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This lunation chart was drawn up at the exact moment of the Sun / Moon conjunction on April 17, 2026, it gives the broader astrological trends for the coming month mainly based on the Aspects and Signs of the zodiac.
This study must be nuanced by bringing it closer to your birth chart, and to your Transits and Progressions for Forecasts.
To help you, read my article interpreting the New moon and Full moon in houses.
Main signs impacted during the lunation:
All Cardinal signs and the 1st decans of Mutable signs.
Personal affirmation and emancipation
This new moon is strongly marked by Fire, with the sign of Aries particularly highlighted, forming an entire stellium, since in addition to the new moon closely conjunct Chiron, Mars is also in its domicile, along with Mercury, and the Saturn / Neptune conjunction.
What can we say first about this close conjunction with Chiron? The period may, for example, be quite demanding in matters of personal affirmation and self-confidence; the challenge may revolve around initiating a creation, showing combativeness, or projecting oneself outward toward others…
This could also be an interesting time to address health issues — either to become aware of a specific problem (the new moon helping to shed light or bring revelation), or to start a new treatment for an existing condition, to test a new approach (the new moon’s dynamic energy supports this kind of renewal).
The start of this lunar cycle may also allow for an important discussion with someone close to you, though it could be quite “heated or intense,” with a real risk of confrontation or argument.
Indeed, we see Mercury — after its recent retrograde loop — regaining strong speed and joining the conjunction with Mars / Saturn at the start of the lunation, while also forming a square to Jupiter transiting Cancer, and as Jupiter itself has just gone direct again in mid-March, also regaining speed!
This configuration can be quite helpful, for instance, in unlocking certain social, professional, or relational situations toward the end of April (third decan). However, it will be important to prepare and sharpen your arguments, not to “show up empty-handed” or act impulsively, but to plan carefully what you want to say or defend (Saturn’s presence in this stellium helps here, offering strategic perspective).
By the end of April, what’s also quite significant is Uranus’s final and definitive transition into Gemini!
This can of course give a very Uranian tone to this period, carrying into May as well…
So, if a situation or relationship has been weighing on you in recent months — making you feel limited or trapped — the dynamics of this period may help you confront it, break free from it, or at least challenge and question it, even rebel against it.
Especially when dealing with authority figures or people seeking to impose domination — the energies remain nervous, fiery, and resistant to such control.
It’s also possible that new encounters made at the end of April may become catalysts for liberation — bringing excitement, independence, and renewal (friendships may take on greater importance, and those with a strong Uranian dominance in their birth chart will feel this even more).
The full moon of May 1st, 2026 occurs on the Taurus / Scorpio axis and can represent a culmination in these confrontations — a moment of liberation or emancipation — though it may also heighten insecurities or inner tension.
Here, one may better realize that “you can’t serve two masters at once,” as the saying goes — you can’t have everything simultaneously. So, if you truly want to break free, that implies taking certain risks, initiating action, making clear decisions (Mars’s transit in a increasing trine to the Black moon in Sagittarius can help, reflecting the cutting, decisive nature of this period).
Yet the present moment seems to reward those who dare and show courage during this lunation. So take stock of what you have to lose and gain — weigh the benefits and risks — and try to pursue what you truly want deep down.
In the second half of the lunation, Mercury moves into Taurus — a much more practical position for organizing, planning, and focusing work efforts, but especially for an empirical approach, learning through trial and error.
Overall, there are no major tensions in the sky during this period, so it’s really worth maximizing your dynamic energy as much as possible until the next new moon in mid-May — to learn, experiment, and refine yourself…
The mid-May new moon will also form a close conjunction with Uranus, so it can be a powerful time to truly materialize and claim your freedom!