This Month in Astrology
The following are astrological synopses of the month, updated in the fourth week of the previous month, including the month’s highlights, horoscope overviews, monthly aspects timeline, and Void of Course Moon monthly tables. At the bottom of this feature, see previous and next months.
This Month in Astrology – May 2026
May 2026
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This Month’s Highlights
Inner Planets
Horoscopes for the Month
Void of Course Dates this Month

On May 1st, a Full Moon occurs in the sign of Scorpio, bringing sudden awareness to our lives, particularly of areas that require more balance. It challenges us to face what needs to go in our lives so we can move on in a healthier manner, as well as the responsibilities and debts we have to others. This Full Moon reminds us of the need to consider, recognize, and appreciate others’ support, contribution, needs, wants, and input.
We are excited about making changes, but there can be some suspiciousness, fear of loss, or anxiety involved with our revelations now with the lunation square Pluto. Read more about this Full Moon on its calendar page.
On May 6th, Pluto turns retrograde, and Pluto’s intense and complex energy hangs heavy in the air in the days surrounding this event. Now and over the coming months (Pluto is retrograde until October 15th), we may be reassessing how we use our power. We are not as open, overt, or direct about our desire for control or power, and some of us may be less in touch with it. Read more about this station on its calendar page.
On May 16th, the New Moon in Taurus prompts a new beginning–we’re starting fresh. We awaken to the need to take charge, particularly when making ourselves feel more secure and comfortable. It’s a time for reevaluating our relationship with money and possessions to discover what it is that we truly value and that which genuinely makes us happy and fulfilled. We should concentrate on what we can do to increase our feelings of self-worth and simplify our lives in key ways.
This is a time for reconnecting with nature, to our bodies and the world of the five senses. Creative ways of seeing, using, and approaching our personal possessions, valuables, money, and talents are in focus. This lunation has much healing potential. It aligns with Mercury and widely harmonizes with Jupiter, and we’re clear-minded and positive.
Read more about this New Moon on its calendar page.
On May 31st, the second Full Moon occurs in the month of May, this time, in the sign of Sagittarius, bringing sudden awareness to our lives, particularly of areas that require more balance. This lunation reminds us of the need to reach out beyond our usual routines, thought patterns, and neighborhoods. The Full Moon in Sagittarius is a time of expansion. As such, we should be especially aware of what we’d like to promote at this time, trying to put aside or out of our minds those things that won’t serve us well if blown out of proportion.
This Full Moon harmonizes with Pluto and Saturn, bringing a sense that if we put some effort, grit, and determination into our pursuits, we’ll get results. It’s a strong time for motivation and ambition. This lunation’s harmony with Juno helps us bring more finesse and style to our interactions… Read more about this Full Moon on its calendar page.
| Date | Time | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 1:23 PM | Full Moon in Scorpio | 11 Sco 21' |
| May 2 | 10:57 PM | Mercury enters Taurus | Mer 0 Tau 00' |
| May 6 | 11:34 AM | Pluto Retrograde | Plu 5 Aqu 30'Rx |
| May 9 | 5:10 PM | Last Quarter Moon | 19 Aqu 15' |
| May 13 | 5:58 AM | Jupiter sesquadrate True Node | Jup 20 Can 47' sesquadrate Nod 5 Pis 47' |
| May 13 | 12:12 PM | Vesta enters Aries | Ves 0 Ari 00' |
| May 15 | 6:09 PM | Pluto semi-sextile True Node | Plu 5 Aqu 30'Rx semi-sextile Nod 5 Pis 30' |
| May 16 | 4:01 PM | New Moon in Taurus | 25 Tau 57' |
| May 17 | 6:26 AM | Mercury enters Gemini | Mer 0 Gem 00' |
| May 18 | 6:25 PM | Mars enters Taurus | Mar 0 Tau 00' |
| May 18 | 9:05 PM | Venus enters Cancer | Ven 0 Can 00' |
| May 20 | 8:36 PM | Sun enters Gemini | Sun 0 Gem 00' |
| May 23 | 7:11 AM | First Quarter Moon | 2 Vir 21' |
| May 28 | 7:48 PM | Ceres enters Gemini | Cer 0 Gem 00' |
| May 30 | 12:04 AM | Neptune semi-sextile True Node | Nep 4 Ari 01' semi-sextile Nod 4 Pis 01' |
| May 31 | 4:45 AM | Full Moon in Sagittarius | 9 Sag 56' |
(See the full table for 2026)
See also: This Week in Astrology week to week for more detail.
This Month’s Overview Horoscopes
The following horoscopes outline how the above astrological influences might affect each individual sign.
Overview horoscopes fill in here as I write them, ideally during the week before the month begins. It is not unusual to see some signs temporarily missing as I write the twelve of them over the course of a few days, starting with the featured sign of the month (birthday month).
Aries
Building your resources is in focus in May, dear Aries, but as the month progresses, a growing theme centers on communicating and connecting. You’re seeking more predictability in your life this month while keeping busy. The Full and New Moons can nudge you toward better spending habits and more faith and confidence in your ability to take care of yourself. You’re in a good place for finding a balance between work and play. May begins and ends with a Full Moon! The first one can bring a financial or intimate matter to a turning point. If you’ve been dependent on a situation, person, or habit, you now recognize a need to detach. You’re now awake to your situation. Settling debt, receiving money or credit, a shuffling of money sources, or a surprising relationship development are possibilities now. While there's a focus on settling in and getting comfortable, you can quite enjoy studying, teaching, and connecting this month. You’re likely to have many different interests or projects going on that motivate you. You present your ideas and comments with charm and ease, and making social connections and sharing your thoughts come quite smoothly and naturally. Still, Pluto turns retrograde on the 6th, signaling some need to de-emphasize networking or your social life if they're taking over your life. Plans, obligations, and concerns regarding your social life, friendships, or happiness goals may carry heavy energy during the shift in the first week of May. However, as the retrograde advances, things not only even out but also feel less pressured. This retrograde period lasts until the middle of October, and it’s powerful for taking a step back to examine your fears, resentments, and possible self-destructive tendencies so you’re not living on autopilot. It’s a vital time for healing. You might pursue a business or practical pursuit with excellent results and pleasant commitment this month. Especially regarding money matters and practical affairs, new insights, ideas, and perspectives emerging now can be significant. You can feel a sense of accomplishment or hopefulness in business and a stronger feeling of connectedness in your personal life. Nurturing your needs for peace, quiet, and familiarity can be satisfying and beneficial. Still, the goal is to be on top of things, particularly on financial and domestic levels. You might especially enjoy warm relations with family or loved ones, and take great comfort in the security that comes with familiar people, things, and settings. Around the New Moon on the 16th, you’re likely to realize the need for a fresh start or approach with money, income, valuables, self-esteem, or comfort matters. Getting your financial life in order can be satisfying. This New Moon occurs in your sector of finances, values, self-worth, natural talents, and other personal resources. A new beginning or fresh start can be in the offing with any of these things. From the 18th, you could solve problems related to your domestic life or finances. You can find yourself in a good position to acquire something you covet that’s comfort-related. There’s warm energy available to you for pursuing love or enhancing a connection, and your appeal is terrific. You seem on the same, similar, or complementary page as a partner or special someone. It’s not about validation or approval; instead, it’s about fulfilling your needs and desires, and this is the key to satisfaction now. You could be working to make your home life more secure or happier, and you're willing to put in the necessary effort. Even little improvements and advances on the home front can feel big and exciting. Still, Mercury and the Sun head into your communication sector on the 17th and 20th, respectively. Uranus is now a long-term guest here, and as these bodies meet Uranus, there can be increased mental excitement and stimulation. It can be a time of exciting news or breakthrough thinking, and you can be enthusiastic about current interests, studies, and ventures. You might open your eyes to a potential new interest or channel for learning and communicating. Your ideas, advice, or guidance might stand out as particularly unique and in demand. Consider that if you can’t rely on the usual channels for expressing yourself, it helps you align with your inner rhythms and respond to your intuition. The second Full Moon of the month occurs on May 31st, bringing excitement to your ideas, philosophy, communications, connections, sense of adventure, and urge to truly live and experience things rather than go through the motions. Epiphanies occurring now lead to a new perspective. Unmet and unspoken needs are likely to find a platform now. |
Taurus
The month ahead is strong for self-development, personal strength, and initiative, dear Taurus. You have a greater desire to be independent and take care of your own needs in May. May is a power period for you, and you very often feel in charge. Even so, Mars remains in the sign just behind yours until the 18th, and while the Sun and Mercury are grabbing you some attention until then, you are not moving full-speed ahead just yet. You need some time to process things before making the big decisions! Relationships can require extra care around the Full Moon on the first day of the month, but it's also a time of increased self-awareness. This Full Moon delivers great lessons and insights. May begins and ends with a Full Moon! The first one, on May 1st, prompts an important realization about your feelings for someone or a particular partnership. These discoveries motivate you this month. Relationship goals may need refinement. Certainly, you’re approaching your relationships differently now, so expect different results as a matter of course. You might verbalize or acknowledge a situation or feeling, and it’s an emotional moment. Mercury moves into your sign on the 2nd and is in mutual reception with Venus, your ruler, until the 17th, and you’re in great shape for sharing your thoughts and getting some good feedback for your ideas. Pluto begins its yearly retrograde cycle on the 6th, and some of your long-term career goals may be up for review until mid-October. It’s a time to rework or reimagine your career and planning initiatives. Facing up to truths about the past and a closer look at career, life path, and partnership matters can be part of the picture. Fortunately, you’re now more able to see areas where you’ve been over-attached, overthinking, worried, or obsessed. Money matters are strong this month. You can be happily focused on seeking or realizing a long-term dream or goal. In the first half of May, there is animation in your private life, whether this takes the form of powerful daydreams and intuition, or a private, exciting connection. The New Moon on the 16th can clear the slate for new beginnings, helping you reinvent yourself. Occurring in your sign, this New Moon is all about you and presenting a new look, image, or more authentic version of “you” to the world. You have more power than usual to take charge and to make an impact in the days after this lunation. If you’ve felt in the background, overlooked, or ignored, you’ll want to make changes now. You have fantastic support for turning over a new leaf as you advance. On the 18th, Mars heads into your sign and Venus into your lively, connected solar third house, shifting the tone. You are more fluent than usual when expressing your ideas, whether in writing or speaking. There’s a more open-minded spirit to enjoy life, and it can also be a good time to renew or update a work in progress or personal hobby/interest. Things are tying together nicely — you feel pleasantly motivated. Attempts to reach out to someone can be fruitful. You have more confidence and desire to act with Mars in your sign, and Venus adds charm to your communications. Extend help, graciousness, and courtesies to expand your world now. It’s an excellent time to get the word out if you are working on something special. You’re anxious to put your ideas and plans into motion. There is an eagerness to handle a matter, to come out on top, to beat a personal best, and to pursue your desires and interests. This can also be a good time to bump into interesting people while running errands. While the Sun leaves your sign on the 20th, Mars has just moved into Taurus two days before. Attention to your personal needs and plans continues, making it a fine time to sort things out and take charge. The last week of the month is well-balanced. You are pumped up, more assertive than usual, and ready to go after what you want, but you’re also in a practical frame of mind. You’re courageous and motivated, and very little can keep you down. Others acknowledge and appreciate your talents. There can be a happy feeling of abundance or a stronger drive to enjoy certain freedoms and the fruit of your labor. Around the Full Moon on the 31st, there can be new information about finances or a reveal of intimate feelings that rocks your world a little, nudging you in a new direction. Revelations about debts, support, what you owe, and dependencies are meaningful now because they offer a new perspective. Unpredictability can stir up problems, but it is also a highly creative, stirring time to connect with your true feelings on a matter. |
Gemini
Your need for rest and replenishment in the first few weeks of May remains strong, dear Gemini. Even so, there is likely to be quite a bit of attention coming your way! Your sign is represented in some way or another throughout May, and you’re in a period of personal awakening as you approach your new astrological year. Nevertheless, you still have some end-of-the-astrological-year contemplation to do. Try to treat this period as a time to gather your energy and wrap up important projects or situations, while also enjoying yourself through lighthearted activities. In many ways, you're winding down, healing, and processing. Still, there can be a flurry of activity around the Full Moon at the start of the month related to health and work. If you’ve been neglecting your duties or your health, you might get a wake-up call now. Try to be as flexible as possible with changes, especially in your routines and work, as this will make transitions much easier. Allow them to happen, or better yet, make them happen! Listen to your body’s signals now. Venus in your sign and Mars in your social sector until the 18th do keep you active on a social level. The month is a good time to get rid of something you no longer need. Sometimes, it’s about turning the other cheek, and it can be liberating. Some people or a certain person can inspire you, and it’s likely mutual. Love and friendship can bring pleasant surprises, or teaming up can bring rewards. It’s a fine time for approaching people differently. The month holds two Full Moons — one on the first and one on the last day! The first one brings your attention to deadlines or pressing matters related to work or health, while the Full Moon on the 31st is more relationship-oriented. With Pluto turning retrograde on the 6th, you may find yourself reassessing, observing, and gaining a new vision of a publishing project, educational path, or belief system now and in the months ahead. This retrograde will last until mid-October, and it's an excellent time to step back from a situation, gain perspective, and identify areas where you’ve been too attached, controlling, or tense. You benefit from lovely Venus moving through your sign until the 18th. Mercury, your ruler, is in mutual reception with Venus until the 17th, boosting this already fabulous transit even further. This position accentuates your finer, more attractive qualities for all to appreciate. While you are keeping to yourself in many ways, it’s not limiting your personal appeal! Others are drawn to you more than usual. The New Moon on the 16th can usher in a fresh start for your relationship with endings and closure, rest, regeneration, and emotional healing. This is a time to allow yourself to detox, process, and digest. The major focus should be on getting your inner world and private life in order, and Mars entering your privacy sector just two days later reinforces this mission. From the 18th, exciting opportunities can come from behind-the-scenes or hidden sources. You might discover a resource you never knew you had or pick up a good buy. Others may be in the market or mood for your unique talents. Your inner or private world is more animated than usual, and you can get to the bottom of a matter from the past. You’re quite proactive, preferring to stay ahead of the game rather than fall behind. The need to overcome problem areas or get past something is compelling now, so take advantage. Tap into your inner courage and find your passion for making meaningful changes. As well, you’re in a particularly good stage for money and gifts, as well as attention to developing your talents and resources. Mercury transits your sign from the 17th onward, and the Sun from the 20th, and your voice and curiosity are stronger. You’re in great shape for finding yourself. You have more clout and personal presence, although there can be some mystery surrounding you. May is excellent for making adjustments and preparing yourself for an exciting year ahead. The Full Moon on the 31st can bring excitement and illumination to partnerships, negotiations, and agreements. A new perspective on areas of dependence or connectedness can result. Unpredictability can stir up problems now, but this is also a highly creative, stirring time for connecting with your true feelings on a project or relationship.
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Cancer
The month ahead brings a strong focus on your happiness goals, friendships, and associations, dear Cancer. It also offers a powerful time for taking care of unfinished business, as well as for healing, relaxing, and getting in touch with your inner world. May opens and ends with a Full Moon! The Full Moon on the 1st can usher in an important realization about a romance or special project as it occurs in your solar fifth house. Listen to your intuition about a matter, even if it comes on suddenly and surprises you. There can be some struggles with difficult people or competition, especially around the 4th. Otherwise, you're in good shape for taking charge of longer-term goals and connecting with your ambition. Pluto’s retrograde cycle from the 6th points to benefits from a review or reassessment of debts, dependencies, and intimate relationships. If the give-and-take or trust in a key relationship has fallen out of balance, you’ll feel it more intensely now. Romantic relationships or recreation and creativity, especially related to issues of control or fear, can also come into sharper focus with this shift. As the retrograde progresses (it lasts until mid-October), you might find that you’re detaching just enough to make improvements. For instance, this could mean taking a step back to reassess your needs and boundaries in a relationship or finding a new balance in your shared responsibilities. The desire to break free from a limiting situation or mindset is with you in May. Networking can be particularly beneficial, or a friend provides you with a sounding board or feedback that helps you reach valuable conclusions. You quickly gain support and cooperation from others. The New Moon on the 16th indicates a new beginning in your social life, with happiness goals, or regarding your involvement with others. The central focus should be on getting your social life in order. You can be called upon to become more involved or to contribute to the group/community. You’re looking for inspiration. Additionally, May brings Venus, goddess of love and pleasure, into your sign from the 18th forward, ushering in one of the best cycles of the year for personal appeal and enjoyment. This happens on the same day that Mars starts a new cycle that animates your friendships and ignites a pursuit of happiness goals. Venus in your sign softens you, and your charm can come shining through. This is a potentially excellent time for enjoying friends and perhaps meeting someone special. You’re giving off warm vibes and may very well be the focus of attention or the one everyone’s talking about. Sharing your expertise or your time with colleagues or friends can be rewarding. Teaming up with others to get something done can be successful. Your feelings run deep; you can get behind a cause or personal pursuit now. This is a time for inspiring others or feeling inspired and moved to push a plan forward. You’re craving a hands-on or active role. Still, Mercury moves into your privacy sector on the 17th, and the Sun does the same on the 20th, signaling the beginning of a period that's ideally used for healing, processing, and reflecting. You might see old problems or projects in a new light. It's all about balance! Fortunately, you seem to have all the tools necessary to both pursue activities that fulfill you with others and on your own, while paying special attention to rest and replenishment. Transits illuminate what inspires and excites you, and these things may surprise you. There can be coincidences or impromptu connections that change your entire focus. Things that feel predestined, out of the blue, or entirely uncanny can occur at this time. Minor disruptions can have the effect of distancing you from self-limiting secrets or situations, ultimately giving you more freedom. If you’re not in touch with your need for change, you might grapple with inner restlessness or touchiness, which can nevertheless be revealing. The 18th forward is terrific for personal appeal. It’s true that you are turning inward in many ways as May advances, but Venus moving into your sign at this time turns quite a bit of attention your way, in a most positive way! There can be some excitement or tension stirred up around the Full Moon on the 31st related to work, health, routine, and habits, prompting a new perspective. Unpredictability can rustle up some problems now, but this is also a highly creative, stimulating time for connecting with your true feelings about self-care or your chores, services, or job. While this can be a time when you’re scurrying around trying to manage your daily affairs or deadlines, it’s also a strong time for recognizing the need to take better care of yourself and your daily life. |
Leo
Your responsibilities are a major focus in May, dear Leo, but your happiness goals and social life are also strong themes. With the Sun at the top of your solar chart in your career sector until the 20th, it's a time for making real progress on achieving your goals. Venus and Mars in harmony with your sign until the 18th help round out your experiences socially and mentally. Your month looks very full, and it’s likely to be both engaging and pleasant. The month begins and ends with a Full Moon! The Full Moon on the 1st awakens your need to pay closer attention to your domestic world, security, familiarity, and nurturing needs. If your focus on the outside world has taken you away too often, there is a reminder now to find a balance and to bring more quality attention to your personal life. The Full Moon on the 31st is about your need to play, enjoy, and discover. Pluto’s retrograde cycle from the 6th forward (until the middle of October) holds the potential for important discoveries and insights. It’s a time to reassess one-on-one relationships and living conditions. You might review your feelings or examine whether you’ve been clinging to old patterns instead of braving new territory. The process of gaining more objectivity will help you identify areas where you’ve pushed too hard or where you’ve been too attached for your own good. Your instincts for business are very often on point, and a spirit of openness, hope, and tolerance, or a feeling that you’re headed in the right direction, gives you special confidence. Professional doors may open through social connections. This can be an excellent time to enjoy the rewards of recent accomplishments and to consider or set new goals. You can experience a stronger sense of accomplishment and joy as you meet your responsibilities. There can be meaningful conversations or communications occurring that help you turn a corner. The New Moon on the 16th can usher in a new beginning on the career front or regarding your status, responsibilities, life path goals, or relationship with higher-ups. Circumstances now clear the way for you to get your professional life in order. This New Moon can bring a sense that you’re starting anew when it comes to your reputation or work. May can also be a time of social refreshment, and you might turn to others or new ideas for inspiration. You might explore new labels or connect with different people. Unexpected contact or additional information can delight and surprise you. Collaborating or brainstorming can be particularly fruitful. Venus moves into your privacy sector on the 18th, and you may need some emotional space, but you’re not against enjoying company. It can be a great time for enjoying private moments. You tend to help, serve, and support others right now, rather quietly and automatically. You appreciate the more hidden or subtle elements of your life, interactions, and emotions. Opportunities may come from behind the scenes, or you may find much to enjoy in your private life. Your confidence in your ability to express yourself and the motivation to approach others with confidence can create winning situations. Your intuition backs you up, particularly when making life path or career-related decisions, as you have a real sense of the moment and of what others want or need. You also have a good feel for your next step. While you can be somewhat retiring on a personal level as Venus transits your privacy sector, your ambition to triumph, succeed, or win is stirring. The Sun does leave your career sector on the 20th, but just two days before this, Mars heads in, ensuring your goals and ambitions are always a big part of the month. However, your friendship sector is strong from the 20th onward. While you’re not moving away from your responsibilities or professional goals just yet, you’re allowing far more time for personal and interpersonal activities. You require some detoxing from pressured situations and goals, and you’re able to find more time for sharing, connecting, and community. The Full Moon on the 31st can bring up some surprising feelings and exciting news. A celebration is possible with the Full Moon in your sector of joy, pleasure, and self-expression. Feelings for someone or a project can blossom. |
Virgo
The month ahead holds mixed energy but mostly balanced, dear Virgo. You're paying particular attention to your need for life experience and spirited activities, as well as your career or responsibilities. As you divide your time well, you’re set to gain something valuable in all areas. You enjoy some real enthusiasm and a desire for new ideas this month. You may be adding varied activities to your daily routines. Career and reputation matters can be a satisfying area of focus and become increasingly important to your sense of well-being as May advances. The month begins and ends with a Full Moon! The Full Moon on the 1st can lead to an epiphany about your daily affairs, mobility, studies, or general mental outlook and communications. As you become more aware of your needs, you’ll discover ways to make improvements. The Full Moon at the end of the month, on the other hand, emphasizes home, nurture, and your domestic world. Pluto begins its yearly retrograde cycle on May 6th, and problem areas can magnify with the shift, affecting work, routines, communication, and health. As you grow accustomed to this energy, you’re in a brilliant position to review and reassess these matters. As you gain perspective, you more clearly see where you’ve been over-attached or where you’ve put too much pressure on yourself along these lines. Connections you make or build in May can advance your interests and broaden your horizons. A broader perspective allows you to put aside certain differences and problems — some things don’t seem as important as they once were. You can reach a peak or a turning point on a mental level, and conversations, news, and thoughts are significant, helping you clear up misconceptions, confusion, or uncertainty. You can be strongly motivated to share your work, ideas, or beliefs. Success in promoting, publishing, courses, and schooling can be a theme. This time is quite suitable for travel or getaways, or simply breaking the usual routine. There can be some tensions regarding an intimate relationship, the distribution or sharing of money, or power dynamics in a close relationship. The New Moon on the 16th can inspire you to seek a sense of mission or purpose regarding learning new things, broadening your horizons, reaching a little higher for your goals, publishing, or promotion. Your perspective or belief system is changing. You recognize the need to live your life more fully, although a bit of restlessness can predominate until you find your way. Friends can be supportive and can help you out with your practical affairs from the 18th. This is a favorable period for networking, particularly business-related. Venus and Mars head into harmony with your sign on the 18th, which is good news for your spirit to enjoy yourself and pursue your desires. Opportunities to meet someone special can arise through groups, acquaintances, shared interests, studies, or networking. Someone can inspire you to do your best and reach a little higher. When you’re as motivated as you are now, energy levels can rise quite magically. You find it easier to accept new ideas and explore new subjects, directions, or activities right now. You might thoroughly enjoy channeling your energy into a constructive project or workout, or you gain the courage to do something entirely different and enjoy a new, refreshing experience. Venus, now in your solar eleventh house, is not only about socializing but also about enjoying new projects and goals, and experimenting with new technology and ideas. Still, the last week of May brings an energy shift towards career and family, although these matters have never truly been on the back burner this month. You're more invested in your long-term goals, responsibilities, and performance with the Sun's move to the top of your solar chart on the 20th. Mercury, your ruling planet, is also in this area of your chart from the 17th onward. You’re more visible than usual now, making it a good time to show off what you can do. Interesting turns in your career are possible now, and ideas are fresh and exciting. There could be breakthrough thinking on a business, career prospect, or long-term goal. You’re not content with the ordinary or familiar! You’re in particularly good shape in public or professional settings in May. There can be a significant meeting of minds with someone in authority, the achievement of a special goal, or another such boost. You may feel quite optimistic about your career or social standing, and others see you in a positive light. The Full Moon on the 31st can stir up excitement in the home, family, and personal life or your emotional world, leading to a new perspective. You’re connecting with your true feelings and inner needs, and it can lead to standout, creative ideas. Appreciation for loved ones increases now. |
Libra
May brings an emphasis on relationships, observation, and the breaking of routines for you, dear Libra. Exciting developments in a partnership or your relationships, in general, can figure strongly as well. You’re seeking more substance in your projects and pastimes. Full Moons bookend the month. The Full Moon on the 1st awakens your need to attend to money, resources, and ownership matters. Epiphanies occurring now help you see where change is needed. There can be revelations and unveilings centered around valuables, values, talents, sharing of responsibilities, and power dynamics. For example, there may be some scrambling for resources, records, and information, or there can be money (or money news) coming in. The Full Moon on the 31st is more about communicating and connecting. Pluto begins its yearly retrograde cycle on the 6th, and it will remain retrograde until mid-October. With this shift, there can be a temporary magnification of problems, complications, and fears related to those areas of your chart strongly influenced by Pluto: romance, creativity, recreation, finances, and security. Pressures will subside going forward, and in fact, you’ll reach the point where you’re significantly detached enough to gain a better perspective on these things. This way, you can more clearly see where fear and over-attachment may have worked against you. It's the beginning of a powerful period for self-knowledge. Financial or intimate matters are in strong focus this month, and this can involve loans or bonuses, or getting close to someone and dealing with the power dynamics involved. You are tuned in to the deeper issues and looking beyond the surface of matters for answers. It's an excellent time to research, edit, or review business, health, and financial issues. Opportunities emerge to make creative and dynamic changes to your life through or about people. Strong feelings and emotions related to a partnership are likely, and you may be looking for others to fill your desires. Of course, this can be a bit problematic if taken too far, so watch for overidentifying. However, you are certainly magnetizing people to you now. There can be impulsiveness in relationships. The New Moon on the 16th prompts you to get a handle on your intimate or financial life. It’s a fine time for exciting lifestyle changes and feeling on top of things. Transits support building exciting strategies for your work or future. You might also see an intimate relationship, your personal psychology and inner desires, or financial issues more clearly now. Solving a mystery can be rewarding. You can learn something of value through research or about your career, an intimate partner, or yourself. With your future in mind, you're excited and motivated to make big changes. You’re drawn to all that’s hidden, subtle, and multi-layered in the first three weeks of May. You can feel strongly connected to someone, and your private life can benefit. People in high places are more inclined to notice your efforts and/or talents from the 18th forward. Venus moves up to the top of your solar chart, and relations with bosses, the public, and business contacts are set to improve. It's a time for pleasant surprises and advances, particularly related to life path goals. Connections might form that prove to be especially favorable over time. Someone might sponsor you or give you support. Your reputation gets a nice boost now. You’re seeking the best for yourself and believing in yourself. On the 18th, Mars also moves on, but it enters your intimacy sector. The Sun moves out of this sector on the 20th, but with Mars picking up the baton, May continues to be an important month for connecting more deeply with a special project or relationship. You can feel pleasantly motivated as if you are turning a new page. You can be exceptionally resourceful and might quickly solve a problem that had previously stumped you or uncover/attract a resource. You have a real desire to come out ahead, triumph, or accomplish something significant. You express yourself well and satisfyingly from the 17th onward. Your self-image improves, with positive effects all around, as you take better care of yourself and pay more attention to the mind/spirit aspect of your life. The work you do now may feel more compatible with your overall philosophies or mission. A sense of mission can uplift you. Your need to learn, share ideas, and reach out beyond your usual routine is strong. The Full Moon on the 31st can bring some excitement to your communications, daily affairs, transportation, neighborhood, personal interests, or contacts. A new perspective on any of these matters can emerge, nudging you along a different path. |
Scorpio
The month ahead can bring a strong focus on relationships, dear Scorpio, and you're also going hard with your routines, pursuit of wellness, and daily affairs. You can be especially involved with others in May, and for the most part, your involvement is pleasant and rewarding, if occasionally demanding. All month, your partnership sector is busy, making it a fine time to redefine relationships or your relationship needs. Harmonizing and connecting seem to be the most important factors for reaching your goals at this time of year. May begins and ends with a Full Moon! The Full Moon on the 1st occurs in your sign, prompting personal epiphanies. Your feelings are coming to full bloom. It’s a time when things come to light about you, and if you want certain things to gain exposure, this can be the time. You could be putting an attachment behind you and embracing the joy of independence, or improving a current relationship by improving your self-reliance. This is a time to recognize the need for positive change. Pluto begins its retrograde cycle on May 6th, positioning you well to review, reassess, and gain a new perspective about areas of your chart strongly influenced by Pluto: your personal goals, personality, security, comfort, family, and home or domestic life. Some related plans may need adjustment, but you might find it easier to detach from pressures and fears in these areas. You’ll soon find this process more comfortable as you grow more accustomed to this energy that's with you until the middle of October. Combining work and play comes naturally to you in May and works well for you. There can be some excitement about redesigning or reorganizing your personal space. You can feel especially connected to someone or focused on a relationship this month. You more readily find support and guidance, or an engaging focus has healing powers for you. You’re both logical and creative when it comes to a partner or your relationship needs, and it’s a rare combination. You may be sorting and organizing your thoughts and ideas, and interactions or conversations with someone can help jumpstart critical thinking. Whether verbalizing a matter to someone helps you see the issue more clearly or leads you to an important conclusion about a relationship, this is an enlightening time. People have useful or inspiring things to share with you at this time. It’s generally a good time to be around others, as there can be happy, encouraging exchanges. Close relationships and partnerships benefit from more interactivity and openness. Backing or support may be easier to come by, or you might arrive at an attractive arrangement. People are intrigued by you and drawn to you. Someone might entrust you with a secret, or peaceful agreements regarding money, power, and sharing with a partner, ex-partner, creditor, or debtor can figure strongly. The New Moon on the 16th can prompt a need for a fresh start or a brand-new approach to partnerships, close connections, negotiations, and relationship goals. The slate clears in some manner. Travel, legal, or educational plans come together nicely from the 18th onward. Cultural events could hold extra appeal. You are more effective at expressing your creativity, or others are paying more attention to your creations. A partner or special someone can help stir up your enthusiasm and build your confidence. Relationships are pleasantly spicy. Others are intrigued by or invested in your point of view. When reaching out or moving out of your usual comfort zone, you are more willing to take personal and creative risks. It’s a good time for both competitive and cooperative activities, and someone may encourage you to be the best version of yourself. You want to feel more vital and alive, and you might achieve this through relationships. You benefit from the company of others, even as you pursue your own goals, with Mars now in your partnership sector. In the last week of May, you may want to do some work on organizing your financial affairs or start a new plan for emotional health and wellness. There can be a growing focus on support, finances, and shared talents or resources. Intimate relationships can get a big boost, or you’re invested in connecting with your deeper desires and ambitions, and it feels great to get to know yourself better. The Full Moon on the 31st may bring on news or realizations about money and resources that change things up. Unpredictability can throw you a bit off-center, but this is also a highly creative, stirring time for connecting with your needs and wants. |
Sagittarius
May is likely to be busy and at times hectic, dear Sagittarius, but also quite excellent for making corrections and connections. You’re in fine shape for special attention to your health and work. After the New Moon on the 16th, you’re especially ready to take charge. Self-improvement is in strong focus. The month begins and ends with a Full Moon! On the 1st, there can be an important realization about rest, relaxation, or true feelings about a matter. The need to pull yourself back from the routine is likely now. It’s not the time to make sweeping decisions, however. Instead, this is a time to recognize your feelings, instincts, and hunches, and then gradually let an improvement plan unfold. You’re receiving powerful messages from your hunches and intuition, and feelings about a past issue are now undeniable. The Full Moon on the 31st is all about you. Venus is in your partnership sector until the 18th, putting you in a great position to enhance close relationships. You’re inclined to put more loving attention into your interactions, and the rewards are great. Others are putting their faith in you, and this, in turn, motivates you to step up your game even further. Things are moving quickly in the first two weeks of May across creative projects, romantic relationships (or signals), partnerships, and negotiations. Even so, Pluto begins its retrograde cycle on the 6th, which lasts over five months, putting you in a more reflective frame of mind. It’s a great time to search deep within for answers. It’s also a time to take a break from pushing yourself too hard mentally. Some projects may stall or need editing, adjustments, and refinements. While the shift can magnify fears and problem areas, as you adjust to this energy, you’ll find this cycle quite valuable for self-understanding. May is strong for committing to a project or health endeavor and thoroughly enjoying it. Mixing work with pleasure isn’t always successful, but it may be now! Focusing on activities that help advance your practical goals can be useful and fruitful. Good news or word on health may arrive, and finding solutions to problems is easier than usual. Doing the right thing is quite a buzz for you right now. Frustrations with your routines, health, or work can magnify around the 16th, motivating you to make a fresh start. Look at the details and get the smaller, essential jobs out of the way. The New Moon motivates you to take charge of your routines, health, self-care initiatives, and work. Improvements or other opportunities at or through your daily affairs can come out of the blue, boosting your confidence. From the 18th forward, Venus transits your intimacy sector and, on the same day, Mars begins its tour of your work and health sector. There can be a positive turn on a financial or business level. People are backing you up, and this feels good. Intimate matters are warm, easy, and natural. Whether competing with others or trying to best yourself, this is a time to seek a little more from life and enjoy yourself in the process. If you can set your own working pace, all the better, as very creative, spontaneous energy is with you in your everyday affairs. The 17th brings Mercury into your partnership sector, and on the 20th, the Sun. Your relationships come into stronger focus. There can be breakthrough conversations or ideas generated with or about a partner. A missing piece of information might surface that is a game-changer. You attract people with unusual ideas or insights into your life, and someone’s perspective can lead you on interesting mental detours or trains of thought. You might also come into sudden touch with new or revised relationship needs. Unpredictability may be disorienting, but it can also lead to a new understanding of what you need from others and what you’re capable of on your own. Old ways of relating to others are falling to the side, paving the way for exciting breakthroughs. Different and unique ways to approach people in your life emerge now. You can be feeling particularly alive and vital through other special people. The Full Moon in Sagittarius on the 31st can bring revelations. You might recognize feelings that were buried. Feelings or realizations occurring now can be surprising! Tensions related to restrictions or limits can be strong, but they help push you to make personal changes. This Full Moon can bring a personal matter to a head or an important turning point in your life. It’s an emotionally rich and fertile time. |
Capricorn
May brings a stronger emphasis on your personal life, family, home, work, health, entertainment, and romance, dear Capricorn. You're discovering ways to enjoy and express yourself more fully — May is a strong month for connecting with your heart. As the month advances, you do pick up the pace with work and health routines. In the meantime, your romantic and creative worlds often take center stage. The month begins and ends with a Full Moon! The Full Moon on the 1st awakens your feelings about your social life, connections, happiness goals, and sense of community, while the one on the 31st is about attending to your need for rest and reflection. You’re ready to create a better environment in your daily life in May. You might partner up to get work done or to accomplish fitness goals. Enjoying your work, chores, or routines can make an impact. Pluto begins its yearly retrograde cycle on the 6th, and this change of direction prompts you to review your financial affairs, attitude towards money and things, what and who you value, and self-worth. While fears or worries about money and security can intensify as this shift occurs, the retrograde cycle, lasting until the middle of October, helps you gain perspective. With less pressure on you to control or micromanage your practical affairs, your choices and decisions improve! Even so, it’s important not to push matters that must evolve in their own due time. You might enjoy more warmth and openness with loved ones this month, and you’re seeking meaningful connections, whether it’s with people or projects. You want to breathe new life into your creative or romantic world, and you focus on positivity in your interactions. You’re seeking growth, improvement, progress, and a sense of meaning. Someone in your life or relationship goals, in general, can boost your confidence or inspire you to improve. Friendly gestures and communications from others lift your spirits to new heights. You could throw yourself into an engaging activity and give it your all, and you’ll probably accomplish more if you follow your heart in some manner. You gain more clarity on a matter, and creative projects could reach a turning point, or there could be a romantic revelation related to a matter that has been developing recently. You can find yourself becoming increasingly engaged on a mental level, and you are articulate. You might thoroughly enjoy entertaining others with your conversation. The New Moon on the 16th can usher in a new beginning with love, romance, creativity, pleasure, entertainment, or leisure. Innovative ideas can take seed now. A new beginning is in the works, whether this means a new affair or project, a different way of expressing or enjoying yourself, or a fresh start in an existing relationship, pursuit, or hobby. From the 18th, you’re in fabulous shape for attracting the right company or for smoothing over a relationship. Giving your time to someone, or allowing a person to shine in their own way as they take the lead, can be very rewarding for both of you. This is a fine time for meeting people, and you are feeling unusually open and receptive. Romance, pleasure, or a particular project can be exciting, and there may be the opportunity to add more spice to a relationship or friendship. Creative projects can also benefit from your passion and enthusiasm. This time offers much potential for connecting on a romantic level and is also good for boosting confidence. Cooperation works well now, but some playful competitiveness also works! You are gracious, fun, and willing to put yourself out there, and your natural charm is endearing. You may be craving more activities in which you can create, compete, or play. A relationship may be a powerful motivator to better yourself or do your best. Still, Mercury enters your work sector on the 17th, and the 20th follows on the 20th, and you're giving your everyday affairs their due attention. In fact, you take more pride in your routines and work. Inventive new methods to handle work, chores, or health matters can be in the offing, or you could feel inspired to start a new project or wellness endeavor. It's a time for bringing new energy to your chores, daily routines, and wellness efforts. Increasingly, you require a fresh or different approach to how you handle routines and manage your health, and this theme is strong now. The second Full Moon in May occurs on the 31st, bringing some excitement to your inner world or private life. You’re gaining a new perspective on rest, reflection, downtime, and tying up loose ends or putting a project to an end. |
Aquarius
May is excellent for creativity, self-expression, and family life, dear Aquarius. Certainly, an emphasis on your sector of home and family points to some quiet energy. However, while you're getting the introspection and downtime you need, you're also finding many ways to enjoy and express yourself. There may be a surprising new attraction, craving, or interest. The month begins with a Full Moon, and ends with another one! The Full Moon on the 1st brings your need to perform, accomplish, and excel to the fore, while the final Full Moon in May is about your need for friendship and camaraderie. Pluto turns retrograde in your sign on May 6th, and as the shift occurs, there can be some magnification of unresolved matters, fears, or compulsions. However, once you get beyond this change of direction, the months-long retrograde cycle is excellent for detaching yourself from these things enough to see where you may have been overly worried or obsessing. You’re in a fine position to review and reassess your approach to self-starts, new beginnings, career matters, and responsibilities. If you’ve been over-controlling, you recognize this now and want to take some of the pressure off. This retrograde lasts until the middle of October. You are pushing boundaries just a little in your conversations and interactions as you begin May, leading to interesting discoveries. It’s a great time for personal appeal on a mental level. Still, your nesting instincts are strong. This could be a time when you pursue a bit of a home “makeover,” or make other changes, such that home life is less routine and more dynamic. Otherwise, you’re building your energy and taking extra, much-needed personal time. Venus travels in harmony with your sign until the 18th as it transits your sector of joy, pleasure, and expression. Your magnetism and sense of fun are strong. You not only share your affection more freely, but you also receive love and compliments more confidently. You’re in great shape for family and personal or emotional matters this month, and honesty and loyalty with those closest to you can help improve bonds. You’re willing to put in extra effort to make life easier or more comfortable in the long run. It can be a time for meaningful conversations with or about family. Home or family plans may come together. Your domestic life is fulfilling as you seek to improve it rather than focus on its flaws. You’re feeling comforted but also optimistic. The New Moon on the 16th can usher in new beginnings and approaches related to your family, domestic world, or living conditions/arrangements. You're motivated to make improvements. From the 18th, themes could include a successful home or family purchase, creative activities with loved ones, or pleasant productivity. Your instincts for what works best for you at home, with your health, and with work are in top form, allowing you to gravitate toward situations and people that are healthy for you. You are in the mood to make something happen, push things forward, and solve problems to feel ahead of the game. Positive changes and improvements are possible now. The Sun heads into your sector of joy, pleasure, pastimes, and creativity on the 20th, encouraging you to follow your heart. Mercury is already a guest here (since the 17th), and your perspective is changing. There can be surprises in your romantic or emotional life, and new methods or approaches to your hobbies, leisure time, and relationships can be in order. A need might awaken within you to express yourself in unique ways as Mercury and the Sun meet Uranus in this area of your solar chart. You may enjoy a feeling of rejuvenation and spirited energy. Signs point to the need for you to detach yourself a little from areas of over-control or those things that deplete your energy stores. Certainly, there may be disruptions, detours, or excitement with matters related to your loves, passions, hobbies, and feelings. Plans might change at the last minute, leading to more freeform and potentially inspirational experiences. The Full Moon on the 31st animates your social life. You might arrive at important emotional revelations about people in your life and your need for them, or about your place in a group, with friends, or even in the community. Surprises, rebellious feelings, and sudden changes in direction can be part of the picture. |
Pisces
May brings a strong focus on connecting, learning, transportation, communications, and daily affairs, dear Pisces. You’re also likely to enjoy your home and personal life more fully this month. You have a stronger desire than usual to communicate and connect, and siblings, relatives, or neighbors tend to play a more vital role in your life. Your curiosity and need for variety can lead to a busy pace. There is much to deal with in the short term, but you can also find time for long-term vision and planning. The month begins and ends with a Full Moon! Around the Full Moon on the 1st, sudden interests can lead you along a new path. Be choosy about what you take on now, but listen to your feelings and hunches. Something comes to light that changes your perspective and focus, elevating your concerns beyond the routine. It can encourage you to look at the big picture or to reach higher and wider. Consider that your needs for variety, independence, and freedom are key, and that understanding them is better than letting them rule your decisions. The Full Moon on the 31st is a call to perform, advance, or attend to your responsibilities. You are communicative and sociable, reaching out to others and enjoying the connections you’re making in May. There’s likely to be an emphasis on learning, particularly self-taught or home-learning endeavors. Later in May, there is a stronger desire to enjoy the peace and security of family life, however, and far less interest in venturing too far from home. While the focus on your domestic world grows stronger as the month advances, you have Venus in your home and family sector until the 18th, and your heart is with your home all of May. You seek more harmony, comfort, beauty, and balance in your home environment and family life. Safety, prosperity, and familiarity seem to drive your love life, spending habits, and pastimes or pleasures. Real estate matters can be favorable now. You gain inspiration from deeper connections with people or projects, private matters, family connections, and realizations or discoveries about psychological issues. Still, Pluto begins its yearly retrograde on the 6th, and with the shift, you might experience some intensifying fears, worries, or frustrations. Rest assured, these things should settle down shortly. The retrograde lasts until mid-October and encourages you to observe and understand your attachments and fears. You may not have noticed how concerns, guilt, and control issues have worked against you. Now that you’re making these associations, it’s easier to work on healing and resolving problems. May is strong for communications. It can also be a good time to heal rifts or cooperate towards a special goal. You’re in a particularly good position to sort things out and solve problems or gain some clarity on your studies, trips, or projects as new details emerge. Your good attitude and sense of fun open up opportunities for you, particularly in creative projects and relationships. You’re putting more of yourself into your learning endeavors, personal interests, writings, dating, or creative worlds. You might connect with someone special or come up with an original idea that benefits you. You can feel inspired to pursue a learning challenge or pursue a special interest, or you’re setting up goals in these areas that motivate you. The New Moon on the 16th can usher in a new beginning with your daily affairs, communications, contacts, and personal interests. You may need to do some juggling, but the central focus should be on getting your daily affairs in order. Creative outlets can be magical from the 18th, when both Venus and Mars head into a harmonious angle with your sign. It’s a time when you tend to stay on top of things socially, and opportunities abound. You’re stimulated and engaged, and others seem more cooperative, interested, or helpful. Romantic intensity of the pleasant variety may figure strongly. Still, domestic matters assume more importance as Mercury heads into your solar fourth house on the 17th and the Sun does the same on the 20th. With Uranus in this area of your chart, your perceptions of family dynamics or ideas about your personal life and living arrangements are changing. In turn, a desire to make changes on the home front or with family can overcome you, and approaching communication in new ways comes naturally. You might also feel some excitement about new ideas or plans forming. Your personal life or domestic world seems to demand a new approach. It’s possible that you need disruptions to your routines for your life to move forward. The Full Moon on the 31st brings excitement to your public or professional life, reputation, responsibilities, or long-term goals. You might awaken to a new calling or a fresh idea about your life path. |
Detailed Monthly Horoscopes are here.
May 2026 Aspects TimeLine:
See also: This Week in Astrology for more detail.
See also: Table of Planetary Transits, Sign Changes, New/Full Moons, and Retrogrades for the Month
This Month’s Ephemeris:
This Month’s Ephemeris with extra points and abbreviations rather than glyphs:
Ephemerides with additional points are for Eastern Time. The North Node and Lilith are the True positions. Retrogrades are underlined. Extra points are Chiron, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Lilith. These come from the excellent software, Sirius 3.0.
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This Month’s Void Moon Dates:
Using the table below: The Moon is Void of Course from the time of its last aspect listed below until the Moon enters a new sign. Generally speaking, these periods are not ideal for launching new endeavors, although they’re not impossible periods, either.
The times given below are Eastern. These should be adjusted for different time zones. For example, for Pacific Time, subtract 3 hours from the given times.
See Void of Course dates and times for the full year.
New & Full Moon Charts:
- Full Moon in Scorpio Chart: May 1st, 2026
- New Moon in Taurus Chart: May 16, 2026
- Full Moon in Sagittarius Chart: May 31st, 2026
Looking Ahead:
- Time Line Aspects: March 2026
- Time Line Aspects: April 2026
- Time Line Aspects: May 2026
- Time Line Aspects: June 2026
- Time Line Aspects: July 2026
- Time Line Aspects: August 2026
- Time Line Aspects: September 2026
- Time Line Aspects: October 2026
- Time Line Aspects: November 2026
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See also:
The Astrology of 2026 – Overview
The Astrology of 2027 – Overview
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This Month in Astrology – April 2026
April 2026
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This Month’s Highlights
Inner Planets
Horoscopes for the Month
Void of Course Dates this Month

On April 1st, a Full Moon occurs in the sign of Libra, bringing sudden awareness to our lives, particularly of areas that require more balance. Improving or enhancing our relationships can be a new focus arising from our epiphanies now. Something is exposed or illuminated, prompting us to get in touch with those things that we may have been neglecting or putting off, especially regarding our partnerships. Relationship imbalances and flaws are more noticeable and perhaps even glaring now. We can feel quite inspired to make improvements, coming up with excellent strategies for doing so now.
The Full Moon in Libra awakens us to our feelings about relationships and social exchanges. It’s an emotional time, and its square with Jupiter lends an element of exaggeration or excess to our emotional discoveries. Read more about this Full Moon on its calendar page.
On April 17th, the New Moon in Aries prompts a new beginning–we’re starting fresh. We awaken to the need to act on our initiative. This lunation brings a “fresh start” to our lives, and challenges us to show a pure part of ourselves to the world. By acting on our own inner impulses (constructive ones!) without fear, and by abandoning the need to refine them based on what others might want us to do or what they think we “should” do, we learn more about ourselves. If we learn to depend on ourselves, we exude an all-new aura of strength, born of personal integrity and confidence, as well as a pure, innocent charm.
This New Moon occurs when all major planets are direct, suggesting few obstacles. However, Mars, the ruler of Aries is applying to a conjunction to Saturn, and while we’re ready to work hard and pace ourselves, we can be combatting some fear of not being number one.
Read more about this New Moon on its calendar page.
On April 25th, Uranus enters Gemini, this time visiting for the long haul. Uranus first entered Gemini in July 2025, but then returned to Taurus in November to finish up its transit. Uranus restarts in Gemini today. Uranus will be in Gemini from April 25, 2026, to August 3, 2032, and then from December 12, 2032, to May 22, 2033, spending about 7-8 years in a sign. The range for Gemini is 2025 to 2033 with some transition periods between Taurus and Gemini and then Gemini and Cancer.
Uranus in Gemini stirs up our ideas, learning, and communications. This long-term influence revolutionizes our transportation and communication systems and sense of connectedness. There can be great progress and unpredictability during this transit. Labor-saving devices and revolutionizing what and how we read, exchange and disseminate information, trade, transit, transport goods, surveil, track, and learn can continue to develop, surprise, disrupt, and advance. Uranus brings strong themes of curiosity and interest. Read more about this ingress on its calendar page.
| Date | Time | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | 10:12 PM | Full Moon in Libra | 12 Lib 21' |
| Apr 9 | 3:36 PM | Mars enters Aries | Mar 0 Ari 00' |
| Apr 10 | 12:51 AM | Last Quarter Moon | 20 Cap 20' |
| Apr 14 | 11:21 PM | Mercury enters Aries | Mer 0 Ari 00' |
| Apr 17 | 7:52 AM | New Moon in Aries | 27 Ari 29' |
| Apr 18 | 6:40 PM | Saturn semi-sextile True Node | Sat 7 Ari 45' semi-sextile Nod 7 Pis 45' |
| Apr 19 | 9:39 PM | Sun enters Taurus | Sun 0 Tau 00' |
| Apr 23 | 10:31 PM | First Quarter Moon | 3 Leo 56' |
| Apr 24 | 12:03 AM | Venus enters Gemini | Ven 0 Gem 00' |
| Apr 25 | 8:51 PM | Uranus enters Gemini | Ura 0 Gem 00' |
| Apr 26 | 1:06 AM | Pallas enters Aries | Pal 0 Ari 00' |
(See the full table for 2026)
See also: This Week in Astrology week to week for more detail.
This Month’s Overview Horoscopes
The following horoscopes outline how the above astrological influences might affect each individual sign.
Overview horoscopes fill in here as I write them, ideally during the week before the month begins. It is not unusual to see some signs temporarily missing as I write the twelve of them over the course of a few days, starting with the featured sign of the month (birthday month).
Aries
April is a strong yet gentle month for you, dear Aries. You’re in the driver’s seat. Yes, this is true in a general sense, but with the Sun in your sign until the 19th and Mars from the 9th onward, you’re not only feeling confident, but the changes you make now seem to have visible, quick results. Money, business, talents, and resources are subthemes this month, gaining more power from the 19th onward. While you’ll be pursuing personal interests and craving more independence this month – and you’re quite successful on these fronts – there's a good part of you wanting to settle in and enjoy yourself. Getting comfortable is a strong draw, but so is building and developing. It's a robust period for your personal interests, energy, charm, and initiative. Few Aries will end the month without having changed some aspect of their personal appearance, manner, or style. While the nature of a Full Moon is emotional, the Full Moon on the 1st is good for seeking out harmony. Getting there may involve some ups and downs. A partner or relationship matter demands your attention, and the need to strike a balance between your own needs and those of another becomes clear. It's time to compromise and negotiate. It’s a time when you would do well to consider another’s point of view and do some yielding. Input is valuable now. From the 14th/15th onward, you can be far more sociable, communicative, and clear in your decisions. The tendency to focus (and perhaps dwell) on the past lifts. You are forward-looking and in the mood or position to make executive decisions. The New Moon on the 17th is also a kickstarter — if you’ve been putting something off, now you’re quick to recognize the need to get going! Until the 24th, you’re attracting attention as well as support, gifts, and company. Your personal plans are at the forefront of your mind, and you can pretty much count on increased vitality or unique appeal this month. You are bolder than usual and motivated to pursue what you want. Generally speaking, things are playing in your favor. The last week of the month finds you seeking out predictability, comfort, and security. In truth, a good part of you was doing so from the start of April, but with the Sun visiting your solar second house from the 19th onward, this becomes a central theme. You’re discovering new business ideas or improved methods to approach your current endeavors. Gaining a strong sense of what you can and cannot do is important now, not by lowering your standards or abandoning your dreams, but by getting a better grip on reality. Saturn is around, reminding you to take better care of yourself, follow the rules, be thorough, and take matters step by step to get things right. Bringing more realism into the picture is the key to feeling empowered. If you’re left to your own resources, you will likely discover you can hold your own! After all, self-reliance is a valuable skill. The month refuses to become too predictable, however, with Mercury and Mars in your sign and Venus in your lively third house from the 24th. Still, the desire to settle in and build on what you have is with you. Communications and learning are also in favor, as well as short trips, communications equipment, and transportation, once Venus heads into your communication sector on the 24th. You attract people and opportunities through your ideas, wit, and intelligence. Interesting connections can be made through studies, in your neighborhood, while running errands, on the phone, and online. Uranus moves into this same area of your solar chart the next day, this time for the long haul. You had a sneak preview of this transit for a few months last year. Now, it'll stick with you for years. Uranus here can introduce you to a broader and perhaps eclectic array of mental interests. This long-term cycle revolutionizes the ways you communicate and connect with the world around you. You’ll be opening up and expressing your unique ideas more often. As you think differently, you communicate differently. During this period, your daily life is bound to become very colorful, although possibly also a little unpredictable or chaotic. Regular encounters with neighbors, relatives, and acquaintances, as well as everyday activities and business activities, may be changing quite dramatically. |
Taurus
April is a month for collecting yourself, tying up loose ends, and catching up on rest, dear Taurus, but it becomes a powerful period for personal impact and initiative as it progresses. As well, you’re getting attention with Venus in your sign until the 24th and the Sun in Taurus from the 19th forward. Personal charisma runs high, even if you’re sometimes withdrawn. Life can be quiet, at least on the surface of things. Energy and motivation levels are not always up to par at this time, but it's a strong time to restore, rest, and reflect. Retreating from the world on some level is appropriate, as you need time to reflect on the past and envision what you’d like to do with the birthday year ahead. Some of your ambitions could be on hold just for now. Although some things feel slow, events behind the scenes are at play, conspiring to get you back into high gear. In fact, you’ll have plenty of opportunities this month to boost your spirits and emotional health through healing activities, rest, and supportive relationships. This allows you to catch up emotionally on recent events and circumstances. The Full Moon on the 1st stirs a desire to find more satisfaction in your work, routines, or health and wellness efforts. Any discomfort felt now can motivate you to make changes. You continue to benefit from lovely Venus moving through your sign until the 24th, accentuating your finer, more attractive qualities for more to appreciate. You are certainly not short of admirers! Nevertheless, you can be undecided in general this month, gathering your energies and weighing your options with the Sun in your privacy sector until the 19th, Mars there from the 9th forward, and Mercury from the 14th onward. Your emotions often draw your attention to the past and unresolved issues. Use this time to focus on reviewing, meditating, and engaging in activities that help you purge, process, and release negative energy. In some ways, your social life strengthens in April — quietly. Your image improves, people love your sense of style, and people enjoy being in your company. Clarity in friendships arrives this month. Just before the Sun enters your sign, a New Moon occurs (on the 17th), reminding you to take care of unfinished business before moving forward. Whether it's a path or an attitude that needs to be put behind you, it's clear you need to make an important change. Something hidden or a secret could emerge, and while this can be disconcerting at first, it's also freeing. The Sun in your sign from the 19th onward strengthens your resolve and personal presence. It pulls you out of your shell. In truth, in the weeks leading up to this date, friendly attention isn't lacking, but now, you're feeling more interactive. Goals in your domestic life are back on the front burner. The last week of the month, you feel stronger and more comfortable in the spotlight. Money ambitions ignite. Uranus has transited your sign for many years, but it leaves Taurus on the 25th. Uranus began transitioning out of your sign last year, but is truly moving on now, taking the pressure off to assert your independence. Uranus doesn’t change signs often – only every seven years or so. Now, Uranus visits your resources sector, bringing excitement to your finances, personal belongings, and concept of comfort and security. It's in effect for about seven years! There may be a sudden change in financial position, such as a windfall or significant gift, a sudden urge to spend or invest money, a new money-making idea or project that seems to emerge unexpectedly, or new insights into money, financial ability, or self-worth. You may need or want to rid yourself of excess baggage. Your take on money, things, comfort, and your value system is evolving. There's a need to be free from certain attachments during this long-term cycle. With income, you are challenged to think outside the box and may be seeking alternative sources. This can be a time of freelance work or various sources of revenue. You can also experience a change of attitude towards accumulating possessions and/or property. Certainly, it’s a strong period for considering whether you’ve become too attached to certain methods, things, and ways of life that are no longer serving you a good purpose. Connecting more authentically with your longer-term, overarching goals can lead to a new relationship with your “stuff” or your money. In the last few days of the month, purchasing business items or drawing up plans to improve your work can be rewarding. There can be positive feedback for your work or talents. You are making stronger financial and relationship decisions at this time. You might enjoy working on projects with long-term benefits. Trust that by doing what you love, you’ll get where you need to go, however long it may take! |
Gemini
While April can be a well-rounded month in many ways, dear Gemini, you are giving certain things more attention and energy this month. These include building your dreams, planting the seeds for new ventures and ideas, generating business income, and improving connections and friendships. People are taking up a lot of your time, whether they are friends, fellow group members, networks, or associates. You are more impartial than usual, and you can use this easy energy to enhance friendships. The month holds strong energy for collaboration, sharing, and learning, but you're also learning to make some special time for rest and reflection. This month, friendship is fruitful, and networking is a rich source of ideas and support. There can be pleasant interactions with friends, or your plans and dream projects are moving forward. The Full Moon on the 1st can bring your feelings to the surface. You might acknowledge buried feelings for someone or connect with your true feelings about a special project or pursuit. The desire to enjoy and express yourself is strong now. April can be a time of a busy social life or gaining inspiration and motivation to pursue your happiness goals and special projects or interests. If you’ve been approaching a project independently, you might now recognize the need to delegate tasks, collaborate, or start something new. After the New Moon on the 17th, you'll feel more confident about taking a new or improved path. The change is likely to be empowering, even if your first instinct is to resist it. A friend or even a friend of a friend can open a window of opportunity for you, so aim to pay close attention and stay connected. While the month is not necessarily quick-paced, it does feature a comfortable level of forward movement. Conversations open up, and projects gain some momentum. You may be taking the lead, or your participation may increase, on social levels. You’re eager when it comes to happiness pursuits, but not as motivated to handle work and chores or other more routine matters. Still, you’re finding more time and space to restore, absorb, and digest with Venus in your privacy sector to the 24th and the Sun from the 19th onward. As such, while you're enjoying a relatively outgoing phase this month, you're keeping some of your feelings to yourself or your love life private. As the month progresses, you’re heading into a period of review and reflection. Friendships can be demanding, exciting, or simply more active and productive than usual. You may be engaging in intensive talks or debates. A rude awakening or frank discussion might even be in focus, and it can catapult you in a new direction or motivate you to make positive changes. From the 19th onward, the best way to truly process and digest recent experiences seems to be through relaxation or retreat. You may need to step back from some situations to see the whole story. You are beginning a period best used for emotional renewal, tying up loose ends, and laying low. The better you do this, the more prepared you will be for increasing planetary activity in your sign in May. Even with a more inward focus, Venus moves into your sign on the 24th, and personal charm gets a boost. A friend or lover can be in your corner, and money matters resolve in your favor. While you're likely maintaining some emotional distance, you're also receiving special attention and admiration now. The day after Venus enters Gemini, Uranus heads in, but while Venus will visit for over three weeks, Uranus will stick around until the year 2033! Since Uranus in Gemini happens only every 84 years or so, it’s a significant event. Mind you, this transit lasts about seven years overall, so you’ll have some time to adjust to its influence. Uranus first visited Gemini from July to November 2025, but retreated into Taurus to finish up. Now, it's in Gemini for the long haul. While this important transit will take some time to flesh out, you’ll be feeling some hard-to-ignore stirrings now. Under this Uranus transit, conditions in your life that have been stifling or confining become hard to tolerate. It’s a time of personal revolution! Old methods and habits may need to go. You no longer tolerate certain restrictive circumstances. The image you present to the world and your personality can alter quite rapidly during this cycle. You will embrace change, push yourself beyond your usual limits, express your independent streak, and take a few personal risks. The need to express yourself differently grows as you discover your unique path. The last days of the month are strong for your personal appeal and sense of growth through your relationships and experiences. There can be some key healing moments and positive reinforcement. It’s also a good time for bonding through the sharing of your visions and ideals. It pays to look at things more deeply or to do a bit of investigation or research. You can also feel more empowered by getting a better handle on your daily routines, chores, work, or health. |
Cancer
Your career or responsibilities are in strong focus this month, dear Cancer, but your social sector is getting some nice attention, ensuring a pleasing balance with happiness pursuits. Your ambitions are stirring. While you have a strong sense of the rules, the enterprising side of your nature emerges powerfully this month, and you could find yourself challenging some of your traditions. Home and family matters may reach a turning point at the beginning of April due to a Full Moon on the 1st. Striking a balance between energy spent on work and energy put into domestic matters is essential now. Balanced attention to your public and personal lives is what you need to focus on. However, this month is more about getting your responsibilities to the outside world sorted. Support for your career, or a whole new vision of where you want your professional life to go, comes now. You’re in a goal-oriented, take-charge frame of mind! This is about your longer-term goals, larger responsibilities, and life path. You’re drawing upon your wisdom and experience to make better decisions, and it’s easier to get around obstacles this month. Communications are clearer. You’re making plans for your career, life path, money, or business. There can be increased recognition, an award, or even a promotion. Your ambitions are stirring this month, but you also enjoy contributing to a team or group effort where you can shine. Venus transits your social sector until the 24th, bringing natural approval or admiration from others. You're valuing the group, community, and cherished friends’ input. Diplomacy has its distinct benefits. Your style, gentleness, and artistry are particularly attractive. A New Moon occurs in your solar tenth house on the 17th, and in the next few days, Mercury, Mars, and Saturn converge there. It’s a great time to pour yourself into a project that gets you somewhere, and you’re in a position of power to tear down obstacles in your path and solve problems. Aim to be forthright yet sensitive to your audience, especially in public or professional arenas. It might be necessary to make some personal sacrifices to overcome a hurdle; the key is to be patient. Eliminating waste in your professional life can be especially helpful now, and you may need to assess the viability of a project/goal to know your next step. With the Sun's shift on the 19th, however, you’ll be less focused on your duties and more interested in fulfilling goals related to your sense of community and personal happiness. Mars at the top of your solar chart continues from the 9th, so you're not putting your ambitions on hold, but your attention to friends or acquaintances, happiness goals, and networking is on the increase. But even with the Sun’s move into your social sector on the 19th, Venus heads into your privacy sector on the 24th. Again, you’re in two minds. Especially with a busier social cycle, aim to take frequent opportunities to rest and relax. You may discover an activity that satisfies both your need for new experiences and your desire to lie low. Venus in your soul sector from the 24th forward points to a more private period for your love life or affections. It can also mean benefits from working behind the scenes, as well as a special enjoyment of solitude and periods for extra rest and healing. You may be seeing a relationship in a new light, perhaps through a more spiritual or compassionate lens. Uranus makes a big move this month: it enters your privacy sector. It’s a major shift, although you had a sneak peek of this transit for a few months last year. Now, it's here for the long haul. With it, your dream world is becoming more vivid, and your intuition is exceptionally active. Listen to your inner voice! Now and in the coming years, this Uranus transit can shake things up with matters related to your relationship to the past and your privacy. Things may come to light that help you let go of negative attachments that have been keeping you from growing and thriving. Holding on tightly to your things and ideas may stem from your fear of changes in your social life. Watch for impulsiveness now, but also consider ways to move forward and upward. Ultimately, you’ll be freer to start anew – a life in which you express yourself more confidently and truly. You begin the work of letting go of those attachments that no longer serve you well, and if you can connect with that growth as you do this work, you’re at your happiest. Love is rich and complicated in the last week of April, and attractions can be pleasantly complex. You’re well-positioned to connect with your inner world, and doing so can be highly beneficial. Secret love or buried feelings reveal themselves, or you could unearth previously hidden or classified information. A hobby or a romance can have a profound impact on you, and a dedication to something or someone you love can motivate and drive you. |
Leo
You're seeking some adventure or experiences that lift you above your usual concerns and daily routine this month, dear Leo. Learning or travel opportunities may open up in your life, and you might enjoy brushing up on skills or learning an entirely new subject. Your professional charisma is brilliant, and there could be social opportunities through business events. Work involving promotion, publishing, and marketing is especially favorable this month, given your creative flair and a tendency to pleasantly stand out. You are spirited. Opportunities to attract improved conditions in your career and a boost in reputation can arise until the 24th. Satisfaction can be found on the job, and possibly even love! Around the Full Moon on the 1st, there can be an announcement or a rush to finish a project. This can be a time when you are considering making big changes, such as a new course/line of study, or direction. You are more inclined to follow your heart and your passions, especially after the New Moon on the 17th. However, influences now call on you to exercise some self-discipline. It’s best to deal with problem areas head-on. Do your best to focus on a game plan or strategy rather than dwell on the frustration of current obstacles. You’re putting your life into better order now, which will ultimately be a relief. Aim to draw upon patience before a plan unfolds, but enjoy a pleasant change of pace and the budding confidence or inspiration in the air now. Venus moves into your social sector on the 24th and then Uranus the next day, serving to enliven your friendships. However, the Sun heads to the top of your solar chart on the 19th, ensuring your responsibilities and long-term goals are never too far from your mind. You’re seeking more mental stimulation in April, and you're more self-expressive, readily getting fired up about opinions and causes. It’s a fine time to expand your mind and break out of your usual routine. The desire to develop, learn, and grow is real, and you’re likely to find satisfying outlets for doing so. Others appreciate your knowledge and breadth of vision. You can make beneficial connections and find it easier to take problems in stride this month. You’re also more willing to see the big picture rather than focusing on little problems. Of course, if this is taken too far, you’ll fall behind on practical details, although the Full Moon on the 1st may remind you to keep this in check. You’re also less likely to have to clarify your intentions. Doing your best to tame impulses to overshoot or jump into something without forethought can be the key to success. It’s an important month to open your mind and heart to new ideas and find more meaning in your life. At the same time, your ambitions are stirring. From the 19th onward, your focus tends to be more organized. If you’ve been working hard, rewards for your work can come now. You’ll find others are noticing you for your performance and actions. There may be a need to follow the rules or straighten out an area of your life. Your attention turns to your responsibilities, plans, work, and status. There could be new goals or ambitions. Networking or connections with friends or the community can be pleasurable and beneficial from the 24th onward. A healthy balance of work and play seems more achievable in the last week of the month. You can experience a nice boost of mutual respect, understanding, and inner courage. You are a little more courageous about seeking out the people you value most. It’s a time to embrace the need to connect more deeply with your profound feelings and to gain a stronger sense of what you value in yourself and others. When distracted, it can be challenging to discern between your concern for others' needs and your own authentic, deep desires and needs, but now is an excellent time to cut through the fluff. Positive opportunities might emerge for feeling more closely aligned to a group or friend, and accepting and understanding deeper feelings and needs is part of this. Interchanges can be inspiring. A major sign change occurs on the 25th: Uranus moves into the sector of your solar chart that rules community, networking, your social life, and your happiness goals. Keep in mind that Uranus travels through a zodiac sign for about seven years, and until 2033, Uranus will be shaking up the way you see your place in the community. A preview of these themes occurred for a few months last year, but now, Uranus is here for the long haul. In the coming years, friendships and group associations can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. Your social life is bound to be very colorful--you’ll be attracting people who are free-spirited, individualistic, and a bit eccentric. Stirring changes are on the horizon in the realms of friendships, group connections, and business plans. Experimentation becomes increasingly important to you as you feel adventurous and courageous. Life's changes can bring new or different friends and groups into your life. On the other hand, networking, pursuing a cause, or building group connections can lead to experiences that change your life and nudge you in new directions. It's possible that a partnership forms with or through a friend, or a current partnership becomes friendlier–shared ideals and causes can bond you. In truth, you might feel thrown for a loop sometimes, as you can’t seem to rely on your social life as you may have in the past. But even with some unpredictability, you're exploring the ability to detach a little and enjoy non-committed, light, and pressure-free connections with others.
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Virgo
You can be active with others this month, dear Virgo, but you’re also easily absorbed in your private life, ideally finding the right balance between the two. This is also a potentially strengthening month for close relationships. You’re clearer about who you care about and who has your back. The urge for self-transformation can also be strong, and it's a fine time for kicking a bad habit and eliminating wasteful activities. Venus harmonizes with your sign until the 24th, boosting your personal appeal. It also stimulates your taste for things that are a little out of the ordinary or non-routine. You might thoroughly enjoy cultural activities, studies, debates, and sharing your ideas with others. Taking in a show, throwing yourself into a creative project, or sharing time with others can be rewarding, for example. Sharing your feelings or intimate matters can also be an empowering theme for you in April. You might open up a topic that is usually left unspoken. Healthy, frank discussions boost your relationships. But first, the Full Moon on the 1st can stir up ownership, sharing, power, and money matters, and the need to make changes becomes evident. Events and circumstances can demand changes in your spending habits or budget. You are receiving a cosmic push to improve your approach to your relationship with your money and things. Otherwise, April holds solid energy for introspection. You can get unique insight into an intimate relationship or your own intimate needs, and your perceptions are especially keen. It's a time for getting in touch with your innermost desires and planning and strategizing rather than charging ahead, although this can change by the 19th. You are a student of human nature this month, including your own! You have little interest in superficial things and relationships. The New Moon on the 17th can prompt a desire or need to turn over a new leaf. Sudden awareness of your needs may inspire you to start fresh–you want to turn things around! A dependency or financial matter can figure strongly--you might want to feel less dependent on others, or you might feel motivated to address trust issues that have hijacked your life in some way. You might take an intimate relationship to a new level or discover something powerful about yourself. You’re likely to have a clearer view of what you want from yourself and others, and this insight can bring about substantial changes to your life. You are especially willing to get to the bottom of matters, making this a good time for analysis, research, and investigation, as well as the beginnings of a project that requires dedication and concentration. Alternatively, something happening now can open your eyes to the need to handle debts or to manage support and share responsibilities more effectively. An important conversation happens, or news arrives about financial matters that gets you going or puts a plan or idea into motion. A reality check on a financial or intimate level can be part of this. It’s now time to make up for glossing over vital details or procrastination in the past. Aim to sort things out, debug plans, and review recent life issues with maturity and realism. Consider what’s best for you in the long term, not just for the time being. A partner’s money or support can be a source of stress, but it’s a good time to work on plans to improve. From the 24th onward, professional relationships can improve, and so can your reputation or image, with Venus moving to the top of your solar chart. Someone who’s in a position to help further your goals, promote you, or help you find a direction or calling can take a special interest in you. Express your faith in yourself now for the best results. The last week of the month can certainly stir your adventurous side, but it's also a time of increased professional responsibilities. Uranus moves into the same house of your solar chart the next day, and it’s a big move since Uranus spends about seven years in a sector. In fact, it can be a once-in-a-lifetime transit. Last year, you had a preview of this energy from July to November, but now, Uranus is visiting for the long haul--until the year 2033! This long-term transit suggests some unpredictability in your career, professional projects, reputation, or public image. However, these areas can also be highly stimulating and innovative. You can bring fresh insight to your work, or work or health goals can spur you on now. Significant changes are in the works! For example, during this seven-year Uranus transit, you may take an unexpected turn or direction. Sudden or unforeseen career opportunities are possible, perhaps even discovering your “true calling.” Your career, life path, or direction can alter in the years ahead as you feel the need to express yourself more authentically. More courage is with you for breaking out along new paths. People see you differently, and you, in turn, feel differently about your public image. There can be times when an erratic, unpredictable, abrupt, or rebellious theme in these areas of your life can clash with other life departments, but you can also feel freer to pursue your dreams and goals. Regarding the services or support you provide and the work you do, the subject of value is often in focus in the last week of April. You perform at your best now if you love what you do or effectively communicate your passion for your work. You are more inclined to put yourself out there and pour your energy into the things you love. Superiors or the public appreciate your efforts, or you feel particularly aligned with your goals, and it’s motivating. Still, opportunities to break out of your routine abound and inspire you this month with Venus in your spirit sector to the 24th and the Sun from the 19th forward. These transits bring an outward focus and encourage learning, debating, and sharing ideas. You find the spirit and motivation to enjoy activities outside of your routine. You spend less time reflecting and ruminating and more time living spiritedly. |
Libra
Much of your attention turns to improving your close relationships in April, dear Libra. It may be best to give the stage to others in some ways and put your personal projects on the back burner for now. The Full Moon on the 1st happens in your sign, giving you a cosmic push to rework your image or redefine yourself, perhaps to reflect recent inner changes. Your emotions are on your sleeve. However, much of the month's energy is about building your connections. Partnerships are in sharp focus and can be supportive and spirited. Good energy is with you for socializing, connecting, and enjoying the people in your life, but it’s also a time when you’re ready and willing to go deeper. Absorbing hobbies, relationships, and activities can be a strong draw. At the same time, facing reality on a matter can figure strongly with an emphasis on your partnership sector where Saturn is visiting. It’s a good time to reflect on what you're learning about others and yourself through the lens of a relationship. The New Moon on the 17th spotlights negotiations and one-to-one relationships. A new start can be in store. This can be a time to redefine or put new effort into your relationships. Consider your contribution to a connection, and aim to put as much effort as you can into doing your part to your own satisfaction. It's a good time to resolve to approach partnerships in a new way, and fortunately, your vision for your relationship needs is spectacular now. You receive a boost of courage and confidence through your activities with others or via a connection with a friend or partner. At the same time, responsibilities to others can feel weighty, and the reality of a relationship or person in your life can be in focus. Be patient, mature, and responsible now for the best results. These traits seem to earn long-term rewards. If a relationship or project withstands pressure, this can be a time for developing a new and improved plan. It’s important to be fair and to meet others halfway, and if you’re getting the short end of the stick, examine whether it’s temporary or ongoing. It’s a generally strong month for talking things through with others. Negotiations and agreements are necessary and beneficial now. You enjoy brainstorming and collaborating. Opposing viewpoints help you arrive at a fuller understanding of your own. It can be a good time for opening the airwaves with a partner, significant other, or a good friend. From the 19th onward, you’re digging deeper and looking within yourself or to a significant other or pet project for sustenance. It can also be a good time for figuring out something about yourself – a buried desire or motivation, for example. You might uncover something missing, lost, or hidden. Still, Venus, your planetary ruler, moves into your sector of spirit and the higher mind on the 24th, ensuring you also pay attention to your needs for inspiration. Uranus moves into the same area of your solar chart the next day, but will be a guest for much longer. It’s a significant event because Uranus spends about seven years in a sign. This transit is now consistent. You had a sneak peek of it for a few months last year, but from April 25th onward, it's here to stay for many years. You may experience a spiritual awakening or a call to see the world–or perhaps even to save it! Learning should be exciting or cutting-edge to keep your interest during this new phase of your life. Life experiences are unpredictable and exciting. It’s a time to embrace change, and fortunately, with Uranus now moving in harmony with your sign, this feels easier to do. The desire to take a new course, delve into a special topic, travel, or embark on new experiences can arise suddenly as you yearn for new experiences. Your recreational activities, romantic pursuits, or creative endeavors may relate to travel, foreign places, publishing, guiding, or teaching during this period that lasts until the year 2033. In the final week of April, you can find it easier to see what things in your life have the most long-term appeal and benefit. Relationships and feelings are more pleasantly intense than usual. You can have a genuine hunger for creative or romantic experiences that deeply touch and inspire you. Don’t be afraid to do something different, creatively speaking, and to reinvent yourself through expressing your love and enthusiasm more confidently. A financial boost or a special gift could also be in play now. Romantic possibilities are with you, and they may involve a person who is of a very different background from you or a long-lost friend. |
Scorpio
Creative and physical activities thrive this month, dear Scorpio, especially in the first half of the month. You may find it easy and natural to attract positive attention. Romantic inclinations can be strong, or passions run high. Recreation, leisure, love, and hobbies are in the spotlight, but so are work, self-care, and chores. The month is strong not only for finding work, but also for relationships on the job. For the most part in April, you’re busy, engaged, and dividing your time well. Doing your best work and taking pride in what you do are themes, while special attention to your need to express and enjoy yourself is rarely lacking. Your solar sixth house is a great area of focus in April, and with Saturn and Neptune new long-term guests in this area of your solar chart, you're aiming not only for more realism and discipline while pursuing your work and wellness goals, but also for inspiration. Find ways to tighten your routines, but leave some room for gaining motivation and a sense of mission. It’s a fine time to make a real dent in your to-do list. You have planetary support for your efforts as long as you pay attention to the message of the Full Moon on the 1st – you also need to make time for spiritual and emotional renewal. Recognize how spiritual health impacts the rest of your life, and it becomes impossible to ignore. You’re particularly motivated to do a good job or to attend to important details, and you might thoroughly enjoy helping out others. You’re more conscientious and take pride in solving problems, acquiring or honing skills, and taking care of business. The New Moon on the 17th gives your resolutions or projects an energizing push. You begin to feel ready to turn over a new leaf. Keep in mind that while there is an excellent opportunity now to start fresh, your goals must be gently challenging and reasonable enough that you don’t psyche yourself out before you even begin. Pace yourself, but also believe in yourself, in other words! Fortunately, you’re especially willing to go the extra mile and put in the effort or energy needed for your pursuits, increasing your chances of success. The desire to sort out problems and iron out flaws can be intense, especially around the 19th-20th. Your duties require more attention, diligence, and concentration than usual. Putting in extra effort, following the rules, and facing realities are all important and are more likely to lead to good things. It can be challenging to cut certain things out, but it is satisfying to know you’re taking better care of yourself. Even so, from the 19th forward, you begin a more relationship-focused period of the year. In truth, you’re primed for this theme all month, as Venus travels through your partnership zone until the 24th. However, with the Sun’s move into this area of your solar chart on the 19th, you more fully recognize the need for support and companionship. You’re in an excellent position to attract others’ involvement and confidence. Your attention shifts from producing and tidying to companionship and togetherness. More and more, you seek out feedback and company. Fortunately, it’s a great time for relationships that involve advice-giving, agent work, and counseling. A relationship can be pleasantly open, or a special project very inviting, with Venus in your solar eighth house from the 24th onward. This influence boosts your intimate and financial life. Charisma in love matters is large. You’re finding ways to blend fun and intimacy in creative ways. If needed, you might successfully sort out matters of sharing and support. There could be a bonus or a loan. Uranus moves into your solar eighth house the next day. While you had a sneak peek of this transit for a few months last year, Uranus is now here for the long haul. Close relationships with others are lively under this influence that will stick around until the year 2033! There can be sudden developments in financial or emotional support, or your private world and shared resources can be unpredictable and unusual with Uranus here for a lengthy visit, but also inspiring and exciting. Your intimate life and support systems can open up and become wildcard areas in the years to come, but they are also highly stimulating and innovative. You may be learning a lesson in detachment during this new Uranus cycle – sudden changes in the support you receive from others or outside sources can nudge you to become more independent financially, for example. This can be a highly creative time for handling money, talents, relationships, and your home life. The important thing with this transit is to consider new, alternative, or non-traditional ways of doing things without throwing out practical considerations. In the last days of April, an opportunity to attract someone who can help you grow can emerge, or you can experience attractions that are strong and run deep. Instead, it's a time for repairing, building, or strengthening a relationship, building strong alliances, or securing a loan or other form of support. An intimate relationship can thrive now, or your relationship with yourself improves as you acknowledge and accept some of your deeper feelings. |
Sagittarius
You've been paying a lot of attention to family and career matters recently, dear Sagittarius, and at times, the juggling act you've been doing may have been stressful. Fortunately, you're in a more easygoing and self-expressive period this month. Opportunities to enjoy yourself are plenty in April, with the month's strong emphasis on your sector of romance, recreation, creativity, and joy. Your mood is playful, and others more readily appreciate your unique romantic and creative style. You’re likely to enjoy a comfortable sense of progress this month. With planetary influences pushing for both work and play, you may very well reach an ideal balance. It’s difficult to find you in a state of boredom this month. There’s more openness and clarity in your interactions this month, and the best version of yourself shines through in your relationships. It’s a powerful period for improving or attracting a romantic relationship and finding satisfying recreational outlets more regularly. You’re very focused on connecting on all sorts of levels and quite successful at it in April. You’re also quite willing to take care of others. You’re discovering all the things that bring joy to your life this month. Around the time of the Full Moon on the 1st, a friend may need your assistance, or you may be reaching out to others for help. You’re having a great time doing your own thing, but sometimes a little extra support can help you do even better. Ideally, you’re discovering ways to bring more discipline and structure to your world of leisure and love. If obstacles interfere with your time for relaxation, it’s a great time to address them. The New Moon on the 17th can act as a push forward, further sparking creative or romantic urges, as well as your need for expression through play, amusement, and hobbies. You want to make an impact with what you create or for who you are, and you may be investing more of yourself in your romantic life, children, hobbies, and creative work. It’s time to rediscover your zest for life. It’s an especially strong time to bring more individuality to your work or business. Certainly, there could be a reality, slowdown, or block encountered in a relationship or creative project, but it can support you more adequately in the future! It’s a time to draw up solid plans and take things one step at a time based on new, more realistic expectations. While there may be some hurdles to overcome now, it can be easier to meet goals with the motivation that comes from a stronger sense that you can discipline yourself and take charge. Good experiences on the job are likely this month. You are finding new ways to get along with others, and people are valuing your services. The 19th forward brings more attention to getting your daily life into order. If your routine is less than satisfactory, you need to look at where you can make improvements. It’s time to invest more of yourself into your work, daily duties, and fitness or nutritional programs. You continue to need time and space for exploration and spontaneity, but in the last week of the month, establishing better routines is also a strong theme. Venus moves into your partnership zone on the 24th, boosting your relationships. Just a day later, Uranus moves in. While Venus will stick around for a few weeks, this Uranus transit will be with you until 2033! Last year, you had a sneak peek of this energy for four months, but now, it's with you for the long haul. During this cycle, partnerships and relationships with others can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. You are attracted to (or attracting) people who are free-spirited, individualistic, and possibly even eccentric or unreliable, as close partners, or you draw these types of people into your experience. This transit will teach you about giving others freedom. Trying to force convention or tradition on partnerships will be a lesson in frustration during this period. This long-term trend ties your communication sector to your partnership sector — it’s an important time for sharing, learning, and communicating with a partner. Still, circumstances may arise that make you feel more powerful, patient, and in control of your life in the last days of April. You are radiating positive energy that attracts the right people, resources, or situations to you. Relationship matters can do exceptionally well. People are drawn to you, and you might gain a greater understanding of an important person in your life. Negotiations can go your way and figure strongly. |
Capricorn
This month, activities in and around your home or involving your family take up much of your time, dear Capricorn. April brings a special focus on your personal life, love, and leisure. It’s a time to make memories with family and special people in your life. While introspection is in order, you have Venus in your sector of joy until the 24th, and the Sun there from the 19th onward, and you’re making time for living life well. Events and circumstances occurring around the Full Moon on the 1st can give you a cosmic push to handle professional matters or to review your career goals. At a moment’s notice, you may be called to perform or meet a responsibility. Still, with less concern for public approval or meeting societal expectations after the first of the month, you get the chance to strengthen from within, and you need this now. Making creative changes in your personal world is satisfying. Of course, career and responsibilities do need some attention and balance. However, the main thrust is toward boosting your home life in April. Talking through problems with people you love or housemates is successful all month, but especially from mid-April onward, as communication opens. You might arrive at an interesting and valuable view of your personal history. It’s a powerful month to rebuild your strength and confidence. But while a lot is going on under the hood, others are taking notice. People find you especially charming and attractive. New hobbies, creative outlets, and even love interests are possible now. Ideally, you see that a more disciplined and structured approach to living helps you in all aspects of life. You’re getting over emotional hurdles. The New Moon on the 17th launches a cycle of reorganization and shift of energy when it comes to your home life, roots, and support systems. You have added energy at your disposal to spend on family and property matters. You could become more clearly aware of your deepest feelings, desires, and needs. Reorganizing the home environment can help boost your feelings of security, and activities with family can bond you closer to the people you love. Family, home, or inner life can be animated, vivid, and exciting. At the same time, you may need to manage blocks or restrictions, or recognize the need to bring more structure to your domestic world. There can be hard work involved in getting a problem area handled, but even if it means some heavy hours, you may be actively working to improve your living conditions or home life, leading to long-term benefits. Look for the root of issues instead of seeking out cosmetic fixes. The focus now should be on strengthening and rebuilding; you can feel good about doing your part and meeting your responsibilities. You’re gravitating to things that give you joy and inspire you, and especially from the 19th forward, you have a more interactive, outgoing, and playful attitude. Heartfelt activities are in focus. The domestic side of you is in swing, but you’re also expressing some interest in branching out and taking a few personal risks. Venus heads into your sector of work and health on the 24th, and Uranus does the same the day after. Significant changes are on the horizon, affecting your daily life, routines, habits, and work with Uranus here until the year 2033! You can be excited about new wellness programs that give you a sense of having a new lease on life. The temptation to break out of monotony or other lifeless aspects of a job can be strong. Changes in routine can be in the spotlight. This Uranus transit is lengthy, although you had a hint of it last year (from July to November). Uranus is now here for the long haul, and with this transit, your work, chores, and daily routines can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. You can bring fresh insight to your work, although you might be impatient with rules and schedules. Your energy and motivation levels tend to fluctuate as you struggle with inspiration. Ultimately, you're seeking a more authentic expression of yourself through your work and routines, and while it can be a little chaotic in spots, you are learning to tap into your inner genius. Staying up to date with current developments in your field gives you a distinct advantage. Novel approaches can bring in fresh energy and wonderful benefits. Changing your definition of comfort or work can have a strong, positive impact. In the last few days of April, you have a genuine sense of what works in the long term, which benefits you both financially and personally. It’s a wonderful time to reflect on what you value most or what brings you the most joy. You enjoy supporting others, and this can lead to rewards. There can be a reason to believe that a practical matter is being resolved or improved. You can enjoy rich new information or discussions. |
Aquarius
The month ahead brings you excellent energy for connecting, learning, and sharing, dear Aquarius, as well as for improving and enjoying your domestic world. Your projects, studies, and personal interests continue to gather momentum this month, and you can bring more harmony and warmth to your home and family relationships. With Venus in your solar fourth house until the 24th, you may more thoroughly enjoy the comforts of home and the familiarity of family and loved ones. A special emphasis on your communication sector makes April a fine month to scope out various prospects and ideas. Putting your feelers out makes a lot of sense this month. The Full Moon on the 1st can bring discoveries and lessons as you awaken to true feelings about a course of study or project. Realizations now can propel you in a new direction or reinforce your commitment to a path you’re already on. Increased contact with relatives, neighbors, and acquaintances is likely now, and while you can be very busy with a packed "to do" list, you're making time for rest and relaxation and making the most of it when you do. It’s not always predictable, but you’re learning to prioritize and structure your daily life better with Saturn’s visit to your solar third house. It’s a good time to decide what to cut out to simplify your life. Distractions can eat up far too much time! The goal is to manage your energy so that you avoid a hectic environment. There can be plenty of information-gathering and a feeling of being on top of your everyday affairs this month. The New Moon on the 17th brings energy for a new beginning. Mental stimulation and variety are motivators at this time, and exploring different ways of relating and communicating can be satisfying. Certainly, efforts to learn or develop skills are favored. You’re making a difference with what you say or how you connect with others this month, and after the New Moon, you can be in line for a fresh start related to your special interests, studies, connecting, learning, or commuting. This lunation could even mark the start of a brand new attitude that helps you connect more effectively with the world around you. It might also be a time to go all-in with a particular project or learning pursuit. You have more power to actualize your dreams, but you must take responsibility, follow the rules, and put in the work. In some cases, challenges getting your ideas across can lead to better communication or transportation channels later. Aim to liberate yourself from unrealistic dreams if they weigh you down! There are rewards to putting in a little extra work now. Still, the Sun heads into your solar fourth house on the 19th, and a greater love of home life, even with all of your activities this month, figures strongly. You’re seeking more quiet, downtime, comfort, and familiarity. Venus heads into your sector of creativity and joy on the 24th, which is a pleasant influence. Even more significant is Uranus’ move into your solar fifth house the next day. Uranus, your planetary ruler, first visited here for only four months last year, but retreated. Now, it's here for the long haul--until the year 2033. Unpredictable, unusual, exciting, and unreliable are all possible adjectives we can assign to romance, dating, hobbies, creative pursuits, entertainment, self-expression, children, and leisure or playtime in the years ahead. This influence can play out in various ways. For example, you may be attracted to (or you’re attracting) people who are free-spirited, individualistic, and possibly even eccentric on a romantic level or people who tend to bring change into your life. Or, you may be tapping into your inner genius when it comes to expressing yourself creatively, and this can be a highly inventive time. Unusual opportunities to meet people pop up, or unconventional love affairs can be a new thing for you. All in all, it’s a good time for expressing yourself more freely. You may be very eager to march to the beat of your drum. Taking creative or romantic chances is possible now. This influence helps loosen you up, and it’s moving into your life when you need some levity since ambitious, intense Pluto is in your sign. It opens you up to new experiences and helps you detach a little from the material world so that you can enjoy yourself more often. Your magnetism is strong and natural as you close out the month. This can be a time of healing and positive interactions with people that feed your good mood and sense of effectiveness. You might make plans to expand your creative reach or broaden your horizons. Special avenues for expressing yourself and for entertainment can be in focus. You can also feel especially passionate and ambitious about your projects, contacts, ideas, and studies. |
Pisces
Financial matters are in focus in April, dear Pisces, and so are comfort, security, communication, and transportation. In the month ahead, you can be busy building your resources, acquiring things that have long-term “shelf life”, and discovering ways to make more money or manage what you have. Sensual pleasures appeal more than usual. Your practical world assumes more importance this month, although mental stimulation is also a strong theme. You can take pride in your belongings, income, or talents, and you may be looking to use your assets more to your advantage. Circumstances also raise your mood and encourage positive thinking more frequently in April. Jointly-held assets and intimacy may be in strong and sudden focus around the Full Moon on the 1st. It urges you to get in touch with your true feelings about a relationship or a situation. Straightening out matters of support, ownership, dependency, or debt can be in the spotlight. With money and belongings, learning where you stand on a matter can be a relief and can also improve planning and decision-making. You’re finding great value in firming up your routines and meeting challenges head-on. You’ll find that your mind unclutters as you simplify and organize your things. Problems that previously seemed too difficult to solve now appear only as minor obstacles, and opportunities to express and enjoy yourself emerge this month. You feel you can take on anything, particularly on a mental level. You are expressing yourself more assertively and spontaneously. The New Moon on the 17th can give you a sense of a new beginning, and the spirit of starting fresh largely revolves around your relationship with money, comfort, or business. After this New Moon, a special business or project can be in focus, and taking action on a money-making idea, opening a savings account, or creating a budget — anything that helps you build up, manage, or take charge of your resources — can be satisfying. This New Moon cleans the slate and opens doors for you in the areas of personal finances, talents, and resources. It can also stir the need to reorganize your life on an emotional level if you’ve been feeling that people in your life have been undervaluing you. It’s a time to look at your talents and resources differently and take steps to use them to your advantage. Exciting ideas about your things, business, money, or practical matters can occur to you now–you want to solve problems! Aim to channel your energy into an important project or cause. This can also be a time to get serious about finances or face reality regarding money. Getting rid of unrealistic expectations can be helpful now. Aim to expect more, but not too much, from yourself now, and remind yourself that facing financial realities is a crucial step towards your financial stability and success. You have the power of words and a charming manner on your side with Venus in your communications sector until the 24th. As well, there is a fuller appreciation for your surroundings and personal environment, and increased contentment as a result. Relationships with siblings, acquaintances, classmates, or neighbors improve and can be a source of happiness in April. There can be more success with studies or new interests that inspire you. Especially from the 19th onward, you crave more interactivity and mental stimulation. You enjoy–or create–more free time to get out and about. Still, Venus heads into your solar fourth house on the 24th, and creating harmony on the home front can be a theme. Only the next day, Uranus moves into this area of your solar chart, and it’s a big move! Uranus spends about 7 years in each sign, so it's a lengthy transit, and it brings new and exciting energy to your domestic life. Opportunities to move, expand, or change things up seem to come out of the blue. Although in some ways life may not feel as predictable as it used to, the changes occurring during this transit will stir you and propel you forward. You may be seeking more freedom now, and if your current domestic setup feels confining or limiting, you’ll need to make adjustments. Your attitude towards the past and traditions is sure to go through changes, too. You’ll be taking steps towards carving out an identity that better suits and represents you. The motivation to do something meaningful is powerful as you close out the month. There can be good opportunities to expand, strengthen, and enhance family relationships, or to find peace with yourself on a matter. You may find something that was once lost, connect with your feelings, or uncover a vital resource. Reworking something can be more pleasurable than starting fresh. You might see a past matter in a new, more forgiving, or more positive light. Or this can be a time to reach a good understanding with someone. Sharing a burden can be a sweet release. |
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See also: Table of Planetary Transits, Sign Changes, New/Full Moons, and Retrogrades for the Month
This Month’s Ephemeris:
This Month’s Ephemeris with extra points and abbreviations rather than glyphs:
Ephemerides with additional points are for Eastern Time. The North Node and Lilith are the True positions. Retrogrades are underlined. Extra points are Chiron, Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Lilith. These come from the excellent software, Sirius 3.0.
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This Month’s Void Moon Dates:
Using the table below: The Moon is Void of Course from the time of its last aspect listed below until the Moon enters a new sign. Generally speaking, these periods are not ideal for launching new endeavors, although they’re not impossible periods, either.
The times given below are Eastern. These should be adjusted for different time zones. For example, for Pacific Time, subtract 3 hours from the given times.
See Void of Course dates and times for the full year.
New & Full Moon Charts:
- Full Moon in Libra Chart: April 1st, 2026
- New Moon in Aries Chart: April 17, 2026
Looking Ahead:
- Time Line Aspects: December 2025
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Void of Course Dates this Month

On May 1st, a Full Moon occurs in the sign of Scorpio, bringing sudden awareness to our lives, particularly of areas that require more balance. It challenges us to face what needs to go in our lives so we can move on in a healthier manner, as well as the responsibilities and debts we have to others. This Full Moon reminds us of the need to consider, recognize, and appreciate others’ support, contribution, needs, wants, and input.
We are excited about making changes, but there can be some suspiciousness, fear of loss, or anxiety involved with our revelations now with the lunation square Pluto. Read more about this Full Moon on its calendar page.
On May 6th, Pluto turns retrograde, and Pluto’s intense and complex energy hangs heavy in the air in the days surrounding this event. Now and over the coming months (Pluto is retrograde until October 15th), we may be reassessing how we use our power. We are not as open, overt, or direct about our desire for control or power, and some of us may be less in touch with it. Read more about this station on its calendar page.
On May 16th, the New Moon in Taurus prompts a new beginning–we’re starting fresh. We awaken to the need to take charge, particularly when making ourselves feel more secure and comfortable. It’s a time for reevaluating our relationship with money and possessions to discover what it is that we truly value and that which genuinely makes us happy and fulfilled. We should concentrate on what we can do to increase our feelings of self-worth and simplify our lives in key ways.
This is a time for reconnecting with nature, to our bodies and the world of the five senses. Creative ways of seeing, using, and approaching our personal possessions, valuables, money, and talents are in focus. This lunation has much healing potential. It aligns with Mercury and widely harmonizes with Jupiter, and we’re clear-minded and positive.
Read more about this New Moon on its calendar page.
On May 31st, the second Full Moon occurs in the month of May, this time, in the sign of Sagittarius, bringing sudden awareness to our lives, particularly of areas that require more balance. This lunation reminds us of the need to reach out beyond our usual routines, thought patterns, and neighborhoods. The Full Moon in Sagittarius is a time of expansion. As such, we should be especially aware of what we’d like to promote at this time, trying to put aside or out of our minds those things that won’t serve us well if blown out of proportion.
This Full Moon harmonizes with Pluto and Saturn, bringing a sense that if we put some effort, grit, and determination into our pursuits, we’ll get results. It’s a strong time for motivation and ambition. This lunation’s harmony with Juno helps us bring more finesse and style to our interactions… Read more about this Full Moon on its calendar page.
| Date | Time | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 1:23 PM | Full Moon in Scorpio | 11 Sco 21' |
| May 2 | 10:57 PM | Mercury enters Taurus | Mer 0 Tau 00' |
| May 6 | 11:34 AM | Pluto Retrograde | Plu 5 Aqu 30'Rx |
| May 9 | 5:10 PM | Last Quarter Moon | 19 Aqu 15' |
| May 13 | 5:58 AM | Jupiter sesquadrate True Node | Jup 20 Can 47' sesquadrate Nod 5 Pis 47' |
| May 13 | 12:12 PM | Vesta enters Aries | Ves 0 Ari 00' |
| May 15 | 6:09 PM | Pluto semi-sextile True Node | Plu 5 Aqu 30'Rx semi-sextile Nod 5 Pis 30' |
| May 16 | 4:01 PM | New Moon in Taurus | 25 Tau 57' |
| May 17 | 6:26 AM | Mercury enters Gemini | Mer 0 Gem 00' |
| May 18 | 6:25 PM | Mars enters Taurus | Mar 0 Tau 00' |
| May 18 | 9:05 PM | Venus enters Cancer | Ven 0 Can 00' |
| May 20 | 8:36 PM | Sun enters Gemini | Sun 0 Gem 00' |
| May 23 | 7:11 AM | First Quarter Moon | 2 Vir 21' |
| May 28 | 7:48 PM | Ceres enters Gemini | Cer 0 Gem 00' |
| May 30 | 12:04 AM | Neptune semi-sextile True Node | Nep 4 Ari 01' semi-sextile Nod 4 Pis 01' |
| May 31 | 4:45 AM | Full Moon in Sagittarius | 9 Sag 56' |
(See the full table for 2026)
See also: This Week in Astrology week to week for more detail.
This Month’s Overview Horoscopes
The following horoscopes outline how the above astrological influences might affect each individual sign.
Overview horoscopes fill in here as I write them, ideally during the week before the month begins. It is not unusual to see some signs temporarily missing as I write the twelve of them over the course of a few days, starting with the featured sign of the month (birthday month).
Aries
Building your resources is in focus in May, dear Aries, but as the month progresses, a growing theme centers on communicating and connecting. You’re seeking more predictability in your life this month while keeping busy. The Full and New Moons can nudge you toward better spending habits and more faith and confidence in your ability to take care of yourself. You’re in a good place for finding a balance between work and play. May begins and ends with a Full Moon! The first one can bring a financial or intimate matter to a turning point. If you’ve been dependent on a situation, person, or habit, you now recognize a need to detach. You’re now awake to your situation. Settling debt, receiving money or credit, a shuffling of money sources, or a surprising relationship development are possibilities now. While there's a focus on settling in and getting comfortable, you can quite enjoy studying, teaching, and connecting this month. You’re likely to have many different interests or projects going on that motivate you. You present your ideas and comments with charm and ease, and making social connections and sharing your thoughts come quite smoothly and naturally. Still, Pluto turns retrograde on the 6th, signaling some need to de-emphasize networking or your social life if they're taking over your life. Plans, obligations, and concerns regarding your social life, friendships, or happiness goals may carry heavy energy during the shift in the first week of May. However, as the retrograde advances, things not only even out but also feel less pressured. This retrograde period lasts until the middle of October, and it’s powerful for taking a step back to examine your fears, resentments, and possible self-destructive tendencies so you’re not living on autopilot. It’s a vital time for healing. You might pursue a business or practical pursuit with excellent results and pleasant commitment this month. Especially regarding money matters and practical affairs, new insights, ideas, and perspectives emerging now can be significant. You can feel a sense of accomplishment or hopefulness in business and a stronger feeling of connectedness in your personal life. Nurturing your needs for peace, quiet, and familiarity can be satisfying and beneficial. Still, the goal is to be on top of things, particularly on financial and domestic levels. You might especially enjoy warm relations with family or loved ones, and take great comfort in the security that comes with familiar people, things, and settings. Around the New Moon on the 16th, you’re likely to realize the need for a fresh start or approach with money, income, valuables, self-esteem, or comfort matters. Getting your financial life in order can be satisfying. This New Moon occurs in your sector of finances, values, self-worth, natural talents, and other personal resources. A new beginning or fresh start can be in the offing with any of these things. From the 18th, you could solve problems related to your domestic life or finances. You can find yourself in a good position to acquire something you covet that’s comfort-related. There’s warm energy available to you for pursuing love or enhancing a connection, and your appeal is terrific. You seem on the same, similar, or complementary page as a partner or special someone. It’s not about validation or approval; instead, it’s about fulfilling your needs and desires, and this is the key to satisfaction now. You could be working to make your home life more secure or happier, and you're willing to put in the necessary effort. Even little improvements and advances on the home front can feel big and exciting. Still, Mercury and the Sun head into your communication sector on the 17th and 20th, respectively. Uranus is now a long-term guest here, and as these bodies meet Uranus, there can be increased mental excitement and stimulation. It can be a time of exciting news or breakthrough thinking, and you can be enthusiastic about current interests, studies, and ventures. You might open your eyes to a potential new interest or channel for learning and communicating. Your ideas, advice, or guidance might stand out as particularly unique and in demand. Consider that if you can’t rely on the usual channels for expressing yourself, it helps you align with your inner rhythms and respond to your intuition. The second Full Moon of the month occurs on May 31st, bringing excitement to your ideas, philosophy, communications, connections, sense of adventure, and urge to truly live and experience things rather than go through the motions. Epiphanies occurring now lead to a new perspective. Unmet and unspoken needs are likely to find a platform now. |
Taurus
The month ahead is strong for self-development, personal strength, and initiative, dear Taurus. You have a greater desire to be independent and take care of your own needs in May. May is a power period for you, and you very often feel in charge. Even so, Mars remains in the sign just behind yours until the 18th, and while the Sun and Mercury are grabbing you some attention until then, you are not moving full-speed ahead just yet. You need some time to process things before making the big decisions! Relationships can require extra care around the Full Moon on the first day of the month, but it's also a time of increased self-awareness. This Full Moon delivers great lessons and insights. May begins and ends with a Full Moon! The first one, on May 1st, prompts an important realization about your feelings for someone or a particular partnership. These discoveries motivate you this month. Relationship goals may need refinement. Certainly, you’re approaching your relationships differently now, so expect different results as a matter of course. You might verbalize or acknowledge a situation or feeling, and it’s an emotional moment. Mercury moves into your sign on the 2nd and is in mutual reception with Venus, your ruler, until the 17th, and you’re in great shape for sharing your thoughts and getting some good feedback for your ideas. Pluto begins its yearly retrograde cycle on the 6th, and some of your long-term career goals may be up for review until mid-October. It’s a time to rework or reimagine your career and planning initiatives. Facing up to truths about the past and a closer look at career, life path, and partnership matters can be part of the picture. Fortunately, you’re now more able to see areas where you’ve been over-attached, overthinking, worried, or obsessed. Money matters are strong this month. You can be happily focused on seeking or realizing a long-term dream or goal. In the first half of May, there is animation in your private life, whether this takes the form of powerful daydreams and intuition, or a private, exciting connection. The New Moon on the 16th can clear the slate for new beginnings, helping you reinvent yourself. Occurring in your sign, this New Moon is all about you and presenting a new look, image, or more authentic version of “you” to the world. You have more power than usual to take charge and to make an impact in the days after this lunation. If you’ve felt in the background, overlooked, or ignored, you’ll want to make changes now. You have fantastic support for turning over a new leaf as you advance. On the 18th, Mars heads into your sign and Venus into your lively, connected solar third house, shifting the tone. You are more fluent than usual when expressing your ideas, whether in writing or speaking. There’s a more open-minded spirit to enjoy life, and it can also be a good time to renew or update a work in progress or personal hobby/interest. Things are tying together nicely — you feel pleasantly motivated. Attempts to reach out to someone can be fruitful. You have more confidence and desire to act with Mars in your sign, and Venus adds charm to your communications. Extend help, graciousness, and courtesies to expand your world now. It’s an excellent time to get the word out if you are working on something special. You’re anxious to put your ideas and plans into motion. There is an eagerness to handle a matter, to come out on top, to beat a personal best, and to pursue your desires and interests. This can also be a good time to bump into interesting people while running errands. While the Sun leaves your sign on the 20th, Mars has just moved into Taurus two days before. Attention to your personal needs and plans continues, making it a fine time to sort things out and take charge. The last week of the month is well-balanced. You are pumped up, more assertive than usual, and ready to go after what you want, but you’re also in a practical frame of mind. You’re courageous and motivated, and very little can keep you down. Others acknowledge and appreciate your talents. There can be a happy feeling of abundance or a stronger drive to enjoy certain freedoms and the fruit of your labor. Around the Full Moon on the 31st, there can be new information about finances or a reveal of intimate feelings that rocks your world a little, nudging you in a new direction. Revelations about debts, support, what you owe, and dependencies are meaningful now because they offer a new perspective. Unpredictability can stir up problems, but it is also a highly creative, stirring time to connect with your true feelings on a matter. |
Gemini
Your need for rest and replenishment in the first few weeks of May remains strong, dear Gemini. Even so, there is likely to be quite a bit of attention coming your way! Your sign is represented in some way or another throughout May, and you’re in a period of personal awakening as you approach your new astrological year. Nevertheless, you still have some end-of-the-astrological-year contemplation to do. Try to treat this period as a time to gather your energy and wrap up important projects or situations, while also enjoying yourself through lighthearted activities. In many ways, you're winding down, healing, and processing. Still, there can be a flurry of activity around the Full Moon at the start of the month related to health and work. If you’ve been neglecting your duties or your health, you might get a wake-up call now. Try to be as flexible as possible with changes, especially in your routines and work, as this will make transitions much easier. Allow them to happen, or better yet, make them happen! Listen to your body’s signals now. Venus in your sign and Mars in your social sector until the 18th do keep you active on a social level. The month is a good time to get rid of something you no longer need. Sometimes, it’s about turning the other cheek, and it can be liberating. Some people or a certain person can inspire you, and it’s likely mutual. Love and friendship can bring pleasant surprises, or teaming up can bring rewards. It’s a fine time for approaching people differently. The month holds two Full Moons — one on the first and one on the last day! The first one brings your attention to deadlines or pressing matters related to work or health, while the Full Moon on the 31st is more relationship-oriented. With Pluto turning retrograde on the 6th, you may find yourself reassessing, observing, and gaining a new vision of a publishing project, educational path, or belief system now and in the months ahead. This retrograde will last until mid-October, and it's an excellent time to step back from a situation, gain perspective, and identify areas where you’ve been too attached, controlling, or tense. You benefit from lovely Venus moving through your sign until the 18th. Mercury, your ruler, is in mutual reception with Venus until the 17th, boosting this already fabulous transit even further. This position accentuates your finer, more attractive qualities for all to appreciate. While you are keeping to yourself in many ways, it’s not limiting your personal appeal! Others are drawn to you more than usual. The New Moon on the 16th can usher in a fresh start for your relationship with endings and closure, rest, regeneration, and emotional healing. This is a time to allow yourself to detox, process, and digest. The major focus should be on getting your inner world and private life in order, and Mars entering your privacy sector just two days later reinforces this mission. From the 18th, exciting opportunities can come from behind-the-scenes or hidden sources. You might discover a resource you never knew you had or pick up a good buy. Others may be in the market or mood for your unique talents. Your inner or private world is more animated than usual, and you can get to the bottom of a matter from the past. You’re quite proactive, preferring to stay ahead of the game rather than fall behind. The need to overcome problem areas or get past something is compelling now, so take advantage. Tap into your inner courage and find your passion for making meaningful changes. As well, you’re in a particularly good stage for money and gifts, as well as attention to developing your talents and resources. Mercury transits your sign from the 17th onward, and the Sun from the 20th, and your voice and curiosity are stronger. You’re in great shape for finding yourself. You have more clout and personal presence, although there can be some mystery surrounding you. May is excellent for making adjustments and preparing yourself for an exciting year ahead. The Full Moon on the 31st can bring excitement and illumination to partnerships, negotiations, and agreements. A new perspective on areas of dependence or connectedness can result. Unpredictability can stir up problems now, but this is also a highly creative, stirring time for connecting with your true feelings on a project or relationship.
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Cancer
The month ahead brings a strong focus on your happiness goals, friendships, and associations, dear Cancer. It also offers a powerful time for taking care of unfinished business, as well as for healing, relaxing, and getting in touch with your inner world. May opens and ends with a Full Moon! The Full Moon on the 1st can usher in an important realization about a romance or special project as it occurs in your solar fifth house. Listen to your intuition about a matter, even if it comes on suddenly and surprises you. There can be some struggles with difficult people or competition, especially around the 4th. Otherwise, you're in good shape for taking charge of longer-term goals and connecting with your ambition. Pluto’s retrograde cycle from the 6th points to benefits from a review or reassessment of debts, dependencies, and intimate relationships. If the give-and-take or trust in a key relationship has fallen out of balance, you’ll feel it more intensely now. Romantic relationships or recreation and creativity, especially related to issues of control or fear, can also come into sharper focus with this shift. As the retrograde progresses (it lasts until mid-October), you might find that you’re detaching just enough to make improvements. For instance, this could mean taking a step back to reassess your needs and boundaries in a relationship or finding a new balance in your shared responsibilities. The desire to break free from a limiting situation or mindset is with you in May. Networking can be particularly beneficial, or a friend provides you with a sounding board or feedback that helps you reach valuable conclusions. You quickly gain support and cooperation from others. The New Moon on the 16th indicates a new beginning in your social life, with happiness goals, or regarding your involvement with others. The central focus should be on getting your social life in order. You can be called upon to become more involved or to contribute to the group/community. You’re looking for inspiration. Additionally, May brings Venus, goddess of love and pleasure, into your sign from the 18th forward, ushering in one of the best cycles of the year for personal appeal and enjoyment. This happens on the same day that Mars starts a new cycle that animates your friendships and ignites a pursuit of happiness goals. Venus in your sign softens you, and your charm can come shining through. This is a potentially excellent time for enjoying friends and perhaps meeting someone special. You’re giving off warm vibes and may very well be the focus of attention or the one everyone’s talking about. Sharing your expertise or your time with colleagues or friends can be rewarding. Teaming up with others to get something done can be successful. Your feelings run deep; you can get behind a cause or personal pursuit now. This is a time for inspiring others or feeling inspired and moved to push a plan forward. You’re craving a hands-on or active role. Still, Mercury moves into your privacy sector on the 17th, and the Sun does the same on the 20th, signaling the beginning of a period that's ideally used for healing, processing, and reflecting. You might see old problems or projects in a new light. It's all about balance! Fortunately, you seem to have all the tools necessary to both pursue activities that fulfill you with others and on your own, while paying special attention to rest and replenishment. Transits illuminate what inspires and excites you, and these things may surprise you. There can be coincidences or impromptu connections that change your entire focus. Things that feel predestined, out of the blue, or entirely uncanny can occur at this time. Minor disruptions can have the effect of distancing you from self-limiting secrets or situations, ultimately giving you more freedom. If you’re not in touch with your need for change, you might grapple with inner restlessness or touchiness, which can nevertheless be revealing. The 18th forward is terrific for personal appeal. It’s true that you are turning inward in many ways as May advances, but Venus moving into your sign at this time turns quite a bit of attention your way, in a most positive way! There can be some excitement or tension stirred up around the Full Moon on the 31st related to work, health, routine, and habits, prompting a new perspective. Unpredictability can rustle up some problems now, but this is also a highly creative, stimulating time for connecting with your true feelings about self-care or your chores, services, or job. While this can be a time when you’re scurrying around trying to manage your daily affairs or deadlines, it’s also a strong time for recognizing the need to take better care of yourself and your daily life. |
Leo
Your responsibilities are a major focus in May, dear Leo, but your happiness goals and social life are also strong themes. With the Sun at the top of your solar chart in your career sector until the 20th, it's a time for making real progress on achieving your goals. Venus and Mars in harmony with your sign until the 18th help round out your experiences socially and mentally. Your month looks very full, and it’s likely to be both engaging and pleasant. The month begins and ends with a Full Moon! The Full Moon on the 1st awakens your need to pay closer attention to your domestic world, security, familiarity, and nurturing needs. If your focus on the outside world has taken you away too often, there is a reminder now to find a balance and to bring more quality attention to your personal life. The Full Moon on the 31st is about your need to play, enjoy, and discover. Pluto’s retrograde cycle from the 6th forward (until the middle of October) holds the potential for important discoveries and insights. It’s a time to reassess one-on-one relationships and living conditions. You might review your feelings or examine whether you’ve been clinging to old patterns instead of braving new territory. The process of gaining more objectivity will help you identify areas where you’ve pushed too hard or where you’ve been too attached for your own good. Your instincts for business are very often on point, and a spirit of openness, hope, and tolerance, or a feeling that you’re headed in the right direction, gives you special confidence. Professional doors may open through social connections. This can be an excellent time to enjoy the rewards of recent accomplishments and to consider or set new goals. You can experience a stronger sense of accomplishment and joy as you meet your responsibilities. There can be meaningful conversations or communications occurring that help you turn a corner. The New Moon on the 16th can usher in a new beginning on the career front or regarding your status, responsibilities, life path goals, or relationship with higher-ups. Circumstances now clear the way for you to get your professional life in order. This New Moon can bring a sense that you’re starting anew when it comes to your reputation or work. May can also be a time of social refreshment, and you might turn to others or new ideas for inspiration. You might explore new labels or connect with different people. Unexpected contact or additional information can delight and surprise you. Collaborating or brainstorming can be particularly fruitful. Venus moves into your privacy sector on the 18th, and you may need some emotional space, but you’re not against enjoying company. It can be a great time for enjoying private moments. You tend to help, serve, and support others right now, rather quietly and automatically. You appreciate the more hidden or subtle elements of your life, interactions, and emotions. Opportunities may come from behind the scenes, or you may find much to enjoy in your private life. Your confidence in your ability to express yourself and the motivation to approach others with confidence can create winning situations. Your intuition backs you up, particularly when making life path or career-related decisions, as you have a real sense of the moment and of what others want or need. You also have a good feel for your next step. While you can be somewhat retiring on a personal level as Venus transits your privacy sector, your ambition to triumph, succeed, or win is stirring. The Sun does leave your career sector on the 20th, but just two days before this, Mars heads in, ensuring your goals and ambitions are always a big part of the month. However, your friendship sector is strong from the 20th onward. While you’re not moving away from your responsibilities or professional goals just yet, you’re allowing far more time for personal and interpersonal activities. You require some detoxing from pressured situations and goals, and you’re able to find more time for sharing, connecting, and community. The Full Moon on the 31st can bring up some surprising feelings and exciting news. A celebration is possible with the Full Moon in your sector of joy, pleasure, and self-expression. Feelings for someone or a project can blossom. |
Virgo
The month ahead holds mixed energy but mostly balanced, dear Virgo. You're paying particular attention to your need for life experience and spirited activities, as well as your career or responsibilities. As you divide your time well, you’re set to gain something valuable in all areas. You enjoy some real enthusiasm and a desire for new ideas this month. You may be adding varied activities to your daily routines. Career and reputation matters can be a satisfying area of focus and become increasingly important to your sense of well-being as May advances. The month begins and ends with a Full Moon! The Full Moon on the 1st can lead to an epiphany about your daily affairs, mobility, studies, or general mental outlook and communications. As you become more aware of your needs, you’ll discover ways to make improvements. The Full Moon at the end of the month, on the other hand, emphasizes home, nurture, and your domestic world. Pluto begins its yearly retrograde cycle on May 6th, and problem areas can magnify with the shift, affecting work, routines, communication, and health. As you grow accustomed to this energy, you’re in a brilliant position to review and reassess these matters. As you gain perspective, you more clearly see where you’ve been over-attached or where you’ve put too much pressure on yourself along these lines. Connections you make or build in May can advance your interests and broaden your horizons. A broader perspective allows you to put aside certain differences and problems — some things don’t seem as important as they once were. You can reach a peak or a turning point on a mental level, and conversations, news, and thoughts are significant, helping you clear up misconceptions, confusion, or uncertainty. You can be strongly motivated to share your work, ideas, or beliefs. Success in promoting, publishing, courses, and schooling can be a theme. This time is quite suitable for travel or getaways, or simply breaking the usual routine. There can be some tensions regarding an intimate relationship, the distribution or sharing of money, or power dynamics in a close relationship. The New Moon on the 16th can inspire you to seek a sense of mission or purpose regarding learning new things, broadening your horizons, reaching a little higher for your goals, publishing, or promotion. Your perspective or belief system is changing. You recognize the need to live your life more fully, although a bit of restlessness can predominate until you find your way. Friends can be supportive and can help you out with your practical affairs from the 18th. This is a favorable period for networking, particularly business-related. Venus and Mars head into harmony with your sign on the 18th, which is good news for your spirit to enjoy yourself and pursue your desires. Opportunities to meet someone special can arise through groups, acquaintances, shared interests, studies, or networking. Someone can inspire you to do your best and reach a little higher. When you’re as motivated as you are now, energy levels can rise quite magically. You find it easier to accept new ideas and explore new subjects, directions, or activities right now. You might thoroughly enjoy channeling your energy into a constructive project or workout, or you gain the courage to do something entirely different and enjoy a new, refreshing experience. Venus, now in your solar eleventh house, is not only about socializing but also about enjoying new projects and goals, and experimenting with new technology and ideas. Still, the last week of May brings an energy shift towards career and family, although these matters have never truly been on the back burner this month. You're more invested in your long-term goals, responsibilities, and performance with the Sun's move to the top of your solar chart on the 20th. Mercury, your ruling planet, is also in this area of your chart from the 17th onward. You’re more visible than usual now, making it a good time to show off what you can do. Interesting turns in your career are possible now, and ideas are fresh and exciting. There could be breakthrough thinking on a business, career prospect, or long-term goal. You’re not content with the ordinary or familiar! You’re in particularly good shape in public or professional settings in May. There can be a significant meeting of minds with someone in authority, the achievement of a special goal, or another such boost. You may feel quite optimistic about your career or social standing, and others see you in a positive light. The Full Moon on the 31st can stir up excitement in the home, family, and personal life or your emotional world, leading to a new perspective. You’re connecting with your true feelings and inner needs, and it can lead to standout, creative ideas. Appreciation for loved ones increases now. |
Libra
May brings an emphasis on relationships, observation, and the breaking of routines for you, dear Libra. Exciting developments in a partnership or your relationships, in general, can figure strongly as well. You’re seeking more substance in your projects and pastimes. Full Moons bookend the month. The Full Moon on the 1st awakens your need to attend to money, resources, and ownership matters. Epiphanies occurring now help you see where change is needed. There can be revelations and unveilings centered around valuables, values, talents, sharing of responsibilities, and power dynamics. For example, there may be some scrambling for resources, records, and information, or there can be money (or money news) coming in. The Full Moon on the 31st is more about communicating and connecting. Pluto begins its yearly retrograde cycle on the 6th, and it will remain retrograde until mid-October. With this shift, there can be a temporary magnification of problems, complications, and fears related to those areas of your chart strongly influenced by Pluto: romance, creativity, recreation, finances, and security. Pressures will subside going forward, and in fact, you’ll reach the point where you’re significantly detached enough to gain a better perspective on these things. This way, you can more clearly see where fear and over-attachment may have worked against you. It's the beginning of a powerful period for self-knowledge. Financial or intimate matters are in strong focus this month, and this can involve loans or bonuses, or getting close to someone and dealing with the power dynamics involved. You are tuned in to the deeper issues and looking beyond the surface of matters for answers. It's an excellent time to research, edit, or review business, health, and financial issues. Opportunities emerge to make creative and dynamic changes to your life through or about people. Strong feelings and emotions related to a partnership are likely, and you may be looking for others to fill your desires. Of course, this can be a bit problematic if taken too far, so watch for overidentifying. However, you are certainly magnetizing people to you now. There can be impulsiveness in relationships. The New Moon on the 16th prompts you to get a handle on your intimate or financial life. It’s a fine time for exciting lifestyle changes and feeling on top of things. Transits support building exciting strategies for your work or future. You might also see an intimate relationship, your personal psychology and inner desires, or financial issues more clearly now. Solving a mystery can be rewarding. You can learn something of value through research or about your career, an intimate partner, or yourself. With your future in mind, you're excited and motivated to make big changes. You’re drawn to all that’s hidden, subtle, and multi-layered in the first three weeks of May. You can feel strongly connected to someone, and your private life can benefit. People in high places are more inclined to notice your efforts and/or talents from the 18th forward. Venus moves up to the top of your solar chart, and relations with bosses, the public, and business contacts are set to improve. It's a time for pleasant surprises and advances, particularly related to life path goals. Connections might form that prove to be especially favorable over time. Someone might sponsor you or give you support. Your reputation gets a nice boost now. You’re seeking the best for yourself and believing in yourself. On the 18th, Mars also moves on, but it enters your intimacy sector. The Sun moves out of this sector on the 20th, but with Mars picking up the baton, May continues to be an important month for connecting more deeply with a special project or relationship. You can feel pleasantly motivated as if you are turning a new page. You can be exceptionally resourceful and might quickly solve a problem that had previously stumped you or uncover/attract a resource. You have a real desire to come out ahead, triumph, or accomplish something significant. You express yourself well and satisfyingly from the 17th onward. Your self-image improves, with positive effects all around, as you take better care of yourself and pay more attention to the mind/spirit aspect of your life. The work you do now may feel more compatible with your overall philosophies or mission. A sense of mission can uplift you. Your need to learn, share ideas, and reach out beyond your usual routine is strong. The Full Moon on the 31st can bring some excitement to your communications, daily affairs, transportation, neighborhood, personal interests, or contacts. A new perspective on any of these matters can emerge, nudging you along a different path. |
Scorpio
The month ahead can bring a strong focus on relationships, dear Scorpio, and you're also going hard with your routines, pursuit of wellness, and daily affairs. You can be especially involved with others in May, and for the most part, your involvement is pleasant and rewarding, if occasionally demanding. All month, your partnership sector is busy, making it a fine time to redefine relationships or your relationship needs. Harmonizing and connecting seem to be the most important factors for reaching your goals at this time of year. May begins and ends with a Full Moon! The Full Moon on the 1st occurs in your sign, prompting personal epiphanies. Your feelings are coming to full bloom. It’s a time when things come to light about you, and if you want certain things to gain exposure, this can be the time. You could be putting an attachment behind you and embracing the joy of independence, or improving a current relationship by improving your self-reliance. This is a time to recognize the need for positive change. Pluto begins its retrograde cycle on May 6th, positioning you well to review, reassess, and gain a new perspective about areas of your chart strongly influenced by Pluto: your personal goals, personality, security, comfort, family, and home or domestic life. Some related plans may need adjustment, but you might find it easier to detach from pressures and fears in these areas. You’ll soon find this process more comfortable as you grow more accustomed to this energy that's with you until the middle of October. Combining work and play comes naturally to you in May and works well for you. There can be some excitement about redesigning or reorganizing your personal space. You can feel especially connected to someone or focused on a relationship this month. You more readily find support and guidance, or an engaging focus has healing powers for you. You’re both logical and creative when it comes to a partner or your relationship needs, and it’s a rare combination. You may be sorting and organizing your thoughts and ideas, and interactions or conversations with someone can help jumpstart critical thinking. Whether verbalizing a matter to someone helps you see the issue more clearly or leads you to an important conclusion about a relationship, this is an enlightening time. People have useful or inspiring things to share with you at this time. It’s generally a good time to be around others, as there can be happy, encouraging exchanges. Close relationships and partnerships benefit from more interactivity and openness. Backing or support may be easier to come by, or you might arrive at an attractive arrangement. People are intrigued by you and drawn to you. Someone might entrust you with a secret, or peaceful agreements regarding money, power, and sharing with a partner, ex-partner, creditor, or debtor can figure strongly. The New Moon on the 16th can prompt a need for a fresh start or a brand-new approach to partnerships, close connections, negotiations, and relationship goals. The slate clears in some manner. Travel, legal, or educational plans come together nicely from the 18th onward. Cultural events could hold extra appeal. You are more effective at expressing your creativity, or others are paying more attention to your creations. A partner or special someone can help stir up your enthusiasm and build your confidence. Relationships are pleasantly spicy. Others are intrigued by or invested in your point of view. When reaching out or moving out of your usual comfort zone, you are more willing to take personal and creative risks. It’s a good time for both competitive and cooperative activities, and someone may encourage you to be the best version of yourself. You want to feel more vital and alive, and you might achieve this through relationships. You benefit from the company of others, even as you pursue your own goals, with Mars now in your partnership sector. In the last week of May, you may want to do some work on organizing your financial affairs or start a new plan for emotional health and wellness. There can be a growing focus on support, finances, and shared talents or resources. Intimate relationships can get a big boost, or you’re invested in connecting with your deeper desires and ambitions, and it feels great to get to know yourself better. The Full Moon on the 31st may bring on news or realizations about money and resources that change things up. Unpredictability can throw you a bit off-center, but this is also a highly creative, stirring time for connecting with your needs and wants. |
Sagittarius
May is likely to be busy and at times hectic, dear Sagittarius, but also quite excellent for making corrections and connections. You’re in fine shape for special attention to your health and work. After the New Moon on the 16th, you’re especially ready to take charge. Self-improvement is in strong focus. The month begins and ends with a Full Moon! On the 1st, there can be an important realization about rest, relaxation, or true feelings about a matter. The need to pull yourself back from the routine is likely now. It’s not the time to make sweeping decisions, however. Instead, this is a time to recognize your feelings, instincts, and hunches, and then gradually let an improvement plan unfold. You’re receiving powerful messages from your hunches and intuition, and feelings about a past issue are now undeniable. The Full Moon on the 31st is all about you. Venus is in your partnership sector until the 18th, putting you in a great position to enhance close relationships. You’re inclined to put more loving attention into your interactions, and the rewards are great. Others are putting their faith in you, and this, in turn, motivates you to step up your game even further. Things are moving quickly in the first two weeks of May across creative projects, romantic relationships (or signals), partnerships, and negotiations. Even so, Pluto begins its retrograde cycle on the 6th, which lasts over five months, putting you in a more reflective frame of mind. It’s a great time to search deep within for answers. It’s also a time to take a break from pushing yourself too hard mentally. Some projects may stall or need editing, adjustments, and refinements. While the shift can magnify fears and problem areas, as you adjust to this energy, you’ll find this cycle quite valuable for self-understanding. May is strong for committing to a project or health endeavor and thoroughly enjoying it. Mixing work with pleasure isn’t always successful, but it may be now! Focusing on activities that help advance your practical goals can be useful and fruitful. Good news or word on health may arrive, and finding solutions to problems is easier than usual. Doing the right thing is quite a buzz for you right now. Frustrations with your routines, health, or work can magnify around the 16th, motivating you to make a fresh start. Look at the details and get the smaller, essential jobs out of the way. The New Moon motivates you to take charge of your routines, health, self-care initiatives, and work. Improvements or other opportunities at or through your daily affairs can come out of the blue, boosting your confidence. From the 18th forward, Venus transits your intimacy sector and, on the same day, Mars begins its tour of your work and health sector. There can be a positive turn on a financial or business level. People are backing you up, and this feels good. Intimate matters are warm, easy, and natural. Whether competing with others or trying to best yourself, this is a time to seek a little more from life and enjoy yourself in the process. If you can set your own working pace, all the better, as very creative, spontaneous energy is with you in your everyday affairs. The 17th brings Mercury into your partnership sector, and on the 20th, the Sun. Your relationships come into stronger focus. There can be breakthrough conversations or ideas generated with or about a partner. A missing piece of information might surface that is a game-changer. You attract people with unusual ideas or insights into your life, and someone’s perspective can lead you on interesting mental detours or trains of thought. You might also come into sudden touch with new or revised relationship needs. Unpredictability may be disorienting, but it can also lead to a new understanding of what you need from others and what you’re capable of on your own. Old ways of relating to others are falling to the side, paving the way for exciting breakthroughs. Different and unique ways to approach people in your life emerge now. You can be feeling particularly alive and vital through other special people. The Full Moon in Sagittarius on the 31st can bring revelations. You might recognize feelings that were buried. Feelings or realizations occurring now can be surprising! Tensions related to restrictions or limits can be strong, but they help push you to make personal changes. This Full Moon can bring a personal matter to a head or an important turning point in your life. It’s an emotionally rich and fertile time. |
Capricorn
May brings a stronger emphasis on your personal life, family, home, work, health, entertainment, and romance, dear Capricorn. You're discovering ways to enjoy and express yourself more fully — May is a strong month for connecting with your heart. As the month advances, you do pick up the pace with work and health routines. In the meantime, your romantic and creative worlds often take center stage. The month begins and ends with a Full Moon! The Full Moon on the 1st awakens your feelings about your social life, connections, happiness goals, and sense of community, while the one on the 31st is about attending to your need for rest and reflection. You’re ready to create a better environment in your daily life in May. You might partner up to get work done or to accomplish fitness goals. Enjoying your work, chores, or routines can make an impact. Pluto begins its yearly retrograde cycle on the 6th, and this change of direction prompts you to review your financial affairs, attitude towards money and things, what and who you value, and self-worth. While fears or worries about money and security can intensify as this shift occurs, the retrograde cycle, lasting until the middle of October, helps you gain perspective. With less pressure on you to control or micromanage your practical affairs, your choices and decisions improve! Even so, it’s important not to push matters that must evolve in their own due time. You might enjoy more warmth and openness with loved ones this month, and you’re seeking meaningful connections, whether it’s with people or projects. You want to breathe new life into your creative or romantic world, and you focus on positivity in your interactions. You’re seeking growth, improvement, progress, and a sense of meaning. Someone in your life or relationship goals, in general, can boost your confidence or inspire you to improve. Friendly gestures and communications from others lift your spirits to new heights. You could throw yourself into an engaging activity and give it your all, and you’ll probably accomplish more if you follow your heart in some manner. You gain more clarity on a matter, and creative projects could reach a turning point, or there could be a romantic revelation related to a matter that has been developing recently. You can find yourself becoming increasingly engaged on a mental level, and you are articulate. You might thoroughly enjoy entertaining others with your conversation. The New Moon on the 16th can usher in a new beginning with love, romance, creativity, pleasure, entertainment, or leisure. Innovative ideas can take seed now. A new beginning is in the works, whether this means a new affair or project, a different way of expressing or enjoying yourself, or a fresh start in an existing relationship, pursuit, or hobby. From the 18th, you’re in fabulous shape for attracting the right company or for smoothing over a relationship. Giving your time to someone, or allowing a person to shine in their own way as they take the lead, can be very rewarding for both of you. This is a fine time for meeting people, and you are feeling unusually open and receptive. Romance, pleasure, or a particular project can be exciting, and there may be the opportunity to add more spice to a relationship or friendship. Creative projects can also benefit from your passion and enthusiasm. This time offers much potential for connecting on a romantic level and is also good for boosting confidence. Cooperation works well now, but some playful competitiveness also works! You are gracious, fun, and willing to put yourself out there, and your natural charm is endearing. You may be craving more activities in which you can create, compete, or play. A relationship may be a powerful motivator to better yourself or do your best. Still, Mercury enters your work sector on the 17th, and the 20th follows on the 20th, and you're giving your everyday affairs their due attention. In fact, you take more pride in your routines and work. Inventive new methods to handle work, chores, or health matters can be in the offing, or you could feel inspired to start a new project or wellness endeavor. It's a time for bringing new energy to your chores, daily routines, and wellness efforts. Increasingly, you require a fresh or different approach to how you handle routines and manage your health, and this theme is strong now. The second Full Moon in May occurs on the 31st, bringing some excitement to your inner world or private life. You’re gaining a new perspective on rest, reflection, downtime, and tying up loose ends or putting a project to an end. |
Aquarius
May is excellent for creativity, self-expression, and family life, dear Aquarius. Certainly, an emphasis on your sector of home and family points to some quiet energy. However, while you're getting the introspection and downtime you need, you're also finding many ways to enjoy and express yourself. There may be a surprising new attraction, craving, or interest. The month begins with a Full Moon, and ends with another one! The Full Moon on the 1st brings your need to perform, accomplish, and excel to the fore, while the final Full Moon in May is about your need for friendship and camaraderie. Pluto turns retrograde in your sign on May 6th, and as the shift occurs, there can be some magnification of unresolved matters, fears, or compulsions. However, once you get beyond this change of direction, the months-long retrograde cycle is excellent for detaching yourself from these things enough to see where you may have been overly worried or obsessing. You’re in a fine position to review and reassess your approach to self-starts, new beginnings, career matters, and responsibilities. If you’ve been over-controlling, you recognize this now and want to take some of the pressure off. This retrograde lasts until the middle of October. You are pushing boundaries just a little in your conversations and interactions as you begin May, leading to interesting discoveries. It’s a great time for personal appeal on a mental level. Still, your nesting instincts are strong. This could be a time when you pursue a bit of a home “makeover,” or make other changes, such that home life is less routine and more dynamic. Otherwise, you’re building your energy and taking extra, much-needed personal time. Venus travels in harmony with your sign until the 18th as it transits your sector of joy, pleasure, and expression. Your magnetism and sense of fun are strong. You not only share your affection more freely, but you also receive love and compliments more confidently. You’re in great shape for family and personal or emotional matters this month, and honesty and loyalty with those closest to you can help improve bonds. You’re willing to put in extra effort to make life easier or more comfortable in the long run. It can be a time for meaningful conversations with or about family. Home or family plans may come together. Your domestic life is fulfilling as you seek to improve it rather than focus on its flaws. You’re feeling comforted but also optimistic. The New Moon on the 16th can usher in new beginnings and approaches related to your family, domestic world, or living conditions/arrangements. You're motivated to make improvements. From the 18th, themes could include a successful home or family purchase, creative activities with loved ones, or pleasant productivity. Your instincts for what works best for you at home, with your health, and with work are in top form, allowing you to gravitate toward situations and people that are healthy for you. You are in the mood to make something happen, push things forward, and solve problems to feel ahead of the game. Positive changes and improvements are possible now. The Sun heads into your sector of joy, pleasure, pastimes, and creativity on the 20th, encouraging you to follow your heart. Mercury is already a guest here (since the 17th), and your perspective is changing. There can be surprises in your romantic or emotional life, and new methods or approaches to your hobbies, leisure time, and relationships can be in order. A need might awaken within you to express yourself in unique ways as Mercury and the Sun meet Uranus in this area of your solar chart. You may enjoy a feeling of rejuvenation and spirited energy. Signs point to the need for you to detach yourself a little from areas of over-control or those things that deplete your energy stores. Certainly, there may be disruptions, detours, or excitement with matters related to your loves, passions, hobbies, and feelings. Plans might change at the last minute, leading to more freeform and potentially inspirational experiences. The Full Moon on the 31st animates your social life. You might arrive at important emotional revelations about people in your life and your need for them, or about your place in a group, with friends, or even in the community. Surprises, rebellious feelings, and sudden changes in direction can be part of the picture. |
Pisces
May brings a strong focus on connecting, learning, transportation, communications, and daily affairs, dear Pisces. You’re also likely to enjoy your home and personal life more fully this month. You have a stronger desire than usual to communicate and connect, and siblings, relatives, or neighbors tend to play a more vital role in your life. Your curiosity and need for variety can lead to a busy pace. There is much to deal with in the short term, but you can also find time for long-term vision and planning. The month begins and ends with a Full Moon! Around the Full Moon on the 1st, sudden interests can lead you along a new path. Be choosy about what you take on now, but listen to your feelings and hunches. Something comes to light that changes your perspective and focus, elevating your concerns beyond the routine. It can encourage you to look at the big picture or to reach higher and wider. Consider that your needs for variety, independence, and freedom are key, and that understanding them is better than letting them rule your decisions. The Full Moon on the 31st is a call to perform, advance, or attend to your responsibilities. You are communicative and sociable, reaching out to others and enjoying the connections you’re making in May. There’s likely to be an emphasis on learning, particularly self-taught or home-learning endeavors. Later in May, there is a stronger desire to enjoy the peace and security of family life, however, and far less interest in venturing too far from home. While the focus on your domestic world grows stronger as the month advances, you have Venus in your home and family sector until the 18th, and your heart is with your home all of May. You seek more harmony, comfort, beauty, and balance in your home environment and family life. Safety, prosperity, and familiarity seem to drive your love life, spending habits, and pastimes or pleasures. Real estate matters can be favorable now. You gain inspiration from deeper connections with people or projects, private matters, family connections, and realizations or discoveries about psychological issues. Still, Pluto begins its yearly retrograde on the 6th, and with the shift, you might experience some intensifying fears, worries, or frustrations. Rest assured, these things should settle down shortly. The retrograde lasts until mid-October and encourages you to observe and understand your attachments and fears. You may not have noticed how concerns, guilt, and control issues have worked against you. Now that you’re making these associations, it’s easier to work on healing and resolving problems. May is strong for communications. It can also be a good time to heal rifts or cooperate towards a special goal. You’re in a particularly good position to sort things out and solve problems or gain some clarity on your studies, trips, or projects as new details emerge. Your good attitude and sense of fun open up opportunities for you, particularly in creative projects and relationships. You’re putting more of yourself into your learning endeavors, personal interests, writings, dating, or creative worlds. You might connect with someone special or come up with an original idea that benefits you. You can feel inspired to pursue a learning challenge or pursue a special interest, or you’re setting up goals in these areas that motivate you. The New Moon on the 16th can usher in a new beginning with your daily affairs, communications, contacts, and personal interests. You may need to do some juggling, but the central focus should be on getting your daily affairs in order. Creative outlets can be magical from the 18th, when both Venus and Mars head into a harmonious angle with your sign. It’s a time when you tend to stay on top of things socially, and opportunities abound. You’re stimulated and engaged, and others seem more cooperative, interested, or helpful. Romantic intensity of the pleasant variety may figure strongly. Still, domestic matters assume more importance as Mercury heads into your solar fourth house on the 17th and the Sun does the same on the 20th. With Uranus in this area of your chart, your perceptions of family dynamics or ideas about your personal life and living arrangements are changing. In turn, a desire to make changes on the home front or with family can overcome you, and approaching communication in new ways comes naturally. You might also feel some excitement about new ideas or plans forming. Your personal life or domestic world seems to demand a new approach. It’s possible that you need disruptions to your routines for your life to move forward. The Full Moon on the 31st brings excitement to your public or professional life, reputation, responsibilities, or long-term goals. You might awaken to a new calling or a fresh idea about your life path. |
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Using the table below: The Moon is Void of Course from the time of its last aspect listed below until the Moon enters a new sign. Generally speaking, these periods are not ideal for launching new endeavors, although they’re not impossible periods, either.
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New & Full Moon Charts:
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