Shifting Ground of Taurus
The week begins with the Moon in Aquarius, offering just enough emotional distance to see what’s unfolding with clarity. Midweek, the tone shifts as the Moon moves through Pisces. This is a softer time, more inward, a time for rest and reflection. But in that stillness, something powerful stirs. On Wednesday, the Sun squares Pluto, echoing back to late January. Whatever began then now demands a response. This is an urgent turning point.
Thursday brings a different kind of shift. Venus meets Saturn and begins a new cycle that asks us to get serious about our values, connections with others, as well as where we’re investing our time, energy, and money. This is a time to choose what holds value and be willing to work hard to build it over time.
As the weekend approaches, the Moon enters Aries and energy picks up fast. There’s courage and boldness, but also confrontation. On Saturday Mars opposes Pluto, pulling back the curtain on power and what’s been driving power dynamics since early 2024. Nothing stays hidden now! It is time to open your eyes!
The week closes with Sunday’s New Moon in Taurus. Go inward, Ground. Take a steady breath in the midst of it all. It is time to begin again, rooted in what matters most. The rhythm of the week invites honesty, presence, and meaningful action.
FRESH AIR – Monday, April 21, 2025
With the Moon in Aquarius today, there’s a subtle current of clarity and detachment that can help us breathe a little easier. The Aquarian Moon doesn’t stir emotion for its own sake. Instead, it encourages a broader view, one that is able to step outside the self. There’s wisdom in pulling back. What shifts when you look at your current challenges without judgment or urgency? What deep understanding surfaces when you give yourself more emotional space?
This is a good day to connect with people who live at the edges of your life, neighbors, acquaintances, members of your wider community. Aquarius reminds us that not every connection has to be deep to matter. Honest conversations can lift the spirit, open doors, and offer the kind of perspective that stays with you.
- How do you recognize the difference between emotional distance and emotional avoidance?
- What happens when you allow yourself to witness rather than react?
- Who might need a kind word from you today, even if the connection is casual?
THE WIDE VIEW – Tuesday, April 22, 2025
The Moon continues her passage through Aquarius today, keeping our focus on the wider view. This isn’t a time for micro-managing emotions or trying to force clarity where there isn’t any. Instead, consider it a day to zoom out. Let your mind rise to a level where reflection takes the lead. Insight often lives at a distance, not in the heat of reaction but in the quiet of observation. Aquarius tends to favor clarity over comfort, so if things feel emotionally cool, it may be a sign to think your way through rather than feel your way forward.
This is a good time to explore solutions that fall outside your usual frame. Ideas that once seemed too strange or unlikely may hold unexpected value now. Innovation often enters from the side, not the front door. Let yourself wander a bit. The familiar may not hold the answer today, but something less expected just might.
- What patterns in your thinking shift when you stop chasing resolution and start observing?
- Where in your life could a more unconventional approach be worth exploring?
- How can you use emotional neutrality to create space for new ideas?
STEP FORWARD – Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The Moon moves into Pisces today, softening the edges and inviting rest, compassion, and attention. Emotions feel more like the atmosphere around us, shifting and moving without form.
But underneath those soft edges, something powerful is stirring. At 1:10 p.m. EDT, the Sun in Taurus forms a square with Pluto in Aquarius. This marks a time of powerful tension within a longer arc that began in late January, when these two met in conjunction. That initial meeting planted something. Now, it asks for movement. Think back to the start of the year. What was beginning to shift at that time? Look within yourself as well as in the culture and world around you. What stirred beneath the surface, asking for more determination or focus? Today calls for a step forward. It doesn’t need to be dramatic, but it does need to be solid and with purpose. The square isn’t about conflict for its own sake. It’s about pressure that pushes us into motion. Growth here asks for presence, effort, and the willingness to move before everything is clear.
This cycle continues to unfold in the house of your natal chart that holds Aquarius. That is the area of life where this story is playing out. Come back to that place, look at what has changed. Then take the next step with intention.
- What subtle emotional or intuitive signals are asking to be honored today, even if they aren’t fully clear?
- How did your priorities or sense of purpose begin to shift in late January, and what is asking for action now?
- In the area of life ruled by Aquarius in your chart, where are you being asked to recommit or reorient?
ROOTED HEART – Thursday, April 24, 2025
The Moon remains in Pisces today, continuing her slow and drifting walk through your inner landscape. Emotional experiences may feel formless or difficult to pin down, but that doesn’t mean they’re without meaning. What matters now is your presence. Let yourself lean into silence, creativity, or rest. These quieter states are not a way out of life. They are part of how we come to understand it.
Later in the day, at 8:01 p.m. EDT, Venus joins Saturn in a conjunction, starting a new cycle. Venus turns our attention to connection, harmony, and beauty. Saturn brings focus, maturity, and the need to make things solid. When these two meet, something begins to take shape. If you’ve been questioning a relationship, a financial habit, or the value of something in your life, this is a time to consider what you are willing to commit to. This is the beginning of a period that favors steady effort and thoughtful choices in love and values.
This new cycle is beginning in the part of your chart ruled by Pisces. That area of life is calling for more clarity, consistency, and care. It may be time to bring structure to something that has lived in the background or been held loosely until now. What you choose to build here can grow into something lasting.
- What does mature love look like for me, and am I making space for it in real terms?
- Where in my life is it time to shape beauty into something tangible?
- How can I bring more consistency to the values I say I care about?
ACT ON INSTINCT – Friday, April 25, 2025
With the Moon now in Aries, the emotional tone turns from reflective to active, pushing toward movement, even if the path ahead is not clear. Aries doesn’t wait for perfect conditions. It responds to what feels immediate and alive. If you’ve been hesitating, today may bring enough boldness to take the first step. Not to complete something, but to begin. And often, taking those first steps is the hardest part.
This lunar mood supports decisive action, but it can also bring impatience. Use the energy with intention. Let it drive useful motion rather than unnecessary conflict. Trust your instincts, but give them space before acting on them. The Moon in Aries brings us back to the basics of self-awareness. What do I want? What do I need? And am I ready to take responsibility for pursuing?
- Where have I been waiting too long to take the first step?
- How can I use today’s momentum to move forward without stumbling?
- What happens when I respond to my needs directly, without delay or apology?
A CULTURAL RECKONING, A PERSONAL CHOICE – Saturday, April 26, 2025
Tonight at 9:05 p.m. EDT, Mars in Leo opposes Pluto in Aquarius for the third and final time in an extended cycle that began in mid-February 2024. That initial conjunction marked the beginning of a long arc focused on power, control, and will. It raised questions about how we pursue what we want and what it costs us. The first opposition in that cycle arrived on November 3, 2024. (!!!) The second came on January 3, 2025. Now, with this final contact, the tension peaks, and something comes to a head. Patterns that have been building all year reach a moment of reckoning.
This is a confrontation with power. We see it clearly in external social conflict; look for it internally as well. It asks for honesty. What have you been fighting for? What have you been avoiding? What will you no longer avoid? This is not a moment for spinning in place. It’s a moment to act, or to stop acting in ways that no longer serve you or the highest good. Responsibility is the turning point.
We see this most vividly in the cultural and political landscape. The fight for dominance, the fear of losing control, and the forceful clash of values. It is all out in the open. That dumpster fire is not separate from us. It reflects something we each need to reckon with on a personal level. Where do we project power onto others? Where do we care too little about the struggles of others? And what happens when we allow ourselves to see the truth about ourselves and the world around us?
The Moon remains in Aries today, adding heat to the mix. Aries’ emotions want movement. Aries does not wait; it pushes. That can work in your favor, but only if your actions are rooted. Let instinct rise, but take a breath before following it. One clear step forward is worth more than ten taken in reaction.
- What am I being called to confront in myself as I witness the power struggles playing out in the world around me?
- Where do I have the ability and the responsibility to act, even in a small way, in response to the larger cultural forces at work?
- How can I stay grounded in personal integrity while navigating a world that feels increasingly volatile?
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