Natalie Stargazer
Natalie Stargazer
Sidereal astrologer

Despite the alleged progress in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the beginning of April, as well as beginning of March, looks depressing. If last month we lived under the gloomy influence of the conjunction of Mars with Pluto, now we have to experience conjunction of Mars with Saturn, which also cannot be called an optimistic planet.

From March 29 to April 12, Mars will join Saturn at the top of T-Square to the lunar nodes. This is a dangerous period, threatening cold-blooded, well-planned military aggression. The last time this happened was:

  • in mid-August 2021, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan,
  • and in August 2016 during the Syrian conflict,
  • in October-November 1947, when the brutal Arab-Israeli war began.

On April 5, the conjunction of Mars with Saturn will become exact, making this day especially critical for world politics. The situation will be discharged only by the middle of the month, but this will not lead to an agreement between the countries. In fact, this is only the beginning of the war, which in the future, one way or another, will again make itself felt. I really hope for Jupiter, which on April 4-7 will be in a very favorable aspect to the lunar nodes. The strength of Jupiter is in wide coverage and a beneficial effect on the entire world community. An important international issue will be resolved these days by the power of the majority. The power of Jupiter is beyond doubt, because on April 6-12 it will be in a semi-sextile with Saturn, and on April 11-14 it will be in trine with Proserpina. This means that it will definitely be possible to turn the situation to a temporary truce.

The April escalation will not necessarily affect only Ukraine. French presidential elections are coming, which much explains the eagerness of Emmanuel Macron to peacekeeping. But if some political groups are against the extension of his term as head of state, then the elections may be accompanied by riots and violence.

 

Mars is now moving across the sky at its normal pace, ie. quite quickly, so by mid-April the russian-ukrainian warriors will cool down. But the crisis is waiting for us for quite a long time, at least until October 2022. On April 12, Mars will leave the top of T-square of the lunar nodes, but Saturn will remain (because it is slow, even when not retrograde).

In fact, we are only at the beginning of the crisis, which will worsen in May-June 2022. We are returning to the era of deficit...

Until April 11, Saturn will be in an exact T-square with the lunar nodes. And, since Proserpine (planet of risk) will be in conjunction with Ketu (point of loss) throughout the month, then on April 18-30 Saturn will form an exact square to Proserpine as well. We'll feel consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war very strongly. Restrictions in our lives will increase even more, and, alas, they will be irreversible. Stocks will be used, not current savings. Sanctions will force many of us to abandon planned acquisitions and ambitious plans.

 

New virus

Jupiter will conjunct Neptune on April 12-13. This phenomenon occurs every 12 years, marking the outbreak of an infectious disease and the emergence of a new virus. This year the virus will become widespread, but due to the fact that Jupiter is moving quite quickly and will only become retrograde at the end of July, we will survive April-May relatively safely in terms of health. There will be less talk about the disease, and more talk about the effective fight against it.

Jupiter-Neptune conjunction will last 1.5 months - from mid-March to the end of April. It will become accurate on the 12th-13th, but the entire ten-day period on April 7-17 will be significant for viral news.

The next major epidemic is expected only in the summer-autumn of 2047 (like the swine flu pandemic in 2009 and the AIDS epidemic in 1984). During this period, Jupiter will have a long conjunction with Neptune and the Black Moon, and this will be a really serious reason for concern. In the meantime, there will not be much resonance, especially since in 2 years we have already got used to the viral theme. In the spring of 2022, scientists will make great progress in the study of infections and the development of effective drugs to combat them. Someone will even win a Nobel Prize. Last year, the trine between Neptune and Proserpina lasted quite a long time, and in April it will again become exact - on the 2-24th, intensifying the anti-virus fight.

If you like to look at the stars, then on April 12 you can look through a telescope at Jupiter and Neptune - they will be in the same field of view, because they will approach each other at a distance of up to 0.1°. On the surface of Jupiter, you can see dark stripes along the equator, and next to it - 4 of its satellites: Europa, Io, Ganymede and Callisto.

 

April 2022 - conjunctions month

4 of 18 conjunctions of the planets in 2022 will be closest (less than 20 arc minutes), and all of them will occur in April:

  • April 5 - Mars and Saturn,
     
  • April 12-13 - Jupiter and Neptune,
     
  • April 27-28 - Venus and Neptune. This is the closest conjunction of listed: the distance between the planets will be up to 0.1°,
  • April 30 - Venus and Jupiter. In fact, at the end of April, the Neptune-Venus-Jupiter stellium will be. This pattern is hard to find in the past, but something similar happened in February 2010 when:
    - Last Bo woman-speaker dies in Andaman Islands;
    - first female president of Costa Rica - Laura Chinchilla;
    - The Roman Catholic Church canonized an Australian nun Maria MacKillop.
    I think that at the end of April, women will do something even more outstanding, they will powerfully declare themselves.
     

Less rare phenomena:

  • April 3 Mercury approaches the Sun at superior conjunction. A whole stellium is formed there, because Chiron will also be added to the pair. This is a good day for negotiations, because it will allow for two-way conversation and will give a good opportunity for world news;
     
  • April 3 The moon will cover Uranus, i.e. there will be a "uranium eclipse" that will be visible to the inhabitants of West Africa. In the astrological sense, this means that emotional security in society will become more important than creative and technological ideas;
     
  • April 18 Mercury conjuncts Uranus surprising us with unusual news;
     
  • April 23 Mercury will conjunct the north lunar node, making this day informative;
     
  • April 25-27 the Moon will have a whole series of conjunctions before the eclipse: 25 - with Saturn, 26 - with Mars, 27 - with Neptune, Venus and Jupiter;
     
  • April 30, the first solar (partial) eclipse of the year will take place on the new moon. It will be seen only by the inhabitants of the southern hemisphere (in Antarctica, South America and the Pacific Ocean). The maximum phase of the eclipse will be 0.64 with a total duration of about 4 hours. In southern Chile, an eclipse can be observed with a maximum phase of about 0.6.

 

Police U-turn

The last day of April is marked by an eclipse and another, much more important, event of the year - the transition of Pluto into a retro phase. Many people will feel this reversal. If in April Pluto resonated favorably with your natal chart, then on the last day of the month you will feel protected and resistant to stress. If Pluto has been hard on areas of your life lately, then you will receive pessimistic news at the retro transition.