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Aries New Moon and the Mercury-Mars-Saturn Conjunction
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Tonight’s Starcast gives my overview of the astrology of the next few days, and the horoscope below breaks it down by sign and rising sign in extended form.
The two principal events are the Aries New Moon on Friday, which activates the Chiron-Eris conjunction. The second is the triple conjunction of Mercury, Mars and Saturn, which I describe in Starcast and discuss at length in a special edition Starcast from yesterday.
This is going to be an unusual and pivotal few days. I cover what I see happening in the article associated with this horoscope, published throughout the Planet Waves network. Check your email or check our home page.
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ARIES Sun + Rising for April 16
If you think you’re being pushy, you may be imagining things. But you may also be approaching a prickly wicket. So you might want to go easy on yourself and on the various relationship situations in your life. With Mercury, Mars and Saturn about to merge in your sign, you’re in a potential crucible. The good thing is that it’s not really about other people and you don’t need to bring them into the discussion. And if someone close to you is going through their own adventure or misadventure, you don’t need to think it’s about you because it probably is not. However, you are working out deep inner stuff — it looks like some persistent resistance, that has its roots in denial — and it will be best to keep this personal and not in any way blame it on a partnership. There will be ways to establish mutual support if you remember the Gestalt Therapy mantra about you being you and them being them. Or you can safely compare notes in a few weeks. In any event, easy does it.
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Planet Waves for April 16, 2026 — By Eric Francis
Today is horoscope 1,601. Detailed readings for your Sun, Moon and Rising Sign. Subscribe to this Substack or become a Core Community Member at PlanetWaves.net.
ARIES Sun + Rising
If you think you’re being pushy, you may be imagining things. But you may also be approaching a prickly wicket. So you might want to go easy on yourself and on the various relationship situations in your life. With Mercury, Mars and Saturn about to merge in your sign, you’re in a potential crucible. The good thing is that it’s not really about other people and you don’t need to bring them into the discussion. And if someone close to you is going through their own adventure or misadventure, you don’t need to think it’s about you because it probably is not. However, you are working out deep inner stuff — it looks like some persistent resistance, that has its roots in denial — and it will be best to keep this personal and not in any way blame it on a partnership. There will be ways to establish mutual support if you remember the Gestalt Therapy mantra about you being you and them being them. Or you can safely compare notes in a few weeks. In any event, easy does it.
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TAURUS Sun + Rising
The world is paranoid enough. You don’t need to bring any extra, though it may not seem easy to escape anxiety or panic attacks over the next few days. Remember your spiritual practice, whatever it might be — yoga, Pilates, meditation, nature, critters or whatever. The events unfolding have their origin in your 12th solar house, so you may want to dial in your favorite ancestors and see if they have information to offer you. It might be grandma or grandpa, or it might be the elder of your spiritual tradition, or a master of the Great White Lodge (Yogananda is always a handy go-to, and he sits by the phone). Start with your family. The aspect pattern is not exactly comfortable but there is crucial information about some ancestral baggage you’ve been dragging around that has only recently come to your attention. It does not matter whether this is ‘real’ or not; the metaphor is what counts. If you have a moment of awakening, don’t forget to stay awake.
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