AstroForecast April 2004

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, confrontational and impetuous behaviors as well as impatience. The guiding angel of Aries is Machidiel.

Thursday the 1st Venus aligns with the upcoming Taurus New Moon of May 18, 2004, an earth sign this planet naturally rules in astrology. Family issues involving siblings-in-law can arise especially due to arrogance, false pride, stubbornness as well as isolationist tendencies. Beware of financial commitments that later may not pay back returns as initially planned. “Money is the credit card of the poor” Marshall McLuhan.

Saturday the 3rd at 8:57am is the entrance of Venus into the communicative sign of Gemini for an extended stay in this sign as later in May she will retrograde in Gemini. Grace and diplomacy will be important in all communications. Can we forgive the trespasses of others and learn how to be civil to one another? Light-hearted social activities are excellent with this journey of Venus in Gemini.

Sunday the 4th is a harmonious aspect of the Sun with Neptune that symbolizes the positive identification of spiritual growth, artistic inspiration, psychic sensitivity as well as visionary associations. Dreams may offer messages or solutions the unconscious is communicating to the individual. Devotion to faith and beliefs can be extraordinary. “The voyage of discovery lies, not in finding new landscapes, but in having new eyes” Marcel Proust.

This same Sunday is the ecliptic shift of the Moon that symbolizes changes with meteorological, seismic and volcanic activities. Unusual and/or erratic behaviors from the elderly cause consternation, draconian reactions and rigid impasses. Partners feel limited in their choices to resolve the dilemma.

Monday the 5th at 6:03am is the annual Libra Full Moon that is symbolic of the completion/surrender/let go phase of the Moon. The following are excellent to surrender with this lunation: procrastination, passivity, complacency, vacillation, apathy, indifference, indulgence, and laziness. Angel Azeruel can be invoked for this lunation. Keywords associated with this lunation are an anchor the individual felt would always be there suddenly vanishes. Predators circle around the individual creating great anxiety and a sense of foreboding doom. A pod of dolphins arrives to the great joy of the shaken voyager. Later in the year several planets will align with this degree position of the April Libra Full Moon and the dates are the following: Mercury on October 7, 2004; the Sun on October 8, 2004; Mars on October 20, 2004; Venus on November 10, 2004 and finally Jupiter on December 20, 2004. All of these dates may somehow correspond to one another.

The Astro*Carto*Graphy Map for this Libra Full Moon sensitizes the following geographic areas: in the United States Buffalo New York, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Roanoke Virginia, Raleigh North Carolina, Charleston South Carolina, Eugene Oregon, Seattle and Spokane Washington, Portland Maine, Nome, Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands. Sensitive hot spots around the globe include the following areas: Calgary, Toronto and Quebec Canada, Medellín and Bogotá Colombia, Lima Peru, Santiago and Los Angeles Chile, La Paz Bolivia, Recife Brazil, Frankfurt and Stuttgart Germany, Prague The Czech Republic, Gorzow Poland, Sveg Sweden, Florence Italy, Lisbon Portugal, Tripoli Libya, Rabat Morocco, Niamey and Agadez Niger, N’djamena Chad, Lagos Nigeria, Kinshasa Zaire, Bangui Central African Republic, Windhoek Namibia, Harare Zimbabwe, Salalah Oman, Ashkhabad Turkmenistan, Tashkent Uzbekistan, Kabul Afghanistan, Karachi Pakistan, Ulan Bator Mongolia, Mandalay and Rangoon Myanmar, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Viet Nam, Pakse Laos, Singapore, Pontianak and Jakarta Indonesia, Tokyo Japan, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea, and the Eastern half of Australia especially Edmonton and Adelaide.

Tuesday the 6th at 3:28pm is the station retrograde of Mercury launching the classic Mercury retrograde Murphy’s Law associated with snags, snafus and snits about schedules, delivery systems, transportation, mechanical breakdowns and computer viruses or dysfunctions over the next three weeks. The classic Mercury retrograde is also a time period to review, reevaluate, reanalyze or reassess documents, contracts, important signatures, learning or teaching materials, and important communications. Be sure to back up all important computer related materials before this retrograde of Mercury by at least a week. Those individuals born the last week of the following signs are strongly sensitized to this Mercury retrograde: Aries, Libra, Cancer and Capricorn. The following individuals born the first week of Taurus, Scorpio, Leo and Aquarius are semi-sensitized to this retrograde of Mercury. Issues of paranoia, secrecy, and subterfuge as well as behind closed doors machinations and manipulations bubble up to the surface especially involving investigative reporters and commission hearings. Keywords associated with this retrograde Mercury station are a weariness with the state of worldly affairs takes hold. A reminiscence of the yesteryear of far less complexity and greater simplicity appeals to the weary soul. The dullness of life settles into the marrow of twilight thought.

This same Tuesday earlier in the day is an inharmonious contact made between Mars and Jupiter. Bloated high self-opinion crashes with confrontational competitiveness. Hasty assumptions create awkward judgements about other individuals. Wednesday the 7th is the monthly Perigee Moon (closest approach of the Moon to Earth) that symbolizes strong intense emotions that can come easily to the conscious surface. Brooding individuals that are immersed in resentments, regrets and retaliation can easily fly off the handle. Individuals that have recently experienced unrequited love are the likely candidates of this dysfunction.

Thursday the 8th is the degree position the Sun reaches this day of its exaltation in the sign of Aries. A planet exalted in a particular sign symbolizes its highest frequency or vibration in astrology. The Sun exalted in Aries symbolizes the strongest identification the individual associates with one’s healthiest expression of self and how the ego effortlessly submits to what the true self desires and can activate.

Friday the 9th is an inharmonious aspect involving Venus with Uranus. Sudden upsets in partnerships unleash tidal waves of victimization. Numbing incessant chatter drives a partner crazy. Selfish shopping sprees create chaos and disruption with financial priorities. “Sometimes, a caress is better than a career” Shelley Winters.

Saturday the 10th the Sun aligns itself with an opposition to the upcoming Libra Solar Eclipse degree of October 13, 2004. These two dates may correspond with one another. Dysfunctional behaviors of authoritarianism, arrogance, self-absorption, melodrama, and childish demands for attention can arise.

Sunday the 11th is a harmonious aspect of the Sun with Pluto. Individuals can harness this symbolic harmony by exuding determined self-assurance, a resilient charisma and intense resolve. Anyone who wants to get to the bottom of any quandary can use the aforementioned attributes with great success.

Monday the 12th at 8:23pm Mercury through retrograde motion re-enters the sign of Aries and will remain in this sign until mid-May 2004. Mercury’s stay in Aries symbolizes speedy developments that 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. “Actions are always the best interpreters of thoughts” T.H. Huxley. Mercury’s retrograde motion in Aries symbolizes reviews, reanalyses and reevaluations dealing with new initiatives, personal projects, new directions and new ideas that were launched since March 12, 2004.

Tuesday the 13th is a harmonious aspect involving Mars with Neptune. This Mars – Neptune contact, symbolizes compassionate action. The arousal of mystical experiences as well as inspiration is another theme. Individuals aggressively defend the underdogs of society.

This same Tuesday Mercury through retrograde motion contacts the degree position of the upcoming Aries Solar Eclipse later this month. Mercury as the symbol of the human conscious mind in astrology, can literally be downloading from spirit its mental gist of what this Aries Solar Eclipse is all about ahead of time. Mercury already made a previous contact with this eclipse degree on March 31, 2004. Then through direct motion will reconnect again with this Aries Solar Eclipse on May 15, 2004. All three of these dates may correspond to one another. Pay attention particularly to communications patterns on these dates as sometimes Mercury can flip-flop with the negative potential of miscommunications, misperceptions, disinformation and misunderstandings.

Wednesday the 14th is an inharmonious contact made between Venus and Jupiter. Excesses with compensatory behaviors associated with food indulgences or lavish spending sprees affect partnerships. Negative religious statements betray intolerances and/or hypocrisy. Weak appeasements reveal dysfunctional vacillations.

This same Wednesday Venus reaches its Pre-Shadow Point which is the degree position this planet will hold when it stations direct on June 29, 2004 after its retrograde motion that will begin in mid-May. Keywords associated with this degree position of Venus are a crisis catches us with our guard down. The skies are foreboding and acts of God defy logic and reason. Spirit is forcing change despite all resistances.

Thursday the 15th is an inharmonious aspect of the Sun with Chiron. Bureaucratic bungling and ineptitude damages a leader’s ability to pioneer new directions. Archconservative traditions hamper new initiatives. Sorrow, loss, grief and/or separation wound motivation.

Friday the 16th is a conjunction of the Sun with Mercury that symbolizes the importance of the strong identification of healthy communications, negotiations and dexterous bargaining. Merchants may need to come up with new game plans to stimulate purchases. Teenagers are the focus of attention.

Sunday the 18th is an inharmonious contact between Mercury and Chiron. Wounded communications from the past are important to bridge the gaps as well as heal. Once again teenagers are brought to the fore with this time period as well as siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins or neighbors. A sense of security has been breached.

Monday the 19th at 8:21am is a rare second Aries New Moon this year that also happens to be the Aries Solar Eclipse. The last week of the following signs are strongly sensitized to this eclipse: Aries, Libra, Cancer and Capricorn. The first week of the following signs are also sensitized: Taurus, Scorpio, Leo and Aquarius. All New Moons are excellent for new beginnings, new initiatives and new projects. This is a great New Moon to acquire a new self-image through updated wardrobes, hairstyles and/or vehicles. Improve self-confidence, be open to pioneering directions especially in new, unknown territories, gain new leadership skills, and recognize your role-model abilities. Angel Anixiel is associated with this lunation so if you need a little celestial help invoke this angel to help you. The last time we saw an Aries Solar Eclipse at this degree position was October 1790 and going forward in time it will repeat again April 2023. This current Aries Solar Eclipse is strongly associated with the legislative branch of government. Several planets have already made previous contacts to this degree of the Aries Solar Eclipse and they are the following: Mars on February 2, 2004, Venus on March 5, 2004 and Mercury on March 31, 2004, April 13, 2004 and coming up next May 15, 2004. Keywords for this Aries lunation are a provincial mindset is cracked open to reveal maggots that are delightfully playing in games of empty-headedness and gullibility. Where did we as a society go off course? Are we so caught up with “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” trivia that debases our depth of soul and breadth of intelligence? A day of reckoning is before us all.

The A*C*G Map for this Aries Solar Eclipse sensitizes the following geographic areas in the United States: the entire West Coast is strongly emphasized especially Seattle Washington, Portland and Eugene Oregon, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento California, Reno and Carson City Nevada, Flagstaff, Tucson and Phoenix Arizona, Salt Lake City Utah, Idaho Falls Idaho, Helena and Butte Montana, Albany, Woodstock and New York City New York, Boston Massachusetts, Providence Rhode Island, Juneau, Barrow and Nome Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands and Burlington Vermont.

Worldwide the following areas are hotspots: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Fort McMurray, Montreal and Quebec City Canada, Port-au-Prince Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Hermosillo and Baja California Mexico, Medellín and Bogotá Colombia, Maracaibo Venezuela, Lima Peru, La Paz Bolivia, Santiago Chile, the British Isles especially Liverpool, Birmingham and London England, Amsterdam the Netherlands, Cologne Germany, Bern Switzerland, Milan and Turin Italy, Limoges and Toulouse France, Barcelona Spain, Reykjavik Iceland, Algiers Algeria, Agadez Niger, N’djamena Chad, Kinshasa Zaire, Bangui Central African Republic, Port Elizabeth South Africa, Tashkent Uzbekistan, Kabul Afghanistan, Karachi Pakistan, Bombay and New Delhi India, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Australia.

Monday the 19th at 12:50pm is the entrance of the majestic Sun into the sign of Taurus for the next 30 days. 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.

Wednesday the 21st is a harmonious aspect of Venus with Neptune. The true appreciation of spiritual growth and direction is highlighted with this aspect. An attitude of gratitude is healthy especially in functional partnerships. Inflationary tendencies involving the petrochemical, pharmaceutical and gas industries are strong. Gasoline prices can reach the highest levels yet.

Friday the 23rd is the monthly Apogee Moon (farthest distance of the Moon to Earth) that symbolizes the ability to cultivate objective and impartial emotions/feelings. Fresh insights to multiple problems can be implemented. Communications improvements with teenagers can be rewarding.

Saturday the 24th is the opposition of Mars with Pluto. These two planets were last conjunct one another February 16, 2003 so this is the definition and clarification period of these two planets with one another. The negative manifestations of this planetary disharmony can be the following: terrorism, ruthless destruction, violence, rape, torture, aggravating corruption, intense combats, poisoning thoughts and venomous communications. Oppressive retaliation and provocative condemnation can ensue. A consideration a week before and after this date will be the timeline to keep in mind.

This same Saturday is a harmonious contact between Mercury and Mars that is excellent for healthy assertive communications. Invigorated discussions and debates arise. Quick responses and adroit dexterity in the handling of paradoxes emerge.

Sunday the 25th witnesses harmonious aspects between the Sun and Uranus as well as Mercury with Pluto. The Sun – Uranus contact is excellent for the identification of novel approaches, innovation, experimentation or inventiveness to all problems that old solutions no longer have application. The Mercury – Pluto contact is excellent for any and all investigations, research or detective work.

Wednesday the 28th is a day of harmonious contacts involving the Sun with both Saturn and Jupiter. The aspect with Saturn is very good for the identification of patience, perseverance, self-discipline, accountability, responsibility, reliability and dependability with creative works, leadership and the gain of approval. The Jupiter aspect is wonderful for the identification of cultivating hope, faith and optimism that the future is going to be OK.

Friday the 30th at 8:05am is the station direct of Mercury thus ending the retrograde motion of this planet that began earlier at the beginning of April. The classic Mercury station direct concludes the time period of review, reevaluation, reanalysis of documents, contracts, negotiations, important signatures, learning or teaching materials, and important communications. The classic Murphy’s Law of snags, snafus and snits about schedules, delivery systems, transportation, mechanical breakdowns and computer viruses or dysfunctions also comes to a close. “The brain is as strong as its weakest think” Eleanor Doan. The degree position of Mercury on this day refers to the Pre-Shadow Point degree Mercury held last March 23, 2004. Here is a quote from the March AstroForecast 2004 about this degree position of Mercury: “Keywords associated with this degree position Mercury holds are a new frontier opens up for humanity to explore and discover. New prospects present themselves to individuals who are enterprising and entrepreneurial. Interestingly enough this Pre-Shadow Point of Mercury opposes the Libra Solar Eclipse of this fall on October 13, 2004 so importance of these dates to one another is significant.”

Also this same Friday is a harmonious contact of Mercury with Venus that symbolizes peaceful communications, tactful articulation, thoughtful considerations and witty compliments. Clever poetic expressions find their place in commercial venues. Partners express reciprocal appreciation and gratitude to one another.