As May arrives we have 3 planets retrograde: Mercury (thru 5/11), Saturn (thru 5/30), and Pluto (thru 9/14).

If you were born between the 13th-20th of March, June, September, or December – this month can be a turning point for you. However, there may be bittersweet changes, with some new pathways requiring you to bid goodbye to an old familiar situation. Not all is loss, since there are exceptional opportunities to exercise the height of your creativity. The choice is yours, and may bring forward fresh levels of courage and passion.



Anyone with a strong emphasis of cardinal signs in your natal chart – Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn – be prepared for phenomenal and potentially unprecedented changes in the months just ahead. How and where these are likely to happen in your life will, of course, depend upon the exact placements of the planets in your chart. These are rare and exciting cycles, marking high levels of creative inspiration.


5/2 (Sun). The Saturn-Neptune quincunx which peaks today has already been in effect for a month, and will last through early August. Be sure to release old structures which have outlived their usefulness during this time, lest they be dissolved away against your will!
5/3 (Mon). Your mind has an enhanced ability to probe into the depths, alone or in conversation with others, with Mercury trine Pluto. Mercury's Taurean placement also makes this a good time for financial opportunities.
5/4 (Tue). With Venus quintile Uranus, let your creativity respond uninhibitedly to your intuitive flashes.Physical energy is abundant with the Sun square Mars – expend it in exercise and productive activity rather than picking fights!
5/7 (Fri). There's plenty of positive energy for relationships with Geminian Venus sextile Leonine Mars – with these planets in air and fire signs, affairs could even turn passionate! Creativity and harmonious initiation are also supported.
5/11 (Tue). Mercury retrograde ends on the 11th at 6:27 PM. Difficulties you may have been experiencing around travel, communications, or technology should start easing up. However, wait until the New Moon on the 13th to start major new projects: they tend to fare better when launched under a waxing Moon.
5/13 (Thu). May's New Moon occurs on the 13th at 9:04 PM (23°09' Taurus). New beginnings in finance, sensuality, and relating with nature as a sentient intelligence (think Avatar) are supported.
5/17 (Mon). The most important things about your key relationships – be they flowing or challenging – may be spotlighted with Venus square Jupiter. This aspect could also make it easy to overdo things – especially with Venus in variety-loving Gemini! – so keep moderation in mind.
5/18 (Tue). Relationships may be particularly challenged right, with the T-square's Venus-Saturn square exact today and its Venus-Uranus square exact tomorrow. Let whatever's coming up show you where a more solid foundation is needed in your partnerships.
5/19 (Wed). Mercury trines Pluto again today. As I said on 5/3, your mind has an enhanced ability to probe into the depths, either alone or in conversation with others. Mercury's Taurean placement also makes this a good time for financial opportunities. Venus also enters Cancer today, or she will stay through 6/13.
5/20 (Thu). The Sun enters Gemini, radiating the energy of learning, sharing information, love of variety, eternal youth and tricksterism.
5/21 (Fri). Venus now in Cancer, relationships with family and those with whom you live may be particularly affected.
5/23 (Sun). With Jupiter opposing Saturn exactly today, you may feel torn between old established habits and the new directions your intuition is leading you. 5/26 (Wed). While being open to self-transformational adjustment is one of today's themes (Sun quincunx Pluto), creative inspiration, and divine connection is doubly emphasized
5/27 (Thu). May's Full Moon shines forth on the 27th at 7:07 PM (7° Sagittarius). How satisfied are you with your activities in the realms of higher learning, foreign travel, philosophy, and religion? This is the time to evaluate and adjust.
5/28 (Fri). A Jupiter-Neptune semi-sextile may create some irritation if your religious path doesn't support a divine connection you can feel for yourself.
5/30 (Sun). Saturn turns direct today at 2:09 PM, making it easier to begin new business-related projects. Those with Saturn strong in their natal charts will breathe a special sigh of relief
5/31 (Mon). Neptune turns retrograde today, an excellent time for meditation, expressing divinely inspired creativity, or flowing divine light to others.