CANCER | APRIL HOROSCOPE

Welcome to April, Cancer! The month kicks off with Mercury, the planet of communication, technology and intellect, moving into your Aries 10th house of career and public image, usually signaling a good time for conversations, communication and intellectual activity of any kind, especially when it comes to your professional world and your career. Aries is a cardinal and fire energy that can help jump start projects and movements, but make sure to find some grounding and follow through if and when you start to implement these! On the 11th, there is a New Moon in Aries, also falling in your 10th house of career. What are some new projects that you want to put out in the world right now and manifest for yourself? With Mercury co-present, it could indicate a favorable time for brainstorming and planting new seeds. On the 14th, Venus exits your 10th house and ingresses its home sign of Taurus and your 11th house of ideas, goals and networking. As with most Venus transits, they tend to be positive and beneficial. For the next few weeks you could feel inclined to engage in pleasurable and artistic activities with friends or a social group, building new and valuable connections or simply strengthening the ones already in place. On the 19th, the Sun and Mercury join Venus in your 11th house of Taurus, signaling a period of time where you are asked to look at your expectations and goals in life. What are these and how are they coming into fruition right now? The Taurean energy can help you approach these ideas, goals and hopes from a grounded and resilient perspective, but beware of not getting too fixated in the process where you aren’t open to other ideas or ways of going about exploring this area of life. On the 23rd, Mars, the planet of war and action, enters its detriment sign of Cancer and your 1st house of self and identity, indicating a time where your self-assertion is more prominent than before. During this transit, it can be advised to work alone rather than for or with other people, especially given the fact that Mars is not functioning at its best capacity in the sign of Cancer, so this could manifest as an emotional explosion if the energy is not handled properly. To finish off the month of April, there will be a Full Moon in Scorpio, illuminating your 5th house of self-expression and creativity. This lunation can be a somewhat challenging one for everyone as a collective, given the fact that not only is the Moon is in fall in the sign of Scorpio, but also, its ruling planet Mars, is in detriment in the sign of Cancer. For you, it's tying both themes of your identity and your pleasures and self-expression. What are some things in these areas of life that are holding you back, that are impeding you from expressing and exploring yourself, both emotionally and physically?