On my way home last Thursday evening, I stepped into the café on the corner just as a local jazz band was warming up to play. Two of my favorite things combined—live music and coffeeshops—so you know I was sat! A couple days later, while gathering my notes for this week’s Refill, I noticed that the flavor of April is giving live jam session.

The numerology of April is 5, the number of freedom, exploration, and adventure. The 5 energy pairs perfectly with the astrology of April. On the 17th, we’ll have the Aries new moon with a total of 6 planets all in the sign of Aries at the same time. It’s like the planets are meeting up for their own cosmic jam session.

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Aries is a sign that echoes the passionate, energetic, and trailblazing vibes I associate with jazz music. Jazz, like the number 5 and like the sign of Aries, represents the individual musician who’s bold, daring, and not afraid to go their own way, not afraid to take things in a new and different direction, and to put their own signature on the music.

The energy of 5, of Aries, and of jazz music invites you to have fun exploring your individual expression through the medium or instrument of your choice.

And there’s even more to this month of April. We kick things off with a full moon in the sign of Libra on the 1st. Libra is very different from Aries energy, yet it’s quite jazzy too. For starters, Libra is the sign that literally governs music, the arts, beauty, and harmony, including musical harmony.

(Or more specifically, as Robert Townsend’s character, Duck, in The 5 Heartbeats movie would say: 5-part harmony! 5-part harmony! 🤓😜)

Libra is ruled by Venus, which is the planet of love and beauty, and Venus is very happy in its other home sign of Taurus for most of April.

It’s like this jazzy month of April kicks off with an energy that sets the stage for a harmonious jam session so that all of our bold, pioneering, and experimental play still sounds beautiful.

We end April with the planet Uranus finally moving back into the sign of Gemini, where it’s mostly likely to create just enough experimental discord, tension, and surprise in our jam session to completely revolutionize our musical palettes. We may even end up with a whole new genre of something.

Here’s the real wisdom I’d like to share with you now:

If you’re rigid, playing with fear or timidity, trying to restrict and control and micromanage, insisting that you and everyone around you stick to the script or stick to the original score, April could end up being more challenging than it needs to be.

If, however, you choose to relax, to align, to flow, explore, experiment, to be open and receptive and responsive, to learn and adapt, to take on the improv mentality of yes and, then April could be a game-changing month for you.

Here are 5 affirmations you can use or adapt as part of your own jam session in April and beyond:

Sincerely,