Horoscopes 9-15th April

ARIES {Mar 21–Apr 20}
Despite everything that’s been going on a shadowy residue has been lingering. This lack of vitality feels wasteful as your ruler Mars has been pushing you to break new ground. This week the New Moon in Aries will help you do just that.

TAURUS {Apr 21–May 21}
Your ruler Venus strides arm in arm with her robust companion Mars, there is nothing boring about their union as both sexual desires and romance become addictive. The secret aspect of feeling the depths of both love and desire make it more enticing.

GEMINI {May 22–June 21}
If the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ‘The one who made the most friends and easily’ you could well be fighting every other Gemini for it. Still, not every act of war is as evil as we might think; our apparent enemies are our greatest teachers.

CANCER {June 22–July 22}
You’re getting a lot better at making the right decisions and fast, the pressure you feel to push forward in the professional arena won’t just go away. The path to success lies in adopting the pioneering spirit of the adventurous Ram, that should help you put your best foot forward.

LEO {July 23–Aug 22}
Some may argue that it’s only upon the realisation that you know nothing, that the journey of knowledge can begin. The egocentric postulations of man are very funny to the Buddha’s. With so much to know, don’t limit yourself by clinging to what you learned last year – a new era is here.

VIRGO {Aug 23–Sep 22}
If shared values are neither shared nor appreciated and ego drives are allowed to break out in a rash of inner turmoil, then it could be time for a change. Any relationship that starts now may be intense, with strong and transforming feelings.

LIBRA {Sep 23–Oct 22}
As the desirable Mars holds hands with your ruler Venus, sparks could fly in the relationship department. By traditional standards Mars’ presence could denote a more sinister tone as enemies don’t go to the trouble of hiding from you – but with every open book; you can always put it down.

SCORPIO {Oct 23–Nov 21}
Being health conscious is one thing, while preaching the gospel of your truth is another. You may want to support others, but sometimes the best way to help them help themselves is by limiting your help to the practical rather than the dogmatic.

SAGITTARIUS {Nov 22–Dec 20}
You’re being rather driven as if a heavenly zeal has gripped you and won’t relinquish until you have fulfilled some imperative task. Get to it, as the current obligation is not an arduous detail, but a gift. Let the bounty of creation come through you.

CAPRICORN {Dec 21–Jan 19}
You’re in tune with your innermost being and the less contaminated it is the better, thus you’ll be spending more time at home or revisiting your family or past – and yet, amid the arid desert of friendship lies in you a deep rooted need to connect.

AQUARIUS {Jan 20–Feb 19}
Terry Pratchett was thought to have said: “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” Which is of course true, but ideas are the soul’s food, and that which isn’t nutritious will find its own way out.

PISCES {Feb 20–Mar 20}
A New Moon in your house of finance will surely lighten the load and help you feel like you’ve turned a corner, Uranus insists there is still some elements of unpredictability and a wish to be financially independent has its challenges.