Aries Aries
April 8 ~ April 22
Mars returns to Aries on Thursday, April 9—and the fire is lit. But this is not yet a steady flame. With the tide still receding, the spark has not yet taken hold. The past is washing away, and the future is about to begin. Right now, you are still moving through the last stretch of water. With both Mars—your ruler—and Mercury in Pisces, your energy may feel diffused. Clarity comes in waves. Momentum builds, then backs off. This is not a time to force direction, but to feel, to release, and to listen more deeply. Right out of the gates, Mars enters Aries on Thursday, April 9, reigniting your core and returning you to yourself. Hallelujah. The Sun has risen within you once again.
Just days later, Mars meets Neptune on Sunday, April 12, softening that initial surge and pulling you back into the waters. What felt clear may have you questioning things again. There is some relief as Mercury enters Aries on April 14, restoring a sense of forward focus, but then Mercury meets Neptune on April 16, continuing the theme of surrender over certainty. Back and forth we go. Your strength right now is not in pushing forward, but in staying present while the sand shifts beneath you. The New Moon in Aries on Friday, April 17 brings another wave of fire and impetus, but it’s not until Monday, April 20, when Mercury moves ahead of Mars in Aries, that something clicks with a visceral surge.
The question becomes: what do you want?
Not the filtered answer. Not the one influenced by expectation or consequence. The first response—the one that surfaces before the mind steps in—that is your truth. That is your Soul speaking. Mars, your ruler, does not think. It knows. That instinct comes straight from the Soul, moving through the body as an immediate pull toward life. Right now, as Mars enters Aries, it is reawakening that signal within you.
Pay attention to what arises first. That impulse, that spark, that undeniable pull. It is not random. It is guidance.
Your work is not to override it.
Your work is to recognize it, to feel it, and to learn how to move with it consciously.
Because desire, in its purest form, is evolution.
✦ ✦ ✦
Personal Message from Kristin
If the energy within my words feels different — more urgent, more direct, more on fire — it is because I am in the midst of completing a long-awaited project on the female warrior, the Amazon. In these pages I trace her fierce energy as she moves through every sign of the zodiac, revealing how she lives and breathes in each of us, with an intention to awaken the wild feminine within you. The aim is for you to harness the courage necessary to fearlessly go after what you came here to be and do. This work has been years in the making, and I look forward to sharing it with you on April 26, 2026.