TRANSCRIPT Ep. 286 (4.14.25)
Taurus Season: Thunderstorms within the Pasture!
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Whats up, invisible good friend. April right here, and the date as we speak is April 14th, 2025. Welcome to Episode 286 of the Large Sky Astrology Podcast. This week, Mercury enters Aries and facets imaginative Neptune and laser-focused Pluto. Simply earlier than a particularly intense Aquarius Final Quarter Moon, Mars enters Leo after which makes a trine to Neptune in Aries. The Solar enters the plush and tranquil pastures of Taurus, however the peace is interrupted when Mars fees into the sphere. And Taurus’s Venus ruler facets Uranus. And since it’s such a busy week, I’m afraid I received’t be answering a listener query this week. However I’ll get again to that phase subsequent week, so if in case you have any questions you desire to me to reply, please ship an e mail to april@bigskyastrology.com and be sure you put “podcast query” within the topic line.
Mercury enters Aries (April 15, 2025, 11:25 pm PDT)
Mercury enters Aries on April fifteenth at 11:25 pm Pacific Time. It’ll be on this signal till Could tenth. That is Mercury’s third and last go to to 0º Aries in 2025. The earlier two have been on March third, after which on March twenty ninth when Mercury was retrograde.
Mercury transferring into Aries is superb for coping with conditions that require fast choices, decisiveness, and likewise the necessity to communicate your thoughts – as a result of when Mercury is in Aries, we’re rather less afraid of battle.
It’s actually not one of the best Mercury signal for tackling something that requires persistence or thoroughness. if in case you have been feeling caught in getting absolutely anything began, this Mercury signal is definitely actually going to assist.
Now, generally it’s best to get a really feel for a planet in an indication by contrasting it with its reverse. Mercury in Libra, which is Aries’s reverse signal, is diplomatic in the way in which it expresses itself and it weighs its choices rigorously earlier than performing. However Mercury in Aries, alternatively, grasps issues in a short time and it acts decisively. It’s way more instinctual, and that implies that Mercury within the signal isn’t weighing a number of choices. It has a powerful intuition about which option to act instantly.
People who find themselves born with Mercury in Aries typically make good first responders, ER workers, as a result of they’re excellent in conditions the place life or demise relies on fast reflexes and quick choices. Mercury’s time in Aries is gonna be actually useful if there’s been something that you just’ve been procrastinating about or holding your self again from out of worry, Mercury in Aries will have a tendency to only bounce in there and get issues finished, and we will cope with a fallout later.
Mercury conjoins Neptune (April 16, 2025, 9:11 pm PDT)
Mercury in Aries makes a conjunction with Neptune on April sixteenth at 9:11 pm Pacific Time. That’s at 0º 38’ Aries. Aside from transits from the Moon, that is the primary transit to Neptune from one other planet because it moved into Aries on March thirtieth. It’s over in a day, it’s a really quick facet, however pay shut consideration on at the present time as a result of Mercury may very well be bringing some messages about what this Neptune in Aries is prone to result in each on a big scale and likewise only for you individually.
Mercury-Neptune facets are at all times about translating a dream or a imaginative and prescient right into a type that others can perceive and respect. That is mainly what artists do, musicians, photographers, painters, dancers. Mercury with Neptune offers phrases and type to issues which are often actually tough to precise in that method.
Neptune can also be related to all types of escapism. Once more, that is solely a one-day facet, however what it does is level out on this date, catch your self as you’re engaged within the sorts of belongings you love to do to flee actuality. Consider for your self whether or not there isn’t maybe a more healthy option to cope with your stress or coping with belongings you don’t actually wish to cope with on this date.
Additionally, be aware of the corporate you retain and of the content material that you just devour, as a result of when Mercury is with Neptune, even in a tough-minded signal like Aries, it’s extra inclined than normal to selecting up on different folks’s ideas and moods and concepts.
So It’s not an important transit for evaluation or logic, however it’s nice for sure sorts of crafts. And it may be dealt with nicely by getting a number of motion and getting absorbed in video games and actions which are fast paced. Aries likes issues to maneuver shortly.
Mars enters Leo (April 17, 2025, 9:21 pm PDT)
After a protracted keep in mild Most cancers, Mars strikes into glamorous Leo, on April seventeenth at 9:21 pm Pacific Time. Mars beforehand went into Leo on November third, 2024, and it chugged alongside in Leo for some time, after which it turned retrograde on December sixth, 2024, entered Most cancers on January sixth, and it’s been in Most cancers ever since. Now it’s transferring into Leo, and will probably be in Leo during June seventeenth when it enters Virgo.
You probably have been holding your self again from the highlight since early this 12 months, Mars coming into Leo will make the highlight look a little bit extra interesting. You’ll be able to promote your self and your concepts and revisit any initiatives, particularly inventive initiatives that you just began again in November or December.
Mars is a piece planet and it describes very a lot the way in which we method doing work and likewise the sorts of labor we love to do. So, whereas Mars is in Leo, it really is a reasonably good time for establishing and managing initiatives, as a result of Leo is definitely a really managerial signal. We don’t at all times consider it that method, however all the fastened indicators are fairly good at getting issues in place.
After which as soon as Mars goes into Virgo in June, that’s once we can cross the T’s and dot the i’s to ensure the whole lot is simply so, however whereas Mars is in Leo is absolutely the time to only specific your self. It’s price noting that the Sabian image for the primary diploma of Leo is, A case of apoplexy, and it type of cautions us to handle our enthusiasm, our fiery enthusiasm as Mars lands itself on this hearth signal. And that’s very true for moderating Leo’s sense of self-importance. Depart your crown at dwelling.
Solar enters Taurus (April 19, 2025, 12:56 pm PDT)
The Solar enters Taurus on April nineteenth at 12:56 pm Pacific Time by means of Could twentieth.
I’ve visited New Zealand quantity as a result of my husband is from there, and also you hear quite a bit about this sheep in New Zealand and there are a lot, however you don’t hear a lot in regards to the cows – and there are a number of cows. They’re all over the place. Even simply hanging out in grassy pastures alongside the freeway.
I’ve typically envied these cows. They appear so content material. They’ve all this scrumptious grass to eat below these startlingly blue New Zealand skies. They seem like they dwell in perpetual springtime, like they don’t have a care on the earth.
That’s the best of the Solar’s Taurus season, particularly right here within the Northern Hemisphere when it really is spring throughout Taurus season. After the hectic tempo of the Aries season, Taurus is type of the time to plop down within the pasture and chew our cud. It’s the signal of safety and ease and pleasure, and there are a extremely exceptional variety of holidays that fall throughout this season: Earth Day and Arbor Day, Easter and Passover – this 12 months no less than – Cinco de Mayo, Mom’s Day. To not point out April twentieth, which a good friend informs me is likely one of the main moneymaking days of the 12 months for the hashish business.
When the Solar is in Taurus, it’s time to rely our blessings and to ponder what we have to deliver stability to our lives, and most of all, to deliver pleasure and abundance into our days.
A few of that has to do with the cash that we earn and the possessions that we purchase, however not all of it. And I believe whereas the Solar is in Taurus, it’s time to actually think about what it’s that we worth and what we have to really feel snug and completely happy and affluent in our lives.
Mars trine Neptune (April 19, 2025, 3:53 pm PDT)
Additionally, on April nineteenth at 3:53 pm Pacific Time, Mars makes a trine facet to Neptune. Mars in Leo making facet to the Neptune in Aries presents a powerful time for utilizing power and abilities as a result of bear in mind, Mars in Leo could be very inventive, and Neptune is an inventive planet.
This is a superb alternative for getting or giving teaching, significantly assist for many who are deprived and in want of encouragement. It’s additionally preferrred for incorporating non secular or creative influences into your work or your bodily actions. So, this may be one thing like training meditation or yoga or performing some dance. However this power isn’t fitted to duties that require intense focus or something that’s simply self-serving, simply issues that we’re doing for our personal development.
Now isn’t the time to intention for these spectacular particular person achievements. Maybe the remainder of Mars in Leo season can be good for that. However whereas Mars is interacting with Neptune, the main focus must be on contributing in a roundabout way to the development of your group, your society, the planet. You probably have been affected by some type of sickness or one thing in your physique that isn’t making you are feeling high notch, Mars’s interplay with Neptune can probably be useful and therapeutic as nicely.
Venus sextile Uranus (April 20, 2025, 11:20 am PDT)
Venus, which is the planetary ruler of Taurus, sextiles Uranus on April twentieth at 11:20 am Pacific Time at 25º45’ Pisces and Taurus. That is the final of three sextile facets between Venus and Uranus, and the conclusion of a narrative that started on January twenty sixth. It was repeated on April seventh, and now that is the final facet within the conclusion of the story.
It’s a narrative about how in any type of love, connection or relationship with somebody, it’s essential to have our personal sense of freedom, our personal mates, our personal pursuits, and it’s additionally a narrative about cash and our relationship with sources usually. Venus connecting with Uranus could say that conditions come our method the place we both have an surprising windfall or expenditure, a giant tax invoice, one thing like that, as a result of Uranus brings instability in these areas often, and we actually have to guage how essential such issues are to us, and likewise whether or not the effort and time we’re placing into incomes cash is absolutely satisfying to us. This is likely one of the facets, coming so shut on the heels of the Solar transferring into Taurus, which can upset that normal Taurus stability and leisure and luxury. As a result of Venus guidelines Taurus and anytime it connects with Uranus, one thing a little bit out of the unusual comes our method. And this may be one thing uncommon in our social experiences, perhaps with a good friend or one thing of that nature.
However in any occasion, that is actually about exercising your free will in all types of Venus conditions financially, and particularly in relationships.
Mercury sextile Pluto (April 20, 2:39 pm PDT)
April twentieth is a really busy day as a result of on that day at 2:39 pm Pacific Time, Mercury makes a sextile to Pluto at 3º46’ Aries and Aquarius. That is additionally the third in a sequence of Mercury-Pluto sextiles that proceed this form of transformative affect following the earlier facets that have been on March fifth and March twenty fifth. This facet can result in seeing conditions in probably the most difficult mild or detrimental mild, as a result of that is form of the affect of Pluto.
Loads of the time when it connects with Mercury, we will discover ourselves getting in a psychological rut, which generally could be fairly damaging. Now once more, this can be a fairly fast facet. It’s solely actually occurring for a day, however it’s the continuation, the conclusion of a sequence of those sorts of facets.
This could additionally, nevertheless, be our alternative to take management of our minds and our ideas, and to consciously steer them in a extra optimistic and empowering course. Just like the earlier transits that we had on this sequence, this facet is forcing us to confront disagreeable truths and to maneuver by means of them with readability.
However be aware, this transit may also make it simpler to fall into that type of compulsive, addictive, detrimental self-talk and mindset. The bottom line is to channel this intense psychological power into actions which are constructive and therapeutic, and that empower us relatively than making us really feel as if we’ve got no energy in any respect.
Solar sq. Mars (April 20, 2025, 6:34 pm PDT)
The Solar squares Mars, additionally on April twentieth at 6:34 pm Pacific Time at 1º12’ Taurus and Leo. That is additionally the place the Solar in Taurus is getting a little bit bit extra of a push and motivation than we would usually see with it. When Mars is in a sq. facet to the Solar in Taurus, it actually lights a hearth below the will to do Taurus issues, perhaps to earn more money, achieve a bigger share of the pasture. And a little bit Mars motivation isn’t the worst factor on the earth for Taurus. It’s energizing. And if Taurus has a flaw, which I’m not ready to concede, it’s that it might probably get a little bit caught in a rut. So having a little bit Mars might be a reasonably good factor each every so often.
We do need to be a little bit cautious when the Solar is sq. Mars, of tempers flaring, to attempt to not take issues personally. It’s actually tough. One thing or somebody might actually kick up your combating instincts, and infrequently it’s as a result of they’re being type of smug or egotistical, which is one thing that Taurus actually, actually hates.
Now, Mars in Leo, being a hearth signal, has a little bit little bit of a brief fuse, however the Solar in Taurus could be very gradual to anger. Each of them are fastened indicators although, and as soon as they get mad, they’re unlikely to again down they usually can actually maintain a little bit of a grudge. That is very true with Mars opposing Pluto on the similar time.
The Solar’s Sabian image at this sq. is 2 Taurus, {An electrical} storm, which at all times speaks to me of the person genius of fantastic insights that appear to return from nowhere. Mars’s Sabian image is 2 Leo, An epidemic of mumps, and it truly is in regards to the widespread implications of any occasion. Any particular person might originate an infectious thought. Not all of them are secure or good, however they’re infectious. And this provides us a little bit little bit of a optimistic sense of the Solar with Mars, that the person, the Solar, can have an effect and might encourage others.
Final Quarter Moon in Aquarius (April 20, 2025, 6:36 pm PDT)
And now it’s time for the Moon report. We start, as at all times, with the week’s main lunation, which is the Final Quarter Moon in Aquarius, on – what else? – April 20th, it’s a giant day! – at 6:36 pm Pacific Time, at 1º12’ Aquarius and Taurus. This offers us two very alike Sabian symbols. The Moon is on 2 Aquarius, An surprising thunderstorm, and the Solar is on 2 Taurus, {An electrical} storm.
So, in each circumstances we get that very electrical Aquarius spirit. It’s a extremely extremely charged and energetic Final Quarter Moon, and it’s marked by this t-square between the Moon and Pluto in Aquarius, Mars in Leo, and the Solar in Taurus. And once more, when we’ve got these t-squares, they’re extremely motivating, however they may also be fairly irritating.
This additionally actually places into excessive profile that Solar-Mars sq. that we talked about earlier than. When we’ve got a t-square, which is made up of three or extra planets which are often in the identical modality, cardinal, fastened, or mutable. The t-square means there may be one register that modality that doesn’t have a planet in it. On this case, that’s Scorpio. And I name this the discharge level for a t-square. As a result of when issues begin getting actually, actually aggravating with the t-square, you may transfer within the course of that lacking signal. It factors to a spot of refuge. So with Scorpio, that will be about retreating, actually, , getting off by your self a bit so that you just’re not intensely linked with lots of people and all of their power and interesting in solitary pursuits. Taking time to look at your emotions away from different folks and their impression.
Final Quarter Moons signify the second within the lunar cycle once we’re pushing to finish the objectives that we set on the earlier New Moon, which on this case was that Aries Photo voltaic Eclipse on March twenty ninth. That is the lunation that actually invitations us to mirror on how finest to affect the world round us. And since this Final Quarter Moon is in Aquarius, which is a collective signal, this can be a time we would take into consideration how we would collaborate with like-minded individuals who share our views, our pursuits, and particularly our long-term objectives.
At this Final Quarter Moon, we may be craving a way of belonging and need, social connections that actually really feel vital and impactful. The Aries power could be very individualistic, and when you’ve been feeling during the last month or so whereas the Solar has been in Aries, whereas Neptune moved into Aries, and whereas we had that photo voltaic eclipse in Aries, you may be prepared at this level to get out and join with different folks extra, particularly with these Sabian symbols for this Final Quarter, the surprising thunderstorm, {the electrical} storm.
We’re seeing a tumultuous week as a result of that is the Final Quarter Moon in a cycle that started with a photo voltaic eclipse, which is a reasonably unstable affect anyway, so something that we set in place at that New Moon is now type of coming dwelling to roost, and we’re gonna work out how you can deliver the boat to shore safely.
Lunar Part Household Cycle
That is the Final Quarter in a lunar part household cycle that started with a New Moon on January twenty first, 2023 at one 1º32’ Aquarius. Based mostly on what you may bear in mind of that timeframe in your life, or perhaps notes you will have or your calendar, wanting on the place of 1º32’ Aquarius in your start chart, you will get some sense of what felt actually essential to you at the moment as being a degree of recent starting.
Then on the First Quarter on this lunar part household cycle, which was on October twenty first, 2023 at 28º28’, Capricorn, inside just some levels of that New Moon level in Aquarius, that’s when there would’ve been ahead movement on one thing that you just have been plotting at that New Moon. Then on the Full Moon on July twenty first, 2024 at 29º08’ Capricorn, there was a fuller perspective on what it was that you just put into place on the New Moon of January twenty first, 2023, what it had taken you to get to that time, and a clearer sense of what you have been gonna have to do to deliver these plans to completion.
And now we’re at that Final Quarter level and for the following 9 months, we can be seeing unfold the alternatives that exist to complete what we started at that way back New Moon, on January twenty first, 2023. And all of it has to do with this collective spirit of Aquarius. What’s it that we will try this fits our personal long-term hopes and desires, but additionally brings us right into a reference to others who share roughly the identical objectives?
Void-of-Course Moon Durations
Let’s have a look at the Void-of-Course Moon durations for this week. On April fifteenth, the Moon in Scorpio trines Mercury in Pisces at 7:24 pm Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for simply 13 minutes, after which enters Sagittarius at 7:37 pm.
The Void-of-Course Moon durations, in my view, kick off a interval brief or lengthy – this one’s very brief – the place we’ve got a chance to let go of a behavior that isn’t working nicely for us and or provoke a brand new behavior that we wish to proceed.
Take this very brief Void-of-Course Moon interval to provoke a behavior of claiming good issues to your self and to others. We don’t typically consider the Moon in Scorpio as working that method. It’s not at all times vivid and sunny and saying, oh, actually candy issues to different folks. However I at all times bear in mind one thing a shopper stated to me way back. She stated, “I imagine in being actually sincere with folks, and that features being sincere in regards to the issues I actually admire about them.” And I believe that may be a great way to take a look at this one, even whether it is simply sending somebody a textual content or an e mail or saying one thing affirming to anyone whenever you’re out in public. This can be a nice Void-of-Course Moon interval for doing that.
On April 18th, the Moon in Sagittarius trines the Solar in Aries at 4:38 am Pacific time. It’s Void-of-Course for 2 hours, 34 minutes, after which enters Capricorn at 7:12 am. The Moon in Sagittarius is a reasonably upbeat Moon signal. It tends to have a little bit extra laid-back method to no matter is occurring. Use this Void-of-Course Moon interval to get within the behavior of letting your self have enjoyable and chortle, and particularly when you’re present process one thing in your life that could be very difficult, the place it’s very tempting to slip into these detrimental methods of considering. This Void-of-Course Moon reminds us regardless of what’s going on in our lives that’s difficult, there may be at all times room to let a little bit little bit of daylight and laughter into your coronary heart.
On the, oh, so busy April twentieth, the Moon in Capricorn sextiles Saturn at 10:21 am Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for six hours, zero minutes, after which enters Aquarius at 4:21 pm. We all know the Moon in Capricorn is the time every month for laying out a technique and pursuing it in a gradual and regular trend. So this Moon in Capricorn, particularly coming off a sextile to Saturn, which could be very severe, is a Void-of-Course interval for getting finished what we have to get finished. However for the reason that Moon then enters Aquarius, it’s additionally about remembering that work isn’t the whole lot.
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