PSYCHIC ASTROLOGY AND ANGEL READING AT HOPE HYPNOSIS AND HOLISTIC CENTER

Happy Birthday, Aries! Aries is the first sign of the zodiac with Mars as its ruling planet. Red is the color associated with Aries. Aries is independent, impulsive, pioneering, self-reliant and direct. They are natural born leaders. Many are entrepreneurs or Chief Executive Officers. Diamond and pyrite are Aries gems.

April 8 - Aries Solar Eclipse - Great American Eclipse ~ its effects:

This eclipse is the fourth in an Aries-Libra set of six eclipses and the third Solar Eclipse in the series.

Its effects can be felt for up to six months after the actual date of the eclipse. In the sign of Aries, this eclipse puts matters related to personal plans, courage, independence, and self-assertion in strong focus. It’s about new beginnings regarding any of these issues. Long-term changes are in the works!

This phase of the Moon occurs at 19 degrees and 24 minutes of Aries.

A similar Solar Eclipse (at approximately the same degree of Aries) occurred on April 8th, 2005. Before that, it was April 9, 1986. An eclipse set along the Aries-Libra axis most recently occurred from 2013-2016. Before that, it was from 2004-2006.

Note that this eclipse is opposite the October 2023 eclipse in Libra.

This Solar eclipse can highlight and challenge our issues surrounding independence and personal courage. We might take steps towards self-mastery and self-empowerment by tackling things that undermine us.

Circumstances nudge or encourage us to see where we haven’t been true to our authentic selves. Ultimately, we are now in a position to understand that changes or endings are necessary for our own growth, and that we can handle these things.

This is a good time for focusing on some of the constructive traits of the sign of the Ram–enterprising, straightforward, sincere, brave–and consider how to positively incorporate these qualities into our lives. Aries New Moons are generally good for taking action – trying something new and innovative, and going at it with gusto and confidence;. It’s a time to be assertive, take charge of our lives, start a brand new project, and discover our own personal courage.

It’s a powerful time to re-evaluate our relationship with ourselves. With this potent Aries energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, and thus a New Moon in Aries is especially ripe with opportunity for new beginnings. We might consider acting on a constructive impulse and following a hunch or taking a risk. Aries learns through experience and action, so we might treat ourselves to a little adventure now.

It’s also a good cycle under which to discover the benefits of expressing ourselves with authenticity – expressing ourselves as we are, without putting on airs. We might also find ways to learn how to rely on ourselves and to be happy about doing so – it will go a long way towards finding inner happiness when we know that we can be self-sufficient without blaming others for not helping us out. It’s a time to revitalize ourselves through experiences that break the routine and that involve doing something new and fresh.

The New Moon aligns with retrograde Mercury, and it’s hard to see our path, but our discomfort with the past can be very real now, motivating new beginnings. As well, Mars, the ruler of Aries, is coming into alignment with Saturn, suggesting the determination to overcome obstacles.

With this eclipse, we might experience a strong urge to act on impulse. However, it will be important to avoid jumping to conclusions and asserting ourselves without considering others’ feelings and reactions. There is a big difference between asserting ourselves from a place of healthy confidence, and asserting ourselves brashly and blindly, which can give us a false sense of confidence or bravery.

With this potent Aries energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives that will benefit us well beyond this Moon cycle. For some of us, circumstances are such that we need to pay more attention to these matters.

Flaws in an important system in our lives reveal themselves in the wake of the eclipse, prompting us to redo or to start fresh. Something ends in order for something else to start anew. We may be called to give up something in order to move forward into a new chapter in our lives. Although the “new” may be unrecognizable, it is important to allow the necessary surrender to the unknown.

An eclipse occurs close to the nodal axis, and this eclipse is closer to the North Node of the Moon. While we’re heading into unknown territory in some ways, we have a good sense that we’re doing so to our advantage.

Major developments in the personal areas ruled by Aries in our charts are likely to occur over the upcoming months.

April 19 – Sun enters Taurus ~ Happy Birthday Taureans – it’s your time to shine.

April 23 – Scorpio Full Moon – urges connecting with our deeply buried thoughts and feelings which can rise to the surface very dramatically due to square aspects from Pluto to the Sun and the Moon as part of a t-square. You may have to think on your feet to avoid a disaster. Trust your instincts because your immediate responses are correct. You may experience immediate relief from leaving a situation that has felt not quite right for you for a while now. Trust your intuition – it is on high alert.

At the same time with Mars sextile Jupiter and Uranus in Taurus a lucky opportunity may surprise you and result in a very advantageous development.

April 25 – Mercury moves direct