on the 5th. She is powerful in her own sign and house, and thus your earning power is strong. Her transit also brings the help of social contacts, the spouse, partner or current love and opportunities for business partnerships or joint ventures. Venus travels with Uranus from the 6th to the 9th and this can bring unexpected financial and social opportunity.
Children and children figures of the appropriate age are more sexually active this month.
April
Best Days Overall: 3, 4, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22
Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 14, 28, 29
Best Days for Love: 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 25, 26
Best Days for Money: 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26
Best Days for Career: 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 24, 25
A happy and prosperous month ahead, Aries. Enjoy! Until the 19th you remain in one of your yearly personal pleasure peaks and, like last month, a lot of fun and leisure activities will come your way. The personal appearance shines. You have charisma and star quality.
This is still very much a period of personal independence and personal power. Other people are always important, but make sure you take care of Number 1. The Western social sector of your chart becomes a little bit stronger after the 3rd as Venus moves to the West, but the Eastern sector of self is still overwhelmingly dominant.
Venus goes ‘out of bounds’ from the 3rd to the end of the month. Practically speaking, she spends the month ‘out of bounds’ – this describes both your financial and love life this month. You need to go outside your normal boundaries, socially and financially. There are no answers or opportunities in your normal circles. This can be read another way, too: your financial and social urges pull you out of your normal spheres. The spouse, partner or current love is also outside his or her normal boundaries. The money people in your life are venturing into the unknown as well.
Health is good this month – especially when compared to the past few months. Now you only have two long-term planets stressing you and you have help from the short-term planets. So your health and energy are the best they’ve been so far this year. You can enhance your health further through foot massage until the 11th, scalp and face massage from the 11th to the 27th and neck and throat massage from the 27th onwards. Physical exercise is always good for you, but especially between the 11th and 27th.
Mercury has his solstice from the 14th to the 16th. He pauses in the heavens and reverses direction (in latitude). So, a pause at work and in health matters will happen and then a change of direction. This is a pause that refreshes – a cosmic pause.
Jupiter travels with Pluto all month and this gives many messages. It indicates a good month to pay down debt or to borrow (depending on your need). A good month to approach outside investors for your projects. The spouse, partner or current love will have a banner financial month. You are also having a banner financial month, for on the 19th you begin a yearly financial peak. This is a good month for tax planning or for buying insurance, and if you are of the appropriate age it is good for estate planning too.
May
Best Days Overall: 1, 8, 9, 18, 19, 27, 28
Most Stressful Days Overall: 4, 5, 10, 11, 25, 26
Best Days for Love: 4, 5, 13, 14, 23, 24
Best Days for Money: 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Best Days for Career: 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 22
Planetary retrograde activity increases this month; after the 16th 40 per cent of the planets are moving backwards. While this isn’t yet the maximum for the year, it is still a high percentage. The pace of life slows down a bit.
The retrograde of Venus is perhaps the most significant for you. She rules both the love and the financial life. This is a rare retrograde – it happens once every two years – that begins on May 16. So any major purchases or investments should be done before the 16th. Afterwards, avoid these things and take stock of your financial life. Give it a good review and see where improvements can be made. The same is true for the spouse, partner or current love. But for him or her this taking stock is in effect all month – and for the next few months. In spite of this, he or she will prosper this month. Earnings might come more slowly but they will come.
The love life will slow down after the 16th too. Relationships or friendships can seem to go backwards. But as with finance, don’t make important love decisions during Venus’s retrograde.
Venus will spend the month in your 3rd house. This shows that love and romantic opportunities can be found close to home, in the neighbourhood and perhaps with neighbours. Financial opportunities happen here too.
The retrograde of Saturn, your career planet, begins on May 11, and it coincides with strength in the lower half of your Horoscope. The upper half, the day side of the chart, is still the strongest, but the lower half is stronger than it has been all year. (Next month the lower half will be at its maximum for the year.) So, you can devote more time to the home and family. Career is still important but it is slowing down. Many issues will need time to resolve.
You are still in a yearly financial peak until the 20th, but because of Venus’s retrograde, wrap up financial dealings before the 16th. This is still a good month to pay down or to make debt – especially before the 16th. Also good, like last month, for tax and estate planning (for those of you of the appropriate age).
Health is even better than last month. Your health planet, Mercury, will be ‘out of bounds’ this month from the 17th onwards. This would indicate that you are looking ‘outside the box’ in health matters.
June
Best Days Overall: 5, 6, 14, 15, 24, 30
Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 7, 8, 21, 22
Best Days for Love: 1, 9, 10, 19, 20
Best Days for Money: 1, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 27
Best Days for Career: 2, 7, 8, 9, 18, 19
Retrograde activity increases even further this month. We will have three days – the 23rd to the 25th – where 60 per cent of planets will be travelling backwards. This is the maximum for the year, although we will hit this number again in September. Retrogrades are annoying for everyone, but especially for you Aries. The pace of life slows down even more than last month. Aries, the lover of action, needs to learn patience.
Much retrograde activity is the cosmos calling us to be more perfect in all that we do. Handle the details of life perfectly. Avoid short cuts (these are an illusion this month) and make slow, methodical progress. Being perfect in what you do won’t eliminate delays, but it will reduce them.
Health is an issue this month after the 21st. This is not as severe a problem as in January but still something to watch. Do your best to maintain high energy levels. Do your best to reduce your schedule around the two eclipse periods this month as well.
The lunar eclipse of June 5 occurs in your 9th house, affecting college-level students – there can be shakeups in their schools and changes in educational plans. If you’re involved in a legal action it takes a dramatic turn, one way or another.
