April 12th: Mercury, Pallas and the Cocoon Nebula stimulate creative imagination; Venus, Chiron and the Hyades cluster emphasize expression for finding solutions

April 12th: Mercury in ecliptic conjunction to the Cocoon Nebula, in contra parallel to Pallas and at 150° from Saturn. This mix of planets, nebula and asteroid brings to the surface really great ideas that will be of help to design and develop important strategies. The Cocoon Nebula is like an incubator, so we should take advantage of this brief transit to plant seeds and launch major projects. Mental creativity will prevail during most of the day, but with an objective, realistic approach, which can help to materialize abstract thinking. But if there are no particular goals to achieve, this trend may be wasted in daydreaming, wandering in a futile evasion of reality. On the other hand, it also stimulates entertainment, making it a good day for artistic work, watching a good movie, listening to music or reading a book that will inspire us to bring some color and encouragement to our daily lives and projects. Chiron is square to Venus and at 45° from the Sun, which represents an opportunity for integration and communication, in order to avoid isolation. Social contact in general or with the people we love or need can be very useful to find practical solutions. If problems are not expressed, it is not likely that we will find answers, and that can deepen situations isolation depression or rejection. But this is an effort of openness, which will undoubtedly contribute to heal, repair, compensate, integrate. Venus is conjunct the Hyades star cluster, symbolizing an enormous need for expression, which, with the transit of Venus, will definitely benefit the arts, communication and education.