From Aries to Taurus, April 2026: Find your Courage!

Greetings Dear Astrology Lovers,

The month of April presents us with an enormous dose of forward-moving Aries energy while at the same time cautioning us to plan carefully (Saturn alignments), taking future outcomes into account. Are we up for this challenge?

The most important planetary event this month is Uranus, the Awakener, taking its place firmly in Gemini for the next seven years, This new vibration will accelerate spiritual change on the individual level as well as technological developments and artificial intelligence on a global scale.

Uranus is the modern ruler of Astrology, while Mercury, at home in Gemini, is the traditional ruler. The next seven years look to be promising for astrological research and education.

Gemini is associated with communication and the sharing of information through community: we are invited to be open to radical changes in these areas! Simultaneously, Uranus traveling through air-sign Gemini promises great advancements in space travel and surgery related to the lungs, arms and hands.

With so many planets in the sign of initiating Aries this April (Sun, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune) together with the shift of Uranus into Gemini, we need to make time to pause and check in with ourselves.

Longterm Questions:

  • What can we let go of from the last 7-year cycle (Uranus in Taurus)?
  • What would we like our communication and community to look like by 2033?

Month-ahead Questions:

  • What is coming to fullness for us as the month begins?
  • What is holding us back / asking us to pause at the New Moon (April 16-18)?
  • How will we use Mars in Aries energy wisely this month – can we channel our courageous action toward a noble goal?

This is a very good month to journal.

Wishing you stellar insights and good planning this April!

MINDFUL APRIL PLANNER

1st–3rd: The month begins with a magnificent Full Moon at 12° Libra on the very first of the month – what better way to begin a search for inner freedom from bondage? Allow something balanced to enter into all interactions during this period. Avoid excess; speak your truth – without being intrusive (Moon square Jupiter; Mercy in Pisces trine Jupiter; Venus square Pluto).

 

We will be helped by Venus traveling through Taurus from the beginning of the month until the 23rd, supporting diplomacy and the maintenance of harmony.

 

10th – 13th: On Friday the 10th, Mars enters the sign of Aries where it is at home and can act decisively — we may see increased militaristic action on the world’s stage once again. In our own lives, this is a window to be honest with ourselves: where do we most need to take courageous action? What holds us back?

 

13th – 20th: Mars translates the light of the Saturn-Neptune conjunction as it moves over it, one degree at a time. All the energetic impulsiveness of the previous few days may now seem stagnant, thwarted or without a clear outcome. Remain centered and take time to plan your next move. All delays are according to Divine Timing.

 

With Mercury, our mindset planet, entering Aries on the 15th, we might not feel this way, as our minds could be racing to get to the finish line. Listening is now a real art.

 

The New Moon at 27° Aries on the 17th gives us two options: act in haste — or have the courage to foresee the outcome of events and act with these in mind — the choice is up to us.

 

Take the 20th as a day of adjustment — we will need it! — as the Sun leaves Aries for earthy Taurus. Embrace grounding and lie horizontal for a while, staring at the clouds. Happy birthday dear Taurus friends! 

 

23rd – 25th: Venus, the planet of relating and values, hooks up with Uranus, providing a last intensive burst for fixed sign people (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius) before she dips into Gemini…

 

…only to have Uranus follow her on the 25th into Gemini. The signal is clear: we are now entering a new phase in our close relationships. May they resonate with the frequency of the divine; may we bring the love of the heavens down to earth and live as soul-embodied beings. What could it mean to cherish another person more than ourselves?

 

The month ends with Uranus establishing itself in Gemini and beginning to form new harmonious relationships with Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto, as the Moon waxes to full. Pray for a de-escalation of global conflict and believe in miracles —

 

I know that I do.

Wishing you a calm, courageous April!
 

May the Sun shine upon you,
Catherine

Poem by Kabir:

The buds are shouting:
The Gardener is coming!
Today he picks the flowers,
Tomorrow us!”

—Kabir (15th century) – extract from ‘Ecstatic Poems’,
translations by Robert Bly