Welcome in April 2023!
In the first three weeks of April, the Sun travels through the fire sign Aries and that feels like a powerful new beginning after the spring equinox of March 21, 2023.
Aries is about independence, leadership and passion…
April 2023 ushers in the 2023 eclipse season with the total Solar Eclipse in Aries on April 20, 2023….
With the firepower of Aries, it feels like everything is on edge…
Expect the unexpected!
However, April 2023 is also a month of three steps forward, two steps back…..
We want so badly to move forward with that strong power of Aries, but it is as if a great cosmic hand is holding us back.
Let’s take look at what we can expect from April 2023!
Red planet Mars, ruler of Aries, travels throughout the month of April 2023 to May 20, 2023 through the introspective Water sign of Cancer.
With the power of Mars in Cancer, emotions are shown and we dare to come out for who we are. However, Mars is astrologically “in Fall” in Cancer and that means there can be internal struggles, emotional imbalances, aggressiveness, guilt, resentment and tension.
Emotions can run rampant and we can become overwhelmed with intense mood swings and shifts in our energy level.
Mars in Cancer chooses the defensive path when conflict arises.
The water sign of Cancer is symbolic of ‘the People’.
Emotions and sentiment play an important role in decision-making in society during that period.
The transit of the planetary limiter Saturn through the (cold) Water sign Pisces is a major turning point for all of us, but it also slows the pace on Earth.
Saturn slows down to face the truth and break karma instead of denying and running from it.
On April 6, 2023, the Full Moon will be at 16º in the air sign Libra, but of course the influence will be felt at least three days in advance into the weekend. Our attention is turned to marriage, partnership and relationships and this can be a time when people tend to connect or break up.
A relationship is a magical dance of mirroring and learning from each other.
That dance can be fleeting, long-lasting or forever.
All current situations are directly connected to everything that happened during the six months after last years’s New Moon in Libra of September 25, 2022…
In a happy relationship you see abundance and manifestation, but a less happy relationship is broken or otherwise continued.
Read more about this Full Moon and its influence on the zodiac signs under NEWS on this website.
Shortly before, from April 4, 2023 to June 11, 2023, our winged messenger Mercury travels through the earth sign of Taurus.
Attention is focused on solving practical cases with an emphasis on common sense, safety, personal values and self-confidence. New ways of thinking towards concrete goals.
Realistic, logical, sustainable and feasible plans for the future are made.
This cautious, restrained, and practical energy avoids taking unnecessary risks, but it can lead to excessive greed, jealousy, and stubbornness.
Lines are drawn in the sand with Mercury in Taurus and it is unlikely that a position once taken will be changed.
From April 7, 2023, Mercury in earthly Taurus ushers in the slowing retrograde season of 2023, as we are already in the pre-shadow period of the second Mercury retrograde of 2023 (starting April 21, 2023).
We must take into account delays in political and social decision-making and adjustment, revision, reorganization and delays in money, gold, the stock markets, banks, currencies, mail, courier services, insurance, trade, purchasing power and real estate.
It’s not all cosmic doom and gloom, as we can look forward to the magical annual conjunction of the Sun and Jupiter at 21º in Aries this Easter, April 10-12, 2023!
The exact conjunction at 21º in Aries of the Sun and Jupiter on April 12, 2023 is the happiest day of the year. Everything that is decided today has a great chance of success.
With Saturn in Pisces sextile the North Node in Taurus, it’s a great time to organize something memorable. Miracles can happen!
This feels like a new beginning. Everything that is conceived or initiated on that day has a great chance of success during the Year of the Rabbit.
In April 2023, due to the preliminary transit of Pluto in Aquarius, we will already see more progressive and systematic changes in the world with regard to human rights and major technological and innovative developments in the field of ICT, new gadgets, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and innovations in health care, defense, agriculture, livestock, climate and recycling.
All themes that Aquarius deals with are being reorganized and restructured, such as the energy transition, social organizations, politics, social media, internet, humanitarian missions, technology, equality and civil rights, socialism, space travel and air traffic.
On the one hand, Pluto in Aquarius can offer tremendous opportunities for renewal, new beginnings, and spiritual and financial growth. However, the negative aspects often lead to obsession, victimization, domination, tyranny and power struggles.
There will be an increase in work stoppages, major strikes, demonstrations and disturbances, geopolitical tensions and migration flows.
Aquarius is an air element. It allows us to be free and innovative in our thinking and connects us to the collective.
The Aquarian energy is more about the betterment of society as a whole and not just the individual self.
Pluto in Aquarius teaches us that we can’t create change unless we do it together!
On her journey through the zodiac, Aphrodite Venus, the planet that embodies Love and Beauty, has arrived in the airy sign of Gemini on April 12, 2023.
Venus in Gemini stimulates our spirit and curiosity! Our expectations are increasing and we see new possibilities revealing to us. Venus will remain in Gemini and until May 7, 2023.
The New Moon of April 20, 2023 is a total Annular Solar Eclipse in Aries.
The Total Solar Eclipse at 29º in the fire sign of Aries is visible in Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, Australia, Indian Ocean and Antarctica.
This Total Solar Eclipse affects Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn and the fixed signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.
This first Solar Eclipse of 2023 in the Spring sign of Aries is like a new beginning, but also marks the absolute end of what has already ended.
Solar eclipses mark brand new chapters, new beginnings and exciting opportunities. Although less emotional than a Lunar Eclipse, this Solar Eclipse in the first sign of Aries is no less influential. The Full Moon in Aries on September 29, 2023 shows the result with what is initiated during this Solar Eclipse.
The upcoming eclipses in Aries are a Solar Eclipse in Aries (at 19º) on April 8, 2024; a Solar Eclipse in Aries (at 9º degrees) on March 29, 2025.
The coming years and especially around these periods are periods of new adventures and new beginnings, so we can look forward to a very special and unique period.
More about this Total Solar Eclipse and the influence on all zodiac signs under NEWS on this website!
The Sun will leave the Fire sign Aries on April 20, 2023 and will shine its golden light in the earthly sign of Taurus for the next thirty days.
I would like to congratulate all Taurus on their New Solar Year!
Mercury goes retrograde in Taurus from April 21, 2023 to May 14, 2023, and then earth processes on Earth simply go slower. With Mercury Retrograde in Taurus, finances, agriculture, climate and environment are being reviewed and reassessed.
On April 22, 2023, we celebrate Earth Day.
This day aims to make people aware of life on our unique planet Earth, nature, environment and climate change.
From April 22 to 23, 2023, our Earth rotates through the tail of comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, which was discovered in 1861. The Lyrids in the constellation Lyra are from April 16 to 25 annually and sometimes show as many as 20 meteors per hour!
In this absurd and polarized world, it is not easy to stay grounded.
Don’t let fear or a feeling of insecurity get the better of you, but stay realistic and look at the world around you with a critical eye.
Don’t give fear a chance.
Form a force field of light, love and consciousness on our collective journey to a higher purpose.
I hope that the beautiful Spring month of April 2023 may bring us greater appreciation and awareness of the beauty within ourselves and the wonderful world around us.
Have an inspiring month!
Marlies Goovers
