Summary:
Mercury enters Gemini today, and while Mercury typically spends less than a month in a sign, an upcoming retrograde in the sign will extend this period, and Mercury will be in Gemini all the way up until July 8th.
- The Moon is in Virgo until 10:02 AM.
- The Moon is void from 8:23 AM to 10:02 AM.
- The Moon is in Libra from 10:02 AM forward (until Saturday, May 2nd, at 9:47 PM).
- The Moon is waxing, and is in its Waxing Gibbous phase.
- Mercury enters Gemini – Mercury will transit Gemini from April 30-July 8.
Times are EDT
Horoscopes
Aries
Venus is already moving through your communications sector, dear Aries, and today, Mercury enters this same area of your solar chart. Mercury is spending more time than usual here, suggesting there is much to learn, and with an upcoming Mercury retrograde cycle, perhaps a lot to relearn as well. You are drawn to personal mental interests, studies, communications, reaching out to others, making connections, and short trips, or these things simply come into stronger focus now. At times, this can make you a little nervous or fidgety, as it can be difficult to concentrate with so much distracting you and a lot of busy work to get done, but if this added activity is mostly pleasant, it can help you feel more engaged and less stressed, depending on your nature. Today, the Moon moves into the sign opposite yours, and your emotional focus tends to be on what you’re missing to feel complete.
Taurus
You are more emotionally geared towards taking care of business today, Taurus, with the Moon moving into your solar sixth house and turning your attention to the details of your daily life. You’re also becoming more concerned about your responsibilities, work, and health. Mercury leaves your sign today and enters Gemini, where it will stay until July 8th, and influencing your solar second house. There can be strong focus on your resources, money, valuables, possessions, skills, talents, and practical affairs during this period, although at times, there can be quite a bit of worry and possibly misunderstandings about these things. This can be a strong period for thinking up new money-making ideas, and your conversations tend to be more practical than fanciful.
Gemini
The Moon entering fellow Air sign Libra this morning comes in like a nice breeze, dear Gemini. It becomes easier to express yourself and to feel in sync with people around you. Mercury enters your sign today, where it will transit for an extended stay, until July 8th. You have your voice back! Not that you lost it, but you are now a little more willing to talk about yourself and your personal plans, and decision-making is sharper, although later in the cycle, Mercury will turn retrograde and could slow down that process temporarily. This is a cycle in which you tend to talk more readily, particularly about your own personal likes and dislikes or about your past. You make more executive decisions, but others turn to you for advice more often, as people are seeing your rational side more clearly. You tend to attract what you want through the power of words at this time.
Cancer
Mercury begins influencing your solar twelfth house today, Cancer, where it will transit until July 8th. Your mind is focused on private matters and past issues, and you are searching for meaning in different or hidden places. Mercury can be analytical, making this a good time to examine these things, but it’s also mental and detached. This is a good time for research and quiet contemplation. Decision-making tends to take more time as a result of all of this. This is an especially strong cycle for working on finalizing projects or studies. Today, you begin to seek out some quiet time with the Moon moving into your home and family sector.
Leo
Until July 8th, Mercury is influencing your solar eleventh house, Leo. This is a time when conversations with friends and various networking activities increase and stand to offer real learning experiences. You are especially attracted to conversing with people who are like-minded, with peers, and networking. When it comes to networking, you can learn a lot through others, but can also enjoy sharing your own ideas or expertise with friends and associates. Your thinking is a little more progressive, and possibly avant-garde or unconventional. It’s a great time for dreaming up new ideas, plans, and possible solutions, even if only some of them will take seed. The Moon enters your communications sector today, increasing your curiosity and desire to reach out. This is a good time for collaboration. Even so, you can benefit today and tomorrow doing research or working passionately on projects and ideas.
Virgo
From today until July 8th, Mercury is influencing your solar tenth house, Virgo. This is a good time for gathering information and boosting your knowledge that will help your career or social prospects. It’s also a time when you could be given more decision-making responsibility, or you could be thinking a lot about your life path and career goals. Whether you’re doing career planning or simply thinking in more concrete, practical terms, it’s a time for getting your thoughts into order and establishing priorities. Watch for losing yourself in details during this period, however. The Moon moves into your resources and worth sector, further turning your attention to the practical side of your life. Today is also good for collaborating with others, and especially a partner.
Libra
The Moon leaves your relatively anonymous solar twelfth house and enters your sign this morning, Libra, bringing a nice feeling of emergence or beginning anew. Emotional needs are now loud and clear. If you need to pour your heart and soul into an important project, it’s a good time to do so. Mercury enters your solar ninth house today, coming into harmony with your sign. This transit lasts a little longer than most Mercury cycles, until July 8th. Educational or philosophical subjects could be more interesting or relevant to you now. Practical considerations take a back seat to moral ones when you’re making decisions during this cycle, and there is more enthusiasm and optimism in your communications.
Scorpio
The Moon moves into your solar twelfth house this morning, Scorpio, which is the final sector of the chart and points to a brief monthly two-day period for seeking closure and emotional quiet or renewal. You may need to disengage from the more demanding areas of your life just enough to give yourself time to recoup. Mercury enters your solar eighth house today, where it will transit until July 8th. This brings a less publicly communicative period when you’re far more interested in subtleties and hidden or mysterious aspects of your life than the more routine elements. Besides intimate and psychological matters, you can also be thinking about or analyzing debts, finances, and taxes. Your ruler, Pluto, in supportive aspect to Vesta increases your common sense and fuels your passion for a particular project. It’s a great time for making a commitment or dedicating yourself to a pet project.
Sagittarius
The Moon’s move into your solar eleventh house and into harmony with your sign this morning can be a pleasing one for your mood, Sagittarius. Pressure to perform and a feeling of being under a microscope fall away, and you tend to feel more at ease. Mercury’s move into Gemini today is another sociable influence, but one that will last far longer, until July 8th. You are inclined to seek out others, or they tend to seek you out, for conversation, input, and ideas. You could find yourself more frequently in the position to negotiate and collaborate. You tend to be attracted to, or you attract, people who love to talk, who are restless or encourage activity, or who stimulate your curiosity.
Capricorn
Mercury moves into your work and health sector today, Capricorn, and while this planet of communication moves out of a position of harmony with your sign, it’s a fairly good place for it to visit. It’s a good cycle, lasting until July 8th, for sorting out the details of your daily life, for researching and gathering information about work and health methods, for updating skills, and for reorganizing your life in small but important ways. When Mercury is in poor shape, beleaguered by other planets for example, during this period. you could be inclined to fret and worry about the little things.
Aquarius
The Moon moves into harmony with your sign and your adventure sector this morning, Aquarius, stimulating a nice feeling of freedom in the form of emotional release from pressure. Mercury also moves into harmony with your sign today, but for a far longer stay, until July 8th. This is a playful, expressive period when you are prouder than usual of your ideas, and others are responding well to them and to you. Your thinking is more creative and your mode of expression more entertaining. Areas of life associated with the fifth house where Mercury is now transiting can be more interesting or relevant to you now, including romance, children, and hobbies or creative pursuits. This can be a time for standing out from the crowd on a mental level.
Pisces
Mercury enters Gemini today and will stay in the sign longer than usual, until July 8th, due to an upcoming retrograde cycle, Pisces. With Mercury influencing your solar fourth house, your thoughts and conversations tend to more frequently revolve around personal matters, especially family, home, and domestic issues. You can draw upon more rationality and logic when it comes to your relationship with family and your domestic world, making it a little easier to make good choices and decisions, although some of these things can require second thoughts or adjustments later. However, you could be quite sensitive when it comes to communications outside of your personal life. Just for now, career and more worldly matters are not quite as interesting to you as personal affairs. Sometimes this points to a particularly busy home life, or working from home.
*Remember to read horoscopes for your Ascendant sign and Sun sign.
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The Details:
If you’re astrologically inclined and interested in the details of the Astrology of today, here are the factors considered in the forecasts:
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 10:02 am
Event: Moon enters Libra
Description: The Moon in Libra
This is a time for seeking out balance, harmony, and peace. It’s also a time to express emotions gracefully, diplomatically, and considerately. There could be a stronger focus on a relationship, partner, or potential partner. The ability to see both sides of a situation or story is a positive, but indecision can be a byproduct. This is a sociable, artistic Moon.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 8:23 am
Event: Moon goes void of course
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 0:00 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon SSq Jun
Description: Transiting Moon SemiSquare Transiting Juno
There may be clinging or controlling behavior if we are driven by our fears. Hypersensitivity and moodiness are possible. Tread lightly with tricky emotional issues.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 3:11 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Pll Chi
Description: Transiting Moon Parallel Transiting Chiron
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 6:38 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon SSq Jup
Description: Transiting Moon SemiSquare Transiting Jupiter
Self-indulgence is more likely now. We’re not as inclined to consider the consequences of over-eating, over-drinking, or overdoing in general. We may be acting in a haughty manner.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 8:23 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Mer
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Mercury
Ideas flow freely. We express feelings with clarity and thoughts with sensitivity. An excellent time for cooperative projects. A good time for taking tests, writing, promoting, public speaking, and studying. We are alert, observant, and our memory is good.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 10:02 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cnj Lib
Description: Transiting Moon Entering Libra
This is a time for seeking out balance, harmony, and peace. It’s also a time to express emotions gracefully, diplomatically, and considerately. There could be a stronger focus on a relationship, partner, or potential partner. The ability to see both sides of a situation or story is a positive, but indecision can be a byproduct. This is a sociable, artistic Moon.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 10:04 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqr Pal
Description: Transiting Moon Square Transiting Pallas
Our judgment may be temporarily impaired by excessive emotions, or emotional bias. We may be experiencing a conundrum. Someone’s belief or idea can make us feel insecure or out of sorts, or otherwise rub us the wrong way. There can be sensitivity to others’ opinions experienced now.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 4:33 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sxt Sat
Description: Transiting Moon Sextile Transiting Saturn
An auspicious time for any project demanding endurance or tolerance. Also good for establishing new habits and rituals.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 10:34 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Cer
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Ceres
We can be feeling pleasantly attached to, or supported by, our loved ones or family. We are seeking out security, nurturing, and warmth, and we are more likely to express these things towards others.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 7:31 am
Event: Tr-Tr Sun Qnx Nod
Description: Transiting Sun Quincunx Transiting North Node
We could have a hard time juggling our personal goals and others’ needs, feeling as if we must choose one or the other.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 5:56 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Sun Sqr Jun
Description: Transiting Sun Square Transiting Juno
Relating suffers if we don’t treat one another as equals. There can be temptations to manipulate in order to get our way. There can be jealousy or lack of trust that interferes with healthy interactions. Conceding may feel as if we are giving up something of ourselves.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 9:34 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mer Qnx Pal
Description: Transiting Mercury Quincunx Transiting Pallas
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 9:59 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mer Cnj Gem
Description: Transiting Mercury Entering Gemini
We are curious, communicative, sociable, and possibly easily distracted. We are mentally versatile and adaptable.
Date & Time: 30 Apr 2015 2:12 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Pal Cnj Sag
Description: Transiting Pallas Entering Sagittarius
This is an idealistic position. We love to learn and share our ideas and beliefs with others, and will go to great lengths to defend our principles and to reveal our truths.
TAURUS STRONG
Stable and enduring, strong values, unyielding, earthy, acquisitive, strong desires. Can be stuck, stubborn, overly possessive, self-indulgent.
LIBRA STRONG
Even-handed, harmonious, artistic, diplomatic, balancing, strong sense of fairness. Can be over- compromising, appeasing, judgmental.
EARTH STRONG
We are especially in touch with the physical world. We consider what we’ve learned and experienced in the past in order to make the most of the present. We can be cautious, practical, and possibly unimaginative. We are deliberate and can pace ourselves well. We need hands-on experience and are not impressed with theory as much as we are with results. Routines are tolerable and comforting.
WATER WEAK
There may be some insensitivity or lack of empathy now. We may be out of touch with what we’re feeling or with our emotional needs. We may be tougher than usual now, and more inclined to follow mental or practical considerations than we are to listen to our intuition.
LUNAR PHASE: GIBBOUS
Moon 135 to 180 degrees ahead of the Sun.
We are seeking meaning and value to our goals. This is a time for analyzing, questioning, perfecting, and improving.
The following aspects (major only) and positions are at noon (EDT) on April 30th:
Note that when an aspect is applying, it has not yet happened but is within orb – it’s pending. When an aspect is separating, it has already happened/perfected and is moving away from the aspect. Depending on the speed of the planet/body involved, the aspect will have perfected, or will perfect, in a matter of hours (often the case with the Moon), days, months, and possibly years in the case of the very slow-moving outer planets and bodies.
Note that the Moon moves at a rate of approximately one degree every 2 hours, so that if an aspect involving is applying and has an orb of 5 degrees, the aspect will perfect (be exact) in about 10 hours. If the Moon is separating from an aspect with an orb of 2 degrees, it has already formed said aspect approximately 4 hours ago (since the following are positions at noon today, then it would have occurred at about 8 AM today).
**I suggest paying close attention to applying aspects. The energy of the aspect builds as it gets closer to exact. Once an aspect has happened, it’s over. Separating aspects are good to know for context, but in terms of energy that is with us today, applying aspects are most important. (This is the case for daily astrology influences involving inner planets, which pass quickly, and not natal astrology aspects, which are with us for a life time).
THE MOON
THE MOON IN LIBRA
You have a need for harmony and peaceful surroundings, and will seek peace when under stress. Your mother may be social and harmonious.
ASPECTS OF THE MOON
TRINE MERCURY Orb 1°34′ Separating
You are able to communicate your thoughts and feelings with ease. You may be a charming person, at times manipulative. You have a talent for making decisions based on both your heart and mind.
SEXTILE SATURN Orb 2°16′ Applying
You can balance your personal needs with your duty to others. You are thoughtful and will have opportunities to build a respected place in society.
CONJUNCTION THE NORTH NODE Orb 8°51′ Applying
You are being urged to come to terms with the emotional and intuitional side of your nature. You may have difficulty expressing your emotions, particularly in groups of people. However, this is an area in which you need to grow so that you can express your intuitional nature in a new way.
THE SUN
THE SUN IN TAURUS
You are a reliable and solid individual. You have a strong need for stable routine and security. You can be stubborn. Others can rely on your down-to-earth nature.
10TH DEGREE OF TAURUS
Part of Body: Cervical veins
Sabian Symbol: A red cross nurse.
ASPECTS OF THE SUN
SQUARE JUPITER Orb 3°20′ Applying
You have an overly optimistic and idealistic approach to life. You are prone to excessive behaviour and can be egotistical. Positively, you have the ability to reach your goals.
SEXTILE NEPTUNE Orb 0°39′ Separating
Opportunities will arise for you to express your intuitive and artistic nature.
TRINE PLUTO Orb 5°30′ Applying
You are a powerful person with strong leadership abilities. You know when to be assertive and when to compromise. You are able to apply yourself to the job at hand.
MERCURY
MERCURY IN TAURUS
You place importance on traditional knowledge. You learn in a slow, methodical and hands-on manner. You stick to old ideas and may fear having to learn anything new.
30TH DEGREE OF TAURUS
Part of Body: Trapezius muscle
Sabian Symbol: A peacock parading on an ancient lawn.
ASPECTS OF MERCURY
OPPOSITION SATURN Orb 3°50′ Applying
You have difficulty expressing yourself. As a child you believe your father was critical and judged you lacking in intelligence. As an adult you have trouble believing in your ability to communicate and stand up for your own beliefs.
VENUS
VENUS IN GEMINI
You are curious and flirtatious, and enjoy intellectual relationships with exchanges of ideas. Communicating within a relationship is important to you. You can be restless, and sometimes gets bored. You may have many money-making schemes.
22ND DEGREE OF GEMINI
Part of Body: Upper arm
Sabian Symbol: Dancing couples crowd the barn in a harvest festival.
ASPECTS OF VENUS
SQUARE CHIRON Orb 1°36′ Separating
You experience emotional pain in your relationships. You have difficulty experiencing the joy and beauty of intimate relationships. You need to face early childhood feelings of rejection and develop empathy for others close to you.
MARS
MARS IN TAURUS
You have strong personal desires, although you will usually follow a reliable course of action in attaining those desires. You are stubborn if opposed.
22ND DEGREE OF TAURUS
Part of Body: Tongue muscles
Sabian Symbol: White dove over troubled waters.
ASPECTS OF MARS
SEXTILE CHIRON Orb 1°35′ Separating
You have the opportunity to be an empathetic and powerful leader of the downtrodden people of the world.
JUPITER
JUPITER IN LEO
You are benevolent, generous and fun loving. You are on an enthusiastic search for creative expression. You may also have a love of children.
14TH DEGREE OF LEO
Part of Body: Left ventricle of heart
Sabian Symbol: Cherub-like, a human soul whispers, seeking to manifest.
ASPECTS OF JUPITER
TRINE URANUS Orb 4°28′ Applying
You have an enormous ability and energy to achieve your goals. You set out to make changes in society and can do much. You avoid restriction and may live an unconventional life, breaking new ground in ways of living.
QUINCUNX PLUTO Orb 2°10′ Applying
You are enthusiastic about your ideals or your ideas. You will need to learn that others don’t always agree with you. They may not want you to help. They may not want to applaud your effort.
SATURN
SATURN IN SAGITTARIUS
You may be committed to higher education and have a strict moral code. You are also an easygoing and optimistic worker.
4TH DEGREE OF SAGITTARIUS
Part of Body: Femur
Sabian Symbol: A little child learning to walk.
URANUS
URANUS IN ARIES
(1928 – 1934) It is important to note that Uranus spends a long time in each sign, and therefore the interpretation applies to a generation rather than the individual. For a more individual interpretation look at the house position. This is the generation of initiative and spontaneity. It indicates the breaking down of old structures and the emerging of the new.
18TH DEGREE OF ARIES
Part of Body: Nerve connections – synapses
Sabian Symbol: An empty hammock.
ASPECTS OF URANUS
SQUARE PLUTO Orb 2°18′ Separating
Your generation works hard to use your power to right the wrongs you perceive in society. First you must learn to control that power in your own life.
NEPTUNE
NEPTUNE IN PISCES
It is important to note that Neptune takes about 164 years to make a complete cycle, spending about thirteen years in each sign. Therefore the interpretation of Neptune in the Sign applies to a generation rather than the individual. For a more individual interpretation look at the house position. This generation may possess the ability to be at-one with God. They may be able to express their spirituality through visions and art. They may also be inspirational teachers, conscious of wholeness.
10TH DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Left metatarsals
Sabian Symbol: An aviator in the clouds.
PLUTO
PLUTO IN CAPRICORN
It is important to note that Pluto takes about 248 years to make a complete cycle, spending 12 to 32 years in each sign. Therefore the interpretation of Pluto in its sign applies to a generation rather than the individual. For a more individual interpretation look at the house position. This is the generation of a change in world government. This generation will posses the ability to transform old structures into new and enduring ones.
16TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Condyle of right tibia
Sabian Symbol: Boys and girls in gymnasium suits.
CHIRON
CHIRON IN PISCES
You will have difficulty gaining your own sense of individuality. You have an ability to feel others’ pain and may need to detach and meditate. You may also suffer from your own deep and personal grief. You may work for or serve within a healing institution.
21ST DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Left fibula muscle
Sabian Symbol: A little white lamb, a child, and a servant.
VESTA
VESTA IN PISCES
You work best when you are striving for service to humanity. You are committed to making the world a better place for everyone. You feel overwhelmed by work unless you focus on service to others.
16TH DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Cruciate ligaments of right foot
Sabian Symbol: In a quite moment, the flow of inspiration.
PALLAS
PALLAS IN CAPRICORN
You possess wisdom and the ability to structure your thoughts. Your mind copes well with plans and you like to put things in their proper place.
1ST DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Right patella
Sabian Symbol: A leader claims power from the assembled tribe.
JUNO
JUNO IN LEO
You want to be proud of your partner, and for them to take pride in you. You want to have fun, romance, and creativity within your relationship.
11TH DEGREE OF LEO
Part of Body: Subclavian veins
Sabian Symbol: Children on a swing in a huge oak tree.
CERES
CERES IN AQUARIUS
You feel cared for when others accept and encourage your sense of individuality. You feel comforted when surrounded by groups of people. You teach others to accept their eccentricities.
7TH DEGREE OF AQUARIUS
Part of Body: Right saphenous veins
Sabian Symbol: A child born of an eggshell.
HYGEIA
HYGEIA IN CANCER
Your health may be closely linked to your home environment. Any disruptions in the home may spark bouts of ill health. You may be concerned for your family’s health.
13TH DEGREE OF CANCER
Part of Body: Lesser curvature of stomach
Sabian Symbol: One hand slightly flexed with a very prominent thumb.
ASTRAEA
ASTRAEA IN TAURUS
You are apt to become stuck in your ways and oppose change. You prefer the comfort and safety of things known to the insecurity of the new.
20TH DEGREE OF TAURUS
Part of Body: Occiput
Sabian Symbol: Wisps of clouds, like wings, are streaming across the sky.
THE NORTH NODE
THE NORTH NODE IN LIBRA
This is a quest to learn co-operation. You have a tendency to want your own way and to force your opinions onto others. You need to develop selflessness, the ability to share and a sensitivity to the needs of other people.
10TH DEGREE OF LIBRA
Part of Body: Nerve supply to kidney and renal pelvis
Sabian Symbol: A canoe approaching safety through dangerous waters.
THE SOUTH NODE
THE SOUTH NODE IN ARIES
This is a quest to learn co-operation. You have a tendency to want your own way and to force your opinions onto others. You need to develop selflessness, the ability to share and a sensitivity to the needs of other people.
10TH DEGREE OF ARIES
Part of Body: Eyeball
Sabian Symbol: A scholar creates new forms for ancient symbols.
*** ASPECTS TO FIXED STARS ***
Transits 30 Apr 2015 – Event Chart
Aspects to Mer 29°Ta23 +22°20′
Cnj 00°Ge12 ALCYONE Mystical but judgmental.
Aspects to Ven 21°Ge52 +25°31′
Cnj 22°Ge04 CAPELLA Love of movement, confidence
Cnj 22°Ge22 PHACT Adventure, good fortune.
Cnj 21°Ge09 BELLATRIX ** Success through the Shadow.
Connected to Venus, Vivian Robson wrote that Bellatrix causes “much suffering through love affairs owing to unrestrained feelings.”
Aspects to Plu 15°Cp30 -20°29′
Cnj 15°Cp32 VEGA Charismatic, magical, lucky
Aspects to Ves 15°Pi12 -09°23′
Cnj 15°Pi31 ACHERNAR Risk of rapid endings.
Aspects to Nod 09°Li49 -03°53′
Cnj 09°Li10 DIADEM To sacrifice oneself.
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