Cancer Monthly Horoscope

Uranus and Venus in the Twelfth House

This is a fascinating month with a revolution in the final week, Cancer. This is when the more you learn about your inner self, the more you will discover about your need to be free. Dreams, psychic experiences, therapy, meditation or ‘hibernation’ time can reveal a lot about what (or who) it takes to make you feel truly liberated. If you’re seeing a medium, psychologist or counsellor, it could be a real breakthrough period with a few shocks, so be aware of that. The more you observe and analyse, the more you’ll learn. If you have Pisces natal chart factors, this is all about life 18-19 years ago and the karmic pull on you now.

Cancer, you’ll feel as if someone’s just switched a light on somewhere deep inside you. You can truly know yourself now in a way that is not possible at other times. Mind, body and spirit will be united, helping you to locate who you really are and what you really want and need. Access this through religion, meditation, dreams, mediumship, your aura, chakras, hypnosis, psychic work or just time alone. You can get to your core self now – use this to rethink your life as Uranus is about rejection.

Rejecting (say) religion or being rejected by (for example) your usual go-to psychiatrist or psychologist can be a revelation now. I have no idea what your chart looks like unless you are a Premium Member, but I would expect the last days of April to be the last thing you expected. Nobody else will know what’s going on unless you tell them. Nevertheless, you will need to give yourself a lot more time and space so you can sort this out.

I once worked on a TV series for Channel Ten in Australia and Channel Four in Great Britain called The Secret Life of Us (I co-wrote the Tarot episode). This month is actually about The Secret Life of You. The chances are high that you’ll take on new plans and new approaches which make a striking difference to your life. But guess what? Nobody will ever know the real hidden story. The Twelfth House is about your subconscious mind but also your spirituality. Right now, the landscape of this inner world is changing dramatically. It’s time to move on from the past and the more shackled you were by that past, the greater the shock when you realise the ties that bind (psychologically or spiritually) have snapped.

Be extremely careful with mediumship, tarot cards, channelling or any other sixth-sense activity at this time of the year if it ties you down, ties others up or is restrictive. I also think that witchcraft, wicca or just sloppy metaphysics (come on down New Age charlatans) is extremely risky now as Uranus in Gemini takes no prisoners. What you are about to experience is like a cross between the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution. All in the same week.

Uranus has zero tolerance for any situation, idea, person or belief which confines and holds back. That is why it’s a good idea to be consciously free before the transits begin. To be liberated and to liberate. Yet, even so, there will be rejection. Saying ‘No’ or hearing ‘No’ is part of the trip, Cancer.

Aries Transits in the Tenth House

This cycle is perfect for finding out everything you needed to know about your career, academic career or unpaid role but lacked the timing to ask. So, you may be researching a future job, analysing the consequences of retiring or resigning or just doing your homework on a boss, client, colleague or professional competitor. As Mercury is not the only planet in your Tenth House at this time, one historic issue which relates to your ambitions will now go to the top of your list and a lot of phone calls, questions, e-mails or website visits will follow.

This is probably the networking cycle for ambitious people. Keep every business card and reply to every e-mail. Information about your career or industry which is hard to get at other times will be parked right under your nose now. It is an excellent time to gather your sources and examine your options. This also applies to your other ambitions and goals if you are a student, unemployed, retired or have full-time home duties. Just keep the boundaries. Or reinstate them. A classic example is your son who will one day replace you as head of the firm. Or your wife who is your business partner.

Your most ambitious projects and plans can be thrown into chaos without boundaries during this cycle, so remember the lines that cannot be crossed when you write your resume, apply for a job, ask for a promotion, train for a new career or call a domestic summit. Can it wait? If you have a part-time or full-time job, the atmosphere will be so foggy at times that it may be hard to remember where you put your memo or your old clarity. Expect a lot of ‘news’ through the media about those projects, plans and goals which most concern you as well as your particular field, industry or workplace. There will also be quite a lot of gossip and debate, but this cycle is best used by standing well back, taking mental notes and waiting for the sea mist to clear.

Aquatic metaphors are appropriate for this transit. If you feel all at sea, drifting from your anchor, lost from your mooring – it has gone too far. Cancer, whatever you commit to and whomever you commit to, April reminds you that it’s here to stay. So, take your time. The ties that bind won’t come off until 2028 – one way or another. That’s Saturn for you.

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