This week opens in deep, emotional waters and gradually ignites into bold, initiatory fire. With a powerful blend of Pisces sensitivity and Aries activation, we are asked to surrender, listen, and then courageously act on what we feel.

Grief, intuition, and spiritual attunement weave through the early days, while the Aries New Moon later in the week brings a potent threshold moment, one that invites you to reclaim your voice, your identity, and your path forward.

Transits of the Week:

Moon in Pisces conjunct North Node of Fate in Pisces (April 13) – emotional sensitivity, karmic currents, intuitive alignment, surrendering to the flow of feeling

Mars conjunct Neptune in Aries (April 13) – action meets illusion; inspired movement, spiritual activation, but also potential confusion or energetic diffusion

Moon in Pisces trine Jupiter in Cancer (April 14) – emotional nourishment, support, compassion, heart-opening connections

Mercury at 29° Pisces → enters Aries (April 14, 8:30pm PST) – threshold in communication; shifting from dreaming and processing to speaking and initiating

Sun conjunct Eris in Aries (Eris cazimi) (April 14) – disruption, truth-telling, outsider voice activated, courage to challenge the norm

Moon enters Aries (April 15, ~7:00am PST) – emotional ignition, instinctual movement, desire to begin

Moon conjunct Mercury, Neptune, Mars, and Saturn in Aries (April 15) – a sequence of activation; inspiration, confusion, action, and commitment all intertwined

Sun conjunct Chiron in Aries (Chiron cazimi) (April 16) – wounds illuminated for healing; vulnerability becomes strength, identity meets healing

Mercury conjunct Neptune in Aries (April 16) – intuitive communication, poetic insight, blurred lines between thought and feeling

New Moon in Aries at 27°28’ (April 17, 4:50am PST) – a fiery rebirth; reclaiming identity, courage, and personal truth; initiation through healing and disruption

Moon enters Taurus (April 17, ~9:00am PST) – grounding, stabilization, returning to the body after intensity

Moon conjunct Ceres in Taurus (April 18) – nourishment, care, reconnecting to what sustains

Moon conjunct Venus in Taurus (April 18) – pleasure, sensuality, embodiment, softening into self-worth

Moon conjunct Uranus in Taurus (April 19) – emotional breakthroughs, shifts in values, closing a chapter a long term chapter around stability that we've been in since 2018

Sun enters Taurus (April 19, 6:30pm PST) – beginning of a new solar cycle focused on grounding, embodiment, and material presence

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Astrology of April 6 – April 12, 2026: A Threshold Week of Fire & Release

This week Uranus shifts to the anoretic degree of Taurus, while Mars completes its time in Pisces. We are in a space of culmination, new insights and release.

This episode explores the tension between expansion and nourishment, individuality and collective transformation. Through intuitive reflection, somatic awareness, and planetary storytelling, you’re invited to move at your own pace while trusting that what is building now carries real momentum for what comes next.

Transits of the Week:

• Sun in Aries – identity, courage, self-definition, and embodied action
• Sun square Jupiter in Cancer (April 6) – expansion vs. emotional capacity; growth that requires care and boundaries
• Venus conjunct Ceres in Taurus (April 6) – nourishment, self-worth, body care, sensual grounding
• Uranus at 29° Taurus – sudden shifts in values, finances, and stability; cosmic breakthroughs at a threshold point
• Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius – untamed truth, liberation from suppression, radical honesty
• Mars at 29° Pisces (early week) – emotional culmination, spiritual fatigue, surrender before renewal
• Mars enters Aries (April 9) – renewed energy, instinctual action, forward momentum
• Moon, Juno and Pluto conjunct in Aquarius (April 10) – transformation of relationships, contracts, and power dynamics
• Mercury conjunct Pallas in Pisces (April 11) – intuitive intelligence, symbolic thinking, pattern recognition
• Mars conjunct Neptune in Aries (April 12) – vision meets action; inspiration, but also potential confusion or projection

Moon Journeys:

Monday–Tuesday: Moon in Sagittarius – truth-seeking, belief systems, expansion, fire of vision

Wednesday–Thursday: Moon in Capricorn – structure, grounding, embodiment, responsibility

Friday–Sunday: Moon in Aquarius – collective awareness, innovation, relational shifts, nervous system sensitivity

The first part of this episode is a reflection on March 30 through April 5, 2026—a sacred window of time where the cosmos invites us into deep embodiment, relational awareness, and soulful recalibration. As we move through Aries season and toward the Libra Full Moon, this opening segment is meant to help you attune to the energetic landscape of the week ahead, grounding you in the planetary movements so you can consciously walk with them—rather than feel swept up by them. Think of it as a threshold moment: a chance to arrive, to listen, and to align your body, heart, and spirit with the rhythm of the sky. We cover:

• Venus in Taurus
• Juno in Aquarius
• White Moon Selena in Virgo
• Mars in Pisces

Then, in honor of the Libra Full Moon, Jeff Hinshaw is joined by magical astrologer Celeste Brooks for a rich and multidimensional conversation that begins with personal myth-making and unfolds into a deep exploration of her chart. Through the lens of Celeste's Taurus Sun, Aries Moon, and Cancer Rising, we trace a story of embodiment, courage, and homecoming, woven with pivotal life transitions, including her shift from a 25-year corporate career into full-time astrology. Together, we explore timing techniques like progressions, the awakening influence of Uranus in Taurus, and the importance of structure in astrological practice, grounding intuitive insight with disciplined study.

From there, the conversation opens into the wider astrological landscape of 2026, reflecting on the collective impact of Neptune’s ingress into Aries, the Saturn–Neptune conjunction, and the North Node’s passage through Pisces. Jeff and Celeste weave together advanced techniques, discuss asteroids like Juno, Ceres, and White Moon Selena, and share intuitive practices like Libra Full Moon channeling and tarot symbolism. The episode moves between the cosmic and the personal, inviting you into themes of truth-telling, spiritual compassion, and collective healing, while emphasizing the importance of grounding rituals and tending to the body as we navigate a rapidly shifting world.