This is an excellent time for marriage, and during the New Moon period it is quite an opportune time to get married or become engaged. On the other hand, if you want to initiate the process of marriage counselling or any other spiritual process that will be healing for your relationship, the New Moon period is excellent for that. This represents an excellent month brand new starts in love and relationships, it's a time of forgiveness, turning over a new leaf and reimagining the possibilities for yourselves as a couple.

This can be quite an exciting time for new relationships and it's a good time to be involved in the dating game and putting yourself out there. Expect the unexpected because new relationships can start very quickly and there is a lot of impulsiveness and excitement in your relationships, but this goes along with some hurt feelings, so wear a thick skin. In love, you will be inclined to ignore common sense and race in before you really know what's what.

The Mercury retrograde period from 10 May until the month end is not a great time for internet dating or cyber relationships. This period is rife with misunderstandings and even crossed wires about dates. You may struggle to find time to get together and even when you are together, it may be tenser or you may argue. Effective communication is a struggle and you are not great at explaining yourself. Don't start an online romantic relationship in this phase as you will probably get off on the wrong footing or with misconceptions.

With the New Moon stimulating Uranus in Taurus, this is often a month of unexpected events in terms of finances or relationships which will have a knock on effect regarding you self-worth and your sense of security. This is why you have to get rid of attachments that are no longer working for you and focus on what really matters. You are encouraged this month to move away from comfort zones and to be more willing to embrace change in all aspects of your life.

The New Moon is on the 30th of April and extends until the 16th of May, so this is an excellent time for your New Moon rituals and your initiation of new projects. As the New Moon is in Taurus, your second solar house, this is a great time for money saving plans, investment strategies, new ways to organize your finances etc. It could lead to a total reorganization of your money based on a change in values. It is a great time to put a little bit of thought into what is most important in your life and to redirect finances to the issues that will create most value for your life.

This is also a good time for working on underdeveloped skills, and therefore if there's something that you used to be very good at i.e. a particular talent that you have not been engaging in for a long time, now is the time to get that guitar out, start dancing again, write that book. Whichever of your passions you've been neglecting, it's now time to pay attention to that.

This is a particularly good phase for creative projects, particularly connected to music.

Applying for loans or doing research into tax saving plans is also a favorable pursuit. This is a good period for managing money and therefore it may be a great time to take on a big contract or important new client.

The areas of trade, international travel and publishing are also favored.