April 21, 2025 • 29 mins
In this week's forecast episode, Alice is going over the tense T-square building between the Sun, Mars, and Pluto. Also discussed are Sunday's new moon in Taurus, plus Venus conjunct Saturn in Pisces.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
06:11 – Monday, April 21
09:09 – Tuesday, April 22
12:20 – Wednesday, April 23
17:22 – Thursday, April 24
18:51 – Friday, April 25
20:35 – Saturday, April 26
23:58 – Sunday, April 27
For in-depth monthly horoscopes and other astrology articles, subscribe to my Substack: alicebell.substack.com
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Music is considered “royalty-free” and discovered on Story Blocks.
Podcast Produced & Edited by Julia Bell at Breaking Thru Productions
© 2025 Alice Bell. All Rights Reserved.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
06:11 – Monday, April 21
09:09 – Tuesday, April 22
12:20 – Wednesday, April 23
17:22 – Thursday, April 24
18:51 – Friday, April 25
20:35 – Saturday, April 26
23:58 – Sunday, April 27
For in-depth monthly horoscopes and other astrology articles, subscribe to my Substack: alicebell.substack.com
My transit course can be found here.
Follow me on Instagram for daily astro insights: @stalkalice
Music is considered “royalty-free” and discovered on Story Blocks.
Podcast Produced & Edited by Julia Bell at Breaking Thru Productions
© 2025 Alice Bell. All Rights Reserved.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome back to another episode of Astrology with Alice. I'm
your host, Alice Bell and today's Monday, April twenty first,
Happy Monday. I don't know about you, guys. I have
felt such a shift since Venus retrograde ended, and officially
all three of those inner planet retrogrades Mars, Mercury, and
Venus have been over. I just have felt like more energized.
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I'm able to wake up earlier, I have more motivation
to put towards work. I have new ideas that i
want to develop, and I'm really excited for a lot
of the different ways I'm going to expand my business.
Throughout the rest of twenty twenty five and into twenty
twenty six, it felt like everything was on a pause
for the last six months, to be honest, like ever
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since Mars and earned my twelfth house, and then that retrograde.
We were leading up to it and then it was
an effect, and then Mercury and Venus retrogrades. It's just
been a mess. So excited to get back on track.
Hopefully you feel the same. And it's it's very real,
these like internal shifts that happen when the planets change motion.
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It's also officially tourist season now as of this past Saturday.
This first full week of tourist season is certainly not
the easiest though I am still going to take this astrology.
I'm about to go over over retrogrades any day. But
there is this tricky aspect configuration going on between the
Sun and Taurus Mars and Leo in Pluto in Aquarius.
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It's like this tense t square aspect configuration across these
three fixed signs, and that builds for pretty much the
entire week. Like Sun Mars goes exact at the top
of the week, but then both of these planets continue
on and build up to an exact aspect, with Pluto
closer to the end of the work week. So this
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presents kind of an intense energy and like I was
just saying, there may be a strong desire and a
lot of energy to do something new and get something
off the ground and going, but also feeling impatient or
irritated too. So a key theme to keep in mind
throughout this week is just be mindful of like how
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you're reacting to people and catching yourself when you are
rushing or trying to race ahead a million miles a
minute to come back down to the present, focus on
what you can control in the immediate now, because control
is such a Pluto theme will encounter this week and
put the attention back on yourself rather than trying to
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figure out what someone else wants from you or how
someone else might be feeling like. Those are things that
are completely out of your control, so try to bring
it back to you and the present moment. Fixed Sign
Risings this week may be especially important for you because
this t square is happening across three of the angular
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houses in your heart, so Scorpio, Aquarius, Leo, and Taurus risings.
This could be a pretty significant week in terms of
maybe you're having greater development take place in a certain
area of your life, and it involves those key angular
house themes of identity, home, career, and relationships. And this
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is the first time in twenty twenty five I would
say that the Fixed Sign risings have really gotten a
lot of momentum going on in their life. So it's
something I'm looking forward to. And that leads me to
the next key event that we're going to be talking
about this week, which is the new moon in Taurus
that we're building up to that'll go exact on Sunday,
April twenty seventh. So even though there is this tense
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aspect configuration with Sun Mars Pluto that may have you
feeling a bit impatient or like let's get things going
already leading up to the new moon, energy is actually decreasing,
so you're preparing for this next new reset, this new
chapter that you're going to continue to build upon as
we get into May. It's kind of like a push
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pull energy almost of maybe being frustrated because things are
slowing down a bit, or having those initial next ideas
come to you, but knowing that you need to reel
it in and be more patient and wait till that
new moon occurs. In quick announcement before we get into
the astrology breakdown for the week ahead, I have put
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out my Taurus season in depth monthly horoscopes on Substack
for paid subscribers as of Saturday, so if you want
to subscribe and get access to those, that's where I
go over in depth at the start of each zodiac season,
all of the major transits happening for that month and
what they mean for each individual rising sign. So it's
like a mini reading where it really shows you how
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all of these transits are positioned around your specific chart
because reading for the rising shows you what signs cover
what houses and how transits are affecting those specific houses.
So in this one, I'm going over the new moon
and Taurus full moon and Scorpio Venus and Mercury both
changing signs, this tricky aspect between Mars, Pluto and the Sun,
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and then also this nice Mars Venus trine that starts
to come in closer to the end of tourist season.
But with that being said, let's get into the astrology
for the week ahead. We are starting the week off
on Monday, April twenty. First, the moon is an Aquarius,
triggering this t square between Sun, Mars, and Pluto. Thankfully,
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the Moon will be separating from these planets, but the
energy is very much still there. As I mentioned in
the intro, you could have this building irritation or frustration
going on on Monday, or you're noticing that people are
a bit more reactive around you, or maybe that's just such
a theme coming up in world events world news. On
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a more positive note, this square between the Sun and Mars,
which is pretty act on Monday, could have you having
way more energy than usual and maybe you want to
get started on something right away, But again that theme
of impatience and maybe trying to rush ahead when the
energy isn't totally there could block you a bit. I'm
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going to use this energy the sun marsh square across
my first and tenth house to get a haircut, because
Mars symbolizes the cutting of something and having it in
the first house. It's related to appearance, So this is
kind of a random tangent. But first house transits, especially
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like a Mars or a Sun transit, are huge for
making changes to things like your hair, your style, your
appearance in some way. But however, those houses are configured
in your chart like where's the house World by Taurus
and Where's the house World by Leo? How is there
maybe like this tension coming up between the topics of
those two houses, or this strong desire to take action
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and do something that regards the themes of those houses.
And this could also be a great week to release
yourself from something that's no longer satisfying to you in
one of those areas of your life, either the tourist
world house or the Leo world House, probably more likely
the Leo World House because that's where the Mars transit,
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and that symbolism of cutting or releasing or taking action
on something is actually occurring. This theme of shedding bigger
transformation or making a significant decision in an area of
your life will continue to build throughout the week as
both the Sun and Mars continue to get closer to
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aspecting Pluto, and also just to touch upon the moon
and Aquarius a bit more because it will be in
the sign of Aquarius throughout all of Monday and Tuesday.
You may be more up for reaching out to people
and attending a social activity, or working to build community
in your career, or collaborating with people at work. There's
more emphasis on communication and connection overall, so there is
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that to look forward to. I don't see like even
though there is this huge tension at the start of
this week, I do feel like the moon and Aquarius
is this light that shows you that there's like people
to reach out to, people to support you than we
are to. Tuesday, April twenty second, the moon is still
an Aquarius all day. It's starting the day in a
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trine with Jupiter and Gemini. So again we have this
theme of being more up for reaching out to people
communicating through meetings, group chats, or in person with people
at an event. All of that stuff may may be
happening throughout the start of this week. Expect greater interactions
with people overall. And another thing to keep in mind
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is that your mind will likely be more active with
this connection between Moon and Jupiter across air signs. So
start of this week, especially Tuesday, could be great for
brainstorming new ideas or accomplishing tasks related to writing or
content creation. Expect those areas to flow much more easily.
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Another major planetary aspect that's building this week is this
final conjunction between Venus and Saturn in Pisces. These two
planets have remained very close to each other throughout all
of April because of Venus retrograde and how that retrograde
ended very close to Saturn, and now Venus is moving
super slowly as it comes out of that station. And
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the themes of these two planets have been combined for
a lot of this month, and Venus represents creativity, beauty, style, relationships,
and money, So having that energy combined with Saturn means
that maybe you've been putting more effort into one of
those areas or possibly all of them, and let's just
take one of these significations of Venus, like relationships and friendships.
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Maybe because of that aspect with Saturn, relationships have been
requiring more effort on your part, so you've had to
scale back recently on who you give your time and
energy away to, or maybe you're getting serious about what
relationships are serving you or what people serve a purpose
in your life in the long term. Also, the topic
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of money may have been big for you recently and
possibly wanting to conserve money and save or putting careful
thought into what purchases will serve you in the long term. Personally,
the way eyeshop has been going through a bigger change,
I feel like I'm not wanting to be as careless
or impulsive with spending, and I attribute that to this
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Venus Saturn conjunction and how it was very amplified also
because of Venus being retrograde, so there was more emphasis
on an aspect like that than there normally would be.
And then looking at a final Venus theme would be
personal creative endeavors. So possibly around the middle of this
week or throughout all of this week, you're thinking about
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how can you put more effort into a side hobby
or a project that allows you to express yourself and
not wanting to procrastinate there anymore. This Venus Saturn aspect
won't go exact until Thursday Friday of this week, but
it's very close to building to that exact aspect and
the lead up to that, which is why I'm bringing
it up on Tuesday. But like the closer we get
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to Thursday Friday, the more you may feel these themes
of relationships, money, and creativity come up. Now we are
to Wednesday, April twenty third. The moon moves into Pisces
around one am Eastern on Wednesday morning, so time zones ahead,
this might be this will be a little later in
your day depending on where you are, so calculate from
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one am Eastern like New York time. But the moon
will remain in Pisces all of Wednesday and Thursday, and
by this point in the week we're getting pretty close
to the new moon. It's only a few days out,
and Pisces is a sign that is more focused on
what is going on internally. So if at the start
of this week there was more of this activity going
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on with other people and reaching out and being social,
come Wednesday, Thursday Friday, you may find yourself pulling back
from that a bit to rest or take time to yourself,
and you may be more sensitive or even intuitive. So
try to trust that the answers are found within yourself.
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That's a theme I've been thinking about a lot recently
and also talking about with friends. I think with Saturn
wrapping up in Pisces throughout twenty twenty five and into
early twenty twenty six, it's interesting to look back at
this entire time. Saturn has been in Pisces since March
of twenty twenty three, and it's really brought up this
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Pisce's energy theme of developing your connection to your inner
self rather than looking outside of yourself for validation or
answers or people to tell you what to do with
your life. So that's kind of a long winded way
of saying that you might find that energy on a
more minor scale in the middle of this week with
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the moon and Pisces. Wednesday is also the day the
sun in Taurus will exactly square Pluto and Aquarius, so
again we're returning to well, I guess at the start
of the week it was more this dynamic between Leo
and Taurus, and now with the Sun exactly square Pluto
and Aquarius, it's more shifting that focus towards Taurus world
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house and Aquarius worldhouse of your chart to understand where
you may feel called to change or transform something in
your life. But really it's kind of all of these
three houses working together to influence each other. So this
Sun Pluto square on Wednesday could point to how you
might be encountering power dynamics with someone, or maybe you're
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obsessing about something a bit too much or trying to
control the outcome of a situation. Let me give an
example to show how this might show up for someone.
So let's say you're a cancer rising. The sun in
Taurus is going to be in your eleventh house square
to Pluto in Aquarius in your eighth. So there's this
dynamic between the eleventh and the themes of the eighth
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house too. So it could be that you're needing to
bring up something that's been bothering you in a friendship,
or you're thinking about community and relationships differently. This could
also be a time of transforming, like how you react
to relationship conflict or what you value in relationships, or
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you could be shifting your mindset when it comes to
money and spending, So it's bringing these transformative qualities of
Pluto into both Taurus and Aquarius world houses of your
chart and Taurus Scorpio Leo Aquarius rising specifically, you may
feel this urge of needing to transform something in your
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life overall, and needing to make a bigger change for yourself,
or you're seeing a very significant shift internally occurring for you,
or maybe you're waking up to different parts of your
identity and developing greater confidence in who you are, because
again it's like these angular, very dynamic parts of your
chart are being emphasized. And also just looking at how
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these signs of Taurus and Aquarius are such a big
deal on Wednesday, getting clear on the qualities of these signs.
These are signs that are thought to be so different,
but actually they are they work really well together. It's
like Aquarius has this desire for change and dependence and
has its eye on the future, but then Taurus really
helps to ground that Aquarius vision and help you stay
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focused in the present and what's right in front of
you and working patiently ahead at something in order to
get to that final future. Bigger picture destination that Aquarius represents.
I actually really like this dynamic. This is what I
have with my husband. He's a Taurus, I'm an Aquarius,
and he really helps to ground me in that way.
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I'm someone that's always thinking about where do I want
to live twenty years from now? Where am I going
to send my kids to high school? I don't even
have one kid, I'm not even pregnant, So it's like
he helps to balance out that like need to obsessively
think about the future. So maybe you're feeling that away
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in your own life this week, about this balance between
changes and future vision you have for yourself, but knowing
that it takes work and patience to get there. Okay,
moving right along to Thursday, April twenty fourth. The moon
is still in Pisces all day, but it'll be squaring
Jupiter and Gemini throughout the earlier part of Thursday, and
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for time zones ahead of America, you're going to feel
this for more of the majority of your Thursday. But
Moon Jupiter presents greater optimism and faith that what you're
developing or working towards at the moment has this deep
meaning or this greater purpose or will turn out well
no matter what, and hopefully this can offer some relief
amidst this Mars Pluto action that is continuing to build.
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I would also say that Thursday might be a day
where you're more up for reading, research, engaging and learning
of some sort. I would say the end of the
day is a bit trickier, like seven pm Eastern onwards,
because the moon will move up into later degrees of
Pisces and can join Venus Saturn in the north note there,
so come Thursday evening Thursday night, and if you're in Australia,
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this could be like your Friday morning. Maybe you're a
bit more drained, or again you're feeling that Venus Saturn
pressure that's going on in the background this entire week
of needing to be more mindful of money, how you're
proceeding in a relationship, or putting time and energy into
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a creative project. So Thursday night may feel a bit
heavier and lower inner because of the Moon triggering this
aspect with Saturn. And then we are to Friday, April
twenty fifth, the moon moves into Aries right around four
am Eastern, so time zones ahead, this will be more
towards the later part of your morning or your afternoon evening,
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after the moon moves into Aries, you're going to feel
slightly more energized because the moon will come into this
immediate trying with Mars and Leo. But again we have
this tricky astrology to keep in mind. That's happening Friday Saturday,
which we're about to get into and we're now a
couple days out from the new moon and tourists, so
energy is really waning by the end of the week,
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and maybe this isn't a time where you want to
be around a ton of people and you kind of
are looking ahead to a low key weekend, or even
if you do have plans to meet up with people,
the end of this week could symbolize a wrapping up
of something, wrapping up of existing work, or finishing a
personal life project you've spent a lot of time developing recently. Basically,
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it's not a time for initiating anything new, but rather
closing out one chapter to prepare for what comes next
after that new moon on Sunday. It is nice that
the Moon and Mars are connecting across fire signs, though
this does inject a sense of fun and creative energy
into Friday and Saturday, or you might be reflecting more
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on how you can embrace what sets you apart, because
both Aries and Leo are a lot about individuality. So
I wouldn't completely rule out social activity for Friday night
because of the moon's configurations with Mars and Leo, but
also with Mercury and Aries, which points to communication and
moving around more and having stimulating conversations. But keep in
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mind that it may be something that's a bit more
low key. And then we are to the weekend Saturday,
April twenty six. The moon remains in Aries all day.
The moon will be void of course, in the afternoon
Eastern Time, so not as much as happening in second
half of Saturday. Maybe use this time to yourself set
some new moon intentions. I'm saying this knowing that I'm
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hosting this big housewarming event at my apartment on Saturday night,
so I'm really praying that energy isn't completely low. But
maybe that's just showing me I need to get all
of the errands and tasks done ahead of the moon
going voight, of course, so maybe you want to do
the same thing, like accomplish any work or errands or
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meetups with people earlier on on Saturday, because you may
just like not want to go out and not want
to be around a ton of people come Saturday night.
Saturday is also the day the Mars Pluto opposition goes exact,
so Mars and I believe this is across three degrees
of these signs, So Mars is at three degrees of Leo,
opposing Pluto at three degrees of Aquarius. So if you
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have placements in fixed signs Torus, Scorpio, Leo, Aquarius right
around three degrees give or take maybe three degrees on
either side of that, this aspect will affect you a lot.
I am not a huge fan of Mars Pluto aspects.
Pluto basically takes all of Mars qualities like anger, aggression,
irritation to an extreme, and this can be a transit
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that hints at violence going on sometimes or just extreme reactions.
And because it's an opposition, this theme of control or
trying to have power over someone may come up in relationships.
So this is a very tricky dynamic that's going on
with relationships specifically on Saturday. Looking at this aspect in
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a more positive, productive way, it could be that you
are channeling intense focus into one single task or accomplishing
something that requires a lot of research and digging deep
to understand the full depth of a subject or a
mindset or behavior. Maybe it's like you're shifting that attention
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and really understanding yourself more. I would say the main
thing to keep in mind with this transit is try
to put yourself in someone else's shoes, because this Mars
Pluto energy can be very polarizing, like I'm right, you're
wrong type of energy, very black and white in that way,
and it doesn't allow a lot of room for nuance.
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So maybe you want to keep in mind that anyone
that has a different opinion than you is not automatically
against you, and you don't need to be so defensive
or quick to get upset with someone. Really step back
before you react. This weekend and looking at the qualities
of the signs emphasize Leo and Aquarius. There's also this
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underlying theme of what you want to do for yourself
Leo versus how you may want to help the greater
good or community, And maybe also this push pull of
like how you might be more of yourself within a group,
like not wanting to lose your identity in your relationships
or when you're around a lot of people. So having
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to strike that balance between this is what I like doing,
this is what makes me happy, but also sometimes needing
to compromise and come together with people. And then we
are to Sunday, April twenty seventh. By Sunday, all of
these Pluto aspects we've had throughout the week are starting
to fade out, so there's that that's really positive. And
there's a new moon in Tourus happening on Sunday, so
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you can think of Sunday as being this reset for
the month ahead, closing out one chapter of chaotic astrology
that's been going on since the solar eclipse at the
end of March, and now looking ahead to what do
you want to accomplish over the next few weeks. This
new moon will go exact at seven degrees of Taurus
right around three point thirty pm Eastern. If you're as
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far away as Asia or Australia, this new moon will
actually be happening on your Monday. And if you have
chart placements right around seven degrees of a fixed sign,
give or take three degrees on each side, you're seeing
more significant activity happen with that angle or that planet
in your chart over the next couple of weeks, so
really early fixed sign degree placements, I would say between
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zero to ten degrees of Taurus, Scorpio, Leo Aquarius like this,
I can't iterate it enough. This is a big week
for you. There's a lot of intention setting goals being developed,
internal ships occurring that will continue to unfold throughout the
rest of the year. And though the new moon is
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still squaring Mars and Pluto, it's separating from them. So
once we move into Sunday afternoon, Sunday evening and early
next week, tension is fading out quite a bit. But
you may still have this minor lingering feeling of wanting
to cut something out of your life or an aspect
of yourself, or a relationship or a situation that you
want to transform. And you're also understanding what you can
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have control over and what you don't. With this new
moon in the grounded Earth sign of Taurus, themes in
general that will come up will be around wanting to
be more present. I mentioned this a lot earlier throughout
this episode, but when we get these this harsh type
of astrology, it's always important to come back to ways
to be grounded in your physical body, and that's exactly
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what Taurus represents. And also maybe wanting to lean into
pleasure like treating yourself to nice little luxuries, like maybe
you want to take yourself shopping or to a museum,
or go on a nature walk outside or cook your
favorite comfort food. Taurus is a lot about leaning into
whatever makes you feel good. And this new moon will
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also help bring patience and productivity to the area of
your life associated with the houseworld by Taurus in your chart.
And maybe you're patiently working away at something or you're
finding ways to inject this sense of art, beauty, fashion,
creativity into that part of your life. So it's like
you have this quiet productivity, but also this greater sense
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for pleasure and beauty and being creative in some way.
So with this new moon, we're not only looking at
the Taurus worldhouse of your chart and any Taurus planets
that are being impacted directly by this new moon, but
we're also noting where is Venus at the moment of
April twenty seventh, because Venus is the ruling planet of
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this new moon, and as we've gone over throughout this episode,
Venus is still in Pisces, it's pretty close to that
conjunction with Saturn still, so that Pisce's world house. It's
I feel like a broken record with this, but that
Piss's world House continues to be just an underlying theme
where you cannot shift your attention away from that part
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of your life. But whereas things may have felt frustrating
or slow or uncertain there recently, especially in earlier April,
with Mercury and Venus retrogrades going on, it may feel
like things are flowing much more easily and positive opportunities
are coming through in that part of your life associated
with the Pisces Worldhouse of your chart. And also notice
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how tension is easing up there a bit and creative
juices are flowing. And keep in mind that Pisces is
the sign Venus is exalted in so this also helps
to build that support surrounding whatever you're starting at the
new Moon. And maybe it's like best case scenario is happening,
or you're having positive, easy developments take place there too.
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So just to give an example, trying to think of
a rising sign I don't use enough, let's go with
Virgo rising. So we have the new moon in your
ninth house if you're a Virgo rising, so it brings
up these topics of travel and education and writing and
wanting to intake new knowledge. But then the ruling planet
of that Taurus new moon is in transiting your seventh
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currently through Pisces, So this new moon very much links
the themes of education or thinking a bigger purpose, or
having writing or teaching opportunities with partnerships. So maybe there's
a way someone's helping you get perspective on your life
or introduce you to a new subject, or you're traveling
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with a friend, or romantic developments are going well. So
it's kind of like this more positive outcome in both
of those areas or Sagittarius rising chart. New moon's in
your sixth house, but it's a link to Venus in
your fourth. So seeing this play of maybe tending to
tasks and being more productive in regard to things happening
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at home or with family, or moving ahead in a
great way with home decoration or moving or family events,
and finding that you have more energy to put towards
these things with the six and the fourth house linked,
So those are just a couple of examples. Make sure
to check your own chart to see how this new
moon will be relevant for you. And that's all I've
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got for you this week. I hope everyone has a
great next few days. Thank you again for listening and
for supporting this podcast. Remindered that in depth monthly horoscopes
by Rising Sign are out on my substack channel, Astrology
with Alice, so if you're wanting more info, please visit
there and I'll see you back here next time.
Welcome back to another episode of Astrology with Alice. I'm
your host, Alice Bell and today's Monday, April twenty first,
Happy Monday. I don't know about you, guys. I have
felt such a shift since Venus retrograde ended, and officially
all three of those inner planet retrogrades Mars, Mercury, and
Venus have been over. I just have felt like more energized.
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I'm able to wake up earlier, I have more motivation
to put towards work. I have new ideas that i
want to develop, and I'm really excited for a lot
of the different ways I'm going to expand my business.
Throughout the rest of twenty twenty five and into twenty
twenty six, it felt like everything was on a pause
for the last six months, to be honest, like ever
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since Mars and earned my twelfth house, and then that retrograde.
We were leading up to it and then it was
an effect, and then Mercury and Venus retrogrades. It's just
been a mess. So excited to get back on track.
Hopefully you feel the same. And it's it's very real,
these like internal shifts that happen when the planets change motion.
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It's also officially tourist season now as of this past Saturday.
This first full week of tourist season is certainly not
the easiest though I am still going to take this astrology.
I'm about to go over over retrogrades any day. But
there is this tricky aspect configuration going on between the
Sun and Taurus Mars and Leo in Pluto in Aquarius.
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It's like this tense t square aspect configuration across these
three fixed signs, and that builds for pretty much the
entire week. Like Sun Mars goes exact at the top
of the week, but then both of these planets continue
on and build up to an exact aspect, with Pluto
closer to the end of the work week. So this
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presents kind of an intense energy and like I was
just saying, there may be a strong desire and a
lot of energy to do something new and get something
off the ground and going, but also feeling impatient or
irritated too. So a key theme to keep in mind
throughout this week is just be mindful of like how
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you're reacting to people and catching yourself when you are
rushing or trying to race ahead a million miles a
minute to come back down to the present, focus on
what you can control in the immediate now, because control
is such a Pluto theme will encounter this week and
put the attention back on yourself rather than trying to
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figure out what someone else wants from you or how
someone else might be feeling like. Those are things that
are completely out of your control, so try to bring
it back to you and the present moment. Fixed Sign
Risings this week may be especially important for you because
this t square is happening across three of the angular
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houses in your heart, so Scorpio, Aquarius, Leo, and Taurus risings.
This could be a pretty significant week in terms of
maybe you're having greater development take place in a certain
area of your life, and it involves those key angular
house themes of identity, home, career, and relationships. And this
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is the first time in twenty twenty five I would
say that the Fixed Sign risings have really gotten a
lot of momentum going on in their life. So it's
something I'm looking forward to. And that leads me to
the next key event that we're going to be talking
about this week, which is the new moon in Taurus
that we're building up to that'll go exact on Sunday,
April twenty seventh. So even though there is this tense
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aspect configuration with Sun Mars Pluto that may have you
feeling a bit impatient or like let's get things going
already leading up to the new moon, energy is actually decreasing,
so you're preparing for this next new reset, this new
chapter that you're going to continue to build upon as
we get into May. It's kind of like a push
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pull energy almost of maybe being frustrated because things are
slowing down a bit, or having those initial next ideas
come to you, but knowing that you need to reel
it in and be more patient and wait till that
new moon occurs. In quick announcement before we get into
the astrology breakdown for the week ahead, I have put
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out my Taurus season in depth monthly horoscopes on Substack
for paid subscribers as of Saturday, so if you want
to subscribe and get access to those, that's where I
go over in depth at the start of each zodiac season,
all of the major transits happening for that month and
what they mean for each individual rising sign. So it's
like a mini reading where it really shows you how
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all of these transits are positioned around your specific chart
because reading for the rising shows you what signs cover
what houses and how transits are affecting those specific houses.
So in this one, I'm going over the new moon
and Taurus full moon and Scorpio Venus and Mercury both
changing signs, this tricky aspect between Mars, Pluto and the Sun,
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and then also this nice Mars Venus trine that starts
to come in closer to the end of tourist season.
But with that being said, let's get into the astrology
for the week ahead. We are starting the week off
on Monday, April twenty. First, the moon is an Aquarius,
triggering this t square between Sun, Mars, and Pluto. Thankfully,
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the Moon will be separating from these planets, but the
energy is very much still there. As I mentioned in
the intro, you could have this building irritation or frustration
going on on Monday, or you're noticing that people are
a bit more reactive around you, or maybe that's just such
a theme coming up in world events world news. On
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a more positive note, this square between the Sun and Mars,
which is pretty act on Monday, could have you having
way more energy than usual and maybe you want to
get started on something right away, But again that theme
of impatience and maybe trying to rush ahead when the
energy isn't totally there could block you a bit. I'm
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going to use this energy the sun marsh square across
my first and tenth house to get a haircut, because
Mars symbolizes the cutting of something and having it in
the first house. It's related to appearance, So this is
kind of a random tangent. But first house transits, especially
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like a Mars or a Sun transit, are huge for
making changes to things like your hair, your style, your
appearance in some way. But however, those houses are configured
in your chart like where's the house World by Taurus
and Where's the house World by Leo? How is there
maybe like this tension coming up between the topics of
those two houses, or this strong desire to take action
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and do something that regards the themes of those houses.
And this could also be a great week to release
yourself from something that's no longer satisfying to you in
one of those areas of your life, either the tourist
world house or the Leo world House, probably more likely
the Leo World House because that's where the Mars transit,
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and that symbolism of cutting or releasing or taking action
on something is actually occurring. This theme of shedding bigger
transformation or making a significant decision in an area of
your life will continue to build throughout the week as
both the Sun and Mars continue to get closer to
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aspecting Pluto, and also just to touch upon the moon
and Aquarius a bit more because it will be in
the sign of Aquarius throughout all of Monday and Tuesday.
You may be more up for reaching out to people
and attending a social activity, or working to build community
in your career, or collaborating with people at work. There's
more emphasis on communication and connection overall, so there is
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that to look forward to. I don't see like even
though there is this huge tension at the start of
this week, I do feel like the moon and Aquarius
is this light that shows you that there's like people
to reach out to, people to support you than we
are to. Tuesday, April twenty second, the moon is still
an Aquarius all day. It's starting the day in a
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trine with Jupiter and Gemini. So again we have this
theme of being more up for reaching out to people
communicating through meetings, group chats, or in person with people
at an event. All of that stuff may may be
happening throughout the start of this week. Expect greater interactions
with people overall. And another thing to keep in mind
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is that your mind will likely be more active with
this connection between Moon and Jupiter across air signs. So
start of this week, especially Tuesday, could be great for
brainstorming new ideas or accomplishing tasks related to writing or
content creation. Expect those areas to flow much more easily.
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Another major planetary aspect that's building this week is this
final conjunction between Venus and Saturn in Pisces. These two
planets have remained very close to each other throughout all
of April because of Venus retrograde and how that retrograde
ended very close to Saturn, and now Venus is moving
super slowly as it comes out of that station. And
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the themes of these two planets have been combined for
a lot of this month, and Venus represents creativity, beauty, style, relationships,
and money, So having that energy combined with Saturn means
that maybe you've been putting more effort into one of
those areas or possibly all of them, and let's just
take one of these significations of Venus, like relationships and friendships.
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Maybe because of that aspect with Saturn, relationships have been
requiring more effort on your part, so you've had to
scale back recently on who you give your time and
energy away to, or maybe you're getting serious about what
relationships are serving you or what people serve a purpose
in your life in the long term. Also, the topic
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of money may have been big for you recently and
possibly wanting to conserve money and save or putting careful
thought into what purchases will serve you in the long term. Personally,
the way eyeshop has been going through a bigger change,
I feel like I'm not wanting to be as careless
or impulsive with spending, and I attribute that to this
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Venus Saturn conjunction and how it was very amplified also
because of Venus being retrograde, so there was more emphasis
on an aspect like that than there normally would be.
And then looking at a final Venus theme would be
personal creative endeavors. So possibly around the middle of this
week or throughout all of this week, you're thinking about
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how can you put more effort into a side hobby
or a project that allows you to express yourself and
not wanting to procrastinate there anymore. This Venus Saturn aspect
won't go exact until Thursday Friday of this week, but
it's very close to building to that exact aspect and
the lead up to that, which is why I'm bringing
it up on Tuesday. But like the closer we get
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to Thursday Friday, the more you may feel these themes
of relationships, money, and creativity come up. Now we are
to Wednesday, April twenty third. The moon moves into Pisces
around one am Eastern on Wednesday morning, so time zones ahead,
this might be this will be a little later in
your day depending on where you are, so calculate from
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one am Eastern like New York time. But the moon
will remain in Pisces all of Wednesday and Thursday, and
by this point in the week we're getting pretty close
to the new moon. It's only a few days out,
and Pisces is a sign that is more focused on
what is going on internally. So if at the start
of this week there was more of this activity going
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on with other people and reaching out and being social,
come Wednesday, Thursday Friday, you may find yourself pulling back
from that a bit to rest or take time to yourself,
and you may be more sensitive or even intuitive. So
try to trust that the answers are found within yourself.
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That's a theme I've been thinking about a lot recently
and also talking about with friends. I think with Saturn
wrapping up in Pisces throughout twenty twenty five and into
early twenty twenty six, it's interesting to look back at
this entire time. Saturn has been in Pisces since March
of twenty twenty three, and it's really brought up this
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Pisce's energy theme of developing your connection to your inner
self rather than looking outside of yourself for validation or
answers or people to tell you what to do with
your life. So that's kind of a long winded way
of saying that you might find that energy on a
more minor scale in the middle of this week with
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the moon and Pisces. Wednesday is also the day the
sun in Taurus will exactly square Pluto and Aquarius, so
again we're returning to well, I guess at the start
of the week it was more this dynamic between Leo
and Taurus, and now with the Sun exactly square Pluto
and Aquarius, it's more shifting that focus towards Taurus world
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house and Aquarius worldhouse of your chart to understand where
you may feel called to change or transform something in
your life. But really it's kind of all of these
three houses working together to influence each other. So this
Sun Pluto square on Wednesday could point to how you
might be encountering power dynamics with someone, or maybe you're
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obsessing about something a bit too much or trying to
control the outcome of a situation. Let me give an
example to show how this might show up for someone.
So let's say you're a cancer rising. The sun in
Taurus is going to be in your eleventh house square
to Pluto in Aquarius in your eighth. So there's this
dynamic between the eleventh and the themes of the eighth
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house too. So it could be that you're needing to
bring up something that's been bothering you in a friendship,
or you're thinking about community and relationships differently. This could
also be a time of transforming, like how you react
to relationship conflict or what you value in relationships, or
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you could be shifting your mindset when it comes to
money and spending, So it's bringing these transformative qualities of
Pluto into both Taurus and Aquarius world houses of your
chart and Taurus Scorpio Leo Aquarius rising specifically, you may
feel this urge of needing to transform something in your
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life overall, and needing to make a bigger change for yourself,
or you're seeing a very significant shift internally occurring for you,
or maybe you're waking up to different parts of your
identity and developing greater confidence in who you are, because
again it's like these angular, very dynamic parts of your
chart are being emphasized. And also just looking at how
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these signs of Taurus and Aquarius are such a big
deal on Wednesday, getting clear on the qualities of these signs.
These are signs that are thought to be so different,
but actually they are they work really well together. It's
like Aquarius has this desire for change and dependence and
has its eye on the future, but then Taurus really
helps to ground that Aquarius vision and help you stay
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focused in the present and what's right in front of
you and working patiently ahead at something in order to
get to that final future. Bigger picture destination that Aquarius represents.
I actually really like this dynamic. This is what I
have with my husband. He's a Taurus, I'm an Aquarius,
and he really helps to ground me in that way.
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I'm someone that's always thinking about where do I want
to live twenty years from now? Where am I going
to send my kids to high school? I don't even
have one kid, I'm not even pregnant, So it's like
he helps to balance out that like need to obsessively
think about the future. So maybe you're feeling that away
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in your own life this week, about this balance between
changes and future vision you have for yourself, but knowing
that it takes work and patience to get there. Okay,
moving right along to Thursday, April twenty fourth. The moon
is still in Pisces all day, but it'll be squaring
Jupiter and Gemini throughout the earlier part of Thursday, and
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for time zones ahead of America, you're going to feel
this for more of the majority of your Thursday. But
Moon Jupiter presents greater optimism and faith that what you're
developing or working towards at the moment has this deep
meaning or this greater purpose or will turn out well
no matter what, and hopefully this can offer some relief
amidst this Mars Pluto action that is continuing to build.
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I would also say that Thursday might be a day
where you're more up for reading, research, engaging and learning
of some sort. I would say the end of the
day is a bit trickier, like seven pm Eastern onwards,
because the moon will move up into later degrees of
Pisces and can join Venus Saturn in the north note there,
so come Thursday evening Thursday night, and if you're in Australia,
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this could be like your Friday morning. Maybe you're a
bit more drained, or again you're feeling that Venus Saturn
pressure that's going on in the background this entire week
of needing to be more mindful of money, how you're
proceeding in a relationship, or putting time and energy into
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a creative project. So Thursday night may feel a bit
heavier and lower inner because of the Moon triggering this
aspect with Saturn. And then we are to Friday, April
twenty fifth, the moon moves into Aries right around four
am Eastern, so time zones ahead, this will be more
towards the later part of your morning or your afternoon evening,
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after the moon moves into Aries, you're going to feel
slightly more energized because the moon will come into this
immediate trying with Mars and Leo. But again we have
this tricky astrology to keep in mind. That's happening Friday Saturday,
which we're about to get into and we're now a
couple days out from the new moon and tourists, so
energy is really waning by the end of the week,
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and maybe this isn't a time where you want to
be around a ton of people and you kind of
are looking ahead to a low key weekend, or even
if you do have plans to meet up with people,
the end of this week could symbolize a wrapping up
of something, wrapping up of existing work, or finishing a
personal life project you've spent a lot of time developing recently. Basically,
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it's not a time for initiating anything new, but rather
closing out one chapter to prepare for what comes next
after that new moon on Sunday. It is nice that
the Moon and Mars are connecting across fire signs, though
this does inject a sense of fun and creative energy
into Friday and Saturday, or you might be reflecting more
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on how you can embrace what sets you apart, because
both Aries and Leo are a lot about individuality. So
I wouldn't completely rule out social activity for Friday night
because of the moon's configurations with Mars and Leo, but
also with Mercury and Aries, which points to communication and
moving around more and having stimulating conversations. But keep in
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mind that it may be something that's a bit more
low key. And then we are to the weekend Saturday,
April twenty six. The moon remains in Aries all day.
The moon will be void of course, in the afternoon
Eastern Time, so not as much as happening in second
half of Saturday. Maybe use this time to yourself set
some new moon intentions. I'm saying this knowing that I'm
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hosting this big housewarming event at my apartment on Saturday night,
so I'm really praying that energy isn't completely low. But
maybe that's just showing me I need to get all
of the errands and tasks done ahead of the moon
going voight, of course, so maybe you want to do
the same thing, like accomplish any work or errands or
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meetups with people earlier on on Saturday, because you may
just like not want to go out and not want
to be around a ton of people come Saturday night.
Saturday is also the day the Mars Pluto opposition goes exact,
so Mars and I believe this is across three degrees
of these signs, So Mars is at three degrees of Leo,
opposing Pluto at three degrees of Aquarius. So if you
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have placements in fixed signs Torus, Scorpio, Leo, Aquarius right
around three degrees give or take maybe three degrees on
either side of that, this aspect will affect you a lot.
I am not a huge fan of Mars Pluto aspects.
Pluto basically takes all of Mars qualities like anger, aggression,
irritation to an extreme, and this can be a transit
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that hints at violence going on sometimes or just extreme reactions.
And because it's an opposition, this theme of control or
trying to have power over someone may come up in relationships.
So this is a very tricky dynamic that's going on
with relationships specifically on Saturday. Looking at this aspect in
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a more positive, productive way, it could be that you
are channeling intense focus into one single task or accomplishing
something that requires a lot of research and digging deep
to understand the full depth of a subject or a
mindset or behavior. Maybe it's like you're shifting that attention
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and really understanding yourself more. I would say the main
thing to keep in mind with this transit is try
to put yourself in someone else's shoes, because this Mars
Pluto energy can be very polarizing, like I'm right, you're
wrong type of energy, very black and white in that way,
and it doesn't allow a lot of room for nuance.
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So maybe you want to keep in mind that anyone
that has a different opinion than you is not automatically
against you, and you don't need to be so defensive
or quick to get upset with someone. Really step back
before you react. This weekend and looking at the qualities
of the signs emphasize Leo and Aquarius. There's also this
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underlying theme of what you want to do for yourself
Leo versus how you may want to help the greater
good or community, And maybe also this push pull of
like how you might be more of yourself within a group,
like not wanting to lose your identity in your relationships
or when you're around a lot of people. So having
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to strike that balance between this is what I like doing,
this is what makes me happy, but also sometimes needing
to compromise and come together with people. And then we
are to Sunday, April twenty seventh. By Sunday, all of
these Pluto aspects we've had throughout the week are starting
to fade out, so there's that that's really positive. And
there's a new moon in Tourus happening on Sunday, so
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you can think of Sunday as being this reset for
the month ahead, closing out one chapter of chaotic astrology
that's been going on since the solar eclipse at the
end of March, and now looking ahead to what do
you want to accomplish over the next few weeks. This
new moon will go exact at seven degrees of Taurus
right around three point thirty pm Eastern. If you're as
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far away as Asia or Australia, this new moon will
actually be happening on your Monday. And if you have
chart placements right around seven degrees of a fixed sign,
give or take three degrees on each side, you're seeing
more significant activity happen with that angle or that planet
in your chart over the next couple of weeks, so
really early fixed sign degree placements, I would say between
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zero to ten degrees of Taurus, Scorpio, Leo Aquarius like this,
I can't iterate it enough. This is a big week
for you. There's a lot of intention setting goals being developed,
internal ships occurring that will continue to unfold throughout the
rest of the year. And though the new moon is
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still squaring Mars and Pluto, it's separating from them. So
once we move into Sunday afternoon, Sunday evening and early
next week, tension is fading out quite a bit. But
you may still have this minor lingering feeling of wanting
to cut something out of your life or an aspect
of yourself, or a relationship or a situation that you
want to transform. And you're also understanding what you can
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have control over and what you don't. With this new
moon in the grounded Earth sign of Taurus, themes in
general that will come up will be around wanting to
be more present. I mentioned this a lot earlier throughout
this episode, but when we get these this harsh type
of astrology, it's always important to come back to ways
to be grounded in your physical body, and that's exactly
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what Taurus represents. And also maybe wanting to lean into
pleasure like treating yourself to nice little luxuries, like maybe
you want to take yourself shopping or to a museum,
or go on a nature walk outside or cook your
favorite comfort food. Taurus is a lot about leaning into
whatever makes you feel good. And this new moon will
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also help bring patience and productivity to the area of
your life associated with the houseworld by Taurus in your chart.
And maybe you're patiently working away at something or you're
finding ways to inject this sense of art, beauty, fashion,
creativity into that part of your life. So it's like
you have this quiet productivity, but also this greater sense
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for pleasure and beauty and being creative in some way.
So with this new moon, we're not only looking at
the Taurus worldhouse of your chart and any Taurus planets
that are being impacted directly by this new moon, but
we're also noting where is Venus at the moment of
April twenty seventh, because Venus is the ruling planet of
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this new moon, and as we've gone over throughout this episode,
Venus is still in Pisces, it's pretty close to that
conjunction with Saturn still, so that Pisce's world house. It's
I feel like a broken record with this, but that
Piss's world House continues to be just an underlying theme
where you cannot shift your attention away from that part
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of your life. But whereas things may have felt frustrating
or slow or uncertain there recently, especially in earlier April,
with Mercury and Venus retrogrades going on, it may feel
like things are flowing much more easily and positive opportunities
are coming through in that part of your life associated
with the Pisces Worldhouse of your chart. And also notice
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how tension is easing up there a bit and creative
juices are flowing. And keep in mind that Pisces is
the sign Venus is exalted in so this also helps
to build that support surrounding whatever you're starting at the
new Moon. And maybe it's like best case scenario is happening,
or you're having positive, easy developments take place there too.
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So just to give an example, trying to think of
a rising sign I don't use enough, let's go with
Virgo rising. So we have the new moon in your
ninth house if you're a Virgo rising, so it brings
up these topics of travel and education and writing and
wanting to intake new knowledge. But then the ruling planet
of that Taurus new moon is in transiting your seventh
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currently through Pisces, So this new moon very much links
the themes of education or thinking a bigger purpose, or
having writing or teaching opportunities with partnerships. So maybe there's
a way someone's helping you get perspective on your life
or introduce you to a new subject, or you're traveling
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with a friend, or romantic developments are going well. So
it's kind of like this more positive outcome in both
of those areas or Sagittarius rising chart. New moon's in
your sixth house, but it's a link to Venus in
your fourth. So seeing this play of maybe tending to
tasks and being more productive in regard to things happening
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at home or with family, or moving ahead in a
great way with home decoration or moving or family events,
and finding that you have more energy to put towards
these things with the six and the fourth house linked,
So those are just a couple of examples. Make sure
to check your own chart to see how this new
moon will be relevant for you. And that's all I've
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got for you this week. I hope everyone has a
great next few days. Thank you again for listening and
for supporting this podcast. Remindered that in depth monthly horoscopes
by Rising Sign are out on my substack channel, Astrology
with Alice, so if you're wanting more info, please visit
there and I'll see you back here next time.
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