Mercury and the Sun get physical in Taurus, Mars crawls into his Cancer shell, and we welcome a hot-blooded, heart-centered Leo First Quarter Moon! Also, Venus teams up with Uranus for unexpected pleasures, but argues with Saturn over baggage – and Mercury jumps in to play mediator.
Author: April
Highlights for April 12-18, 2021: The Heart Made Visible
Entering the garden of earthly delights, falling asleep on freshly-washed sheets, and remembering just how brave you can be.
Episode 77 | The Crescent Moon & Getting Our Ducks in a Row
It’s a full week! Creative activities get a boost– as long as Pluto decides our efforts are sincere. Venus enters Taurus, a reminder to stop and smell the roses (but beware a few Saturn/Uranus thorns). A mini-lesson on the Crescent Moon! And finally, Jupiter rewards some of our Mars in Gemini projects.
Aries New Moon: The Beast in Me
Wherever Aries appears in your chart, you probably don’t play well with others. There’s still something untamed beneath your refined veneer—something songwriter Nick Lowe once called The Beast in Me, and which an astrologer might call Aries.
Highlights for April 5-11, 2021: A Fast-Talking World
The Aries New Moon in Aries craves fast results. But this week’s message is that diligence and hard work are a necessary part of this New Moon journey.
Episode 76 | Aries New Moon: An 8-Track Mind
April and Jen load up their favorite eight-track tapes and rock out under a driven (vaguely obsessed?) Aries New Moon! Venus charms Mars, Jupiter, and even Pluto; Mercury, Saturn, and the North Node offer our hard work and chops a chance to shine. Sure, there are a few discordant notes between Venus and Pluto, and Mars and Neptune… but really, when you’re kicking back with good tunes, what could go wrong?
Highlights for March 29-April 4, 2021: Don’t Give Up
The creative, playful spirit in each of us may have been dimmed over the past year of discord, illness, and seclusion. But now, the urge returns to forge a new creative, playful path. The spirit is strong – but we may still be haunted, held back by, or recovering from what was revealed at recent eclipse times…
Episode 75 | Mercury in Aries: Gluten Tag, Y’all!
April and Jen loaf around while covering a week full of Mercury goodness! The god of communication first joins up with Neptune, then makes a friendly move on Pluto before running headfirst into Aries! A Capricorn Last Quarter Moon urges resolution of 2019 and 2020 eclipse challenges, and the Sun, Venus, and Saturn flock together.
Libra Full Moon: Passion and Prudence
Libra may have more perspective than Aries, but not necessarily greater clarity about what to pursue. In fact, Libra can find herself overwhelmed by these possibilities, weighing first one, then the other… until Aries is jumping up and down in frustration: ‘Just! Choose! One!’
Highlights for March 22-28, 2021: Telepathy
Making a choice, setting a goal, planting our flag in the soil…these are moments when we set into motion powerful forces that continue to send out concentric circles in the waters of our lives.