Libra Horoscope for April 2025

This is a month for you, Libra, that is affected again by the retrograde motion of inner planets Mercury and Venus. You also are coming off a recent and exciting Aries New Moon eclipse that highlights important relationships. The ongoing Venus retrogrades – emphasized for Librans because Venus is your chart ruler – shifts as she stations direct on the 12th, when the life factor of your important relationships, which is already near and dear to your heart, becomes far more complicated and nuanced. You might be engaged in second-guessing your relationship dynamic, with research, review, and renewal of the multiplicity of this picture. It helps if you can be honest with yourself and prepared to dig below the surface of your psyche to better understand your true principles and value. You are understanding as well as the way these interact with your more overt behavior. You may be put to the test on the 7th when Mercury stations, as this entire week is quite a powerful timing for steadiness, commitment, plus the cross-over effects of home and family concerns as you continue to review your key partnerships. The 12th brings the Full Moon in your sign which equally empowers and challenges your relationship situation, while also implying further transformational effects regarding your creativity, any children you might have, together with what in general brings you joy. The Last Quarter Moon of the 20th represents another quite powerful lunation, when your innermost values are brought forward as answers to challenging circumstance and to the ongoing evolution of your partnership agreements


The following was written by our guest columnist, Kimberly Peta Dewhirst. You can find her at starsignstyle.com


As the April month begins, you’re under the spell of the recent Aries New Moon and Solar Eclipse from the last days of March. This sets you up for the following thirty days in the corresponding lunation cycle doe your opposite sign, representing new beginnings centered around your existing or future partnerships. The ruler of the Aries sign of this powerful New Moon is Mars, thus your planet of partnering, precisely squaring Chiron in Aries during this lunation. It is possible that inner wounding, the residue of early childhood trauma long-buried away, could affect your relationship dynamic and your progress with partners. You could also be driving ahead this month with your career, professional life, and public image, while continuing to navigate your significant one-on-one interactions. The effects of this eclipse could continue to impact you for the next six months and beyond.

On the 4th, the First Quarter Moon appears in Cancer, or your vocational sector, co-present with Mars there, which can further emphasize your status, leadership qualities or aspirations. There may be influence you have thanks to your position as a parent, professional, or due to your reputation and notoriety. You might find you’ve acceptance in how you’re perceived, and that you’re comfortable initiating, taking charge or heading up projects.

Also in this First Quarter Moon, structured Saturn forms a sextile to Uranus in Taurus, while Mars is tied to both planets, trine to Saturn, sextile Uranus. This could be stabilizing in day-to-day dealings, with radical or unorthodox sources of support apparent. Note formal relationships and where your loyalties unexpectedly lie! Find you can appear on track, moving toward success or gaining praise thanks to the way you operate and live your life, with a changed outlook on your long-term loyalties.

Additionally, Mercury still in retrograde motion and Venus in retrograde are in Pisces with Saturn, encouraging you to embrace routine maintenance, upkeep, or employment issues, in your busy sixth house. You might be on a mission to manage yourself and others, with positive habits, systems, and domestic practices in place. It may be clear adjustments have been made around people you rely on or trust. Your approach to commitment could be altered, thanks to unconventional Uranus in your sector of joint ownership and mutual gains.

From the 5th to the 7th, your ruler Venus enjoys a trine to Mars, a conjunction to Saturn, and finds herself sextile to Uranus in Taurus. Also on the 7th, Mercury stations to direct motion, and is thus far more potent as it makes a triple conjunction with Saturn and Venus. This is quite an intense day, and you might be embracing a serious approach to your health, work, and wellbeing.

On the 12th, the Full Moon peaks in your sign, therefore highlighting your presence, identity and even your body, look, appearance or physicality. Within an hour of this lunation, Venus stations direct, ending its retrograde motion. As Libra is governed by Venus, the timing of this planet’s forward motion stands out. It’s possible you’ll be present and invested in relationships, yet also find you’re standing on your own two feet, capable of taking care of business.

On the late evening of the 15th, Mercury re-enters Aries and forms an immediate conjunction to Neptune, while three days later, on the 18th Mars re-enters Leo, trining Mercury and Neptune. These planetary transitions could positively influence your understanding of a significant other in your life, or you might yourself be introduced to new friends or community circles thanks to a partner. You might be moved to allow key persons to share their inspiration, or to become aware of your extended community or network. The connection between communal friendships and more active one-on-one partnerships could lead you to greater spiritual dimensions in both of these areas.

From the 18th to the 20th, as Taurus Season starts on the 19th, Mars arrives in a trine to Neptune in your relationship sector, deepening your alliances. You could be aware of a romanticized or idealized version of an important partner, or, given that Neptune is the planet of dreams and delusions as well as other-dimensional and spiritual information, there is also the potential for deception.

On the 20th, the Last Quarter Moon lands in in the early degrees of Aquarius, conjuncting Pluto, opposing Mars and squaring the Sun in Taurus, which in turn squares Mars. This fixed T-square makes for another quite powerful juncture exposing contrasting attitudes and enhancing your on-going transformation of your approach to your creativity, or potentially, romance.
Your very sense of your identity may be undergoing deep-seated changes that will carry forward into the next lunation cycle coming up at the end of the month. This also speaks to transformation in the arena of social activity and your partnership agreements, or what you can reasonably expect from others in general.

Also, in this dynamic First Quarter Moon, Mercury in Aries is tied to Pluto in a close sextile, while Venus is sextile Uranus, and conjunct Saturn. You might encounter striking interactions with individuals, and conversations that touch on your passions, and regarding what really matters to you , deep-down, your innermost principles and values.

The Taurus New Moon arrives on the 27th and signals a fresh start for the following May month involving issues of intimacy, partnership agreements, and shared resources. On the last day of April, the 30th, your chart ruler, Venus, moves back into Aries. In the following month as well, relationships will once more be capturing your imagination!