April 16 Birthday Horoscope

Saturn opposes your Sun this year starting in November 2011. During this time period, you may experience some form of disillusionment with regards to an important person in your life, with authority figures, with personal plans and achievements, or with aspects of your own personality. You may feel "left out", blocked from advancing in your chosen life path, or temporarily lacking in energy and confidence. Ego boosts don't seem to be forthcoming, or if they are, you don't see them in such a light. Some sort of buckling down is necessary at this time, and is often perceived as limitations coming from other people or from circumstances. A general feeling of "slowdown" is likely, and if regular tasks seem more overwhelming than usual, it is likely due to poor spirits and lack of motivation. Sometimes, this transit is associated with problems with the teeth, bones in general, and the skin. It is also associated with mechanical breakdowns in your life. However, these generally happen because you haven't been managing your life effectively, and Saturn calls upon you to identify the weaker areas of your life, and to fix or strengthen them. Take the time to sort out your life, improve your work, and to become more efficient. Taking a slow and steady approach to life is necessary now. Pushing too hard will likely lead to frustration and setbacks. Take it easy and work on self-improvement. Results are not immediate, but will eventually come and bring healthy rewards.

You can be very persevering this year, and tend to pick yourself up quickly after a fall. You could move mountains when it comes to pushing your projects ahead this year. However, avoid taking extreme measures to make things happen your way, and avoid people who might be doing same. Deliberately trying to maneuver things in order to get the upper hand will be a lesson in frustration.

Avoid holding on too tightly to the past - to outworn attitudes and situations that are holding you back from moving forward, as this can be a tendency this year. In love matters, this can be especially important. In order to move forward, you need to lay to rest the attachments or attitudes that have been preventing you from opening your life to love.

Mercury conjunct Mars and Jupiter in your Solar Return chart indicates that your ability to express yourself and to solve problems is enhanced. You have many ideas and simply need the time to implement them! You may have opportunities to travel this year, and matters related to publishing, teaching, and writing should go especially well. You may find that you have the right information at the right time this year. You could also have big ideas and plans. Work, especially in communications, goes well. You are able to visualize in broader terms and see the "big picture" now. Your optimism can help you to attract positive circumstances into your life. You are especially enthusiastic about your ideas, and expressing yourself verbally and in written from comes easily. Public relations and negotiations tend to run especially smoothly. This is a time for making long-range plans, seeing the big picture, and thinking about what is really important to you in the long run.

However, you might often seem to have to make difficult decisions in which both alternatives seem to be equally as desirable. There may often be "either-or" situations, and sacrifices might need to be made between material and spiritual gains. Indecisiveness can be a result.

You can reach a new level of commitment with your work, although you should avoid pushing yourself (or others!) too strenuously. Taking the lead may often be necessary, although you might sometimes feel alone in your decision making. You can be quite fixated on the past this year, but obstacles in your life will only disappear if you can let go of outworn attitudes that are no longer serving you well.