Hang On Tight Because April's Gonna Be A Bumpy Ride, Astrologers Say

April opens right in the middle of eclipse season, in the tail wind of the March 25 Libra lunar eclipse and high anticipation of the April 8 Aries total solar eclipse. If you're in the United States, you might be fumbling around for protective "eclipse glasses"—or doing a rain dance ritual to change the widespread stormy forecast.

If you're saying "eclipse, what eclipse?" congratulations. Living under a rock must be really cost-effective, given the high price of housing these days. We commend your frugality! 

In Aries, Mercury's edge is even sharper. Prickly comments are pointed, technology breakdowns are personal (do your very best not to get sucked into battling social media trolls and answering triggering DMs), and our urgent needs keep getting sidelined.

That day, the sky will also hold six placements in Aries: the Sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, the karmic north node, and Chiron. 

We've nicknamed this event the Chironeclipse, since healer-feeler Chiron is in a tight conjunction with the Sun and moon. Chiron's role in this eclipse may be to reveal our collective wound—and needed repair—around Aries themes of anger, aggression, and war. Certainly those themes are prevalent now around the globe.

The March 25 Libra lunar eclipse was a full moon, illuminating injustice and where we're out of balance. The April 8 solar eclipse, a new moon and a supermoon, says "time for action." No more Libra pontificating.

A decisive move could happen now, and eclipses can famously force our hand. The tricky part is whose hands that decision is in. Right now, few of them have inspired us to feel confident that they're working for the greater good.

We won't add to the eclipse doomsday prophecies because it doesn't help anyone. Plus, we believe in free will and consciousness. You have the power to impact what's happening in your sphere of the world, and the more people who stay rooted in transformational, high-vibration intention, the better. It might not change everything, but it will collectively add to the countereffect. 

Keep your wits about you. Avoid crowds and people where the energy feels off-kilter. People tend to get "loony" when la luna comes out to play.

With the moon visibly shadowing our view of the Sun and the sky going to night in the middle of the day, how could we not feel like reality has been suspended? And Mercury retrograde certainly won't help.

Normally, a sigh of relief as the Sun leaves fiery, reckless Aries and settles into this sensible, sensual earth sign. But on April 20, what feels like a bonus eclipse arrives.

For the first time since 2010, risk-taker Jupiter and changemaker Uranus will make an exact conjunction (meetup), blasting us out of our comfort zones. 

Jupiter and Uranus will connect in Taurus, which will be an interesting contrast. While Taurus loves stability and tradition, this dynamic duo is all about bucking convention and throwing caution to the wind.

This full moon is also a great moment to process what happened a month ago at the lunar eclipse. Finally…it's starting to make some sense. Or is it?

With Mercury retrograde for a couple more days, you'd be wise to ponder it all before racing to conclusions.