17 Apr 2026
ARIES NEW MOON AS VENUS WAXES TOWARD URANUS IN TAURUS: SUDDEN CHANGE IN VALUES AROUND WAR & A BRIDGE TO PEACE? J
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As of this Aries New Moon, which occurred at 4:52 a.m. PT & 7:52 a.m. ET at 27’29” Aries on April 17, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Iranians have agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz to all traffic.
That occurred as there is a huge conglomeration of planets in Aries, from the Moon, Sun, Saturn, Mercury, & Neptune—along with wounded healer & dwarf planet Eris close to both luminaries--& peace-loving Venus waxes toward its exact conjunction to Uranus in Taurus on April 23.
This sudden opening of the flow of oil, gas, & commodities out of Iran comes on the heels of yesterday’s April 16 announcement of a ceasefire between Israel & Lebanon by President Trump. That was as the Sun exact conjoined Chiron in Aries, Mars in Aries sextiled Pluto in Aquarius, & Mercury in Aries conjoined Neptune in Aries.
There is a cautionary tale here, however, which includes the fact that the Israeli ceasefire was announced not by its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but by Trump.
While this is obviously still good news—especially since this announcement has already spurred reports of a fast rise of the world’s financial markets—it was unclear if Trump’s announcement was his way of coercing Israel into the ceasefire by announcing it to the world before details were actually completed.
As per the New York Times: “A 10-day cease-fire went into effect at midnight on Friday morning in Lebanon. The truce pauses fighting between Israeli forces and the militant group Hezbollah, removing a major obstacle to peace talks between the United States and Iran.
“Israeli and Lebanese officials had confirmed they would implement the truce, which was first announced by President Trump after a diplomatic push by the U.S. government earlier in the day. Hezbollah acknowledged the cease-fire in a pair of statements on Thursday, but did not directly address whether it would accept the truce, saying its actions would be “based on how developments unfold.”
It appears by now that this truce is being honored, which is the reason behind Iran’s announcement that it would open the Strait of Hormuz to all traffic, as this ceasefire was a major sticking point behind Iran’s closure of the Strait. And it’s refusal to reopen this globally important waterway.
However, again according to the NY Times earlier today: “One of the main questions in Lebanon on Friday morning was if the cease-fire would hold. NNA, the state news agency, reported traffic jams on roads leading to southern Lebanon, from where many had fled because of Israeli evacuation orders and bombardment. Earlier, the Lebanese army said it had recorded several Israeli violations since the cease-fire went into effect at midnight. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.”
WILL THIS CHANGE IN VALUES LAST?
The question is whether, by the time the Sun enters Venus-ruled Taurus April 19, just after Mars conjoins Saturn in Aries, this slowdown in hostilities will hold. With Mercury headed for a conjunction to both Saturn & Neptune on April 20, it’s hard to tell…
The Venus/Uranus conjunction in Taurus on April 23 will occur just before the first quarter crisis in action square of the Leo Moon to the Taurus Sun that day, after which Venus enters Mercury-ruled Gemini late on the 23rd or early the 24th, depending on your time zone…
And that will bring us to the Sun’s fixed square to Pluto April 25, along with Uranus’s reentrance into Mercury-ruled Gemini that day as well for the long term. So, the question by then will be whether or not softer rhetoric prevails as peaceful ceasefire negotiations between warring factions continue.
In other words, will the beginning of this Aries New Moon cycle help heal past rifts based on a new set of changed values, or...
