Horoscope and Astrological Overview: April 18-24, 2022

Written and Narrated by Pam Younghans.  Astrological Overview: April 18 - 24, 2022 Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart. Aspects of Note this Week: All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time. (For Eastern Time, add 3 hours; For Greenwich Mean Time, add 7 hours.) MON: Venus sextile Uranus, Sun square Pluto TUE: Sun enters Taurus WED: No major aspects are exact THU: No major aspects are exact FRI: No major aspects are exact SAT: Mercury conjunct North Node SUN: Mercury square Saturn, Mercury sextile Neptune OUR NEW WEEK begins with some intensity, as the independent Aries Sun squares authoritative Pluto on Monday. This aspect means that we may be dealing with discomforting circumstances that evoke deep emotions as we begin the week. The rest of the aspects that perfect over the next seven days are relatively minor. However, the planetary aspects that occur on a specific day or during a certain week don't always tell the whole story of the energies that we are working with. NOT REVEALED by this week's calendar is that we are now entering eclipse season. Our next lunation -- the Taurus New Moon on April 30 -- will be a partial Solar Eclipse. Eclipse season is a time when we can expect accelerated evolution and change. From now through the end of May, transformational energies are heightened, even if not indicated by daily planetary aspects... Also not shown by astrological calculations is... Continue Reading this article at InnerSelf.com (plus audio/mp3 version of article) Music by Caffeine Creek Band, Pixabay ***** For previous weeks of the Astrological Journal, click here. ***** About the Author Pam Younghans is a professional astrologer, editor, and writer. She lives in a log home northeast of Seattle, Washington with her beloved animal companions. She has been interpreting charts professionally for over 25 years.