This is quite a social month -- beginning with the Sun, Mercury and Venus all in your 11th House of Friends and Associates -- yet you must overcome discouragement. Loving Venus is retrograde until April 17, delaying pleasure and asking you to reexamine your heart instead of attempting to maintain an untenable position. You may be convinced that someone is exerting unnecessary control to increase his or her powerful hold.

Full Moons often increase emotional tension, but the peaceful Libra Full Moon on April 9 could actually bring some relief as Mercury enters practical Taurus in your 12th House of Endings, where it stays until April 30. Think about letting go of bad habits, outmoded ways of communicating and anything that has run its course. The Taurus New Moon in your 12th House of Soul Consciousness on April 24 trines Pluto, giving you a deeper understanding of the mysteries of the universe.