Libra Full Moon - April 1

 

Full Moon – Libra 

April 1, 2026

7:11pm PDT

(12 Libra 21)

 

Every lunar month, the full phase lands two weeks after the launch of the new moon.   Our intuition and cosmic inner space is gonged on the Pisces new moon and between the new and the full, our feelings and emotions and intuition have been prompting us along the way.   Now at the full moon in Libra, we look at how we relate to others and consider what our intuition is telling us about our relationships.

 

The ruler of the full moon chart is Venus in Taurus who is in a vice grip square with Pluto in Aquarius.  Oh, boy.  Let’s break that down.  

 

Venus in Taurus is stubborn.   It puts creature comforts including money, first.   It also is the values planet in the values sign.   Pluto speaks to depth, control and power.   If there is anything in our values that is outdated or ‘off’, Pluto will find it.   

Just to be clear, Venus like all the inner planets, has four aspects with Pluto each year.   A conjunction (Aquarius), an opening square (Taurus), an opposition (Leo) and a closing square (Scorpio).    The dates of these aspects can bring out tension around money, values, love, beauty.  Power control and concentrated wealth are Venus and Pluto.  But more to the point there is a reality check.   We understand, “To have BLANK I pay with BLANK.”    Fill in the blanks.  “I live _____ and it costs me _____.”  “I interact with ____ which means I must _____.”     During the aspect we may experience the costs and the value in some manner(s).   Just to be clear—cost is not limited to money.  Just sayin’.    

 

What makes this opening square between Venus and Pluto punchier is that this aspect could have happened anytime in Spring.   Okay.  Additionally, Venus is the ruling planet of Libra.  Okay.  And this aspect is exact on and the full moon phase of a sign it rules.   Bam!  This is a real punch to the full moon.    In general, Libra full moons are when we look at how we relate with others and what we bring to relationships and what others bring to us.   This is not limited to spouses or significant others.  This is all relationships.  

 

 Pisces New Moon already reminded us that there are things out there that we can’t see but we ‘know’.   So, what is that unseen thing out there when two humans are interacting?   How do we pivot and shift with each other to keep the relationship going?  Is your spouse having a mood and you must navigate around it?    Is that fair (Libra word)?   Or you are the one that is moody impacting others, is that fair?  On a regular Libra full moon this might be the usual partnership fodder where we must find balance.  But this full moon with the tension between Venus and Pluto…. Well, this is bringing steroids to the full moon.     

 

On the mundane level we may see some big buys or big moves in TechBroLand or there could be scandals.  Values clashing and society feeling a pinch.   Pluto is not exactly transparent but again we are working on finding our intuition and inner diving rod this lunar month so tap in when something makes you go “hmmm”

 

Astrology Landscape March 29 - April 5

 

Gibbous Moon

March 29, 2026

1:05am   

 

 

Gibbous — Refining the Process

We refine our information. We pick and choose, discriminate, and organize. This is the phase where we become a bit “Virgo-like.” We sort through details and ask whether something has been overlooked. Adjustments are made. Plans are refined. The goal is not to abandon the seed but to improve how it is unfolding.

Hero’s Journey: Training and preparation before the major test.
Creative/Science Process: Editing and refinement.

 

Focus on:

On the new moon we pinged our intuition.  How is that now connected to finding strength and courage?  How are you finding the boldness?  How did the seeds you planted on New now benefit by creativity?  How does it benefit by your willingness to be loud? 

 

Planetary Notes:  

 

3/30: Venus enters Taurus

 

 

 

Full Moon – Libra 

April 1, 2026

7:11pm PDT

(12 Libra 21)

 

Full Moon — Illumination

The Full Moon reveals what has been building. Emotions tend to run high because something becomes visible that we may not have seen clearly before now. For those who have been working with the cycle, this can be a moment of realization or progress. For those who have not, emotions can spill over simply to bring awareness back to the situation. The Moon is bright and there is little room for shadows. What is reflecting to you?

Hero’s Journey: The revelation or moment of truth.
Creative/Science Process: Breakthrough — the insight appears.

 

 

Focus on:   (see separate post)

 

 

 

Planetary Notes:  

 

4/3: Mercury trine Jupiter (15 CA) Broad ideas around security home and family.  Logic around emotions is supported. 

4/3: Venus square Pluto (5 AQ) Holding on tight and resistance to change is helpful? Or not?  Love/Money/Beauty/Creativity feel disconnected from power.  Tech feels big and out of value?  

4/5: Sun square Jupiter (16 CA) Independence and carving new paths seems in conflict with family, emotions and home.   Seeking comfort may be put on backburner while focusing breakthroughs and break outs.  War in the news, both internal and external. 

 

 

 

 

Astro Landscape March 25 - 29

 

First Quarter Moon 

March 25, 2026

12:17pm  

 

 First Quarter — Taking Action

Now we act on the information we received. We pursue the idea again. What hurdles have appeared involving the seeds you planted at the New Moon? We make another call, reach out to someone, mail something, or stir the pot again. Sometimes this phase reveals that the goals we planted require more effort from us. Independence may need to be asserted. Others may resist our growth, even if they believe they have our best interests at heart.

Hero’s Journey: Crossing the threshold and committing to the journey.
Creative/Science Process: Commitment — the work begins.

 

Focus on:   Does your intuition suggest you need to take some actions?  What actions are you taking that are based on emotions? What actions are you taking that are based on a feeling?  What actions are you taking that feel protective?  What actions are you taking support family?  What actions are you taking that connect to childhood experiences or memories?  

 

Planetary Notes:

 

3/26: Venus conjunct Chiron  (25 AR) Healing around independence and desires to forge a new path.  

3/28: Saturn sextile Pluto (5 AR)  (see separate post) 

 

 

 

 

Gibbous Moon

March 29, 2026

1:05am   

 

 

Gibbous — Refining the Process

We refine our information. We pick and choose, discriminate, and organize. This is the phase where we become a bit “Virgo-like.” We sort through details and ask whether something has been overlooked. Adjustments are made. Plans are refined. The goal is not to abandon the seed but to improve how it is unfolding.

Hero’s Journey: Training and preparation before the major test.
Creative/Science Process: Editing and refinement.

 

Focus on:

On the new moon we pinged our intuition.  How is that now connected to finding strength and courage?  How are you finding the boldness?  How did the seeds you planted on New now benefit by creativity?  How does it benefit by your willingness to be loud? 

 

Planetary Notes:  

 

3/30: Venus enters Taurus

Saturn Sextile Pluto - March 28

 

Saturn sextile Uranus Jan 19, 2026 (27 TA) two out of two

Saturn conjunction Neptune Feb 20, 2026 (0 AR) one out of one

Saturn sextile Pluto March 28, 2026 (5 AR) one out of one

Uranus sextile Neptune July 15, 2026 (4 AR) two out of three

Uranus Trine Pluto July 17, 2026 (4 AQ) one out of four

Neptune sextile Pluto July 24, 2026 (4 AQ) one out of four

Uranus Trine Pluto Nov 29, 2026 (3 AQ) two out of four

 

 

As written in previous reports, the mid 2020s are packed with outer planet aspects. When Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto contact each other, the influence is not limited to a single day or week. These are generational planets, and their aspects align with the start of new eras.

It is helpful to think of these planets and their aspects like a cross-country road trip. If you were driving from Atlanta to Seattle, you would cross very different terrain and weather. The wet and humid Southeast shifts into the dry Great Plains. The land rises into plateaus and the Rocky Mountains, then gives way to desert and finally the lush Pacific Northwest. The change does not happen in one moment. The landscape transforms until at some point you step out of the car and it feels and looks different.

Outer planet aspects bring their own landscape changes. As you can see, we have many of them in 2026, which I have color coded. Two have completed (blac), one perfects this month (red), and several arrive in July before returning in November and continuing into 2027(green).

On March 28 Saturn takes center stage.  This is the first time Saturn and Pluto are working together since their 2020 conjunction.  Remember that year?  

Saturn and Jupiter are the bridge planets because they connect the inner personal world to the wider society. Saturn builds structure and emphasizes responsibility and conservation. Earlier this year we experienced the Saturn Uranus aspect in January, and now Saturn forms a sextile with Pluto.

This is the first Saturn Pluto alignment since both planets entered new signs. It marks an early structural link between what is emerging and the need to define how it takes shape.

Saturn and Pluto do not connect this way very often. Looking back and focusing on the sextiles that occur when both planets have just entered new signs, a pattern of emerging structures begins to appear.

In the last hundred years, this aspect appears from 1931 to 1933 during the Great Depression, when economic systems broke down and new frameworks such as the New Deal and Social Security took shape. It returns from 1965 to 1967 as the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act were passed while the Vietnam War and cultural upheaval intensified. It shows up again in 1996 to 1997 when the infrastructure of the internet became real, the early framework of the digital economy formed, and new communication systems began, including the early work of Larry Page and Sergey Brin that would become Google.

We are still getting to know the societal signature of Pluto in Aquarius. Pluto has not been in Aquarius for about 248 years, and we are only at five degrees of the sign, so this era is still in its early stage. In previous Pluto in Aquarius periods, there were advances in technology and revolutions where people gathered to change history. We are in the opening degrees, where the direction is not yet fully defined but the momentum is unmistakable. Hello, AI.

With Saturn now in Aries, the emphasis shifts toward initiation. It brings the fire of Aries into form and defines direction rather than maintaining existing structures.

A sextile is an opportunity aspect. With Saturn and Pluto working together, there are openings to build new structures that address deeper needs within society. Watch the news for developments that reflect Saturn’s need to build and take responsibility and Pluto’s call for transformation. Something that looks small at first may carry long term impact.

Back to our road trip. If you are wondering when we reach the Rocky Mountains and the terrain shifts into something more rugged, look to July. That is when the connections between Uranus and Neptune, Uranus and Pluto, and Neptune and Pluto come into focus. The landscape rises and the changes are harder to ignore. We will all feel the altitude and start to smell the pine.

This Is a Big Year to Set Direction—Join Me This Week and Let’s Get You There

 

We’re still in the Pisces New Moon phase right now—
a time for listening, reflecting, and noticing what’s coming up.   Great.

 

But just ahead of us in April is the Aries New Moon…
and that’s a very different kind of energy.

 

Next month matters.  Big time.  

Not in a vague way, but in a directional way.
In terms of where you’re headed for the next twelve months.   

It is IMPORTANT this year to make a Treasure Map.
I’m not saying that lightly.

 

I’ve been watching the astrology for a long time, and I haven’t seen an Aries New Moon with so many outer planets shifting at once.  Ever.   Let me repeat… EVER. 

This is not a “make a cute vision board” year. This is a “set direction while things are moving” year.   I’ve seen this process work for decades and some years are louder.   This is one of them.  Maybe the loudest.  

If you’ve been feeling stuck, off, or unsure what’s next, this is a moment to pay attention.

 

I’m teaching my Treasure Map workshop this week at PRS for the Aries New Moon. 

 

Come if it calls to you.

Or send someone who might need it.    

BTW, this isn’t about me filling a house, I just want as many people as possible making maps this year because the world needs more people living their goals and tapping authentic happiness.   I believe, authentic-ism is beginning to resonate with people.    The Map will help them visualize it. 

Get your ticket HERE. 

 

Thursday March 26

7pm  

Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz (LA)

There is also an online component available. 

Mercury Direct! March 20. Yay!

 

Mercury Direct 

 

March 20, 2026

12:32 pm PDT (8 PI 29) 

 

2/11:  Mercury shadow begins

2/25:  Mercury station Retrograde (22 Pisces33) 

3/20:  Mercury station Direct (8 Pisces 29) 

4/9:     Mercury shadow ends 

 

 

On March 20 Mercury turns direct.  I see you looking up to the heavens saying, “Thank you”. I know I feel the same.   

During this retrograde we experienced Mercury working through Pisces.  Which as we discussed favors intuition, imagination, compassion, and the unseen world. Mercury is the smarty-pants planet and almost always prefers logic and clear thinking, but in Pisces, Mercury must navigate fog, feelings, and impressions more than dot any I or cross any T.  

Mercury retrograde can bring a kerfuffle or two which pushes us to slow down and reconsider how we communicate.  During these three weeks did you shift how you think about stuff?   

Some may have noticed moments of doubt or fatigue. Questions such as “why bother” or “what is the point” may have surfaced. Pisces can sometimes pull us toward the role of martyr or toward emotional overwhelm. When Mercury turns direct, we may begin to understand what the retrograde was trying to show us. Information that was confusing may start to make sense. Decisions that felt premature a few weeks ago may now feel clearer.

The lesson of this retrograde may have been about strengthening our intuition while also sharpening our discernment. In a time when images, memes, videos, and stories circulate fast, we were reminded to question what we see and hear. Not everything that appears convincing is true. If you caught yourself pausing before believing or sharing something questionable, that was Mercury retrograde doing its work.

Mercury remains in its shadow until April 9, which means the territory we just traveled is still being reviewed. Think of the coming weeks as the time when the fog lifts and the landscape becomes visible again. What did you notice while you were moving slowly through it? What conversations or realizations deserve another look now that the mind is clearing?  If this retrograde helped you strengthen your intuition and your ability to question what is presented to you, then Mercury did its job well.

Pisces New Moon: March 18

March 18, 2026

6:23 PM (PDT) 

28 PI 27

Pisces is the final water sign and final New Moon of the zodiac.

During this Pisces lunar month we may notice the cobwebs left behind by the last eleven moons. A lot has passed since last spring. When we get quiet, we can listen. This New Moon isn’t cold or fiery—it’s steamy, thanks to Neptune and Saturn nearby in the fire sign of Aries.

What might that steam open up for you?
Your heart? Your creativity? Your compassion?

Maybe all of it… including your intuition.

Read my full article.