MAY ASTROLOGY
Post Retrograde period… May has been a month of picking up the pieces and moving forward.. its brought a grounding, lighter, slower pace of life. Have you felt it?
Taurus is the Goddess Demeter (ruler of the Harvest) and she meets us right at the change of season – whether that’s the cooler mornings and evenings of Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere or as we feel the warmth of the sun penetrate our skin as little bit deeper in the Northern Hemisphere - This is no coincidence. Taurus season has longed for us to be where our feet are. Summoning Nature to reconnect us to our surroundings to pause and pay attention to the subtle changes your seeing, feeling, hearing, smelling in the landscape around you. It brings a groundness to the transformative energy of the start of the year . Taureen energy is fixed earth its grounded, its steady, stable, secure, practical and well.. lets be honest I’ve never met a Taurus who doesn’t like the finer things or a appealing aesthetic.
Taurean energy rules your home, your car, your possessions, your garden, your quality of life. In May these questions have been asked of us. How do those area in your life feel? Does your physical life look and feel the way you want it to? Everything you’ve built, hustled for, committed to – Taurus asks If you get to actually enjoy it? Do you get to taste the fruits of your Labour? Or do you just stack them on a shelf. That new home you worked hard for have you ever even gotten to laze by the pool?
First up, Mercury moves fasttttt this month – starting off in Aries, travelling through Taurus and then into Gemini on May 26th – Mercury always moves fast after a Retrograde period. Meaning you will be feeling a multitude of different ideas and inspirations come to you this month. Right now, Mercury is in Taurus wanting you to ground all these ideas into your life. If you aren’t happy with your home – how can you change that? if you’d like more vacation time this year – how do you action that? Taurus is practical and determined she wants to ground loose ideas and turn them into real plans.
*In these final days of Mercury in this Venus ruled sign make those plans, be practical and determined in pursuit of your goals.
Next up! - As May wraps up we have 2 significant shifts. The first being Saturn - Saturn, the planet of discipline, karmic lessons, linear timelines, structure, maturity and growth is moving into pioneering Aries. I did a post about Saturn Returns on Instagram and you can also read it here. If you were born between April 7, 1996, and June 9, 1998, or between October 25, 1998, and February 28, 1999, your Saturn return in Aries will occur during this time frame. If you were born between March 3, 1967, and April 29, 1969 you will be entering in your 2nd Saturn Return!
Saturn return or not Saturn in Aries is going to be creating ripples in all us. Many of us are going to be to sensing our life purpose could be changing. Because Saturn requires us to look at what we are building in our life and partnered with Aries – it all starts with ourself. We are going to be meeting themes surround our identity- who we are, how we have changed, your sense of self, is this still aligned and true for me?, does this structure of my life still reflect who I am at my core or have I outgrown it? There is a new beginning point starting here. Something new within each of us is on the horizon.
FINALLY!! to send us off into Gemini SZN we have a New Moon at 6 degrees of Gemini – this new moon is going to be bringing a social, bubbly and curious energy to the end of May. It’s that childlike excitement and curiosity to see whats next, wherever Taurus has created some stagnation this New Moon allievates that energy and picks it up and plays with it.
As we reach the half way point of the year this Gemini New moon gets us thinking, chatting, playing, snowballing ideas of whats next? What can we plan? What can we do? What can we learn? With Mercury also in Gemini at this time all these themes are heightened so this is a great time to chat with friends, colleagues, family, your book club, your community and bounce off each other. Gemini has so many thoughts, ideas, playfulness, wit and pure curiousity to share – make sure you write anything that hops out at you down!!
So, for now as we send out May, be sure to take all of Taurus’s notes – and be sure to bask in Nature that’s where you will find her energy, enjoying her slow, calm and secure pace because Gemini is going to pick up speed again (but with a childlike flare) so soak in these final days. Set those step by step practical long term plans in place.
That’s all for now folks, I’ll be back once we enter into Gemini season!