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Monday, April 24, Moon in Pisces Void of Course

Wait! Usually, "Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today" is good advice, right? Not when Mr. Moon is VOC. Go ahead, live it up, put it off for tomorrow. Things you start VOC tend to fall to pieces, just like the Patsy Cline song. At best, you'll have to do some serious revising tomorrow if you turn anytihing in or make a big plan.

So what do you do today then? Focus on ideas and possiblities. Work out a plan, based on your gut feeling. This includes everything from big decisions to spring cleaning.

Chill, tune in; throw rationality out the window. Be mad, wild and void like the Moon. You'll find so many lightbulbs go off over your head you feel like you're under a disco globe. As long as you don't try to make anything happen, everything will.

Monday, April 24, Pisces Moon

Now, not only is the Moon VOC but it's in Pisces. Both stir up your intuition, your dreams, your insights. Downside is, Pisces also tends to make us more emotional, more indecisive. All the more reason to put off for today what you can do tomorrow.

There's a great song that sums this up, (there usually is), I don't remember who wrote it, but the chorus is, "I've always been crazy, it's kept me from going insane." That applies to you, at least today. Go with it. See it as a good thing.

Another characteristic of Pisces is insecurity. Remember, it's not showing. Other planetary movements are making you appear more at your best than usual.

You're also unusually sensitive to what others think or to their moods. Remind yourself that this is coming from you, not them. Try not to think too much.

Monday, April 24, Moon Trine Jupiter

"Give a little, take a little...." The Moon trining Jupiter makes us more giving. Do a good deed today. Then be social, it's a great night to go out. Don't just do any old thing, do what makes you happiest.

Monday, April 24, Moon Semisquares Sun, Balsamic Moon

The time before the New Moon is self-time. This doesn't mean isolate yourself. In fact, as other planetary movements indicate, there's a lot to be gained from interacting more right now. It's time to focus on what you want deep-down, what you feel.

Today, and the next few days are prime time for planning for the future. There's probably a lot you can get off the ground if planning and action are handled correctly this week. The results may not be instantaneous, but we're talking major stuff. You may even make your dreams come true.

Pretend like it's New Year's all over again and you're combining it with Spring cleaning. Look at where you are now. How did you get here? What isn't working? Where do you want to be? Make a plan. Throw out the old and bring in the new.

You may have already started your new path. Again, it's likely you're not seeing the results yet, but you will. You're Johnny Appleseed. You've been planting, keep on planting. The rest will come. Just get rid of what's in your way.

Monday, April 24, Moon Conjuncts Venus

"Venus if you will..." She adds a little extra 'umph' to that socializing I was talking about. Be careful, it's easy to throw that balance. Don't drink or whatever else too much. I wouldn't recommend going home with someone new.

You'll find yourself talking more easily, having a better time than usual, but cut yourself off or you'll end up with more regrets than benefits.

This conjunction is all about balance. In spite of the stirring up of emotions Pisces is doing, you probably feel pretty grounded. Just keep it that way.

Monday, April 24, Moon Squares Pluto

Man, we've got a busy Moon tonight! This is the last thing it's up to. As if Pisces wasn't twiddling with our emotions enough, Pluto is bringing out all that muck we keep buried deep beneath the surface.

Perhaps stay away from volitile people and situations if you can. There may be outbursts, tantrums even. Handle them by being straightforward and honest.

Pluto just works that way. It's not the time to force issues or insist on anything. Take what comes and examine it closely.

Monday, April 24, Sun Squares Saturn

What a complex day this is for the galaxy! The Sun squaring Saturn can make you feel caught between doing what the right, responsible thing to do and what makes you happy. This could be complicated by feeling like someone, (or several someones), are trying to tell you what to do.

Are they really in your way? Often we're in our own way and just don't want to admit it, so blame it on others. Is it really what another person or are you afraid?

It could be a combination of both. Remember, if you let fear and negative thoughts take over, you're empowering the people who really are working against you. Don't do that!

Work out the way to get things to the place where you're on your own. Then it won't matter so much what others are saying. Remember the wise words of Tom Petty, "I won't back down...gonna keep this world from dragin' me around, gonna stand my ground."

Tuesday, April 25, Moon in Aries

You've wished upon a star, now it can come true. Do what you put off yesterday. You've got the energy, (from Mars), to go into over-drive so do it! Get those new projects started.

You're probably excited, but focus and make things happen. Be assertive, tackle it all in a New York minute. Beware of dashing blindly. Do make some sort of plan, (if you didn't already do that yesterday).

Thursday, April 27, New Moon

Though we are perhaps most familiar with the effects of the full Moon on people, during the New Moon the Moon's gravitational pull is the strongest. We can't see it, because it's right in line with the Sun, but it's there. And it's effecting us more now than at any other time.

Keep on with what you were doing Tue., (and I presume Wed.) All those projects and plans begin to come to fruition. Everything has new energy. With a New Moon, the darkness allows our true purpose to flow. So go with it. Take on new challenges. Start new cycles.

Thursday, April 27, New Moon in Tarus

With the New Moon in Tarus, above all, we have the best luck focusing on new plans and projects that are meaningful to you. But try to find the practical, useful way to make them happen. It's in there. Now's the time to find it.

Saturday, April 29, Sun Sextiles Mars

You are confident, full of energy. You've made plans, now take responsibility for them. Even if just with a symbolic gesture.

You may feel better about yourself today than you have all week. It's a good day to bring other people into that grand scheme of yours. Review the list you made Tursday with today's confidence and add, subtract, multiply and divide.

Saturday, April 29, Mercury Sextiles Neptune

Your intuition has been going strong all week but now it's at it's peak. Problem is, you could be having so many flashes of insight that it's hard to keep track of them. It's a good day to sit down and think, like I said, review that list.

If you haven't already, add your deepest wishes to it. What are the things you feel might work but you're afraid to admit to yourself you want? Go with your gut. Follow your dreams. Today.

Sunday, April 30, Venus Squares Pluto

Ah, we're back to power struggles, particularly in love. We're probably all guilty of either a little manipulation or of allowing ourselves to be manipulated. Know someone, (or is it you), who uses guilt, focuses all the time on responsibility and tends to use these to coerce you? They're going to be worse than usual.

Is it a pattern? It's probably one that comes from some sort of need for revenge, control, jealousy or all of the above.

Look, if you're really concerned with responsibility & all that, why are you wasting your time with petty stuff like jealousy and revenge? The pattern has gotten old. It's keeping you from seeing the forest for the trees.

You can't do much about others, but you can try to hold back a little. Get out of your own way, (and whoever elses). If your pattern is because you're right, (sometimes it is), stop reminding yourself. Just get out of the situation. It should be obvious by now that what you're doing isn't going to work.

Pluto is all about not letting others, or yourself, hold you back. Get rid of whoever or whatever's overloading you. Get rid of what or who you don't really need. That's how you get the time and energy to get what you do need.