May 29 – June 4

Hearing and Being Heard

What to expect: Relationships improvements
What to watch out for: Flashing of insight
What will it affect? Relationships, partnerships, youth, communication

At the end of May relationship/partnership conversation take a turn for the positive when Mercury and Juno speak to each other; there is a grounded understanding that starts to form. We are gaining in confidence around our ideas and our leadership and work as the Sun in Gemini makes a sextile to Vesta. As we gain this confidence and speak our truth we start to move towards a breakthrough.

The potential for breakthrough is also supported by Mars in Gemini. We are filled with ideas and thoughts and as Mars make a sextile to Uranus in Aries on May 30th, this is likely a brilliant insight that propels us towards a new beginning.

The next day on May 31 Mercury will trine Pluto. If you want to get your message out there, move the crowd, inspire change and shift paradigms in thinking, now is the time to do it. Jupiter will trine Ceres in Gemini, so now is a good time to focus your talk, speak, message, book or research on our youth and our relationship with our youth. Millennial’s get a lot of flack. But they do have wisdom to share. They do. Particularly around fairness or more specifically accountability. They have put ethical businesses and ethic buying on the map, and Jupiter in Libra with a trine to Ceres will help us to deepen that conversation with them around these issues.

Why? Mercury Trine Juno, Sun Sextile Vesta, Mars Sextile Uranus, Mercury Trine Pluto, Jupiter Trine Ceres

Planning our Projects

What to expect: Realistic Planning
What to watch out for: Naysayers

What will it affect? Projects, direction, budgets, personal wounds

The first couple of days in June are good for getting realistic with our finances. If you’re starting a project and need to plan out the details or a budget, now is a good time. You’re likely to approach things and a practical manner with the idea of building success. Mars will also make a nice connection to the nodes, so you’re project has a high likelihood of getting off the ground and moving in the right direction if you do your planning now.

You may find some challenge in the background of your projects, particularly if they have a spiritual, social change or political change flavour to them. There may be an unconscious need to block the truth because whatever you are doing may trigger painful wounds in some. There may also be a “mother knows best” approach to you, that suggest that you’ll never succeed, or that it’s impractical. Behind the resistance is not necessarily a lack of belief in your ability, but a fear that you’ll get hurt or even a fear that you’ll do better than they ever did. Now is a time that you may have to realize that you have ancestral or socially accepted patterns that need to be broken, and accept that you need to do so in order to move forward.

Why? Venus Trine Saturn, Mars Sextile North Node, Mars Square Transiting Chiron, Neptune Square Transiting Ceres

The Gift of Feedback

What to expect: An opportunity for growth
What to watch out for: Self-delusion
What will it affect? Relationships, ego, learning

On June 3rd Venus meets up with Uranus in Aries. My third sale of my astrology calendar that I sold online (the first two people said nothing), I got a scathing email telling me what a bunch of crap it was, not worth the money with a demand for a return. I was floored. I thought it was good. This person obviously didn’t see its worth. But sometimes we put our creations out there and they are not met in the way we expect. When Venus conjuncts Uranus in direct and unfiltered Aries, we may all have a similar experience. But feedback is always a gift. Even it if it is feedback given in the most impolite and crude manner. Even if it comes from a troll. Your reaction to feedback is always a sign of something inside of you. Your own fears, conscious or unconscious, and more importantly your own level of maturity and professionalism. How you handle surprising likes and dislikes right now will shine a light on this. I took the person’s dissatisfaction and realized I could use it to make my product better. And I did. What a gift! If we take these kinds of experiences and turn them into something positive, we increase our self-knowledge and our confidence. The Sun trine Jupiter will help us to see ourselves in loving and balance way. Hidden in the nugget of any surprise is the potential for more confidence and more income! As we take that hidden nugget of information and take upgraded action, it sets us on the path to fortunate finances.

The only problem is that on June 4th, the sun is also squaring Neptune, so we may delude ourselves about something. The more honest we can be with ourselves the more we can take advantage of the other transits.

Why? Venus Conjunction Uranus, Sun Trine Jupiter, Venus Trine North, Sun Square Transiting Neptune

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May 22 – 28

Finding Your Voice

What to expect: A feminine approach
What to watch out for: Discrediting behaviour
What will it affect? Communication, status quo, work, relationships

Theodore Roosevelt said, “When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all”. The week starts off on May 22 – 23rd with strong opinions about this sort of approach to work and play. A need to have fun in our work may be met with serious types who say things to you like “stop bothering me with your monkey business.” This is because mercury, in very serious minded Taurus, is squaring Vesta in Leo, who enjoys playing at work and making work play.

At the same time, Pluto is squaring Pallas. Pluto is all about transforming the status quo; governments, big business, and all things patriarchal. Some in this realm are embracing change and others are holding on tightly to their power and to the status quo. And, while Pluto makes a square to Pallas, it brings out feminine insecurity. We may find ourselves speaking up and then saying “sorry” or standing up for something and then obsessing over if we came across too strong. The problem is that we obsess over how we see things and we also doubt our power. The other problem is that we may be getting signals from those who are not willing to give up their power that makes us waver.

Don’t looking for this to happen only in scenarios with men up against women. There are women who are still stuck in patriarchal thinking and are aligned with the status quo. These are the woman who appear to stand for all kinds of things that are harmful to women’s rights in the interest of standing by their man. On the other side of the struggle is the warrior woman. She is strong, independent, goes after what she wants and doesn’t care for her freedom being limited in any way. As Venus also squares Juno, we’re likely to see the power struggle happening also between these two types of women.

Why? Mercury Square Vesta, Pluto Square Pallas, Venus Square Juno

New Moon in Gemini

What to expect: Opportunity for intention setting
What to watch out for: Power plays
What will it affect? Communication, relationships, strategy

The New Moon is in Gemini. It’s all about communication and we can set intentions for our communications. This New Moon is great if you are in a communication field like news, publishing or social media. Whether you want to strengthen your communications in your personal life or in your business, now is a great time to get clear and make it known to the universe what you want. If you planning a New Moon ceremony, use the element of air. Write with your favourite pen, on your favorite type of paper in a space that inspires you and music that stirs. Get the words just right. Make them poetic, or rhyme. Send them out into the universe for your creations and intentions to manifest!

Venus will also square Pluto the same day, so you may plan to spend this time alone, but your partner or significant other may feel a little jealous about that. You may find that there are small manipulations or sabotaging moves. They may even be initiated on a purely unconscious level. And they could happen by either party. The problem is that Venus will also be aligned with Pallas in Aries, making her a little bit political, very feisty, and extremely independent and with Pallas the goddess of strategy at her side; she may have the upper hand. Don’t be too mad. She’ll likely use her ability to outwit and outmaneuver for the greater good.

Why? New Moon at 4°Ge46′, Venus Square Transiting Pluto, Venus Conjunction Pallas

The Frustrated Artist

What to expect: Creativity
What to watch out for: Perfectionism
What will it affect? All creative expression

By the end of the week, we move into a beneficial energy for artistic creation. But, as we are pouring out hearts out into our mode of artistry, we stand back and find ourselves dissatisfied with our artwork. We are critical of our creations and may feel frustrated by what we feel we “should” be producing. This may be a time when we paint over the painting in white, starting over several times again. Slowing down, be methodical and take your time. Your creations are good.

Why? Mercury Sextile Neptune, Mars Opposition Saturn.

 

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May 15 – 21

Modernization

What to expect: Positive change
What to watch out for: Opportunities to move forward
What will it affect? Faith, learning, legal issues, travel, media, foreign affairs

Though the Sun is in Taurus, the sign that doesn’t not like change, it makes a nice connection to Chiron, the wounded healer, currently in Pisces bringing an earthy gentle touch healing to our broken dreams. This is a good thing because on the 18th Saturn will also trine Uranus. Saturn has been diligently working on its audit in Sagittarius where it’s put some pressure on foreign affairs, news media, and the travel industry. In our personal lives, it may have put pressure on our faith, an area of learning, legal issues or an area we feel strong advocacy for. With a trine to Uranus, changes will happen. Plans or approaches that may have been met with resistance will see movement. Ideas, inventions, and innovations all benefit from the practical application. This is a great week to move forward with reforms or modernization.

Why? Sun Sextile Chiron, Saturn Trine Uranus

Too much too fast

What to expect: A new you
What to watch out for: Excessive energy
What will it affect? Relationships and partnerships

Venus is in Aries and is making it way forward since the retrograde back in March. On May 19th it’s back where it started at 13 degrees of Aries.

Remember what I said about Venus in Aries when it started its retrograde journey?

Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. Its associate with “I am”, meaning it focuses on who we are as individuals. Aries is a sign that seeks independence. It pioneers and frontiers, seeking meaning in sovereignty. But how do we incorporate this energy into a relationship? Perhaps the meaning in the Sabian symbols for each degree of the zodiac can help us understand.

Technically, as we move over the 13th-degree mark, we are moving into the energy of the 14th degree of the zodiac. If we look at the Sabian symbol for that degree we get “a serpent coiling near a man and a woman”. The meaning of this degree is about the acceptance of relationship as a higher spiritual purpose. We remain independent but are brought together through a weaving union that expands the energy and draws it to heaven. To get there we need to know and love ourselves and this is fundamentally an Aries prerogative.

But Venus in Aries is notoriously the chaser. This chasing energy is not the Venus way. Venus attracts. And when she is in her element she does so without needing to lift a finger – she is magnetic. Venus in Aries is impatient and aggressively pursues a relationship, forgetting that what makes her attract and ultimately able to accept the relationship, is knowing and loving herself. When she fully knows who “I am” is she is magnetic. But until she does, she is in a constant state of the ‘fear of merging’ even though on the surface it looks the opposite. She is the consummate commitment-phobe who vehemently denies it by saying “I’m out there all the time, dating and trying”. BUT the truth is Venus never tries.

Through the retrograde Venus slipped back into Pisces and got a bit spiritual there and since moving forward she’s been working on knowing and loving herself. Now as we return to the same degree it made it’s retrograde, we are at the point of integrating our lessons. But Venus opposes Jupiter on the 13th degree on May 18th and we get an excessive and overconfident energy. That “a serpent coiling near a man and a woman” can move at a furious rate, bring to mind the image of a kundalini being awaken too quickly. If you’ve done your work during the retrograde, it will be a pleasant time. But if you haven’t, the excessive overconfident energy can lead to too much too fast. The best approach is to focus on the energy of Jupiter in Libra at the other end. The meaning of that symbol is “A noon siesta”, bringing to mind the idea of using the excessive energy for a lazy lunchtime rest. Sleep is great for allowing the body to integrate healing and the mind through dream, to integrate lessons.

Also, the Sun will square the nodes, which have recently moved into Leo and so there may also be some resistance to the new you from others, so you’ll need your rest!

Why? Venus Opposition Jupiter, Sun Square North Node, Pallas Square Juno

 

 

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