Daily Witches Rune
The Wave
Meaning: This rune symbolizes your friends and family and their influence upon you. Its meaning is usually derived from the other stones closest to it. This rune is also associated with travel. A journey abroad is indicated especially if the Sun rune is nearby, but a journey for someone close to you if the Moon stone is closest. If it is near to the Rings it foretells a holiday or long distance relationship.
The Medicine Bowl is an essential shaman’s vessel for preparing and dispensing sacred blends of herbs and other items used to keep both clan and individuals physically and spiritually healthy. Often The Medicine Bowl and the hallowed potions made with it are cornerstones to tribal ceremonies and member’s rites of passage. The Medicine Bowl represents both the practical and spiritual aspects of healing the body and cleansing the soul through the use of natural remedies and the affirmation of your spiritual self. In a broader sense, The Medicine Bowl symbolizes the health of a clan and strengthening of ties within the clan.
As a daily card, The Medicine Bowl suggests that now may be a good time for you to take a holistic approach to ensuring both your physical and spiritual self are in top form. If there has been strife within your core social circle lately, the appearance of The Medicine Bowl suggest the time is right for your group to reaffirm their basic connection to both the group as a whole and the individuals within it.
Tarot Influence
Four of Cups
A period of rest in your life and dissatisfaction with material gains. Re-evaluation of your goals.
Astrological Influence
Libra
Libra denotes justice and balance. That which should rightfully be shall be.
Element Influence
Air
Air denotes freedom and the ability to transcent the mundane. You may be, or may soon experience a spiritual or secular liberation.
How’s your life working out for you? That’s the key question that Tarot’s suit of Pentacles wants you to ask. If you don’t like the answer, it’s the Pentacles cards that can provide the insight you need to start moving in the right direction.
How’s your life working out for you? That’s the key question that Tarot’s suit of Pentacles wants you to ask. If you don’t like the answer, it’s the Pentacles cards that can provide the insight you need to start moving in the right direction.
Learn more about the Pentacles card meanings: Ace of Pentacles | Two of Pentacles | Three of Pentacles | Four of Pentacles | Five of Pentacles | Six of Pentacles | Seven of Pentacles | Eight of Pentacles | Nine of Pentacles | Ten of Pentacles | Page of Pentacles | Knight of Pentacles | Queen of Pentacles | King of Pentacles
Tarot cards in the Pentacles suit — sometimes referred to as “Coins” — pertain to things in the material and physical world. Often Pentacles are mistaken as only symbols of wealth and money matters. But in truth they speak of success and prosperity on all levels — this includes money and career success, but also family, body, and health matters.
The suit of Pentacles is connected to the winter season and the Earth element, which represent stability, practicality, and determination, as well as giving and receiving. When a Pentacles card turns up in a Tarot reading, it’s typically an indicator that something in your material world needs attention. This can be positive — such as a successful business transaction or a large inheritance; or negative — such as health troubles or obstacles in the way of your success.
Emotionally, the Pentacles symbolize energies of safety, security, and abundance. The theme of prosperity is not limited to only a financial experience. Even the poorest person can be enriched and increased by the experience of a golden moment, contact with goodness, or beauty — all parts of the Pentacles suit.
The Pentacles Tarot cards can also symbolize strengths or gifts you hold. Those who are willing to invest themselves — their time, money, and labor — deserve the rewards of effort. The Pentacles provide those rewards, as well as supply the means to earn and deserve them.
Whether it’s intellectual, entrepreneurial, artistic, or any other “property” you command (including the sheer brute energy and strength to outwork those around you), the Pentacles symbolize the value of your assets. This suit also represents your personal values — the things you love, are attracted to, and collect around yourself. If you can translate this into a way to pay your bills and take care of your family, you have mastered the Pentacles.
The suit of Pentacles in a classic Tarot deck consists of 14 Tarot cards beginning with the Ace of Pentacles, progressing upward through the 10 of Pentacles, and concluding with the four Court cards, the Page, Knight, Queen and King of Pentacles.
The Blessing for this month … wait for it … is the Ten of Swords. Now, you’re probably thinking, “How on Earth is that a blessing?!” There is a guy with ten swords in his back, it looks pretty bad…
There is a little bit of pain associated with the Ten of Swords, but this is like the darkest hour before dawn. Maybe it’s a relationship that’s been struggling for many, many months and it’s time to rip the bandage off and say, “You know what? We’re not suited to each other.” Then you feel that great sense of relief afterwards, as a result of having let go of that relationship.
It might be the same for a job — leaving the job you think, “Oh my goodness, where am I going to get money from? How am I going to survive?” But you just go, “You know what, I’ve just got to do it.” And then you do it, and you feel that sense of freedom again. So think about how this card might be playing out in your life this month.
Our Challenges this month are represented in The Moon reversed. If you recall, last month we had The Moon in the upright position as a Blessing. It’s that place where you’ve not traveled before, and sometimes it can be a little bit confronting as you realize different parts of yourself and you’re like, “Ah, that feels a bit uncomfortable.”
So the Challenge this month is dealing with some of that discomfort around those darker aspects of yourself. It might stir up some really old emotions that have been sitting there for a while, and that might feel like your Challenge. But in order to turn this into an opportunity, you need to really confront that head-on. If you’re feeling fear surfacing or anxiety in any way, really deal with it, don’t run away from it hoping it’ll go back into the depths of your subconscious. The more you deal with it, the more you can start to release some of those negative emotions.
OK so what’s our recommended course of action for this month? I’ve got the Knight of Pentacles reversed. I see this guy as like the Knight of routine and doing things a very set way, every single time. But this month, it’s encouraging you to shake things up a little bit. All those routines that you’ve had in place in the past — maybe try doing something different. Think about your life right now, and what kinds of routines need a bit of a shake-up so that you can re-engage with them and enjoy them that much more.
This suit, most often named “Coins” or “Pentacles”, is a symbol for a magical talisman that represented wealth or potential. This suit represents something supportive that is available to you — whether it be health, some kind of talent, or a material or financial resource.
The Two in this suit generally features a youth juggling, with two coins juggled in figure-eight fashion, or just the coins without the youth — one heads up, the other tails — both flipping in the air. It is clear that until one or the other coin drops, the final call can not be made; there is more to learn before a decision can be made about appropriate action.
This card counsels patience, so do not allow yourself to be rushed. The figure-eight image is a symbol of immortality and eternity. Its message is “No need to hurry. You have all the time you need to work this out, no matter how things appear right now.” Implied within this scenario is the idea that changes are in the works, but you will do better to stay calm until you have more information. Everything is in flux at a time like this.
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The main event this spring has everything to do with recalibrating your love life. Venus, the planet of love and relationship, turned retrograde on March 4, and will remain retrograde into early spring (April 15, to be exact). As a result, you’ll continue to learn vital lessons connected to being true to yourself while still being in a relationship.
From April 2-15, Venus will retrograde through Pisces (having previously been in Aries), adding a different emphasis. Now, it’ll be about recognizing whether or not your romantic ideals are helping or hurting your relationship. After April 15 you’ll get to put everything you learned into practice. Lucky you!
With Venus retrograde in your sign since March 4, spring love might elude you until after April 15. Although you may very well be in a relationship, if you are, for the first half of spring you’re most likely renovating it rather than relishing it. If this is true for you, then hopefully you’ll see the importance of this process.
A Full Moon in your partnership sector on April 11 may bring a certain level of enlightenment to you and your mate which will ultimately help you move forward. June brings surprises in your love life: happy ones.
Your romantic prospects become exquisite after April 15, when Venus turns direct. In fact, on the 16th, pay attention to online dating possibilities. You may also notice that sparks are flying between you and a friend. Fortunately, you’ll have the green light to explore it now; before this time, you won’t have as much cosmic support. If you’re in a relationship. you and your sweetheart will spend a great deal of energy supporting each other’s dreams. Wonderful!
Life and love will really bloom for you however, after June 1. Venus will move into Taurus, making you gorgeous, confident, and more lovable than ever. Work it!
A Full Moon in your true love sector on April 11 might bring a turning point in your romantic life. A casual affair could end, but if you are developing feelings for someone new you’ve been dating, then this might be when you’re ready to tell him or her.
If you’re in a relationship, you might feel as if your partner is getting in the way of your professional ambitions near April 8, and again on April 21. Find out why the support is missing. If you’re single, sparks might fly with someone in your social circle near June 3. It’s too hot to let it pass you by!
You and your sweetheart might enjoy expanding your horizons socially and intellectually this spring. After April 15 when Venus turns direct, you’ll notice opportunities in this regard, with a special one showing up on April 16.
Don’t allow work-related problems to get in the way of your love life happiness quotient on April 8, and again on April 21. If your partner opposes your ambitions in any way near May 25, realize that he or she might feel threatened by them. After June 6, you and a friend might turn into lovers. Or, you could allow a friend to set you up with someone special.
A Full Moon in relationship-oriented Libra on April 11 will allow you and your partner to effectively communicate. It’s possible that you’ll reach a pivotal decision together. Or, you’ll gain a new level of mutual awareness that allows you to strengthen your bond. Shared finances will become a focus after April 15 when Venus turns direct in your 8th House of Joint Resources. Until April 27 you and your sweetheart will make significant progress in this area of your relationship.
If you’re dating someone new, you might feel insecure about getting too intimate near April 8, and again on April 21. Work through it if he or she is worth it. If, however, the voice inside of you screams this budding romance is all wrong, then get out.
Venus will retrograde into your partnership sector on April 2, and won’t turn direct until April 15. On March April 8 and again on the 21st, she’ll square off with constricting Saturn. What all of this suggests for you and your mate is a time of significant relationship effort. The two of you have an opportunity to make it through any rough patch, but it’ll require both of you being committed to doing what is necessary in order to get your relationship to the other side. Domestic problems might make this especially stressful, but again, if you love each other enough, you will persevere. By June 20 romantic bliss is possible.
Your love life might feel like all work and no play as spring begins. Venus turned retrograde back on March 4 right in the middle of your partnership sector, and will remain out of phase until April 15. In matters of the heart, you and your mate are likely reconsidering much about what you both need out of your relationship. If one of you has been feeling unappreciated, or that most of the work in your daily lives is not equally distributed, you’ll have an opportunity to remedy this.
On June 1 you’ll begin to see sparks fly again. If you’re single, pay attention to June 3: someone sexy might approach you in the most unexpected way.
This spring it’s possible that an old flame will pop back into your life. The question is: what will you do about it? Venus is retrograde from March 4-April 15, but from April 2-15 she’ll back track through your romance sector. This is the stretch of time you’re likely to consider whether or not you want to give an ex a second chance. If this isn’t a possibility, then you might spend time instead trying to release yourself from unproductive patterns or choices that prevented you from enjoying the most gratifying romance possible. You’ll feel renewed by early June. In fact, by June 6 Venus will move into your partnership sector, adding harmony and support to your love life once more.
Your love life might feel like a shaky roller coaster ride for much of spring. You’re likely to second guess a budding romance with someone you’ve recently started to date. Or, it’s possible that you’ll be entertaining the idea of reconnecting with an ex. You may also be working through a problem connected to your domestic life with your sweetheart. Perhaps sharing the same space isn’t as easy as you thought it would be. Don’t make any final decisions until after Venus has regulated her orbit in mid-April. In fact, if you can wait until June, even better. Decisions about love made when Venus is out of phase are usually ones that are regretted. On June 1, you’ll know exactly what to do.
Between March 4 and April 2, it appears that you and your sweetheart have a few domestic issues to work through. While it may not be anything too challenging, it’s enough of a headache to get in the way of romance.
Then, from April 2-15, you might have trouble reaching a vital decision together. Or, you’ll have to re-hash a conversation you thought was over and done with. While none of this sounds very romantic, take heart: you’ll have incredible prospects to enjoy passion and enchantment with your sweetie from June 6 through early summer. It’ll be worth the wait!
Spring might not be your best season for love, but that doesn’t mean it’s hopeless. The key is navigating through Venus Retrograde, which started in early March and will last through April 15. Until then, it might feel like you and your sweetheart are second guessing everything about each other. Or, if you’re single, you might question your judgment endlessly over your romantic choices in the past.
Between April 27-June 6, allow one of your siblings to set you up with someone he or she thinks is ideal for you. Or, introduce yourself to the sexy new neighbor who moved into your apartment building. If attached, after June 6 you and your love might talk about living together.
As spring opens up, the planet of love is already napping. In fact, since March 4 she has been in hibernation mode, which may be the reason why your love life (and financial life) is a bit sluggish. Moreover, from April 2-15, Venus will be retrograde in your sign. As a result, you may feel less confident. Use this time to make yourself over from the inside out so that after April 15 you’ll be ready to show the world just how magnetic you truly are.
A romantic conversation might be extra sexy on April 16. By June 20 your mind and heart will both agree: fairytale romance is yours for the taking!
Part of the Daily Insight Group ©2017
by Marie DeSimone
April begins with Venus still traveling retrograde. She’ll edge out of Aries and into Pisces on April 2 where she’ll remain napping until April 15. During this last stretch of Venus’ retrograde you’ll have an opportunity to consider how blurry the lines in your life may be when it comes to unconditional love versus blind acceptance. If you are being taken advantage of, it’s time to wake up. This is a great time to review what your dream lover is all about.
Then, on April 9, Mercury turns retrograde in Taurus and remains out of phase until May 3. On April 20, he’ll backtrack into Aries. The usual do’s and don’ts connected to Mercury retrograde apply now, and this includes a caution around all communication matters. Avoid making financial decisions while he’s retrograde in Taurus. Then, when he’s in Aries, retrace any decisions you made in the past in haste. Remedy any regrettable ones if possible.
A Full Moon in Libra on April 11 calls awareness to relationship matters while a New Moon in Taurus on April 26 allows you to plant seeds around future material growth. Finally, Mars enters Gemini on April 21 where he remains until June 4. Intellectual stimulation will be a key motivating force behind actions.
Aries
Mercury moves out of your sign and into your resources sector today, dear Aries, and will spend more time than usual in this area of your solar chart. In fact, with an upcoming retrograde, Mercury will move back into your sign later in April. For now, this is a time for sorting out business and financial matters, and you’ll have second chances to get on top of things down the road. This is a superb time for simplifying your life and for practical thinking. Security, personal possessions and valuables, and comfort matters are of particular interest. Today, you can be fired up and ready to get something going, but you may be only spinning your wheels until you get a plan in place, as much as you’d prefer to wing it. Try not to take yourself too seriously, as you don’t want to trigger resistance in others.
Taurus
Mercury enters your sign today, dear Taurus, and will continue to transit Taurus until April 20th. Mars is already a guest in your sign, making your first house a house of power. You have a stronger voice and are more likely to be heard and understood. These influences may prompt you to circulate and stay active more than usual. Self-taught endeavors can be particularly satisfying. You are thinking independently and inclined to make more executive decisions during this cycle. Because Mercury rules your money sector, this can be a time of additional money coming in. Later today, it can be challenging if you speak before you get all the facts or reveal something you might wish to be private, on second thought. Watch for a tendency to lead with your desires and forget about your feelings in the process, which are taking longer than usual to catch up.
Gemini
Your ruler, Mercury, enters your privacy zone today, dear Gemini, where it will transit until April 20th. This transit stimulates a need to review recent events, ideas, projects, interests, and learning paths. With both Mercury and Mars in this sector of your chart, this is not an ideal time for launching new projects or courses or for presenting important ideas. However, it is useful for reflecting on what has served you well and which projects and attitudes no longer serve a real purpose in your life. You need extra time to yourself in the coming weeks. Today, however, the Moon enters your sign, and you may not enjoy a backseat just for the time being. Negotiations of any sort can be tough later today, as people can be rather disagreeable, especially if they can’t seem to figure out what they want exactly.
Cancer
Mercury moves into harmony with your sign today, dear Cancer, and your social sector. This transit will last until April 20th but will recur mid-May, giving you plenty of time to dream up ideas and draw up plans, as well as connect with friends and networks. It presents nice opportunities to connect with like-minded people and for sharing your thoughts with others. You seek out others who stimulate your mind, and people tend to be drawn to you for the same reasons. It’s generally an active time for meeting people, although with an upcoming retrograde there may be complications involved. Later today, it’s a little too easy to get riled up over small misunderstandings or misfires.
Leo
Starting today and until the 20th of the month, Mercury moves through your career and reputation sector, dear Leo. Your thoughts frequently turn to professional matters, plans, and goals during this cycle. Your communications have more impact than usual – what you express now is likely to be remembered later, so make it something you’re proud of! Mercury is analytical and rational, and you can apply these qualities quite successfully to long-term goals and planning, but when under strain, Mercury can also be nervous and fretting, so watch for a tendency to overthink things. Later today, personal interactions can be on the tense side, and it’s important to avoid pushing people’s buttons if you’re frustrated. Tension about meeting your goals can spill into your personal life if you’re not careful.
Virgo
Mercury moves into your solar ninth house and in harmony with your sign, dear Virgo. The planet of communication will spend more time than usual in this sector of your chart this year due to an upcoming retrograde. This can be a time for more frequent thinking and communicating about moral or philosophical issues. It follows that you may be less interested in mundane or routine matters during this cycle, preferring to do overview thinking and goal-setting to managing the details. Ideas and words tend to flow smoothly now. Publishing and learning new concepts can be in stronger focus. This is also a good cycle for calming frayed nerves – your sign is one of the bigger worriers of the zodiac, and Mercury here can work to de-stress you. Even so, with Mars also here, you can get pretty wound up about differences of opinion. Later today may be one of those times. It can certainly stimulate you to expand your knowledge and tolerance, but if you find yourself getting angry, consider other outlets for excess energy.
Libra
Mercury moves into your solar eighth house today, dear Libra, and this position boosts your observational and perceptive skills. You’re inclined to watch and learn rather than throw yourself into the action during this cycle that lasts until April 20th but then returns from May 16-June 6. This is not the best time for ease in your communications, but it’s excellent for deeper thinking and understanding. You may be doing some research and investigation now. Whatever you do, you tend to throw yourself into it, as you are more interested in something absorbing and worthwhile than superficial fluff. This is a good period for intimate conversations or consultations. Today, your desire to investigate and detect is strong, but it may lead you down a tricky corridor. This can be a time when you or a partner seem to be quick to stir the pot. It’s best not to take things too personally now. Keep yourself busy with problem-solving instead of problem creating!
Scorpio
The planet of communication begins its transit of your partnership sector today, dear Scorpio, and will influence this area of your solar chart until April 20th. Due to an upcoming Mercury retrograde period (starting April 9th), Mercury will return to this same sector from May 16-June 6, and you’ll have plenty of time to work on communications with others. You can frequently seek out others’ company during this cycle, as well as their answers, opinions, and feedback. Discussing matters with people in your life is useful and your reaction to their feedback helps you to better understand your own needs and wants. You seek out others and they seek you. Even so, with an upcoming retrograde you should be careful that you don’t live too much in the mind when it comes to your closest relationships. Today, if you let your mind run idle, you might find yourself worrying needlessly over the tiniest of things, making you feel very irritable and restless. Minor health complaints may crop up if you don’t keep busy and active.
Sagittarius
Mercury moves into your sector of habits, health, and work today, dear Sagittarius, and will spend a little longer than usual in this area of your solar chart this year due to an upcoming retrograde. Mars is already in this sector, urging you to get moving on your work, projects, and health regimens. Mercury adds another layer of interest and concern with your daily routines. You can have a lot on your mind during this cycle, and you’re mostly focused on practical details, routines, health, work, and everyday life. Keep this to a moderate level, and you’re in excellent shape. There can be some annoyances relating to others later today, possibly due to cranky moods and trying to get the upper hand. However, it’s just as likely that you and the people around you are only half sure about what they want, and this can lead to mischief and pot-stirring.
Capricorn
Mercury moves into harmony with your sign and into your expressive solar fifth house today, dear Capricorn, staying there until April 20th. Even so, Mercury will return from May 16-June 6, offering you more time than usual to improve your communications with others. This is a time for more natural, spontaneous meetings, chats, and communications. There can be a stronger mental focus on (or with) creative and romantic matters now. Presenting your ideas during this cycle is likely to be especially fruitful, even though Mercury turning retrograde on April 9th can complicate things. It will also offer you a window to rethink certain decisions or choices. Keep in mind that with Mars and now Mercury in this sector, in addition to a retrograde Venus in general, your playfulness may be misinterpreted by others who are looking for a more sensitive approach. Otherwise, this is a good cycle for writing, entertaining, creating, and expressing yourself. Later today, you can feel a little restless if you don’t know where to channel excess energy. Look for productive ways to express yourself.
Aquarius
Mercury is now moving through your home and family sector, dear Aquarius, and will continue to do so until the 20th. This can be a time of evaluating your inner feelings, values, and connections, or of assessing and negotiating in your domestic life. Thoughts and conversations very often turn to personal matters during this cycle, and you tend to reminisce about the past more frequently than usual. There might be a lot of activity on the home front or with family, particularly with Mars also in this sector. Later today, a disagreement with someone or off-timing can irritate you, but it’s minor and likely has its roots in feeling neglected or restless. Watch for hastiness, as you don’t want to trip over yourself or others in your desire to do many different things.
Pisces
Intelligent and curious Mercury moves into your communications sector today, dear Pisces, and will spend a longer than usual time there. This transit sharpens and enhances your ability to communicate, get your message across, and learn or absorb and process information. This is not the best cycle for concentration and focus, but it’s excellent for diversifying and considering your options. It’s a time for multi-tasking and additional contact with family, peers, classmates, and possibly neighbors. Later today, disagreeing with others on fundamental issues can cause a bit of a ruckus, but the trick is to try not to take things too personally. Take a deep breath and ask yourself whether or not it’s worth the stress.
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You are outgoing and assertive, yet you are also very mindful of others, sensitive, thoughtful, and require time for yourself to recharge your emotional batteries often. While you enjoy a challenge, you don’t seek out making changes as readily as many Aries do. You are very protective of those you love, and you are an ardent, charming lover. Famous people born today: Vincent Van Gogh, Eric Clapton, Celine Dion, Warren Beatty, Norah Jones, Paul Reiser.
Your Birthday Year Forecast
Your birthday this year occurs shortly after a New Moon, suggesting a time of new beginnings and fresh energy. You are instinctively starting a new phase in your life. It’s time to give your life a makeover and to branch out into the untried.
This can be a year in which you experience important turning points, or you could begin new projects or goals that have a long-term impact on your life.
Mercury harmonizing with Saturn certainly helps to ground your thinking and to turn your thoughts to practical considerations. Advances in intellectual and mental pursuits are likely, as you make steady progress that has long-lasting results. It’s a good year in which to get organized, to do detail work, and to prepare for the future. Work done during this period in your life will have tangible results in the future. Relationships with younger people in your life are solidified.
This is an excellent year in which to advance projects revolving around communications – writing, speaking, selling, and so forth. Your reputation may be enhanced through word of mouth. Making new contacts through learning and mental pursuits figures strongly as well.
You are seeking balance and peace in your relationships this year. This can be a very relationship-focused year in which you go to greater lengths to make room for others. There is increased charm in your approach, and you can be more accommodating than usual.
With Venus in a tense aspect to Saturn in your Solar Return, getting serious about love or money (or both) will be a theme this year. Money may be tight, or the need to buckle down with your finances may be necessary. This does not necessarily signify financial losses or hardship, but you are likely to have an increased awareness of your limits. The responsibilities of partnership are magnified this year. You are likely to be more earnest on a romantic level. An existing relationship may become more serious, or you may form a new partnership with a serious or older person. You are likely to work hard this year, and this could interfere with pleasure time.
Your creative impulses are potent at this point in your life. Physical expression of your creativity can be particularly useful and successful now. The year favors dancing, swimming, photography, arts, and entertainment. If you are an artist, this could be an especially inspired, imaginative, and productive period. Marketing, sales, and creative businesses can thrive now.
This can be a good time for updating your electronics and technology in ways that open up new avenues for communication or ease. Wonderfully creative ideas can fill your head this year.
This is a potentially excellent year for putting dreams into motion and giving life to your ideas. You are capable of very hard work when you’re inspired, and you can produce some pretty fantastic things now. This is particularly true of projects related to communications and learning.
In your relationships, you find it easier to express your desires to one another. This can be a powerful year for shared activities and a sense of being on the page with someone without the need for too many disclaimers.
The year ahead is one of new beginnings and a fresh start. New ideas are easy to come by in the period ahead as your mind is especially inventive. You’re in a good position to be progressive and practical in your decision making. You’re able to bring both enthusiasm and practicality to your endeavors this year. When you are motivated, you can accomplish great things, bringing new life to old goals.
2017 is a Number Seven year for you. Ruled by Neptune. This is a year of preparation, chance, and refinement. It is not a time of dramatic changes. Instead, it’s a year when reflection on the past is helpful, and when refinements to your life path should be made. It’s a good year to study and analyze. Unexpected twists to your life story and “chance” meetings are probable. Advice – take stock of your life in order to prepare for more exciting years to come, examine the past and plan for the future, get in touch with your deepest needs and uncover your personal power, don’t strain yourself or actively try to expand.
2018 will be a Number Eight year for you. Ruled by Saturn. This is a year of power and accomplishment. Actively seeking to expand, taking educated risks, and moving forward are highlighted. This is a year of opportunity, particularly in the material and business world, and opportunities need to be seized. It’s generally not a year to find a new love partner, simply because the focus is on the material world and your place in the world. This is a problem-solving year in which you can expect real, tangible results. Advice – take action, plan ahead, seize opportunities.
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Aries
Jupiter forms a square to Pluto today, dear Aries, and has been in influence since November and will stick around until August. Its themes are bigger today and this week because of its exact aspect today. Mounting pressures to perform are likely part of the picture now, and this comes at a time when you also want to spend a lot of time with others. Refusing to play by the rules in close relationships and your professional life may be a theme, but if you’re bored with excessive tradition or structure, you might consider breaking out in constructive ways. Look for the means to do a real overhaul of an area of your career now, but try not to put unreasonable pressures on a relationship or yourself to do it to the point of exhaustion. There may be a conflict arising that seems to pit partnership against career, and a compromise should be sought. Alternatively, goals of a relationship and long-term plans can conflict, or you feel unsupported as you pursue your ambitions. It’s particularly important to tone things down and avoid overreaching – tendencies now that are likely to trip you up. Yes, you want to do it all, but moderation is important now.
Taurus
In November, Jupiter and Pluto formed a square, and today, they return to this same aspect, dear Taurus. They’ll do so again in August, but with the exact aspect now, you’re likely to feel a resurgence of pressure today and this week. The key to handling this influence is to recognize where your expectations have become so overblown that you are putting too much pressure on yourself or others (or both). This influence may convince you that you need much more than what you already have. Avoid setting unreachable goals, and if they’ve formed without your conscious awareness, consider shaving them down. Because this influence pits sectors ruling routines and adventure against one another, you can feel quite a bit of pressure to go hard in both your work and duties and your personal interests and life experiences. However, something has to give! For some, holding on too tightly to a belief system or culture may be a sign that you’re probably missing something in your life that’s very much worth exploring. Watch for exaggeration and obsession now and keep things real, but look within for answers as to what you may be genuinely missing. Moderation is the way to go. That can be a tall order today with the Moon also in your sign, but it’s your best bet right now.
Gemini
Jupiter and Pluto formed a square in November, and they’re revisiting this tense aspect today, dear Gemini. They’ll do so one more time before moving on (in August). Today and this week, you may be feeling pressures mounting in your creative world, life with children, or in your love relationships. Relationships that have become too stale or humdrum can get to you now – you seem to be struggling with the level of intensity you want from your relationships. Self-awareness is important through all of this, as you may end up stirring unnecessary conflict otherwise. You are craving more from your relationships, but you can be divided about what that actually means. Sharing and power dynamics can get tricky when you’re not sure what you want – or what others want from you! You might also concern yourself with money matters today, and if so, aim to put yourself on solid footing rather than pressure yourself to do everything in a short period. There is a real tendency to go overboard or to do too much too soon but try not to fall for the illusion that more is better. Today’s Moon is in your privacy sector, and it can help to lay low and reflect on matters now.
Cancer
A Jupiter-Pluto aspect that first formed in November returns to exactness today, dear Cancer. Today and this week, you can feel some real pressures in your close relationships, and perhaps some difficulty getting your family and relationships on the same boat or goals to cooperate. With this influence, it’s particularly important to watch for areas where you or others have been overshooting or putting too much pressure on something to work a certain way – it can be extremely obsessive, and to our detriment! Try not to rush your goals, even though you can be feeling especially ambitious now. Competitiveness can help push you, but if it goes too far, it can only serve to frustrate and exhaust. For some, your needs for stability and emotional excitement can feel at odds. It can be difficult to satisfy both needs at once, and it can be all too easy to act out as a result. Control issues in a partnership can frustrate now. Try not to put pressure on yourself to resolve everything immediately. However, do consider ways to manage troubled areas of your life better. Moderation may be the key.
Leo
If you’ve been pushing too hard, you’ll feel it acutely now, dear Leo. Jupiter and Pluto first formed an exact square in November, and now that they meet again, tensions related to overreaching can surface. Pressures to produce or go hard with self-care and healthy living can lead to the point of feeling overwhelmed, especially in light of your personal interests or studies. Try to pace yourself with work and health goals. The desire to succeed in your work is powerful, but you may need to come to a better balance between duties and learning and pace yourself so that you can pursue your goals with less stress and pressure. Both areas of life can compete leaving you exhausted, so do your best to aim for moderation. Taking on too much is unlikely to take you closer to your goals, or if it does, it can drain you to the point that you won’t even enjoy the victory! Especially when it comes to your adamant desire to improve your health, pressure to do so can end up working against you. The Moon is at the top of your chart and aligns with Mars today, also stimulating your ambitions — and impatience!
Virgo
There can be a lot of ambition, or perhaps even obsession with your creative projects, hobbies, recreational pursuits, or a romance these days, dear Virgo, but there can also be a strong desire to play things safe or retreat into your comfort zone. This conflict of interests can present a small challenge now with Jupiter and Pluto forming a square – an influence that first occurred in November and that will form again in August. Taking a creative risk is attractive but daunting all at once. Watch for going overboard with money and pleasure-seeking, or for working so hard towards a goal that you forget to enjoy the process of getting there! Tensions in or about love can also surface now, particularly if you are putting all your eggs in one basket. The tendency is to want to pamper yourself, but this might also stimulate some tension about money. Watch for overdoing too many areas of your life and for setting up unrealistic goals for yourself that stress you out rather than motivate you. You may not be able to reach your goals as quickly as you’d expected, but you can take some steps towards them now. As difficult as this may be at the moment, aim for moderation. The Moon in your adventure sector aligning with Mars can stimulate a real desire for adventure or non-routine experiences today.
Libra
Nurture your ambitions to grow, expand, and make improvements, dear Libra, but give yourself time to do these things. You can feel quite a bit of pressure to push yourself forward now, but the changes you crave won’t happen overnight, so approach things in steps rather than stressing yourself out. Jupiter and Pluto form a square today, as they did in November, and this presents a challenge that may very well manifest as an inner conflict. You might wrestle with a need to stick with the familiar or with family responsibilities and the desire to spread your wings, explore, and venture out with full confidence in yourself. You may be trying too hard to make things perfect rather than simply enjoying what’s in front of you, and this may be the reason behind over-thinking things. With Jupiter in your sign these days, you thrive on certain personal freedoms. You might also want more control over your family and home environment, or you may be dealing with disapproval from family members, but you may need to loosen your grip a little to take better care of yourself and devote some time to personal goals and plans. You’re feeling everything a bit more intensely today, so keep this in mind before making significant decisions.
Scorpio
Jupiter and Pluto form a square today, dear Scorpio. This aspect first occurred in November and will complete in August. It’s a complex combination, especially since your ruler, Pluto, is involved. However, if you play your cards right, you can use it as motivation to improve and grow. You can feel a strong desire to produce, but it’s imperative that you keep things at least somewhat moderate or else life will become far too chaotic to get anything substantial done. You want to get on top of your projects, to produce, and to reach learning goals, but a simultaneous desire to lay low, rest, and attend to emotional needs can compete. Resolve to make improvements to your life in the areas that are frustrating you, and avoid taking on too much at once. The pitfalls of this combination are overreaching, exaggeration, and unrealistically high expectations. If your goals are motivating, then you’re in good shape, but if they are stressing you out, you need to adjust them. Today, partnerships can be animated.
Sagittarius
There can be exaggerated reactions and tensions today with Jupiter and Pluto forming an exact square, dear Sagittarius. This aspect first formed in November and is with us until August. There can be intensity surrounding financial matters, issues of respect, personal possessions, and boundaries now. Your thinking on these things is neither impartial nor objective, so you may want to wait to make major decisions. However, if tension motivates you to make necessary changes, then you’re in a good position. While you sense that change is necessary, however, you may worry about your security. There is a need to rise above these fears for growth to happen, particularly in your social life and ventures. This can be a time when you’re driven to reach a goal, but you’re setting the bar too high, or expecting results far too soon. You might also be going a little too hard in your social life or going overboard in a business or with spending, to the detriment of other areas of your life. Watch carefully for obsessive attention to particular pursuits. Look for ways to center yourself and remind yourself that you can’t make all the changes you’d like to make all at once.
Capricorn
Jupiter at the top of your chart stimulates your desire to grow, expand, and improve your goals and career, dear Capricorn, but its square to Pluto today can renew a conflict that began in November related to your personal needs and plans. This Jupiter-Pluto square can point to excesses, immoderation, and overreaching, but if you can tone things down, you can also use it motivate you to new heights. While it can be beneficial to pay attention to your image and reputation, resist the urge to maneuver these things excessively and work on self-control instead. Finding a balance between attention to your personal and professional lives is necessary now for optimum success. The desire to push personal plans ahead can run high but be willing to pace yourself, or you’ll be heading to a state of burnout. The tendency can be to want to do it all. You are a highly capable person, but you’re also human! Avoid taking on so much that you don’t get a chance to enjoy the process of reaching your goals. The Moon meets Mars in your romance and creativity sector today, stimulating creative urges and passions.
Aquarius
Jupiter forms a square to Pluto today, dear Aquarius, and while this longer-term aspect has been with you since November, its themes can be quite intense this week. You can be wavering between wanting to keep to yourself or cling to the past, and desiring to move beyond your usual boundaries to share and connect. Restlessness can take hold now if you’re expecting far too much of yourself when you’re not quite ready to take on something new. However, you instinctively know that you should aim to overcome fears so that you can reach higher. You can be quite preoccupied with people and situations from the past today, and with so much going on below the surface, you’re not always aware of how your feelings are affecting your actions. Recognize that the frustrations you are currently facing can help you to redefine yourself in a positive way, and allow the process to unfold rather than attempt to push things too fast. Take steps towards resolving this inner conflict, and avoid piling up more plans than you can reasonably handle. Pacing yourself is your best bet now, even if you feel that life is running ahead of you at times these days.
Pisces
With Jupiter and Pluto meeting by way of a challenging square aspect today, dear Pisces, a conflict or tension can come to a head now, likely related to your relationships. It can be a somewhat tricky period for financial and emotional ties, and concerns related to indebtedness, intimacy, and friendship can surface now. You may be feeling more joy through deeper connections and commitments these days, but frustrations related to friends and more casual setups may be raining on your parade. Personal plans, social pursuits, and demanding connections to friends or groups may conflict with your enjoyment of time to yourself or time spent with a partner. Complex power dynamics in your relationships can weigh heavily on your mind now. Avoid taking on more plans, projects, and responsibilities at this time, and exercise patience as you look for creative ways to improve your resources. The tendency now is to add more to our plates to resolve feelings of unrest, but this can backfire. Examine what might be the root of your discomfort. An urgent desire to get ahead can be part of the package today with heavy Pluto energy in the air, but rushing things leads to big mistakes. Aim for moderation while maintaining your eye on improvement and growth.
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We may need to recommit to our idealistic goals as the pressure to evolve alters our perspectives. A long-lasting Jupiter-Pluto square is exact today, urging us to take a stand on a social issue or backing us into a corner where we need to face a worthy opponent. The unyielding Taurus Moon joins warrior Mars, adding fuel to our feistiness. We know what’s right and have no excuses; we must be firm in our convictions as we speak truth to power.
Striving to earn your keep makes you feel good about yourself today, but your work ethic can turn into a power trip if you don’t maintain a humble perspective. Although an obstinate Moon-Mars conjunction in your 2nd House of Self-Worth bulks up your ego, someone you respect may call out your authoritarian attitude. Your ambitions often pull you away from meaningful relationships, but no amount of professional achievement will replace the emotional growth you can experience by sharing your success with those you love.
While adaptability is often a useful trait, your infamous stubbornness could prove to be an even more valuable asset today. You’re no stranger to sticking to your word, but if your list of rules is more like a restrictive belief system, it may be adversely affecting your health now. Consider ditching your devotion to a paradigm and putting your own personal wellbeing back at the top of your list.
You’re the happiest when you are free to flit from one activity to another, gathering experiences at your fancy. You can imagine all sorts of things you would love to put your heart into while the leisurely Taurus Moon plods through your 12th House of Fantasy. But sometimes you secretly doubt if any of your creative efforts make a difference. Your homework is to find ways to allow your authentic self to blossom without restraint. The only feeling stronger than the fear of failure is fear of success.
You covet quality time spent with your circle of friends today because you could use some steady support. You may be grappling with a relationship issue now, and as much as you try to envision living up to what seems like a demanding standard, you’re not sure if it’s possible. However, leaning on your buddies for encouragement can help remind you of your emotional resilience. Remembering who you really are renews your faith in yourself.
You may wonder why the actions that once earned you recognition from your peers seem to no longer have the same effect. You’re called to recognize how much you’ve grown beyond your old patterns when expansive Jupiter clashes with powerhouse Pluto in your 6th House of Routine. Small changes in your daily habits can add up to big rewards as long as you remain open-minded. Author Bernie Siegel wrote, “Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.”
You can’t help but feel a twinge of longing when you dream about your future prospects. Unfortunately, you may not think you have the right stuff to make your vision a reality. However, the dynamic Jupiter-Pluto square encourages you to believe in your abilities, even when your goals seem unreachable. Creatively reframing how you see yourself in a larger context will help you focus on the journey of becoming rather than the distance between you and your ideal destination. You can be both a masterpiece and a work in progress at the same time.
It’s not easy to understand your feelings today and you may choose to ignore them instead. However, you could just be creating a pit of emotional quicksand by struggling to keep your worries at arm’s length. Stop resisting the inevitable and face your demons so limiting beliefs won’t have the same hold they once did. Identifying the root of your fears takes away their power. Follow Eleanor Roosevelt’s advice, “Do one thing every day that scares you.”
You might end up in a heated exchange with someone close to you today. You don’t want to back down when you know you’re in the right, but chances are the other person is just as adamant as you are now. If you take the low road, you’re bound to wind up regretting your journey. Instead, loosen your grip and pursue the moral high ground, even if you feel like you’re missing out on a good argument. Some people create their own storms, and then get upset when it rains.
Your obligations weigh you down now when you would rather be fighting the good fight for a conviction that really matters. However, there’s more to participating in a social cause than your public persona. Developing your own sense of moral integrity and personal responsibility is just as important as being on the front lines. Growing into your highest potential enables you to be a powerful warrior for your beliefs.
You’re known for your resilience, and you’re apt to put it to the test today just to see how far you can go. But you may not realize that what seems like a healthy ambition to you may be perceived as overly aggressive by others. Your obstinacy can be a blessing in disguise, but you could benefit from taking a more generous approach when it comes to relationships. Although your determination earns you respect, graciousness earns you the admiration you seek.
It could seem like there are invisible boundaries in place that confine you to a certain path now, even when you do your best to abolish ignorance at every turn. Your love of learning is no secret, but when high-minded Jupiter in your 9th House of Philosophy argues with shadowy Pluto, there are some factors that are beyond cognitive understanding. Although this may be mildly infuriating for an intellectual type, the sooner you can embrace life’s mysteries, the more you will be at peace. Picasso said, “The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”
There are few greater joys than being fully recognized by someone you love. However, conveying your intentions isn’t always that easy and you could feel like you don’t have what it takes to make someone happy today. However, the emotional dynamics are too complicated for any one person to accept the blame. Although it’s wise to consider your role in the larger picture, there is much nuance when it comes to intimate relationships. Take responsibility for your own emotional state before expending energy trying to change anyone else’s.
April 2017 sees an increase in retrograde activity, with roughly half of the month (9th – 15th April & 20th April – 3rd May) featuring four retrogrades. This is something we’ve not seen since September 2016 and is a celestial pattern which invites us to retreat, revisit and reflect.
The month begins with Venus retrograde in Aries (since 4th March) and Jupiter still retrograde in Libra (since 6th Feb). Relationships are an on-going focus, including those with the wider world which may demand bold compassion in defiance of the egoic mind that divides into friend and foe. As Venus retrogrades into Pisces on 3rd April, personal need is eclipsed by the dissolution of boundaries that separate me from you and them from us. Many current challenges demand that we find new and creative ways to live in a world that threatens to split into warring factions at the drop of a hat. Venus invites us to soften around the edges of individuality and separation, to embrace our own divinity and prepare to use it as a balm upon the world once she turns direct on 15th April. Only through right-relationship with oneself can we forge constructive connections with others, providing all parties a voice whilst allowing for nuances of difference and self-determination. If we continue reacting rather than reflecting and defending rather than responding, we remain in the mind-set of ‘me against the world’, further cementing the tyranny of ego over essence.
Jupiter retrograde reminds us no external voyage of discovery – no matter how enlightening – can match the wisdom won when we journey to our centre to discover who we are. If we cannot know ourselves in the deepest sense there is no one else who will solve our problems or heal our wounds. The usual enthusiasm and outward thrust of Jupiterian energy is turned inward now and we may find certain projects and plans, especially those intimately bound up with other people, have slowed in recent weeks. If so, Jupiter has applied the brakes to encourage reflection on our motivation and the values that underpin our goals.
In Libra, Jupiter asks why we connect with the people we do, what we bring to our relationships and the expectations we place upon others. This self-enquiry may be uncomfortable at times, for whilst awakening is intrinsic to our nature, it is not just a beautiful grace. It also holds us accountable and requires an inner quest which strips away the pretence of false selves to reveal the sacred core shared by all. Nothing but truth survives its challenge and with the retrograde trend building as April progresses, we must be prepared to place everything on its sacrificial altar, with no holding back to avoid the demands of the Real.
Calendar of the Sun
Aequinoctium Vernum
Colors: Yellow and light green
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon cloth of yellow and light green set a pitcher of rainwater, small dishes of seeds (as many as there are people), a vase of budding branches, and a single green candle.
Offerings: Seeds to be planted in the garden.
Daily Meal: Vegetarian
Aequinoctium Vernum Invocation
Earth, you begin your awakening
To the touch of the life-giving Sun
Whose rays stroke you like a lover.
Earth, your joy in awakening
Springs forth first golden
And then the green of life.
We awaken to your new life
And your new season,
And you help us to believe
That no matter how long the winter,
Spring will always come again.
We stand in the time of the year’s morning
And, like all living things,
We reach upwards for the sky.
Chant:
We open Earth and
Earth receives you
She gives you life and
We believe in you
(Each takes a pot of seeds and goes to the garden, and hoes or otherwise prepares a space for planting, and then plants their seeds, chanting while doing so. The pitcher of rainwater is carried out and ritually poured onto the seeds.)
The Moon today is in a Waxing Crescent Phase. A Waxing Crescent is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. During this phase the Moon can be seen in the wester sky after the sun dips below the horizon at sunset. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% illumination.
Phase: Waxing Crescent
Illumination: 8%
Moon Age: 2.67 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 364,839.49 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 149,442,868.01 km
Festival of Moon (Rome)
IUNA
Themes: All Lunar Attributes–Instinct; Creativity; Luck; Femininity; Water Element; Miracles (on a Blue Moon) — also Safety in Travel
Symbols: Silver or white Items; Water; Moon Images; the Number Thirteen
About Luna: The Roman goddess personifying the moon, Luna had the additional unique quality of being a protectress of chrioteers, which in modern time could make her a patroness of automobiles!
While March came in like a lion, Luna escorts it out lambishly, with her soft, shimmering light. She is the full moon, which symbolizes the growing awareness developed this month, the fullness of loving emotions, and charms and enchantments empowered by the silvery light of the moon.
To Do Today: Go moon gazing. To encourage any Luna’s attributes, recite this invocation to the moon:
Moon, moon, Lady Moon, shine your light on me
Moon, moon, Lady Moon, bring ___________to me.
Fill in the blank with your heart’s desire. If possible, gear your request to match the energy in today’s moon phase. A Waxing moon augments spells for any type of growth or development. A full moon emphasizes maturity, fertility, abundance, and “ful”-fillment. Waning moons help banish unwanted characteristics or shrink problems, and dark moons emphasize rest and introspection.
365 Goddess, A Daily Guide to the Magic and Inspiration to the Goddess
Patricia Telesco
Festival of Janus and Concordia. The runic half month of Ehwaz, the horse, is a time of partnership between humans and nature, as between rider and horse. Good time for a pilgrimage.
The Pagan Book of Days
Nigel Pennick
Witches Of The Craft® 
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