April Sidereal Astrology Almanac

2nd April:

• The Moon is conjunct Neptune (0°.002 South of Moon) in Capricorn @ 04:00 CDT
• Pluto is stationary in Sagittarius @ 00:57 CDT - Pluto, while not one of the visible (or Classical) planets, does have an effect on our lives. Pluto is an important God within the Hellenic Pantheon; even though he never sets foot on Mt. Olympus, Pluto is one of the three great Gods (Zeus, Poseidon, and Pluto/Hades). Pluto is the god of death, rebirth, and regeneration. Currently, Pluto is within the sign of Sagittarius, which is seen as being a sign of expansion, learning, and growth. This is a good placement for Dis, and his coming to a stop here before going retrograde shows that expansion is what we need right now. Wherever each of us has Sagittarius in our birth charts is an area of life that we need to look at and assess during this phase of Pluto's journey. It is likely that we have had little experience with the affairs of this house (both in this life and previous lives) and that we have experienced limitations in affairs associated with the house which Sagittarius rules. Pluto is calling us to examine those areas of our lives over the next few days while he is Stationary before going Retrograde. During this period of stasis we only need to acknowledge our limitations and boundaries - Pluto will lead us to work with them more deeply once he goes fully Retrograde on the 3rd of April.

3rd April:

• Venus enters Pisces @ 20:40 - Aphrodite enters Pisces to start off the Solar Month of April. In Hellenic Astrology, Aphrodite is in Exaltation in Pisces. She is also the diurnal ruler of the sign as well as ruling the first eight terms of the sign. This means that not only is Aphrodite at home in Pisces, she is able to effect great changes within the areas of life associated with the sign. Hellenic Astrology views the sign of Pisces as the area of life where we should let our intuition guide us and where we should have faith. We should open ourselves to Aphrodite's love and feminine intuition while she is in this sign... listening to our quiet inner voice can be most fruitful during this cycle.
• Mercury enters Pisces
• Pluto begins Retrograde motion in Sagittarius (starting @ 06°17' )
• The Moon enters Aquarius

4th April:

• The Moon is 3° north of Uranus in Aquarius @ 05:00 CDT
• The Moon is 5° north of Venus in Aquarius @20:00 CDT

5th April:

• Asteroid Astraea is at opposition @ 20:00 CDT
• The Moon enters Pisces
• New Moon in Pisces @ 23:55 CDT

The Sabian Symbol for this New Moon is:

A prophet carrying tablets of the New Law is walking down the slopes of Mt. Sinai

This New Moon shows us that we can recieve messages from the Gods, if only we are willing to listen; in order for us to recieve the teachings of the Gods, we need to be open to them in our lives. This would be an excellent month to look within yourself to see how your relationships with the Gods are doing... are your relationships growing? Are they stagnant? Nonexistent?

Use this month to approach the Gods through offerings, mediatation, and prayer - let them know you would like to have a relationship with them, and ask them to enter your life.

As an interesting note as to the primaries, The Sabian Symbols & Astrological Analysis by Blain Bovee, contains the following admonishments about the 22nd-23rd degree of Pisces:

Apply this [Sabian Symbol] with a mind to the awareness of prevailing standards
of privilege and power; justifications that can really burn you up. Think of
tendencies to spiritually rationalise actions and one's own position of
authority; to pontificate from an out-of-touch vantage point; intense feelings
about being the chosen one; passions that champion divine right rule. Watch for
wearing authority on one's sleeve; official uniforms; badges; the smarts to see
trouble coming; readiness to take up the fight.

This may be the Lunar Month that sees Hillary Clinton finally concede the Democratic Party Nomination to Barack Obama. Hillary's campaign has become increasingly frantic, panicked and desperate over the past Lunar Month - and this month's Sabian Symbols indicate that if she does not heed the promptings of the Gods and continues to attack Obama out of hubris and her narcissistic delusions, she will pay the Karmic Debt for her actions within the next two Lunar cycles. The fact that the PA Primary (on which she is placing all of her hope for the Democratic Nomination) occurs during the peak of the Lyrids and while the Moon is Void of Course indicate that Mrs. Clinton's hopes will be unfulfilled. Obama (despite what the Clinton campaign and MSM claim) stands a good chance of achieving a "come from behind" win. I predict Obama will win by 2-3% in the PA Primary.

Because Obama will win, I feel that the PA Primary on the 22nd will present itself as the time where Hillary can either accept defeat gracefully and exit the race, or she will implode like a dying star. If she chooses the volatile path that parallels the death of a star, she will likely be left with only a cold, dark core where a bright, shining future in politics once shone. The choice is entirely up to her.

7th April -

• The Moon is at perigee (or 224,365 miles from Earth!) in Aries @ 15:30 CDT
• The Moon enters Aries

8th April:

• The Moon enters Taurus
• The Moon passes through The Pleiades star cluster (in Taurus)

9th April:

• The Asteroid Iris is at opposition @ 05:00 CDT

10th April:

• Asteroid Daphne is at opposition @ 05:00 CDT

11th April:

• The Moon enters Gemini

12th April:

• The Moon is conjunct (1.2° north) Mars @ 02:00 CDT
• The First Quarter Moon @ 14:32 CDT

13th April:

• The Moon enters Cancer

15th April:

• The Sun enters Aries
• The Moon conjunct (0.9° south) Regulus @ 22:00 CDT
• The Moon conjunct (3° south) Saturn @ 14:00 CDT

16th April:

• The Moon enters Leo
• Mercury enters Aries
• Mercury is in superior conjunction @ 03:00 CDT

18th April:

• The Moon enters Virgo

20th April:

• The Full Moon in Virgo @ 18:25 CDT
• The Moon enters Libra

22nd April:

• Lyrid meteor shower peaks (in the constellaiton Lyra - hence the name!)

23rd April:

• The Moon enters Scorpio
• The Moon is at apogee (252,241 miles from the Earth!) @ 05:34 CDT

25th April:

• The Moon entersSagittarius

27th April:

• Venus enters Aries
• The Moon is conjunct Jupiter (3° south) @ 01:00 CDT

28th April:

• The Moon enters Capricorn
• The Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn @ 22:12 CDT
• Mars conjunct Pollux (5° south) @ 16:00 CDT

Locations of the Planets in April:

• Mercury - can be seen in the evening sky in the West


• Mars - can be seen in the southwestern evening sky, and in the western sky closer to midnight


• Jupiter - can be seen in the morning sky in the southeast


• Saturn - can be seen in the southeastern evening sky, and in the southwestern sky closer to midnight


• Uranus - can be seen in the eastern morning sky