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ARIES
The focus this month is on communication and even more so than would normally be the case at this time each year. It was Venus' departure from Aries last month that brought a chance to cement your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for the coming year in the final days of your birthday month. With no planetary activity in either your romantic or relationship sectors until Venus and Mars return to focus on romantic matters next month, it is more about the journey. Because the Sun will always return to your communication sector three weeks into May, this was always going to see the focus shift onto having the communication lines open by the end of the month.
However, this is something that has been underway for months and will only intensify in the early days of the month. It was late last month that Mars wrapped up a seven week visit to your communication sector, bringing his war on communication barriers to a close. When he returns on 4th May Mercury, the planet of communication will pick up from where Mars left off, with Venus returning on 9th May to give your heart and your relationships a voice. While Venus is only here for 24 days, a retrograde turn on 30th May will keep Mercury here until July. This is something that your relationships will benefit from when the Moon makes its monthly visit to your relationship sector from 22nd May to 24th May.
Meanwhile, the Moon's visit to your romantic sector from 18th May to 20th May couldn't be more important. Not only will these be the most romantically charged days of the month, but this is also the Moon's last visit before Mars returns next month, breaking the romantic drought. There has been no planetary activity in your romantic sector since Venus left last October, with Mars' return next month breaking an eight month romantic drought. However, as Venus was late to leave last year and Mars is returning six weeks ahead of the Sun, this is shorter than most romantic droughts. These romantically charged lunar vibes will be a taste of things to come.
TAURUS
Starting the month with Venus and Mercury, the planets of love and communication not only in Taurus having already aligned here, allows you to begin the month with heart and mind on the same page from the start. With no planetary activity in your romantic or relationship sectors, each will play an important but different role on both fronts. Until leaving Taurus on 4th May, Mercury's focus on communication is benefiting your relationships. With Mars spending his first, last and only full month in your communication sector, this first visit in two years is all about declaring war on communication barriers.
While Mercury will have left Taurus by the time the Moon returns to your relationship sector from 24th May to 26th May, Mars will still be in your communication sector. This will be the Moon's last visit before Mars leaves and always able to fuel strong emotional responses, this will give the warrior planet of the cosmos something to give a voice to. Meanwhile, until she leaves Taurus on 9th May Venus, the planet of love and your ruling planet is on a mission to update your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for the coming year. With no planetary activity on the romantic front, Venus will also be working to make her final days as romantically charged as possible.
Venus will be long gone by the time the Moon moves through your romantic sector from 20th May to 22nd May, but these romantically charged lunar vibes will be a chance to turn some of those desires and expectations into reality. With no planetary activity in your romantic sector, the Moon's return every four weeks will create the most romantically charged days of any month and even more so as the first visit since Venus, the planet of love moved through Taurus.
GEMINI
There is something special on the romantic and relationship fronts this month, though to start with there is no sign of what is to come. One thing that both have in common as you move into the new month is a sense of nostalgia and a focus on the past. The month not only begins with Venus, the planet of love in a nostalgic part of your chart but the asteroid Juno in her first full month in retrograde motion in your relationship sector. While Juno will remain in retrograde motion and on the relationship front old doors will remain open, on the romantic front things will shift when Venus returns to Gemini on 9th May.
This will bring a nostalgic trip down love's memory lane to a close while Venus' return to Gemini will bring a chance to look to the future as you begin a new Venus cycle. While the Sun won't return to Gemini until 21st May, this is Venus' chance to update your romantic and relationship desires and expectations for your new solar year. The Moon will play a pivotal role in this and especially towards the end of the month. It begins with the Moon's return to your romantic sector from 22nd May to 24th May. These can be the most romantically charged days of any month but even more so when you have Venus, the planet of love in your sign.
Meanwhile, more potentially game changing is the Moon's return to your relationship sector from 26th May to 28th May. While its visit to your romantic sector is made more significant by having Venus in Gemini, this is even more significant in its own right, with a total lunar eclipse in your relationship sector on 26th May. This is a super charged version of the Full Moon that can put a balance between your personal and relationship needs to the test at this time each year. Fortunately, while Mercury will return for what should be a 14 to 15 day visit to Gemini, slowing down ahead of a retrograde turn on 30th May the planet of communication will still be here and on hand to give your emotional responses and relationships a voice.
CANCER
While the Moon left your romantic sector in the final days of April, as a Full Moon the impact from these romantically charged lunar vibes can still be felt as you move into the new month. With no planetary activity on the romantic front, the Moon's return every four weeks is key to keeping the spirit of romance alive. However, it is only once a year that this will result in a Full Moon, with this Lovers Moon the push that matters of the heart can continue to benefit from. The Moon will come full circle from this Full Moon from 24th May to 26th May, where these romantically charged lunar vibes will find that the landscape has changed.
During the Full Moon late last month the Moon clashed with the Sun, Venus and Mercury, creating the push back that gave these romantically charged lunar vibes a lot more potency. When the Moon comes full circle those planets are no longer there to push back but the momentum is still there, creating the potential for even more significant implications this time around. The other difference is that the Moon will return to find Venus, the planet of love in a nostalgic part of your chart, amplifying the romantic nostalgia her nostalgic trip down love's memory lane will be creating by then.
Venus will start the month in a social and serendipitous part of your chart where until leaving on 9th May she will create the potential for serendipitous moments and/or encounters. It is by listening to your heart that you are more likely to find yourself in the right place at the right time. It is from here that Venus will be able to support Pluto, in his last full month in retrograde motion in your relationship sector. As will Mercury, the planet of communication until he leaves on 4th May and the Sun on 21st May. Meanwhile, the Moon will visit your relationship sector twice this month, first from 1st May to 3rd May and again from 28th May to 30th May. Each visit will bring a chance to become more emotionally engaged.
LEO
While this is an important month on the romantic and relationship fronts, the most significant times for each are at either end of the month. While the focus is on both each month, there is a lot more focus on your relationships to begin with, as you work to make the most of Jupiter's final weeks in your relationship sector. Having returned in December for what is usually a 12 month visit, Jupiter is rushing ahead and will leave on 14th May, only to retrograde back in at the end of July. For now, this will leave Saturn on his own and slowing down ahead of a retrograde turn on 23rd May, this is when your relationships will move into review mode.
Until then, Jupiter is working to make the most of his final weeks and of a chance to invest both in your relationships and in moving forward. Helping to make Jupiter's final days here count are Mercury, the planet of communication's return to your friendship sector on 4th May and Venus, the planet of love's return on 9th May. Jupiter will be gone before either can form a friendly aspect but they will bring support for friendship and relationship building during Jupiter's final days and especially when it comes to having the communication lines open. It is once Jupiter leaves that on the relationship front, it will become more about the journey.
With Saturn turning retrograde in your relationship sector on 23rd May and the asteroid Juno in her first full month in retrograde motion in your romantic sector, a sense of nostalgia and a focus on the past will envelop romantic and relationship matters. With Jupiter gone from your relationship sector, this will also give matters of the heart a better chance to grab your attention when the Moon moves through your romantic sector from 26th May to 28th May. While these will always be the most romantically charged days of any month, the total lunar eclipse this will create on 26th May will take this to a whole new level.
VIRGO
This is a month of two halves, with a lot more focus on romantic matters during the first part of the month before shifting onto your relationships. In saying that, there is continuous planetary activity on both fronts that was always going to keep the focus on romantic and relationship matters but in a business as usual and mundane way. What you have on both fronts are additional factors that rise things above the level that you would normally expect, with romantic matters getting their turn first and your relationships next. Pluto, in your romantic sector from 2008 to 2024 will always spend from April to September in retrograde motion. This is when there is a lot more focus on the past and a lot more romantic nostalgia.
This was always going to be the case and what you would expect at this time of year but is getting a boost from having Venus, the planet of love in an adventurous part of your chart until 9th May. Venus will be at her closest to a friendly aspect to Pluto during her final days, with a mix of romance, adventure and nostalgia from the start but becoming more potent the closer she gets to leaving. The Sun will stay in an adventurous part of your chart until 21st May and he will form that same friendly aspect to Pluto, but without the magic Venus can bring.
It is just five days after Venus leaves an adventurous part of your chart that relationship matters get an unexpected boost. Dreamy Neptune is in your relationship sector from 2012 to 2026 and as is normally the case is on his own and it should stay that way for the rest of the year. However, everything will change when Jupiter returns on 14th May for the first time in over a decade. This is the first time in our lifetime that the planets of luck and dreams have met up in your relationship sector and this is just the start of an ongoing partnership that between now and the end of 2022 is set to elevate your relationships.
LIBRA
There are some interesting developments on the romantic and relationship fronts this month, with a lot of twists, turns and changes. The month begins with the remaining planets in your relationship sector regrouping after the Sun, Venus and Mercury all left your relationship sector last month. One of those planets is the dwarf planet Ceres, who returned in February to update your relationship needs and priorities for the first time in four years. Ceres will leave your relationship sector on 8th May and just 18 days after the Sun took the solar spotlight off your relationships, this will leave you with a good sense of what you want from your relationships and what they need from you.
With Ceres gone, there will be enough planetary activity to keep the momentum going but it will become more about the journey. At the same time that you are just getting to this point, Jupiter is also working to make the most of his final days in your romantic sector. Jupiter returned in December for what is normally a 12 month visit and while he will retrograde back in at the end of July, once he leaves on 14th May things will become less urgent. Until then, on the romantic front, it is all about following your heart as you look to and invest in the future. That journey will continue but with Saturn's retrograde turn you will then experience a shift in focus.
With Saturn in your romantic sector until 2023 things were never going to go off the boil but slowing down ahead of a retrograde turn on 23rd May, as well as slowing down the focus is shifting from the future to the past, as old doors open. The Moon will make two visits to your romantic sector this month and they will be very different. When the Moon moves through from 3rd May to 5th May, Jupiter will still be here but in his final days will inject these romantically charged lunar vibes with his bullish sense of confidence and a sense of urgency. By the time the Moon comes full circle on 30th May Jupiter will be gone, Saturn will be in romantic nostalgia and these romantically charged lunar vibes will be thick with a sense of romantic nostalgia.
SCORPIO
Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in your relationship sector, the solar spotlight is always on your relationships at this time of year. This year you benefit from having had Venus and Mercury, the planets of love and communication return just ahead of the Sun, with a chance to have heart and mind on the same page and the communication lines open from the start. Mercury will leave on 4th May but not before doing what he can to ensure the communication lines are open, with the planet of communication getting a helping hand from the Moon as it moves through your communication sector from 1st May to 3rd May.
Until she leaves on 9th May, she is on a mission to not only give you a better sense of what you want from your relationships but to turn desires into reality. It is a day before Venus leaves that back up arrives in the form of the dwarf planet Ceres, who is returning to your relationship sector for the first time in four years to spend the next 12 weeks updating your relationship needs and priorities. This will be a chance to piggyback off and build on from the 24 days Venus will spend updating your relationship desires and expectations.
This will see a mission to get to the heart of what you want from your relationships and what they need from you extend beyond the Sun's departure on 21st May. This will also make a New Moon on 12th May more of a starting rather than a finishing point for this year's annual relationship review. Meanwhile, the real surprise this month is on the romantic front with Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion returning to your romantic sector on 14th May. This is the start of your luckiest year for love in over a decade but instead of happening in one continuous 12 month stretch, as is normally the case, it will be divided into three blocks between now and the end of 2022. The first block runs from 14th May to 29th July.
SAGITTARIUS
This is a time of year when the pendulum will always shift from romantic matters and onto your relationships though in a way that is less about one going off the boil and more where there is more weight. The Sun, Venus and Mercury's departure from your romantic sector will always take the solar spotlight off matters of the heart and all things romantic towards the end of April. However, there is minor planetary activity that will keep the momentum going all year. The last to leave your romantic sector this year is the dwarf planet Ceres, who until leaving on 8th May is on a mission to update your heart's needs and priorities. It is from this point that the remaining planets will keep things on simmer for the rest of the year.
This comes just as there is building momentum on the relationship front, as you would expect at this time of year. What you don't usually expect is that this momentum has been building for months, long before the Sun's return to your relationship sector on 21st May, something that will always turn the solar spotlight onto your relationships at this time each year. While Mars left your relationship sector on 23rd April, the impact from the seven weeks that the warrior planet of the cosmos spent here can still be felt, leaving you with a better sense of what you are fighting for and why. Just 11 days separate Mars' departure last month and Mercury, the planet of communication's return on 4th May.
Normally here for just 14 to 15 days, a retrograde turn on 30th May will keep Mercury here until July, giving you an extraordinary amount of time to get the communication lines open. It is five days later that Venus, the planet of love will return on 9th May, to begin a shorter 24 day visit aimed at not only updating your relationship desires and expectations but to help turn desires into reality. By the time the Sun returns to your relationship sector on 21st May, the journey will be well underway. Meanwhile, while personally empowering a total lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on 26th May will put a balance between your personal and relationship needs to the test. However, this is key to getting to the heart of what you want from your relationships and what they need from you.
CAPRICORN
Because the Sun will always spend the first three weeks of May in your romantic sector, the solar spotlight is always on matters of the heart and all things romantic at this time of year. Last year Venus, the planet of love had been and gone by the time the Sun returned but this year she is here at the same time, adding to the potency of this romantic influence. Venus will leave on 9th May, however, not before getting the month off to a romantically charged start. You will also start the month with Mercury in your romantic sector and until leaving on 4th May he is on a mission to give your heart a voice and to put heart and mind on the same page.
While Venus and Mercury are both leaving in the early part of the month, the Sun won't be on his own and even after he leaves on 21st May, the spirit of romance will be in safe hands. With Uranus, planet of surprise, synchronicity and the unexpected here from 2019 that was always going to be the case but there will be an extra set of hands on the wheels by then. It is on 8th May, during Venus' last full day in your romantic sector that the dwarf planet Ceres will return to update your heart's needs and priorities. This is something that Ceres will do every four years but as Uranus has only been here since 2019, this will bring them together here for the first time in 82 years.
Ceres is here for 12 weeks, keeping the spirit of romance on a faster boil than is normally the case for much longer into the year. She will also be here when the Moon not only moves through your romantic sector from 10th May to 13th May but to create a New Moon on 12th May. Meanwhile, it is on the relationship front that you have the first planetary activity since Venus left your relationship sector last September. It was Mars' return on 23rd April that has brought the first new energy into play on the relationship front in eight months and he is not only here all month but will benefit from Jupiter's return to your communication sector on 14th May.
AQUARIUS
If the focus isn't already on romantic matters as you move into May that it will be by the end of the month is a given. What is not a given is just how much energy has already been invested into matters of the heart and how much momentum you begin the month with. While Mars left your romantic sector on 23rd April, not before spending seven weeks fuelling your romantic passions and fighting spirit while declaring war on roadblocks and barriers, whether real or imagined. Just 11 days separate Mars' departure and Mercury's return to your romantic sector on 4th May, with just enough time to let things settle without going off the boil.
It is five days later that Venus, the planet of love will return to your romantic sector to begin what can be some of the most romantically charged weeks of any year. The advantage Venus has from the start this year is not only the seven weeks Mars has already spent energising all things romantic but the four months that she spent here in 2020. This year Venus is only here for 24 days but that will be enough to harvest the seeds she spent months planting last year, especially seeds of desire planted in your heart. By the time the Sun returns on 21st May, something that will often be the first chance to focus on matters of the heart each year, things will be well underway.
The Moon's return to your romantic sector from 13th May to 15th May will be some of the most romantically charged of the month, as it connects with Venus here for the only time this year. Meanwhile, while there is no planetary activity on the relationship front and that makes the Moon's visit from 18th May to 20th May a valuable chance to check in, this monthly visit is more important than most. At the time this is just a chance to become more emotionally engaged but as the last visit before Mars' return next month, this is also a chance to start preparing for what lies ahead. It is next month that your relationships will get their first real attention this year.
PISCES
While this should be an ordinary and low key month for both romantic and relationship matters, everything changed with Mars' return to your romantic sector on 23rd April. Returning two months before the Sun was due to turn the solar spotlight onto matters of the heart and all things romantic, Mars' first visit in two years was a chance to end an eight month romantic drought. With no planetary activity in your romantic sector since Venus left last September and as the first planet to return in 2021, Mars is the perfect planet to breathe new life into matters of the heart. Mars is here until 12th June but with Venus, the planet of love here by then, this was the start of the most romantically charged months of 2021.
Mars will spend the whole of May in your romantic sector, fuelling your romantic passions and fighting spirit as he declares war on old excuses, roadblocks and barriers, whether real or imagined. Knowing that Venus will return before he leaves and that the Sun and Mercury will follow, leaves Mars free to get the ball rolling. The Moon will return for its first and only visit while Mars is here from 15th May to 18th May, with romantically charged lunar vibes able to add even more fuel to his romantic passions and fighting spirit.
Meanwhile, while there is no planetary activity on the relationship front there is an abundance of communication support. While the Sun is in your communication sector until 21st May until Mercury, the planet of communication leaves on 4th May and Venus, the planet of love on 9th May that there is a real push to ensure the communication lines are open. Both will be gone by the time the Moon returns for its monthly visit to your relationship sector from 20th May to 22nd May but it will fortuitously be here when the Sun leaves your communication sector on 31st May. This will ensure that there is support to give your emotional responses and relationships a voice. |
