May 8th – 14th

Our Creative Core Awakened 

 

This week’s headline items: Pluto is still exalted (stationing) all week; Mercury starts to slow down (station) again on Tuesday and comes to a halt on Sunday late evening — to end its three-week Retrograde phase, going direct and beginning its post-Shadow phase.

 

There will be four Moon Void of Course (VoC) phases this week: Monday late afternoon (for 3 hours), Wednesday evening (a little over 2 hours), Friday late evening (a little over 1 hour), and Sunday late evening (5 hours).

 

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Now, this week’s Forecast…

 

Monday, May 8th:

Monday, the Moon remains in optimistic, adventurous, truth-seeking Sagittarius until 7:33pm EDT. We’re strongly motivated to explore and learn. We’re not likely to be big fans of routine — diversity and new adventures work best at this time — we’re also physically restless and need to burn that off with activity and physical exercise.

We tend to feel more open, optimistic, and inspired — but we also have a high degree of independence — and taking these two influences together, we’d rather inspire others to do things our way, as opposed to issuing or obeying orders. Inspiring others could come easier than normal, as we can see the bigger picture, leaving us confident that others will agree with us once they see what we see.

As best as you can, speak your truth without assuming that everyone is on the same page as you. Improvisation works well for us at this time, as we are spontaneous and love living on the edge — just watch out you aren’t overdoing or overstating things.

Monday late afternoon, at 4:28pm EDT, we enter a Moon VoC that will last for 3 hours until 7:33pm EDT. Use this intuitive time to explore something you feel passionate or enthusiastic about — what projects come to mind? What would be a fantastic use for all the physical energy that you currently have access to?

As always with a Moon VoC, as best as you can, don’t start anything brand-new, stick to routine things, or simply go with the flow. You may also want to plan Monday late afternoon until the evening ahead of time.

Monday at 7:33pm EDT, the Moon moves into ambitious, goal-oriented Capricorn, where it will journey until Wednesday late evening. We tend to be more realistic, serious, and cautious; this can support practical endeavors and financial matters.

Our ambition surges and brings a need for structure and planning; when you add in the pragmatism this aspect supports, you can see how this could be a very productive time for business and long-term goals. Our reputation becomes very important to us.

As best as you can during this aspect, avoid “should-ing” on yourself. Take the pressure off, perhaps by saying, “I am doing the best I can, and that’s all I can ever do”.

Saturn is the ruler of Capricorn — and it is currently transiting through Pisces. This is a great time to look for practical applications of our dreams, ideologies, connection to Source, or one-consciousness.

It’s also a great time to take a more serious look at our spiritual or creative aspirations; as best as you can, be authentic about your intuitive connection to life. What works (and what doesn’t) when it comes to your idealism, addictions, avoidance of life, and dreams?

What about life truly resonates with you — as it stands now, rather than what it was 5 or 10 years ago? Where in your life is it time to let go of naiveté or an idealistic approach that no longer serves you?

What tools or structures support you with being in the flow, being present, and feeling connected to the Universe in this now-moment? What needs your time and attention? What could you practice every day? What do you genuinely want to commit yourself to?

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Tuesday, May 9th:

Tuesday, the Moon remains in ambitious, goal-oriented Capricorn all day (see Monday evening for details).

Tuesday late afternoon, a Sun/Uranus alignment in almost 19º of Taurus, becomes exact at 3:56pm EDT. We started to feel this aspect build from last week, Saturday morning (May 6th) on, and it will remain strong until this Saturday (May 13th). This alignment brings confidence and a desire to connect with others through a common cause or similar values.

We may have sudden insights into the value of our friendships and how they connect us to a bigger vision. We seek to move to the next level on the physical plane — whether that’s related to our finances, talents, resources, our body, or the planet — we need to strategize and collaborate with others.

We are also asked to connect to the unusual. Our creative core is awakened: We feel compelled to express ourselves in unique (or at least unconventional) ways. Our consciousness expands, and we are receptive to new ways of thinking, doing, and living — this increased openness to all that is enjoyable and different, may bring unexpected opportunities.

Uranus symbolizes the desire for freedom, equality, and progress. Uranus in Taurus aligned with the Sun asks us to break away from whatever keeps us from honoring ourselves. It’s time to develop some awareness: What’s mine? What isn’t? What if it were ok to have a different outlook from others? What about different values?

One thing to remember: Keeping the heart and mind open could make a big difference to the experience of this alignment.

Do you have your Ascendant, Career Point (or personal planets) in 16-22 degrees of Taurus, Scorpio, Leo, or Aquarius? If so, you will be more affected by this alignment. This is also true for those of us who have our Ascendant or Sun-sign in Leo or Aquarius (the Sun rules Leo; Uranus is the ruler of Aquarius)

Also on Tuesday evening, Mercury starts to slow down again (“stationing”) in 6-7º of Taurus. It’s getting ready to come to a halt, ending its 3-week Retrograde phase, on Sunday late evening (more on that later this week…). This station will last until May 20th, and we will feel Mercury’s energies more strongly during this time.

For the next 11 days (until May 20th), we need to be patient with ourselves and others — especially if there is a connection with luxury items, communication, or transportation and their associated technologies — this is not the best time to start anything brand-new, particularly if it contains new information connected to financial undertakings.

As best as you can, give yourself and others a lot of space!

We might experience delays or misunderstandings, and things tend to feel “off” or stagnant. It might be a good idea to give yourself some extra time to get ready for travel somewhere — especially if you intend to use public transportation or drive (for more details on Mercury Shadow Phases and Retrogrades, click here)

Some of us will feel the effects of the Mercury station more than others: those of us who have Gemini or Virgo as our Sun- or Rising-Sign (Ascendant); and those of us with personal planets in 4-9 degrees of Taurus, Scorpio, Leo, or Aquarius.

 

Wednesday, May 10th:

Wednesday, the Moon remains in ambitious, goal-oriented Capricorn until 10:05pm EDT (see Monday evening for details).

Wednesday evening, at 7:52pm EDT, we enter a Moon VoC that will last for a little over 2 hours, until 10:05pm EDT. Use this intuitive time to make adjustments and find creative solutions to seemingly insoluble situations.

As best as you can, make space for exploring your personal goals or projects from a new perspective, and for staying in alignment with your current long-term commitments — flexibility is key!  

As always with a Moon VoC, as best as you can, don’t start anything brand-new, stick to routine things, or simply go with the flow. You may also want to plan Wednesday evening ahead of time.

Wednesday late evening, at 10:05pm EDT, the Moon moves into freedom-loving, forward-thinking Aquarius, where it will journey until Saturday very early morning. The energy of the Aquarian Moon relates to our instinct for improvement. Reactions are more intellectual than emotional, and interactions are more impersonal than personal. We are likely to have an increased fascination with the new and unusual.

Social gatherings, anything connected with group ideals and goals for the future, brainstorming, new ideas, and methods, and progress are promoted while the Moon moves through Aquarius. Again: we have our eyes on the future — or outer space… Personal freedom becomes paramount.

Uranus is the ruler of Aquarius — and this planet is currently moving through Taurus, making these next two days a great time to look at our physical connection to our own body, finances, and whatever is most important to us on this planet.

It’s also a great time to innovate and make changes in our lives around any physical matters that no longer serve us or keep us stuck in the past; we need to elevate our thinking if we want our bodies and the planet to vibrate at a higher frequency.

Ask yourself: Do I need to give my body something different to raise it to a higher vibration? When I tune in to myself, what insights does my body provide?

Where have I become too rigid in connection with my body, my physical resources, or my talents? Where have I become too comfortable with those things? What is my connection to the Earth? To Nature? Do I need more physical space? More physical movement?

This Moon placement also starts the build-up towards the last Quarter Moon, exact on Friday late morning (more on that later this week…)

 

Thursday, May 11th:

Thursday, the Moon remains in freedom-loving, forward-thinking Aquarius all day (see Wednesday late evening for details).

Thursday early morning requires some inner adjustments. We feel uneasy or awkward and need to make a choice, one that demands we develop inner awareness around two very different urges: on the one hand, the desire to have physical and emotional safety and connect with what feels familiar — and on the other hand, the need to make progress and connect to like-minded people about our collective future visions.

This could also extend to personal, practical things vs. social, idealistic visions, and discerning what works now vs. “progress”. Awareness is critical with this aspect: What is needed? And when? How can we take the higher path? (Moon in Aquarius quincunxes Venus in Cancer, exact at 5:01am EDT) 

Thursday late morning, we are invited to make some adjustments in our lives. As best as you can, find creative solutions to seemingly unsolvable situations.

Make space either for connections with like-minded people, and involvement in a cause or for sharing your own values and learning about financial benefits or physical enjoyment. (Moon in Aquarius squares Mercury in Taurus, exact at 8:45am EDT) 

Since not much else is going on today, let me share about an aspect that will be exact next Monday: a harmonious Mars/Neptune aspect. We started to feel this aspect build from Tuesday morning (May 9th) on; it will remain strong until next week, Sunday (May 21st). This aspect brings the ability to endow what we feel passionate about with our creativity — and connect it to a higher love.

Our masculine energies are able to connect to compassion and understanding. We can now release past issues; through loving ourselves, we can release emotional blockages and the lower vibrations of the masculine: aggression, domineering, destructiveness, and me-first attitudes.

As this aspect is taking place in Cancer and Pisces, we are connecting to our goals and dreams from an emotional place that is deeply spiritual. We are able to let go of our fears and attachments and are able to have faith that everything will turn out just as it needs to.

Those of us who have their Ascendent (or personal planets) in the following: 24-29 degrees of Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio, or 0 degrees of Leo, Aries, or Sagittarius will be touched in a particularly beautiful way by this aspect. This is also true for those of us who have our Ascendant or Sun-sign in Aries or Pisces (Mars is the ruler of Aries; Neptune rules Pisces).

 

Friday, May 12th:

Friday is a big day (astrologically speaking); the Moon remains in freedom-loving, forward-thinking Aquarius all day (see Wednesday late evening for details).

Friday early morning, an opportune Mercury/Saturn aspect becomes exact at 4:42am EDT. We started to feel this aspect build from last Sunday morning (May 7th) on; it will remain strong until May 23rd — an unusually long time, due to Mercury’s Station/ Retrograde phase.

Due to the current Retrograde phase, this is the second time within the last 5 weeks that this aspect has become exact; the first time was on April 5th. Think back to that week: What came up around honoring yourself, being honest about your thought processes, and having a more mature understanding of what’s important to you?

This could also be another opportunity to take responsibility for our thinking structures and be honest with ourselves. How can we get the most from this opportunity? Through honest communication, we have a chance to clear up any misunderstandings.

As best as you can, allow yourself to tune in and transcend your conditioned, automatic responses. A good place to start is with a commitment to better understand your conditioning and thought processes.

If we take this chance to see things more clearly and connect to ourselves more lovingly, we could get a good dose of reality and an ability to focus on long-term issues.

Remember: opportunities are openings; they aren’t necessarily handed to us — we have to “take” them and make something of them.

Do you have your Ascendant, Career Point (or any personal planets) in 4-8 degrees of Taurus, Pisces, Capricorn, orCancer? If so, you may be more aware of this opportunity. This is also true for those of us who have our Ascendant or Sun-sign in Gemini, Virgo, or Capricorn (Mercury is the ruler of Gemini, and Virgo, and Saturn rules Capricorn).

Friday late morning, 10:28am EDT, the last Quarter Moon in 21.5 degrees of Aquarius becomes exact. The Moon in forward-thinking, freedom-loving, detached Aquarius makes a challenging aspect to the Sun in sensual, steady, down-to-earth Taurus. We started to feel this aspect build from the moment the Moon entered Aquarius on Wednesday late evening.

This may bring challenges; however, it also energizes us to look at what needs to be completed — and what needs to be changed.

This Moon phase brings us closer to the next New Moon in Taurus (on May 19th). Eclipse season is almost over, so with this last Quarter Moon, rather than starting major new projects, it serves us to take a look at what was started around the time of the last Eclipse cycle — in this case, in early November 2022. We now have about a week to wrap those projects up.

What — if anything — needs last-minute adjustments? What did you discover since Nov. 8th? What did it mean for you? As best as you can, find creative solutions for anything that comes up between yourself and others — and for any internal conflicts.

Friday late evening, an opportune Mercury/Venus aspect becomes exact at 10:44pm EDT. We started to feel this aspect build from Thursday evening on, and it will remain strong until Sunday evening. This aspect gives us the opportunity for more direct and caring connections to others.

Through enhanced communication, we have a chance to clear up any misunderstandings or discomfort from the past. Promises and clarifications may grow from this, particularly in love relationships. It is also an opportune time to make new social contacts.

Remember: this is an “opportunity” — those aren’t necessarily handed to us, we have to actively take advantage of them.

Do you have your Ascendant, Career Point (or any personal planets) in 4-8 degrees of Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, or Pisces? If so, you may be more aware of this opportunity. This is also true for those of us who have our Ascendant or Sun-sign in Virgo, Gemini, Libra, or Taurus (Mercury is the ruler of Gemini and Virgo; Venus is the ruler of Taurus and Libra)

Friday at 11:15pm EDT, we enter a brief Moon VoC that will last for a little over 1 hour, until 12:39am EDT (Saturday very early morning). If you are up and about, use this intuitive time to connect with others and explore, actively, the things that can bring you progress.

Ask yourself: Am I open to exploring something different? Am I open to seeing something that I haven’t looked at before? Am I open to new adventures?

As always with a Moon VoC, as best as you can, don’t start anything brand-new, stick to routine things, or simply go with the flow.

 

Saturday, May 13th:

Saturday, the Moon remains in freedom-loving, forward-thinking Aquarius and VoC until 12:39am EDT (see Wednesday late evening and Friday late evening for details).

Saturday very early morning, at 12:39am EDT, the Moon moves into creative, sensitive Pisces, where it will journey until next week, Monday early morning (May 15th). This Moon placement often finds us more sensitive, intuitive, idealistic, and imaginative than usual. We also have a greater capacity for compassion, sympathy, and affection for all, especially those who suffer or can be regarded as the underdog.

But that idealism could also be our downfall at this time: We tend to see the best in everyone and everything, and when reality doesn’t match our idyllic vision, we might feel upset and even victimized by those harsh realities. A way out of this is to channel our idealism into spiritual or creative endeavors.

It’s also an excellent time for releasing fears — especially the ones based on a sense of separation — and experiencing “oneness”. Feelings tend to flow more freely; as best as you can, let them — in fact, “going with the flow” is the best way to go for the next couple of days.

Neptune is the ruler of Pisces — and it is currently in its own sign, making these next two days a great time to take a look at our inner spiritual connection to our “higher Self”, “Source”, or “God/Goddess”.

It’s also a great time to allow all there is as it is, and to go with the flow, following our intuitive voice as much as possible. We are being asked to tap into the “feminine” energies within ourselves, so we can start to vibrate on a universal frequency.

Ask yourself: Is my “Higher Self” asking for more introverted/inner love time? If I tune in with my intuitive voice, what am I receiving? Sensing?

Where in my life have I become too disconnected from life? Love? God/Goddess? What is my connection to the spiritual realm? What about the “heart realm”? How could nature and animals teach me about those realms?

Do I need more downtime? More resting time? More compassion? How might being kind to myself and trusting the process of Life create a more loving connection with the universe?

Saturday very early morning, a harmonious Venus/Saturn aspect becomes exact at 2:57am EDT. We started to feel this aspect build from Wednesday morning on; it will remain strong until next week, Tuesday morning (May 16th). This signals a time when we don’t take connections with others lightly; we are more attracted to long-term commitment than to “casual”.

Ask yourself: What long-term connections are possible at this time? What feels intuitively “right” to me? Are there any spiritual or creative connections that need strengthening or refreshing? How might mutual respect and loyalty be of support?

We feel a strong sense of responsibility to loved ones and see ourselves generally as responsible and trustworthy. We have increased sensitivity to the needs of others.

We bring more maturity, respect, and integrity to our interactions — and this is a good time to approach spiritually mature or creatively established people for their input. We may also find that looking within and doing our own spiritual work can give us a boost toward spiritual self-mastery.

This doesn’t have to be “solemn”, so ask yourself: Who might welcome a heart-centered dialogue (or a creative collaboration) that is spiritually responsible & nurturing? What would it look like if we also respected the divine in each other?

If my past had a message for me about the process of emotionally and intuitively maturing, what might that message be? What might a spiritual teacher have to say on the subject? (Think of a specific teacher for this question).

Do you have your Ascendant, Career Point (or personal planets) in 3-9 degrees of Cancer, Pisces, or Scorpio? If so, you will be blessed by this aspect more than others. This is also true for those of us who have our Ascendant or Sun-sign in Taurus, Libra, or Capricorn (Venus is the ruler of Taurus and Libra; Saturn is the ruler of Capricorn)

 

Sunday, May 14th:

Sunday, the Moon remains in creative, sensitive Pisces all day (see Saturday early morning for details).

Sunday late evening, at 10:56pm EDT, we enter a Moon VoC that will last for 5 hours, until 3:56am EDT (Monday early morning). If you are awake during this intuitive time, use it to slow down a little. This is a great time for spiritual or creative endeavors. Energy work, or anything that requires our intuitive side, will work best for this time period.

As always with a Moon VoC, as best as you can, don’t start anything brand-new, stick to routine things, or simply go with the flow. You may also want to plan Sunday late evening until Monday early morning ahead of time.

Sunday at 11:17pm EDT, Mercury comes to a halt again, in almost 6 degrees of Taurus, and slowly starts its direct motion, after its 3-week Retrograde phase. As best as you can, go with the flow, keep an open mind, and pay attention to anything that is in your face right now — you may need to address those issues again when Mercury moves through its post-Shadow phase…more on that in a moment…

We are slowly ready to shift our focus back towards the outer world again, taking in new information and sharing from a new perspective.

Ask yourself: What did I learn about my earning power and my sense of self-worth over the past 3 weeks? How might I share my findings in a healthy way? What needs to be addressed with regard to finances, physical enjoyment of life, or self-honoring?

What have I discovered in regard to this question: If I knew I am worthy simply because I am alive, how would I treat myself and others?

When Mercury gets back to its regular speed (by May 20th), communication and transportation will get back to normal; the same is true of any associated gadgets, vehicles, etc.

Some of us will feel the effects of this station more than others: those of us with Gemini or Virgo as our Sun- or Rising-Sign (Ascendant) — and those of us with personal planets (or angles) in 4-8 degrees of Taurus, Scorpio, Leo, or Aquarius?  

Also, on Sunday, Mercury’s post-Shadow phase begins — lasting until May 31st…. as you may recall, I mentioned Mercury Shadow phases in this update a few weeks back: If you want to buy, sell or ship big-ticket items, it’s best to avoid the periods shortly before Mercury goes retrograde, and after it goes direct.

This is especially true if the items are connected to luxury items, technology, transportation (cars, plane tickets, etc.) or communication (phone, computer, iPad, etc.) Click here to read my blog on the subject.

 

And…

A heads up for next Monday (May 15th): the Moon remains in creative, sensitive Pisces and VoC until 3:56am EDT. At that time, the Moon moves into pioneering, fast-paced Aries, where it will journey until next week, Wednesday morning (May 17th). In the late morning, a harmonious Mars/Neptune aspect becomes exact at 9:44am EDT. We started to feel this aspect build from Tuesday morning (May 9th) on; it will remain strong until next week, Sunday (May 21st). More about all the details in next week’s Forecast…

 

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