This Month:
Mercury turns retrograde from May 10 until June 3.
Jupiter changes signs moving from Pisces to Aries on May 10.
We have another eclipse on May 15 and we are still under the influence of the April 30 eclipse. For more information on these eclipses, read my Eclipse report. The ancients believed that eclipses only affected the rulers of the world and not the rest of us peons. Note that both Vladimir Putin and President Biden have these eclipses conjunct their Venus. President Biden also has the Lunar Eclipse on his Sun. Queen Elizabeth has the Lunar Eclipse on her Saturn. Briefly, an eclipse on Venus can bring a change in popularity and an eclipse on the Sun can bring attention either positive or negative. An eclipse on Saturn highlights the career and legacy.
Dates to Watch:
Note to my Astrology Clients. Use your Planetary Placement and Ascendant Sheet to find if the following transits will have a major impact on you.
If you are a client, email me for a coaching session on how the May aspects and the April 30 and May 16 eclipses will affect your chart.
May 1 – Beltane. I have a client in Dublin who sends me articles about Irish culture. Here is an article about Bealtaine (Irish Spelling)
May 2 – Venus enters the hot-headed sign of Aries until May 28. You will be very assertive in going after a relationship. This can create a strong desire to love someone and be loved in return. This will add high-speed energy to your love life. Venus also rules your values. During this time you could express your values and feelings in bold new ways
May 5 – Sun Conjunct Uranus at 14 degrees of Taurus. Uranus brings in original, eccentric ideas and people that can intrude into your life via a sudden event. This will affect those of you with personal planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars) or the ascendant at 12 to 16 degrees of Taurus or Scorpio. Taurus types like a calm, peaceful no-drama life. Well, today, be ready to be shook up. On the other hand, Scorpio doesn’t mind a rumble once in a while. The rest of us will feel the energy of Uranus in the house of your chart that contains 14 degrees of Taurus. This only lasts a couple of days. Enjoy the surprise that Uranus will spring on you. See the meaning of the houses here.
May 10 – Mercury turns retrograde at 4 degrees of Gemini, dips back into Taurus on the 22nd of May, turns direct on the 3rd of June at 22 Taurus, and heads back into Gemini on the 13th of June. He will remain in Gemini until July 5. Mercury rules the mind, and how we think and express ourselves. Gemini wants to read everything, know everything and talk about everything. If you have any Geminis around you at this time, you will be able to see the smoke coming out of their ears. Taurus on the other hand will stay asleep during the whole thing.
May 10 – Jupiter enters Aries. Jupiter represents optimism, growth, generosity, joy, and abundance. In Aries, you will attract these things when you lead, initiate, inspire others, and demonstrate enthusiasm and courage. In Aries, you identify strongly with your own opinions, beliefs, and perceptions. During this time you have the confidence to push forward with your plans. The areas of your life ruled by the house in your natal chart that contains Aries will be more joyful and good luck could come in around those areas. Aries types tend to go over the top anyway and Jupiter will urge them to go further and higher. You are an Aries type if you have the Sun, Moon, or the Ascendant in Aries. Watch out for being too pushy, I mean more than you usually are.
May 15 – Sun Square Saturn at 24 Taurus and Aquarius. Don’t take risks today; you could be disappointed and also disillusioned. A downer day if you have personal planets or the ascendant at 22 to 26 Taurus or Aquarius.
May 16 – Full Moon Lunar Eclipse at 25 Taurus. This is a very complex eclipse. Read my eclipse report to understand this energy. Those affected have personal planets or the ascendant at 23 to 27 degrees of Taurus or Scorpio. It’s time to let go and open up to new ideas and ways of life.
May 18 – Mars conjunct Neptune at 24 degrees of Pisces. Where are you going? Are you lost? Sometimes it’s good to be lost because then you can find a new path forward. But with Neptune, you need to watch out for scams today. Don’t believe anyone or anything. Your best bet is to go to a park and talk to the trees.
May 19 – Sun Trine Pluto at 28 Taurus/Capricorn. This is a very good grounded, practical aspect. Work with someone you trust. You can accomplish a lot today if (as our old school teachers said) you apply yourself. This will be an especially productive day if you have personal planets or the ascendant at 26 degrees of Taurus to 29 degrees of Taurus or Capricorn or at 0 degrees of Aries or Aquarius.
May 20 – Sun Enters Gemini until June 21. During this month you want to know everything about every subject. You can be very nosy about everyone else’s business and become a big gossip. You are social and insatiably curious. This is a good time to put all of your diverse interests into writing. But like the other three mutable signs (Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces) you could just spend this month spinning your wheels and accomplish zilch.
May 21 – Sun Conjunct Mercury at 0 Gemini. Both business and pleasure are favorable under this aspect. Your mind is buzzing. This is a good day to plan a trip or communicate with others. You are especially brilliant today if you have personal planets or the ascendant at 28 Taurus to 2 Gemini.
May 22 – Mercury enters Taurus until June 13. During this time we all become more grounded and practical. We can give common-sense advice to each other and we are not interested in new-fangled ideas that our fellow Aquarians are spouting off.
May 24 – Mars enters Aries until July 5. Uh oh, the god of war, the ruler of Aries is in Aries. This is a time to wake up and accomplish something. We may all become more brash and impulsive. Check the house in your birth chart that contains Aries. This is the area of your life where you can channel this energy.
May 25 – Mercury Trine Pluto at 28 degrees of Taurus/Capricorn. Another good day to get a lot accomplished. Taurus rules gardens and Capricorn rules land so get out there and dig in the dirt. This is a great gardening day if you have personal planets or the ascendant at 26 to 29 Taurus/Capricorn or at 0 Gemini/Aquarius.
May 27 – Venus Square Pluto at 28 degrees of Aries/Capricorn. The person you meet today on a blind date could be a controlling sociopath. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. It’s best to stay home if you have personal planets or the ascendant at 26 through 29 degrees of Aries or Capricorn or at 0 degrees of Taurus or Aquarius.
May 28 – Venus enters Taurus until June 22. Venus loves it here, she wants to cuddle, eat, sleep and indulge herself. Enjoy this period. Don’t worry about being lazy and gaining weight. You don’t want to deny Aphrodite.
May 29 – Mars Conjunct Jupiter at 3 degrees of Aries. Jupiter expands every planet he touches. Here he is increasing the energy of Mars. This is a good day to hike or work out in the gym. If you have personal planets or the ascendant at 1 to 5 degrees of Aries be careful of impulsive actions today.
May 30 – Memorial Day. A New Moon at 9 degrees of Gemini. This new moon will influence our life until the full moon on June 14. This period brings in change and spontaneity, but It can help us keep a cool head. We can become more talkative. This energy will be stronger if you have personal planets or the ascendant at 7 to 9 degrees of Gemini. Check your birth chart for the house that contains 9 degrees of Gemini. This is the area of life where you will experience an urge for something new.
OUTER PLANET TRANSITS:
JUPITER moved into Pisces on Dec 2, 2021, and he will stay in Pisces until May 10, 2022. Jupiter enters Aries on May 11 and will stay in Aries until Oct 29 when backs back into Pisces. This month he will travel from 27 Pisces to 3 Aries. Jupiter in Aries is about taking the lead in our life. Jupiter’s effects are to expand our experiences, our knowledge, and our understanding. If you have personal planets or the ascendant between 25 degrees of Pisces to 5 degrees of Aries expect expansion and blossoming in that area of your chart.
SATURN is in Aquarius until March 2023. He is moving from 24 to 25 degrees of Aquarius this month. Saturn rules our material world, and especially our career. Saturn is the old traditional ruler of Aquarius. So he is happy here. If you have the ascendant or any personal planets 22 to 27 degrees of Aquarius, you may be in store for some hard lessons around the issues ruled by the planet and the house the planet is in or rules. While Saturn is in Aquarius, he will run around trying to restrict all of the social media that he will call fake news. He hates to see freedom of expression which is what Aquarius is all about.
URANUS is in Taurus until Apr 2026. This month he moves from 14 to 15 degrees of Taurus. This is the time to break loose and make some radical changes in your life. I believe in ‘cooperating with the inevitable’. If you have Uranus in a challenging aspect to your ascendant or personal planets, (12 to 17 degrees of Taurus or Scorpio) go on a long vacation, preferably to somewhere you have never been before. Or make some major changes in your life. Taurus is the earth. Expect earth events such as earthquakes volcanos or major weather events during the period that Uranus is in Taurus.
NEPTUNE (creativity, sensitivity, escapism, dreams) is in Pisces until 2026. This month he moves from at 24 to 25 degrees. A lack of focus, a sense of drifting, or an inability to see a betrayal or disappointment until it's too late can be experienced by those of you with the ascendant or Personal Planets at 22 to 27 degrees of Pisces or Virgo. For the enlightened out there, Neptune can also bring artistic, musical, creative expression, increased dreams, and spiritual insights. Watch for some really inspired films to come out during the time Neptune is in Pisces.
PLUTO is in Capricorn until 2023. This month, Pluto is moving retrograde and stays at 28 degrees of Capricorn. Profound changes will be felt especially by those with the ascendant or personal planets at 26 degrees of Capricorn or Cancer to 1 degree of Aquarius or Leo. What needs to die in order to be reborn?
Have a great Month
Janet Kane
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