Cancer Monthly Horoscope

Mercury and Venus end their retrogrades by mid-April

If your long-term plans—or key relationships—have felt uncertain this spring, clarity is coming. After prolonged retrogrades that began in March, strategic Mercury spins direct on April 7, and love planet Venus follows on the 12th, clearing the fog that’s been weighing on your goals and closest bonds for over a month.

This cycle has been grueling for many. Mercury has been retrograde since March 15, first in Aries and your tenth house of career and status, then retreating into Pisces and your ninth house of expansion and vision on March 29. Venus has followed a similar trajectory, backtracking through Aries since March 1 and slipping into Pisces as of March 27. Whether you’ve been rethinking your life direction or wrestling with philosophical differences in key partnerships, the answers may have felt just out of reach. 

Once Mercury straightens on April 7, and especially when it returns to Aries on April 16, your professional sector regains momentum. Conversations with higher-ups smooth out, career plans sharpen and decisions that felt stuck now move swiftly forward.

Venus, meanwhile, lingers in Pisces and your ninth house until April 30, softening your perspective and encouraging you to approach relationships—and your ambitions—with a broader, more compassionate lens. Distance could create longing, or you may find yourself drawn to someone from a different background or worldview. By the time Venus re-enters Aries at month’s end, you’ll be ready to channel this expanded emotional awareness into decisive moves—professionally and personally.