Your April 2025 Horoscope Is Calling For Tons Of Self-Care

April comes in hot and fast: it’s Aries season, spring has officially sprung, and the stars are getting us ready to blaze. We’re on the other side of a powerful solar eclipse that took place at the very end of March, and idealistic Neptune has just entered impulsive Aries for the first time since the 1870s. This brings a whole lotta impetuous energy to both our culture and our personal lives—but things won’t really begin to sizzle until the second week of the month.

With both Mercury and Venus still retrograde in Pisces, as much as our bodies may be raring to go, our souls could still be moving in slow-mo until the communication planet stations direct on April 7, followed by the love planet on April 12. First, our brains turn back on; and then, our hearts join the party a few days later.

The full moon in charming, relationship-obsessed Libra also alights on April 12, making this an intensely emotional day for all things dating, mating, and relating. Our romantic and creative lives have likely shifted in remarkable ways since romantic planet Venus stationed retrograde on March 1, and we can finally begin to make some sense of everything—but first, we need to release any angst we’ve carried and replace it with self-love.  

Big news on April 18: Mars finally returns to fire sign Leo, where the passion planet hasn’t been since early January. The long and exhausting journey, brought to us by Mars in Cancer and its late fall and winter retrograde, hits its final chapter. This caps the grueling tour through the Cancer-ruled house of our chart that began all the way back in September of 2024.

The next day, the sun enters solid, sensual Taurus, deepening our connection with the earth and prepping us for whatever wants to blossom within us next. We’ll need that sweet anchor to ground us, because the final week of April brings a bit of a bumpy ride. First, mighty Mars squares regenerative Pluto on April 26, returning us to any intense emotions or events we experienced early in January. The next day, the new moon in Taurus helps us plant some seeds for the next six months.

Sweet Venus returns to ardent Aries on the final day of the month, wrapping up a long and complex love story that began all the way back in January. Whether you fell in love with yourself, met a new lover, or reconnected with an ex during the winter or early spring, by now you should know what brings you authentic pleasure—and feel ready to demand it.

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April 2024 horoscope for each zodiac sign:

Aries

This is an Aries season like no other—make way for some exceptional experiences. As you enter the new month, you’re just over two major events: the solar eclipse in your sign at the very end of March paired with Neptune’s historic entry into Aries. With Venus and Mercury retrograde in your subconscious sector as April begins, life probably feels a bit dreamy and your fantasy life might be cranked up to full volume. The full moon in Libra lands in your seventh house of partnership on April 12, the same day that Venus stations direct. With Chiron in your sign conjoining the sun, the relationship lessons could be quite loud around this time, whether you’re currently involved or flying solo. 

Aries season ends on April 19, so get in as many kicks as you can before the final week of the month, because there are a couple of intense challenges lined up in your financial zone. But with Venus returning to your hot and spicy stars on the final day of the month, your love life is just getting (re)started.

Career and Money:

The new moon in your money zone on April 27 offers an opportunity to set intentions for your finances for the next six months. If you feel any lingering anxiety about it, sit down and work on your budget to get grounded in the details: be clear about both what you can afford and what you merely covet.

Love and Relationships:

When your Mars finally re-enters your fellow fire sign and fifth house of love and romance on April 18, you might feel like you’re getting your romantic (and sexual) mojo back in a major way. If you’re single and have been taking a break from dating, consider your passionate planetary ruler to be a part of your welcoming committee. It may very well be time to get back on the apps.

Taurus

It’s a beautiful month to be a Venus-ruled human like you, Taurus. Not only is your planetary ruler coming back to life in your social zone on April 12, but the full moon in Libra, the other sign ruled by Venus, arrives on the same day in your house of work and wellness. Your ruler has been out of phase since early March, and that uncomfortable and unsettled sensation ends now, offering both relief and the opportunity for recalibration. Mars re-enters your home zone on April 18, reminding you of a domestic situation that first came up sometime last fall, but may have felt more acute around New Year’s Day. 

Any stress should be quickly obliterated by the next day, when the sun enters Taurus, initiating your birthday season. Yes, you have free rein to be as indulgent as you want now, and let your senses lead you wherever you feel like going for the next thirty days. The new moon in your sign on April 27 lets you triple down on being particularly specific about your desires. Whether you’re an April or May-born Taurus, consider this lunation your extra slice of birthday cake. Say what you want now, and follow up during the next six months. Remember to be loud enough that the universe can hear all your demands.

Career and Money:

When Mars in your home zone has a fierce argument with Pluto in your tenth house of career on April 26, you might feel a bit overwhelmed and exhausted by professional demands. Specifically, you’re noticing how they impose upon your personal life. Listen to what your body needs and be aware when you’re approaching burnout.

Love and Relationships:

Your ruling planet, Venus, is conjunct with somber Saturn in your social zone on both April 7 (retrograde) and April 24 (direct). Both of these days could feel relationally important and impactful, but if something difficult comes up the first time, it should shift and resolve by later in the month.

Gemini

Your social life is about to pop off, Gemini. April brings loads of action to your career and networking zones, so get ready to put yourself out there both professionally and personally. Your ruler Mercury remains retrograde as the month begins but thankfully stations direct by April 7, allowing you to move forward on all cylinders, especially when it comes to your ambitions at work. Projects you had to put on hold, emails that stayed in your Drafts folder: it’s time to prep and send them out into the world. Venus stations direct in the same part of your chart on April 12, perhaps getting you closer to a release of funds you’ve been waiting for. 

After Mars re-enters your communication zone on April 18, you’re finally and fully back to yourself—the chattiest, most well-informed, brilliant person in the room that everyone wants to talk to all day and night. The sun enters your subconscious sector on April 19, which can signal a bit of a retreat within yourself for a few weeks. (This is just to give you more time for beauty sleep before your own upcoming birthday season that begins next month!) Intense arguments could erupt as you approach the Mars-Pluto opposition on April 26, so avoid saying anything you don’t really mean around this time, and consider keeping even the things you do mean to yourself for a few days. The new moon arrives in your psyche sector the next day, so set intentions for your highest level of healing and psychological wellness for the next six months.

Career and Money:

Your smart-as-hell planetary ruler re-enters your eleventh house of connections on April 16, after stationing direct in your professional zone a few weeks prior. Now that Mercury is gaining speed and strength, you can begin to network your heart out. And after the retrograde shadow closes on April 26, nothing can stop you from world domination.

Love and Relationships:

The ultra-powerful full moon in your fifth house of romance on April 12 brings a flood of relief and release for your love life. Paired with Venus and Mercury stationing direct, you might get major clarity around a relationship issue that’s been on your mind since last October. Your love life should finally make sense.

Cancer

Breaking astro news: mighty Mars finally leaves your sign this month after what feels like ten million years! (More on that in a bit.) Your career could head to the stratosphere, but only after you work out a few bumps in the beginning of April. As the month begins, you’re just coming off a transformative solar eclipse in this part of your chart, stirring a major change in your ambitions. Mercury stations direct on April 7 in your philosophy zone, signaling clarity in your worldview, which will help a lot as you figure out your next big move. The full moon in your fourth house of home and family briefly pulls your attention away from cultivating your career and/or brand on April 12. This could bring some domestic drama or the resolution to a longstanding conflict on the home front, something that dates all the way back to last October. 

When Mars finally leaves Cancer on April 18, heave a sigh of immense relief, because it’s been exhausting to have the passion planet in your own stars for so many months. Mars first entered your sign last September, briefly left last fall, then returned in January. It’s been a long, strange, and tiring trip, and now you’re finally free. The new moon in Taurus on April 27 brings loads of opportunities to connect and network, so set some goals about your social life for the next six months.

Career and Money:

After Mars leaves Cancer on April 18, the action planet immediately enters your second house of money and income. For the next six weeks, you’re fired up and ready to go earn some cash, and your plans to do so could evolve quickly.

Love and Relationships:

Black Moon Lilith is now in your fifth house of love, romance, and pleasure for the next nine months, empowering you to deeply explore your authentic desires and assert your needs in romantic partnerships. Listening to your instincts can up-level your sex life. Don’t be afraid to explore.

Leo

April brings the fire you’ve been longing for, Leo. Your ruling luminary is in fellow fire sign Aries, setting off sparks in your ninth house of new experiences for the first three weeks of the month. After Mercury stations direct in your sexuality sector on April 7, communication with your lover could improve, and any arguments that began earlier in March could finally be resolved, bringing a deeper connection and more intimacy. The full moon in your communication zone lands on April 12, the same day that Venus stations direct in your sexuality zone, deepening and strengthening emotional bonds with an intimate partner. 

All of this is pure sizzle, Leo, but things get even hotter on April 18 when Mars re-enters your sign, finishing its last leg of the winding journey it began last fall. Because the passion planet is moving direct and in a great mood for the next six weeks, you’re getting an energy boost, and potentially a libido boost as well. The new moon lands in your career zone on April 27, offering myriad opportunities to plant professional seeds that can take root during the next six months. Set some intentions now.

Career and Money:

After April 19 the sun (your ruler) is in your tenth house of career, fueling your ambitions, but planetary bumps around April 23 might make you feel a bit stressed about professional matters. Conflict with colleagues is possible, unless you can carve out creative space for yourself.

Love and Relationships:

The Mars-Pluto opposition on April 26 is one of the most intense relational aspects of the year for you. This could bring you back to early January, the last time these two provocative planets opposed each other from your house of self to your relationship zone. Try not to let your ego get in the way of the super satisfying love and sex life available to you this month.

Virgo

Deep, transformational emotional intimacy is the glue that bonds your relationships together this month, Virgo. With the sun in your eighth house, what you really need is to be truly seen by a lover, even in a way that might scare you. And with your planetary ruler Mercury stationing direct in your partnership zone on April 7, followed by Venus on April 12, relational communication is about to improve markedly. Confusion that’s plagued your love and sex life could suddenly transform into deep understanding that brings you incredibly close to your partner. The full moon releases into your money zone on the same day that the planet of attraction wakes up, bringing some potential financial drama or complexity to a business partnership. Airing it out is possible now, so you can move on and earn what you deserve. 

Mars finally leaves your social zone at long last, re-entering your subconscious sector on April 18. This can bring a bit of insomnia and make it harder to meditate, so pay close attention to your sleep hygiene and make extra time for quiet and calming self-care for the next few weeks. The sun enters Taurus, your sister earth sign, on April 19, followed by a powerful new moon in the same part of your chart on April 27. Set intentions for your next six months of travel and adventure. If you have specific ideas about a country you want to visit or a culture you want to experience, this is the moment to write them down or share them with a friend. New stamps on your passport are forthcoming.

Career and Money:

When your ruler Mercury re-enters your eighth house on April 16 (the day after tax day!), it’s a perfect opportunity to clear old debts and chat with any vendor or client that owes you money. If a bill was accidentally overlooked or missed during the retrograde, you can catch up now.  

Love and Relationships:

With both Mercury and Venus waking up from their respective retrogrades in your relationship zone early this month, “working it out” is the key phrase for your love life this month. It may not feel blissfully romantic or dreamy right away, but at least you’re heading for more stability as the month goes on. And after mid-month, your sex life should begin to sizzle.

Libra

Relationships are your be-all-end-all this month, Libra, but eventually, it all comes back to your relationship with yourself. As the month begins you’re just coming off a momentous solar eclipse in your seventh house of one-to-one partnership. If this hasn’t already spun off some major transformation, you’re still in the eclipse window until April 12, the day of the full moon in your very own sign. This is a profound moment: not only is this lunation helping you release your last six months of emotional energy and any trauma, but your planetary ruler is also stationing direct, ending a nearly six-week retrograde. This all happens within one hour on this very special Saturday night, so tend to yourself with extra love, compassion, and self-care for a few days in advance. 

With Venus and Mercury now direct in your sixth house of daily activities, your work relationships should also benefit, so you can resolve any recent conflicts. Mars re-enters your social zone on April 18, making you a bit more assertive in your group chats and possibly more interested in going out than you’ve been in recent months. The sun moves into your sexuality sector on April 19, deepening erotic connections or at least reintroducing you to your libido. (This is especially relevant if it wavered at all during Venus retrograde.) The new moon lands in this part of your chart on April 27, and even though it’s a challenging lunation, it’s packed with potential. You can turn any relational crisis into a chrysalis. Set intentions for a healthy, sustainable sex life during the next six months, whether you’re solo or partnered.

Career and Money:

Venus conjoins Saturn in your work zone twice this month: both on April 7 (while your ruler is still retrograde) and again on April 24 (in direct motion). If you’re in the process of working out an issue at the office or trying to get a new daily gig, don’t stress. It may feel serious, but you’re getting multiple chances to make it work.

Love and Relationships:

Aries season is always relationship season for you, but this one is rather remarkable, layered in revelation after revelation. But through it all, note that Neptune, the planet of illusion and delusion, just moved into your partnership zone late last month, so not everything is not as it seems. This vibe reaches a zenith on April 17, when Mercury collides with Neptune. Don’t believe everything you hear, especially from a lover.

Scorpio

April brings so much wow, Scorpio. Not only are communication planet Mercury and love planet Venus still in your fifth house of pleasure as the month begins, but they station direct in this part of your chart on April 7 and April 12, respectively. During these last few weeks of twin retrogrades you may have reconsidered exes or dug into your own desires, but now you have all the information you need to make solid, smart romantic choices. The full moon releases into your subconscious sector on April 12 as well, making it one of the most intense days of the month. Let go of any emotional baggage you’ve carried during the last six months, and pay close attention to your dreams in the days leading up to this lunation. 

Your planetary ruler Mars returns to your career zone on April 18, pushing you to reclaim professional space you tried to enter last winter. If you couldn’t quite find the right fit, this just might be the right time to assert yourself and show off your skillset. The next day, the sun enters your relationship zone, where it will warm up your one-to-one partnerships for the next month. Note that the new moon here on April 27 is a bit tricky, because your two rulers—Mars and Pluto—are back in opposition. So try to avoid conflict with partners (both personal and professional).

Career and Money:

As the month begins, you’re just on the other side of a solar eclipse in your work zone, which might deliver its punch during the first two weeks of April—so, be prepared for change. When a newly direct Mercury re-enters this part of your chart on April 16, any weird or confusing job-related miscommunications could finally resolve themselves.

Love and Relationships:

When sweet Venus in your love zone flirts hard with your ruler Mars on April 6, everything could feel mega-romantic. Sure, you might still have your rose-colored glasses on and be totally unwilling to do any reality checks when it comes to dating, mating, and relating, but damn, it feels good.

Sagittarius

Aries season brings out your inner fire, Sagittarius—and you tend to like it like that. Not only is the sun in your fifth house of pleasure for the first three weeks of the month, but the late March solar eclipse in this part of your chart might continue to pop off in the early weeks of April. By the end of the first week, Mercury stations direct in your home zone, followed by Venus on April 12, which is the same day as the full moon in your social zone. What does this mean, exactly? Basically, the stars are bringing intense emotional drama to relationships with both friends and family. But there’s room for a lot of repair, too—so if any sparks fly, know that everything might just end with a forgiving hug. 

Feisty Mars re-enters your ninth house of adventure on April 18, and you might suddenly feel your wanderlust perking up and getting louder, just in time to book late spring and early summer travel. When the sun enters your work and wellness zone on April 19, it’s time to buckle down and get your daily regimen in gear. Even if you don’t feel very motivated to do anything more than sit in a park and sip iced coffee, by the time the new moon arrives on April 27, you could be down with a plan. Write out your health and fitness goals for the next six months, and you might just find that this exercise kicks you into gear to get organized in other ways, too.

Career and Money:

Your work life comes into microscopic focus during the last ten days of April, and there could be some bumps along the way—so, steer clear of conflict with colleagues. When the sun in your work zone flares up against Pluto in your communication zone on April 23, you’re even more likely to accidentally shove your foot in your mouth. Just for a brief time, try to keep your hottest takes to yourself.

Love and Relationships:

All the planets in Aries bring sweetness and spice to your love life across the month, but when Venus returns to your fifth house of pleasure on April 30, you could finally get resolution on any romantic ramifications of the recent retrograde. You might have to rewind all the way to early February, but it’ll be worth it to understand everything that’s happened since then.

Capricorn

With both Mercury and Venus wrapping up their respective retrogrades in your third house of communication early this month, you should finally feel like you know what to say and when to say it. These two planets stationing direct between April 7 and April 12 could bring a “truth coming out” quality, presenting you with new information that you want to act on. It’s probably smart to wait another few weeks before you do, Capricorn, because they’re still in their shadow phases and moving slowly at first. April 12 is extra potent because it also brings a full moon to your career zone, letting you release the last six month’s worth of oversized expectations you might’ve created for yourself at work. It probably has everything to do with the way you’ve cultivated your professional relationships. 

The sun spends the first three weeks of the month in your fourth house, where there was a solar eclipse at the end of March, and Mercury returns here on April 16. If you’ve felt at all unsettled about your living conditions and home or family life, you can begin to address it now, possibly rewinding to something that happened earlier in March that you still want to talk about. The sun enters your fellow earth sign and fifth house of love, creativity, and pleasure on April 19. This is utterly delightful, but because the last week of the month is a bit bumpy, take any romantic ventures slow. You can use the new moon on April 27 to set solid, specific goals for your love and creative life for the next six months. Yes, fun is something that you can manifest!

Career and Money:

When Mars opposes Pluto in your money zone on April 26, you might feel some financial stress. But is it real, or manufactured by the singular pressure you put on yourself to succeed at all costs? This brings to mind something you experienced at the beginning of January, but it could be the moment of resolution.

Love and Relationships:

Hello, lust. Mars returns to your sexuality sector on April 18, after spending what felt like the last 5,000 years in your relationship zone. The Mars Retrograde that ended in late February was probably exhausting and challenging for your relationships, but this new phase is just hot and extra libidinous. It lasts for the next six weeks.

Aquarius

It’s April and you have something to say, Aquarius. As the month begins, you’ve just experienced an overwhelmingly powerful solar eclipse in your third house of communication, and the sun will warm up this part of your chart for the next three weeks. By April 7, Mercury stations direct in your resources’ realm, and Venus follows suit on April 12. That’s the very same day that an emotional full moon alights in your ninth house of philosophy. Something about the way you see and understand the world is changing, and you’re figuring out how to articulate that to the people in your life. Now that the retrogrades are over, you’ll be able to do just that. 

You might, however, be a bit forceful about your opinions after Mercury returns to your talking and thinking zone on April 16, followed by mighty Mars re-entering your opposite sign the next day. This can make you feel a bit physically exhausted, and you might take that out on a partner—so, try not to project and be gentle with yourself at the gym. The sun slips into your fourth house of home and family on April 19, and the next few days could bring a few challenges with your closest loved ones, especially on April 26, when Mars opposes Pluto in your sign. This brings you back to the very beginning of the year, potentially inflaming your ego. Use the powerful new moon the next day to set goals for your home life, and plan out anything you want to accomplish during the next six months. This could be about feathering your nest, buying or selling real estate, moving, or getting a new roomie.

Career and Money:

When Venus in your money zone softly sextiles your modern ruler Uranus in your home zone, it signals an opportunity to make your creativity into cash, possibly in the form of a WFH side hustle. You might be able to return to an income-generating idea you had a while back.

Love and Relationships:

Mars moves back into your relationship zone on April 18, after a long retrograde journey that took the planet of passion partially through this part of your chart last December and early January. If you experienced any partnership conflict around that time, you can readdress the issue now, but with far less confusion and a potential resolution. Bonus: if you’re in a long-term relationship, this energy can stimulate your sex life.

Pisces

Your birthday season might be over, but everything continues to come up Pisces this month. With both Mercury and Venus back in your stars and turning direct on April 7 and April 12, respectively, confusion that washed over you in March is clearing up. The full moon in your sexuality sector deepens your relationship to your desires, but at the same time, it can reveal your emotional vulnerability when it comes to intimacy. Because this lunation is on April 12, the same day that Venus retrograde ends in your sign, things could get pretty intense, but you’re able to see beauty in the cracks of whatever crisis emerges. 

Mars returns to your work and wellness zone on April 18, offering you a ton of physical energy, so get your body moving during the days and weeks ahead—but be careful of pushing yourself too hard and fast. The sun moves into your third house of communication on April 19, making this the locus of much of the challenging astrology of the last week of the month. The new moon arrives here on April 27, helping you set intentions for self-expression during the next six months. Wanna launch a new podcast or do some writing? This is your chance to put your unique and compassionate voice into the media mix.

Career and Money:

Mercury returns to your money zone on April 16, after stationing direct about a week before, so your financial sitch should start to improve if it went sideways in March. But with the trickster planet joining with Neptune, the king of the hot mess, on April 17, be extra careful about spending and triple-check your accounts, because the numbers could be off.

Love and Relationships:

The absolute sexiest day of the month arrives on April 6, when Venus in your stars makes a tempting trine formation with passionate Mars in your pleasure zone. Venus remains retrograde at this moment, so don’t be shocked or alarmed if surprising fantasies of your ex enter the chat.

For even more astrology insights, read your full 2025 romance horoscope.