ARIES HOROSCOPE

Mercury comes out of retrograde on April 25th and so do you. The effect is not unlike the morning after when you find yourself questioning the decisions you made the night before – only in your case it will be choices you acted upon over the past 3 ½ weeks. It’s never too late to reverse self-sabotaging tendencies if you take responsibility for them. Right now people are in the mood to forgive and start afresh as long as you promise to turn over a new leaf. Show them that you’re sincere about making amends and learning from your mistakes and they’ll be in your corner.

As an Aries, you expect a lot of yourself. You insist that you be at the ready, quick on the uptake, and one step ahead of the competition. Unfortunately, a recent stumble cost you your lead, and you’ve been kicking yourself since. Thankfully, a double sextile involving Ruling Planet Mars to Jupiter and then Uranus on April 19th shows you recouping your loss. Not only that, but this gives you an advantage you didn’t have before. Next time don’t be so quick to get down on yourself – especially when an accidental blunder opens an avenue that you would never have pursued in the first place.

The solar eclipse in Aries on April 8th should herald a dramatic departure, but instead you’ll be fumbling with your shoelaces at the starting gate. It looks like you’re not as prepared as you think for that next big step and you may even be plagued by second thoughts. This isn’t the time to explain away internal reservations that may have a point. Yes, doubts weaken resolve but sometimes it’s only when we’re at the crossroads that we see clearly. If you need to call a halt to the proceedings then do it. A pause in the action to reflect wouldn’t be the worst thing.

It doesn’t matter if you walk behind your boss, humbly defer to a supervisor, or credit your colleague – it won’t work. Venus entering the zodiac sign of Aries on April 5th shows that all eyes will be on you. It’s kind of like when Princess Diana used to stand next to Charles. Everyone could care less about the person in charge; they just want to hear from you. They want to know what you think, feel, and believe. Hopefully these aren’t egos that bruise easily. And if they are? Well, you can expect to do a lot of coddling and reassuring in the days ahead.

People groaned when Gwyneth Paltrow used the phrase “conscious uncoupling” during her divorce in 2014, but over the years, it’s become quite acceptable. It recognizes that just because you didn’t make a great match, doesn’t mean you can’t be in one another’s lives in a different capacity. It’s possible to be good friends with your ex. This is something that may be uppermost in mind as the shadow of the lunar eclipse falls across the horizon of your solar chart. Where is it written that endings have to be messy? Instead of bringing out the worst in each other, it may bring out the best.

Your Ruling Planet Mars enters a slippery patch of sky on March 22nd, and you could become the author of your own missteps if you aren’t careful. You’re apt to be extremely sensitive and skittish, and this may lead you to walk out on things prematurely, to fire off ultimatums when you don’t get your way, or see gloom and doom everywhere you look. The flip side to this is that Mars in Pisces could also be a creative and prolific time for you. It all depends on how deep you want to go. Mars will be in Pisces from March 22nd to April 30th.

You are undergoing a tricky period when unconscious aspects of yourself are being reflected in the actions and attitudes of others. This explains why you’re experiencing such intense likes and dislikes towards the people in your life. If anything, these will be exaggerated this week, but it’s in order to make the point abundantly clear. Think of it as being locked inside a house of mirrors. Instead of becoming accusatory and defensive, you can use this time constructively to take back those attributes that you project onto others and to own them. This will make you the master of your mind, heart, body, and soul.

You have great respect for authority. Many can wax poetic about what they’d do if they were in the driver’s seat, but they often lack the nerve for leadership. This is why you support those in charge because responsibility is a heavy burden to bear. That said, it’s glaringly obvious that a certain supervisor is out of their depth. Moreover, they’ve become a huge problem that the chain of command doesn’t want to acknowledge which means it’s up to you to do something about it on March 9th. You don’t relish leading the charge for change, but you’ll do it if nobody else will.

You and a friend face an awkward situation on February 27 when you learn you’re both competing for the same prize. At first, you’ll want to bow out but adopt a “may the best person win” attitude instead. You aren’t betraying a friendship by pursuing something you want any more than the other person is trying to thwart you. You’re equally matched, and this promises to be quite the contest. Just remember to shake hands after one of you is declared the winner. Good sportsmanship is a rare sight nowadays, and the fact that you and your friend practice it is an encouraging sign indeed.

You already got your answer (which was no), so why hang around? Because you want to. Sure, they hired somebody else for the job you applied for, but you’d still like to work for that company one day. And yes, the person you’re attracted to may be in a relationship, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be friends. People say you’re either being a masochist or asking for trouble, and they’re entitled to their opinion. As an Aries – whose Mars is traveling through Aquarius – you have no problem waiting for things to change, and when they do – you want to be the first in line.