Steve Judd's Forecast for April 2010

Collectively, we’re entering the final month of preparation, as though we’re walking the last steps to the start of the giant ski jump. Decisions and actions of recent years have left us in a place where there is no more changing course. It’s now a question of fine tuning as we approach end May/start June, a point that astrologically symbolises the start of something wonderful, exhilarating and hugely transformative. There will be a strong reaction to this in early August, and from then we will see clearly the first signs of how the new future is going to be. Neither the Aries new moon on the 14th or the Scorpio full Moon on the 28th is seen as difficult. The main influences in April are twofold. Firstly, the accelerating approach of Jupiter to Uranus and their mutual entrance into Aries sparking the triggers for the new future. This is in the final stages, and initiates at the start of June. Secondly, and more inconveniently, just as things are getting really interesting what should come in but - Mercury retrograde! This starts on the 18th, but communication difficulties will be strong all month. Trust gut instinct more than rationality at this time – know when to jump and when to stand still.

Aries So far this year there’s been a lot of promise but little delivery, for a number of different reasons. But as of the start of this month there’s a drive, enthusiasm, vivacity and new energetic capacity in terms of creative ability that’s never been there before. Your capacity to take action now is beginning to pick up, and there’s nothing stopping you moving forward except for complacency, with the possible exception of those people who seem determined, for some strange reason, to stop you. Do your best to bring them on board and work with you, and if they don’t then at least you know where you stand.

Romance and Relationship

Definitely a switch from the more feminine/receptive into the masculine/projective this month, your ability and willingness to take the initiative and be proactive in your romantic situations does you well. However, your subtlety levels are not particularly high, so don’t be surprised if others accuse you of being insensitive in your urge to move forwards. It’s as though there’s a brake suddenly been released, and in your haste you’ve crashed from first directly into fifth gear. You have time, so take it.

Business and Finance

Much of recent months’ activity has metaphorically represented the changing of fundamental structures in your life, with new hardwiring being grafted in a way that has changed things permanently. Now you can seal the incisions and wounds, and once they’re sealed the healing process can begin. The next few months bring times of reflection and consideration of the future as to long term plans, with the time of eleven months from now as a likely target date.

Health and Spirit

It’s that time of the year when the new Moon comes around, and on April 14th it’s in Aries. Whilst this doesn’t particularly stand out, it’s a great time to begin or initiate something with a view to long term success and stability. Anything you begin on that day will have a degree of sensitivity to it which should give it a good start. In general this month is a time where you’re likely to be more receptive to others than usual, so do yourself long term favours and help people out.

Taurus You’re entering the most concentrated period of the year in terms of communication, there are likely to b a number of missed signals coming your way now, so perhaps you’re best off surfing rather than being your normal dogmatic self. Your sensuality and empathy to surrounding thoughts and environments are strong now – you can sense what others are feeling and going through. But don’t get too deeply involved because to do so would be premature. There are likely to be conflicting signals this month with no permanent clarity of outcome in the short term. Great month for experience, lousy for decision.

Romance and Relationship

Venus entered your sign at the start of this month, and Venus absolutely loves it in Taurus. Whilst this is a low level influence, you should still notice the first three weeks of April as a time of improved relationships, better finances, more resources and a general feeling of being valued and wanted. However (and there’s always a however!), at the same time the risk of complacency and of getting entrenched into ruts is strong, so don’t swap long term vision for short term comfort.

Business and Finance

This month is off the wall. With Mercury retrograding in Taurus and the effects lasting throughout April and May, things are not going to be how they seem. There may easily be misunderstandings, miscommunication and communication difficulties. Therefore this time really is not good for long term business deals, mortgages or any type of long term professional or financial planning, see where you stand by the end of May and from then on things will make much more sense.

Health and Spirit

There are a lot of new experiences and sensations coming in during April, many of which won’t make sense, at least in the first place, so don’t try and understand as much as intuit and sense, because the understanding isn’t there yet, nor will it be until the end of May. There are a number of changes taking place at the subliminal level, and these won’t become immediately apparent, so could easily leave you feeling uncertain and confused, especially in the short term. Don’t sweat it – bide your time.

Gemini Sometimes Gemini does well in the winner take all games of life, but now is not such a time. The essence of the current time is that of working in and being with community. There seem to be a number of different roles to play, but there are big lessons to be both learnt and taught. Don’t be too hasty to judge others now unless you are prepared for the same judgements to be used against you. Be selective of the company that you keep and don’t go making rash decisions about what you’re going to be doing long term or where you are going to be living. All will be clearer one way or another by the middle of June for the vast majority of you.

Romance and Relationship

Finally, there are the first signs of being not just heard, but also listened to. If you’ve maintained your truth in recent months, then April is a time where you’re steadily going to be taken more and more seriously. Don’t be inhibited about moving forward now, you’ll find that there’s real opportunity to put the wiring and tubing in place so that future times flow in a more modernistic way. You can be comfortable in your truth, and if others don’t like it – well… is that your problem?

Business and Finance

There is a strong potential risk of over exaggeration this month. Don’t allow anything that develops to gain a life of its own because to do so would suddenly bring the elephant in the corner right into the central vision point. Keep things in perspective and take two thirds of what’s going on as being of substance. If you get involved, you may find that not only will you have to sort things out, but you’ll also most likely get the blame. Steady, wise and considered action.

Health and Spirit

There are big changes coming as the end of May and start of June nears, and the best thing you can do now is to prepare yourself by working on your flexibility and adaptability. The more easy going you are both with yourself and with others at this time, the more I see you as able to cope with impending changes. But the more intolerant or rigid you’re finding yourself becoming, the more I worry about the long term future. Loosen up!

Cancer The incessant pressure of recent months is beginning to decline now and there’s no sign of it coming back in the short to medium term, at least until July if then. But this doesn’t mean that you can take things easy. You’re not relaxing, you’re merely plateauing in a way that slowly but steadily brings progress and stability at the same time. You should be finding that in both the personal and the professional domain that you’re getting the feeling of having survived some type of pruning or cull. However, the outcome of this also suggests that although you’re no doubt feeling battered and bruised, you’re also feeling increasingly more effective and efficient.

Romance and Relationship

Much of the time you’re archetypal, in that romance and relationship is primarily something personal, private and often conducted away from the world. But every so often, such as now, there’s a pride to be had to be seen with partner or loved one in public, it’s as though you’re wearing your heart on your sleeve. So go out there and play, it’s a world of opportunity and fun if you make it so, and now is the best time so far this year for this to be the case.

Business and Finance

You may find that you’re better off going it alone this month. That’s not to say anything derogatory about others, it’s just that for the time being you’re seeing things your way and that’s good enough for you. Sure enough, if you persist you will be successful, but this month there’s a strong chance of becoming distracted from your central purpose by the demands of others or the needs of the greater community. Don’t worry if you seem to recede for a month – it’s the right time to do so.

Health and Spirit

With the majority of the outer planets smiling beneficially on you, this is a month to trust the gut instinct and move forwards knowing that if it feels good then it’s probably the right thing to do. Gut feel and intuitive capacity are at least as strong as the intellect at the moment, if not stronger, and your ability to instinctively just know which way to turn or what to do is absolutely spot on. Check your first thoughts and feeling upon awakening- they’re the most reliable of the day.

Leo Rock and roll! Mars is having an absolute field day with you this month, and instead of the false dawns and promises of recent months, he is now bringing plain, basic action in a way that cannot be ignored. Both now and May are excellent times for putting physical energy into your life in certain areas that recently have been most frustrating, and finally getting results. This is a month of doing, not talking, because at least for now, actions speak a lot louder than words. There are opportunities developing around you as you read this – if you don’t take them you lose nothing, but if you do then you will really gain.

Romance and Relationship

Your patience levels are wearing thin in certain areas connected with one to one interactions this month. Those who actively and dynamically support you may prove a rock to lean on, from where you can launch yourself into and onto the world with more flair and feistiness than there’s been for over two years. Just don’t blow out everyone, because whilst the difference between aloneness and loneliness is slight, it’s important, and you need solid support as well.

Business and Finance

Hopefully, the end of March and the start of this month saw the decisions taking place, because the more you get into April the less you need to be worried about the ‘what if’s’. It’s a month of slow, initiatory actions that will steadily increase in pace as the month evolves, but will not yield clear results until the end of next month. Stay beneath the radar screen and keep your nose to the grindstone, because by doing so you’ll be successful in a way that hasn’t been possible so far this year.

Health and Spirit

Whilst on the surface there’s clear examples of how your day to day life is taking precedence at the moment, underneath in the unconscious things are beginning to gel in a way that they haven’t for at least a year. You should be finding that you’re sleeping more, and in a deeper way, that your dreams are more memorable and clearer, and that your all round sense of personal well being is amplified. Concentrate on the day to day stuff – the rest knows what its doing.

Virgo For many of you this is a time of retrospective analysis, of looking at how well you’ve coped over the last two and a half years whilst Saturn has been in your sign. Now, during April, Saturn once again enters Virgo for the last time in over twenty five years. He will only stay for about three months, and will primarily affect those of you born after the 17th September, but resonate throughout the whole of you sign. Excellent time for clearing up any remaining loose ends, for bringing old things finally to an irrevocable end and for finalising the process of cleansing and clearing. Mars is coming soon – get your decks cleared.

Romance and Relationship

I know that it’s early in the year, but there’s already clear sign of developments coming up for you from mid June onwards that will empower and change things in a much more active way than is possible now. So bide your time. Start being choosy, or at least selective, of the people you want to still be around in a few months time. This is time for summing up in readiness for decision before the end of this month. Actions, however, are best left for another month or two.

Business and Finance

Despite what seems to be going on around you, your ability to see things differently than most now is strong. You can join the headless chickens if you wish, but if you can refrain from impulsive action when many others seem to be losing the plot then you can act in a considered way that isn’t excessive and that works as a result of feeling, gut instinct and intuition more than mental and rational perspectives. Stay just that little bit detached in the short term.

Health and Spirit

Everything’s working, there’s no sign of anything larger than week by week issues, but in the background there’s that typical Virgoan attitude of worry that needs to constantly check just in case there’s something brewing somewhere in some dark corner. By all means keep your systems in good working order, then when they’re needed they’ll be ready, but there’s no need to be on high alert. You can actually step down a gear for the medium term, and take the time to charge up.

Libra Although the superficial energy is that of release from pressure and the need for self discipline, underlying this some basic questions are now being revealed. Are you happy with the way your life has been going over the last six months? Are you content in the quality of your friendships, both personal and professional? And are you happy with the way that others treat you? All of these questions are now demanding honest answers, at least to yourself. Decisions and resultant actions will come over the next month or three, but now is the time to be clear with oneself about exactly what the questions and issues are.

Romance and Relationship

Sometimes there’s a clash between the side of you that’s more proactive, outgoing, social and popular and the side that’s more sensual, personal, aesthetic and delicate. This month, the former is in the ascendancy. It’s not time to be canoodling indoors, there’s a global community out there that would be enriched by your presence, so get out there and enjoy yourself. And you’ll find the quality of person you’re interacting with is much better than normal, but this difference is social not romantic. Sorry!

Business and Finance

Well, you’ve had an interesting last five month’s, haven’t you? At least now you can stand still for a time and draw breath, and begin to re-assess and re-evaluate where you are now and what you’ve got left. Hopefully, this will in time be seen as the new foundations of the improved and updated version of the twenty first century you. Don’t treat recent months as loss – it’s winding, pruning and streamlining, clearing the decks so that the future can emerge without negotiating old baggage.

Health and Spirit

There’s an itch that you can’t scratch at the moment, something saying that a degree of that dreaded word ‘compromise’ is being asked of you. If you met others halfway then no-one is happy but everyone gets something. And if you push forward on your own at this time you may find yourself suddenly isolated and potentially more exposed to challenge, so why buck the trend? Sometimes it pays to step back into the mainstream, and now is such a time.

Scorpio It’s a strange old month, there are lots of mixed signals, but the one common factor is that it all seems to be happening to others, not you. You may feel that you’re the chessboard or the mirror that others play their games through, and perhaps this is so, at least in the short term. No problem, but don’t get too attached to any new developments over the coming month, because information and situations may change daily, and long term clarity as to others’ intentions doesn’t come until May. The attention you’re getting isn’t completely unwelcome – just make sure that the transparency requested of you at this time is returned in equal measure.

Romance and Relationship

With both Venus and Mars having a go at you, you’re likely to find your romantic situations more of a day by day minefield this month. If this is unusual, there’s no long term damage here. It’s only if there’s deep seated anger or fear that things could erupt, and even then it’s likely to come towards you as opposed to from you. Obviously, try and understand where the other is coming from and why they’re feeling the way they are, but make your boundaries clear.

Business and Finance

There’s a Mercury retrograde going on until at least mid May in your opposite sign of Taurus, and this is likely to bring a degree of uncertainty and even confusion into many of your one to one situations, so don’t take everything said to you over coming weeks as gospel, keep a little part of yourself detached from what appears to be external reality and don’t buy into anything totally. There’s a degree of hype and spin around, probably innocuous but still uncertain. Caution.

Health and Spirit

As April develops it could easily become a ‘push me, pull you’ scenario, and as a result you could find yourself tied in to others in a way that renders you impotent without them, thus making you dependent. This is not a good time for signing long term contracts or making large scale agreements of any type, because there’s still lots more water to come under the bridge. The Scorpio new Moon on the 28th won’t sort things out, but it will make them more visible.

Sagittarius It’s as though you’ve been winding your way down a narrow and bendy passage and all of a sudden it’s opened up in front of you to a grassy field and clear and clean air. And this type of clarity is going to stick around for at least this coming month, just don’t take it for granted long term, but neither neglect the opportunity it brings to step down a gear and recharge your batteries. There are no new major challenges for most of you, although those born between the 9th to the 15th may find some situations becoming temporarily larger than life. It’s a month to coast along rather than accelerate, but there’s no need to slow down either.

Romance and Relationship

There are times when others look at you and say ‘I can’t believe you just said that’ or something like it. Then there are other times where people will acknowledge and even respect your candour and directness, and this month is such a time. There’s no time to be lost, opportunities and actions wait for no-one, so when chances transpire around you use them or lose them. If you always tell the truth then you never have to remember what you’ve said, and if it comes back that way then you’re sorted.

Business and Finance

Whilst other areas of life are looking up, your financial and professional situation could be coming under a degree of pressure. Pressure, not direct challenge, but don’t let mountains get made out of molehills, do your best to defuse situations quickly wherever possible and keep things down to earth. By doing so you’ll be seen as a pillar of stability and others will look to you with respect. The alternative is to get pulled all over the place and sabotage yourself for months to come.

Health and Spirit

You seem to be piggy in the middle in a number of different arenas at this time, so perhaps the There’s nothing working directly against you at the moment, but then there’s nothing that’s particularly going in your favour. And sometimes stasis is a good thing, it gives you the chance to check that roots and foundations are secure in a way that isn’t normally obvious but now is evident. Take your time and get things right from the bottom up and all will be well. Rise to the bait and you’ll soon wish you hadn’t, if it’s working why bother fixing it?

Capricorn  There’s no new crisis or drama, but there is a slow and steady background energy of diligence, perseverance and determination around you now that suggests considerable hard work and opportunities for progress as a result. It’s not so much about others as it is about your own mental and emotional approaches to day by day life. In many ways, probably to your surprise, you may well be finding yourself literally changing your mind – not what you think, but what you think with, and that some of the new ideas and visions occurring are not only novel and original, but also scary simply because you can se how they can work. Big futures ahead.

Romance and Relationship

Venus is smiling beneficially on you from afar, things should go relatively smoothly and as a result there’s not too much to worry about. Sounds too good to be true? Well, at least in the short term for the coming month or two there seem to be no new challenges coming your way, so if all you have to deal with is what’s already on your plate, then you can cope with that – can’t you? Perhaps this time of relative quiet is good for nipping one or two things in the bud before they get out of hand ...

Business and Finance

You’re being given opportunities to perform some fine tuning over the coming month in a way that should bring an amount of new opportunity to the fore. Don’t get complacent and think that emerging chances will be there for the long term future, they won’t, and if you don’t take chances in the near future they will float on to fresher fields. You can slowly but safely instigate actions and plans now in a way that will bring clear results by September.

Health and Spirit

There’s the first sense of having survived big crises and difficulties in recent years and now being able to see them in clearer perspective. Many of you have had to deal with a degree of almost unhealthy obsession and intensity, whether that has come from you or towards you. Now the clouds and gravity are beginning to clear, at least for the next three or four months, and you can repair any storm damage and get things shipshape again. No new big problems at this time.

Aquarius In a metaphorical way of speaking, April is the time to shut up shop and go on holiday. It’s all happening to everyone else anyway, and if you get involved you’ll only end up feeling taken for granted. I know it sounds mercenary, but how can you help anyone else if you’re not in good working order yourself? Sometimes putting yourself first is not selfishness, it’s self enlightened interest. So don’t be worried if you find yourself more detached from what’s going on than you normally do, you’re retreating into a cocoon for a time to recover from the trials and tribulations of recent years and you’ll be back properly within a month or so.

Romance and Relationship

With Venus and Mars both giving you a degree of grief and challenge at the day by day and week by week level, you could be forgiven for thinking that you would rather just disappear below the radar screen and stay out of sight for the short term. Well, that will work, but you won’t learn anything. Better to emerge and deal with issues as they arise, it will sharpen your thirst for stimulation and interaction with others and you may even find enjoyment coming out of debate. Don’t be a shrinking violet.

Business and Finance

There could be real confusion out there at the moment if you’re not careful. It may be that your energies are being pulled in many different directions now, with a number of different priorities claiming tour time and energy. I suggest that for the short term your social and personal life seems to come second to the temporarily more important sides of life that concern finance and career, and that diligence and persistence over a period of time whilst keeping your head down is definitely the best idea.

Health and Spirit

You’re better off this month by trusting your gut feel and intuition as opposed to your rational, logical and analytical sides. It would be easy to get bamboozled by the multitude of developments happening all around you, and if you don’t want to retreat then the only other option is to take a step forward and close your eyes, trusting your internal senses as much as if not more than the external ones. Better to try and fail than not to try at all.

Pices Many of you have been through uncomfortably fast circumstances over recent weeks, and some of you are still going at breakneck speed, whilst others still are just getting up to speed. As a general rule of thumb, the earlier you are born in Pisces, the more things will start slowing down; whilst the later you’re born the more things are speeding up. And it’s not about the quantity of experience, it’s the quality. Better to have the best to a moderate degree as opposed to lots of dross, and since the opportunities seem to be there why not take them? After all, to paraphrase an advert – aren’t you worth it?

Romance and Relationship

If you’re content to appreciate the more gentle, subtle and aesthetic sides of life then this month is just right for you, but if you’re looking for a more projective way of doing things then you may find yourself treading on a few people’s toes, without even realising. Be aware of your impact on others and speak your truth quietly but firmly, and maintain your boundaries with others so that they can clearly understand where your limits are. And – don’t forget to have fun.

Business and Finance

Community and communication – the more you find yourself gently networking with others now, the more you’ll see a gradual feel developing not only in you but also in those around you that brings consensus. It’s a kind of osmosis, where what works for community also works for you, and vice versa. But the more you become an island of one at the moment, the more you’ll stay that way. By interacting with others at the social level you learn the magic of how two and two equals five.

Health and Spirit

You’re entering the final year of having Uranus in your sign. Since 2003 it’s brought major lifetime change to most of you in various shapes and forms, and now it’s the turn of those born after the 16th March. But all of you are in a state of summary, as though the lessons of the last seven years are suddenly entering examination stage. And those things and people that pass these exams will prove to stay around for the long, long term future.

About Steve Judd

Steve was born near Southampton in southern England in July 1955. After leaving the army at twenty, Steve found his first astrological book in 1980, and spent the next years buried in books studying astrological basics, leading to his first consultations in 1982. He is totally self taught. Over the next fifteen years, he expanded his ability by doing 4,000+ chart readings.

In 1994, after many years working at the Glastonbury Festival Green Fields, Steve was a founding members of the Big Green Gathering and is currently on the Board of Directors. Since 1998, Steve has increased his astrological career many fold, starting when he began work for the astrological phone lines. He wrote for Jonathan Cainer, as well as contributing to Jon's web site and column in the Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail. During 1999 and 2000 Steve worked as a real-time internet astrological consultant for World International Television. He now works solely for himself.

In the last seven years, Steve's number of consultations has increased to the point where he now has records of over 20,000 horoscopic readings, with a loyal client base, many of whom return for monthly and yearly updates.

Steve has considerable experience of dealing with different media. He has appeared on local radio stations in Cornwall, Bristol, Hereford, Stevenage and the highlands of Scotland amongst others, on local TV in the HTV and GMTV areas, and has national TV appearances to his name. He has his own brand of idiosyncrasies which endear him to his many clients and fans, which coupled with his bohemian and sometimes direct attitude makes him a unique individual.

In September 2003, Steve began studying for the Master of Arts Degree in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the Sophia Centre, Bath Spa University. He was awarded his Masters Degree on July 22 2005.

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