April 10th: Pluto goes retrograde conjunct M70 making associations collapse, but strengthening the will; Venus compensates for social pressure with light interactions

April 10th: Venus conjuncts the South Lunar Node and opposes star cluster M80. For several weeks, Juno has been conjunct star cluster M80 and the North Lunar Node, which corresponds to the need to strengthen relations at all levels. M80 is one of the densest clusters in the galaxy, and therefore represents strength, commitment and solidarity. However, the interaction, if too close or tight, can also produce some tensions that can be overcome today. Venus is in opposition to M80 and asteroid Juno. Venus represents a more relaxed and light social approach, in love, work relationships, friendship, community or family. The idea is to compensate the pressure relating with lightness and releasing the stress and control generated by commitments or responsibility. On the other hand, Venus conjunct the South Lunar Node  represents the possibility of resuming relationships of the past, to talk and contact people with whom we have had prior contact. It means also giving value to the past and to rescue forgotten things, words, situations, people. In financial terms, it is an excellent day to pay debts, services and to invest in projects that had been stagnated. Pluto goes retrograde conjunct star cluster M70 and in parallel to star cluster M25. The slow planets of the solar system, from Jupiter outward, always spend six months a year in direct motion and six months in retrograde motion. The times when they change direction, known as stations, usually indicate general trends during the next semester. Even more so with a planet like Pluto, which has a meaning of transformation and regeneration. This time, Pluto's station happens in ecliptic conjunction with star cluster M70 in the constellation Sagittarius. M70 symbolizes the need to resist external pressures and to follow the personal path even though there are disagreements with others. Cluster M70 is a highly compressed cluster and has a collapsed core, so social interaction can generate significant frictions in the coming weeks and months. But Pluto is in parallel to M25, a cluster also in the constellation Sagittarius. M25 represents a strengthening of the will, which can balance the disagreements with others. In short, from April to September 2012, Pluto's station can coincide with significant disagreements and excessive social pressure. Many social entities, from partners, marriage and friends, to projects and plans, organizations, institutions and governments, will collapse or be subject to strong external pressure... This semester, there will certainly be substantial changes to much of what we are doing now in common with others ... Personally, the transformative process of Pluto has to do with breaking the umbilical cord that makes us dependent on unfavorable situations or people. And, at the same time, it is opening the way for materializing achievements and goals individually. So, instead of engaging in exhausting struggles and fierce competition, it is better to work independently to develop the things that you consider they are worth the effort. This process will take about six months, so the projects most favored by the retrograde station of Pluto are the mid-term ones.