The seeds of Aries find Taurus' rich soil

It’s time to find your place on the planet, dig in, and take responsibility from there. Sunday sobers us up to the need for some serious structure to the zillion brains-on-fire ideas popping out of Aries.

Monday, Mental Mercury, already in forward gear, shifts into Aries at 3:42 PM, PDT, and the race is on! The messenger planet is speeding toward a head-on collision with Uranus, the god of lightning, on April 22nd.

There’s emotional fuel on the fire when the Moon joins the race Wednesday morning as she rockets into Aries. She meets up with Mental Mercury for a quick lunch-on-the-run, then zips ahead to catch Uranus for an electrifying evening.

You get your finger out of the light socket on Thursday when the Sun glides into steady Taurus 9:12 AM, PDT, on the way to a rendezvous with the Moon. Saturday’s New Moon in Taurus at 12:20 AM, PDT, puts practical feet on those big ideas you spawned in Aries. A Golden Triangle of realism-action-transformation empower money-wise choices and growth of your resources.

The Force of just-do-it is with you.
Here’s your forecast for the week of April 15, 2012...

Aries (March 20-April 19)
The week builds toward a communications collision that brings you rapid intuitive flashes. Your capacity to think with greater objectivity does not come with aurtomatic focus. You’ll need funbreaks to decompress or you’ll feel like an energizer bunny doing hip hop! Static cling disappears on Thursday when the Sun leaves your sign for the Rock of Gibraltar practicality of Taurus. Though not your favorite thing, you have the patience now to complete some of those grand projects.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)
You might feel like a tornado is about to touch down and blow the lid on those opinions you’d rather keep to yourself. But don’t hide in the storm cellar! It’s actually important for you to say what needs to be said and keep things out in the open. Use the lightning bolts of surprise ideas to broaden your spiritual life through meditation. Thursday you shine when the Sun comes to earth in Taurus at 9:12 AM, PDT. You wake in a bed of four leaf clover on Saturday for the New Moon in your sign. Bet on your resources to flourish.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Your muse, Mental Mercury, moves out of murky waters and into the clarity of fiery Aries on Monday. Your mind flashes on your life goals, and insights about your expectations build throughout the week. The rapid fire pace of messages and ideas get some organization on Thursday, heading for the Taurus New Moon on Saturday. Which of your many resources need fertile new soil? Announce your intentions.

Cancer (June 21-July 21)
The buzz in your mind this week may keep you on edge, but it has a call to action for your ambitions. Perhaps pushing you out of a comfort zone with a few out-of-the-blue surprises. You’re getting celestial help to decide what you really need. When the Sun moves into earthy Taurus on Thursday, you get practical help from a friend. Unexpected new resources come your way with the New Moon on Saturday morning.

Leo (July 22-August 22)
When the messenger planet roars into Aries on Monday, your eagerness for knowledge and new approaches will gain momentum into next week. Flashes of new insights light up your mind. Careful listening makes this a great week for conversations, travel, and dealings with foreign goods. Irritability and the need for restraint of pen and tongue are a background noise, especially Friday.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)
Communications become very profound for you this week--nothing superficial. You want to get to the bottom of things, even usually closeted issues like mortality. You find you can connect with the mind of another and affect them tremendously. Ease and comfort come your way on Thursday when the Sun shifts to Taurus, on his way to a sweetly sensuous New Moon in the wee hours of Saturday morning.

Libra (September 23-October 22)
Sunday’s Aries Sun presents you with a challenge in relationships by laying stress on the contrasts and differences. You can decide they’re unbridgeable, or you can focus on the common ground that integrate the two. Communications with partners will be loaded with sudden insights and surprising new innovations when Mental Mercury catches fire on Monday. The brilliant clarity of your thinking gathers momentum throughout the week, helping you reach more objective solutions that you couldn’t see before now.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)
Sunday’s to-do list is just the structure for your day that helps you hone your magic as a bee charmer. The week is buzzing with impulsive, jump-to-conclusions temptations from Messenger Mercury’s move into fiery Aries. Keep your famous cool head and count to ten until Wednesday when the Taurus Sun arrives and begins to sweeten your relationships. The New Moon in Taurus on Saturday is perfect for a new start with your finances, allocating your resources wisely.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 20)
When the Aries Sun sets up an opposition to Serious Saturn on Sunday, you feel a tug-a-war between dutifulness and authenticity. You’re willing to accept your responsibilities, but not at the expense of being authentically true to yourself. The pace of your thoughts pick up on Monday when the messenger planet sets fire to your creativity and mental agility. This builds throughout the week with increasing “aha” experiences, helping you make it clear to others exactly where you stand.

Capricorn (December 21-January 19)
You’ll feel a natural desire to get away from it all beginning Monday when your thinking turns to personal matters. It’s not that you’re trying to avoid confrontation at home, but rather you’d like time to think things over. Intuitive flashes of past events are your mind’s way of bridging gaps in your understanding. The tempo of communications picks up steam throughout the week--pace yourself. You may feel a little irritable by Friday, so practice restraint of pen and tongue. Luckily the shift into the steadiness of Taurus Sun and Moon occurs midweek, giving your determination to succeed some new shoes.

Aquarius (January 20-February 17)
Sunday has an orderly peace about it when the Aquarius Moon brings you an emotional experience of actually transcending the battleground. This is your week for intensity and volume in communications, particularly with relatives and close neighbors. Ideas and messages start flying when Mental Mercury comes ashore in Fiery Aries on Monday, building toward a whirlwind of epiphanies by Saturday. You’ll feel unplugged and strangely stable when the Taurus Sun and Moon sit patiently in your home beginning Wednesday around 8:59 AM, PDT. New Moon, new beginnings.

Pisces (February 18-March 19)
The Moon sails into the deep waters of your soft-hearted Pisces at 10:38 PM, PDT, Sunday, and then conjuncts visionary Neptune in the wee hours of Monday morning. Put a Dream Catcher by your bed. Although the busyness of impatient ideas laced with flashes of brilliance are the background noise for the week, you’re on your way to a resourceful new beginning with the Taurus New Moon on Saturday. Taurus loves to collect...everything! Not just money. Luckily, this bull also accumulates the good things of life!