What’s Happening in the Sky? - April 2024
April 1st - 25th 2024 - Mercury Retrograde in Aries
First one of the year. Mercury Retrogrades can cause confusion in communication, especially with technology, and being in the sign of Aries this may spark some tempers. You may feel a little extra irritated or short with people, or yourself. Aries sometimes bring a battle of the wits and with communication issues being highlighted this can be an infuriating time.
TIPS*
Remember to breath and take your time with tasks.
Try to speak clearly and double check things.
Try to leave a little earlier to elevate some of the stress.
April 8th EVENTS
New Moon in Aries and Complete Solar Eclipse
New Moon in Aries – Nice strong fiery energy. Aries with the eclipse brings confidence, groundbreaking with a mix of instability, impatience, and emotions. Signs most affected during the new moon/eclipse are Aries, Capricorn, Libra, and Cancer
Complete Solar Eclipse – This eclipse will darken the night sky, where the moon will pass in front of the sun for complete darkness for about 4 minutes around 2:21 EST on April 8th2024. Eclipses comes in sets so this will be the 2nd one for 2024 following two eclipses from 2023 in October and April of last year. Aries and eclipse are all about taking charge and makes those big shifts needed to blaze the trail ahead.
Planet of Chiron will also be in Aries on April 8th
The Moon, Sun and Chiron will all be in the sign of Aries on April 8th. This collective energy of so much fire can really cause some anger, and it will be felt around the world. Some Astrologers say that April 2024 will be the most intense month of 2024 collectively. Injustices will be highlighted, unhealthy relationships, corrupt entities will be exposed, global conflicts and tension. Think of this as a global clearing of negative energy, it may be uncomfortable at the time, but it is for the greater goods growth and development to clear these old patterns.
TIPS to Survive the beginning of April.
Use all that fire as fuel for good, create things, move with purpose, stop old patterns, start something new, try new things.
If you feel yourself getting too heated, cool down. Take a shower, take a break, take a walk, take a minute. If it is someone else, try to deescalate the issue.
Let things go, old clothes, things holding you back, your bad attitude what ever wants to go let it.
April 21- 22nd Lyrid Meteor Shower
Coming from debris from a comet this is expected to peak on the 21st-22nd. About 20 meteors an hour are expected to show up, but may be a little hard to see with the full moon just that next day.
April 23rd Pink, Egg or Fish - Full Moon
According to the Farmers' Almanac, the Pink Moon is named for an herb moss that is pink a plant native to the eastern U.S. This bloom is pink and can be a sign of spring.
