April starts amidst the War in Iran, the disruptions caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and other issues around the world. This begets some recaps and considerations about the future.
The month starts tense, as Mars will trigger the February Solar Eclipse, promoting turmoil and violent incursions. Similarly, as we head towards a Lunar Eclipse on the 3rd, we can be uncertain or unstable. On that note, military conflicts will tend to continue for much of early March. This first week of March can be very odd, specially around the 3rd.
March 2026 predictions
Along for the ride as well, March had a very tight Saturn-Neptune conjunction. Separating, but still going on in April. Neptune represents oil, in mundane astrology, while Saturn shows restrictions. Mercury retrograde, throughout last month, also showed stalled negotiations and a repetitive back-and-forth. Also worth noting that the Solar Eclipse in February happened conjunct the natal Moon in the birth chart of the United States, showing an eventful and transformative moment in the country’s life.
Going into the long term, I have to get into Uranus in Taurus. Uranus shows disruptions, Taurus shows the things that are stable and guaranteed in life. So Uranus here shows disruptions in our way of life, in the stability of the world, and how things usually tend to go.
These disruptions in global shipping, as well as the flow of fuel around the world, are a great expression of the Uranian disruptions this transit will tend to bring. Uranus entered Taurus last year, and it will be in the sign until around 2032. So other events, similar or not to this one, will tend to happen in the coming years; shaking up supplies and commodities around the world.
So, in the long term, I see this conflict as a clear expression of the Uranus in Taurus impulse. If we look carefully, all the themes about it are related to Taurus and the second house. Supplies, money, stability, long-standing agreements, traditional institutions, etc.
In the not so long term, the second half of 2026 can deal a lot with reforms stemming from this conflict. The Saturn-Neptune influence will wane by them, and the aftermath of this conjunction usually deals with reforms. For instance, in 1989, there was a great oil spill by the Exxon Valdez during the last conjunction. The aftermath of said accident dealt with new regulations and safety standards.
In our current predicament, we could see changes in manufacturing, to increase local supplies and reduce the reliance on global shipping. Alternative fuels or new energy forms can also be highlighted. Some oil producing countries might change their pricing policies for oil, maybe increasing local subsidies.
Events in April 2026
01/04/2026 22:12 Full Moon in Hasta 18°07’38” Virgo
28/04/2026 21:04 Venus square Rahu exact 11°41’36” Taurus 11°41’36” Aquarius R
29/04/2026 21:23 Mercury in Aries
Going into April, Mars will enter Pisces and join Saturn and Neptune. Mars is a dynamic influence, it fires up and activates whatever it touches.
Is this good, or is this bad? Is a question every astrologer is asked, some will answer with wishful thinking. I will answer with sincerity, I don’t know. Je sais pas. I’m not sure.
Mars can fire up things, and cause a quick resolution to this conflict. Maybe. It can also create further escalations and make the whole affair longer.
The only certainty with this Mars is fieriness. We will see more direct, stronger and more resolute actions. Around the exact conjunctions with Neptune and Saturn (13th and 19th, respectively), we could see stronger military actions or pushes happening.
The Full Moon starts this month right on the 1st, it happens in Hasta nakshatra, a star associated with trickery, deceit and underhanded tactics. It has a theme of deception, not that different to Neptune. The Full Moon will also happen alongside a quincunx to Mercury, showing communication failures. As well as a square to Jupiter; which shows lack of wisdom, as well as a key moment in the year.
A few hours after the Full Moon, Mars will enter Pisces on the 2nd. As with the ramifications explained above. Mars will be in Pisces until May 11th, when it will enter Aries. That end, in May, might show a turbulent moment. As Mars changing between Water and Fire signs usually tends to show extremes in the world, with wild weather or tense events.
Mars in Pisces, per se, is not a bad placement or transit. But with Mars going over Neptune and Saturn, things take a different turn, specially now in April. In May, the transit can tone down, as Mars will be away from Saturn.
On April 10th, Mercury will enter Pisces, where it will transit until the 29th. This is the weakest sign for Mercury, showing diffusive communications and a hard time getting a message across. It goes along with the themes of deception seen from other factors this month.
The 14th has the Sun entering Aries, which is the strongest sign for the Sun, and an overall good placement. It shows strong leadership, which can be a positive in a time of conflict, so a silver-lining of sorts.
The New Moon this month happens on Ashwini nakshatra, a star that deals with healing, travel, movement and an overall sense of freedom. It could show some improvements to our situation, specially around May.
Summary
Mundane
The war and its consequences around the world, with higher prices and disruptions in supply chains are a clear expression of the long term trend, with Uranus in Taurus. From now until 2032, we can see similar events unveiling instability and disruptions.
In the short term, this month, Mars enters Pisces where it will touch Neptune and Saturn. Mars will fire up the conflicts around the world. Whether that will lead to a quick resolution, or further escalations, remains up for the debate. But around the dates of these conjunctions (13th and 19th) we can see further escalations. Specially around the 19th, with the Saturn conjunction, we could see strong escalations.
The month starts with a Full Moon in Hasta, a star that deals with deception. The conjunctions of Saturn and Mars with Neptune will activate this planet, that similarly deals with deception. Mercury will be in Pisces between April 10th and the 29th, Mercury here deals with miscommunications.
Putting it all together, April can deal a lot with deception, a murky vision and a hard time getting a clear picture of what is happening. Propaganda, lies and miscommunications will be very strong now. Things will be clearer in May. For now, much will be up in the air.
Notable dates in April:
1st/2nd
8th
13th/14th
19th
18th-25th
29th
Personal
On a personal level, Saturn-Neptune tends to unveil crisis, not just in the outer world. Bouts of depression and dissatisfaction could’ve been common last month and in late February, as this conjunction was very tight then.
As said above, Mars will energize these planets. In our lives, this can mean taking action, venturing out and making change.
This month is a great time to break out of erratic patterns, repetitive behaviors and past issues in our lives. Stop moving in circles, try something new, experiment and grow.
2025 was an intense year, 2026 will follow the same trend. We are living in interesting and pivotal times, as an astrological alignment from around WW2 forms again. I don’t like provoking panic, which I see some people spreading about this. But yes, it is important to pay attention that an alignment that last occurred a 100 years ago is happening again.
Along for the ride, 2026 will promote great changes and ups and downs. We will specially see these fluctuations in regards to religion, technology and politics.
This text is divided in two pages, with this first one discussing mostly the mundane effects and trends for the year. The second page gives personal predictions and guidance, for each of the 12 signs.
Context
Main Factors
Saturn conjunct Neptune
Saturn conjunct Neptune is a very important mundane aspect, that was already active last year, and stays with us in 2026. It shows a new cultural cycle, moving away from the previous one started in the late 80s. Culture forms society, so this is the starting point for many changes in the world. The quote below, from September 2024, highlights this as a time of political change with the shifting moods around the world.
On the political landscape, this is a strong moment of change. Any leader who entered office before 2025 will be in an uncomfortable position. They might be swapped by a rival, or even a new comer, as the moods shift away from the sentiment that lead them into power.
Saturn conjunct Neptune predictions
Again, I don’t want to repeat my whole predictions for Saturn-Neptune here, those that want more details are advised to read them. The main thing to understand is that 2025-2026 are a time for big cultural and societal changes.
I still am very proud of that prediction, and all I laid out in there. However, I do regret not emphasizing some things that I only hinted on, such as a decline in organized religion/dogma and a similar decline in liking of foreign cultures or foreigners.
I made a bullet point that kinda hinted at that, but I didn’t make it clear. We can’t win them all! But let’s rectify this now.
Isolation, creation of separate communities, detachment/independence from the norm.
Could deal with balkanization or separatism
Saturn conjunct Neptune predictions
Sagittarius is the 9th house of expansion. It shows the traveler, the one who wanders, the one who seeks new experiences away from home. Again, favoring anything foreign. The 9th house is also the house of dogma, religion, philosophy and beliefs. Sagittarius can be bossy, enforcing rules, ideas and philosophies. His way or the highway. This is very important for religious leaders, you can’t have an institution without rules, norms and traditions.
The Sagittarius conjunction, all the way back in 1989, favored those Sagittarius ideas in the cultural zeitgeist of the decades ahead. The years ahead were the height of travel, discovering new cultures, immigration, globalization and this intermingling.
And now this is waning, as the new conjunction in Pisces takes the rein.
Anti-immigration rhetoric is rising everywhere. The mystical wonder of foreign cultures and their (alleged) wisdom is replaced by people discovering and highlighting disgusting habits in them. If you asked someone in the 90s about China, they would talk about ancient wisdom and Sun Tzu. Now people will talk about bat soup, sweatshops and Temu junk. You can see a similar shift with other places and other cultures.
People will try putting the lid back on. Censorship, threats, harassment, crying and screeching. But the lid isn’t going back.
Part of the mystical wonder of anything comes from lack of knowledge. Not knowing, not seeing, not touching, not psychosomatic feeling it. In an age where people can, and will repeatedly, post themselves doing the weirdest stuff. No culture is mystical anymore. You can see the posts, you can read about it, you can watch videos, you can get multiple angles. The mysticism is over.
For the older generations, not that used to this information flow, things might remain in the old status quo. But the younger generations? It’s over. The mystical wonder can be killed with half a dozen TikToks.
On religion, we have multiple fronts to explain. First, some of the same arguments above about foreign cultures can be made. We just have more information, and that makes some things harder.
Mega churches giving scripts to their preachers worked for a long time, not so much anymore when people can make a super-cut with dozens of pastors repeating the same talking points, all unrelated to spirituality, in many different locations.
Similarly, with the amount of corruption we’ve seen in the latest years, why should we trust that scripture/tradition hasn’t been meddled with? With so many religious leaders abusing their position to gain power, wealth and sex; why should we trust them?
Religion is waning, spirituality is rising. That is the change from Sagittarius to Pisces.
Similarly, how many religious leaders were weak and innocuous? Tradition is eternal and should always be followed. Well, except when the government tells you no, then you do what the government told you; screw traditions. If lockdowns were above your traditions then, why shouldn’t my croissant and cigarette be above it now?
The Saturn-Neptune influence was strong in 2025, and it will remain prominent for the first half of 2026, until about June. Still, being a long-term influence, showing a cultural revolution of sorts, its effects will linger long afterwards. Trying to translate this into something more easy to understand, this aspect is like the birth of a child. The coming years will be the actual life of said child, right now we are solely living those initial moments, the crawling before walking. We are seeing the birth of a new cultural zeitgeist, things will become clearer and more prominent in the coming years.
Uranus trine Pluto
This aspect has an irregular frequency, but it last happened about 100 years ago, in the 1920s. That was when Hitler and Stalin were rising to power. The aspect puts Uranus, the planet of revolution and change; energizing Pluto, the planet of power and control. So it is an aspect about change in the world, change in leaders, change in how the world is organized. This aspect will be in effect from 2025 to 2029, marking a strong moment of change in the world.
With Uranus and Pluto in earth signs, the change incoming deals a lot with tangible things, material life, as well as the economy. Incoming economic shifts, for good and bad, will force people to deal with reality. From that, we will see major shifts and transformations.
Below we have the exact aspects between Uranus and Pluto:
For those longer-term aspects, it is always important to notice the exact hits, as they will represent the moments where the most intense events will tend to happen. In this case, 2025 had the aspect in effect, but no exact hit. 2026 will have two hits. So the effects/changes in 2026 will be more intense.
I predict chaotic and somewhat erratic changes in the world in 2026. Uranus and Pluto are both individually notable for promoting complicated shifts. But considering that the Earth element is involved, this becomes even stronger.
Earth shows stability, comfort, immutability and the things “we can count” in life. With two big catalysts of change, this shows that those stable things will change. The calm of life will be uprooted. It is a time of structural change.
Housekeeping (the usual)
Saturn
Saturn in Pisces will be with us, uninterrupted, until June 2027. So Pisces is the Saturn sign for 2026. Saturn represents restriction, reduction, barriers and blockages. Pisces is the sign of dreams, inspiration, creativity, spirituality; so all these things are being restricted by Saturn.
A trend I’ve noticed a lot, in 2025, was a reduced interest in spirituality and religion. Which I attribute to this transit, and I tend to see this growing in 2026.
Similarly, trouble in the arts and entertainment industry is another trend that I see expanding in 2026. Specially in Hollywood, or in other movie giants, we will see downturns and more box office failures.
Jupiter
If I had to describe Jupiter in 2026, as fast as possible, I would simply say: a mess.
Jupiter transits each sign for about 12 months, at times making a perfect transit for a whole year. Many times, it transits two signs in a year. Either way, fairly easy to understand, digest and explain. In 2026, Jupiter’s transit will be loose like the wind, transiting Gemini, Cancer and Leo. Gemini in the beginning, Cancer in the middle and Leo in the very end.
Gemini (05/12/2025-01/06/2026)
Cancer (01/06/2026-31/10/2026)
Leo (31/10/2026-24/01/2027)
Cancer again (24/01/2027-25/06/2027)
The planets tell a story, this is the basis of Astrology. And the unclarity of Jupiter in 2026 sends a crystal clear message to me: this is a time of change and instability. Jupiter, in a way, is mirroring the energy of the Uranus trine Pluto aspect explained above. 2026 is a time of radical and strong changes.
The Jupiter in Gemini cycle itself tends to be unstable, promoting change and variety. So the start of 2026 will be marked by fluctuations and changes. Technology will also be highlighted during this cycle.
Cancer will take over, from early June up until Halloween. Cancer is the exaltation sign of Jupiter, it tends to promote justice, truth and revelations. On the downside, it can deal with righteousness.
Leo will end the year on an interesting note, as it favors ego, expansive behavior and big personalities. Conflict in regards to rulers is possible in the end of 2026.
Rahu and Ketu
Rahu and Ketu, the Lunar Nodes, will be in Aquarius and Leo respectively for most of 2026. They will enter Capricorn/Cancer in late 2026, switching signs on December 5th, so we can easily say that the main influence for 2026 will be Aquarius and Leo.
Great advancements tend to happen during this transit. During the previous transit, between 2006 and 2008, the original iPhone was launched. Which started the smartphone and social media age we live in. Similarly, major advancements could be unveiled now too.
For this current transit, I believe we will see further advances in AI capabilities and usage. It will tend to become ubiquitous and unescapable, in many ways.
Rahu/Ketu in Aquarius/Leo predictions
I see technological advancements as a big thing in the coming year, specially around/after February, with a Solar Eclipse in Aquarius. Scientific advancements or discoveries are another possibility.
In regards to politics, Rahu here will favor anyone radical or disruptive. Whether you like them or not, might I add. Radicals you like will advance, radicals you dislike will also advance. The key is being a radical, being disruptive and transformative.
Rahu/Ketu in Aquarius/Leo predictions
With politics, this is the trend. Campaigns this coming year will specially focus on this type of idea, this kind of enthusiasm about creating a revolution, making great change or disrupting things.
Will people get in office and actually fulfill these promises? Or will they simply get in there, and shake the hands of the people they were supposed to combat and disrupt? I’ll leave those answers to your own discretion and intuition.
With politics I always find important to make a distinction between promises/rhetoric and the actual execution of the job. The 2026 trends, specially, give a lot of rhetoric. Execution? Maybe, sometimes, not always.
December Change
I don’t want to get into full details about the Nodes in Capricorn/Cancer, because it is more of a 2027 factor, but this change in December is very interesting regardless. This shows a great mood change in December, so great shake-ups are possible in the end of 2026, as well as regrets.
Predictions
The main thing about 2026, to me, is radical change. We have an alignment that last occurred about a hundred years ago, around the time Stalin and Hitler were rising. I’m not saying the same will happen. But I’m saying that these are unusual and rare times.
The trend in 2026 deals with strange events, strange revelations and strong change. Many shake-ups are bound to happen. Specially in the second half of the year, around July, we will tend to see things getting more intense.
Yearly Trends and Atemporal Events
Radical change
Unusual events and twists
Reduced interest in religion/spirituality, rise of atheism
Disturbances to the status quo and the common way of living (Earth element shaken)
Economical disconnect (real economy v. speculative markets)
AI will become more ubiquitous
Decline in consumer computing, increase in cloud computing and subscription services
Elaborating on some of these points (I can’t resist turning bullet points into a long mess):
Religion
Starting from the third point, on religion, it is a touchy subject any which way you put it. But there is a strong downward trend.
The age of TikTok has completely exposed religion as a business and manipulation/control mechanism. From mega church pastors preaching you should support random wars in the middle-east to be a good christian, to people misquoting religious texts to justify literally anything.
Similarly, what good are traditions if people are simply going to lie, scheme and cheat their way through life? What good are traditions, if people will just throw them out the window the second the government asks to — remember the lockdowns and church closures?
I had never seen so many people questioning these things as much as in 2025. And I see this as a strong trend going for 2026, as Saturn in Pisces is restricting religion/spirituality.
Many astrologers have a blind spot on this area. As they deal daily with spirituality, they have a hard time seeing that the rest of society isn’t exactly walking towards that direction. And society isn’t walking towards religion. Specially now in 2025-2026, with a strong Aquarius influence in the air. The more technology, the less interest in religion; it’s been like that since the wheel was invented.
Still, one thing I’ll say for those that did get an increased interest in spiritual matters, is that you’re the desert flower. You are the exception. As such, your interest will probably be stronger and more intense than the average, because you rose against the current, you rose through the fire, in a way.
Earth
Going to point 4, the Uranus-Pluto aspect is happening in the earth signs of Taurus and Capricorn. The Earth element rules the economy, everyone knows and says this. But many ignore the fact that Earth is life itself. Earth is everything stable, everything common and normal in society.
The Earth element is routine. Waking up, (hopefully) brushing your teeth and having your normal life is the Earth element in action. Even if your routine is waking up a noon, having a drink and being a mess, that’s Earth moving.
So with the Earth element being disrupted by Uranus and Pluto, routines are bound to be disrupted. Do you want an example? Let’s turn back time, let’s go back to 2020.
Saturn entered Capricorn in January 24th 2020. Pluto entered Capricorn in February 25th 2020. Shortly after that, in March 2020, most of the world was affected by the lockdowns and major disruptions to our usual way of living.
I can see a similar trend in 2026. It won’t be the same, that was Saturn (restriction) in 2020. Now it is Pluto (transformation) and Uranus (disruption). But still, it is the Earth element being affected.
So I expect 2026 to have major shake-ups to our way of living and organizing the world, specially around the second semester, when Uranus-Pluto intensifies.
AI and Tech
On point 6, it’s over. I still read journalists and creative types (also known as, the people who hate AI) saying that AI is a passing trend, that it will never catch on. Yet everyday I see more and more people using AI for more and more things. It’s over. You lost. Just as teachers were wrong in telling us “you won’t always have a calculator”, you were wrong.
Speaking of clichés, many people are talking about the AI Bubble. It has become my favorite moron test. If someone starts talking about the AI Bubble, as if they were the smartest pioneer on earth, that first discovered this phenomenon; I know that I’m dealing with a moron.
But is it a bubble? Is it not a bubble?Everything is a bubble in our economy. Everything has been speculated and overspeculated. If something as important as healthcare has been speculated, of course talking computers have been speculated. That is not a new discovery, that’s not an important question, it’s a cliché.
Do you want a truly smart question: does it matter?
Of course it does! When the Dot Com Bubble popped, the internet stopped existing, forever. This is why this website is simply a fax that I send to the people on my rolodex.
People talk about the AI Bubble thinking that it will be a magical inflection point, where we will turn back time to 2010. All the easy copywriting and basic art gigs, automated by AI, will go back to humans; with double pay for emotional damages caused by AI.
But again, the Dot Com Bubble happened, and its history can teach us. Was the bubble a real thing? Yes. Did companies go bankrupt? Yes. Did the internet stop existing? No. Did the internet keep growing? Yes.
The speculation matters, mostly, to speculators. Some will bet right, and gain lots of money. Others will bet wrong, go bankrupt. Either way, people will keep using AI. The branding may change, the companies may change, but people will keep using it. The bankrupt companies will be safe, in our AI hearts, and our AI hearts will go on and on.
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On point 7, I see price increases all around on online services, from streaming services to dumb stuff like mailing lists. Companies will focus more on services and subscriptions, instead of hardware. So prices will go up.
I really want to be wrong on this prediction, I hope I am wrong. But I don’t think I am.
Timeline and Temporal Things
January isn’t that much to write home about, in my view, it will be mostly a preamble. True change and events will arise February and onwards, as we approach the Eclipses.
Still, January has some interesting Mars aspects, which could show a time of conflict and intense action. Around the 8-10th of January, we could see some passionate argument, leading to some type of information being revealed.
February becomes an interesting month, as the first Eclipse of 2026 will happen on February 17th, a Solar Eclipse in Aquarius. This Eclipse will square Uranus, triggering change.
On the positive, that can be a time where new technological advancements are unveiled. On the negative, it can deal with strong political/military turmoil happening. Africa and South America are two regions where we could see shake-ups and events.
March follows the trend, with a Lunar Eclipse in Leo on March 3rd. I highlight early March mostly under the umbrella of the Solar Eclipse, as repercussions and events derived from February will unfold. Still, this Lunar Eclipse could deal with trouble in Europe, as leaders lose face in some way. Similar could happen in Asia and Australia.
Mid to late April will have Mars conjunct Saturn which, again, could deal with a time of conflict and turmoil. May 10th-12th could similarly be troubled, as Mars will be Gandanta around then.
May is interesting, as Pluto will turn retrograde on the 6th, which puts Pluto in route to his alignment with Uranus in Taurus. May-August is a pivotal period, where we will start to see the intensity of Uranus trine Pluto.
June has Jupiter finishing his transit in Gemini, and entering Cancer, where it will transit until around October 31st. Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, so along with the Uranus-Pluto aspect, this transit will intensify world affairs.
August has the second round of Eclipses in 2026. We start with a Solar Eclipse in Ashlesha, on the 12th. That nakshatra deals a lot with scheming, deception and lies. So August can be a time of great political schemes, trickery and even violent events like assassinations.
The 28th of August will have a Lunar Eclipse in Shatabishak. The usual themes of Aquarius, with technology and politics can be highlighted. But the most interesting part of this Eclipse is that the Sun and Moon will be at 10° of Leo/Aquarius, while Uranus will be at 11° Taurus, Neptune at 9° Pisces and Pluto 9° Capricorn. So all these planets will be in a fairly close alignment.
To me, this shows late August and early September, having some intense event. Things might run out of control in a way, and the unexpected can happen.
September has Mars entering Cancer on the 18th, where it will transit until November 11th. Cancer is the weakest sign for Mars; showing cowardice, emotional action, pettiness and vengeance. So we can pencil September-November as a time for this.
October will end with Jupiter entering Leo, so there will be a gandanta transit between October 24th and November 7th. To me, along with other influences, this specially shows petty and vindictive actions happening in late October and early November.
December will end 2026 in an interesting manner. Saturn and Neptune will turn direct, and Jupiter will go retrograde; all around the 10th-12th that month. Still, the most notable factor of December 2026 will be Rahu and Ketu switching signs, entering Capricorn/Cancer from December 5th 2026 until June 23rd 2028.
The change of the Nodes always signals a strong change in mood, as Rahu shows obsessions. So I see great regret coming out of 2026. Decisions made in October-November will be revised, under a new light, and great regrets are bound to come out. Specially in politics, people will walk back on promises barely made a month before, leading to this type of regret.
Plus, we will have Ketu gandanta from around November 19th until December 25th, which can deal with intensity and conflict in these final months of the year.
As this is not such a happy note to end, let’s go to page 2 and see some personal effects.
