April 3 – 9, 2026

This week will prove invigorating since Mars enters Aries and Mercury comes out of its ‘post-shadow period’ on the same day – April 9, which is also the same day the Moon enters its Last Quarter Phase. Mars in Aries is special because it is the ruling planet of the pioneering Aries and can be understood as ‘the verb’ in the sentence when it comes to planetary influences.

It will take until April 12 when Mars (in Aries) forms a conjunction to Neptune (also in Aries), activating the spiritual warrior impulse, or the determination to work on oneself in terms of personal growth of any kind. At deeper levels, this includes shadow work or getting really clear and honest regarding negative perspectives, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour patterns.

Yet even sincerity and determination is not always enough because they do not necessarily support us to genuinely see, recognize, and acknowledge these often deeply rooted issues or limitations lurking in the subconscious mind. Anchored by memories, beliefs and reactions to events experienced earlier in life, they often prove to be the saboteurs of success, even if that is simply to be happy without any other form of gain. This is where the objectifying lens of Astrology can prove very helpful indeed, the archetypal cipher tool that it can be understood to be.

So, the March conjunction to Neptune will activate an almost 2-year cycle until they meet again in late March 2028, forming a rare quadruple conjunction with the Sun and Moon in New Moon status. In fact, in mid-March 2030, it will be a meeting of Mercury, Mars and Neptune with the Lunar North Node in Sagittarius while its ruling sign Jupiter is in Scorpio. And even the next cycle through to 2034, hosts similar or at least echoing themes. What this essentially suggests is that this spiritual warrior invitation will not only continue beyond this year, but it will also even deepen yet.

It is not so much a matter of what we should, must, or have to do, but by tuning in and cooperating with this rather long-term rhythm, opportunities to break free of personal limitations of any kind are available. The main thing to realize is that the work will bring rewards, such as feeling freer, more inspired, more energetic, more determined, healthier in one way or another, and happier, all of which can be described as indications that you are on an upward spiral.

It should be noted that the downsides of Mars/Neptune cycles include escapism, which can come in many forms, especially such as substance abuse and addiction, and victim consciousness. Feeling victimized by life manifests as a pit that we create by our own attitude.

The three golden keys to freeing oneself from victim consciousness include gratitude, forgiveness and self-responsibility. Here is a basic breakdown of them.

The first key is gratitude which is the best one to start with because when it is sincere, it activates your heart chakra, which results in feelings of peace, humility, communion with life, joy and more… It is directly associated with the ancient spiritual adage that ‘until you become like a child again you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven’. Yes, the innocence of the child is activated.

It should be noted that the humility factor here actually has a strengthening effect, and supports you to be increasingly able to achieve true gratitude, which is defined as the ability to feel grateful for being alive in the drama of life, at all. So, make THANK YOU your mantra and aspire to make it sincere, as though working out at the gym with resistance weights, you will get stronger and stronger. Yet in this regard, your strength will be that of presence, clarity and intuitive access, often incorrectly deemed a synonym for ‘instinct’.

The other is forgiveness ‘of those who have trespassed against you’ because, as Jesus of Nazareth so clearly said over two millennia ago, ‘forgive and it shall set you free’. You do not have to form new relationships with the people who you feel resentment towards, but you can forgive them, yourself and the entire situation, if only to neutralize the anger charge often associated with the resentment.

In an energetic universe, which is what existence is, it is morally neutral, or is not a matter of morality, ethics, or ‘rights’ even. It is simply that if you carry resentments, you carry them. That’s it, end of story. If you seek revenge, that might be your ‘right’, but the action will usually come with a price, generally referred to as negative karma. This can be a very challenging task, but learning to ‘let go and let God’, and to have deep faith in divine justice, is a great achievement, and a liberating one.

The third key is to focus on owning responsibility for whatever has and is happening to you, even now. In doing so, you will shift out of victim consciousness. This process of ‘owning it’ activates inner strengths you might not know you had. It also reveals that you recognize that you are the projector of your life experiences. That this projection comes from your subconscious mind, as well as conscious projection, and it attracts us to and attracts to us, reflections of our projections, is the enlightenment factor associated with it. Achieving this can prove to be the hardest key to turn.

It should be quite clear how these three all work so closely together. As well, each supports the other and they can be described as Golden Keys to the Kingdom.

Returning to this week’s energy dynamic, although the Moon is waning, the energy levels will be noticeably higher and then even higher due to the increased Aries factor, so tune in and make good use of it. Yet the week following, save for the dip when the Moon, (in its very last days for this lunation cycle), enters Pisces for its 2.5-day transit April 13 to 15.

Interestingly, Mercury enters Aries mid-way on April 14 while the Moon is in Pisces, so it will help to offset the Pisces wave, which when harnessed in its best advantage can prove creatively inspiring and meditatively peaceful.

While life can seem random and relatively chaotic with multiple unknowns, affirmation that you can intuitively align with and which reveals purpose, timing and possibility, and which guides a sense of self-actualization, can prove grounding and empowering indeed. Learn how an ​Astrology Reading​ can help.

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