Libra Horoscope for April 2012

It?s crazy good being you right now, Libra. You are really in for it, riding out the storm and alternately loving it and being overwhelmed by the suddenness with which events can overtake you. This is an important month for sorting out partnership interactions and the effect upon your life of relationship in general. Things are moving so swiftly that it is never the same relationship river that you stepped into yesterday, and perhaps not even on the same continent. Your philosophy is adjusting with the shifting tides and in league with a strong sense of idealization that yet you cannot completely trust. The message is that however important to you, your relationship to others does not define you; only your relationship to yourself.

As the month begins, you find yourself riding out the wake of the powerful Equinox New Moon from March 22nd that took place in your relationship sector, and as well the retrogrades of Mercury and Mars, with Mercury moving backwards through this same area of your Solar Chart. Key relationships in your life are on your mind and in your psyche even more than usual these days. The concept of the Other has loads of significance for you, at least superficially, both in terms of service to partners and for what they bring to your own arc of development. The exploration of your inner world is another important facet of your experience this month, one that is crucial in this inner-oriented time period, as you reach deep inside for better levels of integration of all your parts. Mercury remains in retrograde until April 4th, and afterward takes the remainder of the first three weeks of the month to return to the position that it occupied when it stationed in mid-March, and so for this entire period represents a more inner- than outer-directed energy. This is perfect for establishing internal connections within your own psyche, and also for journaling concerning your experience. As you negotiate the remainder of this powerful monthly cycle, your basic beliefs are morphing in response to these challenges and changes. The perspectives that partners bring at this time will likely throw a few curve balls as well, and this might provide either the backdrop or else a contribution to very fabric of your own journey. With the Full Moon in your sign of Friday, April 6th, you are reaching for a balance between the attention demanded by significant partners in your life and the necessity for navigating your own set of rapids as you move toward a better integration of the internal and surface elements of your personality. You are occupying paradoxically both a soft spot toward others ? and even yourself ? and a tough stance that is somewhat defensive, but both these standpoints have their validity and each contributes necessary elements to your journey of exploration. You are seeking to meld concepts of service and compassion toward others with a sense of intention that takes higher mind considerations and soul purpose firmly into account. The Last Quarter Moon of Friday, April 13th is a time when you are re-evaluating nearly everything that has transpired over the previous three weeks of the cycle with a critical eye, distilling the wisdom that is available to your more informed gaze as a basis for moving forward in accord with your highest intention for yourself. There could be deep issues of ancient wounding that come up for healing at this time, such as a characterization of service to others as resentment and unfortunate duty rather than the gift freely given. Any one act of benevolence could be both or either, and it is important to employ careful discrimination to discern your true feelings. Self-acceptance is the key. With the New Moon of Saturday, April 21st, you enter yet another powerful new phase, and take your ongoing depth exploration another step further. It needs courage to pursue this path of better alignment with Spirit and with your truest and deepest nature, as you can currently perceive it, but the rewards are plentiful as the cosmos continues to provide to you an earnest appeal that you never stop trying.