April 2007 Forecast

Key Events:  

Full Moon 4/02/2007

New Moon 4/17/2007

Pluto Retrograde 4/1/2007

Jupiter Retrograde 4/06/2007

Saturn Posigrade 4/21/2007

The Full Moon on the 2nd will prepare you to find the solution to your dilemma.  A Full Moon ordinarily indicates an ending of some sort, not necessarily anything dramatic for the usual monthly lunation, but an ending nonetheless.  If you've been thinking or worrying about something a lot lately, you should find your answer and be able to move on to something else.  The New Moon which--you guessed it--heralds a new beginning of some sort, occurs on the 17th in fellow Fire Sign, Aries.  This is your Natural 9th House and could bring something new into your life related to long distance travel, higher education or legal matters.  If you've been waiting for something to happen in one of those areas, more than likely it will open up right around that time.  Since your Sign's Ruler, the Sun, is in Aries until the 20th, this will provide some additional light and hopefully help in this area.  There will definitely be emphasis that you shouldn't miss unless you're deliberately trying to ignore it.

You no sooner get rid of one retrograde planet and two take it's place.  In fact, all three of them will be out there slowing things down until the 21st when Saturn will drop into normal formation.  However, on the 1st Pluto will do an about-face and on the 6th Jupiter will do the same.  Since both of them are in the same neighborhood, i.e. Sagittarius, yet another fellow Fire Sign, you'll notice something is going on, more than likely with your children, love life or creative endeavors. 

The effect Pluto usually has is to cause deep introspection relative to the past and anything that was perhaps buried prematurely.  As the self-appointed Zodiacal Medical Examiner Pluto will exhume all sorts of old issues that haven't been satisfactorily resolved, giving you another go at it.  Bear in mind that Dr. Pluto is also a healer, in that once you get rid of all those old, festering issues you can move on, somewhat like lancing a boil.  This will be particularly noticeable if your birthday falls around August 21-23.  Let me assure you that you are going to like the end result of this exercise and it will have a positive effect on your life, even if there are days that you don't think that will be true.  Trust me, the end result will be like emotional plastic surgery; unpleasant at first but a great improvement later.

Jupiter retrograde will affect this same area of your life but in a different way.  It is actually quite efficient that these two planets are working together.  Jupiter is going to force an examination of what comprises your belief system.  Our core beliefs drive our thoughts and behavior so if they're out of whack it's going to affect your life in this area.  By taking a hard look at them as well and deciding what your philosophy of life truly is, you'll be able to make better decisions and move forward in a more productive manner than in the past.  Changing and evolving with time is what life is all about.

You may see some action in your relationships, either business or personal, the first week of the month, then after that it will shift into your Natural 8th House, home of intimate relationships (a.k.a. sex), death and regeneration and other people's money.  Bear in mind that the "death and regeneration" is figurative and will more than likely tie in nicely with that Pluto action described earlier. 

When the Sun moves into Taurus on the 20th you should see some activity on the career and community status agenda.  Guard that Leonine temper and think about what you want to say and how it will be perceived before throwing it out there.  This arena is generally pretty positive, so should show good results if you don't mess it up somehow by being too outspoken or opinionated.

All in all this should be a productive month with probably more psychological action than some but all will ultimately come out to your liking.