ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST For APRIL 2026
We end March with Venus moving into the sign of Taurus.
If you have Sun, Moon, rising, or planets in Taurus, you are attracting more beauty in your life, abundance, and romance.
This gives those with Taurus energy more creative intelligence to create projects in the fine arts. Author that poem, song, screen play or take photographs or use your hands to mold a sculpture from clay. Surround yourself with flowers.
This energy of Venus in Taurus will be active till April 24th.
April 1st starts off with a full Moon in the peace-making sign of Libra at 12 degrees (10:12PM EDT).
If you have Sun, Moon, rising, or planets in Libra, you are wanting to bring balance into your life.
Libra rules relationships including marriage, so relationships are completing a cycle of maturity or if the balance cannot be found, break ups are possible.
A T-square between the cardinal signs, Libra, Cancer and Aries, creates tensions in this full Moon chart. How do the needs of others, Libra, fit into personal needs, Aries, and how does this affect family life, Cancer.
Capricorn fills the leg of this open-ended T-square so seek out advice from friends or family members who are Capricorn. You will get sound advice on how to create the balance (Libra) in all relationships.
A grand trine between the water signs, Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, gives the water signs less stress to find the balance in the areas just mentioned in the full Moon chart.
Libra moves from chaos to balance on this full Moon, and this could be a time when the world leaders want to agree on peace agreements.
There is a 50/50 chance that we could see things improve in international affairs as the T-square could find balance from the water signs involved in a grand trine.
Because of all the Pisces energy we experienced in the month of March, floods and other weather patterns have been active. Hawaii is going through the worst flooding in the past 20 years.
Mercury was retrograde for most of March and will move out of its shadow at 22 degrees Pisces on April 10th. Pisces are ready to move forward with all the plans they made from the Mercury retrograde period.
Pisces out of all the signs would have felt most stuck emotionally during March but they also had time to rest more and go deep into meditation about their lives.
Maybe some extra money had to go to a car breakdown or like my personal experience, I am Pisces, an upgrade to my internet service along with having to buy a new printer because my printer refused to print even after five hours of trouble shooting. Grrrr.
Good Friday is April 3rd as we ponder on the significance of death and the resurrection of Jesus. Happy Easter to everyone on April 5th.
Mars moves into Aries on April 9th and starts a chain reaction of planets in this sign of war and aggression till May 18th. May 18th could be the time that the war with Iran and the Ukraine/Russian war finds balance.
President Trump already has more soldiers going to Iran as I type this column on March 27th. This is the planets getting aligned, prepared, from April 6th till the 21st. It looks like he is planning to make a major move AFTER Easter weekend.
If you have Sun, Moon, rising, or planets in Aries, you need to be careful to have patience with physical movements or you could have an accident. Take your time and breathe deeply to release any tension or anger.
With an increase in physical energy, you turn to exercise to help balance your emotional nature, so you don’t get angry in your relationships.
Mercury will move into Aries on April 14th also increasing the thoughts/communications of the Ram to be forceful since there are other planets in Aries during this time.
The most significant line up of planets in one sign in 2026 is happening on the new Moon in Aries at 27 degrees on April 17th (7:52AM EDT). A stellium of seven planets in Aries.
New Moon’s represent new beginnings so if you are born under the sign of Aries or have your Moon, rising or planets in Aries, you are beginning new and creative projects in a few areas.
You may find yourself scattered all over the place or you could experience so much energy without a specific direction as this new Moon chart does not have any oppositions, T-squares, or Yod’s.
This shows a determined Ram that wants his or her own way. Very selfish positioning here. This energy starts to break up when the Sun moves into Taurus on the 19th to help balance and stabilize the Fire elements with the Earth element.
This could be a time when military buildup is ready to express significant action IF a peace deal is not made by the full Moon in Libra around April 1st give or take days before or after the first.
The new Moon in Aries finds completion on May 1st with a full Moon in Scorpio. This is a tense time for the world so pray and add any kind of energy to the world that helps stabilize the aggressive nature of Aries.
The second half of April could manifest some serious weather conditions as Aries can be explosive. Earthquakes, volcano eruptions, and an active tornado season.
The weather patterns could interfere with financial support for fighting wars because America may need to put billions of dollars into damage created by mother nature.
However, this could also put more pressure on the federal government to think about America first rather than spewing out money for war with other countries and calm the current administrations male (Mars) energy down.
The second half of April, President Trump’s chart shows a lot of stress that peaks on the full Moon in Scorpio May 1st. Some type of accident could happen or health issues as Uranus squares his rising sign.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, born under the sign of Scorpio, will appear for a deposition on the Epstein files. This is on April 14th, around the time of the planetary alignment in Aries.
Very stressful time for both the President and his AG. The news media is going to be on overdrive the second half of April and you have to wonder if the war in Iran is a distraction from the Epstein files for whatever reasons.
The sun moves into Taurus on April 19th. Happy Birthday to those born under the Earth sign of Taurus.
Earth Day is April 22nd. It’s a perfect time to be thankful to Mother Earth for all the blessings she provides for us. Take the time to be with nature as the spring flowers and trees start to bloom and remind us of how abundant the Earth is.
Venus enters the communication sign of Gemini on April 24th, and Uranus moves back into Gemini on the 25th.
If you have Sun, Moon, rising, or planets in Gemini, you are ready for more romance, Venus, in your life.
If you are single, you want to attract a partner to you or if you are already settled in a relationship, you enjoy deep conversation and just having fun till Venus moves into Cancer on May 18th.
Uranus has been in Taurus over the last several years creating financial instability with high interest rates and unpractical investments in war instead of helping humans who struggle so much in America and around the world.
As Uranus makes its permanent stay in Gemini starting on April 25th, a clearer path to economic progress is communicated.
Also, Uranus will move into a “Minor Grand Trine” with Neptune and Pluto starting in June through the rest of 2026 but most fertile in July 2026 offering higher frequencies of energy from higher dimensions to infiltrate into the consciousness of humanity.
Uranus can create instability but also creates sudden changes that are more revolutionary. We could see massive protesting around the world as people want more stability and cooperation from their chosen leaders.
April is a wonderful month of deepening one’s faith in a higher power and offers opportunities to move forward with peace and joy.
May this special Easter season bring abundance, perfect health, and love to everyone in the world.
Blessings, Lou.
Lou Valentino has been giving astrological consultations in both Vedic and Western astrology for 35 years. Check out his list of Astrological Readings by clicking on the heading “Astrological Readings.”
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