Susan Miller's full Gemini horoscope for April 2017: Venus retrograde stabilizes your love life

April starts slowly but picks up speed as you go along, but even so, you will need patience. Next, see Susan Miller's full Gemini horoscope for April 2017.

Susan Miller's Gemini Horoscope for April 2017

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April starts slowly and picks up speed as you proceed, but even so you will need to be very patient. Mercury, your ruling planet, will be retrograde from April 9 to May 3, and will not return to its previous strength until May 20 - the level Mercury was at before it went retrograde. Mercury is the ruling planet of Gemini, so you need to pay attention to the movements of Mercury. I'll get to these retrograde planet issues shortly, but for now suffice it to say that April is a month for listening and reviewing, not for promoting adventures, embarking on adventures, or starting significant relationships. There are three planets that orbit particularly close to Earth—Mercury, Mars, and Venus—so their retrograde motion is what we feel most directly. This month, both Venus and Mercury are in retrograde motion.

Venus, the planet of love, beauty, and profit, will be retrograde until April 15. It is not a good time to make drastic changes to your appearance while Venus is retrograde, and you should postpone any plastic surgery or innovative, experimental skin treatments. Venus is the planet most associated with your face, and anything that embellishes, beautifies, and evokes beauty, such as jewelry, flowers, perfume, wine, art, or imported chocolates, so you should be restrained in purchasing expensive items such as fine jewelry, art, or cases of wine and their equivalents. Venus retrograde is not a good time to hold large parties or charity performances.

Mercury retrograde, as you know, affects transportation communications, contractual matters, negotiations, and business activities. Mercury also governs the operation of all mechanical things, so this includes all electronic devices. Avoid buying electronic products, such as computers, smartphones, or tablets, until after May 20, or at least until May 3. When Mercury goes retrograde, life starts to go up and down, and the wind direction changes suddenly. As circumstances change, your priorities will change too, so it's best to watch and wait.

Next, let’s look at our April horoscope for Gemini. Mars will continue to be in Taurus, where he was last month. Taurus is your twelfth house, a house of privacy and working behind closed doors. So Mars in this house suggests privacy, meaning that the work you are doing now is not yet ready for public display. You still have more adjustments and necessary revisions to make. Or maybe you and your team are working on an interesting new product or service that you want to launch, but it should be kept strictly confidential for now, and you don’t want your competitors to get wind of it.

Everything will change when Mars enters Gemini on April 21 and stays there until June 4, when your work is done and made public. This is the first time Mars has come to Gemini in two years, which will give you a strong competitive advantage and put you center stage. You'll be able to get help from senior leaders more easily than usual, so make those calls. You've been waiting a long time for this, so take advantage of it. Again: delay revealing any of your major endeavors until Mars enters Gemini, April 21-June 4.

Your best moments next month occur during the new moon in Gemini, May 26, and in the days that follow. I'm going to give you perfect timing, but of course, we live in a less-than-perfect world. If you can't wait until May 3, then act in early May, but late May would be better. The start date you choose for your project, or the day you start a relationship is his or her beginning - astrologically important, your birth date.

Now let me look at the full moon on April 11th in Libra 22 degrees. This is a mysterious full moon mixed with contradictions. On the other hand, this is also a beautiful full moon, falling into the embrace of beautiful and auspicious Jupiter, falling into your fifth house of true love. If you are dating, something will come to fruition with your loved one. If you have children, you may focus on your children or pregnancy matters.

However, Uranus, the planet of destruction, will be in direct opposition to the Moon at 180 degrees, which is a very conflicting aspect. You may hear some news about your date that will upset you. This news may be brought to you by a friend or a chance encounter, and the other person is a man. (Uranus is conjunct the Sun and opposed to the Moon, and the Sun represents the male in astrology.)

The fifth house also rules creative projects, so likewise, you may be watching a creative project enter its final stages. If things start to change or falter, you may need to compromise with a client or negotiate with your team in the final stages of a project.

Uranus is known in astrology as the Great Awakener, and is also a planet that suddenly reveals the truth, like a bolt of thunder. If Uranus is alone opposite the Moon, this can be a very difficult experience if lucky Jupiter does not join forces with the Moon. However, Jupiter, the planet of joy and wonder, is involved in a prominent way, and we cannot underestimate the impact of this fact.

Jupiter is like the patron saint of this situation and will guide your heart, even though it may bring some emotional tension or even confusion at the beginning of things. One way or another, you can turn this situation to a favorable outcome, although Uranus, the planet of surprise and disruption, may take action. In fact, Uranus is in Aries, indicating that he is forming a miraculous angle of support to your Sun.