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by
Lilly Roddy
Your
Horoscope for April
This
is rather a quiet month. We probably need the break
from all the activity since the new year. Only a couple
of days to watch out for: April 14 & 15 (but then,
you didn’t need an astrologer to tell you to watch
out for April 15, did you?), April 18 & 19, and
April 26. The rest of the month is fairly nice and evenly
paced.
And
just in case you wondered how the date for Easter is
chosen: Easter always falls on the first Sunday after
the first full moon of spring (with spring officially
commencing on March 21, which is the first day of Aries).
This year, the full moon in March occurred on the day
before the Sun moved into Aries. So Easter doesn’t
occur until after the Sun enters the sign of Taurus.
I like this time of celebration because all different
kinds of religious belief systems can join together
in this time of rebirth. Of course, I don’t expect
the Wiccans to be seen walking hand in hand with the
Christians, just yet.
The
sun begins the month in Aries, the Ram or Ewe (gender
appropriate for your pleasure), and enters the sign
of Taurus, the Cow or Bull on the 19th. Mercury finally
moves out of Pisces, sign of the Fish, a naturally dual
sign, and into Aries on the 12th. Venus starts the month
in Pisces but quickly moves into Aries on the 6th. Mars,
Jupiter, and Saturn are trodding through Taurus. Uranus
and Neptune are continuing their visit to Aquarius,
sign of the Water Bearer (no gender references, since
we can all carry water). And Pluto remains in Sagittarius,
the Archer, until 2008.
•
ARIES (March 21–April 19)
As this is your birthday month, April always represents
a time of reviewing last year’s goals and establishing
new beginnings for this year. This year has you really
focused on your financial affairs. You will want to
throw caution to the wind and buy buy buy. But, don’t
don’t don’t. You will feel the pinch after
the 15th. Relationships take the spotlight in the later
half of the month with the full moon in Libra. This
is a good time to renew your vows or a time to look
for someone to make some vows with. The question for
the end of the month is, What is your worth to your
friends, lovers, and partners?
•
TAURUS (April 20–May 20)
April represents the beginning of a two-month period
in which you will invite competition on all fronts and
rears. Probably you will feel the greatest impact in
your career sector, with you wanting to be in charge.
You will not hold back on how you feel about things
at work or your opinion of your boss. You will experience
"Deja moo" this month. That means you have
heard this BS before. Watch that you don’t force
a confrontation and find yourself career challenged.
•
GEMINI (May 21–June 21)
Work is finally getting back into order, and that queasy
feeling of chaos is lifting. Group activity is very
important this month and may get you some notoriety.
If you are not in a community group or business association,
this is a great time to join one. You are more social
than you have been lately, and the company would do
you good. Look for some rest and retreat by the end
of the month. You will have earned it.
•
CANCER (June 22–July 22)
There will be lots of focus this month on your career
and public life. You will want to be noticed and you
will be. At work, you will take on a leadership role.
Just be careful that in trying to lead the parade, you
don’t come into conflict with your boss. This is
also a good month to be socially active. Like the Geminis,
you will do well in group-related activities. All this
socializing might also help increase your business contacts
and opportunities.
• LEO (July
23–Aug. 22)
Try to spend the first half of this month relaxing.
Take a trip. Go to a bed and breakfast. If you have
a lover, take them with you. Look at some picture from
a foreign port. Discuss philosophy. Because by mid-month,
your career is going to have your attention. This can
be a crucial time where you will want and demand more
from your career. Conflicts here can and will arise.
Try to remember that you cannot be challenged if you
don’t accept the challenge. And if you accept the
challenge, take the large weapons.
•
VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22)
This month you’re feeling that your relationship
needs to go a lot deeper. You are wanting to know and
to share more intimate mysteries with your partner.
This would be a great month for a getaway with that
special person. Trying to keep secrets hidden will force
them to the surface—and they will come out at the
most inappropriate times. Be sure and enjoy the ease
and flow of this month, because next month is very busy.
•
LIBRA
(Sept. 23–Oct. 23)
This month you will need partnership connections even
more than usual for you. If you are in a relationship
and your partner is not very much fun, you will want
to dump her/him and go find someone who is. You are
very adventuresome this month and you are more willing
to take risks than usual. But do remember, if you play
with matches, you usually start a fire.
•
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24–Nov. 21)
Take care of those problems at work this month. You
are tired of those piles around your desk. Work problems
will create a greater stress if you don’t address
them as soon as possible. As we approach the end of
the month, relationships will take the spotlight. And
if there are issues there, the glare from the spotlight
will let you and everyone else see them. Start talking
now with your partner.
•
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22–Dec. 21)
Your desire to have fun and be creative is what you
are interested in this month. Don’t plan anything
too complicated or time consuming. Your propagating
energies are very strong this month. Try to have something
new to direct your attention to. At the end of the month,
it is time to get your work station cleaned up. Then
you will be ready to focus your attention once more.
•
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22–Jan. 19)
Fun at home with Dick and Jane, the Dysfunctional Family.
Time to take a trip back home to visit the place where
all of your unconscious motivations come from. So if
you feel out of control, unable to get control your
emotions, and your temper is raw: Welcome home! At the
end of the month, you are ready for fun and play. Go
to the theater, the beach, or indulge yourself in hedonistic
pleasures. Or do all three. Keep your life schedule
light.
• AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20– Feb. 18)
Lots of different projects and activities are up for
you this month. You will be converging on the more mundane
aspects of your life. They will not seem mundane to
you because you will have to be paying a lot of attention
to them. So, all the parts of your life that you take
for granted, you will learn to appreciate them once
again. The end of the month has you really focused on
your home and family life. You will have a choice to
either take charge or shut up.
•
PISCES
(Feb. 19–March 20)
Usually, you are not so concerned about money in your
life. You are customarily more concerned about the quality
and the meaning of life. But not so this month. And
yes, this is the month you have to pay attention because
your Uncle Sam is wanting his money on his day, April
15. By the end of the month, you are more ready for
your normal life to return. Your day-to-day interests
reestablish themselves and all is right with the world.
Lilly
Roddy is a Houston-based astrologer. She can be reached
at phil@cybersim.com or www.cyberism.com/hermes
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