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Transformation always brings us closer to ourselves. And it always arrives at the moment we are ready for it. This week, the cosmos holds up a mirror to remind us we are more than ready as Venus and Chiron form a conjunction, the Sun squares Pluto, the Moon meets her fullness in Scorpio, and Mercury retrograde in Aries draws to a close.

April 21: Venus conjunct Chiron; Sun square Pluto; Moon enters Libra April 23: Full Moon in Scorpio April 24: Moon enters Scorpio April 25: Mercury direct in Aries April 26: Moon enters Sagittarius

On April 21, 2024, Venus and Chiron form a conjunction in Aries, which is the coming together of two celestial bodies.

Known as the wounded healer in astrology, Chiron is the wound where the light enters. It is the door to our own deepest nourishment and awareness. And it is where we become who and what we need.

Venus is love, self-love, value and worth, harmony and beauty. She is magnetism and abundance, softness and strength. Although Chiron is known as the healer of the cosmos, Venus is just as healing when we allow her magic in.

As Venus and Chiron come together, the invitation is to pour love into ourselves, to remember our inherent worth, and to hold ourselves from a place of self-reclamation. It is a doorway into a space where we own who we are, we are who we need, and we remember that we are medicine for ourselves, for others, and for the world.

Whether it feels like healing is holding you with love or like youre confronting old patterns, trust that whatever you are experiencing is happening on time as you claim more of yourself. This is the purpose of Venus conjunct Chiron.

The same day as the cosmic meeting of Venus and Chiron, the Sun forms a square with Pluto. A square is when two celestial bodies form an angle of 90 degrees and it brings our attention to a specific invitation it contains.

In astrology, the Sun is the core of who we are. It is our spirit, our life force, our spark, and our sense of self. Pluto is our underworld, our psyche, and our inner currents that move beneath the surface. Our Sun is the part of ourselves that we are aware of, whereas Pluto represents aspects of ourselves that are less known. As these two bodies connect in our cosmos, so do our conscious and unconscious, our core self and our underworld, our awareness and our psyche.

As Venus and Chiron open inner doors revealing what is in need of healing, the Sun squaring Pluto heightens this by bringing the potential for profound insight and inner transformation. Although the psychological currents of this cosmic meeting occur on April 21, the energy will continue to prepare us for release through the full Moon later this week.

Welcome to Aprils full Moon. Held in the arms of Scorpio, this is a time of surrender, release, and profound intimacy with ourselves, our truth, and our strength.

The full Moon transforms whatever it touches, including us. The Moon is our inner world, our intuitive self, and our emotional body. When the Moon is in Scorpio, a water sign, it is less about rational and logic and more about feeling and allowing. There is intelligence within our emotions, deep inner knowing within our intuition, and transformation within our surrender.

As the Moon shines in her fullness under the influence of Scorpio on April 23, it is not just the ocean waves she guides but the emotional currents within our bodies. This full Moon journeys deep, sinks in, goes underneath, within, and through, creating intimacy with ourselves. All of ourselves. She pierces through whatever defenses we have may set and brings what is ours front and center, inviting us to love.

While the Moon is full, all of her is on display. All of her is expressed. Vulnerable. Seen. Accepted. Open. Our invitation is the same. To bring awareness to not just the spaces within ourselves that we already accept and love but to all of us. The depths less travelled and the sides we are still learning to love.

Under this full Moon, we are guided to turn directly toward ourselves. What have we been turning away from? What have we been hiding in the darkness? It is in our surrender that we find ourselves again. It is with turning within that we come home.

The Scorpio full Moon invites true presence with our experience. It affords us the grace and permission to feel what we may feel, even if it opposes who we believe we should be, what we should experience, or how we should be living our lives. Let the truth beneath your surface shifts these stories with its wisdom.

The end of April brings the end of Mercury retrograde. From April 1 to 25, it has been the time of reflecting, rewriting, retracing, and reorganizing of our mind, inner narratives, and perspectives.

Mercury represents the mind and the way our minds seem to meld and shape each experience, just like a pair of glasses. What is on our glasses and can we see clearly? What is on our glasses and does it still serve us? As Mercury was retrograde we were reflecting on the contents of our mind and the narratives that live within them. It was a time that was less about clarity and more about questioning.

As Mercury stations direct and begins to move forward once again, the questioning that took place while it was in retrograde begins to reveal answers. We are offered opportunities to rewrite the scripts, release old ones, and reclaim the narrative of our lives through updating the terrain of our minds.

As you move through the week, invite your Venus to the surface. She will guide you to become the love you need.

Invite your Chiron to the surface and remember that you are your own medicine. There is wisdom and wholeness through what is calling your name.

Invite your Pluto to the surface for inner intimacy. You hold the potential to access your psychological depths, transformation, and reclamation of our own power.

Invite your Sun and Moon to the surface, for they are your life force, your intuitive whisper. They take you deeper into the magic that is uniquely you.

And as Mercury finishes its retrograde, allow space in your mind for your inner narratives and perspectives to begin rewriting themselves for there is much we are updating.

April has been a transformative month. Youve experienced eclipse season and Mercury retrograde. Youve swum within high tides of movement and deep soul invitations. On the other side of this week, youll encounter greater clarity, ease, and movement.

This week is a doorway. Your surrender is the key. When you look within instead of turning away, offer yourself love instead of judgment, and reclaim your own truth instead of allowing expired stories to direct you, youll unlock the door and find closure to the transits of this month. Consider it a slow breath out.

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Jordane Mareeis the founder ofGirl and Her Moon, a platform and community exploring Soul through the lens of astrology, tarot, and energy healing. She is a writer, intuitive astrologer, energy and soul guide, and host ofGirl and Her Moon, The Podcast. She is inspired, every single day, to be the mirror for you to see all that you truly are, you in all your infinite abilities, in total expansion, in infinite opportunity and love.

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