April is universally a number SEVEN month (in numerology terms) and brings our focus to the inner world. We often feel pulled away from dealing with the outside world during the SEVEN. Many do not feel comfortable in this phase and want to term it depression or dysfunction, yet it is the essence of life calling us to make important self-discoveries and self-realizations.

Mercury moves into Taurus on April 2nd, Pluto turns retrograde on April 6th at 5 Capricorn, and Saturn rolls back into auditing Virgo on April 7th, setting the stage for April's events including April's Mercury retrograde. Mercury turns retrograde at 12 Taurus late on April 17th, which brings the focus to the value-oriented sign of Taurus. We are called to focus on the inner qualities that we have as the foundation of our Self-value. These values prompt our perspective, our motives, our actions and our desires. We will begin to review our inner core self along with our inner values that prompt our response to situations as our perspective and motives are churned into actions.

Mercury retrograde also impacts finances, as finances are the outer connection we have to use as purchasing to satisfy our inner values. This becomes the mirror to view our value, as finances can sometimes become the avenue to give ourselves value. But requiring an outer essence to fill our inner void is only the cardboard cutout to achieve inner depth.

Mercury retrogrades from 12 Taurus back to 2 Taurus, turning direct on May 11th. This retrograde prompts a variety of responses to situations as many events seems to take us up and down and all around to determine our inner response to outer situations to show the inner stability and true essence of Self.

Saturn and Uranus connect to the exact degree on April 26th, which creates the showing of many financial institutions (and people) in the outer world as to their true perspective and motives prompting actions. This outer showing takes precedence in the need to reform the process to keep finances from being the elements to fill the inner void in attempts to achieve inner depth and value.

The previous aspects of Saturn opposition to Uranus have been a very revealing series, as Saturn in Virgo requires accountability under the scrutiny of audits. Uranus provides the long leash of freedom that ultimately gets all caught up in a trail of irresponsibility and shows the lack of discipline and doing the right thing. The series of the Saturn / Uranus aspects began in November 2008, February 2009, September 2009 and April 2010. The events that began in November 2008 were revealed as economic situations exploded into view.

Saturn is retrograde and this creates an intensity that also triggers an additional view with Jupiter's unveiling process. Important reforms will be called into action as additional situations come into view. The Full Moon on April 28th highlights the Taurus/Scorpio issues that rule inner and outer values with the inner motives showing themselves in the desire to fill inner voids with outer values. Also Sun connects to Mercury retrograde bringing elements of discussions, decisions and communications into the process. Ultimately highlight the essence of this Mercury retrograde.

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