Venus is busy this month, reweaving her story through underworld journeys in Pisces, where she exalts. Fresh off conjunctions to Neptune and Mercury, Venus merges with the North Node on April 1, pulling the heart toward something.
Notably, Venus rules both the Full and New Moons of April. She also returns to the sky early in the month and finds her greatest brilliance on the 27th. The retrograde complicates Venusian matters, yet her bright visibility and placement in her chariot gives her (and our retrograde revisions) Venus considerable strength. Returns are filled with mystical potential.
We’re being pulled here, hungry for spiritual realization, but we can feel awash with less healthy aspects of Pisces: the deluge of emotion, the disorientation from material reality, and experiences of victimization and loss.
Themes of this retrograde (and what is claimed following the station) involve:
– a deeper look at the nature of love, devotion, and sacrifice
– encounters with wounds of rejection, loss, and disillusionment
-the contrast between matter and spirit
-discovering where love has been lost to illusions
-releasing distortions around beauty and desirability
-tests of self-worth
Venus’ conjunction to Saturn on the 24th is highly important and points towards the gravity of decisions culminating from this process. Mercury is retrograde alongside Venus in early April, making things extra introspective and non-linear. Conversations may feel circular or surreal.
The tone shifts mid-month as Venus completes her retrograde and Mars finally exits Cancer (its sign of fall) and ingresses into Leo. This will be a helpful shift for Mars-ruled activities and particularly noticeable for those that have a strong personal connection to this planet, or are otherwise significantly influenced by Mars via profections or other timing techniques. However, it is not without its challenges. On April 26, Mars opposes Pluto for the third and final time in this cycle. Expect pieces lingering beneath the surface to emerge, possibly with great intensity.
Last but not least, Neptune is now in Aries, bringing a massive shift to the flow of inspiration, dreams, and illusions. Check out your yearly horoscope for more details on this super important ingress.
Full Moon in Libra, April 12
Venus stations direct in tandem with the culmination of this lunar cycle. What has been worked through during Venus’ retrograde may now come into full view, expression, or realization in a new way. Chiron and Mars figure strongly into the energies of this Full Moon, bringing extra charge and intensity to what emerges. Old wounds may surface.
New Moon in Taurus, April 27
April’s New Moon, positioned at the focal point of T-square involving Pluto and Mars, is particularly intense. Venus, just off her degree of exaltation, rules this Moon from the sign of Pisces. Having just completed her retrograde, the Goddess of the Skies has risen from the underworld, reborn from the trials below. This powerful reset invites a fresh perspective on love, value, and desire, calling for emotional release and rebirth in both personal and collective realms.
April 2025 Key Dates
Apr 2 – Venus conjunct North Node
Apr 7 – Venus conjunct Saturn
Apr 7 – Mercury direct
Apr 12 – Venus direct
Apr 12 – Full Moon 23°29 Libra, 8:21 pm ET
Apr 14 – Saturn conjunct North Node
Apr 16 – Mercury enters Aries
Apr 17 – Mercury conjunct Neptune
Apr 18 – Mars enters Leo
Apr 19 – Sun enters Taurus
Apr 20 – Venus conjunct North Node
Apr 24 – Venus conjunct Saturn
Apr 26 – Mars opposite Pluto
Apr 27 – New Moon 7°47 Taurus, 3:30 pm ET
Apr 30 – Venus enters Aries
April Horoscopes
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Retrograde meanderings crystallize into a sharp realization mid-month, exposing something you’ve been forced to evaluate in relationships. The tone shifts later as your ruler enters Leo. You’ll likely feel more heat, light, and drive with this sign change. The opposition between Mars and Pluto, however, could bring tensions involving personal joy and collective expectations. Approach this intensity with awareness—harness the fire without letting it consume you.
taurus
Your ruler takes center stage this month, and main characters tend to face trials that help them discover more of who they are. Pieces of this story involve your sense of belonging in the world. Friendships may be tested, urging you to make changes in your social sphere. You may have experienced loss and uncertainty in these areas, but keep going. You’re on your way to something important. The New Moon marks a pivotal shift, stirring deep-held emotions tied to home and family.
gemini
As of late, Pisces stories have been activated in vast, somewhat undecipherable ways. For you, Gemini, this has translated into a fluid, shifting tide in your career and public image. Listen closely as something is ready to be anchored. The Full Moon highlights your public expressions, pushing realizations about being seen and received. Words are extra important under the Mars-Pluto opposition.
cancer
April’s Full Moon highlights your gifts, calling upon past transformations to inform how you show up as a guiding light for others. Through the Venus retrograde you may have found yourself in deep contemplation of your beliefs. Rearrangements involving higher truth come together under April’s planetary bath. Creative power is a theme.
leo
April brings a number of triggers and activations from intense areas of life. Past experiences of loss may have been activated, calling you to look at the origin of fears and traumas. Don’t get lost in the sauce, Leo. As Mars returns to your sign, you’ll feel sharply focused and powerfully confronted. Expect a collision of energies, propelling you toward the next chapter.
virgo
Pisces planets stir your 7th house, making relationships a focal point. You’ve been sorting through something in relationships or, more broadly, how you share yourself with the world. In this process, you’ve probably been exploring how you merge, give, and find acceptance in the space with another. The end of this Venus retrograde brings matters of self-worth front and center.
libra
As a Libra, Venus stories are core to your experience, and with Venus currently passing in and out of the underworld, you’re likely having encounters with the depths. Health, self-care, or daily responsibilities may feel uncertain as Pisces energy stirs up ambiguity in this part of your life. The Full Moon on the 12th illuminates these inner negotiations.
scorpio
The influx of planets in Pisces has flooded through your solar 5th house, bringing undefinable, mystically charged experiences involving children, love, pleasure, and creation into a hazy process of reconfiguation. Whatever’s been brewing here will reach a turning point as Venus retrograde concludes. Something will finally be brought to shore or be carried out to sea. Either way, a new momentum is felt mid-month. Expect an intense encounter between external ambitions and internal foundations.
sagittarius
The entanglement of planets in Pisces has stirred questions about home, family, and your deepest sense of belonging. Old emotional attachments, inherited patterns, and definitions of stability are dissolving, making way for something new. April intensifies this process, pushing you further into a deep (and possibly disorienting) restructuring of your foundations. The Full Moon/Venus station brings new light to the picture, bringing clarity through friendships, community, or other external perspectives.
capricorn
Something has been shifting in how you communicate and digest information. You may find threads that trace back to your childhood, experiences with siblings, and early learning. How you hold yourself in the world is deeply tied to this. The Full Moon/Venus station delivers opportune moments for realization.
aquarius
What you have and what you do with what you have—both materially and internally—are core themes of your journey this month. Realities around skills, resources, and finances have demanded quite a bit of attention lately, and you really need to sort, redefine, or reclaim something here. As Mars re-enters Leo and opposes Pluto across your relationship axis, tensions may rise between your independence and the demands of partnership.
pisces
You are moving into yourself in a new way—a truer way—through it may feel like a muddly mess. You may have to release a rigid expectation, belief, or fundamental structure to get to this new part of you. A turning point arrives as Venus stations direct in your sign, marking a shift in how you see yourself and how others receive you.
