April Stations Bring Elevations

By Alex Miller

Planetary stations occur when, from our earthbound perspective, celestial bodies appear to slow their motion, come to standstill, and reverse direction.  It’s an optical illusion created by the triangulation between Earth, the sun, and any third body, but for astrologers, it sends a clear message:  watch, look, and listen!  Something big is about to happen in the affairs of the affected body.  At these times, those individuals, locales, or organizations associated with the stationing point are elevated into prominence, asserting themselves in the news and the collective consciousness.

In April 2025, numerous points made this powerful transition, and the news reflected the changes.  Much of the month’s drama in the US unfolded around the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an undocumented immigrant who was granted protected status in 2019, barred from deportation to his native El Salvador over fears for his safety.  But in March, Abrego Garcia was caught up in a Trump administration deportation sweep and sent, without due process, to precisely where he was judicially protected from going, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

The administration noted the fault, ascribing it to “clerical error,” but has stonewalled efforts to return him to the US, flouting judicial orders and even a Supreme Court directive that it “facilitate” his release.  By April the Abrego Garcia case had become a cause celebre, with political and business figures weighing in to support him.  On the 12^th came the US Supreme Court ruling in his favor, followed up on the 19^th by a stay on any further deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, which had been used for his arrest and removal.  On the 17^th, US Senator Chris Van Hollen travelled to El Salvador to visit with his imprisoned constituent, and on the same day, Michael Coleman, general president of the SMART union of which Abrego Garcia is a member, called for his release and return.

Remarkably, all the players in the Abrego Garcia saga are represented by asteroids which came to station in April, starting with the man himself.  Asteroid Garcia entered the degree of its station on April 10^th, just as the case began to heat up, only two days before the SCOTUS ruling in his favor, and a week prior to the high-profile support from a US Senator and his union president.  Garcia turned retrograde on April 26^th, but remains at its station degree through May 12^th, hopefully prompting a positive change for Abrego Garcia.

Chris Van Hollen is represented by asteroid Christophe (closest to Christopher, his given first name), which came to its station April 6^th, remaining at its station degree March 24^th through April 21^st, with Van Hollen’s visit on the 17^th.  Michael Coleman is represented by asteroid Coleman, which came to its station April 18^th, the day after his public call for Abrego Garcia’s release, which propelled him into the national news.  Incredibly, asteroid Coleman lies just four degrees from asteroid Garcia in the heavens, illustrating Michael Coleman’s solidarity with his union brother.

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is seen as asteroid Themis, named for the Greek goddess of justice.  As such, Themis represents not only SCOTUS, but all judges and judicial proceedings.  In its first 100 days, the second Trump administration has been hit with 220 lawsuits challenging their policies and actions; no surprise, given that asteroid Themis has been within spitting distance of Donald Trump’s Ascendant since early February.  Themis’ station came on April 17^th, midway between the SCOTUS rulings affecting Trump’s immigration policy, on the 12^th and 19^th.  Themis left its station degree on April 25^th, but remains conjoined Trump’s Ascendant through June 10^th, affording many more opportunities for judicial smackdowns.

Another jurist caught up in the news cycle is Hannah Dugan, a Wisconsin state judge arrested by the FBI within yards of her own courtroom, allegedly for assisting an undocumented immigrant to avoid arrest.  Dugan’s arrest, a clear attempt at judicial intimidation, came on April 25^th, with asteroid Hanna (alternate spelling) at station, squared (90 degrees) Uranus, the planet governing controversy and shocking events.  The 25^th is also the day Themis moved off its station degree, but both Hanna and Themis had made their shift, returning to direct motion, on April 14^th, inextricably linking Hannah Dugan to the judicial turmoil.

Harvard University was another headliner in April 2025, choosing to fight back against the Trump administration’s push to quell dissent and silence opposition in academic circles.  Harvard, as well as several other US universities, was threatened with a loss of federal funding unless they complied with new administration guidelines regarding admissions, hiring, free speech and diversity policies. 

Asteroid Harvard entered its station degree on April 12^th, the day after receiving a letter from the Trump administration mandating the changes.  Harvard refused, $2 billion in federal finding was pulled, and Harvard sued.  An expedited hearing setting a July date for the start of the trial was held on April 28^th, the day after asteroid Harvard made its station.

Internationally, Iran has been in the news also, both for ongoing talks with the US throughout April, about a new nuclear deal, replacing the one discarded by Donald Trump in his first administration; and for a massive explosion occurring in Shahid Rajee, Iran’s largest port, on April 26^th.  46 were killed and more than 1200 wounded when several cargo containers containing chemicals exploded.  Asteroid Irani, closest to Iran and the adjectival form of the noun, entered its station degree April 4^th, a week before initial negotiations began in Oman, with the station coming on the 16^th, midway between the first and second rounds of talks on the 12^th and 19^th.  The third round of negotiations began on the 26^th, the same day as the port explosion, with asteroid Irani moving off its station degree on April 30^th. 

The astrological phenomenon of “as above, so below,” wherein celestial patterns mimic terrestrial events, is omnipresent, but never more obvious than when cosmic bodies undergo the transitional moments known as stations.

Title Image Credit:  newspaper image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay; planetary image by Daniel Roberts from Pixabay; combined and text added by author