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Astrology for Healing and Transformation with Katie Sweetman
We start the week in the portal between the eclipses, a two-week period where time bends and life changes directions. With the Sun conjunct the North Node today, we feel that liminality even more. There is a deeper subtext to our experiences and thoughts.
We’re coming off a powerful Aries New Moon solar eclipse, one that officially brought us into a new chapter of time. With Mars in Cancer and a square to Pluto, we may be feeling a surge of emotions, both primal and instinctual. Life may start to move fast.
Tomorrow’s solar eclipse not only sets the stage for the next six months, it also opens up a chapter that will play out into early 2025. We’re getting ready to learn how to stand on our own two feet, take the lead, and reach for what is going to nurture and support us.
With the Moon in Aries, we’re on the cusp of a new beginning. We may be feeling a build up of energy or tension. But we’re also in the dark of the moon. We have to honor that we are in a sacred space of endings. Time to reflect and make space for the new.
We officially kick off eclipse season with a powerful solar eclipse on April 20 that touches on Pluto in Aquarius. A new life is ready to rush in. We may have already seen clues in the previous days and weeks. Mercury also turns retrograde in Taurus on April 21.
We’re winding down the lunar month as we start the week with a Pisces Moon, one that feels liminal. Things may feel hazy or like they don’t have a lot of energy. Then again, with a solar eclipse three days away, we’re revving up for something powerfully new.
Venus squares off with Saturn, an aspect that has a reputation for pumping the breaks. For all of Venus’s multitude of ideas and options, Saturn urges us to focus on what’s practical. It’s a need to commit to what’s right or recalibrate what’s not working.
The Moon spans between Capricorn and Aquarius, between the visible and invisible structures that govern our lives. With the Moon in Aquarius, we get our first real taste of Pluto in Aquarius and a conjunction that hasn’t happened for 225 years.
The Moon’s in no-nonsense Capricorn today, bringing our attention to duty and responsibility. We’re going after our ambitions, too. But with Saturn now in Pisces, where it will be for the next three years, our ambitions have to align with our heart and soul.
After a visit home to Taurus, Venus moves into Gemini, a sign where it finds value in being charming, connecting with others, and the art of conversation. This is also a Venus that likes freedom and variety and invites us to find pleasure in trying new things.
The Sun and Jupiter meet up, inspiring new beginnings and adventures as well as a search for meaning. Venus gets charming and a bit flirty, arriving in Gemini for the next four weeks. But, first, it has to check-in with Saturn, a planet that demands commitment.
The Sun meets up with Jupiter in Aries into tomorrow, a burst of confidence and a push for new horizons and adventures. Paired with a Sagittarius Moon, we’re feeling element fire, an element that inspires, motivates, and illuminates. It also demands faith.