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If you’ve been feeling like the world is on fire, the infernal energy is reflected in the cosmic concentration of Aries energy.
Adding to the fireworks, the New Moon in Aries arrives, heels blazing on April 17, 2026, at 7:51 a.m. EST at 27°29 Aries.
The moon joins the sun, Mercury, Mars, Neptune, Saturn, and Chiron, all 7 of whom are turning in burning, moving direct and coming correct in Aries.
If this week had a soundtrack, or battle cry as it were, it would be “Guerrilla Radio,” by Rage Against the Machine.
If it were a corporate slogan, it would be “Just do it.”
Aries is the firstborn, battle-ready cardinal fire sign of the zodiac, and its respective season is synonymous with the live birth of a new astrological year.
In kind, this New Moon is the first of this fresh AF cycle and is especially bolstered by the fire power of so many key planets.
The potential for slate-cleaning, dream-summoning, and a do-or-die ethos is nigh.
“It marks a shift from processing to initiating, from waiting for clarity to creating clarity through action. From internal alignment to external movement,” said astrologer Galit Raiman.
According to Raiman, in the sign of Aries, Mars supports drive; Saturn deepens our commitment to act; Neptune dissolves fear into instinct; Chiron, which represents our karmic, inherited, and/or earliest wounds, heals the pain of self-assertion through action; and Mercury and the moon align thought and emotion with righteous action.
This is a moment of momentum if ever there was one.
Aries is ‘do’ over ‘doubt,’ reaction over restraint.
At its highest octave, it teaches us that there is never a better time than now and never a better course than embodied action.
Aries is about individuation and bold advancement, so focusing on our personal goals and human evolution is of primary importance.
We’re waking up and stepping up, my babies, and it’s glorious to behold.
Keep in mind and loins that all this fire requires an outlet, so in addition to spiritual actualization, make sure you move your body and let out a primal scream or six.
What we start, sow and seek under this New Moon will affect what and how we reap in the coming months, culminating in the Aries Full Moon on September 26.
Because the New Moon is showing its dark side in a cardinal sign, the cardinal signs themselves, Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn, will feel its potency to a higher degree than their fixed and mutable brethren.
Things will start to move from boiling water to bucolic bong rips on April 19, when the sun moves into Taurus and we’re welcomed out of the frying pan and into the patient pleasure pasture.
Happy return of the sun to you, Aries!
Can you smell the boats burning alongside your birthday candles?
A new day is dawning, and your first house of identity is alight with fire power.
Mars, your ruling planet, is urging you to act while Mercury in your sign has you processing and expressing at peak levels.
However, mean dad Saturn and conspiracy theorist Neptune are also in your sign, meaning your prodigious energies could be beset with confusion and character-building setbacks.
Chiron, lord of ancient ouch, is also in on the Aries party, suggesting that if you focus your efforts on healing, you might yet confront and cauterize that which would hold you back or down.
Ever forward, always in service of and return to your wild twin.
Ahoy, Libra.
The New Moon in Aries joins a cast of cosmic characters in your seventh house of trusted partnerships, be it business or pleasure.
With Chiron, the wounded healer in the mix, wounding around trust and relationships could be freshly activated, or more accurately, ignited.
Trust that whatever comes up wants to come out.
While you’re more inclined to keep the peace than speak to the heart of what hurts you, this New Moon is here to remind you that there can be nothing true without the truth being told…aloud and often.
Hello, moon children!
The New Moon in Aries is lighting up your tenth house of legacy and career, Cancer.
This is momentous but not necessarily easy, as the cosmic concentration of Aries energy is squaring your sign, and with Saturn and Neptune making the rounds in those angles, conflict and confusion around work matters are likely.
Remember that positive, negative, activating, or enraging, everything is information. If you feel pushed to your limits, the information is clear: it is time for a change. If a person or project lights you up like a match in the waxing dark, the information is inspiration, and it says follow through.
All of it is here, all of it is for you.
Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture, and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
