As beautiful April opens, home is where your heart and soul will be based. You've got plenty to be excited about, for it looks like home, property, and possibly even a major lifestyle change that you've been anxious to make are actually ready to take root. Even if you've had a hard time making residential or family-related changes in the past, a new day is dawning, and you will be able to seize opportunities as they arrive. Keep your eye on the new moon that will appear April 5 and in the two weeks that follow.

After that new moon appears on April 5, opportunity will head your way. The new moon is in Aries, a highly adventuresome sign, so you will be ready to stake out new territory, in any way that means for you. If you are young, you may rent your first apartment. If you are married with children, you may move to a bigger house. If you need a complete change, you may head across country. Or, you may stay put and remodel or redecorate, or simply change up the furniture and reconfigure your closets.

With a chart filled with cardinal signs, you'll be very restless to get started. You seem to want to make a complete break with the past and express the true inner you in the way you set up things. Aries, the sign of the new moon, will underscore the need to be highly individualistic and possibly even quirky, if that suits you.

The problem is, this new moon won't be too cordial with Mars, the very sign that rules your house of home. You may meet up with an obstacle, possibly in the form of a person who is connected with your home. That might be your roommate, spouse, decorator, contractor, or even the prospective buyer of your house or piece of furniture, if you hope to sell. This lack of cooperation from this person could be frustrating, because, as said, you'll be anxious to start enacting your plan. I feel that you will have to humor this person, but it will not be an easy feat.

It may take you until April 22, the date Uranus will send a beautiful "trine" aspect to Mars. That will be a gorgeous day, and one that will help you will see a home-related breakthrough. As you see, it's certainly worth keeping up the dialog with whoever is standing in the way.

Concerning your career, if you didn't see a major victory or development last month (very possible), you will in April's third week. Look sharp - it's always wise to dress as through you already have received your promotion. Then again, Capricorns already know this!

You desperately need a little relaxation, and that is exactly what will be on your agenda April 20, when the full moon in Scorpio will shine in your house of friendships and social fun. At the time of this glorious full moon, Saturn, Pluto, Mercury, and the Sun will all be beautifully angled into a perfect triangle pattern (the best it can be), suggesting that you could have quite a romantic moment coming up.

You will be with a group on this weekend - a friend's party, a lively wedding, a club program, or other event that draws lots of friendly, happy people together. Rarely have aspects been this encouraging and at the same time, stabilizing. Oh dear, Capricorn - Cupid will be busy switching on every star in the sky for you at that time.

Keep in mind that the full moon may deliver its warm and gregarious news as early as April 17 or as late as April 24. The vast majority of full moons do deliver their news within a day of the date of their appearance, in this case, April 20. Good to know, don't you agree?

If you were born on December 22, or within four days or so of this day, you will adore the effects of this full moon.

Mercury will be quite a busy planet this month, and keeping up with Mercury's comings and goings will practically require a scorecard. When Mercury is at odds with Pluto on April 3, you may have problems with property-related paperwork or a few legal issues that come up. Home or real estate-related discussions won't go well on April 10 either. However, hang in there because Mercury will get his "nice" on again as you get deeper into April. Actually, he'll go from downright belligerent to being as benefic as can be.

A sale of artistic work may make you very happy on April 14. Show your skills - they are worth a pretty penny!

Mercury begins to send truly sensational vibrations your way at month's end. Mercury will send Uranus a perfect vibe on April 27, making it a fantastic day for brainstorming or for doing any kind of writing, speaking, or communicating. If you have to give a speech, you'll be witty, leaving your audience in stitches. You'll be downright brilliant!

You may also take a surprise short trip over the weekend of April 26-27, an ideal time to pack and go!

One of your happiest days of the month, aside from the full moon period near April 22, will be April 28. A fantastic message you receive, possibly on your iPhone or BlackBerry, will keep your spirits buoyed. This would be a truly romantic day! Text messages that may fly back and forth will be ones that you'll never delete but rather keep and read over many times while you're alone. If you are attached, you'll not lose out - Mercury's nearly simultaneous beam to Mars will ensure your partner will have your interests front and center. While the month may have started out rocky, it surely ends on a perfect note. Sweet!

Venus will enter your solar fifth house, true love sector on April 30 to stay for almost a month, until May 25. This is wonderful - and this place of Venus will give you a little peek at just how divine May is shaping up to be. (Actually, it will be your very favorite month, possibly of all of 2008, especially for matters of the heart!) By then, Venus will be in very sensuous Taurus for all that time, at ideal angle to your Sun. Save up for a mini-splurge for your looks - new treatments, a haircut, and new clothes will inspire your total "package." You can never look too good or too polished, especially when Cupid's coming knocking!

Your best romantic evenings include: April 3, 7, 11, 16, 20-22, and 25-29.

Summary

You are passionate about changing your life for the better and suddenly you are infused with a passion to do it all NOW - no more waiting! With Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck, in Capricorn, you are right to have a "now or never" attitude. Your timing is perfect, so go for the gold!

You seem to want to make improvements in your home living situation, and the new moon on April 5 will allow you to do just that. However, despite lots of help from the mighty Sun and Mercury - especially later in the month, near April 28 - you still will have to win over the approval of a partner or family member who is unconvinced that your plan is the right one - as well as do some fancy financial maneuvering. Battling these elements could, at times, make you feel like you're up against City Hall.

If a family member or significant other does not pose an obstacle, it may be that it stems from a roommate, contractor, landlord, or other person you view as a stick-in-the-mud and who is tied to your home situation.

Certainly the opposition you're facing is formidable. Nothing is impossible of course, and certainly not for a pioneering Capricorn. Your ability to be realistic is always an asset, but these days your sheer enthusiasm, passion for your cause, and confidence in yourself will help you rally even the crustiest adversaries to your side. By the third week of April, particularly near April 22, you should see heartening progress.

Save the weekend of April 19-20 for a beautiful social gathering you won't want to miss. You may attend a wedding, fundraiser, reunion, professional organization mixer, or other event that draws many like-minded people together.

There is another way this full moon weekend may play out, and that is if you are voted to an important post in a club or other group that you have a membership in. If this is the case, you will have the support of two powerful planets, Jupiter and Uranus, so you'll likely be thrilled with the outcome.

A surprise trip with your partner could surface near April 22, and if so, be spontaneous and go. The whole week of April 20-26 will be an exceptionally happy one for travel, too. Although it doesn't look like you'll travel far, you will enjoy the time away, so treat yourself to a change in scene.