Virgo

Virgo (Ruling Planet: Mercury; Element: Earth) You’re a natural problem solver, Virgo, and you are extremely practical. Your intelligence, trustworthiness, and attention to detail usually make you the best person for the job. You’re adaptable, for an Earth sign. You’re also analytical, sometimes to a fault. You can be overly critical and a harsh perfectionist, but only because you’re afraid of exposing your own vulnerabilities.

Venus enters Aries on the 5th, and you’ll feel more passionate about researching a certain subject. Wrap yourself up in this serious energy, and embrace the fiery influence of Venus, the planet of love, while it’s in your intimacy sector. When the planet transits Taurus on the 29th, you’ll feel more daring, and yearn for new experiences. The new moon on the 7th also occurs in Aries and in your intimacy sector, prompting a forging or improvement of emotional bonds with more determination and willpower than usual. Mercury and the Sun also enter Taurus this month, keeping you optimistic and dreaming big. But when Mercury, your ruler, turns retrograde on the 28th, your big dreams could tread the line of unreality. Try to on learning and unlearning, giving space to others and taking space for yourself until the retrograde ends in May. Look at your choices and evaluate. Make big decisions later. Next up, Mars retrogrades while in Sagittarius starting the 17th. For you, this means feeling more defensive when insecure, and needing more comfort to keep calm. You also might have less patience with family. Just focus on reinforcing your emotional core and move forward. Then, on the 22nd, a full moon in water sign Scorpio will help remake the connection between your heart and mind, and help you express this month’s emotions more effectively.

Your April Trax:

With the planets in these positions, Virgos might feel slow, bold, and daring this month, and it’s only natural that your recs this month reflect that. Infusion, an album released in March by Ithica, NY rapper Sammus, frickin rules. L.A. band MUNA is self-described “dark pop,” and there single Winterbreak is to die for. Just as dark and dauntless is this album called Get Lost, from wistful, post-rock Portlanders Genders. And if none of that suits your fancy, there’s always Shrines by Purity Ring.

Dates to watch: 1st, 27th, 28th

Your events: Savages @ The Paradise, April 1st
Kal Marks, Left and Right, Lady Bones, Sneeze @ O’Brien’s, April 1st
Junior Boys @ Brighton Music Hall, April 1st
Out of the Blue Too Fool’s Fest, April 1st & 2nd
SALES, Tangerine, People Like You @ Mid East Up, April 27th
Julianna Barwick, Nat Baldwin, Skinny Bones, St. Nothing @ Mid East Up, April 28th