Hi Everyone

Well, spring is really here now that it’s May and the Summer Solstice, of course, is in June.

May

May begins with three planets in Aries: Mercury, Venus and Neptune. Aries energy is fiery, warlike, initiating, and male. It initiates but doesn’t always finish, like all cardinal signs. Aries is on a quest and generally has a group of others on his quest with him. His quest is for his/her High Self and s/he fearlessly tackles all obstacles that present. Mercury moves into Taurus on the 10^th, but Saturn completes the quartet entering Aries on the 24^th. And Mars, the ruler of Aries, is in fiery Leo. When Saturn leaves Pisces and enters Aries at the end of the month, there will be no planets in water. Saturn will be next to Neptune in Aries. This could be an interesting conjunction with foggy Neptune impacting stern, status quo Saturn. They will both retrograde back into Pisces in July. It’s an interesting planetary combination to watch.

Pluto begins his six-month retrograde period on the 4^th at 3⁰ Aquarius. The only other planet in an air sign, until the Sun enters Gemini on the 20^th, is Jupiter. Air is the element of ideas and conversation. Gemini likes to communicate – a lot! And Aquarius is the sign of the rebel and innovative ideas.

The Sun and Uranus are conjunct (next to each other) in late degrees Taurus on the 12^th and the Moon is square Pluto in Aquarius at the same time. Both Taurus (earth) and Scorpio (water) are fixed (aka stubborn) signs, so the might be a lot of conflicting energy.

The New Moon occurs on the 26^th at 6⁰ Gemini. The Full Moon occurs on the 12^th at 22⁰ Scorpio.

June       

Things will slow down in June, as there will be more emphasis on water and earth this month, less fire, but still some. Mercury and Jupiter enter Cancer within days of each other: Mercury on the 8^th and Jupiter on the 9^th.  Venus enters her own sign, Taurus, on the 6^th. Venus is all about beauty, flowers, and chocolate!

Mars enters Virgo on the 17^th.  Mars is subdued in earthy Virgo, somewhat stymied Virgo’s analytical attention to detail.

Uranus is at late degrees Taurus and will enter Gemini in July. He’ll be a lot happier in airy Gemini than he is in slow moving Taurus. Water and earth do well together, as water softens earth and makes it more productive. There could be a softening.

Of course, the Sun moves into Cancer in June – the summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. This year it’s June 20.

The Full Moon occurs on the 11^th at 20⁰ Sagittarius. The New Moon occurs on the 25^th at 4⁰ Cancer.

I should mention that the Sibley chart of the US there are four planets in Cancer: Venus, Jupiter, the Sun and Mercury, and they fall in the houses having to do with foreign relations and international trade. Obviously the sun transits these placements every year, but this year we have Mercury and Jupiter in Cancer as well. It will be interesting to see how this manifests. Also to watch will be Uranus’s return to its natal degrees in the US chart (8⁰ Gemini) in 2027. Stay tuned.

Hope you have a lovely spring and early summer.

Peace and abundant blessings,

Margaret