Libra Ascendant April 2026 Pluto square Venus— through April 8th
This is a post about how April 2026 played out for Libra Ascendant until April 8th. Because wow a lot happened in the first two weeks of April! This is not predictive. This is what I learned this month. This post is basically “Self help for Libras.”
If you follow astrology on Instagram, you know the drill, “your life is going to change,” “the timeline is shifting,” everything sounds like it’s falling apart (or falling together?). So is any of it true? I can only speak for myself.
I’m Libra Ascendant with Rahu Cancer in the 10th house, Capricorn in the 4th, Saturn and Pluto in the 12th, and Chiron in the 7th. And lots of squares, including Pluto square Venus. On paper, that’s a chart that should be feeling something right now.
And it did. My conclusion so far, parts of astrology are genuinely accurate, just nowhere near as dramatic as the Instagram crowd makes it sound.
Welcome to part 2 of how 2026 is going for this Libra Ascendant.
So, to pick up where I left off, after March 20th things got a lot easier and less stressful for me…and then the full moon of April happened…
The Libra Full Moon in April 2026 — What Actually Happened
Were my relationships affected? Yes, but not in a crisis way. No fights, nothing dramatic.
I realized I was giving too much to a few people. Giving too much time, giving too much energy, giving too much care!
Whether it’s a friend, a sibling, neighbors, other parents at your kids school, a spouse, whoever it is, there comes a moment when you must realize you cannot take care of everyone and everything for others. In other words, you are not their mother. And even if you are their mother, and if they something like 25-years-old, you cannot overgive forever. They are an adult. They need to get their act together. And that is on them, not me (or you).
Recognizing that is part one.
Part two is not feeling bad about it.
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How many times have you gone out of your way for someone and it still didn’t work out? That’s not your fault. It’s not my fault either. You can help, warn, recommend, encourage, but you cannot do the work for them. Only they can do that.
That’s what April’s full moon brought me. Right on the exact date. I set my boundaries, didn’t accept blame that wasn’t mine, and felt zero guilt about it.
April 2026 Pluto Square Venus in Taurus
I’d hoped April was done with me. It wasn’t.
Pluto square Venus signals a power struggle, which really could be with anyone, and on April 3rd specifically, it showed up, more than once, from more than one person and even from my “friends” in the online communities I participate in. No dramatic fights, but the dynamic was the same each time; someone wanted something from me that I thought was unfair, and they expected me to cave.
When I didn’t cave to these people, they told me they were “disappointed.” As if they were talking to a child instead of a 45-year-old woman. That’s a manipulation tactic. People love to guilt you into giving them your money. This happens a lot on the internet. It happens in real life too.
I felt anger more than anything. And then, surprisingly, apathy. For me, that’s actually a significant shift, going from anger straight to not caring is not something I do easily. I didn’t give in, didn’t cry, didn’t plead. I just… stopped.
Which, honestly, is better than the alternative, exhausting myself trying to appease people who were never going to be satisfied anyway. They’re disappointed in me? I’m disappointed in them too. We’re even.
So perhaps that is freedom?
So was doom astrology for libra ascendant right?
Well now, remember nothing dramatic happened. If anything these are quiet internal shifts. No fights with anyone. And they were all the things Libras need to learn. Boundaries! Boundaries without guilt!
I did sell a couple books in April so far. Woohoo! So I’m happy about that. And I’m working on the next one. I am not a bestseller popular writer. Lol. Not even close. I am unknown but I keep writing because it’s what I do.
I wonder what May 2026 will be like…
I need to make it out of April first!
