April 16 2025

Wednesday, APRIL 16

Mercury enters Aries today and heads toward an alignment with Neptune. Mercury first transited Aries from March 3rd to 29th but didn’t finish its transit due to a retrograde cycle.

Now, Mercury enters Aries again, where it will visit until May 10th. This Mercury cycle can feel refreshingly decisive and forward-looking. It can certainly be a time when we’re a bit impatient or terse and perhaps defensive and combative with our responses, but it can feel good not to dwell or spend too much time arriving at conclusions in the weeks ahead.

We’re less concerned with objective viewpoints and explanations during this cycle and more interested in reaching a decision quickly. We want to pioneer and innovate or be the first ones with the idea. It’s time to speak more spontaneously and directly with the planet of communication in bold and assertive Aries.

Even so, as the day advances, we head toward a Mercury-Neptune alignment, which will be exact very early into the day tomorrow.

This transit diffuses or eases tension or releases mental blocks. We’re thinking or talking about our dreams and ideals. It can be a time of interesting ideas, tastes, conversations, and musings.

With this transit, we’re more inclined to apply our intuition to everyday issues and problems. Our minds are open to many possibilities and options as we see beyond physical or material concerns and solutions. Communication can be inspired and inspirational, fanciful, or vague and unclear, and possibly deceptive.

It’s best to watch for attempts to escape definitions and responsibilities, but reframing things before we make decisions can be helpful. We should avoid allowing wishful thinking to dictate our choices, but tapping into our imagination can be rewarding.

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