Astrology Trends for the week of April 4

Monday morning challenges you to keep your wits about you and your ego in check when the Sun in Aries is quincunx to Jupiter in Virgo. This is an aspect that can see you causing a loss if you don’t proceed with caution. Make sure you consider the advice being given to you. If you ultimately reject it, do it with good humor and grace: Hastily chosen words or ill temper will be sure to cause trouble. You will be able to create good fortune for yourself, but diplomacy, common sense, and a conservative, methodical approach will be key.

Tuesday will be a less tricky one for productive activity, with a fire trine of the Sun in Aries and Saturn in Sagittarius around midday. This trine will stoke your enthusiasm and creativity, helping you to launch projects. You will be the one to create your success, so be prepared to sweat to get to where you want to go. Luckily, though, this fiery energy will grant you the pep needed to put in the required work. A short while later, Venus moves from the gentle, generous energy of Pisces into the more aggressive, Me First energy of Aries. This is a time when we are much more forward in our approach to romance. We are now flirty, impulsive, confident, sensual, and very apt to fall in love at first sight. Passions are high, and we can be very demanding of our lovers, even to the point of seeming selfish. On the other hand, we are very capable, during this time, of giving unexpected gifts to those we care about. While our slightly self-centered approach to love during the next month can be challenging to our chosen lovers, this is an excellent time to learn to say no, if too much is being demanded of us in the name of love. If you have had the tendency to always be the one to give in a relationship, Aries’ influence will help you now. You’ll learn to demand that your loved ones give to you your equal share.

On Tuesday evening, Mercury leaves Aries and enters the calmer and steadier realm of Taurus. While Mercury normally takes about three weeks to journey through a sign’s influence, its stay in Taurus, due to a Retrograde beginning later in the month, will be extended to nine weeks, ending in mid-June. So, settle in to the slower, more measured pace of life under Taurus: Communications will become more deliberate as our thinking becomes more practical, stable, and determined. Watch out for the tendency to become stubbornly attached to your own opinion, or the desire shut out the opinions of others. Now is the time to remind yourself that your opinions are not, in fact, the same as the truth, and repeating them louder and louder does not make them any more true. The good news is that our reasoning tends to be solid under this influence, and our approach to spending more conservative than usual. The next nine weeks could be very good ones for your finances.

The Sun in Aries squares off with Pluto in Capricorn on Wednesday afternoon. This can drag up conflicts you thought were well behind you, especially ones dealing with the authority figures in your life, as well as legal issues. This is the time to check your temper, even while standing up for what you believe. Be very cautious of someone who is willing to climb over others to get what they want, or one whose favor can be bought, even if that someone is you. Ruthless behavior, now, can cause long term problems and losses.

The New Moon in Aries comes to us on Thursday morning. As with all New Moons, this is the time to start your projects for this Moon Cycle. Aries’ influence means this is the best energy of the year under which to begin projects. Even if an opening for your venture isn’t obvious, Aries can help you create that opportunity. If you’ve had a difficult project on the drawing board waiting for that extra oomph of energy to launch, today is the day to get cracking!

When the Taurus Moon and Mercury move into conjunction on Friday morning, be prepared for a blast of earthy energy, if “blast” is the right word: Today is a day when you are going to feel more than comfortable sitting peacefully and letting the world move soothingly around you, nothing jarring, nothing pressing to be done. You will be drawn to sensual pleasures, such as food, wine, and the arts, making today an excellent one to find a friend and wander through a museum, indulge in a sumptuous feast, or even just seek out the perfect spot to watch the sunset. Resist the urge to insist on having everything your own way, or you might spoil the indulgent and peaceful mood.

Another conjunction occurs on Saturday evening, this time between the Sun and Uranus in Aries. The annual meet-up of these two planets brings the promise of some surprising shake-ups in your life. Change is always stressful, but you can approach today as opportunity instead of catastrophe. Even if you have to give up some comfortable patterns that have developed in your life, what replaces them can be even more beneficial to you, if you are willing to think along original lines, be enterprising, and embrace innovation.

Sunday afternoon brings Mercury in Taurus quincunx to Mars in Sagittarius. Both Mercury and Mars are in excellent signs to support entrepreneurial activity. The challenge, under this aspect, is to keep the obstinacy and fiery temper that can come along with these signs in check. Too much fault-finding or belligerence and your project will face serious obstacles. A focused and business-like approach will be the way to make today pay for you.

I hope this helps you have a great week!

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