April 2025 Horoscopes For Self Care & Wellness

These April 2025 self-care horoscopes for each of the 12 zodiac signs are based on the upcoming astrological transits, (the movement of the planets around the sky), and some of the general themes that are going to be activated for you in the coming month. As a witch, I’ll be sharing some predictions, insight, and inspiration on how you can most effectively nurture yourself and practice self-care this month based on the cosmos. 

I highly recommend that you generate your birth chart at www.astro.com or www.astro-charts.com and read the horoscope for your rising sign but if you only know your sun sign, you can read for sun signs too or instead. Please note that in order to generate a chart with an accurate rising sign, you will need your exact birth time, as even a few minutes can actually make a difference. 

Venus Retrograde in Pisces

(March 27 – April 12): For the first half of April, Venus will continue to be retrograde as it was for all of March but it will appear to move backwards from Aries into Pisces. This is such a different vibe! We’re still reflecting on our relationships, finances, and self-worth, but now we’re leaning more into our intuition and allowing ourselves to get a bit dreamy about the possibilities in this area. 

This Venus retrograde, reflect on your most heart-centered fantasies…

• Aries: The secret to your dreamiest romantic life just might lie in your actual dreams.
• Taurus: Your dreamiest connections are not just romantic, but also with your friends and coven – romanticize girlhood a bit. 
• Gemini: Live out your girl boss fantasy but make space for rest and replenishment too. 
• Cancer: Expand your notion of what romance looks like and which fantasies could actually be reality.
• Leo: If your heart feels a little tender right now, be gentle with yourself and see how things play out.
• Virgo: Get lost in the fantasy – you don’t need to have all the details worked out to enjoy a sense of connection. 
• Libra: Find yourself in the middle between self and other – what if you can have it all? 
• Scorpio: Imagine your dreamiest romantic life in Technicolor, allowing yourself to picture your absolute ideal partner and connections. 
• Sagittarius: Get cozy with your self-love practice and daydream in a bubble bath about your romantic desires. 
• Capricorn: Share your dreamiest thoughts and declarations of love with those around you, even (or especially) if it feels a bit vulnerable. 
• Aquarius: Read a book or listen to an audio that taps into your fantasies and helps you embody them more deeply. 
• Pisces: Your most important romantic relationship is the one you have with yourself – take yourself out on a date!  

Neptune in Aries

(March 30 – October 22): Neptune is one of the generational planets, meaning it moves so slowly that entire generations of people have it in the same sign. Since 2011, Neptune has been in its home sign of Pisces and while it will be back there in the fall, this spring and summer are ushering in a new era. Starting on March 30, Neptune will enter Aries for the first time since the 1860s. 

Neptune is the planet of illusion and it brings a sense of confusion wherever it goes in the zodiac – but also an invitation to trust our intuition more in that area of life. With Neptune moving into Aries, we are collectively being called to trust our intuition around self and our own identities more. We will see even more diffusing of the gender binary and of what it means to be an individual within the collective. 

• Aries: You’re about to undergo some deep identity shifts – trust whatever is coming up!
• Taurus: Your intuition is going to feel lit up and turned on so pay attention!
• Gemini: Confusing arguments may crop up in your friend group, inviting you to be direct and clear things up.  
• Cancer: It’s paramount that you trust your most authentic desires around work and income.
• Leo: You’re wildly expanding your previously held values and spiritual beliefs. 
• Virgo: Your passionate expression of your sexuality and taboo desires is being called into question. 
• Libra: You’re feeling somehow simultaneously dreamy, romantic, aggressive, and guarded in your intimate relationships – just follow the feelings where they lead. 
• Scorpio: You don’t have any patience for bullshit tasks or nonsense that wastes your precious time so trust your intuition on what is worth the energy. 
• Sagittarius: You feel pulled in lots of different directions and they all seem fun and exciting, (but know that some of the options aren’t aligned.)
• Capricorn: Old family fights that you’ve ignored for ages may come bubbling back up with a fury, ready to finally be addressed. 
• Aquarius: You may feel like your temper has a life of its own right now; work on allowing yourself to feel your feelings but also checking your reactions. 
• Pisces: There’s lots of passion and pleasure available to you right now, if you’re willing to trust the unknown. 

Mars in Leo

(April 18 – June 17): We’ve had a little break the past couple months from Mars’ chaos. The planet of action and passion was retrograde throughout December, January, and February, first in Leo and then in Cancer. Now, Mars is reentering Leo and winding down the last bit of the retrograde shadow – a period of integrating the lessons we learned. 

For the next few months, we’re retracing our steps from December when we were really learning to take action in a fun, creative, heart-centered way, (but we probably hit some stumbling blocks in doing so back then – now we’re full steam ahead.) 

This Mars in Leo, reflect on the most joyful ways you can take action…

• Aries: Allow your creative projects and romantic life to be fun and playful right now. 
• Taurus: Get silly in your safe spaces – if your inner child is afraid to play, now’s the time to let that part of you know it’s safe. 
• Gemini: Sign up for karaoke night, submit your manuscript, etc – use your voice and words to express yourself creatively. 
• Cancer: Uncage your passion and let yourself seek out the physical pleasure you desire. 
• Leo: The reins are finally off and you’re free to move for the first time in what feels like forever! 
• Virgo: Find joy in the hidden little moments between all the debris of life. 
• Libra: Step up and take some real world, passionate action to further a cause that’s close to your heart. 
• Scorpio: If work felt heavy or draining at the end of last year, you’re officially refreshed and reinspired in this area. 
• Sagittarius: Trust the playful, creative impulses that strike you out of nowhere that you just can’t wait to act on. 
• Capricorn: Your heart might feel a bit tenderized at the moment, but you learned a lot at the end of last year about how to prioritize openness without fear. 
• Aquarius: The passion and spark are back in your intimate connections, (and honestly, the makeup sex is pretty great.) 
• Pisces: You’re moving into inspired action on your work projects and getting more playful and creative in your daily habits.