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Transiting Sun continues to move through Aries this week and he edges rather close to the end of the first sign of the zodiac by the week’s end. Meanwhile, both Mercury and Venus change signs, in the midst of several long-standing themes among the slower moving planets. Opportunities abound! Venus in Gemini, Mercury’s sign, suggests a new emphasis on social networking (not necessarily limited to the internet), and Mercury in Taurus – Venus’ sign – is persistent and grounded, a solid basis for using logic and communicating. Mercury and Venus in each other’s signs create strong “cooperative commerce” and “collaborative networking” type themes this week.
Jupiter and Saturn’s trine in fire signs is slowly crawling to an end, but the “controlled expansion” theme and Saturn and Neptune’s “making dreams into a reality” through difficult work makes Saturn a popular planet this week and complements the Mercury-Venus theme well.
What might this week portend for you? Consider your Sun sign and rising sign/ascendant as well.
Aries
Jupiter and Saturn’s “controlled expansion” theme starts the week on a positive note for you. The effect starts to wane by mid-week. This is also a good week to solidify your power base and adjust to changes, with Pluto‘s heightened influence. April 10 to 12 is an opportunity for you to show leadership, particularly in the area you specialize in. The end of the week, April 15 and 16, is an opportunity to seek clarity in various situations, and use detailed logic to increase understanding of how to solve problems or use theory. Watch for edginess in your emotional life on April 12. Overall a promising week for Aries Sun. Also enjoy the last full week with Sun in your Sun’s sign! Just for Aries: seeing the “big picture” in various situations is an opportunity to help you attune to other people this week.
Taurus
Venus shifts from your Sun’s sign to Gemini this week. April 10 is ideal for projects that require persistence and handling tangible items. The next day, April 11, is a jolt for Taurus Sun with Venus changing signs, but it can also be productive for career interests and expanding your influence. Career and business begins to take precedence over relationships this week for you, yet relationships can still be productive and rewarding when you structure and work at maintaining them. Close relationships become more of a source of support and fulfillment by the week’s end. Confusion and nebulous issues can start surfacing more strongly by the end of the week. But making efforts to be part of a larger community and practicing spirituality can be rewarding. Just for Taurus: greater than average passion in friendships for Taurus Sun can make this a fun week.
Gemini
Take advantage of the fiery thought and intuition theme until Mercury enters Taurus on April 14. Initiating great ideas and thinking through intellectual problems works well for Gemini Sun all week, with the strongest effect at the beginning of the week. April 13 is an interesting day for Gemini, with both persistence and force readily available for you in your activities that day. April 14 is also an outstanding opportunity to hit the ground running by making contacts and making yourself known in your work and career. The Mercury-Venus networking theme starting towards the end of the week is perfectly suited for you! Adapting to authority and working to accommodate those in close relationships with you becomes more necessary at the end of this varied week for Gemini Sun. Just for Gemini: shifting directions this week can assist with obtaining what you need.
Cancer
This week’s theme for you tends to be “all business”, especially in the first three days of the week. If you find disruptive change and power plays at work at the beginning of the week, Cancer Sun has an opportunity to use drive, ambition, and personal will to work through difficult issues. Technology and associating with helpful groups or associates is a plus for you from April 12 to 14, which might also give your career aspirations a boost and leads well into the “social networking” theme created by Mercury and Venus by the end of the week. Be aware of possible misunderstandings with other people on April 15. The end of the week, however, is an opportunity for you to express creativity and the gist of this week is a reflection of the Saturn-Neptune theme of making your dreams a reality. Thus, a lot of this week depends on the effort you put into it. Just for Cancer: showing your image and self in a positive manner this week is a theme for Cancer Sun.
Leo
Fiery intuition and intellectual activity is a strong theme for Leo Sun this week, as with several of the other Sun signs. Jupiter in your Sun’s sign has been a nice benefit for you for many months now, and you have an opportunity to enjoy Jupiter’s abundance at the start of this week. Marriage and family are of greater influence from April 14 to 16, with the strongest day on April 15, and those days are also an opportunity for you to show leadership in your various activities. Leo Sun might feel some emotional tension around April 11. Any power struggles and difficulties with change tends to manifest earlier in the week. However, this week tends to be enjoyable for Leo, especially in the second half of the week. Just for Leo: finding the true source of an issue can be a valuable learning experience.
Virgo
Virgo Sun has adventurous week ahead, with Mercury moving from the fiery Aries sign to the earthy Taurus sign. This creates a perfect week for starting projects in the first half of the week, and tenaciously finishing them in the second half. Drive, will, and ambition is strong this week for Virgo; finding ways to combine that with the networking theme arriving this week can generate increasing returns. April 14 is a pivotal day for Virgo Sun. If you use Venus’ cooperation and Mercury’s penchant for gathering information, this can be a large boost for you, particularly in the career area. Do be aware of past issues surfacing that can be a hindrance at the end of the week (April 15 and 16). Just for Virgo: one of Virgo Sun’s fortes is multitasking, however, be aware of too many interruptions this week!
Libra
All of the airy Sun signs can use the emerging Mercury-Venus networking theme this week productively. Exchanging information is natural for your sign of balancing and emphasized when Venus enters Gemini on April 11. Use of the mind, a theme for all of the signs at the beginning of the week, works well with diplomacy skills around April 11 and 12, opportune days for making connections that can benefit your career aspirations and expanding your efforts at work. You might feel like you’re slogging through April 13 and 14, but those days can also be cathartic for you. Work becomes more emphasized for you as the week progresses, and you might find that responding to structure and working with internal and external authority is more necessary towards the end of the week. A nice plus for Libra Sun is a renewed emphasis on close relationships by the end of the week. Just for Libra: no additional insights for Libra this week.
Scorpio
The earth element is influential for you this week. Earthy ambition, persistence, and achievement can help you make your mark this week. This week tends to be about hard work for Scorpio, especially at the beginning of the week. However, Jupiter’s subtle influence for you helps to make the efforts more rewarding. Your watery Sun is more influenced by the unconscious and emotions this week. Scorpio can benefit from drawing various cycles and projects to a close by the end of the week. A strong and relatively long-lasting theme is also starting to edge in for Scorpio Sun this week. Zest, focused and controlled action, and creative efforts enter the picture to your benefit. If you enjoy working with machinery, tools, and equipment that uses energy in some form (such as motors), this week starts an extended time for benefiting from that type of work. This theme is still generally beneficial for all Scorpios, applied to work or personal projects. Just for Scorpio: be aware of competitive situations mixing with favoritism this week.
Sagittarius
The transits start to reduce the fiery influence as Sun prepares to leave Aries after this week. Close relationships do not have so many highs and lows for Sagittarius this week and they are probably the strongest plus for you this week. Tasks requiring your personal energy can feel like a lot of work this week, but can also feel quite rewarding upon successful completion. “Change through creativity” is a theme for you to consider this week. April 10 is an opportunity for Sagittarius to experience a heightened emphasis on enlightenment and true understanding of something. Focusing on spiritual practices can be a beneficial way to start the week. Just for Sagittarius: working with your hands, perhaps, is an interesting activity combined with spiritual endeavors (baking bread, gardening, laying concrete, etc.).
Capricorn
Projects requiring determination and focused energy are an interesting challenge for you at the beginning of the week. If you have difficult tasks at the start of the week, thinking “if there’s a will, there’s a way!” is definitely attuned to the transits for you. A certain unity of your basic identity and emotions can also be of benefit at the beginning of the week (April 10 and 11). Relationships, likely, feel more structured, formal, and cool/intellectual for you this week, although the comforts of close relationships are a strong plus. The use of the mind theme in the transits this week hits you more at the end of the week. Mercury in an earth sign works well for you; initiate something consciously, and cogitate a way to finish it. Just for Capricorn: Capricorn Sun has an opportunity to both listen and be heard this week. Ask for advice if you need it! Or consider the advantages of offering it.
Aquarius
Your penchant for thought (Aquarius = air sign) is elevated at the beginning of the week. Jupiter adds his sense of abundance, optimism, and expansion to the flare of intellectual energy in the heavens this week. Aquarius is in a good position to take advantage of this theme. Situations involving competition might also create opportunities to be more productive this week, or, you might find that your activities are more fun and exciting than usual. Aquarius has an opportunity all week to focus efforts and creativity towards achieving what you really want. Watch for immediate opportunities to act quickly in order to achieve your goals this week as well. Just for Aquarius: can you find a way to finally resolve lingering issues this week?
Pisces
Your familiarity with the end of a cycle works well this week. With Sun still in the first sign of the zodiac, you have the opportunity to see something from beginning to end this week. This week is also about obtaining what you want through personal drive and ambition, with the strongest day on April 12. The Mars-type theme combines with strong dedication to tasks that you choose to initiate and work on, so this can be a very productive week for Pisces Sun. A fair amount of tension in collaborating with others this week can also be present, especially by the end of the week, but that is also potentially productive, if you can find creative ways to deal with the tension. The last few days of the week have a certain unity for Pisces among the conscious desire to connect and the unconscious longing to do the same. A potentially productive and powerful week. Just for Pisces: asking for or giving assistance this week might soon result in a reversal of needing it or giving it to the same person!
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