Dark Pluto turns retrograde in your 7th House of Partnerships on April 4, beginning a long process of digging through unresolved relationship issues. The power for positive change lies in facing them. Fortunately, an uplifting perspective on personal alliances is presented by the Full Moon in cooperative Libra on April 9.

This opposition to the Sun in independent Aries normally could arouse feelings of insecurity -- but supportive trines from the spiritual trio of Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius put any struggle you encounter between inner needs and external obligations into perspective. Rather than feeling pulled apart, recognize how your personal and public sides are connected in a meaningful whole. If you can't see this on your own, intelligent individuals can show you the way. Sociable Venus in your 10th House of Status shifts out of her retrograde phase on April 17, helping the wheels of romance turn more easily