Aries season begins on Tuesday, March 19, and lasts through Friday, April 19. It’s your solar return, and you should celebrate your birthday and make this time of year about your joy. But when romantic Venus dances into your sign on Friday, April 5, your romantic relationships take center stage. Some Aries may accept marriage proposals around this time (if you’re into that sort of thing) or host non-traditional ceremonies to celebrate a partnership. Single Aries will likely be presented with interested suitors around this date. Whether you judge them to be up to your standards is your call, ram.
There’s a new moon and solar eclipse in your sign on Monday, April 8. Make big decisions before this date. Eclipses are high-octane cosmic events that can be quite stressful. Solar eclipses, in particular, along with the new moon phase, can indicate that a new chapter in your life is starting. The only issue is that if you haven’t initiated this change yourself, the stars might rush it along and do it for you. So if deep down, you know that you’re meant to be single but haven’t put that into motion, expect the stars to do it for you around this date. The reverse is true: lockdown meaningful love or risk losing it.
Expect to feel more passionate than usual once your red-hot ruling planet, Mars, moves into your sign on Tuesday, April 30. Long-term but sexually stagnant relationships experience a resurgence of desire thanks to this transit. Single Aries may decide that they deserve a casual hook-up. All Aries, regardless of relationship status, should consider treating themselves to a sex toy. It’s important to remember that you don’t need a partner to enjoy pleasure. Asexual Aries deserve to submerge themselves in other avenues of sensuality, such as massages, skincare routines, or moody manicures, really whatever helps you inhabit your body and feel good. Mark down Thursday, October 17, in your calendar, as a bold full moon in your sign will also raise sex drives. Just be aware that when your ruling planet, assertive Mars, goes retrograde starting on Friday, December 6, the reverse is true: sex drives drop. You may wish to retreat from dating or ask for alone time from your spouse. Please don’t feel ashamed if this happens to you; it’s normal. The best way to handle Mars retrograde is to dive into Venusian self-care activities like makeup, long baths, face masks, and really whatever makes you feel pretty.
There’s going to be changes in your friend group this year, Aries. Pluto, the makeover planet, is in Aquarius and your 11th House of Friendship starting on Saturday, January 20, through Sunday, September 1, and again from Tuesday, November 19, to the end of the year. During this time, your relationships with friends evolve and move into different categories. Coworkers become friends, friends become lovers, and you might even have to be okay with letting someone drift apart. It’s just part of growing up.