Real-time monitoring of world events: April 2026

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April 2026 will be a month of history making global events. Fear and anger are sweeping the world. Saturn is conjunction Neptune in the sky, Mars is conjunction Neptune (April 13), Mars is conjunction Saturn (April 19), Uranus is square Neptune in the Uranus cycle (April 21), progressed Moon is square birth chart Mars in Donald Trump’s chart (April 15) and progressed Sun is square birth chart Mars in America’s chart.

None of the combatants in the Iran conflict can be trusted and anonymous gamblers in America are placing bets on online betting markets and ‘prediction’ platform Polymarket on what and when will happen next.

Major in-sky astro-events in April 2026

Saturn is conjunction Neptune

Saturn is parallel Neptune April 2

Mars is parallel Saturn April 10

Jupiter is parallel Pluto April 11

Mars is parallel Neptune April 12

Mars is conjunction and parallel Neptune April 13

Mars is parallel Saturn April 15

Mars is conjunction Saturn April 19

Uranus is trine Pluto July 18

America’s May 2024 Mars cycle chart progressed to April 1, 2026

Chart data is May 4, 2024 at 5.19 pm EST: 38N53; 77W01

Mars (strife, conflict, violence and aggressive action) is in house 12 (covert activity, hospitals, prisons, crime, criminals, FBI, subversive activity, secret enemies, smuggling, disappointment and self-undoing).

It’s conjunction Moon (food and groceries) and Neptune (oil and gas) in house 11 (Congress); and sextile Pluto (dictatorial power and gangster methods) in house 10 (Donald Trump and business).

Progressed Mars transits house 11 (Congress) till April 12 when it moves to house 12.

April 1: Mars is conjunction Moon in house 11

April 2: Mars is sextile Jupiter in house 1

April 4 to April 11 Mars is parallel Neptune in house 11 > peaks April 7

April 8: Mars is conjunction Neptune in house 11

April 9: Mars is semisquare Sun in house 12

April 12: Mars in house 12 is parallel Mars in house 12 and sextile Pluto in house 10 > the May 2024 Mars cycle ends

America’s April 2026 Mars cycle progressed to April 12

Chart data is April 12, 2026 at 1.24pm EST: 38N53; 77W01

Mars (strife, war, conflict, violence and military) is in house 8 (tariffs, taxes, Trump’s cabinet and death). It’s conjunction Mercury (vacillation and controversy), Saturn (security, economy, fear and loss), sextile Uranus (sudden change and radical moves) in house 10 (Trump and his administration), conjunction Neptune (schemes, confusion, chaos and exaggeration) and sextile Pluto (groups, cooperation and disinformation) in house 6 (workers, sickness, police and army and navy personnel).

Progressed Mars transits house 8 till April 22 when it moves to house 9 (trade, shipping, aviation, planes, the law and Supreme Court).

April 13: Mars is conjunction Neptune in house 8

April 15: Mars is parallel Saturn in house 8

April 16: Mars is sextile Pluto in house 6

April 18: Mars is conjunction Saturn in house 8

April 19: Mars is semisquare Moon in house 7

April 21: Mars in house 8 is parallel Mercury in house 8 and from April 22 to April 27 Mars in house 9 is parallel Mercury in house 8 > peaks April 24

April 28: Mars is semisquare Uranus in house 10

April 30: Mars is semisextile Venus in house 10

Major astro-events April 2026

March 19: Pisces new Moon at 1.24am GMT > Moon is conjunction Saturn, sextile Uranus and conjunction Neptune > major Saturn-Neptune events are forecast > end date is April 17

America’s Pisces new Moon chart

Chart data is March 18, 2026 at 8.24pm EST: 38N53; 77W01 (Washington)

Sun and Moon are in house 5 (stocks, entertainment, sport and children). Saturn conjunction Neptune in house 6 forecasts labor problems, unemployment, food shortages, illness and events involving army and navy personnel, the police and ICE. Uranus – planet of unexpected developments, reform and change – is in house 8 (taxes, tariffs, Trump’s cabinet and death).

Progressed Pluto parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle peaks April 9

Progressed Pluto parallel Neptune in the Pluto cycle peaks April 11

Progressed Uranus inconjunct Saturn in the Uranus cycle peaks April 14

Progressed Pluto inconjunct Moon in the Pluto cycle peaks May 7

Progressed Uranus parallel Pluto in the Uranus cycle ends May 22

Progressed Jupiter parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle ends May 29

Progressed Pluto parallel Uranus in the Pluto cycle peaks September 24

Progressed Pluto parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle peaks September 6, 2027

April 1: Progressed Mars is conjunction Moon in the Mars cycle; progressed Saturn conjunction Sun in the Saturn cycle starts > peaks April 6; and progressed Uranus square Neptune in the Uranus cycle starts > peaks April 21

April 2: Saturn is parallel Neptune in the sky

April 3: Progressed Mars is sextile Jupiter in the Mars cycle

April 4: Progressed Mars parallel Neptune in the Mars cycle starts > peaks April 7

April 5: Progressed Sun is square Jupiter in the Sun cycle and progressed Sun parallel Mars starts > peaks April 8

April 6: Progressed Saturn is conjunction Sun in the Saturn cycle > ends April 14

April 7: Progressed Mars is parallel Neptune in the Mars cycle > ends April 11 

April 8: Progressed Sun is parallel Mars in the Sun cycle > ends April 10; and progressed Mars is conjunction Neptune in the Mars cycle

April 9: Progressed Mars is semisquare Sun in the Mars cycle; and progressed Mars parallel Mars in the Mars cycle starts > peaks April 12

April 10: Mars is parallel Saturn in the sky

April 11: Jupiter is parallel Pluto in the sky

April 12: Mars is parallel Neptune in the sky; progressed Mars is sextile Pluto in the Mars cycle; and a new Mars cycle starts

April 13: Mars is conjunction Neptune in the sky; progressed Mars is conjunction and parallel Neptune in the Mars cycle > the Mars-Neptune parallel ends April 16

America’s Mars-Neptune conjunction chart

Chart data is April 13, 2026 at 12.31 am 38N53; 77W01 (Washington)

The Mars-Neptune conjunction (war, strife, oil and schemes) is in house 3 (transportation, roads, local traffic, cars, trucks and short journeys).

April 15: Mars is parallel Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars is parallel Saturn in the Mars cycle > ends April 18

April 16: Progressed Mars is sextile Pluto in the Mars cycle

April 17: Aries new Moon at 11.52am GMT > Moon is square Pluto (groups, coercion, threats, intimidation and disinformation)

America’s Aries new Moon chart

Chart data is April 17, 2026 at 6.51.30am EST: 38N53; 77W01 (Washington)

Sun and Moon are in house 12 (covert activity, secret enemies, restrictions, disappointment and self-undoing). They’re square Pluto (coercion, threats and disinformation) in house 10 (Trump and his administration). House 11 (Congress) dominates.)

April 18: Progressed Mars is conjunction Saturn in the Mars cycle

April 19: Mars is conjunction Saturn in the sky; progressed Mars is semisquare Moon in the Mars cycle; and progressed Uranus trine Mercury in the Uranus cycle starts > peaks May 7. (In the Aquarian Age chart progressed Uranus is sesquisquare birth chart Mercury.)

America’s Mars-Saturn conjunction chart

Chart data is April 19, 2026 at 5.44.55 pm EST 38N53; 77W01 (Washington)

The Mars-Saturn conjunction (destruction, death and grief) is in house 6 (illness, army and navy personnel, police and civil service employees).

April 21: Progressed Mars parallel Mercury in the Mars cycle starts > peaks April 24; and progressed Uranus is square Neptune in the Uranus cycle > ends May 9

April 24: Progressed Mars is parallel Mercury in the Mars cycle > peaks April 27; and a new Neptune cycle starts

April 25: Progressed Sun is square Pluto in the Sun cycle; and progressed Neptune semisextile Sun in the Neptune cycle starts > peaks May 30

April 28: Progressed Mars is semisquare Uranus in the Mars cycle

April 29: Progressed Jupiter parallel Sun in the Jupiter cycle starts >peaks June 6

April 30: Progressed Mars is semisextile Venus in the Mars cycle

Major events in the Aquarian Age chart

Progressed Moon opposition progressed Mercury ends April 6

Progressed Moon trine birth chart Moon peaks April17

Progressed Moon parallel birth chart Sun ends May 25

Progressed Sun semisquare progressed Saturn peaks July 29

Progressed Sun sextile birth chart Saturn ends December 9

Progressed Mars sesquisquare progressed Uranus peaks February 2027

Progressed Mars parallel progressed Uranus peaks October 2027

Progressed Mercury parallel progressed Sun peaks March 2028

Progressed Mercury parallel birth chart Mars ends June 2029

Progressed Jupiter conjunction progressed Neptune peaks September 2030

Progressed Sun parallel birth chart Mars peaks 2031-2034 with Sun at 23N27 and

Progressed Venus parallel birth chart Neptune peaks January 2033

Major events in America’s chart

Its chart progressed to April 1, 2026

Chart data is July 4, 1776 at 12.14am LMT, Philadelphia (74W08, 39N57)

April 28: Progressed Moon square birth chart Sun in house 2 (finances and banks) starts > peaks May 22 > progressed Sun square birth chart Mars is stimulated

Progressed Venus in house 12 (disappointment and restriction) is sesquisquare birth chart Neptune in house 5 (entertainment, stock market and sport) peaks March 2027

Progressed Sun (the power crowd) in house 11 square birth chart Mars (strife, violence, conflict, military action and policing) in house 1 (the people) peaks May 15

Progressed Midheaven sesquisquare progressed Uranus peaks c June 16

Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel birth chart Saturn (safety, security, economy and loss) peaks July 30

Progressed Venus sextile birth chart Jupiter ends August 8

Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel progressed Mars in house 5 peaks September 20

Progressed Venus semisquare birth chart Mars ends October 1

Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel birth chart Neptune (schemes, booms, chaos, uncertainty, oil and drugs) in house 5 ends June 2027

Progressed Venus parallel birth chart Moon peaks January 2028 and

Progressed Sun in house 11 parallel progressed Neptune in house 5 peaks February 2028

Major events in Donald Trump’s chart

His chart progressed to April 1, 2026

Birth certificate data is June 14, 1946 at 10.54am EST (40N41; 77W48)

Progressed Moon in house 4 is semisextile progressed Venus ends April 5

Progressed Moon is semisextile progressed Jupiter ends April 9

April 11: Progressed Moon square progressed Mercury starts > peaks May 18

Progressed Moon is trine birth chart Venus ends April 14

Progressed Moon square birth chart Mars peaks April 15

April 27: Progressed Moon parallel birth chart Midheaven starts > peaks August 8

Progressed Moon parallel progressed Midheaven ends June 28

Progressed Mercury conjunction birth chart Mars ends May 3

Progressed Venus conjunction progressed Jupiter peaks May 24

Progressed Midheaven conjunction progressed Pluto ends July 14

Progressed Venus square birth chart Venus peaks July 16

Progressed Sun semisquare birth chart Saturn ends October 2

Progressed Sun sextile birth chart Mercury ends October 18

Progressed Sun semisextile birth chart Pluto peaks December 26

Progressed Jupiter (excess and over-indulgence) square birth chart Venus (scandals, friends and his reputation) peaks March 2027

Progressed ascendant square progressed Saturn ends March 2027  

Progressed Mars semisquare birth chart ascendant ends May 2027

Progressed Mercury parallel birth chart Mars ends November 2027

Progressed Mars parallel birth chart Jupiter ends May 2029 and

Progressed ascendant parallel birth chart Mars peaks September 2030


Author: DW Sutton

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