Mythic Zodiac

April 2023 Forecast

We had four major planets change signs last month.  Saturn went into Pisces, Venus entered Taurus, Pluto entered Aquarius and Mars went into Cancer.  This gives us a totally new landscape.  We will start to see how these new energies will unfold this month as other planets start to aspect these new positions.

The beginning of April is fairly quiet, but the energy is slowly leading to a Major Total Eclipse on the 20^th.  The eclipse will be at 29 degrees of Aries in a square to Pluto.   When an eclipse aspects a planet, it causes that planet to become damaged and not able to operate at its full strength.  For Pluto that is a good thing. The reason that this is a major eclipse for the U.S. is that it is in a conjunction with President Biden’s moon and squares the USA's Pluto. Also, Mars the ruler of the eclipse is on the U.S. Sun.  This portends some sort of crisis.  I will take a stab at interpreting this in my eclipse report coming up soon.

Mercury is moving retrograde on the 21^st at 14 Taurus, which will remain in Taurus until it ends on May 14.  This will affect those of you born during the last week of April, July, October, January, and the 1^st week of Feb, May, August, and November.

 

Dates to Watch:

Note to my Astrology Clients. Use your Planetary Placement and Ascendant Sheet to find if you have a personal planet (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus or Mars) or the ascendant within 2 degrees of the degree of the transit degrees listed below.  If so, the transit will have a major impact on you.

Apr 3 – Mercury enters Taurus and stays until June 11. Mercury is the planet of intellect and communication, but in Taurus, he becomes slow, plotting, and methodical.  He wants to talk about practical issues, such as the price of housing, farms, food production, and banking.  Watch the news about these items during Mercury in Taurus.

Mercury Square Pluto at 0 degrees of Taurus/Aquarius. This is the first aspect to Pluto since he entered Aquarius.   Watch for news relating to Pluto in Aquarius on such subjects as AI. You know it’s just a matter of time before she gets smarter than we are. Some information can come in that helps us understand what Pluto in Aquarius will bring us for the next 20 years.  On this aspect, you could forcefully persuade others to your way of thinking. And you could become fanatical about your ideas. You want to dig into information to find what is hidden.

April 6 – Full Moon at 16 degrees of Libra. This Full Moon has the Sun in aspect to Jupiter. He rules long-distance travel, and in Aries, he wants to expand our identity and our sense of self.  He wants us to live in the present.  This aspect wants us to shine a light on something we didn’t know before.  The Moon is in Libra and that rules fairness, cooperation, and legal issues.  Libra can diffuse the warrior Aries energy.  Libra calls for peace. The ruler of the Sun in Libra is Venus.  She is conjunct Uranus.  We could see more instability in the banks and money in general.  We may see some legal cases culminate during the next month.  Venus rules this Full Moon, so expect a flowering of love and affection and Jupiter will add an optimistic glow.  Look for flowering in the areas ruled by the house in your birth chart that contains 16 degrees of Libra.  The Meaning of the Houses is here.

Apr 11 – Venus enters Gemini until May 7.  Gemini is not a huggy-kissy-face sign.  Gemini just wants to talk.  You may bore your loved ones to death during this time by constant chatter about insignificant things.  This is a good placement for staying cool and not making a commitment too fast.  Gemini can be quite fun after it passes the square with Saturn on the 14^th.

          Venus Trine Pluto at 0 degrees of Gemini/Aquarius.  This leads to communications that can lead to a deepening of relationships. This aspect denotes strong feelings of love and maybe intense fanatic attachments or a deepening of a current relationship. This is a positive aspect when it comes to artistic talent. You could do your best work here because you are determined and focused.   Also, you could make some wise decisions regarding your financial future.

          Sun conjunct Jupiter at 21 Aries.  This is the best aspect of the month!  We can start to believe in things again, maybe even our political system.  Or, is that going too far?  This aspect lightens things up tremendously and can pull you right out of the rut you have been stuck in. This aspect brings good health, recognition, and success.  It’s also very sociable.  Get out and circulate. 

Apr 14 – Venus Square Saturn at 4 degrees of Gemini/Pisces. You want to be left alone.  If pushed, you can become unreasonable, belligerent, and irritated. There is a tendency to separate from a relationship. Wait about a week until this influence is over before you make that kind of decision.

Apr 20 – New Moon, Solar Total Eclipse at 29 Aries square Pluto.  Aries rules personal plans, courage, independence, and self-assertion. Aries is a good sign for taking action and trying something new. This is a significant astrological event that ushers in major transformations, new beginnings, and life-changing opportunities.  This New Moon activates Pluto in Aquarius, which could intensify the rebellion, awakening, and innovation in science and technology.  Pluto can also bring out the shadow side and uncover corruption.  This energy will be in effect for 6 months.  This will give you plenty of time to make the necessary changes and start something new,  especially in the area of the house in your natal chart that contains Aries. In the next few weeks, I will be sending out a report covering this Solar Eclipse and the Lunar Eclipse on May 5 at 14 Scorpio. 

          Sun enters Taurus and will stay until May 21.  Your need for security is more pronounced during this time. This is a good time of the year for growing food and flowers.  Take advantage of this energy by hiking in the woods and enjoying nature.

          Sun square Pluto at 0 degrees Taurus/Aquarius.  You are striving for power and maybe using too much force. The plans of other people could be in direct conflict with yours. Try to use self-control to maintain peace.

Apr 21 – Mercury turns retrograde at 15 Taurus and stays until May 14.  When he starts the retrograde, he is conjunct Uranus. Rethink previous opinions or ideas.  Expect delays and disruptions in technology.  Back up your writing, because your WIFI could go out.  There could be shocking news or unexpected communications. Mercury will stay in Taurus during the entire retrograde.  Taurus types may find that they have trouble making decisions because they keep changing their minds.  Look to the house of your birth chart that contains Taurus. Fixed Taurus could change her mind about something.  Oh the horror!

 

OUTER PLANET TRANSITS FOR THIS MONTH:

JUPITER is in Aries all month moving from 19 to 26 degrees.  Jupiter will be in Aries until May 16, 2023. He is the big fat happy guy who is excessive in all things. In Aries, he wants to get out, play competitive sports and become a leader.  Look to the house in your birth chart that contains Aries. This month the areas of life ruled by that house will become more active. If you have the ascendant or personal planets anywhere from 17 to 28 degrees of Aries or Libra, expect opportunities and lucky breaks.

SATURN is in Pisces until May 26, 2025. This month he moves from 2 to 5 degrees of Pisces.  Saturn rules your material world, and especially our career.  If you have the ascendant or any personal planets anywhere from 0 to 7 degrees of Pisces, you may be in store for some hard lessons about the issues in the house containing Pisces.  Pisces is a creative dreamer.  With Saturn here, he will try to solidify your dreams and fantasies.

URANUS is in Taurus until April 2026. This month he will move from 16 to 18 degrees of Taurus. This is the time to break loose and make some radical changes in your life. I believe in ‘cooperating with the inevitable’. If you have Uranus in a challenging aspect to your ascendant or personal planets, (14 to 20 degrees of Taurus or Scorpio) go on a long vacation, preferably to somewhere you have never been before. Or make some major changes in your life. Taurus represents the Earth. Expect earth events in farming, food, earthquakes, volcanos, tornadoes, or other major weather changes while Uranus is in Taurus. 

NEPTUNE  is in Pisces until 2026. This month he will move from 25 to 26 degrees of Pisces.  If you have the ascendant or personal planets anywhere from 24 to 28 degrees of Pisces, you may lack focus during this time and just want to daydream. Beware of a betrayal, or a disappointment, and a sense of drifting. For the rest of us, Neptune can also bring artistic, musical, and creative expression, increased dreams, and spiritual insights. Watch for really inspired films to come out when Neptune is in Pisces. 

PLUTO is in Aquarius until March 11, 2043. This month Pluto stays at 0 degrees of Aquarius.   He is very good at bringing up deep psychological issues. He grinds away at our psyche, bringing up all sorts of difficult psychological issues. You should run to your nearest therapist, especially if you have the ascendant or personal planets anywhere from 29 degrees of Capricorn to 2 degrees of Aquarius.  Pluto asks what needs to die in order to be reborn.

Have a great month.

 

Janet Kane

http://www.mythiczodiac.com

Prince Harry, the Royal Family and Pluto in Aquarius

The pleasure of knowing astrology is to watch outer events mirror the planetary patterns in the sky.  One such event is Prince Harry railing against the British royal family. He has criticized them on Netflix and has written a memoir entitled Spare as well as the many disparaging media interviews. The planetary pattern is the upcoming Pluto transiting Aquarius.

It may be that Prince Harry is carrying the energy of Pluto in Aquarius.  The gods choose a person to play a role on the world stage.  The person may not be aware of it and may or may not be ready to play the role, or even be qualified -- but they are chosen.

 

Prince Harry’s Birth Chart and Transits

We can see how Prince Harry is playing out this role by examining his birth chart.  It shows a Capricorn ascendant, the Sun in Virgo, and the Moon in Taurus--a triple earth person.  Earth types usually don’t like to make waves.  But, in addition to his earthiness, there is a revolutionary archetype buried down deep in his psyche that you don’t see at first glance, and that is Uranus in aspect to two personal planets. . He has Mercury square Uranus, which means he can create disruptive changes with his written or spoken words.  He also has Uranus conjunct Mars, which compels him to break through barriers with potentially explosive anger.  So, because of his triple earth signs and his hidden Uranus aspects what you see is not what you get with Prince Harry. 

People who knew him previously have had a problem understanding what he has become. I have learned from my many years working with clients that most of us repress the Uranus aspects in our charts because we want to conform.  But sooner or later, if we have challenging aspects to Uranus in our birth chart, or when transiting Uranus hits a sensitive point in our birth chart, we can become rebellious, erratic, willful, and ornery.  But, the positive side of Uranus’ natal aspects and transits are that Uranus can help us to become a unique individual self.

Looking at Prince Harry’s chart, we see that Uranus is now transiting his 4^th house of the family and ancestors, and is also conjunct with his Moon, which rules the 4^th house. This is a double whammy for rebellious Uranus to the family and his origins.

 

A Myth and Fairy Tale for Uranus and Aquarius

The myth of Prometheus provides the storyline for Aquarians and those with major Uranus aspects.  He was one of the gods that lived on Olympus with his family. Prometheus rebelled against the gods and stole the fire to bring to mankind. The fire represents knowledge. The gods didn’t believe that humanity should have this knowledge, because they didn’t want mankind to be on the same level as they were. Because of that theft, the family locked him out.  

What I love most about Uranus and Aquarius types is the impulse to tell the truth, whether or not anyone wants to hear it. In Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale the Emperor’s New Clothes two swindlers posing as weavers play on the emperor's vanity by saying that they are making him a suit that is only visible to people who are clever and competent. Once the people heard that, they all pretended to admire his clothes.  A pauper came along and said, “The Emperor has no clothes on”.  And everyone awakened and stopped pretending.  That is the role of Aquarius/Uranus, to wake people up.  Maybe this is Prince Harry’s role to reveal what is behind the world’s infatuation with the monarchy. See the following paragraph from a recent article in the British newspaper, the Guardian.

“The monarchy relies on fiction. It is a constructed reality, in which grown-up people are asked to collude in the notion that a human is more than a human – that he or she contains something approaching the ineffable essence of Britishness. Once, this fiction rested on political and military power, supported by a direct line, it was supposed, to God. Nowadays it relies on the much frailer foundations of habit, the mysteries of Britain’s unwritten constitution, and spectacle: a kind of symbolism without the symbolised. Ceremonials such as the late queen’s funeral are not merely decorative; they are the institution’s means of securing its continuance. The monarchy is theatre, the monarchy is storytelling, and the monarchy is illusion.” Charlotte Higgins of the Guardian

 

Pluto in Aquarius

Pluto represents death, rebirth, destruction, regeneration, and radical transformation.  Aquarius rules revolution, rebellion and independence.  Aquarius is also the sign of the people; it is opposite Leo, the sign of the king--making Aquarius the anti-king sign. Even though Pluto doesn’t go into Aquarius until March 23, 2023, we started to sense this energy back in January 2021.

To understand a transit such as Pluto in Aquarius, it’s helpful to look back at the last time we experienced it to understand what this transit could manifest.  The last time that Pluto was in Aquarius was 1778 until 1798.  The French revolution started in 1789 and ended in 1799. Its motto was “liberty, equality, fraternity”, and that phrase perfectly explains the urge of Aquarius. The beginnings of the American Revolution took place in 1765 and culminated in 1791. Both revolutions had the purpose of getting rid of the monarchy.

 

Future of the British Monarchy

It’s interesting to watch the news to see if there are changes coming in the power of the British monarchy.  One of the news items that I noticed was that in Australia the nation’s central bank has stated that its new $5 bill would feature an indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III.

When Pluto enters Aquarius on March 23, 2023, he will retrograde back to Capricorn from 6/11/2023 to 1/21/2024.  Pluto will again be in Aquarius from 1/21/2024 to 9/2/2024 when he retrogrades back into Capricorn until 11/19/2024. He finally moves into Aquarius from 11/19/2024 until January 20, 2044. So, Pluto will have a long range of time with the help of Prince Harry to transform the British Monarchy.

 

Janet Kane

http://www.mythiczodiac.com