March 30th/The week ahead: Yesterday, a Solar Eclipse happened and Saturn entered Pisces, all before lunch! Some of us might start to feel a strong change in mood now, feeling a renewal of sorts. But overall, the week ahead is all about taking in and digesting the change around us. With so many planets in Pisces, getting in touch with our emotions becomes very important. Understanding your feelings is key to moving forward right now.
March 30th: Early morning can be tricky and emotional, but the mood improves, and we might feel excited and experimental for most of the day.
As I’ve said on my yearly predictions for 2025, this is a year of great change. That change speeds up in April, with the aftermath of the Eclipses of March and the other changes in our way.
Last month, both Uranus and Saturn entered new signs, signaling major changes in our lives. Uranus in Taurus will promote major shifts around the stable things in life. This means changes in the economy, but also all the institutions and formerly stable things of life. The next 7 years are a time of great change under this influence.
Saturn in Pisces will be quite a ride too, specially with the Saturn-Neptune conjunction ahead, also showing great change and reformulation of society. But this month specifically, Saturn will start with a bang, as the planet will form a conjunction with Rahu from now until about late May — when Rahu enters Aquarius. Saturn-Rahu is a feisty conjunction, usually representing protests, turmoil and major public clashes in the world.
Along for the ride, we will have a similarly feisty Mars in Cancer, from April 2nd until June 6th. To add fuel to the fire, Mars will oppose Pluto, another feisty combination on its own. But combined with already discussed factors, it signals a strong time for conflict and trouble.
Events in April 2025
29/03/2025 06:47 Solar Eclipse in Uttara Bhadrapada 14°41′ Pisces
14/04/2025 00:26 Saturn Conjunct Rahu 01°49’22” Pisces
20/04/2025 21:34 Sun Square Mars 06°59’40” Aries-Cancer
23/04/2025 13:10 Sun Square Pluto 09°34’46” Aries-Capricorn
26/04/2025 21:05 Mars Opposing Pluto 09°35’38” Cancer-Capricorn
27/04/2025 15:31 New Moon in Bharani 13°34’13” Aries
This Mars influence should be carefully watched, both on a mundane and personal level. Mars-Pluto will be in effect from early April until around May 13th. This is a time of fighting, anger and erratic moods. We should watch ourselves to avoid pointless fighting or unnecessary arguments in the months ahead.
In allegedly happy news, this month we will have Mercury and Venus turning direct, after both turning retrograde in March.
Mercury Retrograde
With Mercury direct, communications will improve and become easier. Dealing with computers, people and any kind of communication or travel will be easier after April 7th. The same old same old Mercury babble. Only this time I have a twist: I actually felt it!
I usually have zero to no trouble during Mercury retrograde, but this time I had a couple “one in a million” issues popping up for me. Annoying, but manageable.
On the Venus front, this is where I’ve seen the bigger issues and complaints. Venus is the planet of love, sharing, beauty and image. The time of Venus retro always tends to deal with disagreements, arguments and fighting. We’ve seen that on a mundane level with agreements being cancelled, delayed or undone.
But on a personal level, this is always a time of squabbles and trouble in relationships. It is usually the height of complaints in this regard. Venus retro also promotes self-image issues. Some might feel ugly or undesirable now. The idea of sharing or promoting yourself, going out into the world, can feel heavy or hard under this influence.
With Venus going direct on the 12th, things will become easier moving forward.
The Full Moon this month happens in Chitra nakshatra, a star that deals a lot with image, beauty and perfection. Happening so close to Venus turning direct, this Full Moon will deal a lot with image and shadows. On a mundane level, this will deal with deceptive agreements or false ideas coming into play. On a personal level, this is a time where we can feel inspired towards beauty and a quest towards love.
Late in the month, Sun-Mars-Pluto will make a rare formation, known as a T-square. With Mars opposing Pluto and the Sun squaring both of them.
The T-square is naturally an aspect of intense movement and energy, but with these 3 fiery planets involved, it specially shows a time of great tension in the world. Late April can deal with strong events, great clashes and violence.
The New Moon this month happens in Bharani nakshatra, this is the star of the god of death, also the star that shows the womb. Happening so close to the T-square denoted above, I believe that this New Moon will deal with some strong declaration or sudden event popping up and changing our perspective. As I’ve said, late April will be fiesty.
Summary
Mundane
April will deal a lot with things speeding up, as the aftermath of the Eclipses along with other aspects will promote much change and movement in the world. I believe April can be a very eventful month. We might see big declarations, shifts, protests and action happening now.
The week from the 7th to the 12th can be specially notorious, as both Mercury and Venus will turn direct. That can be a time of big news or big announcements. It might also deal with some great fluctuations in the economy, I believe there could be an upward trend.
With the, almost simultaneous, end of two retrogrades. We will see many shifts and reversals happening in the world. The big stories of March could make a comeback now, but being eliminated, undone or cancelled in some form. The only certainty is uncertainty, as many things will flip upside down.
The end of April can specially deal with protests, and fiery or violent endeavors. As Sun-Mars-Pluto will be aligned in a complicated aspect, which will promote violence and fighting in the world. It could be a turbulent start to May.
As I’ve said many times, change is never easy. April and May will be moments of great change, so some hardships are a given now.
Another repeated point deals with Rahu-Neptune, the aspect is waning, and it will lose effect in late May, when Rahu enters Aquarius. But for now, we are under the influence of it.
Rahu-Neptune promotes illusions, deception and a blurry vision. Many truths are being revealed now, many things are clear, but people ignore or shrug them off. Why? Because it is much better to wear rose-colored glasses than to face reality. And this influence helps this natural trend.
Hard truths will become clearer in the coming months, and with this influence waning, people will have to deal with them.
Personal
April has some good news for us. Venus turning direct will smooth things over in our relationships. So dealing with people will become easier. We can also feel very renewed and ready to meet new people. Post-retro for Venus is always a time of renewal, acting as a rebirth of our sense of love and compassion.
Mercury direct, a few days earlier, will similarly ease up travel and communications.
The end of April will have us more energized, by the T-square explained earlier, so it is a great moment to push forward with projects or do anything requiring effort.
A final point deals with Saturn, which recently shifted into Pisces. This will similarly deal with changes in our lives, on my text I made predictions for all the 12 signs, which I recommend you to read.
An important point when analyzing eclipses and their effects is to understand that, generally, places where the eclipse is visible will see more effects than places where no visibility happens. It is also important to understand that eclipses have long sprawling effects, instead of immediate ones. New Moons and Full Moons affect the weeks around them, indicating monthly trends; Solar Eclipses and Lunar Eclipses affect the months around them, indicating yearly trends. The effects discussed below are things that will tend to happen in the next 6 months.
Visibility: Europe, Much of North America (specially the East Coast in the US), North/West Africa, Atlantic, Arctic.
Solar Eclipse at 14° Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra
This Solar Eclipse happens in Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra, which can be related to wisdom and wise advisors. It also indicates anything deep, beyond the surface, representing secrets and hidden forces. It is also related to wealth, power and those in high positions.
The Eclipse itself doesn’t get that many aspects, although other interesting things are going on in the chart. First, Saturn is about to change signs, going from Aquarius into Pisces. Second, we have a very tight conjunction of Mercury-Venus-Neptune-Rahu in the earlier degrees of Pisces. A third and final point is that this chart represents the Astrological New Year for 2025-2026, so this Eclipse becomes a central influence for the coming year.
My major prediction about this Eclipse would be a shake-up in regards to boards, advisors or great bureaucratic institutions around the world. The wise elders of our modern times are those working in boards and councils. Sad, but true. It can also relate to judges. So this Eclipse will affect these people and professions.
This could deal with layoffs, budget cuts or restrictions coming their way. Weakness and trouble are indicated. The EU could specially suffer, as the Eclipse path will be very strong in Europe. Similarly, some shifts could happen in the Kremlin in Russia. In the US, the anti-bureaucracy efforts of the new administration could be the big indicator of trouble.
An extra point I could add about the US is that I believe a shift could happen, specially in New York City, with companies moving into other locations or reducing their operations. This will weaken that power center of the country, and create new ones elsewhere.
A final point about this Eclipse deals with the big planetary conjunction mentioned above. With so much centered around Neptune, this is a time of blurry vision and deception. So fantastic stories, illusions and lies will tend to circulate now. This Neptune focus in early 2025 is something I’ve been mentioning for months now.
Still, the Eclipse can deal with some illusions being shattered and great truths being revealed.
On a personal level, this Solar Eclipse is a strong time for intuition and self discovery. Understanding hidden desires, hidden yearnings or problems in our lives is easier now.
Check my guide for Eclipses to understand how will the Eclipse affect you personally.
