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Business Monthly for Month Commencing: Monday 01 April 2024

	Aries	Monday 01 April 2024	Mar 21 - Apr 19
As has been the case since Mars and Venus left your career sector in February, the initial push to get this professional year up to speed is over and it is now more about keeping the wheels turning. As there is rarely any planetary activity in your work sector in the first half of each year and there should have been no planetary activity in your career sector after Venus and Mars left, it is two of the minor players that have stepped in to fill the gap and keep the wheels turning. That and the Moon’s monthly visits to your two professional houses is not only enough to keep the wheels turning, but to offer support for Jupiter as he moves into his last full month in your income sector and of his quest for income growth and expansion. Yet whether it is the dwarf planet Ceres in your career sector or the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment in your work sector, they are both slowing down, which is calling for a slow and steady approach. While Ceres is slowing down ahead of a retrograde turn next month that will keep her here and her first deep dive into your professional needs and priorities in four years going until December, Juno is slowing ahead of a direct turn on 22nd April. Having returned in October for what is normally a three month visit, this is the tail end of a retrograde phase that will keep her in your work sector until August, by which time the faster planets would have returned. This is giving you time to let things play out on the job and career fronts, with no reason to rush or hurry things while at the same time ensuring that you don’t miss out on anything either. At the same time, the Moon’s return will ensure you remain emotionally and intuitively engaged and on track. The Moon will make two visits to your career sector this month, the first from 1st April to 3rd April and again from 28th April to 30th April. Each time this will fuel your professional instincts and imagination, act as a trigger and ensure you are emotionally engaged. The Moon will do the same when it moves through your work sector from 19th April to 21st April. This will see the Moon giving you an intuitive read on work and job matters when the Sun returns to your income sector on 20th April.

	Taurus	Monday 01 April 2024	Apr 20 - May 20
The professional gods packed a lot into the final eight days of March. So much so that as you move into the new month the dust is still settling and you are still processing things. It began with Mars’ departure from your career sector, with the warrior planet of the cosmos wrapping up his first visit in two years and his first encounter with Pluto, the planet of change and transformation here in over 200 years. While the Sun, Mercury and Venus had done the same when they moved through, having the planets of war and revolution together has fired things up in a way that you are yet to fully appreciate. It was just two days after Mars left that the Moon not only returned to your work sector but as an eclipsing Full Moon. It wasn’t until the final days of March and over Easter weekend that you had a chance to catch your breath. This is the first time since Pluto returned with the Sun in January that there is a chance to take your foot off the gas while at the same time, what has been triggered by the eclipsing Full Moon will see what this might have set in motion on the job front take at least until when the Moon returns to your work sector from 21st April to 24th April to fully play out. It is having the South Node in your work sector that turned an ordinary Full Moon into a lunar eclipse and as it is here all year, this can keep the momentum going. Some of the most important days of the month and especially when it comes to getting your professional bearings, is when the Moon moves through your career sector from 3rd April to 5th April. This will be the Moon’s first visit since Mars left and since Pluto has been on his own, something that has seen this professional year shift gear to where you are now running a marathon rather than a sprint. Where the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars have all recently passed through your career sector, with Pluto here now into 2044, he is here to stay. The push to get this professional year up to speed is over and while Pluto’s quest for change is just getting started, it will now take as long as it takes.

	Gemini	Monday 01 April 2024	May 21 - Jun 21
The new month is getting off to a good start thanks to not only having Venus, Mars, Saturn and Neptune in your career sector but their close relationship to each other and because of the water that has already passed under the bridge. Venus is only here until 5th April, but spending her final days aligned with Neptune, as she works to fuel your professional confidence, attract opportunities and steer things in a lucrative direction, it is with the help and influence of the planet of dreams. This is adding to the focus that this is already putting on leaving you with something to aim for or to keep fighting for. Mars only returned three days after the Sun left on the March equinox and as it has been two years since the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos was last here, you are still adjusting to warrior and competitive spirit. With Mars here all month, it is Venus and Neptune that are helping to fuel the professional desires, dreams and fantasies that can give him something to keep fighting for and to channel his warrior and competitive spirit into. With Mars here all month, this makes the early days of the month more about the ‘what’ than the when, where and how. Moving through your career sector from 5th April to 7th April, it is as Venus leaves and with your professional instincts sharp that you will have a chance to change gears. It is a few days later that Mars will catch up with Saturn, with the warrior planet of the cosmos aligning with the hard taskmaster of the cosmos for the first time here in three decades on 10th/11th April. By then Venus will have fuelled the dream, with Mars and Saturn working together giving you the power to move mountains if you have to. Another important point in the month will be when the Moon not only moves through your work sector from 24th April to 26th April but when it returns as a Full Moon. The Moon will not only form a friendly aspect to all three planets in your career sector as it moves through, but just as Mars is heading into an alignment with Neptune on 28th/29th April. With Mars in his final days in your career sector by then and not returning for another two years, this will fire up your motivation.

	Cancer	Monday 01 April 2024	Jun 22 - Jul 22
Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of April in your career sector, the solar spotlight is always on your career and professional situation, matters and options this time of year. This year things are happening in waves, turning what can be an intense and concentrated period into something that is a lot more spread out. The Sun never travels on his own and while the dwarf planet Eris, the warrior princess of the cosmos has been here for nine decades, it is when he and the faster planets move through that things become more active. This year things got off to an early start and while the Sun will leave on 20th April, this won’t start scaling back until the second half of June. It was Mercury’s return earlier last month that got things off to an early start. Normally moving through in just 14 to 15 days, Mercury’s return gave you a chance to get your head in the game weeks before the Sun’s return on the March equinox. However, it is a retrograde turn on 2nd April that will not only keep Mercury here until the middle of May but is going to slow things down enough that you have time to hear yourself think. Mercury will spend the majority of the month in retrograde motion and not turning direct until 26th April, after the Sun leaves, this will take away any urgency. Meanwhile, it is just before the Moon returns to your career sector as an eclipsing New Moon that Venus will return on 5th April, something that until leaving on 29th April will see the planet of money, desire and attraction put everything she has into fuelling your job confidence, attracting opportunities and steering things in a lucrative direction. It is when the Moon moves through from 7th April to 9th April, that as a total solar eclipse this could trigger or create major new opportunities, at a time when Mercury has the doors open to the past. However, it is not until Mars returns in the early days of May that the real push will begin. Meanwhile, while the Moon will leave your work sector on 1st April, this will give you an intuitive read on work and job matters from the start, while returning to do it again from 26th April to 28th April.

	Leo	Monday 01 April 2024	Jul 23 - Aug 22
While the Sun won’t return to your career sector until 20th April, the point in each year when the solar spotlight will always shift onto your career and professional situation, matters and options, the pace is picking up as Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion moves into his last full month here. While Jupiter is here until 26th May, with first the Sun on 20th April and then Venus returning on 29th April, things are gearing up to take you into the home straight. Both Jupiter, here since May 2023 and Uranus, here since 2019 spent the majority of the second half of last year in retrograde motion. With Jupiter having just turned direct on New Year’s Eve and Uranus slowing ahead of a direct turn in late January, the year began with both barely moving, though with a lot of promise. By then Jupiter had retrograded back into the early degrees of your career sector while after nearly five years, Uranus was motionless but much further along. Since then, Jupiter has been quicker to pick up speed and that means that the gap between them has been closing, to a point where from 18th April to 22nd April they will align. This will be the first alignment between Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion and Uranus, the planet of surprise, synchronicity and the unexpected here in eight decades and the last for another eight decades, creating the potential for lucky or unexpected developments. It is while they are aligned that the Sun will return on 20th April, signalling that it is time to bring things home. Venus’ return on 29th April will help with that, while Mercury’s return next month will ensure you have your head in the game during Jupiter’s critical final days. However, as Mars won’t return for his first visit in two years until June, what this is setting in motion still has several months to play out. Meanwhile, throughout the month there will be support from the dwarf planet Ceres in your work sector and the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment in your income sector. You will get a better read on the wider support across the income, work and career fronts when the Moon returns to your work sector from 1st April to 3rd April, again from 28th April to 30th April and when it moves through your career sector from 9th April to 11th April.

	Virgo	Monday 01 April 2024	Aug 23 - Sep 22
It wasn’t until over Easter and in the final 48 hours of March that you would finally have felt that the frenetic pace that this year has been setting was finally dropping back. You might have found that it was just a coincidence that you were able to relax into the weekend spirit and that maybe this was temporary. To a degree and especially when you zoom out to look at the year as a whole that is the case, but on a micro level April is the month that even the professional gods are calling for some time out. Next month the Sun and Venus will not only return to your career sector but in time to welcome Jupiter, who will return on 26th May to begin your biggest year for professional growth and expansion in over a decade. In between Mars’ departure from your work sector towards the end of last month and a whole new chapter next month, there is a chance to finally take your foot off the gas, something that you haven’t been able to do since the Sun and Pluto, planet of change and transformation returned in January. What made February and March especially busy was that this was when Mars, the warrior planet of the cosmos returned for his first visit in two years. These will always be the busiest six weeks of any year, but having Mars here while Pluto was still in his early weeks brought the planets of war and revolution together here for the first time in over 200 years. Where Mars was in a race to get as much done and gain as much momentum as possible, with Pluto in the early months of a visit that won’t end until 2044, he is in no hurry. With the South Node in your income sector all year and Jupiter spending from May 2024 to June 2025 in your career sector, things are lining up for some exciting developments across the income, work and career fronts. Helping to get a feel for work and job matters and the next pace will be the Moon’s first visit to your work sector since Mars left from 3rd April to 5th April. Returning in the heart of the working week but with the new month just underway, this is when you will get a better gauge of the new pace. It is just a few days later the Moon will move through your career sector from 12th April to 14th April, giving you a taste of what is to come across the income, work and career fronts.

	Libra	Monday 01 April 2024	Sep 23 - Oct 23
While the Sun left your work sector last month, something that will always take the solar spotlight off your work situation and job matters on the March equinox, it was just a few days later that work and job matters caught their second wind when Mars returned. While Mars returned three days after the Sun left, the month that it had spent here had helped to create a baseline or a starting point as the warrior planet of the cosmos returned for his first chance in two years to really fire things up. As you move into the new month Mars has been here for just over a week and to begin with, the focus is more on Venus. Until she leaves on 5th April, Venus’ focus is on giving your heart a voice and as the planet of money, desire and attraction, she will be working to raise the bar on your expectations, attract opportunities and to steer things in the right direction. With Mars spending the whole of April in your work sector, this is not only likely to be one of the busiest months of the year but where you can gain the most progress. That Venus is spending her final days aligned with Neptune, the planet of dreams, is making the early days and throughout the first working week of the month all about having a dream and listening to your heart. There will be a chance to regroup when the Moon returns to your work sector from 5th April to 7th April. The Moon will return just after Venus leaves and due to spend the first weekend of April here, this will be a valuable chance to regroup and shift gear, but it is the following week that will see Mars and Saturn align here for the first time in three decades. This will give you the power and the resolve to move mountains if you have to, as the focus shifts from knowing what you want to making it happen. It is a week later that the Moon will move through your career sector from 14th April to 16th April. As well as fuelling your professional instincts and imagination, as the Moon moves through it will connect with all three planets in your work sector, making these pivotal days on both fronts.

	Scorpio	Monday 01 April 2024	Oct 24 - Nov 21
Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of April in your work sector, the solar spotlight is always on your work situation, job matters and options at this time of year. The Sun will always return on the March equinox, but while the Sun is only here for a month, this is just a small part of a much larger footprint that extends from Mercury’s return earlier last month to Mars’ departure in June. Mercury, who normally spends just 14 to 15 days in your work sector, making it easier to work smarter, get your head in the game and to think on your feet, should have left by now. Instead, a retrograde turn on 2nd April will keep Mercury here until the middle of next month. Not turning direct until 26th April, Mercury will spend the whole of April either in retrograde motion or at a standstill in order to turn retrograde and then to turn direct again. This is putting the brakes on, but with Mars returning early next month to begin the busiest six weeks of the year on the job front, this is buying you valuable time. This won’t be enough to slow things down completely and as she moves through from 5th April to 29th April, Venus will not only be working to attract work and job opportunities and potential but the money as well. It is just a few days after Venus’ returns that the Moon will move through from 7th April to 9th April, something that could have major implications. As the Moon aligns with the Sun this will not only create a New Moon, but because the North Node is here this will turn this into a total solar eclipse. This creates the potential for major new beginnings, just as in his early days in retrograde motion Mercury will have the doors open to the past. It is a week later that the Moon will return for its monthly visit to your career sector from 16th April to 19th April. As well as a chance to fuel your professional instincts and imagination and ensure you are emotionally and intuitively engaged, in the Sun’s final days in your work sector this will create some positive conditions on the job and career fronts.

	Sagittarius	Monday 01 April 2024	Nov 22 - Dec 21
While the Sun won’t return to your work sector until 20th April, the point in each year when the solar spotlight shifts onto your work situation, job matters and options, by the time you move into the new month the pace is already starting to pick up and with it a sense of anticipation. When you moved into the New Year Jupiter had only been in direct motion in your work sector for a few hours and spent the early weeks of the year at a near standstill, as did Uranus who didn’t turn direct here until towards the end of January. Since then, they have not only been picking up speed, but as in relative terms Jupiter is a lot faster, he has been slowly closing the gap and from 18th April to 22nd April they will finally align. It has been eight decades since Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion has last aligned with Uranus, the planet of surprise, synchronicity and the unexpected last aligned here in your work sector and it will be another eight decades before they align here again. However, what makes the timing auspicious is that it is while they are aligned that the Sun will return on 20th April. This is the point in each year when the solar spotlight will turn onto your work situation and job matters but with Jupiter leaving and wrapping up his 12 month quest for job growth and expansion on 26th May, he returns to light and guide the way home. It is Venus’ return on 29th April that will kick off what could be some of the most defining weeks of the year so far and of Jupiter’s time here, even though it is Mars’ return in June that will exploit every last advantage. Venus is the planet of money, desire and attraction and joining up with the planets of luck and synchronicity just as Jupiter is moving into his final weeks here will create some serious magic. Meanwhile, the Moon will play an important role in keeping you emotionally and intuitively engaged, both when it moves through your work sector from 9th April to 11th April and to your career sector from 19th April to 21st April. The latter will ensure your professional instincts are sharp and you are emotionally and intuitively engaged when the Sun returns to your work sector on 20th April.

	Capricorn	Monday 01 April 2024	Dec 22 - Jan 19
In between an eclipsing Full Moon in your career sector late last month and major developments on the job front next month, as you move into the new month there is a chance to pause. By the time you move into the new month, it has only been seven days since having the South Node in your career sector turned an ordinary Full Moon in your career sector into a lunar eclipse and only five days since the Moon left. Not only will you still be unpacking a download of information, but it will take until the Moon comes full circle from 21st April to 24th April for what the lunar eclipse triggered to fully play out. Unlike the Full Moon that will always fall in your career sector this time each year and always in the days leading up to Easter, when the Moon left this didn’t leave it empty. With the South Node here for the rest of the year and a partnership with Pluto in your income sector set to strengthen, this can keep the momentum going. However, at the same time that there is a chance to take a hands off approach while what has been triggered by the eclipsing Full Moon plays out, there is also a growing sense of anticipation as well as a need for a wait and see approach on the job front. You might start to get a better read on this or at last start to get wind of what lies around the corner when the moon moves through your work sector from 12th April to 14th April. While this is an ordinary monthly visit, one that can give you an intuitive read on work and job matters and act as a trigger, this will enhance your sixth sense and this is when major changes next month will just be starting to appear on your radar. What lies around the corner is an object so large that this is when your over the horizon radar will be picking up on Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion’s approach. As the largest and most powerful planet in the solar system, it is Jupiter’s return next month that will begin your biggest year for job growth and expansion in over a decade, with both the Sun and Venus here by the time he returns on 26th May.

	Aquarius	Monday 01 April 2024	Jan 20 - Feb 18
There is rarely any planetary activity in either of your two professional houses at this time of year. It is not until the Sun, Mercury and Venus return to your work sector in June that the most active months of the year on the job front will kick off while it is not until a few months later that things will start opening up on the career front. However, once things start to move this is going to dominate the second half of the year, at a time when you are still benefiting from a similar push in the second half of last year. For now, it is the Moon’s monthly visits that will keep things on track, while offering the right amount of support for the planets that are working to make this one of the most potentially lucrative months of the year. The Moon’s first visit will be to your work sector from 14th April to 16th April. While an ordinary monthly visit, it is right in the heart of the month that this will give you an intuitive read on work and job matters. The Moon is also able to act as a trigger and this could have implications on the income and job fronts, thanks to its friendly aspect to all three planets in your income sector as it moves through. What makes the timing auspicious is that it will come just as Mars, who will spend the whole of April in your income sector is separating from an alignment with Saturn and is moving towards another with Neptune. Neptune and Saturn are the backbone to a powerful year on the income front, which Mars will be tapping into as the Moon moves through. It is a week later that the Moon will move through your career sector, something that from 24th April to 26th April will have a lot of grunt. That is because unlike the Moon’s visit to your work sector the week before this is no ordinary monthly visit, returning instead as a Full Moon that can act as a catalyst and even create the potential for a breakthrough. Once again, this will see the Moon form a friendly aspect to Saturn, Mars and Neptune in your income sector as it moves through, bringing these influences into the mix and harnessing what by then will be Mars’ drive to make his final days as lucrative as possible. This could lead to a financial and professional breakthrough.

	Pisces	Monday 01 April 2024	Feb 19 - Mar 20
While there is no planetary activity in either of your two professional houses this month, the Moon’s monthly visits will more than make up for that. While the Moon will leave your career sector on 1st April, this will allow you to move into the new month with your professional instincts and imagination fuelled while feeling emotionally and intuitively engaged from the start. This is the Moon’s only visit while the Sun is in your income sector and a friendly aspect in the closing hours of March has already put them back in harmony after clashing as an eclipsing Full Moon less than a week earlier. As this is not only a big month on the income front, but with May and June shaping up to be even more lucrative, this will get the month off to a good start both financially and professionally. By the time the Moon returns to your work sector from 16th April to 18th April, the Sun will still be in your income sector but there will be some significant changes. By then Mercury will be in retrograde motion in your income sector Venus, the planet of money will have returned and a total solar eclipse will have acted as a major trigger. As well as sharpening your instincts, these will be some of the best days of the month for income and job matters and especially where they come together. It is the following week that will see the Moon come full circle from starting the month in your career sector, returning again from 26th April to 28th April. Once again, as the Moon moves through this will fuel your professional instincts and imagination, ensure you are emotionally and intuitively engaged and act as a trigger. The Sun’s departure from your income sector on 20th April means that it will be gone by then, but the Moon will move into a friendly aspect to Venus, Mercury and the rest of the planets there as it moves through. With Venus leaving your income sector on 28th April but Mars just a few days away by then, this will once again be an advantage financially and professionally.