April 2019 Energy Update

April 2019 Energy Update

The video version of this energy update is available here.

Unexpected Events, Creative Energy on a High and The Past Meeting the Future

The 3 main themes we are exploring for April are:

  • UNEXPECTED EVENTS
  • CREATIVE ENERGY ON A HIGH
  • THE PAST MEETING THE FUTURE

But first, I want to address a theme that has been playing out for many during March – ENERGETIC OVERWHELM – the feeling that you are at capacity with how much you can feel, experience and process.

ENERGETIC OVERWHELM

For most of us, that feeling or surge of overwhelm can rise and pass quite quickly and we are plunged back into a feeling of space and creative or life-force energy. But for those of you who are feeling particularly paralysed by the overwhelm – it’s going to be really important to focus on support of the self in this coming month. So don’t beat yourself up if you’re feeling like a lot is moving through you. Everyone has been feeling it!

Unfortunately, that’s often the first way that we stop ourselves, to judge or be upset at ourselves when we are struggling internally, rather than treat ourselves with kindness while we go through these inner shifts. If you’re having a rough time right now and fighting yourself because of it – can you be okay with your level of emotion around where you’re at? And most importantly, ask yourself, “What SUPPORT do I need to get through this? Do I need outer support? Do I need to support myself on a more inner level? Do I need to set an intention for this to change? What action can I take right now in this moment?”

And just lean into any one or all of those as much as you can in April. Because there is a LOT of life-force energy pulsing through people right now and for some, being stuck or unable to move can sometimes be a resistance to that next level, but often, it’s simply a purge and a growth pain.

A NEW SYMPTOM OF ‘CHECKING OUT’

A new theme of ‘deadness’ and ‘detachment’ will also appear in the month of April as a new ‘low’ point in all the overwhelm. So whether you’re experiencing this in yourself (as a new energy symptom) or whether you feel and notice other people in your life ‘checking out’, switching off, distracting themselves to try and solve discomfort, and not being very present, don’t judge or take it personally. This is actually a new energy that is going round right now and rising up in the collective.

As is often the case when we go through tough times, we have this mythic idea that we are the only ones going through it. But actually for most energetically sensitive or aware people, whenever there is something moving through the collective or certain energies going on at a planetary level, we are all affected by them. Although you may not be experiencing this symptom yourself, you may notice it going on for others – so you lending an ear or a shoulder to this person who seems ‘checked out’ might be the remedy they need to open up again. Or if it is you, ask yourself what extra support and space you might be needing. And for most of you who experience this in April, it is to do with the energetic intensity – know that this too shall pass.

HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT EACH OTHER?

One thing that we need to be mindful of in energetically intense times like these is to not immediately react to behaviour that might seem strange, defensive or odd. If you have a repeated pattern with someone where there’s an unhealthy or toxic dynamic playing out, sure, maybe you do need to address that with them or walk away.

But I’m speaking here more generally. Unexpected behaviour from the strangers you might meet or people you know who wouldn’t normally behave in defensive or switched-off ways – they too are just having a reaction to the enormous amount of energy, over-stimulation and sometimes high levels of fear and life-force energy that are moving through the collective.

So remember, you might be the person to offer them a smile, a kind word, “Hey, are you okay? Is there anything you need?” It’s an overwhelming time so it’s important to look out for each other and help each other when we can. I know I am really grateful when people do that for me so I try to do that as much as I can for others too. But we’re all human and going through our own highs and lows. So on the day when you can show up for others – that’s great. On a day when you can’t – be sure to invite that support to and for yourself.

UNEXPECTED EVENTS

The UNEXPECTED is another strong energy current that will play out in April and it links in with the theme of THE PAST MEETING THE FUTURE. Because so many of us are being asked to grow at rapid rates, you might notice old memories (or even past people) showing up in your life, giving you a chance to review them and see them from a different perspective. This renewal and healing energy is happening very strongly on the planet now, and in some cases can see huge breakthroughs where your past is concerned.

There’s always a review of the past as you move into the future. This might show up as you feeling bold and brave about embarking on a new relationship, a new quest or a new desire then immediately finding a very young part of yourself that is afraid and doesn’t want to move forward into this new form. Or the fear could manifest through the form of someone else in your life who says to you, “Oh, I don’t know if what you’re about to do is a good idea – everything might go wrong if you embark on that!”

So you start to think that maybe they’re right, whereas in truth, they are just an outer reflection of your own inner fear. Just remember, we hire people outside ourselves to play out parts of ourselves. So if that is happening for you in your external life as you are taking bold leaps forward, recognise the fear or judgment others may have of you and ask yourself:

  • Is this mine too?
  • Are they just playing that out for me?
  • Can I clear it so that I no longer need to be in that vibration when I’m around them?
  • Can I firmly but kindly say, “Thanks for being scared for me but it’s okay – it’s worth a shot. I know you’re probably just trying to protect me but you don’t need to worry about me. I’m going to try this out and the worst thing that can happen is it doesn’t work!”

We’re all learning together how to become upgraded human souls. And one of the things that I have encountered many times (particularly during my early years on the spiritual path), is the idea that if we’re aligned and living a soul-led life, then nothing should be going wrong on the human plane. I don’t ascribe to that belief at all. I see that if you are human, in a body, on this planet, at this time in history – there’s going to be human stuff happening; there are going to be challenges and beauty all along the way. The soul-led person simply knows how to handle the challenges when they come along!

One of the most important acts of self love (for any of us at this time) is to be able to LOVINGLY PARENT and be kind to the parts of ourselves that are scared or overwhelmed. Those parts of us will come up. You cannot embark on forward growth and not have a historic part of your memory come up that’s either scared or stuck, or some people in your life who think (and tell you) that you’re crazy to do this.

The best place to get to with all of this is a place of neutrality. There will always be fear, but there is always GROWTH and joy too. And lovingly parenting yourself through the stressors of this time and this growth is going to unleash into you the good stuff – the joy!

Which is the other aspect of this month – CREATIVE ENERGY. Life-force energy. The feeling of being able to create things and states in equal measures.

CREATIVE ENERGY ON A HIGH

“I’m going to make this documentary that’s really going to help a certain group.”

“I’m going to do a nice piece of art because it’s therapy for me.”  

“I’m going to create in my kitchen.”

“I am going to create a therapy business.”

“I am going to help my friend create his garden.”

“I am fried this last few months and so I am going to make sure that this month, I build in some time for me to do some nice things and to just feel peaceful. I am going to create peace in my life.”

These are all equally ‘creating’ states. We have to take good care of our creative energy by making time for these practises. Creative energy and life-force energy will be there in abundance for us right now if we can also ride the wave of the growth challenges.

Remember you’re not alone. Sometimes the best thing you can do is to reach out to a friend to say, “I’m having a bit of a rough time. Can we talk?” Or simply, “I’m thinking of you – how are you?” When we connect with each other and get back into our community formations – whether it’s with one person or with a group – we start to alleviate some of that personalized anxiety. And we personalize anxiety that is actually quite collective. This is something that we have to remember. I always liken it to when you’re swimming in the ocean, having a nice time when all of a sudden, you go through a cold patch! The world is like that, people are like that and energy is like that. And on any given day, there are warm patches and cold patches. It’s not that the cold patches are a problem, it’s more about how we navigate through those and whether we keep swimming.

And right now, we can keep navigating ourselves back into a very potent creative energy, and THAT is a very restorative energy on the planet at this time of great change. It holds a lot of peace.

THE PAST MEETING THE FUTURE

Part of what’s going on at the moment is because we are at a crux point of consciousness shifting on the planet. It’s uncomfortable, it’s a bit messy and depending on where you look, there’s a lot of destabilization. But, where the past meets the future, it’s really important to be a FUTURIST and not just someone who is stuck in the past. This is why working on our trauma, our wounds and our pain is really important. But equally, if you’re someone who feels like you’ve been working on your wounds for years, it might be time to start working on YOUR FUTURE.

You might need to start REALLY visioning into your future, visioning what you want to create – perhaps for the next six days or the next six years of your life. Or perhaps it’s both.

Many sensitives can get stuck in past events or pain or suffering on the planet and feel unable to move beyond it. Usually, what helps to move beyond it is to be grateful for what we have today – free of the story of the past – but equally to see a future for ourselves. And that future for ourself will involve other people too. So when I talk about the past meeting the future this month, I really want you LEAN INTO THE FUTURE and to see the future of your life. If I had asked you five years ago what your life was going to be like for the next five years, there are some experiences you would have known would come up but there would also have been a whole bunch of surprises that you weren’t expecting to happen. This is the ‘unexpected events’ energy at work this month – people from your past coming back in for healing and people who want to come towards you with creative energy or life-force energy.

So we have to be able to be willing to unfurl ourselves from the sofa, pull the curtains up, open the front door and allow some of that creative energy in. And usually when our trauma is really deep or we’re stuck in a pattern of wound – it’s the last thing we want to do. So if you feel like you’re that person right now – I encourage you to look at what would support you this month to let some light in. Allow yourself to feel the positivity in your future, even if your mind only wants to talk to you about fear. Remember, if you’re fearing your future, you’re stuck in the past somewhere, because we don’t have a dominant fear of our future unless traumatic events from our past are still holding us hostage.

It’s a really complex energy system in the world right now, and very fast moving. The one good thing about that is that things pass really quickly. I love the phrase, ‘This too shall pass.’ It’s something that I have used many times in my own difficult times or dark nights of the soul, to remember that it will pass, that there is help all around us and that we can REACH OUT and INTEND for that help to come in and shift things.

And if you are on the creative energy ride, don’t forget it’s okay if your creative momentum stops every now and then – you might just need to stop and burn things off – that’s just the ebb and flow of growth.

When I was recording this month’s MP3 channel for my members club, The Portal, and tuning in on what was needed, the title that came was, ‘The Way of the Sensitive – Evolving in Tumultuous Times’. And what came out is that those of you who are deeply sensitive (and who may have felt awakened for a long time),  when the rest of the planet also starts to awaken, you’re going to be moving forward and progressing again! So, sensitives, know that you are in a really strong time of upgrade right now and so you might be feeling pushed (or pushing yourself forward) in ways that are uncomfortable. But it’s because we too are being asked to shift forward again and find new ways of being and elevating – perhaps a new relationship with your body, with your emotions, with nutrition or exercise, with your thought patterns – or all of these things.

So, ‘Evolving in Tumultuous Times’ really is the right phrase for the way of the sensitive at the moment. Just remember, within all those highs and lows, you’re moving – but we all are too.

Be good to yourself in April.

Big love everyone.

Lee

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April 2019 Energy Report

April 2019 Energy Report

Welcome to April. After surviving the tsunami of energy we experienced in March, April is a month for action. But with a twist – this must be inspired, intentional action, not going in any direction because we’re so glad to be free of the grinding downloads and the restrictions we have been feeling since the beginning of 2019. We have had brief glimpses of energetic freedom, harmony, and flow, but we’re tired of appetizers, we want the whole meal.

The key to success is activating our soul’s guidance, our inner GPS to ensure that our intention is aligned with our highest potential and what we envision is not just the right thing, but the most powerful of our potentials. Sounds like a lot of work? It isn’t but we do have to participate in the process by taking action, trusting our own intuition, and release our fears, confusion, and lack of belief in ourselves.

April opens up with ‘April Fool’s Day’. Generally people play practical jokes on this day but if you’re a tarot reader you know that the Fool card is #0, the very first card, (tarot decks begin with 0, not 1). 0 has specific symbolism because it represents infinite possibility and pure potential. It is not ‘nothing’, it is ‘no thing’, where nothing exists and energy is present and waits to be created into some thing. It is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, the point of pure potential where everything is possible and nothing is happening yet.

The space of pure potential feels empty because it is our chance to be creators, as we move from karma, where our life path is pre-destined with the healing work we need to do, to creation, where our life path unfolds according to our thoughts and beliefs.

All of the clearing and release work we do brings us to the space of ‘no thing’, and sometimes that is quite literal, there is ‘nothing’ left in our life. That can feel very scary and isolating but we don’t have to wait until our life is empty to start filling it up with new people and situations.

In this very creative month and year (2019 is a year of creative potential), try creating something new as soon as something leaves or realize that the moment you create an energy container for a ‘new thing’ everything that is not aligned with it will be eliminated (which means being shown the door). This is an active month and we need to activate our creative skills if we’re going to start creating something out of ‘no thing’.

What else is happening in April? This is the final month of new and full moons at 15 and 0 degrees, respectively. This has been going on since October 2018, where the new and full moon energies are at the balance point (15 deg) and the zero point, or beginning. It has created some powerful energy swings as we cycle from balance or neutral position to zero or no thing.

Remember the long Mercury retrograde in March? It’s now over and Mercury is direct again but it won’t be out of shadow until the 17th when it hits the 29 Pisces degree again. And this brings another big cycle to a close. Mercury rules karma so Mercury cycles are important to us and 29 Pisces is the final degree of the zodiac. We also have to look at Mercury’s relationship with Pisces since it rules Virgo, the opposite sign. What we have here is an end to a collective karmic cycle that pushes us into a new paradigm.

My guides told me that we were entering into this new paradigm on April 1 and while you may or may not feel it yet, it’s there for all of us to eventually integrate – remember everyone integrates energy in different ways and at different levels. If you have been feeling the need to clean, clear, release, and move things out of your energy space, blame both Mercury retrograde and the upcoming end of this karmic cycle. On a soul level we are so ready for this new paradigm, our bodies just need to catch up.

We also have Mercury, Venus, and Mars, the trio of personal planets, all changing signs this month too, adding to the action potential. Keep the energy moving, just remember to take time to smell the flowers along the way.

And this month we have a rare event that happens every 9 years, where Pluto aspects the North Node but this one will only happen once in our lifetime, with Pluto in Capricorn. In November 2010 it was conjunct, which happens only once every 19-20 years. The first week of April we have Pluto opposite the North Node which impacts the mother, family, and emotions. Are there any big debates going on that involves babies, families, mothers, and the home? It is an ongoing theme and that will get some resolution or a lot more attention with this Pluto/North Node action. That is part of the Great Awakening we’re experiencing all around us. It’s also setting another rmarker for the upcoming Capricorn stellium of early 2020. Pluto represents total transformation from the ground up – no small changes here – it’s scorched earth, start over from the beginning. Let’s see what happens on the world stage with this powerful and rare aspect.

April’s theme is inspired and intentional action, with a focus on harmony and flow, which is what we achieve with congruence – the balanced flow of energy into and out of our lives. When a new intention arises, all of our energy shifts to create energetic space for it. Release then becomes effortless (not always easy or without a twinge of regret) because it is also part of the in/out flow.

As I have been writing since 2011 about the ‘Becoming 360’ path, which has several levels that move us through healing and wholeness first, intention creates the path for all of this to happen. So try out some new intentions this month, go deeply into the forgotten corners of your heart and bring up some of your old dreams, visions, and plans that you once thought had great potential but decades of life and living pushed them farther and farther back into the ‘some day’ closet. It’s time to bring them out and give them another look. Who knows, this may be the moment that everything aligns, including you, to move them from maybe to ‘here we go’.

Never lose hope, it is the anchor for your vision and what will allow you to bring the dreams of your heart and the potential of your soul into your reality. Joy is your purpose.

Have a wonderful month.

Revisiting What’s Real and Right – New Understanding Available in April

Revisiting What’s Real and Right – New Understanding Available in April

Ready for something new? There will be ample opportunities this month to create in new ways and to experience renewal that will help you thrive and move forward. After a month of tricky energies with Mercury Retrograde, things are lightening up and it likely will be much easier to connect the dots and see situations more clearly.

Helpful Insights Coming to Light

April will be a month of revisiting what’s real, what’s right, and what needs to be rewritten. This is on both a personal and societal level, with very old unfinished business coming to light and people having an ability to see themselves more clearly. Consider, on a very personal level, that this means you can get more in touch with your gifts, positive traits, and light within – perhaps recognizing some of them fully for the first time. Continue reading to see how these things play out.

What’s Real

Societal Level: We’re living in times when information is often manipulated or withheld. It’s not unusual to see scientific facts questioned or even denied. Information that the public typically had access to is sometimes being withheld to protect the powerful. As I describe in “Predictions 2019” disinformation campaigns disguised as truth are destabilizing key countries. The energies of April will bring such things more out into the open. Those of us on the leading edge of change are being called to question more deeply than before, and confront injustices when we see them.

Personal Level: On a personal level, this month’s energies could be the perfect catalyst to dive deeper into your self-understanding. If you are like most of us, you have had plenty of conditioning that taught you to doubt yourself, to fear taking risks, and to see yourself as inadequate. Now is an excellent time to blast open those fears. They are not real. You know that on some level, of course, but conditioning has you giving into them anyway. Even small steps you take this month to break this conditioning will benefit you enormously. With personal inner work and healing modalities like DNA, you can rewrite the habits and patterns that keep you stuck.

Heart Check-In

I suggest that you take time DAILY to check in with your heart about yourself and your reality. Invite a knowing of what’s real and true vs made up and false. Ask for clarity about the appropriate path for you – to know what is right for you as a soul. Tune into examples of how you criticize yourself, tell yourself something will be hard, and compare yourself with others. And then, knowing your heart will tell you the truth, ask to be reminded of your positive qualities and your light and how those things allow you to make a real difference in this world.

Moon Energy Gateways

April has two moon energy gateways. The April 5 New Moon in Aries is a wonderful time to connect with inspiration and fiery energy for your special projects and new starts. The April 19 Full Moon in Libra – the second Libra Full Moon of 2019 – can be a key opportunity to resolve or energize relationships and financial issues.

For Right Now

As April begins envision a series of blessings unfolding in your life.

Turning the Corner – April 2019 Energy Forecast

Turning the Corner – April 2019 Energy Forecast

Hi my friend,

How have you been feeling, with all the changes that have been taking place within each of us, and in our world?

If the month of March was a bit all over the place for you, especially when it came to your emotions, know that you are not alone.

Collectively, we all moved through a powerful few weeks that had us consciously and/or subconsciously processing our feelings, emotions, and thoughts in deep ways that helped us receive greater clarity.

That clarity is showing us what we really desire to continue nurturing and growing in our lives, and what we now desire to honor and let go of.

As challenging as times like this can be, when we process in this deep way, we shift the foundations of our reality so that they more easily support us and create more balance in our lives.

The month of April will feel much different.

Turning the Corner

April will be a month of action and movement.

This is an excellent time to complete unfinished projects or tasks you’ve set for yourself.

This is also a great time to begin brand new projects, be inspired to experience greater healing and personal development, enter new relationships or a new career, or to embrace a new hobby or creative endeavors.

This is the time to honor an inner call to action.

If for any reason you find yourself procrastinating or feeling unmotivated, honor these behaviors by being gentle with yourself.

The mind uses patterns of procrastination and lack of motivation as coping mechanisms when it’s faced with a new beginning.

Yet these behaviors have absolutely nothing to do with who you are.

One of the main reasons the mind chooses to procrastinate and feel unmotivated, is because it usually prefers things to stay exactly as they are.

As a result, the mind will create stories such as, “I can’t . . . I’m not able to . . . I’m not good enough . . . What’s the use,” etc., to make sure everything stays the same.

Once we realize that this is just one of the mind’s defenses, it becomes easier to have compassion for the mind.

It’s just doing the best it can with the information it has, to keep itself/us safe.

Really, how could we be upset with the mind for just desiring to protect itself?

Most people who choose to remain in procrastination are only there because they are judging themselves for not moving forward.

Yet there is always another option.

When we express compassion for the mind instead of being upset with it, this helps the mind to feel seen, heard, honored, and acknowledged.

Over a short period of time, that act of compassion allows the mind to lower its guard and its coping mechanisms, so that more space can occur for it to recognize the benefits of other ways of being.

Honoring our mind through compassion also creates space between the fear-oriented stories that the mind creates to protect itself, and our old habit of needing to believe those stories.

From there, it’s easier to get back into and embrace our own Universal Life-Giving Energy, which allows us to feel motivated—to take inspired action in the direction of the greatest vision we have for our life.

The energies of this month greatly support our treating our mind in new ways.

All that is asked of us is to be willing—to do our part by creating a daily practice of being more compassionate and loving with our mind and ourselves.

This month’s energies are in the flow of helping us move in the direction of treating ourselves in a more compassionate and loving way.

This supports us in integrating a daily practice of compassion and love for ourselves that will help us move more easily through the times that feel more challenging.

A Time of Action is a Time to Manifest

Because the energies of April are so movement-oriented, we have the opportunity this month to refine our manifestation skills.

This supports us in creating experiences that reflect what we want more of, instead of what we don’t want.

One of the ways we can refine our manifestation skills is to understand the clear difference between intentional manifesting and future-casting.

The main difference between them is that one facilitates events to occur in present time, and the other projects events into the future.

Future-casting happens when someone views their desired intentions as being a future circumstance or event, rather than already feeling the qualities that that situation will bring them.

If you are finding yourself getting mentally caught up in the story and specifics of how your desired intentions “should” show up in your life, you are future-casting, rather than intentional manifesting.

When we future-cast, we keep our desired intentions just out of reach, so that they are never fully realized in our present experience.

Future-casting is a coping mechanism the mind uses to protect itself, and to keep feeling structured and organized. It’s often mixed with doubt, worry, and fear.

When we realize that this is what’s happening when we future-cast, it becomes easier to have compassion and love for the parts of our mind that choose to cope this way.

Intentional manifesting requires us to first enter the present moment. To fully be here now.

It’s in the present that we operate at our most powerful, and are able to create the most joyful and fulfilling life.

Here are a just a few ways we can align with the present:

  • Acknowledging and being fully present and aware, actively using all five senses
  • Honoring all of our feelings and emotions
  • Expressing gratitude often
  • Meditating
  • Placing our bare feet ion the grass/on the Earth often, and spending time in nature
  • Performing acts of service without expecting anything in return
  • Eating natural foods that nourish and support our body
  • Moving the body through dance, exercise, and intentional walks
  • Working with affirmations
  • Taking in 10 to 15 minutes of off-peak sunlight each day
  • Receiving massage/touch therapy
  • Using essential oils
  • Recognizing that you are a timeless Spiritual being (through self-development, self-inquiry, self-healing)

Adding any of these into our daily routine will help us come back to the present with greater ease, to where we are able to intentionally manifest and create more of our desired reality.

Then, as we are operating in the present and choosing to intentionally create from the Now, we can expand out of the “specifics” of our desired manifestations, which tend to limit us and hold us back.

We can then instead focus more on the qualities that these manifestations would bring into our lives.

For example, a very specific desire would be something like: “I desire to manifest my soulmate so that I can create a family with them, and have two or three children.”

The quality asks us, What is the purpose of this desire?

By questioning the specifics, we can see that there’s something much more expansive underneath that original vision.

In this case, when we ask “What is the purpose of my manifesting my soulmate, so that I can create a family and have children?” we might receive ideas such as, “I desire to experience love, understanding, joy, romance, care, etc.”

This reveals to us that these are the qualities we desire to create more of in our lives.

We can then ask ourselves questions such as, “Where in my life have some of these qualities already shown up?

“What would happen if I released the specific pressures I’ve placed on my desired soulmate, to provide me with these qualities?

“Wow! Would I be able to give myself the things I was relying on others to give me?

“Would I then be freer, happier, and more empowered? Might I be able to create and manifest more experiences that are aligned with my greatest good?”

It’s powerful, isn’t it, what happens when we free ourselves from all the pressures and entanglements of the specifics the mind uses, simply to protect itself!

Give yourself permission this month to honor the parts of you that have been future-casting. And when you’re ready, give yourself permission to choose to do something different.

Enjoy a month filled with action, fun, and wonderful surprises.

And of course, just be mindful of all the inner calls to action you receive, so you can work happily with the beautiful energies available to us at this time.

Until next time,

Miraculously yours,

Emmanuel

Drag Out The Telescopes & Look Up At The Spectacular Night Sky This Week

Drag Out The Telescopes & Look Up At The Spectacular Night Sky This Week

(April 1 – April 6)

Monday, April 1

• The huge, bright Winter Hexagon is still in view just after dark, filling the sky to the southwest and west. Start with brilliant Sirius in the southwest, the Hexagon’s lower left corner. High above Sirius is Procyon. From there look even higher for Pollux and Castor, rightward from Castor to Menkalinan and bright Capella, lower left from there to Aldebaran, lower left to Rigel at the bottom of Orion, and back to Sirius.

Tuesday, April 2

• Bright Capella shines high in the northwest after dusk. Its pale-yellow color matches that of the Sun, meaning they’re both about the same temperature. But otherwise Capella is very different. It consists of two yellow giant stars, larger and brighter than the Sun, orbiting each other every 104 days.

Moreover, for telescope users, it’s accompanied by a distant, tight pair of red dwarfs: Capella H and L, magnitudes 10 and 13.

Wednesday, April 3

• In this dark-of-the-Moon time, explore springtime galaxies for your small scope using a sky atlas and the Deep-Sky Wonders article in the April Sky & Telescope, page 54. And for much tougher dark-sky challenges, try for big, dim galactic cirrus clouds using the Going Deep article and charts on page 57.

Thursday, April 4

• This evening, you’ll find that Mars is right on the line between Aldebaran and the Pleiades.

Friday, April 5

• Shortly after the end of twilight at this time of year, Arcturus, the bright Spring Star climbing in the east, stands just as high as Sirius, the brighter Winter Star descending in the southwest (for viewers at mid-northern latitudes).

These are the two brightest stars in the sky at the time. But Capella is a very close runner-up to Arcturus! Spot it high in the northwest.

• New Moon (exact at 3:50 a.m. on this date EDT).

Saturday, April 6

• The asteroid 2 Pallas is at opposition and detectable in good binoculars at magnitude 7.9, the same brightness as Neptune. It’s only 4° from Arcturus tonight, on its way to passing very close by Eta Bootis on the evening of April 10th.

And, smaller 7 Iris is also about at opposition. It’s farther south in Corvus and only magnitude 9.4.

The New Moon on April 5th Holds Promises A Journey To Success

New Moon 5 April 2019 – Journey To Success

 

The New Moon on Friday April 5, 2019 at 15° Aries is square Saturn. Although this is a challenging aspect, the new moon is more promising because of the fortunate fixed star Alpheratz.

The April 2019 new moon brings opportunities for honor, wealth, promotion, good friends and business success. But first, any fear, self-doubt or pessimism must be overcome with patience, perseverance and hard work.

New Moon Meaning

A new moon represents the end of one cycle and the beginning of another new 28 day cycle. Sun conjunct Moon gives an invigorating burst of energy and initiative. So this is an excellent time for making a fresh start, turning over a new leaf, or starting a new project. You can also question old habits, behaviors and beliefs as you search for new and inventive ways to make progress.

The effects of the April 5 new moon will last four weeks up to the May 4 New Moon. The best time for making a fresh start and for beginning new projects is during the first two weeks of this new moon cycle. This waxing phase of the Moon lasts from April 5 to the April 19 Full Moon.

New Moon April 2019 Astrology

The April 5 new moon makes a challenging aspect to Saturn but this is only a very mild influence because the orb is over four degrees. A stronger and more fortunate influence come from the bright fixed star Alpheratz in the Head of the Princess, Constellation Andromeda.

14 ♈ 33 – Fixed Star Alpheratz
15 ♈ 13 – Asteroid 144 Vibilia
15 ♈ 17 – New Moon
20 ♈ 01 – Square Saturn

New Moon Star

Fixed star Alpheratz gives independence, freedom, love, riches, honor and a keen intellect. [1] It also gives a harmonious nature which brings about good relationships and popularity. [2]

Alpheratz conjunct new moon gives honor, wealth, promotion, favors from others, perseverance, many good friends and business success. [1] Popularity and fame are possible but can also be easily toppled over and become unpopular. [2]

Constellation Andromeda bestows purity of thought, virtue, honor and dignity, but can also cause a battle with chimerical fears and a tendency to become easily discouraged. It gives love between husband and wife and reconciles adulterers. [1]

New Moon Planet

New Moon square Saturn with the wide orb of 4°44′ suggests there may be some tests and challenges to overcome before reaching the honor, promotion or happy marriage promised by Alpheratz.

If you suffer from depression, self-doubt, pessimism or low self-esteem, the new moon conjunct Alpheratz may trigger discouragement and “a battle with chimerical fears”. If so, this is a great opportunity to face your fears head on and beat them, once and for all.

Or you may feel that certain duties and responsibilities are holding you back from success. If so, the new moon is also test of your character. Strive to meet your responsibilities with patience, determination and a strong work ethic.

New Moon Asteroid

Asteroid Vibilia is named after the Roman goddess of journeys and traveling, “who prevented people from losing their way”. [3]

Astrologically, Vibilia does seem to relate to all kinds of traveling, especially the frequent, habitual or especially significant kind. [4]

Asteroid Vibilia could also symbolize a spiritual journey to gain enlightenment, self understanding, or happiness and contentment in your soul.

New Moon Summary

New Moon April 2019 offers wealth, happiness and success because of the star Alpheratz. But the square to Saturn means you have try hard and really want it. There can be no short cuts to success with this new moon.

This new moon will help you identify any sadness, fears or inhibitions that stand in your way professional success or companionship. Asteroid Vibilia may bring travel for work or romance, or she may help on an inner journey to get back on the path to success.

New Moon April 2019 Times and Dates
  • Los Angeles, April 5 at 1:50 am
  • New York, April 5 at 4:50 am
  • London, April 5 at 9:50 am
  • Delhi, April 5 at 2:20 am
  • Sydney, April 5 at 7:50 pm
References
  1. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.26, 133.
  2. Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1971, p.2.
  3. Encyclopaedia of Antiquities and Elements of Archaeology, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, 1843, p.582
  4. Asteroid 144 Vibilia, Mark Andrew Holmes

On April 2, Mercury Conjunct Neptune. What Does It Mean for You?

Mercury Conjunct Neptune 2 April 2019

 

Mercury conjunct Neptune natal heightens your senses to such a level, that the amount of information coming in can be difficult to process. It may become a problem deciphering what is real and what is not, what is important and what is just background noise, and what to keep secret or not. It is likely that you will see, hear, or notice with other senses, things which most others do not. This could include imaginary friends or entities when very young.

How others, especially parents and teachers, react to your stories about this imaginary world is critical. For in fact, what you “see”, may not be that imaginary at all. Being told that what you see is not real, or that you are just imagining it, may not be of great help as you grow older. This also applies to your general sensitivity, because you will pick up the feeling of those around you, even being weakened and debilitated if you are in a negative environment for a length of time.

With reassurance and acceptance, your abilities can turn out to be valuable talents. This would need some high standards though, learning to decipher truth from fiction, and using your gifts for moral and just causes. You not only perceive a great amount, but can also project much verbal and nonverbal information, plus psychic energy. Your incredible creativity and imagination can lead to career in the arts such as painting, dance or theater, as well as healing or other fields of communication, where your ideas can touch and inspire others.

Mercury Conjunct Neptune Transit

Mercury conjunct Neptune transit focuses your thinking and communications on spiritual topics, mysteries, the occult and secrets. It would be the ideal time to take up studies in artistic subjects because of your enhanced imagination and creativity. Valuable insights can be gained through meditation, dreaming, and practicing occult fields like astrology and Tarot. You may become involved in some intrigue or secret affair, where it is important to maintain the highest of moral standards to avoid scandal and slander.

Transiting Mercury conjunct Neptune can also impact on your thinking and communications in a positive or negative way. In its highest manifestation, this transit gives accurate psychic perception at all levels, with unbiased processing of this spiritual information. Ultimately, you can express these insights through compassionate, supportive and selfless words and thought projection. In the negative expression of this transit, thoughts and words are twisted by misconception, irrationality, confusion, fear and paranoia. This results in deceit, treachery, lies, poison and all manner of underhand tactics.

Mercury Conjunct Neptune Celebrities

Martin Luther 0°02′, Christos Tsiolkas 0°06′, Ian Holm 0°18′, Julio Iglesias 0°30′, Jewelle Gomez 0°32′, Egon Schiele 0°32′, Maria Shriver 0°34′, Lady Davina Lewis 0°36′, Neil Armstrong 0°40′, Twitter 0°43′, Meg Ryan 0°44′, Phil Andros 0°44′, Robert Currey 0°48′, Brexit 0°49′, Wikipedia 1°08′, Mary I of England 1°14′, Alyssa Milano 1°26′, Jeff Buckley 1°29′, Christian Doppler 1°29′, Melville Davisson Post 1°33′, Ray Bradbury 1°44′, Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1°47′, Richard Rodgers 2°23′, Demi Moore 2°24′, Robert Redford 2°29′, Tatum O’Neal 2°40′, Christina Aguilera 2°47′.

 

Mercury Conjunct Neptune Dates

19 February 2019
24 March 2019
2 April 2019
3 April 2020
29 March 2021
23 March 2022
16 March 2023
8 March 2024
2 March 2025
29 March 2025

Weekly Look At The Planets for April 1 – April 7

Weekly Look At The Planets for April 1 – April 7

Monday April 1

  • 10:47 am – Moon enters Pisces

Tuesday April 2

  • 05:36 am – Mercury conjunct Neptune at 17 ♓ 08 focuses your thinking and communications on spiritual topics, mysteries, the occult and secrets. It would be the ideal time to take up studies in artistic subjects because of your enhanced imagination and creativity. Valuable insights can be gained through meditation, dreaming, and practicing occult fields like astrology and Tarot.

Friday April 5

  • 04:50 am – New Moon at 15 ♈ 17 offers wealth, happiness and success because of the star Alpheratz. But the square to Saturn means you have try hard and really want it. There can be no short cuts to success with this new moon. This new moon will help you identify any sadness, fears or inhibitions that stand in your way professional success or companionship.

Saturday April 6

  • 09:06 am – Moon enters Taurus

Sunday April 7

  • 05:17 am – Mercury sextile Saturn is excellent for anything requiring clear thinking, good judgement and organisation skills. Catching up on paperwork, studying and research will also benefit from increased concentration and a good memory. Business dealings are favored especially long-term investments and real estate.

Upcoming Astrology Events for April

Upcoming Astrology Events for April

Apr 1 Moon enters Pisces
Apr 4 Moon enters Aries
Apr 5 ~* New Moon *~ Aries
Apr 6 Moon enters Taurus
Apr 8 Moon enters Gemini
Apr 10 Jupiter Sta. Rx
Apr 11 Moon enters Cancer
Apr 13 Moon enters Leo
Apr 15 Moon enters Virgo
Apr 17 Mercury enters Aries
Apr 17 Moon enters Libra
Apr 19 ~* Full Moon *~ Libra
Apr 19 Moon enters Scorpio
Apr 20 Sun enters Taurus
Apr 20 Venus enters Aries
Apr 21 Moon enters Sagittarius
Apr 23 Moon enters Capricorn
Apr 24 Pluto Sta. Rx
Apr 26 Moon enters Aquarius
Apr 28 Moon enters Pisces
Apr 30 Saturn Sta. Rx