Astroflash Monthly Horoscope for April 2012
By Flash Silvermoon 
Spring is in flower and her aroma fills my nostrils with a most sensuous awakening. With the warmth and the new life blooming everywhere, a global feeling of Hope is reawakened. We come out of the cold and dark and it feels like a brand new day, especially here in North Central Florida. I see my cats lounging in the sun not unlike their larger counterparts, the lions and tigers that I visit regularly at the EARSinc.net Sanctuary nearby you can feel that ancient feline connection to the Sun not unlike the Egyptian Cat Goddess Bast or the wild lions and tigers on the savannas or veldt in Africa.
Spending time in nature now is probably one of the single most therapeutic and joyful experiences that we can offer ourselves not just simply for the beauty but because it puts us in touch with what is REAL and important. There is nothing more crucial than the preservation of our planet and we are reminded with the energy of the fading Grand Trine in Earth signs how magnificent this world can be. Each flower, each butterfly holds the magic of all Creation within its precious form. My Meyers lemon tree is in full bloom and my daily meditations beside it are filled with an intoxicating fragrance. It is no coincidence that Earth Day is in April.
We start the month as April Fools and of course there is always some genius inside the Fool's journey and patter. Our genius has been severely challenged during much of March by Mercury Retrograde's regressive style that kept issues kind of murky and our flow fraught with obstacles often of our own making.
One wonders," Who actually has control of my mind" as the volumes of misinformation cascade over the airwaves and we search through alternative sources on line to gather the kernels of Truth available, always culling the wheat from the chaff. If you took the time to sort through and get a good grip on your intellect and your intuition and let them share space equally you will have learned some of the best of this transit. Fortunately the current test is over with Mercury on April 4 and really the 5th when it finally moves forward allowing our new projects and adventures to fly forward. When Mercury re enters Aries on April 16 we will see life really FIRE UP!
All transits do have a silver lining if you look more deeply into the energy. We all just get impatient when we can't get what we want when we want it. That impatient factor couldn't be truer since we have also been dealing with a retrograde Mars in Virgo since January and it will finally be moving forward on April 13th so hold on to your hats and head because the thrust of that shift should be quite profound. There has been a restlessness and more snippy critical words during this transit partly because Mars wants to gt moving already and Uranus being in the Mars ruled Aries is egging everyone on so to speak. This energy from Mars encourages us to find what is dead wood in our life and remove it keeping only that which promotes growth and health. Virgo can be picky about that stuff and its all for the good now.
On April 10 Pluto will take its intensity and move it more internally as it too goes retrograde. In a way this may be helpful to the world scene because Mars moving forward can let loose the Dogs of War which have been barking at the gate and snarling behind the scenes as their Masters rattle their collective sabers putting the world once again in a precarious place.
Sweet Venus will move from sensual Taurus to heady Gemini on April 4 so lots of change in a little time with personal planets Mercury, Mars and Venus either changing direction or sign and outer planet retro Pluto taking its revolutionary zeal underground for awhile. Be sure you get your mojo working for love this month because Venus will go retro on May 5.
This means that we really need to rock Beltane which can be celebrated on its eve on April 30 which we will do here at Moonhaven in Melrose. May 1, May Day is also a great day to celebrate and let your passionate impulses move freely. Just sayin' if you need to make your move on the partner of your choice, the month of April should offer you some good times so do not procrastinate. Its not that there will not be any opportunities after the retrograde but the energy flow will be more challenged.
We will experience a most glorious Full Moon in Libra on April 6 ,none of the more challenging planets will out shine or dampen her light.
Whenever we deal with a Full Moon, it opposes the Sun and gives us the opportunity to gain a balance between the signs of the luminaries. In the case of Libra and Aries, we are dealing with gaining the balance between self and other, always an interesting situation and we are given the light to see the possibilities. Good astrologers do not give up when a hard aspect rears its nasty head rather we find ways to encourage you to use the energy in the most positive ways and there always is a path for that.
Last month and for the coming months we are having major influence from strong Solar Flares, some of the strongest in years and they not only mess with the earth, tectonic plate shifts, tornadoes, tsunamis and the like but they effect us and our animals as well. I have certainly felt this and my dog has been very affected by this also and she is very level usually yet also very sensitive.If your animals are behaving differently, acting scared or nervous this could be the cause. 
For both animals and humans, Flower Essences are a good source for healing as are Gem Elixirs and I use and make them. Stones are also a great support at this time particularly those of a more grounding nature like smokey quartz particularly the elestial variety, hematite,carnelian, raw ruby, agate and jasper to name a few. In preparation for these more challenging times, I have made a Gem Elixir called The Shift 2012, Earth Changes, Aura Cleanse, Lithium Quartz, and the newest Lemuria Rising and there are others. Many are having great results and the animals in the Sanctuaries that I tend to are loving them. They have no scent so they can fly under the radar if need be so you can get in touch with me on my website if you like or at my shop here at Moonhaven in Melrose which is actually the first Rock Shop in the Gainesville area!
See Raise the Vibe/ Lemuria Rising Gem Elixir Cooking in this pic to the right! Treating primates with The Shift and Lithium Quartz
The list below is a very fine piece of work that will help you understand if you or your friends or animals are being troubled by some of these symptoms. I offer Denise Le Fay's work to you so that you won't feel crazy or sick. You can read her full article on her link at the bottom of this list.
Here’s a list of some 2012 ascension solar symptoms I’m experiencing and know you are too:
* severe head and skull pains and pressures—not traditional “headaches”
* severe eye pains and pressures, blurred vision, sensitivity to light
* sinus pains, pressures and soreness
* head pains and pressures radiating down into the temples and side jaw area
* constant ringing in the ears
* dizziness, sense of tipping or falling, feeling ungrounded
* exaggerated sense of smell
* ultra-sensitive hearing
* hot flashes, cold flashes
* vivid weird dreams, psychically dreaming other people’s dreams (collective)
* sore, bruised, tender scalp
* hair loss and/or thinning hair
* Crown chakra – top of head pains and pressures
* Brow chakra – forehead pains and pressures
* pain and stiffness in spine
* body and legs/feet swelling and/or fluid retention
* pain in tailbone and hip area
* heart palpitations, heart pounding while at rest
* easily becoming breathless or winded
* exhaustion
* feeling like you only have an 1/8th of a tank of fuel (energy) in you & once it’s gone you’re exhausted again
* seeing brilliant white light or light flares emanating from around your head and/or upper body
* seeing brilliant colored lights or balls of colored light
* increasing knowing over linear thinking
* perception of linear time further disintegrating into increasing spherical “NOW” consciousness
* growing happiness, joy, confidence, peace
Denise, January 29, 2012Copyright © 2012–2013 Denise Le Fay. All Rights Reserved. You may copy and redistribute this material so long as you do not alter it in any way and the content remains complete, credit is given to the author, and you include this copyright notice and link. http://deniselefay.wordpress.
The New Moon in Taurus brings that earthy vibe even more into our world. We will need to focus on all the issues that preserving this Mother Earth entails from who owns and pollutes the water, to what can we eat, to where and who do we trust to provide our energy, what do we do with our garbage etc? . What do we value and how will we preserve that? April 22 is Earth Day and started in 1970, now millions around the world are trying to make a difference in the sustenance of the Planet and its human and animal inhabitants.
On April 23 Uranus and Mercury conjoin to bring brilliant ideas and solutions so be sure to catch the magic in the air and gather up your b right ideas.
April 30 is May Eve and by this time we will be ready for a joyful party and take the time to provide good food and drink of a healing nature to aid in your physical transformation this can still be delicious because this holiday encourages all aspects of pleasure. Merry Merry May Eve All.
Blessings Flash Silvermoon - If you are interested in any of the Greenhope Farms Flower Essences or Flash Silvermoon's Gem Elixirs and Magical Stones and Crystals come to Moonhaven Magical Rocks and Things here in Melrose by appointment 352 4752432 or get in touch at http://www.flashsilvermoon.com
Aries - If it's Spring, I am singing, can't help it , I am feeling the joy and all the new growth.There is something in the air and I can feel it in my bones solar flares or not, its electric and I feel more optimistic than I have in a year or so. Look out world this Ram is ready for some action and when Mars finally gets the lead out I will be flying! OK I will have some flight plan and backup because Uranus in my sign still can be unpredictable.A good parachute is never a bad idea.
Taurus - Move over Aries and let this Bull live large and in charge. Ooh loving this sensuous energy, the fragrance alone is enough to make me have a hot flash.There are so many things that I want to do for my birthday month and now I have the resources to do it too thanks to Venus and Jupiter playing ball last month. I want to sing and dance and snuggle up with my honey all day and night. Do I have to wait til Beltane? Please please I have waited long enough.
Gemini - Ooh Venus comes into my sign soon! Yippee! Yes I know I better move fast as soon as my ruler Mercury get's the hell out of retrograde geez, pain in the butt that one and then I gotta make it happen before May 5?. Fortunately I can move that fast and have a few honeys lined up for some good times. Now don't go thinking that I am a slut or anything crude like that but I always like to have a selection before I make my choice because Goddess knows I do not like to be bored!
Cancer - Tell you what, I like this more water thing so nice to have more Piscean energy to float around. Uranus in Aries gave me a real kick in the consciousness and raised the bar on many levels but Neptune in Pisces is sweeeeet and I know some of you find it confusing but I find it soothing. Goddess knows I needed some balm for my soul after 2011. I don't need peace all the time and a little buzz puts some fun waves in the pool.This Spiritual Warrior likes to have a challenge as long as home feels like a mellow sanctuary.
Leo - Nothing really clicking in my sign just yet but like the lion that I am, some good sun brings out the diva in me and I can feel drawn to that light like a moth to a flame. Somehow my heart has opened more through this winter and I am quantum leaping through the fields of joy like a little cub. I am getting older but it seems lighter can that be? All good with me I am not attached to a linear world that would tend to test my patience.
Virgo - I don't mean to be a party pooper but when will I feel a little peace inside this nervous body? I feel settled and it only lasts a minute.I thought that I had it more together than that. I know that I should not be so hard on myself and Worry is not any kind of meditation except to bring me down to the what ifs and the worst case scenario. Mars is sunning the show and running me ragged. I don;tr need to do more I need to be more.
Libra - Will the scales of Justice ever balance and will the Goddess that sits with the American scales ever strip off her blindfold and see the Light? OK so I am being philosophical now but sometimes one must speak out for injustice when it is right in your face. As Ella Baker said, "Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers' sons is as important as the killing of white men white mothers' sons; we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens" Off my Soap Box and snuggling with my partner.
Scorpio - Libra that's pretty deep and if I was on FB I would Like it! The vibes are sure getting thick out there and I can really feel the Shift coming from a mile away in fact my psyche is working overtime to process and react to all of this stimulus.Am I on the brink or are we all on the brink of a major download of new information,are the Greys landing or is Japan falling into the ocean? Solar Flares or do I just need to get off gluten? Spinning and rolling in the deep as it were.
Sagittarius - Ooh baby ya know that its a wild world.....and I surely am ready to see more of it. Maybe I can just afford a good brownie or a psychic magic carpet ride but whatever I can get would be great about now. The mundane is just not working for me anymore. I want to rub that lamp and have Jeanie or Genie pop out and grant me just one wish. I would be generous, I would share whatever I got. OK time for some lottery tickets I could take a good gamble,'cause something has got to turn my life into the magical mystical tapestry of my dreams.
Capricorn - Good, Pluto is going retrograde, I like that so he can get off of my back for awhile at least. If the little demoted dude has to walk backwards for awhile maybe I won't be tormented by his idea that constant transformation is fun and games.How many times does one person need to shed their skin, I ask you? I tend to like rules and floating around in this limbo makes me feel agitated. Hard work I can do but cosmic free fall is a dimension that leaves me feeling totally ungrounded. Maybe some stones would help this too fragile earth sign feel more centered and I can build on that.
Aquarius - I am happy that Neptune finally got out of my sign and allowed me to feel much more like my airy self however, now with so many planets in earth signs I can't feel the buoyancy and bounce in my step that I like. I don;t mean to whine that's really out of character but I figure that I should be able to define my world a bit better, after all I have that ability to manifest my reality by creative visualization and I think I will creatively manifest a journey to the Pleiades and dance among the 7 Sisters.
Pisces - Find the Water, that is what Spirit said to me last week and I definitely need to get myself in some H2O soon. My dolphin spirit needs to frolic in a way that I can only be in the water. On another level I am being told to find the FLOW, find the way I can be as water in all situations to make life more beautiful and gentle. I like that idea and with Neptune and Chiron in my sign this should be pretty easy as long as I allow for that possibility, let go of the wheel and only take out the oars to guide myself when I need to steer around the boulders.
Through My Monthly Astroflash, I have endeavored to offer more gender neutral astrology to speak to all sexual preferences and identities.
If you know your Rising sign, your personal reading will be more accurate if you read the passage for that sign as well as your Sun sign.
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April 30 May Eve Celebrate Beltane here at Moonhaven under the generous arms of the Grandmother Tree with the Sisters of the Moonhaven Mystery School 6PM potluck 7PM Ritual weather permitting we will have a fire!