This is in some ways a difficult month, Cancer, in the aftermath of the potent solar eclipse from last month at the top of your chart, in your vocational sector. This featured a highlighted presence of Chiron, the Wounded Healer. The energy of this powerful New Moon therefore has healing energy for hurt places within you, stemming from early childhood, so that you do well to pay attention to these feelings if they should arise. You are also moving ahead in subtle understanding that will ultimately further your career and professional life. The strong Mercury Retrograde of the previous April month, rather than being entirely fit for direct action, was more of a chime with introspection and meditative reflection on where you might feel you have been heading. Things change with the advent of the current month, when the Moon’s last quarter arrives as a crisis of consciousness, and when Mercury is finally moving forward again, slowly recovering from the April backward movement. It is possible that with the New Moon of May 7th you will recognize hopeful signs of progress with coming to terms with whatever residue of ancient trauma might remain, on the inside, when aligning yourself with your deepest sense of principle in terms of outer world developmental progress.


The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com


As May opens, it finds you in the final week of the Aries lunation cycle that was activated in your professional and public domain at the time last month's powerful solar eclipse. Eclipses are process-oriented, and the events they symbolize will evolve over the next six months, possibly bringing you closer to something that feels like your true calling. Because this recent solar eclipse was also directly conjunct Chiron, and elevated in your chart, the new door that is opening in your drive to self-actualize through career and profession connects also to your core vulnerabilities. If you are being called to leadership in some capacity, as well as the characteristic subject matter of your field of endeavor, that leadership must be based on self-knowledge. This may push you to confront attitudes to authority and agency that relate to family karma or early conditioning. Your conscious participation will determine the way you subjectively explore these principles or encounter them through outside forces.

On the 2nd, Pluto stations retrograde in Aquarius lending greater focus to your sector of intimacy, shared resources, and metamorphosis. Aspects to Pluto from Venus and Mars suggest relational and material realities place parameters on your urge to act in intimate connection and autonomously. This includes the benefits you receive and those you share with others. With Pluto magnified in its effects, you are called to attend to the uses of power in intimate relationship, or to go further toward deep connection with yourself, and likely have some work there left to do. For example, if there are secret places inside you that you would like to become more attentive of, now might be your chance. If you have surrendered your power to someone else in the past or over-leveraged your own, you could feel yourself transforming in these relationships or impulses, in alignment with your highest purpose, and find yourself now making further course adjustments.

A conjunction between Mercury and Chiron in Aries is active from the 5th to the 7th and may call attention to your mentorship, teaching, and healing roles. The earlier Mars-Pluto sextile may amplify urgency in working life or in collaborative scenarios, but in another way there is no need to rush. Reflection over reaction is the preferred course when you can pull that off, and will help you determine what is happening now and what old story you may be projecting onto it. While you can't rationalize your way out of how you feel, healthy emotional or physical catharsis and direct communication will prevent explosive conflagration if pressure has been building.

The Taurus New Moon on the 7th opens a fertile cycle in your sector of community and long-term goals. This is productive of better valuations of long-term goals as you perhaps strive for a better alignment with your deeper principles and values. The presence of Venus and Jupiter, rulers of the New Moon and Full Moon, emphasizes harmonious and constructive growth within your interpersonal landscape, possibly following a period of instability. You may carry an air of visibility or authority right now, with some social or professional influence. Associations that share common ground or new ambitions you are working towards may be fortuitous at this juncture and could set the tone for some years to come. The luminaries aspect Saturn in Pisces by sextile, indicating this evolution aligns with recalibration in your broader life or spiritual philosophies, teaching, or travel.

The Sun conjoins Uranus in Taurus on the 12th and 13th. You being exactly you will attract the connections that are right for you—just be flexible about the way opportunities and allies show up. This begins a series of reverberations connected to the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction that extend into May. Life will show you what long-term goals and connections may not need to be carried into the future. You could feel a little overstimulated, but your zest is high

On the 15th, the First Quarter Moon in Leo indicates topics connected to your self-esteem and personal resources, including time, energy, and skills, could feature in your considerations. Mercury joins the planetary buildup in Taurus on the same day, applying to a square with Pluto, active until the 18th. Mercury having escaped its retrograde shadow a few days earlier, conversations may more easily get to the heart of an issue and things begin to move forward.

A Jupiter Cazimi arrives on the 18th alongside the second day of Venus' conjunction with Uranus. Release of outdated social obligations or criteria about how and with whom you spend time may lead to unexpected friendships or activities. It's a lucky day to socialize and begin things with others — your widening network may include mutually beneficial associations that help further ambitions, new love interests, and creative connections.

These energies overlap with Mars' conjunction with the North Node in Aries, in the air from the 18th to the 21st. You have the drive and energy to channel your enthusiasm into effective action, particularly in professional matters. You might need to beware of steamrolling over others. That could happen if you may feel hungry to get your own thing happening, with little tolerance for what feels restrictive or at odds with your independent trajectory.

The Sun moves into Gemini on the 20th, signaling a turn from the highly social and visible sectors of your solar chart to the solitary. Take time out to process and take care of yourself

The Sagittarius Full Moon on the 23rd illuminates the significance of your mental and physical health and a need for meaning in your day-to-day work activities. These considerations influence how you interact with others, and you may feel pulled by the excitement in your social life and the call to tend to your inner world and routines. As the lunar cycle culminates, Venus and Jupiter conjoin in Taurus, both connecting to Neptune in Pisces by sextile. You may be particularly magnetic, with romance, compassion, and creativity magnified. Inspired dreams for the future may connect to your spiritual or global consciousness, learning, or travel. The highlighted presence of Pluto in Aquarius, your intimacy sector, leads to further transformation in this area of life.

Jupiter moves into Gemini on the 25th, where it will spend the next year in your sphere of the subconscious — inner and spiritual exploration offers a path of fulfillment and meaning. This transit can magnify undermining influences and unconscious patterns in a way that demands you to attend to them. Behind-the-scenes projects are supported, and you may find great enjoyment in spending time alone and off in your own world. Your mental environment and the way it shapes your wellbeing and experience of the outer world may be emphasized, including the effects of technology use. Mediative practices of self-observance will help to address a busy mind and connect to a deeper sense of intuitive knowing beyond the chatter

Jupiter's ingress is intensified by an immediate trine with retrograde Pluto, calling for cultivation of awareness about less conscious patterns that inform the way you engage here. This may amplify matters of personal evolution, death, and intimacy alongside more tangible forms of energy exchange, such as money and contractual matters.

The last five days of May are also characterized by a Mars-Chiron conjunction in your professional sphere alongside Mercury's conjunction with Uranus. Unexpected news may aggravate old insecurities or feel like a direct attack on your individual selfhood. Inner reflection and curiosity will help you clarify what is happening inside of you and what is happening around you. Talking to friends can bring fresh perspectives or innovative solutions

Much opportunity is coming in through your social circle and professional domain this month. Wise use of will, broadening your frameworks of understanding, and connecting to your integrity and inner authority will aid these developments.

This is another month relating to partnership in your life, Libra, in the wake of the recent powerful solar eclipse in your opposite sign. That Aries cycle is continuing to play out in the present month. Then, too, among the areas of your life that are affected by the May 7th Taurus New Moon and the subsequent 30-day cycle are intimacy and partnership agreement. It seems true then, that the influence of others is thus a huge life factor for you right now. Mercury has been retrograde all through April, and is slowly recovering for the first two weeks of May, so that you continue to be deeply introspective and questioning regarding partnership factors. The exploration of your own depths remains another key area of great consequence in this somewhat chaotic May month. There is also to be considered the potent presence of transformative Pluto in your self-expression sector, indicating that a thorough-going metamorphosis of your creative channels continues and even accelerates. You might be well-advised at this time to just let go, and, while keeping your eyes wide open, just allow the universe to guide you through to your next evolutionary stage. Your commitment to service is strong, and to a sense of life purpose that surrounds you now, to positive developmental effect.


The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com


You enter May in the final week of the Aries lunation cycle stemming from the potent solar eclipse that was seeded in your opposite sign representing your partnership sector. This is the site of a developmental turning point related to the Aries-Libra eclipse cycle that began last year and will not close until 2025. Also in this May month, as Mercury recovers and your process of meditative review and questioning eases, your inner values are being explored and updated. Because of the extremely highlighted position, in that recent eclipse configuration of Chiron, the Wounded Healer, a new cycle of love and relationship is being launched, continuing into the present month, that depends on your deeper knowledge of yourself and your wounding as you can come to that. You might be feeling your inner guidance offering you healing through resolving old patterns of pain that could be tied to your sense of independence and individuality or its lack.

On May 2nd, Pluto's station to retrograde in Aquarius or your creativity sector that also references any children in your life, puts attention to the deep growth process you have been involved in for the past year or more in this important area. Aspects to Pluto from Venus, your ruler, in Taurus, and also from Mars in Aries, operating from the 1st to the 5th, emphasize the connection between concurrent cycles of change and growth within your realms of collaboration and partnership, both business and intimate. Pluto's influence may empower efforts related to shared resources, creativity, sexuality, and children. However, it could also amplify complex interpersonal entanglements or non-negotiables by thrusting issues you have been avoiding into the picture. This may be a powerful week for clearing something old that is tied to the beginning of a new pathway forward for you that aims to expand your pleasure and passion in life.

A conjunction between Mercury and Chiron in Aries is active from the 5th to the 7th, emphasizing a process of cleansing and renewal through the relational realm. Honest conversations and self-advocacy could help clear some energy from your system. Supporting your own and others' needs to individuate will deepen closeness and allow for freedom and complexity. This may require a conscious approach to long-established patterns that shape your relationships.

The Venus-ruled New Moon takes place in Taurus on the 7th and initiates a new cycle in your sector of intimacy, shared resources, and personal metamorphosis. This may herald an emerging sense of harmony or stability within your shared material circumstances or close bonds following a period of change, uncertainty, or loss. Much is generative about this brand new Taurus lunation cycle, which is additionally uplifted by the presence of the benefics Jupiter and Venus. Be it for matters of the heart, investments, or personal growth, what is gestating now might flourish and support happiness and prosperity. A sextile from the Sun and Moon to Saturn in Pisces offers a level of moderation, and suggests this might relate to something you have committed significant energy and devotion to and that thus temper the potential for Jupiterian excess in these relationship or personal matters.

On the 12th and 13th, the Sun conjoins Uranus in Taurus and the unexpected becomes the order of the day. Your drive toward personal empowerment or breaking free of stifling situations could be high at this timing, perhaps referencing a confining interpersonal or contractual dynamic in your search for freedom. Whether a personal pattern, or in matters of sexuality, the release of built-up tension offers revitalization and an awakened sense of your own potential. Shifts in your own self-concept could free you from the need to please others and see you through to embodying leadership roles. A sextile from Venus to Saturn also points to the alleviation of challenges that may have felt restrictive, possibly related to your health or obligations to others.

On the 15th, the First Quarter Moon in Leo may see adjustments related to your friendships, collaborations, and long-term goals within the current lunation cycle. Mercury enters Taurus the same day, finally finished with its retrograde shadow. Mercury is also applying to a square with Pluto that is active until the 17th. Creative differences or shadows around communicating your desires or pleasure-seeking may come to light, possibly related to debt, fidelity, or unmet needs. Topics could include creative projects or your children, if you have any, and may prompt serious consideration about inner work, resources, or your family karma.

Venus conjoins Uranus on the 17th and also the 18th, the same day as a Jupiter Cazimi. This is a truly magical time, when you will likely be in thrall to intimacy needs or your personal drive for evolutionary progress. Today favors spontaneity and experimentation. Your optimism and self-confidence could be high, or you may be recognized for your ability to lead cooperative efforts. You may attract unexpected opportunities and support, including from figures in influential positions or possibly a financial boost through a legacy. Harness your magnetism to pitch an idea or go after something you have been dreaming about.

The Mars-North Node conjunction in Aries on the 19th is activated between the 18th and the 21st, which may see great energy and enthusiasm devoted to a shared goal. Your evolutionary call is the work of individuation within closely merged bonds—conflict may focalize your position on something and catalyze change if a relationship is prohibitive to that.

The Sun enters Gemini on the 20th, initiating a new emphasis in your sector of higher learning, beliefs, and travel.

On May 23rd, the May lunation cycle culminates in the Sagittarius Full Moon thatb illuminates the significance of your sphere of mental facility, curiosity, ad learning. Venus conjoins Jupiter in the last degree of Taurus as both planets also connect to Neptune in Pisces, via an exact sextile. This speaks to higher mind, as well as to the resources needed in order to materialize your inspiration successfully. All manner of associations, such as friends, business contacts, collaborators, or romantic connections are supported. Joint ventures or investments might start to develop, with a flurry of communications also possible. You could begin learning something new or forge new beliefs in line with your most deeply personal sense of your ethics.

Jupiter enters Gemini on the 25th, fostering an expanded experience of life focalized through the spectrum of mind and understanding. There could be a restless search for meaning that takes you on many different adventures over the next year, in both the physical world and the world of ideas. Matters of education, spirituality, overseas travel, broadcasting, and teaching offer a path of meaning and opportunity to engage your talents. Jupiter amplifies rather indiscriminately and could also illuminate certain entrenched beliefs or judgments you are ready to let go of.

From the 23rd until the end of the month, the Sun, Venus, and Jupiter in Gemini all connect to Pluto by trine, empowering this new period of expanded horizons and connecting these developments to your desires or a sense of falling in love with the world. Topics of children, creativity, or fun could be significant to evolving plans or relate to deeper transformation in your psychology or guiding beliefs.

This is an interesting time of fascination for what is going on beneath the surface layers of your psyche, Capricorn, due to the concentration of energy in your domestic sector as a result of last month’s powerful solar eclipse, applying to familial dynamics, your dwelling space, issues of family of origin. With Mercury recovering from its retrograde, you are continuing to spend time reflecting upon these fundamental life factors, conceivably colored by revelations of inner wounding also present. In the current month you are slowly emerging from the ups and downs of that previous cycle, and perhaps still dealing with long-buried childhood trauma. The best approach here is to acknowledge such wounding as present, not to avoid as embarrassing evidence of being flawed, but rather to be accepted, being kind to these cast off parts of yourself. In this May month also, there might arise a type of internal moral understanding for being honest with self and other. By doing the right thing by those around you, you are thereby fulfilling a fundamental commitment to yourself. Your creativity is sizzling lately, and all the more so, the further you can cast aside any blocks to fully inhabiting your authenticity.


The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com


You enter May under the energetic tides of the Aries lunation cycle, which was initiated by a total eclipse New Moon that conjuncted Chiron, the Wounded Healer, in your sector of home, family, and the deepest parts of the self. Chiron's presence suggests that inner wounding could come up for you, continuing into the present monthly cycle, and yet that there are also opportunities for healing such issues or at least for making progress in that direction. This new developmental cycle of may demonstrate further links between vulnerabilities stemming from early childhood and present day experiences family or ancestry. Eclipses are process-oriented meaning that events begun last month will evolve over the next six, and that, in particular, for May you are still integrating recent developments that will continue to affect you over the summer to come. These may guide you to strengthen your foundations and to ultimately establish a deeper sense of safety and belonging.

On the 2nd, Pluto stations retrograde in Aquarius intensifying the transformation that is already going forward in regard to your resources and feelings of self-worth. Pluto will briefly revisit your sign in September, but is essentially present now in Aquarius for the remainder of the decade, and beyond. Having largely shifted focus from who you are, and how you identify, the planet of metamorphosis now has its energies aligned to what you have — your assets, values, and skills and how you wield them. Aspects from Venus and Mars to Pluto as you enter the month suggest powerful emotions could arise so that you might want to mentally hold off from blurting something out that you will regret later on. Matters related to children, home, and leisure may also arise for consideration of what is most important for you as a priority. While action is empowered, Pluto's influence can potentially thrust less conscious material into the picture. You might want to recognize that you relinquish agency when you allow others to dictate your value. You may excel in a job or project by meeting external standards, yet your integrity depends on what you can manage while living by your own code.

From the 5th to the 7th, Mercury conjuncts Chiron in Aries, and you will likely become even more thoughtful about inner issues that could be disturbing your peace of mind. Following the Mars-Pluto sextile, challenges to your sense of foundational or financial security could illuminate a need to separate your identity from family conditioning and your domestic roles. This may also bring up a deeper sense of existential loneliness or alienation, which may motivate you to learn more about your heritage or create your own family culture with chosen kin.

The Venus-ruled New Moon in Taurus on the 7th initiates a new cycle in your sector of self-expression and joy — chiming in certain ways with last month's wild Jupiter-Uranus conjunction. The presence in Taurus of both benefics, Venus and Jupiter, may emphasize harmonious and constructive growth related to your artistic practice, romance, or any children you might have. This is a favorable time to launch or invest in things you want to flourish, and feeds your overall happiness. The Sun and Moon forming a sextile to your ruling planet Saturn in Pisces allows the knowledge you have acquired plus your communicative outreach to others to provide structure for your ambitions and your creative projects to take form.

The Sun conjoins Uranus in Taurus on the 12th and the 13th. The solar rebirth of Uranus in your sphere of joy offers the type of liberation that makes you feel young again. Pluto's recent journey through your sign could have had the ultimate effect of lightening your load, freeing up space in other parts of your psyche for inherent beneficence to come through. The metaphysical message at this juncture is to take responsibility for your happiness and your gifts.

Mercury joins the planetary buildup in Taurus on the 15th, applying to a square with Pluto, which is active until the 17th. Budgeting and spending could be a priority, or you may be strategizing about monetizing a creative skill. Perhaps you are thinking about the allocation of your time, energy, and enjoyment — something you can easily accomplish or enjoy doing may be valuable to others.

Venus conjoins Uranus in Taurus on the 17th and 18th, followed by a magical Jupiter Cazimi, also on the 18th. The radical creative awareness offered by Uranus inspires nonconformity and may be disruptive if you cling too hard to established patterns. This day favors spontaneity and experimentation in matters of art, relationships, and pleasure. While the caveat with Jupiter is to exercise moderation, the planet's rebirth in the heart of the Sun may align with a revived sense of purpose or confidence to go after something you desire. Unexpected doors might open.

A Mars-North Node conjunction takes place in Aries from the 18th to the 21st, energizing aims connected to family, property, and your living situation. Events could have you a little hot-headed, or you could be feeling a bit obsessed about doing things your way. While your family bonds and origins may be intrinsic to your sense of self, you may need to sever some umbilical cord to the past and pioneer a new approach to home, family, and emotional stability.

The Sun enters Gemini on the 20th, initiating a new emphasis in your sector of daily work, health, and service.

The Sagittarius Full Moon on the 23rd illuminates the significance of your sphere of dreams, spirituality, and the unconscious as the lunar cycle culminates. Venus conjoins Jupiter in Taurus as both planets connect to Neptune in Pisces, in your sector of the mind and local environment. Romance, compassion, and creativity, along with day-to-day environment and habitual patterns may be magnified today. However, your mental health or shadows around excess could also come to the forefront. You could think about the subconscious sector of your chart as an artist's studio — a place of retreat where you can go to create and recharge. While you may be pulled by the tasks of the day or fun plans, try to spend some time alone as there is much intuitive and imaginative support on offer there to get you into a generative flow state.

Jupiter enters Gemini on the 25th, where it will spend the next year in your sector of daily work, health, and service. There will be opportunities for success, new experiences, and enjoyment in this area of your life, but you may need to broaden your scope to recognize it. The question of purpose is now directed at your day-to-day responsibilities. You could be compelled by a goal that gives your efforts meaning or disillusioned by the mundane if this is lacking. Jupiter in Gemini offers gifts of versatility and curiosity, which may motivate entirely different routines, approaches to health, or changes in your work — the challenge will be to channel your focus. Jupiter's transit may also magnify dysfunctional patterns, unnecessary obligations, or health challenges, which may act as catalyzing forces for growth.

The Sun, Venus, and Jupiter all connect to Pluto by trine as they enter Gemini. This powerful air sign activation suggests you could be diverting significant mental energy into your daily work or learning a skill, which may boost your income.

These transits overlap with a Mercury-Uranus conjunction in Taurus on the final day of the month, further suggesting that you are being jolted out of some cognitive complacency. This may align with unexpected news or a clarifying realization. Either way, you are being steered toward a future that may be motivated by different ideas that support more enjoyment and meaning in your daily life.

This is a month of questioning and searching, Aquarius, and of also coming to a better understanding of your fundamental core values. You are continuing to transform in your sense of basic identity and life direction, which at this point in time has a lot to do becoming more aware of who you are below the surface, in the deeper parts of your psyche. You are also involved in connecting to your goals in a way that reflects only your own most profound principles and values. Personal evolution is your watchword. Based on the solar eclipse of the previous month, You have a frank unconscious commitment toward speaking your truth no matter what. This could come in handy now, as you sort through your priorities attached to who you really are. With the Taurus New Moon of May 7th, which took place your sector of dwelling space, familial dynamics, and your psychological roots, including your family of origin, you are making a fresh start in these areas. The Sagittarius Full Moon of May 23rd represents the fulfillment of that cycle, when your goals and values are really up for you, and when you might start to more completely trust your intuition to guide you through.


The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com


You enter May under the waning lunation cycle seeded at last month's Aries New Moon and solar eclipse in your sector of the mind, communication, and local environment — the site of a developmental turning point that will evolve for you over the next six months. Chiron, the Wounded Healer, being highlighted in this recent and extremely potent New Moon implies that what might be linked to this new adventure of self-discovery are difficult experiences or inner wounding, which offers healing through learning, exchanging ideas, and re-examining the lens through which you experience the world. Transformational Pluto, prominent this month in your sign, and also highlighted in this recent cycle, signals that fundamental changes to your self-concept are still taking place during the present month.

On the 2nd, Pluto stations retrograde, magnifying his effects, as he prepares to make his final crossings back and forth over your solar ascendent later this year, between September and November. His location remains with your sign for the following two decades. The Agent of Transformation will be affecting your body, identity, and personal trajectory over this period, and most especially now, in these months of his final entrance into Aquarius. This might be felt like a cataclysmic shift, although at other times may recede to a background hum. In any case, certain things you may have felt very sure about — and that your identity has rested upon — could be shifting quite dramatically.

Over the first few days of the month, a separating square from Venus in Taurus to Pluto in your sign, draws focus to a concurrent shakeup in the root cellar of your chart, governing family, home, and the deepest parts of your Self. Developments in your domestic realms are linked to personal growth, so that a tension between these influential sectors of your chart could be magnified as you enter the month, where aspects of your home life may not offer the same comfort of the familiar.

From the 1st to the 5th, a sextile from Mars in Aries to Pluto in your sign empowers learning and communication, connecting personal developments with a new quest for meaning and knowledge.

There is also a conjunction between Mercury and Chiron in Aries that is active from the 5th to the 7th, which may call attention to limiting beliefs, cognitive challenges, or painful experiences that have changed your perspective. This may propel efforts to reeducate yourself or express your voice differently. Talking things out with someone you trust will bring a helpful viewpoint. Be it now or in the future, what's coming up may relate to teaching and healing roles you are being initiated into.

The Taurus New Moon on the 7th takes place in your foundational sphere, putting the focus on home and family, for a fresh start that could include your dwelling space, family dynamics, or your family of origin. The presence in this New Moon configuration of Jupiter and Venus, the greater and lesser benefits, suggests that what is gestating now may nurture a stronger sense of meaning and enjoyment within your familial bonds or home life. The sextile from the Sun and Moon to Saturn in Pisces suggests that you have the skills or assets to support emerging ambitions. Perhaps this also connects to shifts in your values that are more supportive of the emotional and embodied realities of your experience. The Taurus sign is also the site of a new 14-year cycle opened at last month's Jupiter-Uranus conjunction. This is also related to your family, living situation, or property, and is a generally positive development that still reverberates into the present month.

The Sun conjoins Uranus in Taurus on the 12th and 13th. You are being tasked with self-definition within the roles and relationships of your domestic life and the conditioning of your family of origin. This may feel threatening to the security of those around you, but it is largely non-negotiable.

On the 15th, the First Quarter Moon in your opposite sign of Leo takes place, affecting the key relationships in your life. This “crisis in action” indicates snags and pitfalls, perhaps related to partners, that have come up in the intervening week since the New Moon cycle from May 7th, and could align with the ongoing intense focus on topics of home, family, and your personal trajectory. Mercury enters Taurus later on this same day, applying to a square with Pluto that is active until the 17th.

Venus conjoins Uranus in Taurus, on the 17th, and the 18th, the same day as a magical Jupiter Cazimi takes place in your home and family sector bringing unexpected positive developments or good vibes within your domestic sphere. It's a good day to spend time with your loved ones and invest in things that bring you joy and comfort at home — your values, relationship dynamics, or tastes may be in flux right now, perhaps you are enjoying different things.

Between the 18th and the 21st, a Mars-North Node conjunction in Aries is activated which might prove energizing for aims connected to learning and communication. This aspect might also indicate that you require a level of deprogramming from unexamined beliefs or social mandates. You might find yourself reflecting that pioneering a new pathway forward requires intellectual independence.

The Sun enters Gemini on the 20th, initiating a new emphasis in your sector of pleasure, creativity, and children.

The Sagittarius Full Moon on the 23rd illuminates the significance of your sphere of community and long-term goals as the lunation cycle culminates. Venus conjoins Jupiter in the last degree of Taurus as both planets form a sextile to Neptune in Pisces. Evolution in your life, living situation, or family may require new visions of the future. Perhaps this now calls for an initiation back into community after defining yourself in a new way. You likely have the connections and abilities to manifest goals that are emerging, and it's a good time to put your energy into them. This may be about expanding your bonds of kinship beyond your domestic sphere by sharing something of your own.

Jupiter ingresses Gemini on the 25th, where it will spend the next year in your sphere of joy, children, and self-expression. The creative, romantic, and playful side of life offers opportunity, meaning, new experience, and lively discourse over the next year. Jupiter's entry is empowered by a trine from Pluto, which remains in aspect throughout the end of May. As you change, the things you love and the ways you are called to express may also be in flux; perhaps you are more open to exploring the sampling platter of life's many joys right now. This Jupiter-Pluto connection also points to a more existential question — that of your right to be happy in this life

The final days of the month are also characterized by a Mars-Chiron conjunction in Aries on the 29th and a Mercury-Uranus conjunction in Taurus on the 30th. Reorienting to past pain may require you to cut away some of the ideas and attitudes that have become simply habit and basically not enhancing your life. This could also be so that unexpressed parts of yourself have space to come forward. You could be being tasked with the path of the artist in the most fundamental way, by recognizing that life is a creative act and joy can be a revolutionary one; these might offer generative grounds for discovering a more whole expression of yourself.