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April 2018 ~ Gardening by the Moon's Sign
Plant by the Moon for Best Results
Plant by the Moon for Best Results
March 23, 2018
Use the April 2018 dates shown in the Moon’s Astrological Place calendar below to find the best days to plant and do other garden tasks.
Plant, Transplant, and Graft: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, or Taurus
Harvest: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius, Gemini, or Aquarius
Build/Fix Fences or Garden Beds: Capricorn
Control Insect Pests, Plow, and Weed: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Sagittarius, or Aquarius
Prune: Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius. During a waxing Moon, pruning encourages growth; during a waning Moon, it discourages growth.
The Moon’s Astrological Place in April
1 Libra
2 Scorpio
3 Scorpio
4 Sagittarius
5 Sagittarius
6 Sagittarius
7 Capricorn
8 Capricorn
9 Aquarius
10 Aquarius
11 Aquarius
12 Pisces
13 Pisces
14 Aries
15 Aries
16 Taurus
17 Taurus
18 Gemini
19 Gemini
20 Cancer
21 Cancer
22 Cancer
23 Leo
24 Leo
25 Virgo
26 Virgo
27 Libra
28 Libra
29 Scorpio
30 Scorpio
See our complete Planting by the Moon calendar.
See your customized Moon Phase Calendar.
Mercury in Retrograde
Sometimes the other planets appear to be traveling backward through the zodiac; this is an illusion. We call this illusion retrograde motion.
Mercury’s retrograde periods can cause our plans to go awry. However, this is an excellent time to reflect on the past. Intuition is high during these periods, and coincidences can be extraordinary.
When Mercury is retrograde, remain flexible, allow extra time for travel, and avoid signing contracts. Review projects and plans at these times, but wait until Mercury is direct again to make any final decisions.
Mercury will be retrograde from March 23 to April 15.
See Mercury Retrograde dates for the full year.
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moon planting
I agree with Audie very difficult to find what I'm looking for don't know if I'm still in region 2 or not and can't find the month have to spend a lot of time finding the right info. I just want to know the above and below ground moon planting dates for my region for specific plants, veggies, most of what I could find skipped May, thats when I need to start planting.
Gardening by the moon signs dates
This is the primary thing I want to see on your website and it is very difficult to find what I'm looking for. I found some button links to certain months, but they are random months and the title of each is cut off so I can't tell what month or even year each button is. I've probably hit 15 or more and finally found April 2018 and May 2018, but I still haven't found June or July 2018. It is very frustrating.
Confusing
Hi Audie,
Thanks for your feedback! Sorry for the confusion. We’ll figure out a way to make this content more easy to find in the future!