[Fate & Free Will ]

Astrology for the Week of May 2-8

Before we get started, I want you to know that all times I’m going to mention are in the Eastern time zone. If you want to see the aspects discussed in the forecast on your digital calendar in your time zone, you can get that here.

What do you want? Not what do you think you should want, what have you always believed you wanted, what have you been taught to want by friends, family, lovers, history, and society. 

What does the you that you currently are want? If you don’t know how to answer that, it’s probably because you’ve never really thought about it. Don’t worry, you’ll get lots of opportunities to continue thinking about it this week.

Monday 5/2: 

• ☽ at 28° 15‘ Taurus ✳ ♃ at 28° 15‘ Pisces | 3:19 am
• ☽ at 28° 35‘ Taurus △ ♇ at 28° 35‘ Capricorn | 3:59 am
• ☽ at 29° 43‘ Taurus ✳ ♀︎ at 29° 43‘ Pisces | 6:12 am
• ☽ ▻ Gemini | 6:46 am
• ☽ ☌ ☿ at 02° 10‘ Gemini | 11:05 am
• ♀︎  ▻ Aries 11:10 am

Monday, the Moon moves out of the Taurus eclipse zone and into Gemini helping to refocus us on our goals for the week. Pay attention to anything that happens as a preview for the upcoming Mercury retrograde.

Monday also happens to be the day that Venus moves into Aries. Traditionally this isn’t an ideal placement for Venus. She wants to bring people together and create harmony and love and butterflies and all the romantic dreamy beautiful things. 

When in Aries, her focus is less about the blending and balancing of self and other or creating harmony. Instead, she becomes far more focused on her own authentic needs. As a society, that’s never great for the collective. But it is pretty fantastic for all of us as individuals who are trying to figure out what we want from a place of authenticity. 

I’m not saying it’s going to be a dreamy Pisces kind of month but I bet you get super clear on what you want and what you’re willing to do to go after it ;) 

Of course, that also means all of the other humans in your life will be doing the same. That can lead to a realization that what you want and what someone in your life wants isn’t the same thing. Resisting that or trying to force negotiation would be missing the point and the opportunity. 

Tuesday 5/3:

• ☽ at 13° 58‘ Gemini □ ♂︎ at 13° 58‘ Pisces | 10:41 am
• ♃ at 28° 35‘ Pisces ✳ ♇ at 28° 35‘ Capricorn | 6:32 pm

Tuesday morning could be a little tense, but overall, action-oriented. Pay attention and take advantage of any opportunities to move you closer to your goals. 

Wednesday 5/4:

• ☽ at 24° 27‘ Gemini △ ♄ at 24° 27‘ Aquarius | 7:50 am
• ☽ at 24° 39‘ Gemini □ ♆ at 24° 39‘ Pisces | 8:15 am 
• ♂︎ at 14° 45‘ Pisces ✳ ♅ at 14° 45‘ Taurus | 11:46 am
• ☽ at 28° 46‘ Gemini □ ♃ at 28° 46‘ Pisces | 4:36 pm
• ☽ ▻ Cancer | 7:05 pm

Remember last week when I said that your Pisces placements were giving some support to your Taurus house? That’s happening again on Wednesday. Whatever your Taurus New Moon Eclipse focus was gets a little push of motivation today from Mars and Uranus.

It’s a dynamic day. Whether you choose to use that energy to blow something up or take action in an innovative way on your Taurus goals is a personal decision.

Thursday 5/5:

• ☽ at 02° 53‘ Cancer □ ♀︎ at 02° 53‘ Aries | 12:56 am
• ☉ ☌ ♅ at 14° 47‘ Taurus | 3:21 am

Speaking of unpredictable change…

The Sun joins Uranus on Thursday. You’ve been thinking about a big change in some (Taurus) area of your life and if you’ve been dragging your feet you’re likely to feel less inclined to do so now. 

You know what you want. We all know at the core of our being what it is we truly want in any given situation or relationship if we give ourselves the space to think about it. We say we don’t know because we are afraid of something. It might be what it would take to obtain our goal, what we would have to give up, or it could just be the fear of change. 

People stay in some subjectively unpleasant situations because they’re familiar and it feels safer to our brains to stay with what we know rather than risk the unknown. 

Why aren’t you going after it like you really want it? What are you willing to release in order to have it? What are you willing to risk just to have the opportunity?

One caveat. It’s never a person,  a specific job, a designer object, or a destination that we truly want. We always want the feeling we think we will have when we get whomever or whatever.

Don’t focus on the how, focus on the feeling and move towards that. 

Friday 5/6:

• ☽ at 14° 50‘ Cancer ✳ ♅ at 14° 50‘ Taurus | 1:13 am
• ☿ at 04° 05‘ Gemini ✳ ♀︎ at 04° 05‘ Aries | 2:01 am
• ☽ at 15° 45‘ Cancer ✳ ☉ at 15° 45‘ Taurus | 3:03 am
• ☽ at 16° 00‘ Cancer △ ♂︎ at 16° 00‘ Pisces | 3:34 am
• ☽ at 24° 43‘ Cancer △ ♆ at 24° 43‘ Pisces | 9:12 pm

Friday offers an opportunity to ease out of the intense energy of the past two weeks and into a weekend where you have some space to breathe and process. 

Plan something to nurture and rejuvenate you. If that means curling up alone with a book and a cup of tea, hitting the beach for a sunset walk, a romantic date with your beloved, a hike through the wilderness, baking bread, or literally anything else that makes you feel as safe and secure as a warm hug from your favorite person - do it. 

Saturday 5/7:

• ☽ at 28° 35‘ Cancer ☍ ♇ at 28° 35‘ Capricorn | 4:59 am
• ☉ at 16° 49‘ Taurus ✳ ♂︎ at 16° 49‘ Pisces | 5:47 am
• ☽ at 29° 18‘ Cancer △ ♃ at 29° 18‘ Pisces | 6:25 am
• ☽ ▻ Leo | 7:50 am
• ☽ at 04° 34‘ Leo ✳ ☿ at 04° 34‘ Gemini | 4:58 pm
• ☽ at 06° 05‘ Leo △ ♀︎ at 06° 05‘ Aries | 8:01 pm

Saturday is a good day for doing all the things with all the people. Frolic or work - or do a bit of both.  

Sunday 5/8: 

• ☽ at 14° 59‘ Leo □ ♅ at 14° 59‘ Taurus  | 1:41 pm

Sunday is another relatively quiet day astrologically. Plan out your week (but make those plans flexible because Mercury retrograde is about to begin).

If you’re feeling frisky, hit me up on Instagram and let me know how the astrology of the week played out for you.

Until next time, my wish for you is the courage to become the version of yourself that you most want to be and compassion for those who will miss the version you’re leaving behind.

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