AstroForecast April 2001

by Lance Rodriguez

The majestic Sun is transiting the fiery sign of Aries as the month of April begins. Hamabiel is the ruling angel of April. Aries exemplifies the can-do-attitude, spontaneity, childlike wonder, naiveté, the competitive spirit, enterprise, pioneering inclinations, entrepreneurial directions, and the warrior mystique. Negative expressions of Aries are anger, frustration, irritability, lack of follow through, annoyance, aggravation, being confrontational, impatience, and impetuous behaviors. The guiding angel of Aries is Machidiel.

A harmonious aspect between the two benefic planets in astrology, Venus and Jupiter, occurs on the first day of April that is excellent for weddings, social gatherings and the enjoyment of the beginning days of spring. Take time to smell the roses and luxuriate the senses with any and all body care pampering. Engage in social intercourse that emphasizes wit and intellectualism.

Wednesday the 4th is a harmonious aspect between the Sun and Pluto that symbolizes the identification of reformist tendencies, renewal, deep research and investigation, and the desire to get to the bottom of anything. This aspect is also good for any psychotherapeutic counseling and work. A secret emerges from a foreign emissary.

April 5-8, 2001 has a lot of astrological alignments that will be important to focus. Thursday the 5th is the retrogradation of asteroid Pallas Athene, the astrological strategist and tactician that will symbolize the need to review and reassess all strategies especially those concerning foreign affairs. The retrograde degree point of this asteroid will happen again in mid-October 2001. Events from this time period in early spring can be linked to the later autumn date.

Early Thursday morning is a Perigee Moon (closest approach of the Moon to Earth) that symbolizes heightened emotions and feelings especially concerning health matters and work issues. Rampant destructive criticism can be the plague with this Moon. The lack of healthy boundaries can also be problematic.

Mercury and Saturn engage a harmonious aspect with one another on this same date that is very good for fact finding with the ability to go over minute details extremely well. Constructive criticism is also recommended at this time. An exacting budget can be applied in a consistent manner.

The last current cycle of Jupiter trine Neptune occurs on this same day that will not be witnessed again until late 2004-2005. Both of these planets are visionary, Jupiter on a personal level and Neptune on a collective level. Jupiter and Neptune had two previous trines to one another last year in late July and early December. Here are quotes from the previous AstroForecasts regarding these aspects: "Expansion and growth of Neptunian ruled affairs will begin. Neptune rules all maritime affairs, the petrochemical industry (kiss cheap gasoline prices good-bye, small reprieves here and there, nothing long term!), the cosmetics industries, fashion, filmmaking, pharmaceuticals (scandals can really emerge in this debauched industry), hospitals, asylums and prisons (huge burgeoning populations that will eventually teeter-totter governmental budgets!). As a matter of fact prisons are in such proliferation that they are now becoming rural suburbs! Three strikes and you're out visiting Hooterville. Jupiter rules the legal court systems so the already clogged legal systems will become more overwhelmed with overloaded "let's legislate every crime imaginable into the books to protect ourselves" syndrome that will choke fair access for individuals involved with misdemeanors.

Positive outcomes of this Jupiter/Neptune dance will be the increase of spiritual aspirations, human compassion and genuine charity. Idealists, futurists, utopians and philanthropists propose new philosophies and perspectives to stimulate the imagination of the world as to new directions to pursue. The arts can flourish under these influences and a mini-Renaissance can emerge in this early stage of the new millennium. These two planets symbolize the access of hope, faith and inspiration as an integral human endeavor."

Thursday mid-day is an inharmonious aspect involving Mercury and Chiron that can lead to hurtful communications and disorienting logic. Debate can now ensue about safety in schools especially concerning the recent shootings on campuses nationwide. Breach the gap with alienated siblings.

Friday the 6th at 2:14am is the ingress of Mercury in the sign of Aries. Over the following two-weeks rapid developments can occur in negotiations and bargaining tables. New ideas burst onto the scene with some being a quick panacea for long-term problems. Assertive and aggressive communications are usually highlighted with this transit of Mercury in Aries.

Chiron, the Wounded/Healer, is at retrograde station on the 7th at 1:02pm and will remain retrograde until it stations direct in late August. Chiron has a rendezvous with the Galactic Center in the month of June and November after a previous one in mid-February. Chiron is in the sign of Sagittarius so foreign lands, policies, governments and diplomacies will be highlighted during this retrograde. Volatilities in these areas will be extremely high and travel to dangerous zones will be at a high risk. Transportation, judicial, and education issues will also be important to focus. Keywords associated with this degree station are individuals, as members of a social group require practical attention. Spring will have its ritual slaughter of the lamb. Here is a metaphor of how universal spirit asks each individual or group to surrender its sacred cows, renounce its temptations, and acquiesce to transcendence of long-held exclusive beliefs for the greater good of the whole. Ego will go mad with the insatiable desire to control and manipulate the final outcome. There is no place to hide and no excuses except to surrender gracefully and acknowledge the futility of the null and void ego.

The annual Full Moon in Libra occurs on the 7th at 10:23pm launching the release/completion phase of the monthly lunar cycle. The following are excellent to release with this lunation: procrastination, passivity, complacency, vacillation, apathy, indifference, indulgence, and laziness. Azeruel is the guiding angel of this lunation so if you like working with the angelic realm invoke this one. Keywords associated with this lunation are antisocial behaviors can be ignited which may have imaginative ploys but less than intellectual thoroughness. Individually, the immersion into liberating the self to engage a more spontaneous playful side reflects Divine play.

The Moon has an ecliptic shift mid-day that symbolizes changes on emotional levels concerning right relationships, fairness and justice. This is also a shift that occurs on seismological, meteorological and volcanic activities especially with the previous Perigee Moon and an inharmonious aspect involving Mars on Friday the 6th. Three days prior and three days after the Full Moon will be the most volatile period for these shifts to occur.

Palm Sunday/Passover, April 8th, witnesses a harmonious aspect of Mercury and Venus that indicates an orientation to easy communications within all relationships as well as working out financial details to improve economic conditions. Mercury also experiences an ecliptic change on this day that can also indicate shifts with commerce and trade, communications, negotiations, contracts, media, and learning/teaching experiences. Important meetings that require fresh data and analyses can occur.

Tuesday the 10th has two harmonious aspects involving first, Mars with Uranus symbolizing pioneering technological advances being activated, and the second aspect involving Mercury and Neptune symbolizing inspirational sensitivity that spurs imaginative thinking and artistic creativity.

Wednesday the 11th witnesses two aspects involving Chiron, one that is harmonious for healing any wounds concerning trust and loyalty in committed partnerships and the second that symbolizes making conscious adjustments involving the correct use of discipline, structure and hierarchy within the global financial systems. Mercury also is in a harmonious aspect with Jupiter that is excellent for writers to get their manuscripts presented for publications. Discussions involving exports/imports can proceed in a positive growth orientation.

Good Friday, April 13th, has a harmonious aspect of the Sun to Uranus that can symbolize the individual desire for liberation, freedom and autonomy. A surprising individual can make a revolutionary announcement that affects the scientific, engineering or biomedical communities. This same day asteroid Juno enters the sign of Taurus at 2:24am symbolizing commitments made to support financial stability and security as well as unequivocal support for lasting values.

Saturday the 14th several harmonious planetary aspects occur that will indicate supportive tendencies for individuals requiring determination and drive to remain focused with personal projects with exacting detail. Refining and reforming strategies and tactics will be excellent as well. The Sun has a trine aspect with Mars, as the red planet will commence a retrogradation in May. The challenge with this easy aspect is to maintain one's will power and direction amidst tendencies to take the smooth road that will later be fraught with snags. Astrologically whenever the Sun has a trine with Mars a retrogradation period will either begin within less than a month's time or will have ended within less than a month's time.

An Apogee Moon (farthest distance of the Moon to Earth) occurs on Tuesday the 17th indicating a great need to be impartial and objective about deep psychological themes/issues that face the individual for this date.

Wednesday the 18th is an excellent day for any healing modalities to have performed for the body such as massage, reiki, aura cleansing, chiropractic alignments and magnetic attunements. The evening is excellent for stimulating mental diversions or discussions that emphasize innovation, experimentation and novel approaches.

Thursday the 19th at 7:36pm is the ingress of the majestic Sun in the sign of Taurus for a 30-day journey. Themes to identify with will be values, patience, sensuality, finances, material goods and possessions, as well as determination. Issues Taurus can be associated with are possessiveness, laziness, covetousness, stubbornness, hoarding and greed. The guiding angel of Taurus is Hamabiel.

The ruling planet of Taurus, Venus, interestingly enough is station direct on the very day of this solar ingress. Venus has now returned back to the degree position it held last February 4, 2001. The following is a quote from the February AstroForecast: "Keywords associated with this Venus degree point are relationships will mirror one another's shadow issues. The adolescent/outlaw psychological projection stirs the ego to defend its position that being against anyone/anything is tantamount to character strength. The ego can run wild and amok with its separatist activities. Ultimately the pendulum will swing in the opposite direction to achieve balance and equilibrium after much trial and tribulation."

This same day witnesses a harmonious aspect of Mercury to Mars that can symbolize assertive defense of policy positions and aggressive penetration in commercial and trade markets. Hectic selling and buying occur in the financial markets. Military and defense industries experience escalated activities.

Friday the 20th at 4:59pm is the ingress of Saturn back into the sign of Gemini that originally occurred last August. This is a once in every 29 ˝ year cycle that will now last approximately for two more years. The following signs will be strongly sensitized to this Saturnian transit in the following order Gemini, Sagittarius, Virgo and Pisces. The following is a quote from the August AstroForecast: "The last time Saturn was in this sign happened in mid-June 1971 and off/on through mid-April 1974 (due to retrograde motion). All communications industries will experience re-organization and re-structuring. Some may even be wiped off the map if there is a weak foundation and unstable leadership. What is interesting astrologically is the outer planets (from Saturn to Pluto) will now be strictly in air and fire signs until early March 2003. Air and fire are compatible elements in astrology and great advances can be made in all areas involving intellectual pursuits, technology, transportation, education, religion, sports and higher law. Drawbacks to all these air/fire complementarities involve the ivory tower syndrome, lack of groundedness and the shoving aside of emotional depth, compassion and understanding."

This same day expansive Jupiter reaches its Post-Shadow Point that refers to the degree this planet held last September when it was station retrograde. The following is a quote from the September AstroForecast: "This degree point of the largest planet of the solar system allows all individuals to reassess, reanalyze and reevaluate all viewpoints, perspectives and attitudes that help create one's philosophies of life. Here is an opportunity to reject all shallow and superficial beliefs so that versatility and variety can be embraced in a more holistic and all-encompassing vision for the future. Keywords associated with this retrograde station of Jupiter are man must speak out to life with an almost spiritual impudence in order to have any character at all. Personality here is refined as it risks its very being to be what it as yet has still to become. Learn to value, honor and realize one's good fortune. Infinite riches to share are accessed in stages. The universe is ready to supply. All one needs to do is ask due to an inner faith and optimism that the positive will happen."

The second ecliptic shift of the Moon for the month of April is on the 21st that symbolizes emotional changes concerning philosophies, attitudes, viewpoints and perspectives. Shifts also occur with the earth in regards to meteorological, seismological and volcanic activities. Multi-dimensional thinking as well as alternative multi-task orientation occurs on this day.

Earth Day on the 22nd points to the implementation of strategic sharing of resources on global levels. More efficient ways of fuel consumption can be devised. Transportation is ready for new discoveries and explorations.

The annual Taurus New Moon occurs on the 23rd at 10:27am symbolizing the new beginnings/new initiatives phase of the Moon. The following areas are worthwhile to launch with this lunation: any and all gardening projects, stock purchases, opening of new bank accounts, livestock purchases, durable goods, large appliances, wine cellars, sculptures, lawn furniture and commodities just to name a few. The guiding angel for this lunation is Anixiel. Keywords associated with this Taurus New Moon are have a deep abiding spiritual faith to manifest a just earthly treasure that is a physical complement of that faith. The inner worlds align and attune to desires that aid this rewarding treasure. Mother Earth rejoices in its spring splendor.

Wednesday the 25th is an inharmonious aspect of Mercury and Neptune that traditionally symbolizes before any contract is signed be very clear about the details or else confusion can reign later. Fuzzy thinking, over imaginative thoughts and extra sensitive feelings are also associated with this aspect. Indulge the senses with a good movie especially at a theatre.

Saturday the 28th has a host of challenging aspects involving the planets Neptune, Mercury, Pluto and the Sun. Confusion, misunderstanding and psychologically defensive behaviors can play mayhem with all relationships especially if finances are involved. Strive to make adjustments in any and all strategies that provide the most benefit.

This same day Saturn reaches its Post-Shadow Point as the ringed-planet on this day returns to the degree point it held when it was station retrograde last September 12, 2000. The following is a quote from the September AstroForecast in regards to this degree point: "Keywords associated with this degree position are regrasp destiny at each point of advantage. Trials, ordeals, initiations, exile and return are also associated keywords. Communications industries are going to have another round of financial shakings." This day forward Saturn firmly remains in the sign of Gemini until it reaches the sign of Cancer in June 2003.

The last day of April symbolizes a need to bring clear definition to foreign diplomatic strategies especially to displaced settlers or settlements. Educational and judicial policies will also require clear definition. Issues of copyright laws, transportation negotiations and intellectual materials will also be on the front burner.

Peace and prosperity!