By some measures May is a relatively quiet month celestially. Only three planets move from one sign into
another; and there is steady progress forward into growth and development, especially
as two key planets turn direct motion.
However, at May’s onset you may feel that things you need to get done are sputtering along; that there is resistance, missed connections or tripping over words. Mercury
retrograde anyone? The messenger planet
that rules thought and speech turned reverse motion in the final days of
April. The first week of May, we are in the
thick of communication snafu wonderland.
For the next three weeks, Re-member the Re words: restore, repair, relax, read, research, renew, etc. This helps immensely to navigate an
otherwise tricky few weeks. Refrain from signing significant
documents during this time and instead of racing out to buy a new car or
appliance, do your product research
as to which one suits you best.
This is not the only fly in our soup during May. The biggest challenge is a month-long throw down between Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune. Three planets tilting at odds. Think of a chair missing one of its four legs:
you keep tipping forward or backward where the missing leg is. Feel the imbalance? If I only had two words to describe this month I’d say: off center.
Generous Jupiter in Virgo delivers abundant help wherever it falls in
your chart – especially in the areas of work, health, pets/animals and
service. Feels great right? Not so fast.
In Virgo, Jupiter focuses like crazy on the details – the tinier the
better. This rubs Saturn in Sagittarius
the wrong way. In fiery Sadge, Saturn
wants freedom, liberty to go wherever and whenever we want, explore topics of
interest to us completely unfettered; to learn and understand and take
adventures. Meanwhile, Neptune in Pisces
seeks clarification. Neptune tells us to Let Go and Let God, not to worry about the details or worry so much in general. Piscean Neptune focuses on the bigger picture of our lives: Does this [situation/relationship/job] serve our
best interests or of those we love? What
do we really want? Before we get clear,
we have to go through a lot of fog to arrive at the answers we seek.
Feel
the conundrum? The push and the pull,
the internal tug of war. One thing is for sure: May is rife with second guessing, doubt and insecurity.
My family recently faced our own conundrum. Anyone with a sick family pet can relate to our heartache: Our beloved dog Daisy had cancer. Question was: should we operate or not? Do we put
her through misery (and our financial expense) of surgery and post-op suffering…or
do we let her slowly decline until she can’t function anymore and then decide when is the right time to put her
to sleep? Damned if you do,
damned if you don’t. So goes the month
of May. Please take comfort knowing there is no right or wrong way, no
easy answers or easy ways out of the fix you might find yourself in. There is only learning and
understanding: that life is indeed a
process of trial and error. If nothing
else, taskmaster Saturn in Sagittarius is here to teach us. So you think you know everything? Mmm, perhaps not. Best to open our hearts and minds to new ways
of thinking, believing and hearing what others have to say. Try.
Through our struggles we are supported mightily by Transformer Pluto making a
beautiful angle to Generous Jupiter and the Lunar North Node in Virgo all month
long, in fact, all summer long. Where
we apply our energy, time and money solutions can be found. They rise up to greet us. Assure us we have abundant resources if we
only look for them and apply the elbow grease to work through the details. We simply have to use that Saturn kick in the pants to explore alternatives. Because:
the old ways just do not work any more.
The Republican party is a great example of this. Traditional GOP conservative voters are not
thrilled about Donald Trump being their party’s nominee. But they may not have a choice at convention
time in July. They will either have to embrace this man or go fifteen rounds at the convention to hammer out
exactly who they want for a nominee and what their party stands for now. Should be a very interesting spectacle either
way!
The New Moon on May 6th forms an incredibly helpful grand earth alliance to Virgo Jupiter and Capricorn
Pluto. We can hardly ask for more: this formation effectively boosts our efforts
on the work, health, and resources front, including the actual structure of our lives. Use this energy responsibly
as possible and to your
advantage to build, renovate, repair, or heal any area of your life. Three days later on
May 9th, this cosmic support is underscored by two significant events. First, Generous Jupiter turns direct motion. Hallelujah! You can practically hear the choirs
sing! The Titan of Blessings forms a
beautiful alliance with beneficent Venus (love, money and relationships)
casting a glow of goodness around May 9-11.
At the very least, we feel the rough edges of life are softened a
bit. YAY!
The second event occurring on the very same day is called the “Transit
of Mercury”. This phenomenon happens only
twice in a century as the messenger planet Mercury passes between the earth and
sun. For us, it means heightened
communication. Much. WOW. If you have an important message to deliver or have been waiting for the right time to say something, the time is now. But be careful with your words. Once uttered, they cannot be put back in the
mouth. Say what you mean but think
before speaking. Ask: how would I hear these words if someone else spoke
them to me? Are there kinder word
choices to deliver especially difficult messages? This is crucial as this passage falls during the Mercury retrograde phase.
Energy builds like crazy just after mid-month. As we enter the Full Moon phase several
planetary gears shift. It is as though
the cosmos saved them up to unfold all at once.
On May 21 not only do we have a Full Moon but the Sun changes signs, from
earthy Taurus to communicative Geminii.
Give your gardening tools a rest and strike up a conversation…with
anyone. While this particular Full Moon is
chatty, it also seeks more lengthy, probing discussions, searching to learn, questing to understand life as the Moon (our emotions) tightly conjoins Mars
(action) in spiritual Sagittarius. It
appears happy go lucky on the surface but actually wants to take things apart, figure
out the why and how of the situation at hand.
The very next day Mercury turns direct motion prompting that
Full Moon pursuit of knowledge to churn forward. Get going on all those projects, contracts,
relationships and purchases. Two days later,
Venus moves into Geminii joining the Sun.
Discussions really pick up the pace now, aided and abetted by direct
motion Mercury in Taurus which aligns to Virgo
Jupiter and Transformer Pluto in Capricorn. Wow. Whatever you have your eye on, person, place
or thing, GO FOR IT now. There is
nothing holding you back.