Tuesday, APRIL 12

Jupiter aligns with Neptune today, and this long-term transit is potent as it occurs in Pisces and influences the month. With this transit, idealistic and humanitarian goals or impulses surface. It’s a one-off transit this year — it doesn’t repeat two more times as many outer-planet transits do. A spirit of altruism and generosity, making connections with others from different backgrounds, widening our minds through unusual or different experiences, expanded faith, and a feeling that anything is possible if we believe in it are all themes.

We more easily make personal sacrifices for what we believe to be the better good. Everyday ordinary life doesn’t satisfy, as we hunger for more imagination or purpose. This can undoubtedly lead to disappointment or strong feelings of discontent and restlessness. In fact, we may need a reality check to keep our expectations realistic. Caution should be exercised with legal matters, finances, and our worldly, practical affairs, as the tendency to ignore critical details or take foolish risks runs high. However, if we keep expectations in check, this can be a fabulous time for dreaming up new possibilities. It’s also a period of greater compassion–when our guiding principle is to trust in people or the universe.

While practical considerations might often take a back seat these days with this Jupiter-Neptune influence in play, today’s Sun-Saturn sextile reminds us to plan and get organized. It’s an excellent influence for preparing and attending to our practical affairs. We’re giving our priorities extra attention and our best efforts.

This transit helps ground us, or at the least, provides us with a sense of rhythm and helps us pace ourselves. It has the most beautiful potential to teach us that humbling ourselves to accept constructive criticism and advice or to recognize areas that need strengthening can be beneficial. It supports disciplining ourselves to bring more purpose and practicality to our lives. Self-awareness leads to realistic plans and goals. We prefer and benefit from conservative, safe moves now.

The Moon’s move into Virgo at 10:08 AM EDT also stirs the desire to get down to business or bring more order to our lives.

The void Moon occurs from 6:17 AM EDT, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (an opposition to Mars), until the Moon enters Virgo at 10:08 AM EDT.