The Month Ahead: April 2023
April begins Eclipse Season with a Solar Eclipse in Aries, Jupiter entering the Heart of the Sun, and a Mercury Retrograde in Taurus.
Monthly Calendar
Transit Listing for April 2023
Saturday April 1st
[8:06 AM ET] The Moon in Leo square Venus at 18º36’ Taurus
[9:24 AM ET] The Moon in Leo trine Jupiter at 19º15’ Aries
Sunday April 2nd
[2:02 AM ET] The Moon in Leo trine Mercury at 27º32’ Aries
[6:57 AM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Virgo
[12:44 PM ET] The Moon in Virgo opposes Saturn at 02º54’ Pisces
[3:07 PM ET] The Moon in Virgo sextile Mars at 04º06’ Cancer
Monday April 3rd
[12:22 PM ET] INGRESS: Mercury enters Taurus
Tuesday April 4th
[2:04 AM ET] The Moon in Virgo trine Venus at 21º51’ Taurus
[5:51 PM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Libra
Wednesday April 5th
[4:11 AM ET] The Moon in Libra square Mars at 05º23’ Cancer
(12:20 PM ET) Mercury in Taurus sextile Saturn at 3º12’ Pisces
Thursday April 6th
[12:34 AM ET] LUNATION: Full Moon at 16º07’ Libra
[8:42 AM ET] The Moon in Libra opposes Jupiter at 20º27’ Aries
Friday April 7th
[2:29 AM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Scorpio
[8:44 AM ET] The Moon in Scorpio trine Saturn at 03º23’ Pisces
[9:52 AM ET] The Moon conjoins the South Node at 04º00’ Scorpio
[1:52 PM ET] The Moon in Scorpio opposes Mercury at 06º11’ Taurus
[2:42 PM ET] The Moon in Scorpio trine Mars at 06º37’ Cancer
Saturday April 8th
(2:28 AM ET) Mercury in Taurus sextile Mars at 06º53’ Cancer
Sunday April 9th
[5:09 AM ET] The Moon in Scorpio opposes Venus at 27º52’ Taurus
[8:56 AM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Sagittarius
[3:21 PM ET] The Moon in Sagittarius square Saturn at 03º36’ Pisces
Monday April 10th
[9:48 PM ET] The Moon in Sagittarius trine the Sun at 20º55’ Aries
[10:55 PM ET] The Moon in Sagittarius trine Jupiter at 21º33’ Aries
Tuesday April 11th
[12:47 AM ET] INGRESS: Venus enters Gemini
[1:33 PM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Capricorn
[6:07 PM ET] CAZIMI: The Sun conjoins Jupiter at 21º45’ Aries
[8:07 PM ET] The Moon in Capricorn sextile Saturn at 03º48’ Pisces
Wednesday April 12th
[5:02 AM ET] The Moon in Capricorn opposes Mars at 09º00’ Cancer
[9:35 AM ET] The Moon in Capricorn trine Mercury at 11º39’ Taurus
Thursday April 13th
[3:19 AM ET] The Moon in Capricorn square Jupiter at 22º05’ Aries
[5:11 AM ET] The Moon in Capricorn square the Sun at 23º11’ Aries
[4:42 PM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Aquarius
[10:23 PM ET] The Moon in Aquarius trine Venus at 03º22’ Gemini
Friday April 14th
(12:38 PM ET) Venus in Gemini square Saturn at 04º03’ Pisces
[3:15 PM ET] The Moon in Aquarius square Mercury at 13º25’ Taurus
Saturday April 15th
[6:36 AM ET] The Moon in Aquarius sextile Jupiter at 22º36’ Aries
[11:15 AM ET] The Moon in Aquarius sextile the Sun at 25º23’ Aries
[6:56 PM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Pisces
Sunday April 16th
[1:57 AM ET] The Moon conjoins Saturn at 04º12’ Pisces
[4:58 AM ET] The Moon in Pisces square Venus at 06º00’ Gemini
[1:48 PM ET] The Moon in Pisces trine Mars at 11º18’ Cancer
[7:24 PM ET] The Moon in Pisces sextile Mercury at 14º39’ Taurus
Monday April 17th
[9:09 PM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Aries
Tuesday April 18th
[11:46 AM ET] The Moon in Aries sextile Venus at 08º38’ Gemini
[6:16 PM ET] The Moon in Aries square Mars at 12º27’ Cancer
Wednesday April 19th
[1:26 PM ET] The Moon conjoins Jupiter at 23º38’ Aries
Thursday April 20th
[12:12 AM ET] ECLIPSE: Solar Eclipse at 29º50’ Aries
[12:29 AM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Taurus
[4:13 AM ET] INGRESS: Sun enters Taurus
[7:30 AM ET] The Moon conjoins the North Node at 04º00’ Taurus
[8:30 AM ET] The Moon in Taurus sextile Saturn at 04º34’ Pisces
Friday April 21st
[12:36 AM ET] The Moon in Taurus sextile Mars at 13º40’ Cancer
[4:05 AM ET] The Moon conjoins Mercury at 15º37’ Taurus
[4:34 AM ET] STATION: Mercury stations Retorgrade at 15º15’ Taurus
Saturday April 22nd
[6:10 AM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Gemini
[2:59 PM ET] The Moon in Gemini square Saturn at 04º46’ Pisces
Sunday April 23rd
[8:43 AM ET] The Moon conjoins Venus at 14º13’ Gemini
(11:19 PM ET) Mercury in Taurus sextile Mars at 15º15’ Cancer
Monday April 24th
[4:48 AM ET] The Moon in Gemini sextile Jupiter at 24º45’ Aries
[2:58 PM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Cancer
Tuesday April 25th
[12:10 AM ET] The Moon in Cancer sextile the Sun at 04º42’ Taurus
[12:39 AM ET] The Moon in Cancer trine Saturn at 04º57’ Pisces
(6:47 AM ET) Sun in Taurus sextile Saturn at 04º58’ Pisces
[7:46 PM ET] The Moon in Cancer sextile Mercury Retrograde at 14º38’ Taurus
[11:08 PM ET] The Moon conjoins Mars at 16º20’ Cancer
Wednesday April 26th
[5:09 PM ET] The Moon in Cancer square Jupiter at 25º21’ Aries
Thursday April 27th
[2:29 AM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Leo
[5:19 PM ET] The Moon in Leo square the Sun at 07º21’ Taurus
Friday April 28th
[5:44 AM ET] The Moon in Leo square Mercury Retrograde at 13º29’ Taurus
[7:41 PM ET] The Moon in Leo sextile Venus at 20º24’ Gemini
Saturday April 29th
[6:52 AM ET] The Moon in Leo trine Jupiter at 25º57’ Aries
[2:59 PM ET] INGRESS: The Moon enters Virgo
Sunday April 30th
[1:41 AM ET] The Moon in Virgo opposes Saturn at 05º20’ Pisces
[10:59 AM ET] The Moon in Virgo trine the Sun at 10º00’ Taurus
[3:05 PM ET] The Moon in Virgo trine Mercury Retrograde at 12º05’ Taurus
If April can be summarized in one word, I would use the word fervor. Its been coming up as a word as I engage with the astro-weather over the past few months, and this Mars in Cancer transit has a lot to do with this. April 2023 is the first full month where we’re dealing with some of the major transitions into this new year, and out of 2022. Saturn is now in Pisces, Pluto in Aquarius, and Mars is in Cancer. Saturn’s transit will define the next 3 years, Pluto’s back-and-forth ingress from Capricorn to Aquarius will last until 2025, and Mars in the short term will create more frustrations and agitation in Cancer.
Mars is really the star of the show this month, some for good reasons, some for challenging reasons. This will be the first full month of Mars in Cancer, and we’ll see how the motions of Mars really drive the spring this year.
Mars will be the ruler of 2 Eclipses this Spring, one of them occurring this month. That’s the big theme of April: Eclipse Season. This Eclipse Season will bring a lot of new changes that end old chapters in your life and begin news ones as the Eclipses will shift into different signs this year.
First, we have a Solar Eclipse at 29º Aries which is the first Eclipse we have in the Aries/Libra axis. The North and South Node are gearing up to change signs on July 18th when the North Node enters Aries and the South Node enters Libra. Pay attention to these houses in your chart (Aries, Libra). The North Node in Aries will represent new situations and developments that change your current circumstances around those house topics, while the South Node in Libra indicates loss, release, and letting go of the past, and the closing of chapters. There will be endings brought to the house Libra rules in your chart. Now, even though we get a Solar Eclipse in Aries, the Lunar Eclipse this year is in Scorpio, which makes Mars the common denominator for the circumstances of these Eclipses.