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Monthly
Horoscope:
MONTHLY OVERVIEW:
Sure, it’s beautiful outside, but you’re in no rush to crawl
out of hibernation just yet. The Sun is in Aries until the 20th, your fourth
house of home and family. Spring clean your house, fiddle around with fresh
ingredients in the kitchen, plant bulbs and prep your vegetable garden.
Invite friends and relatives into your lair for cozy, home-cooked meals.
Quality time with nurturing women is essential—some topics demand
the sensitivity of female support and intuition, and you need to this fine-tuned
insight.
On the 7th, your ruling planet Saturn backs into Virgo, making it hard to keep the faith for the next couple months. That’s all the more reason to surround yourself with an inspiring posse of can-do sisters. Let them cheer you on when you doubt your choices or question your life path. A little specialized knowledge goes a long way, too. Extension courses, seminars and books can help you polish rusty skills between now and May 31st.
On the 20th, the Sun moves into Taurus, your romantic and playful fifth house. Now you’re ready to fling open the door and greet the sunshine face-to-face. But a new you might just be stepping out. On April 6th, transformational Pluto goes retrograde (backward) in Capricorn, making you rethink your life direction or question your identity. Pluto will be retrograde until mid-September, so don’t rush the reinvention process. Just start tuning in to what feels right to you today. Your tastes and lifestyle have changed in the last year and a half, so allow yourself to be an evolving work in progress.
LOVE & ROMANCE:
It’s a passionate month, Capricorn. Love planet Venus is in Taurus
until April 25th, your romantic fifth house. That could bring a sexy spring
fling, a libido boost, or a push to prioritize pleasure. For some Caps,
a pregnancy is possible—especially near the April 14th new moon in
your motherhood sector, or the April 28th full moon.
Overall, this is a month to bring the “care and feeding” back into your love life. If you’re waiting for your mate to morph into a psychic Prince Charming who intuits your every need, snap out of the fairy tale. Your inner huntress needs to stake her claim. You want to be kissed “like that,” Capricorn? Then spell it out for your partner. A great lover knows how to take instructions—and relishes your guidance.
When Mercury goes retrograde in Taurus April 18-May 11, you may hear from a past flame. If you’re both single and willing, a little reunion hookup for old time’s sake could be fun. Just don’t invest excess hope or expectation—at least, not yet. For one or both of you, it may just be a physical attraction. Capricorn, as much as you can get your freak on, don’t kid yourself about who you are. A consummate planner, you need a mate who shares your values and want the same things from life. No settling allowed.
MONEY & CAREER:
Check the alignment on your ambitions. Are you pursuing what your soul
truly wants? Suss out your inner voice from the pressures of family,
society and other external standards. With transformer Pluto retrograde
until September, you need to take a birds-eye view of your life. Do you
like what you see?
If not, you may have a momentary freak-out, but don’t panic. There are no permanent mistakes—or even mistakes at all. Each step is a lesson that brings you closer to self-knowledge. With your ruler Saturn retrograde from April 7-May 31, it will be hard to keep such a sunny perspective at times. Part of you may wish it would all come together like magic, even if that would cheat you out of a valuable life lesson. If you find yourself resisting change, pick up the book Switch: How To Change Things When Change Is Hard. It’s an excellent and easy-to-read tool for making new choices without beating yourself up (a Capricorn tendency).
Surrounding yourself with the right network is also important now. At the April 28th Scorpio full moon you may join or break away from a group. Someone may storm out in a dramatic fit, as tempers are likely to flare around this date. Make sure it’s not you staging this ego-driven coup. Better to take a time-out than to lose your cool around esteemed colleagues and friends.
HEALTH: MIND, BODY & SOUL:
Be nice to yourself, Capricorn. With all the change happening in your life,
it’s easy to get off-center and pessimistic. The answer? Radical
self-care. When the going gets tough, your tendency is to become a workaholic
monk, driving yourself like an ox yoked to the plough under the blazing
sun. Why would you punish yourself because life isn’t all perfectly
starched and ironed out?
Embrace the journey of being “lost.” Unscripted phases can be the richest times of our lives, and they’re often the ones we look back on nostalgically. Try something different this time: instead of depriving yourself of fun and pleasure, double up on it. Buy yourself a daily treat—fresh flowers, a bright red scarf, steak cut from grass-fed beef. Carry a journal with you to outflow your feelings, too. Believe it or not, you’ll cherish what you write in there one day.