense Mercury retrograde.
As a result of its location, Mercury has spent – and can proceed to spend – an uncommon period of time within the neighborhood of Chiron and the North Node.
Now that Mercury has turned direct, it is time to replicate on the teachings discovered and transfer ahead with a clearer perspective. As soon as now we have recognized self-sabotaging thought patterns, we will now rewrite them with more healthy and extra highly effective beliefs.
April 29, 2024 – Mars Conjunct Neptune
On April 29, 2024, Mars is conjunct Neptune at 28° Pisces.
When Mars, the planet of private will, is conjunct Neptune, the planet of divine steering and give up, the message is: do not power your method via.
Take heed to delicate messages, take note of serendipities, and search the next goal on your actions. Once we are open to divine steering, our actions have which means and influence.
April 29, 2024 – Venus enters Taurus
On April 29, 2024, Venus enters Taurus, her residence signal. Everyone knows that when Venus is glad, everyone seems to be glad.
Venus in Taurus encourages us to decelerate and revel in life’s easy pleasures. As Taurus native Dave Gahan says, “phrases are very pointless.” We’re programmed to consider that to be glad (Venus) we will need to have extra, do extra, be busy or fill the empty areas.
However Venus – the planet of happiness and contentment – would not want any of this. Venus in Taurus reminds us that happiness isn’t about doing, however about being. Simply sink into the current second and benefit from the silence.
April 30, 2024 – Mars enters Aries
Oh oh! On April 30, 2024, Mars enters Aries. No different planet makes such a daring and triumphant transition from the dreamy waters of Pisces to the fiery realm of Aries.
When you’ve been feeling a little bit sluggish these previous few weeks when Mars was in Pisces, this can now change.
In Aries, Mars does what he is aware of finest: taking motion. When Mars is in different indicators, we at all times discover causes to not act. Mars in Taurus? “It takes too lengthy”. Mars in Gemini? “I cannot focus”. Mars in Most cancers? “What if it hurts others’ emotions?” Mars in Leo?” What if I make a idiot of myself?” Mars in Virgo? “What if it is not good?”
If Mars is in Aries, now’s the time. We naturally connect with the a part of our psyche that’s at all times prepared for motion.
PS: Within the coming weeks I shall be writing 2 reviews: one on the Photo voltaic Eclipse in Aries, and one other on the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Taurus. Keep tuned!
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