Virgo Monthly Horoscope

Mercury is the planet of communication, technology and travel; this challenging “backward” journey happens three times a year. With info-hound Mercury backing through Aries and your secretive eighth house, your paranoid tendencies could flare. You may feel like everyone has a hidden agenda (do they?), or you could be hypersensitive to even the nuances of what people are saying and how they say it. 

The eighth house also rules sex and intimate connections, and retrograde periods can bring back people from your past. If you open your phone to an unexpected DM from an ex, or your own mind wanders down nostalgic (and steamy) paths, don’t be surprised. Maybe the second (or third) time will be the charm. Sometimes Mercury retrograde gives us another chance when the timing is right! Just proceed with caution.

The big day arrives on April 8, when a total solar eclipse—also a supermoon—lands in Aries. This turbocharged new moon opens an important six-month chapter around joint ventures and intimate relationships. On top of that, today’s skies will feature SIX placements in Aries: the Sun, moon, Mercury (retrograde), Venus, the north node and healer-feeler Chiron. We’ve nicknamed this event the Chironeclipse since Chiron is in a tight conjunction with the Sun and moon. 

Is it time to resolve some painful relationship patterns or to bid adieu to limiting beliefs around your worthiness? You might find yourself shedding a few layers of shame or lack that you didn’t even realize were there. A big surge of emotions that you’ve brushed aside could also take you by surprise. Keep this little mantra in mind: What the eclipse reveals, Chiron heals.