Pisces Horoscope for April 2026

This is another consequential month for you, Pisces, with a recent New Moon in your sign, and with great emphasis placed on your second sector of values and resources. There is also the fading Mercury retrograde period, through your sign, with the final stage of its post-retrograde shadow period near the end of April’s first full week, winding up by the 9th. You are undergoing a significant recalibration on your sense of identity, of who at base you really are, as you emerge from the introspective time of the retrograde. Pluto, once again highlighted in this most recent New Moon, is also active in terms of his transformational impact, affecting both your sector of unconscious process and as well, through its contra-parallel with Jupiter, your sector of creative self-expression. With the conjunction of Neptune, your modern ruler, and Saturn, quite close in the recent New Moon, you are able to recognize a sense of limitation with your resources that is not simply financial, but rather reflects a thorough-going set of changes within you that could be affecting the way you view purely rational, material-oriented, society itself. You might be coming to recognize that, opposing consensus thinking in general, you are looking for an internal moral compass unique to your own inside perspective, that is aware of something deeper stirring within you. This growing dissatisfaction with the current society and its viewpoint and its values gets a boost on the very first evening of the month, as the Libra Full Moon features Venus in Taurus in close opposition with the new 21st century planet Haumea, located in Scorpio, or your sector of higher mind, beliefs and worldview. You may find that something is quintessentially calling you from your very depths, to adopt a different set of mystical attitudes more suited to the changing times that we find ourselves in these fractious days. This Libra Full Moon might also bring your close partnerships into the mix of agents working with you and for your changes. As the month continues to unfold, and the Aries New Moon arrives on the 17th, there are more and more planets amassed in Aries, including prominent Eris and Chiron, which may be inclining you to forge a greater reliance of your individual way of seeing things, depending more entirely on your own unique principles and values, as you evolve.


The following was written by our guest astrologer, Lauren Hansen. You can find her here.


Previous New Moon in late Pisces – March 18th
Through mid-April, the recent New Moon in late Pisces continues to activate your first sector of identity and your second sector of resources and self-worth – prompting you to continue the focus there, and to care for the seeds you planted within these sectors at the time of the original lunation! Any clarity gained about yourself, since the New Moon, is likely assisting you in making new choices now. As you’re also acclimating to Saturn and Neptune moving through your second sector, developments involving your finances, self-worth and core values may be significant and tied into this new chapter brought in by the Pisces New Moon.

Full Moon in Libra – April 1st
This Libra Full Moon illuminates your financial axis and your ongoing personal changes, pulling emotional awareness into your eighth sector of shared resources, debts, and deep psychological transformation. Meanwhile, the Aries Sun continues to highlight your second sector of values, resources, personal income, and self-worth. This lunation exposes the balance present or lacking between your own assets and those shared with others, also emphasizing that your stability often relies on more than just your bank account or earning ability. Jupiter’s square may amplify your emotions, and its trine to a recovering Mercury in your first sector offers a powerfully positive mental reframe! Mercury is still in its post-retrograde shadow period, slowly restoring itself until the 9th. You can use this energy to transform your perspective on wealth and intimacy, ensuring your personal values align with your collaborative financial commitments.

Sun Square Jupiter – April 3rd - 7th
The exalted Aries Sun within your second sector of money and possessions squares Jupiter, your traditional ruler, in your fifth sector of personal expression and joy. A dynamic tension could arise between your financial status and your desire to experience more leisure, creativity or even time with children. This square can also act like a catalyst; helping you examine if your resources support you fully, including perhaps your kids, your hobbies, even your ability to comfortably date. While the Aries Sun boosts your confidence in generating feelings of self-worth, Jupiter’s expansive presence can lead to emotional over-spending or overcommitting your energy to pleasure. You can additionally use this high-energy transit to align your bank account with your heart's desires in terms of internal values without overextending your resources.

Mars Enters Aries and Conjuncts Neptune – April 9th - 14th
Mars begins its transit through one of its home signs, Aries, with a subtle twist! Mars’ signature high energy, drive and urgency is immediately toned down by aligning with mystical Neptune. At the start of Mars now in your second sector, you might find it a struggle to earn money or budget well, and you may try to escape current frustrations through impulse buying. More positively, you’re apt to help those in need with your resources, exercising compassion. Assessing your bank account might prove tricky or you may find yourself aligning to ideas that are not really of this world, so that you can benefit from conscious grounding!

Sun Conjunct Eris and Chiron – April 14th - 17th
As the Sun conjuncts Chiron in your second sector of self-worth, financial insecurities can arise, or with your chosen values. There could also be wounds that. Could arise around how valued or resourced you feel. These feelings likely stem from early childhood experiences. Eris is also illuminated by the Sun – so that these can take on spiritual significance in relation to your notions of life purpose. You may also notice current injustices in your life that need to be addressed, perhaps related to these exiting inner wounds. Although this can perhaps be an uncomfortable few days, acknowledging this internal pain can prove healing and ultimately lead to greater emotional power and self-acceptance!

Mercury Enters Aries and Conjuncts Neptune – April 14th - 17th
While Mercury conjuncts Neptune within your second sector of income and money, you might be confused about your finances; experiencing something of a mental fog while trying to budget or when selecting where to put your resources. Mystical realities may also become more familiar and influence your choices here. Trying to explain your core values or articulate where indeed you are coming from can be a bit difficult. While these few days are potentially perplexing, this alignment can also help you dissolve unhelpful mental structures you’ve built around money and your self-worth! New and valuable spiritual information can become suddenly available.

New Moon in Aries – April 17th
The Aries New Moon forms within your second sector of money and self-worth, and, since this lunation occurs within the late degrees of Aries, also affects your third sector of mental functions or activities, communication, and your local environment do these areas can also get sparked and be ready to begin anew! Keep in mind, the Sun and Moon conjunction to Chiron and to Eris continues to highlight sensitivities around how worthy, valued or resourced you feel. You might find yourself emotionally defensive, reactive and tender under this warrior-sign lunation…and this intensity can help facilitate new choices that uplift your personal value and clarify how you feel about your values, money, and your other resources. You may find that it is increasingly your own internal principles and values that really count for you at this time.

Mercury Conjunct Mars and Saturn – April 18th – 22nd
This triple conjunction, involving both malefics and Mercury, forms in your second sector – the sector of values and resources that you’ve become quite familiar with lately! A strong drive to better understand your innermost values, increase your personal feelings of self-worth, or to create realistic action plans around your finances can come up; although, chances are, there will additionally be push-back or delays. If restrictions that are out of your control arise, it helps to remember that there are lessons to be learned. It would be wise to remain dedicated to your goal or inner plan and to practice patience.

Sun Enters Taurus – April 19th
When the Sun enters Taurus, your third sector of local environment, learning, communication and information comes further into conscious focus. This annual transit tends to coincide with a phase of heightened curiosity! You may pick up a new subject, socialize frequently or go on adventures within your neighborhood. Siblings, extended family and neighbors can also take precedence now. The Sun can improve your mindset – helping you feel more confident about your knowledge, as well as how you communicate, especially within your community.

Venus Conjunct Uranus – April 21st – 23rd
Since March 30th, Venus has been in her domicile sign of Taurus in your third sector, encouraging you to bond with siblings, neighbors and extended family, and to seek compromise in your articulations. Venus softens the hard edges of the mind here, allowing kind thoughts to come through and supporting sweet conversations. However, her alignment with the rebellious planet Uranus can temporarily energize, redirect, or destabilize these kinds of relationships. You may feel the sudden urge to bond with family members you typically wouldn’t, or to find new ways to connect with your community. Uranus is additionally encouraging you to find the right people who support your authentic self! You could also have a breakthrough that eventually allows for more mental peace.

First Quarter Moon in Leo and Venus Enters Gemini – April 23rd
As the emotional Moon enters Leo, it forms an opposition to transformational Pluto and completes a T-square with the Sun shining brightly in your third sector of the mind, communication and community. The Moon-Pluto opposition can feel intensely emotional – likely pressing you to better balance solitude and work, or physical health practices with spiritual healing. You may notice some mental strain now, or more positively, the urge to be of service. On the same day, Venus moves into your fourth sector of home, family and emotional wellbeing. This is a fantastic time to beautify your home, bond with family members and enjoy domestic life.

Uranus Enters Gemini – April 25th
New domestic developments may begin to surface as Uranus settles into Gemini in your fourth sector of home, family and emotional foundations! This ingress begins a long-term period of internal breakthroughs, radical shifts within your family and possibly changes to how you even view your past, your psychological roots or your ancestry. Uranus can revolutionize your opinions on domestic topics and what family even means for you! Over the coming years, these changes could encourage greater emotional independence and autonomy within family dynamics.