
Highlighted Aspects this Week
Monday: Saturn opposite Venus; Tuesday: Jupiter sextile Mercury; Wednesday: Pluto trine Venus, Neptune sextile Sun; Thursday: Chiron sextile Venus, Lunar Eclipse/ Full Moon 12:57pm PDT, Neptune semisquare Mercury; Friday: Neptune sextile Mars; Saturday: Eris conjunct Mercury; Sunday: Saturn opposite Sun, Venus conjunct South Node; Tuesday, April 30: Chiron semisquare Mercury, Saturn opposite Mars
SEEKING ANSWERS, as many of us are, I of course look to astrology. In recent history, we have had more than a few dramatic and explosive events happening in mid- to late-April. Seeing a pattern like that makes us wonder if we can find clues “in the stars.”
It is true that every year around this time, the Sun is completing its month-long transit of Aries. The first sign of the zodiac has many qualities that can be used in positive ways — confidence, initiative, leadership, instinctive action, courage, enthusiasm, etc. And yet, taken to the extreme, we can also see how those same positive qualities can become anger, combativeness, impatience, resentment, rashness, and even violence.