In April 2019, the most active areas of life for you, Taurus, will center around spirituality, travel, or higher education; friends, groups, or dreams; as well as more challenging or ending-oriented states of mind. On April 2nd, Mercury will conjunct Neptune at 17 degrees Pisces for the third time this year. Because of March’s Mercury retrograde, you would have likely seen the beginning of this transit around February 19th, when Mercury conjoined Neptune for the first time. Then Mercury backtracked during its retrograde and had its second conjunction with Neptune on March 24th. April 2nd is the third pass of this Mercury/Neptune conjunction, so hopefully you’re wrapping up whatever this transit was about for you.
Mercury/Neptune contacts can involve lying, deception, as well as miscommunication or being misinformed. Here are some examples of how this could manifest in your 11th house specifically:
- A friend, group, or organization could be less than truthful with you.
- You could have a misunderstanding with friends or groups.
- A friend of yours may say something is okay when it really isn’t.
- You may be involved in spiritual or artistic pursuits with friends.
- You and your friends may have conversations about big life dreams and goals, as well as the small steps you’ll take to get there.
The Moon and Venus are also present in Pisces at this time. Benefic Venus may help navigate any challenging Neptune stuff, and Jupiter is in a good position to do the same. You may feel more poetic, sensitive, or emotional in the way you express yourself.
On April 5th, there’s a New Moon at 15 degrees Aries, and this most likely has to do with more difficult areas of your life, such as misfortune, loss, enemies, or restraint. Whatever happens around this time may grow into fruition or finally see the light of day six months later, around the Full Moon in Aries.
April 10th is one of the most important days of the month, with more transits than any other. Saturn in Capricorn squares the Sun in Aries at 20 degrees. This is a challenging aspect; Saturn has the upper hand in this configuration, and it’s spending the better part of three years in your house of travel, foreign things, continuing education, and belief systems. Here are some ways the Sun-Saturn square could manifest for you:
- You may examine which life philosophies might help get you through hard times and which are not making it any easier.
- You may question whether your beliefs are limiting you in some way.
- A handful of Taurus Risings will have challenging events that relate back to your father or being a father.
- You may feel exiled or restricted due to a nemesis or rival.
- You could have a difficult time while traveling.
- This is the opening square in the Sun-Saturn cycle, whereas the Sun/Saturn conjunction happened on January 1st of this year. How have things developed since then?
Saturn is also within three degrees of Pluto here, so it could be more ramped up than usual, and both Saturn and the Sun are in very strong positions.
On the same day, Venus conjoins Neptune at 17 degrees Pisces in your zone of friends, groups, and goals. This is a good configuration for beginning big dreams or joining a new organization.
But April 10th isn’t over yet. Jupiter stations retrograde at 24 degrees Sagittarius on the same day. Outer planet retrogrades don’t typically signify any great changes; the main time they’re important is when the planet is stationing retrograde or stationing direct. Jupiter-related topics may become slightly more prominent during the week of April 10th, and it’s in your 8th house of shared resources and other people’s money. Jupiter will be in Sagittarius until late 2019. It’s a good time to reflect on how to grow your savings.
Mercury in Pisces sextiles Pluto in Capricorn at 23 degrees on April 10th, which is a nice aspect for investigative research in general. You may be researching group travel tours or educational offerings, such as university or local classes on a topic of interest.
It’s important to remember that not all of these transits will manifest if the planets are not activated as Time Lords right now. Using the annual or monthly profections technique, you can determine which planets are currently turned on in your personal chart, and pay the most attention to them and the houses and signs they rule. Also, you may experience the symbolism of an aspect within a few days to a week before or after the aspect itself, as it’s building up or waning during those times. The third thing to keep in mind is that all of the aspects in the sky interact with your personal birth chart, so there’s an unknown factor that a general horoscope can’t comment on. For that, you’d need an individual consultation to see which transits connect to your birth chart and which will probably pass you by. You’ll likely notice a decent amount of your horoscope occurring, but not everything will happen to you specifically for that reason.
On April 11th or April 12th, depending on your time zone, Jupiter in Sagittarius squares Mercury in Pisces at 24 degrees. The other benefic, Venus, is still co-present with Mercury in Pisces, so on the whole, this should increase positive feelings, even if whatever you’re taking on is a new challenge. This is also the third in a series of Mercury-Jupiter squares: look back to what you were doing around February 22nd, 2019, as well as March 15th. It should be wrapping up, culminating, or presenting an outcome around this time. Potential manifestations for this transit include:
- Learning something about financial planning from friends or a group (or teaching it to them).
- Fears around friends starting to dissolve, potentially due to finding out new information.
- Receiving a loan, gift, or some kind of financial support from friends or an organization.
On April 13th, Pluto in Capricorn squares the Sun in Aries at 23 degrees. Some lingering emotions from the Sun-Saturn square on the 10th may arise again. You could be feeling frustrated or powerless. The Pluto-Sun square is only likely to be an issue if the Sun, Mars, or Saturn is turned on as a Time Lord.
On April 14th, Jupiter in Sagittarius trines the Sun in Aries at 24 degrees. This is one of my two favorite aspects of the month. The Sun is exalted in Aries; it feels very provided for. Meanwhile, Jupiter is in one of its home signs, Sagittarius, so it has access to all the resources it needs to lend support towards any sticky circumstances you may find yourself in. If you’re one of those people who has the Sun-Saturn and Sun-Pluto square activated in your chart right now, this transit may provide you with welcome respite, or at least a drive to keep going, since both Jupiter and the Sun are in Fire signs.
My other favorite aspect of the month occurs a day later, on April 15th, when Jupiter in Sagittarius squares Venus in Pisces at 24 degrees. If Venus or Jupiter is a Time Lord for you this year, you’re in luck. This highlights the same areas of life as the Jupiter-Mercury square, and a connection between the two benefic planets can bring positive things in. This continues to emphasize topics like financial help from friends or organizations, or meeting a financial goal of yours.
On April 17th, Mercury ingresses into Aries, your 12th house, which deals with endings and more difficult experiences. Mercury can be a little spitfire in Aries, so choose your words carefully, especially when conversing with your rivals, or you may find yourself getting into a debate. Mercury is a speedy planet to begin with, and in Aries, the pace ramps up even more. Taurus Risings tend to do things more slowly and thoughtfully, so Mercury in Aries may help you take charge of some of the more challenging areas of life and fix what’s not working.
The Full Moon in Libra at 29 degrees takes place on April 19th in your zone of health and daily work. You may experience a culmination that began about six months earlier, during a New Moon in Libra around October of 2018. Have you finished a project at work, gotten a health diagnosis, or treated an ailment?
On April 20th, the Sun ingresses into Taurus and Venus ingresses into Aries. Benefic Venus provides some passion and fire to start tackling the tougher areas of life. If you were born at night, the effect will likely be stronger. Meanwhile, the Sun takes on a slower attitude in your sign of Taurus, which has a very different feel from the go-getter pace of Aries. The Sun is no longer in a sign-based square with bad news bears Saturn and Pluto, and it’s now highlighting your 1st house of self, body, character, and identity.
On April 22nd, the Sun conjoins Uranus at 2 degrees Taurus, indicating that something new, unusual, exciting, radical, chaotic, disruptive, or unexpected may occur in one of the above areas. Here are some potential manifestations:
- You may be starting a new stage of life, whether this means bodily changes, or acting in a different way than usual. You may focus a lot more on who you are and where you’re going.
- You may find out something unanticipated in regards to your health.
Remember that Uranus will be in Taurus for the next seven years, and this is one of the first conjunctions it experiences since ingressing into Taurus, so whatever happens when the Sun conjoins it may indicate the bigger picture and what you are headed towards in the next seven years or so. This Uranus transit is all about you, which is not the case for any other sign in the zodiac. While they’ll also experience it in an area of life, for you, it is shaking up your very self. Now, Taurus Risings may be less happy to hear this than some signs, given their tendency towards stability and security, and dislike of change. But typically Uranus comes in at a time when routines have become too worn, and some kind of deviation is needed.
On April 24th, Pluto stations retrograde at 23 Capricorn, within three degrees of Saturn. This transit will only affect you if Pluto’s activating something in your birth chart, or if Saturn, which rules Capricorn, is a Time Lord for you. It’s more common to see Pluto stations play out in larger society than on an individual level. For what it’s worth, this is occurring in your zone of belief systems, travel, education, and things foreign to you. This may tie into the Uranus transit if it involves the way you see the world.
We close out the month with a nasty little aspect, Neptune in Pisces squaring Mars in Gemini on April 27th. With Pisces known for not always being clear, and Gemini potentially having a touch of duplicitousness, especially with a malefic present, it only emphasizes Mars and Neptune’s natural significations. Hard aspects between Mars and Neptune have not been pleasant in my experience; they can indicate things like lying, deception and disillusionment.
For years, Neptune has been visiting your 11th house of friends, groups, and aspirations. Meanwhile, Mars is visiting your 2nd house of money, income, material possessions, resources, and livelihood. This transit is likely to be rougher on those of you who were born during the day. Potential manifestations include:
- Loss of money due to pursuing a goal.
- Friends unable to help support you any longer, or you unable to support a friend any longer. This could be financial, or in regards to resources like letting someone temporarily crash on your couch.
- A group or organization being less than honest or less than clear about money with you.
- Having a financial disagreement with friends. It could be as small as splitting the bill evenly versus paying for your share, or as large as a friend refusing or unable to pay back a loan.
- Losing the resources of a group.
Jupiter is in a superior position to both Neptune and Mars, so hopefully that’s enough of a mitigating factor to smooth things over.
Finally, on April 29th, Saturn stations retrograde at 21 degrees Capricorn, within three degrees of Pluto. Around the week of the station, you may experience the same types of emotions that were brought up around April 24th, when Pluto stationed retrograde.
Final words of advice: Don’t blindly trust your friend groups this month; stay alert and observant. Do be careful about mixing finances and friends; the outcome appears to be erratic. Do try to conservatively invest in a dream or goal of yours that you feel sure about; in the process it could influence your character and personality.