Narrated by Pam Younghans.

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Astrological Overview: April 12 - 18, 2021

Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart.

Highlighted Aspects for This Week:

All times listed are Pacific Daylight Time. (For Eastern Time, add 3 hours; For Greenwich Mean Time, add 7 hours.)

TUE: Mars sextile Eris, Sun conjunct Eris, Sun sextile Mars
WED: Venus enters Taurus, Mars semisquare Uranus
THU: Sun sextile Jupiter 
FRI: Sun square Pluto, Mercury conjunct Eris, Mars trine Jupiter
SAT: Mercury sextile Jupiter, Mercury sextile Mars, Mercury square Pluto, Mars quincunx Pluto
SUN: Sun conjunct Mercury

STORM CLOUDS have been building over the past few days, both environmentally and socially. There is increasing potential for dramatic events as we head into the coming week, due to the Aries Sun and Mercury both being conjunct the combustible dwarf planet Eris and also squaring catalytic Pluto in Capricorn. Adding even more dynamic energy to the tempest, Mars in Gemini is sextile Eris and quincunx Pluto.

Together, the Sun, Mercury, and Mars are triggering the effects of the long-term Pluto-Eris square, which is one of the planetary forces behind much of the social turmoil we are experiencing these days...


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About the Author

Pam YounghansPam Younghans is a professional astrologer, editor, and writer. She lives in a log home northeast of Seattle, Washington with her beloved animal companions. She has been interpreting charts professionally for over 25 years. If you are interested in an astrology reading, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or leave a message at 425.445.3775.

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