Aries Monthly Horoscope April 2018

Aries (Born March 21 to 31)
AND Aries Ascendant from 0 to 10 degrees Aries:

April 2018 Aries Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

Until April 20th:

The Sun continues to move through your solar first house. You experience a renewal of energy and vitality now, and it's a strong time for increased personal confidence. The emphasis is on self-expression, what kind of impression you make on others, and beginning new personal projects.

You are a little more self-centered than usual, and this is quite natural and healthy as long as you don't take it too far. You are more decisive and forward-looking now, and you put more faith in your own abilities. Physically, you are likely feeling strong. This is an excellent cycle for making personal changes in your manner or appearance, and for any self-improvement endeavors. Personal projects that you begin now are likely to blossom nine months down the road.

From April 20th forward:

The Sun highlights your second house now, and your focus is on material affairs and comfort issues. Security is a driving force for you at the moment, and you might find that you are especially interested in accumulating possessions. What you have and what you don't have come into focus--what makes you feel comfortable, your sense of security, and what you value.

This is the time of year when personal finances and possessions receive maximum attention. Pour your energy into your work and your finances, and you might just be able to take your ideas to the bank.

Extravagance with your pocketbook is something you may want to look out for, however. If you find yourself itching to make unnecessary purchases, know that at the root of this urge is the desire to pamper and comfort yourself. Nothing wrong with it, but there are inexpensive (and even free) ways to make yourself feel good.

This is not the most eventful time of year for you. You are more inclined to dig in your heels and hang on to what makes you feel most secure than to take big risks.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until the 24th: 

Venus transits your solar second house and, as the natural ruler of the second house, Venus feels right "at home" here. This is a rather content position for Venus, although there can be some restlessness when it comes to money and spending it—you are more inclined to want more things around you! Financial security and enjoyment of the good things in life are important to you, although you also value simple pleasures. The ability to relate well with others might enhance your own personal finances during this period. You may find yourself in a position in which there is a blending of financial matters with social or public affairs. This is a stable position for love matters and close relationships. You value those who make you feel comfortable, and familiarity is more important to you than someone new during this cycle.

From April 24th forward: 

With Venus moving through your solar third house during this period, you are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual, during this transit. Essentially, you are quite companionable now. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you find great value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. During this period, you are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport. You are especially good at mediating conflicts. Smoothing over differences using your diplomacy skills figures now.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

Mercury is retrograde from March 22nd to April 15th:

All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.

Occurring in your solar first house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to your body language. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. This is a time to review the manner in which you come across to others--not so much whether it truly reflects your nature, but more in terms of whether it is working for or against you. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. You might spend more time than usual when it comes to making decisions now, and this is natural. Rushed decisions may be regretted when you change your mind later on.

This month:

Mercury continues to transit your solar first house. During this cycle, you are more communicative than usual. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that conversations are at their best right now, simply because you are more interested in expressing yourself than listening! You are especially alert and a little cerebral now. You have a receptive audience for your ideas.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

All month:

Mars continues to energize your solar tenth house now. You bring much energy, enthusiasm, and drive to your career or to directing activities in your life during this cycle. You may be quite competitive during this period, preferring to achieve and accomplish things on your own. This attitude can, in some cases, be seen by others as an instigating or otherwise offensive energy, so be aware of that possibility.

This is a strong time for directly pursuing your goals, and, if you need that extra push or oomph to get a plan going, particularly a professional one, or to assert your desires, then this is the time. You are self-motivated, and your enthusiasm can be harnessed if you so choose.

Overview Horoscope:

April 2018: Relationships are in strong focus as the month begins, dear Aries, but the major themes of the month are about you, your resources, confidence, work, and independence. As April begins, the Full Moon has just occurred in your partnership sector, and feelings have reached a head. You're discovering who and what you need, and this helps motivate you to get your act together! Venus has just exited your sign, and spends much of April (until the 24th) in your resources sector, harmonizing with heavyweight planets (Mars, Saturn, and Pluto) in your career and reputation sector, and softening what might otherwise be a rather brusque, tense approach to work or the public. In fact, your business acumen is attractive and appealing this month. Money is in good favor as well.

Mars spends the month in your solar tenth house, meeting with Saturn there on the 2nd and Pluto on the 26th just days after Pluto turns retrograde. Mars is in a good place by sign and house but is somewhat beleaguered until after the 26th, between a rock and a hard place (Saturn and Pluto) until then. You are ambitious but sometimes feel overwhelmed or stressed. Watch for pushing yourself too hard but do put in some real effort now. A conservative, step by step, law-abiding approach in business is necessary when Mars and Saturn meet at the top of your solar chart on the 2nd. You may need to lay down the law if you're in a position of authority. It might be necessary to make some personal sacrifices in order to get over a hurdle. Eliminating waste in your professional life can be especially helpful now, and you may need to face the reality or viability of a project/goal to know your next step.  The key is to be patient and focus on the target. Try not to waste opportunities on battles and frustrations. Saturn and Pluto both turn retrograde this month, and this does mean that while there is a strong focus on your career and reputation, there is some need to review, reflect, and reorganize on these levels.

Mercury ends its retrograde in your sign on the 15th. Regarding work and health, you may be waiting on answers or returning to old problems in the first half of April. In the second half, however, an end is in sight or solutions are found. You can be feeling positive about your health, habits, and routines.

From the 10-14, exciting things are happening in your chart. Others can be especially intrigued by your point of view, talents, performance, or the services you offer professionally. This is a good time for showing the world your unique qualities and abilities. You are communicating with exceptional ease, and your powers of persuasion are strong. Events taking place now may stimulate your ambition and gently push you to do your best. You can be feeling quite motivated, particularly when it comes to business. Relations with others may be exciting, and enthusiasm runs high. Past good deeds or work can be rewarded or acknowledged now.  Opportunities abound in your personal life, with career or major goals, and in financial or business arenas. There could be beneficial information or resources coming to you, and this may seem like serendipity. You feel pleasantly capable, competent, and ambitious.

All of this builds to a New Moon on the 15th, which occurs in your sign--a time of personal new beginnings and a chance to reinvent yourself. Chiron enters your sign on the 17th, and while this transit will be a long-term one, sticking with you for 7-8 years, it's not consistently in your sign until February 2019. Interestingly, the following month is when Uranus permanently leaves your sign! What this means is that there is a lot of work on the horizon involving healing and improving your image, body, self-confidence, and manner in the coming years.

From the 20th forward, financial matters are connected with your pride. Income and talents or resources are themes all month, in fact. Mars sextiles Jupiter on the 23rd, further boosting your confidence. People are more inclined to lend a hand, offering moral or financial support more readily, and you're getting in good with people in a position of authority or who can help you advance your interests. This is a time for combining energy with action and looking out for opportunities where you may not have seen them before. Timing is quite good. Venus enters Gemini on the 24th, bringing in a more social theme which was very much missing before this date!

The 25-26 is powerful for making your mark, learning or developing a talent that benefits your career, and going after your goals with gusto. You are determined. This may be a time of intensity in your career or with your reputation. You are in the position of leader. You can feel scrutinized now, but feedback may very well fuel your ambition to improve. Taking your ego out of the equation is essential now, although not very easy! You may be going at a project in an entirely new way or revitalizing something important to you. The Full Moon on the 29th provides excellent motivation for sorting out your finances or dependencies, and real strategies can emerge now.

This month, aim to be as calm as possible as there is aggravating, tense energy but also great news and happy moments -- in other words, ups and downs.

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See also general trends for Aries in 2018.

Aries (Born April 1 to 10)
AND Aries Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Aries:

April 2018 Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

All month:

The Sun illuminates your first house now, bringing issues surrounding your personal identity, appearance, outward behavior, and self-expression to the forefront. This marks the peak of your physical solar cycle, and you are in the position to make an impression on others, and to assert your personal influence. Spontaneity of expression is what this transit is about. You are ready to put your past behind you and to start a new personal cycle. You have presence and you project confidence. Increased energy and a renewed feeling of confidence is with you now, so take advantage.

It's a great month to do something entirely new and pioneering—to go solo in some area of your life. This particular season of the year smiles on your personal endeavors. This is a time when you more easily get in touch with a true sense of your identity and purpose. The most enterprising side of your nature surfaces, and it's time to seize opportunities. Existing problems in your life may be overcome now by bravery and a straightforward approach to your life.

There's nothing wrong with a bit of self-centeredness during this cycle, but avoid taking it too far. It's not the best time for teamwork and other cooperative endeavors. The spotlight is on you and your ability to lead, so make it a good one! Take steps to improve how you come across to others. It's time to carve your own path in life.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until the 8th: 

Venus continues to grace your solar first house now. Something about how you present yourself, your image, and your manner boosts your personal magnetism during this cycle. It's a good time to attract who and what you want into your life experience. You're more charming and you are likely to want to attract things to you indirectly rather than forcefully now, perhaps through charm and playfulness. You have a stronger need to be good to yourself, although a negative expression of this placement can be excessive attention to pampering oneself or taking the easy way out. You especially enjoy making a good impression on others, and peace-making. You might also be paying more attention to beauty and style now.

From April 8th forward: 

Venus transits your solar second house and, as the natural ruler of the second house, Venus feels right "at home" here. This is a rather content position for Venus, although there can be some restlessness when it comes to money and spending it—you are more inclined to want more things around you! Financial security and enjoyment of the good things in life are important to you, although you also value simple pleasures. The ability to relate well with others might enhance your own personal finances during this period. You may find yourself in a position in which there is a blending of financial matters with social or public affairs. This is a stable position for love matters and close relationships. You value those who make you feel comfortable, and familiarity is more important to you than someone new during this cycle.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

Mercury is retrograde from March 22nd to April 15th:

All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.

Occurring in your solar first house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to your body language. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. This is a time to review the manner in which you come across to others--not so much whether it truly reflects your nature, but more in terms of whether it is working for or against you. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. You might spend more time than usual when it comes to making decisions now, and this is natural. Rushed decisions may be regretted when you change your mind later on.

From April 27th forward: 

With Mercury in your solar first house, you are most inclined to speak up about matters that you previously were only mulling over. Your disposition is more intellectual than usual now, and self-expression comes easily. You are sharper than usual--more observant, and more inclined to "live in the head". Relationships with siblings, neighbors, classmates, and casual friends may become more prominent in your life now.

It is likely that you will initiate discussions during this period, evaluate your appearance and the impact you have on those around you, and make contact with others rather than stay chained to any one place or activity.

This is the time to be direct and to communicate your needs and interests. You are more inclined to talk about yourself and your personal past now. This may also be a restless time when it is difficult to turn the thinking process off when it would be better to relax! It is an especially fruitful time for any endeavor that requires dealing with words, ideas, and facts and figures.

Your demeanor is more youthful, perhaps mischievous, light-hearted, and non-threatening so that others may be more inclined to turn to you for advice or pleasant conversation. Using the power of words to attract what you want or to further your interests works best for you now.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

Until the 5th:

Mars continues to animate and energize your solar ninth house. Your energy levels and sense of timing are good during this cycle. You are strong and bold in your beliefs and convictions as well, and others tend to naturally follow your lead. You actively seek out new learning experiences and have a strong desire to set out on new adventures, however big or small. Others find you easy to be around, even inspiring and energizing, and are attracted to your assertiveness and courage.

From April 5th forward:

Mars animates and energizes your solar tenth house. This transit stimulates your ambition and/or your desire to be recognized for your accomplishments. Whether it's professional or personal, you are likely to have an increased desire for others to notice you. This can be a good time to become self-employed or start a business if other factors (and Mars itself) are favorable. Conflicts with those in authority are possible now. You may pour more energy into self-promotion or business/career activities.

Overview Horoscope:

April 2018: Relationships are in strong focus as the month begins, dear Aries, but the major themes of the month are about you, your resources, confidence, work, and independence. As April begins, the Full Moon has just occurred in your partnership sector, and feelings have reached a head. You're discovering who and what you need, and this helps motivate you to get your act together! Venus has just exited your sign, and spends much of April (until the 24th) in your resources sector, harmonizing with heavyweight planets (Mars, Saturn, and Pluto) in your career and reputation sector, and softening what might otherwise be a rather brusque, tense approach to work or the public. In fact, your business acumen is attractive and appealing this month. Money is in good favor as well.

Mars spends the month in your solar tenth house, meeting with Saturn there on the 2nd and Pluto on the 26th just days after Pluto turns retrograde. Mars is in a good place by sign and house but is somewhat beleaguered until after the 26th, between a rock and a hard place (Saturn and Pluto) until then. You are ambitious but sometimes feel overwhelmed or stressed. Watch for pushing yourself too hard but do put in some real effort now. A conservative, step by step, law-abiding approach in business is necessary when Mars and Saturn meet at the top of your solar chart on the 2nd. You may need to lay down the law if you're in a position of authority. It might be necessary to make some personal sacrifices in order to get over a hurdle. Eliminating waste in your professional life can be especially helpful now, and you may need to face the reality or viability of a project/goal to know your next step.  The key is to be patient and focus on the target. Try not to waste opportunities on battles and frustrations. Saturn and Pluto both turn retrograde this month, and this does mean that while there is a strong focus on your career and reputation, there is some need to review, reflect, and reorganize on these levels.

Mercury ends its retrograde in your sign on the 15th. Regarding work and health, you may be waiting on answers or returning to old problems in the first half of April. In the second half, however, an end is in sight or solutions are found. You can be feeling positive about your health, habits, and routines.

From the 10-14, exciting things are happening in your chart. Others can be especially intrigued by your point of view, talents, performance, or the services you offer professionally. This is a good time for showing the world your unique qualities and abilities. You are communicating with exceptional ease, and your powers of persuasion are strong. Events taking place now may stimulate your ambition and gently push you to do your best. You can be feeling quite motivated, particularly when it comes to business. Relations with others may be exciting, and enthusiasm runs high. Past good deeds or work can be rewarded or acknowledged now.  Opportunities abound in your personal life, with career or major goals, and in financial or business arenas. There could be beneficial information or resources coming to you, and this may seem like serendipity. You feel pleasantly capable, competent, and ambitious.

All of this builds to a New Moon on the 15th, which occurs in your sign--a time of personal new beginnings and a chance to reinvent yourself. Chiron enters your sign on the 17th, and while this transit will be a long-term one, sticking with you for 7-8 years, it's not consistently in your sign until February 2019. Interestingly, the following month is when Uranus permanently leaves your sign! What this means is that there is a lot of work on the horizon involving healing and improving your image, body, self-confidence, and manner in the coming years.

From the 20th forward, financial matters are connected with your pride. Income and talents or resources are themes all month, in fact. Mars sextiles Jupiter on the 23rd, further boosting your confidence. People are more inclined to lend a hand, offering moral or financial support more readily, and you're getting in good with people in a position of authority or who can help you advance your interests. This is a time for combining energy with action and looking out for opportunities where you may not have seen them before. Timing is quite good. Venus enters Gemini on the 24th, bringing in a more social theme which was very much missing before this date!

The 25-26 is powerful for making your mark, learning or developing a talent that benefits your career, and going after your goals with gusto. You are determined. This may be a time of intensity in your career or with your reputation. You are in the position of leader. You can feel scrutinized now, but feedback may very well fuel your ambition to improve. Taking your ego out of the equation is essential now, although not very easy! You may be going at a project in an entirely new way or revitalizing something important to you. The Full Moon on the 29th provides excellent motivation for sorting out your finances or dependencies, and real strategies can emerge now.

This month, aim to be as calm as possible as there is aggravating, tense energy but also great news and happy moments -- in other words, ups and downs.

See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.

Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.

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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.

Romantic Compatibility Reports

Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.

See also general trends for Aries in 2018.

Aries (Born April 11 to 20)
AND Aries Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Aries:

April 2018 Aries Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

Until April 10th:

The Sun continues to shine its light on your solar twelfth house. This is the time to listen to your intuition, to take a break from the hectic pace of your life, and to reflect on what you have learned in the past year. You might naturally retreat a little and take more private time for yourself now.

Your physical energy levels may not be up to par for the time being, and this is your body signaling you to take a break. This is not an ideal time for pushing forward with new personal projects and plans. It is better to finish up projects and tie up loose ends now.

From April 10th forward:

The Sun illuminates your first house now, bringing issues surrounding your personal identity, appearance, outward behavior, and self-expression to the forefront. This marks the peak of your physical solar cycle, and you are in the position to make an impression on others, and to assert your personal influence. Spontaneity of expression is what this transit is about. You are ready to put your past behind you and to start a new personal cycle. You have presence and you project confidence. Increased energy and a renewed feeling of confidence is with you now, so take advantage.

It's a great month to do something entirely new and pioneering—to go solo in some area of your life. This particular season of the year smiles on your personal endeavors. This is a time when you more easily get in touch with a true sense of your identity and purpose. The most enterprising side of your nature surfaces, and it's time to seize opportunities. Existing problems in your life may be overcome now by bravery and a straightforward approach to your life.

There's nothing wrong with a bit of self-centeredness during this cycle, but avoid taking it too far. It's not the best time for teamwork and other cooperative endeavors. The spotlight is on you and your ability to lead, so make it a good one! Take steps to improve how you come across to others. It's time to carve your own path in life.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until April 16th: 

Venus continues to grace your solar first house now. Something about how you present yourself, your image, and your manner boosts your personal magnetism during this cycle. It's a good time to attract who and what you want into your life experience. You're more charming and you are likely to want to attract things to you indirectly rather than forcefully now, perhaps through charm and playfulness. You have a stronger need to be good to yourself, although a negative expression of this placement can be excessive attention to pampering oneself or taking the easy way out. You especially enjoy making a good impression on others, and peace-making. You might also be paying more attention to beauty and style now.

From April 16th forward: 

Venus transits your solar second house and, as the natural ruler of the second house, Venus feels right "at home" here. This is a rather content position for Venus, although there can be some restlessness when it comes to money and spending it—you are more inclined to want more things around you! Financial security and enjoyment of the good things in life are important to you, although you also value simple pleasures. The ability to relate well with others might enhance your own personal finances during this period. You may find yourself in a position in which there is a blending of financial matters with social or public affairs. This is a stable position for love matters and close relationships. You value those who make you feel comfortable, and familiarity is more important to you than someone new during this cycle.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

This month: 

Your mind is focused on private matters and past issues while Mercury transits the twelfth house of your solar chart. This is a time when you are least likely to speak out of turn or to express yourself freely. You're searching behind the curtain, and examining the past for answers.

This is a good time for research, quiet contemplation, and meditation; but do avoid getting dragged down by issues that have outgrown their worth and purpose. Examining the past in order to improve the future is certainly worthwhile, as long as you don't waste your energy on guilt. Creative endeavors could prosper now, particularly those that draw upon the emotions or that require creative visualization skills, such as poetry, art, acting, and other such activities.

You are likely to require a certain amount of solitude in order to get your thoughts together or to be mentally productive. You are less likely to chat indiscriminately during this transit, and tend to be a little secretive or tight-lipped for the time being. This may be important, in fact, because this position of Mercury is sometimes associated with the uncovering of secrets, so discretion may be in order.

Mercury is retrograde from March 22nd to April 15th:

All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.

Occurring in your solar twelfth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to privacy matters. You may find that you are less able to rely on your intuition. Perhaps you're picking up the wrong cues or reading too much into situations. Whatever the case may be, for the time being, you may not feel that your intuition is serving you well. Be as non-judgmental as you can, but do keep an eye out for deceptiveness and falseness in others. You might unwittingly reveal something that you'd prefer to keep private. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating about your inner world now; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

Until April 24th:

Mars continues to animate and energize your solar ninth house. Your energy levels and sense of timing are good during this cycle. You are strong and bold in your beliefs and convictions as well, and others tend to naturally follow your lead. You actively seek out new learning experiences and have a strong desire to set out on new adventures, however big or small. Others find you easy to be around, even inspiring and energizing, and are attracted to your assertiveness and courage.

From April 24th forward:

Mars animates and energizes your solar tenth house. This transit stimulates your ambition and/or your desire to be recognized for your accomplishments. Whether it's professional or personal, you are likely to have an increased desire for others to notice you. This can be a good time to become self-employed or start a business if other factors (and Mars itself) are favorable. Conflicts with those in authority are possible now. You may pour more energy into self-promotion or business/career activities.

Overview Horoscope:

April 2018: Relationships are in strong focus as the month begins, dear Aries, but the major themes of the month are about you, your resources, confidence, work, and independence. As April begins, the Full Moon has just occurred in your partnership sector, and feelings have reached a head. You're discovering who and what you need, and this helps motivate you to get your act together! Venus has just exited your sign, and spends much of April (until the 24th) in your resources sector, harmonizing with heavyweight planets (Mars, Saturn, and Pluto) in your career and reputation sector, and softening what might otherwise be a rather brusque, tense approach to work or the public. In fact, your business acumen is attractive and appealing this month. Money is in good favor as well.

Mars spends the month in your solar tenth house, meeting with Saturn there on the 2nd and Pluto on the 26th just days after Pluto turns retrograde. Mars is in a good place by sign and house but is somewhat beleaguered until after the 26th, between a rock and a hard place (Saturn and Pluto) until then. You are ambitious but sometimes feel overwhelmed or stressed. Watch for pushing yourself too hard but do put in some real effort now. A conservative, step by step, law-abiding approach in business is necessary when Mars and Saturn meet at the top of your solar chart on the 2nd. You may need to lay down the law if you're in a position of authority. It might be necessary to make some personal sacrifices in order to get over a hurdle. Eliminating waste in your professional life can be especially helpful now, and you may need to face the reality or viability of a project/goal to know your next step.  The key is to be patient and focus on the target. Try not to waste opportunities on battles and frustrations. Saturn and Pluto both turn retrograde this month, and this does mean that while there is a strong focus on your career and reputation, there is some need to review, reflect, and reorganize on these levels.

Mercury ends its retrograde in your sign on the 15th. Regarding work and health, you may be waiting on answers or returning to old problems in the first half of April. In the second half, however, an end is in sight or solutions are found. You can be feeling positive about your health, habits, and routines.

From the 10-14, exciting things are happening in your chart. Others can be especially intrigued by your point of view, talents, performance, or the services you offer professionally. This is a good time for showing the world your unique qualities and abilities. You are communicating with exceptional ease, and your powers of persuasion are strong. Events taking place now may stimulate your ambition and gently push you to do your best. You can be feeling quite motivated, particularly when it comes to business. Relations with others may be exciting, and enthusiasm runs high. Past good deeds or work can be rewarded or acknowledged now.  Opportunities abound in your personal life, with career or major goals, and in financial or business arenas. There could be beneficial information or resources coming to you, and this may seem like serendipity. You feel pleasantly capable, competent, and ambitious.

All of this builds to a New Moon on the 15th, which occurs in your sign--a time of personal new beginnings and a chance to reinvent yourself. Chiron enters your sign on the 17th, and while this transit will be a long-term one, sticking with you for 7-8 years, it's not consistently in your sign until February 2019. Interestingly, the following month is when Uranus permanently leaves your sign! What this means is that there is a lot of work on the horizon involving healing and improving your image, body, self-confidence, and manner in the coming years.

From the 20th forward, financial matters are connected with your pride. Income and talents or resources are themes all month, in fact. Mars sextiles Jupiter on the 23rd, further boosting your confidence. People are more inclined to lend a hand, offering moral or financial support more readily, and you're getting in good with people in a position of authority or who can help you advance your interests. This is a time for combining energy with action and looking out for opportunities where you may not have seen them before. Timing is quite good. Venus enters Gemini on the 24th, bringing in a more social theme which was very much missing before this date!

The 25-26 is powerful for making your mark, learning or developing a talent that benefits your career, and going after your goals with gusto. You are determined. This may be a time of intensity in your career or with your reputation. You are in the position of leader. You can feel scrutinized now, but feedback may very well fuel your ambition to improve. Taking your ego out of the equation is essential now, although not very easy! You may be going at a project in an entirely new way or revitalizing something important to you. The Full Moon on the 29th provides excellent motivation for sorting out your finances or dependencies, and real strategies can emerge now.

This month, aim to be as calm as possible as there is aggravating, tense energy but also great news and happy moments -- in other words, ups and downs.

See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.

Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.

Know More About Yourself and Others

Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
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Love & Romance Forecast Report

Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.

Romantic Compatibility Reports

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