MAY 2022 Horoscope
There are three cosmic conditions under which things always get a little crazy: Retrogrades, Eclipses/Full Moons, or Planetary Sign Changes—
and the month of May has all three.
The 5/15-16 Scorpio Lunar Eclipse designates a bookend on a story subplot which initially emerged in the Last Week Of April/First Week Of May. There may be connected events between mid-May and that first timeframe. This secondary eclipse now illuminates our relationship to Power, Control, & Obsession.
Meanwhile, the summer season Mercury Retrograde reviews truthful communication, contract details, logistics, money, and health from 5/10-6/3.
A major milestone in the sky is Jupiter’s transition into the Aries zodiac sign for the rest of the year. This marks a new life cycle for each of us where we must have the bravery to go after what we want and fierceness to fight for what we know is right. It summons the “Zena Warrior Princess” or “Hercules” archetype.
May manifests necessary unpredictability, surprising detours, growth in new directions (perhaps originally unplanned!), and starting a life chapter centered on the Courage, Self-Advocacy, and Fearless Heart of the Warrior.
Key questions for May:
What ‘wakeup call’ happened in April-May? How can my life be re-ordered around that awareness?
What choices, actions, or knowledge would expand the scope of my power and influence?
How can I alchemize pain, power, control, or obsession in a positive way to fall deeply in love with my devoted pursuits?
What ‘fight’ is coming in my life? How can I prepare to battle for what I love? Go all in.
Read the daily planetary playbook below.
4/27-30 ACTIVATION, Pt. 1
The Last Weekend Of April is marked by the first eclipse of 2022, a Taurus Solar Eclipse, which is part of a series of transformations over the next eighteen months spanning November 2021-October 2023. Themes can involve nature as medicine, enlightened perspectives on money or materialism or your body, and liberation from possessiveness or attachment.
You may experience an activation or wakeup call that gets more turned on with each successive eclipse. See this weekend as a chapter in a story rather than an isolated event.
Two weeks from now on 5/15-16 will be the matching Scorpio Lunar Eclipse which may add to or fulfill what you initially experienced the Last Weekend Of April- watch the story unfold.
5/2-3 SURPRISING DETOURS.
Venus enters Aries from 5/2-28 making us all love adventure, passion, action, and bit of risk throughout the month- should be a wild ride! Fires lit quickly could fizzle just as fast though. The test will be if you can sustain your interest in this person or project beyond the summer. Otherwise, consider it a fun fling.
Meanwhile, Jupiter the expander meets Pluto the transformer on 5/3 which could rattle cages by brining necessary unpredictability. Sometimes we only grow when the familiar falls apart. Observe that a ‘left field’ occurrence from the universe may at first seem a disturbing surprise that ultimately turns out to be a better pathway than the one you had calculated for yourself. What’s caught you off guard?
5/10-6/3 GROWING IN NEW DIRECTIONS.
Mercury Retrograde spends three weeks reviewing truthful communication, contract details, logistics, money, and health from 5/10-6/3. Honest conversations yield better understandings. Better understandings yield good contracts or agreements. Planning, balancing, and juggling getting from here-to-there. Your personal relationship to money may need to adjust as US inflation skyrockets. Nature as primary care may be your best option as dangers of the vaccine are revealed. These themes may have begun emerging during the Week Of April 25th and may take until Father’s Day to fully resolve. Consider this your summer reset.
American political alliances will be especially challenged by this summer Mercury Retrograde, so unsurprisingly tensions with Russia, China, and other adversaries may worsen. Our voice in NATO and other global alliances will be pressed. Very possibly someone could declare ‘open enemies’ against the US if we refuse to play along.
Additionally, Jupiter enters Aries for the rest of the year which signals a new life cycle for us all. Themes for the remaining year are Courage, Self-Advocacy, and Warrior Heart will arise. We must have the bravery to go after what we want and fierceness to fight for what we know is right.
5/15-16 ACTIVATION, Pt.2-
Scorpio Lunar Eclipse follows up on events from approximately two weeks ago around 4/30, so there may be connected events between the two weeks.
Eclipses signal turning points or activations where you get ‘turned on and tuned in’ to a theme emerging in your life during the 18-month cycle of matching Solar and Lunar Eclipses in paired zodiac signs.
We are currently in an 18-month cycle of Taurus-Scorpio eclipses from November 2021-October 2023.
Scorpio Lunar Eclipse themes:
relationship to Power, Control, & Obsession.
shedding Old Operating Models; alchemizing Pain Into Power.
exposure of Dark Sabotage on the world stage.
The Week Of May 9-15th and Week Of May 16-22nd may be especially poor for US President Biden and also for Russian leader Putin.
5/17-18 MEDICINE. Mars-Neptune positively used can be good for body healing through baths or rest; negatively used can make you prone to tiredness or illness. Stay away from alcohol or medications at this time.
5/21-22 MERCURY RETROGRADE MIDPOINT. You are halfway through the summer review cycle so an important experience or decision may happen around this time which prompts the next steps needed to gain clarity about your situation. Hang in there and let the full story play out until 6/3 and give it some grace until the end of June around Father’s Day.
5/24-7/4 ZENA & HERCULES. Mars enters Aries for the next two months lighting fires everywhere. Positively used this makes us bold, fearless, initiative, and courageous. Negatively used this makes us impatient, boisterous, competitive, or aggressive. Careful not to turn everything into an emergency. This amplifies pre-existing questing inclinations from the First Week Of May when Venus initially entered Aries so look back to emerging themes at that time to anticipate what will be accelerated in your life until the date of America’s birthday.
5/26-27 DRAMA. Venus-Pluto brings intensity or power struggles to relationships and finances.
5/28-6/22 LOVER OF LUXURY. Venus enters Taurus making us seek beauty, harmony, consistency, and the good life for the next month. We may have expensive taste. Negatively used this can make us possessive or overly indulgent. Keep a careful on those waistlines and pocketbooks.
5/29 AMPLIFIED. Mars-Jupiter amplifies ambition or athleticism. Exercise, travel, get moving, or get something started. It may bring out the hero, athlete, or promoter within us. Negatively used it can make us reckless or accident prone.
5/30 GEMINI NEW MOON.
Gemini New Moon welcomes new shifts in truthful communication, contract details, logistics, money, and health- many which you may have been working on this month throughout the Mercury Retrograde. Relief is soon on the way. Hang tight, you’re almost there.
Mercury Retrograde ends 6/3 and will be full cleaned up by Father’s Day.
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