The American Civil War began April 12, 1861, with transiting Neptune at 0 Aries square the U.S. chart's natal Venus, but the aspect did not complete until May of 1862. The Iran War began Februry 28, 2026 with transiting Neptune at 1 Aries square the U.S. chart's natal Venus, but this alignment completes quickly in mid April 2026. The country was divided and Congress was in disarray both times. The planets revolve; we evolve.
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Scroll Down for What's Happening April 2026, Eclipses 2026, Upcoming Planetary Pivot Points, Thoughts & Things: Neptune at War with Venus, Are Quintiles and BiQuintiles Evil? Eros - Cupid's Sex Addicted Sibling, Bombs Bursting in Air - Iran, Happy Anniversary, United States

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The monthly mosaic of planetary patterns below shows the good (or bad!) days in general for natalizing something of great importance. However, remember that the transits to your own chart are a prime consideration. The TRANSIT TRACKER helps YOU know when the lights are red or green for YOU.

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*** WHAT'S HAPPENING ***

APRIL 2026

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The end depends upon the beginning.

** THE SUN & EARTH & MORE **

Every project, business, romantic relationship, or partnership has its own birth chart, and the Sun and Earth are the most crucial factors in that chart.

Red days are the most challenging. Green days are the most helpful. Yellow Days require extra caution.

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Every day can vary in its propensity for a successful outcome. Some days are better for love, and some are better for money, but of course, your own chart's transits are the most important. However, when you have great transits and also pick a great day to start something new, the magic happens!

Every day has some good alignments but also some unpleasant ones. No day is ever perfect. The Sun or Earth is the most important body in any chart, so understanding their most significant alignments can help you make better choices.

This section places emphasis on the aspects to the Sun & Earth in the world chart for the best and worst days to begin something new.

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April 1-5 - The Sun and Earth are touched by the pesky Saturn/Chiron midpoint so it is best to restrain your impulses.

April 15-17 - Several factors make this a reasonably good time for romance, although not a good time to start a new romantic relationship. One might take popularity for granted or go overboard with charitable impulses.

April 20-21 - There is a lot going on and the chart for the day might be good for making key changes for the short term. There are many better days in May.

April 22 - 29 - The Sun squares off with both Pluto and Juno, so ambition can be tainted by wishful thinking. Add Saturn forming a quincunx to the Earth and you have the perfect setting for failure. Avoid giving in to temptations.

*** APRIL LUNA ***

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If you have a planet synchronized with the degree of the New Moon or Full Moon, or one of the eclipse degrees, your chart will be more affected than most other people.

*** FULL MOON ***

April 1, 2026

Sun 180 Moon at 12.4 Aries/Libra

*** NEW MOON ***

April 17, 2026

Sun conjunct Moon at 27.5 Aries

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Here's something to think about: Tradition says that you should end projects in the dark of the Moon, just before the New Moon. Start paying off loans just before the New Moon, too, or while the Moon is decreasing in light to make the bill easier to pay. If the Moon is increasing in light the bill could become more expensive. Why not try it?

*** ECLIPSES 2026 ***

If you have a natal planet synchronized with one of these eclipse degrees your chart will be impacted by the eclipse's influence more than other people.

Feb 17 Solar Eclipse (Annular) 28.9 Aquarius

Mar 2–3 Lunar Eclipse (Total) 12.9 Virgo/Pisces

Aug 12 Solar Eclipse (Total) 20 Leo

Aug 27–28 Lunar Eclipse (Partial) 4.9 Pisces/Virgo

Looking ahead: According to NASA's solar eclipse calendar, the longest solar eclipse in 100 years will occur on August 2, 2027. Its total phase will last 6 minutes and 23 seconds.

*** PLANETARY PIVOT POINTS ***

Let's look ahead at retrograde energy shifts for the next few months. If you have a natal planet synchronized with one of these station points your chart will be impacted by that planet's influence more than other people.

Pluto Rx May 6, 2026 at 5.5 Aquarius

Mercury Rx June 29, 2026 at 26.2 Cancer

Mercury D July 23, 2026 at 16.3 Cancer

Saturn Rx July 26, 2026 at 14.7 Aries

Neptune Rx July 27, 2026 at 4.4 Aries

Chiron Rx August 3, 2026 at 0.88 Taurus

Sedna Rx September 3, 2026 at 2.5 Gemini

Uranus Rx September 10, 2026 at 5.7 Gemini

Venus Rx October 3, 2026 at 8.5 Scorpio

Pluto D October 16, 2026 at 3.0 Aquarius

Mercury Rx October 29, 2026 at 20.9 Scorpio

Mercury D November 13, 2026 at 5.0 Scorpio

Venus D November 14, 2026 at 22 Libra


* THOUGHTS & THINGS *

Neptune at War with Venus

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A person whose chart had transiting Neptune square natal Venus could experience conditions that cause bitter feuds, secret love affairs, costly investments, and bad bargains.

The American Civil War began April 12, 1861, with transiting Neptune at 0 Aries square the U.S. chart's natal Venus, but the aspect did not become exact until May of 1862. Thereafter, due to retrograde motion it continued to form repeating squares until the spring of 1863. However, the next station direct of Neptune in December 1863 was within mere minutes of an exact square.

The Iran War began February 28, 2026 with transiting Neptune at 1 Aries square the U.S. chart's natal Venus, however this alignment becomes exact quickly in mid April 2026.

Neptune will station retrograde in July 2026 and repeat the applying square to the U.S. chart's Venus two times before April 2027, so although there is a brief respite from mid April to late July, 2026, Neptune will continue to cause mischief for the next year.

Are Quintiles and BiQuintiles Evil?

Take a look at the chart for the New York Stock Exchange. It's birth date is May 17, 1792 according to the Rodden database.

The Sun and Jupiter are biquintile while money planets are connected by multiples of 36 degrees, too. Venus is quintile both Chiron and Pluto, while Chiron and Pluto are biquintile. Meanwhile, the Earth and Saturn are biquintile in the heliocentric system. There is much more to be seen.

The numerous alignments of 72 and 144 degrees have not seemed to hurt this institution that has lasted 234 years.

With Saturn and Neptune paired up and Neptune ruling stocks, we have seen steady declining steps of the S & P since January 2026's high, but the last year has seen much better performance overall compared to March 2025.

Barack Obama, born August 4, 1961, has the Sun quintile Ixion, the asteroid of special charm, and Mercury biquintile Chiron--he was certainly a wonderful speaker.

Elon Musk, born June 28, 1971, has the natal Sun biquintile both Neptune and Jupiter, the planet of super success.

So, transiting conditions could be briefly chaotic, but that doesn't mean that the quintile or biquintile is evil of itself.

Cupid's Sex Addicted Sibling: EROS

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Eros, named after the Greek god of love, looks like a peanut to astronomers, but maybe it looks like something else?

It is just a tiny asteroid measuring approximately 21 x 7 x 7 miles with a mean diameter of 10.4 miles but is the first near Earth asteroid discovered (1898), the first orbited, and the first landed on by a spacecraft (2001).

Something this tiny has very little magnetic pull, if any at all, so is it worthwhile to include in a chart?

The Eclipse on March 3 and New Moon on March 18 are square the asteroid Eros, Cupid’s tiny erotic relative. Truth be told, the aspect between the Sun and Eros doesn't complete until April 16, so this is an excellent month to discuss this peanut shaped pleasure rock.

Although dead for nearly seven years convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein still seems to make news headlines almost every day. Epstein was born January 20, 1953 and died under suspicious circumstances in a New York jail awaiting a trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019.

His chart shows Sun conjunct Eros,with both trine Dionysus, and Sun parallel Eros with both contraparallel Dionysus. These are planetary eclipses and therefore powerful.

How apt that Eros is the asteroid associated with "love" and Dionysus is the asteroid associated with "politics" in light of Jeffrey Epstein's numerous scandalous political contacts who were allegedly involved in sexual hanky panky on his private island retreat.

Pluto crossed his natal Sun during the past few years bringing numerous disclosures, and now both Sedna and Uranus are trine that point, so the fallout and after death fame continues.

Another icon of sexual pleasure who built a fortune from the celebration of hedonism was Hugh Hefner, the founder of the Playboy magazine empire. He was born April 9, 1926 when the Sun was square Eros and contraparallel Dionysus and Juno.

Perhaps Eros could be described as the black sheep of romance since its little arrows carry a salacious sting.

Bombs Bursting in Air - Iran

The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 as transiting Pluto applied to an exact contraparallel to the U.S. chart’s natal Sun. The U.S. – Iran talks held on February 6, 17, and 26 - 27 went poorly, while the tension-filled Solar Eclipse period was accompanied by the build up of an “armada” of U.S. aircraft carriers and warships surrounding key points in the Middle East.

Nothing happens in a vacuum. Iran's anti-regime protests on December 28, 2025, led to a brief shutdown of Iranian internet services and international communications on January 8 with protestor death tolls exceeding 4,000 by January 20. Now, rumors say the death toll was in the tens of thousands. The unrest in Iran created an opening for the U.S. to make demands.

The military action by the U.S. has both good points and bad points from an astrological viewpoint. T. Pluto contraparallel the U.S. natal Sun shows the U.S. acted from a position of power and dominance, and Jupiter hovering near the U.S. Sun in both longitude and declinations indicates pure motives and likely success. However, the Saturn/Chiron midpoint square the U.S. Sun might create unforeseen complications and invite criticism on the world stage.

Saturn and Neptune completed a conjunction on February 20. Saturn represents scarcity and Neptune rules oil, so a shutdown of oil distribution from the Middle East is a possibility. Both Neptune and Saturn forming a square to the U.S. chart's natal Venus during the next six weeks can represent a very costly attack once the bills are added up, while t. Saturn in square to the U.S. chart’s Jupiter in heliocentric can cause long term damage to the nation’s future prosperity.

Luckily, transiting Pluto is sending some powerful energy to Jupiter, but we will need to wait several months for that transit to complete.

The worst alignments for death and destruction shown in the chart of February 28 are over by March 3. Pluto's opposition with Xanthus is completed by then, so we can pray that Iran's nuclear capabilities are brought to a halt. The Iranian strike began while lunar energies were decreasing in light, and the Lunar Eclipse of March 3 is trine the U.S. Sun, so hopefully the conflict should settle down quickly.

If you read the article about the Amazing Uranus and Pluto Cycles you should remember that transiting Pluto is heading towards its solstice point and the last time Pluto's solstice point was crossed nuclear destruction was unleashed in Japan. Taking the long view, it is beneficial to prevent the growth of nuclear capabilities in any country that wishes to destroy America before that time arrives.

Just remember there are wheels within wheels turning so anything is possible as we shift into a fresh lineup of zodiacal conditions. May God watch over us all.



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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, UNITED STATES

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AMAZING URANUS and PLUTO CYCLES

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PLAYING PLANETARY POLLYANNA

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*** ARTICLES ***

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, UNITED STATES

A review of a chart that has been successful for 250 years

AMAZING URANUS and PLUTO CYCLES

The worldwide cycle of inventiveness and transformation

PLAYING PLANETARY POLLYANNA

Handling Saturn transits.

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

Protection from evil spirits; a longstanding tradition

KILOMETERS, MILES, FIBONACCI & THE GOLDEN RATIO

Numbers can be magical!

SEPTEMBER CHARTS: SUCCESS & FAILURE

Launch dates that resulted in success & failure

INK BLACK HEARTS and BLACK GOLD

A chart comparison that brought out the worst traits in each person.

THOUGHTS

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” ― Terry Pratchett, Diggers


'In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.' -- George Orwell

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” ― Nora Ephron


" We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” ― Elie Wiesel


" There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers


"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them." - Old Turkish Proverb

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." --- Ben Franklin

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Charts drawn on paper only reveal one dimension.

Planets, however, connect in three dimensional space.

MULTI-DIMENSIONAL astrology examines planetary alignments from an array of spatial angles.

There are four charts:

the geocentric chart, the declination chart, the heliocentric chart and the heliocentric latitudes.

Using various techniques it is possible to explore planetary interactions and angles not easily seen with the naked eye.