Jessica Adams has prepared your monthly astrological forecast for May. Discover what the stars have in store for you this month including your Premium Extended Forecast
May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April.
For a few weeks, your financial position, your salary, your money management, your assets (possessions or property) and your debts will be in sharp focus. Your values will also be in the spotlight. That means what you will and won’t sell out for and also who (or what) you consider to be priceless. The paperwork or discussion will roll after May 3rd. There are a compromise or deal and a new beginning towards May 16th. This time last year, you put certain things in motion where your finances, lifestyle, business interests, security, property or values were concerned. Life back then was unpredictable. Subject to constant change. Revolutionary. Radically different. And now? That’s over.
While the Sun passes through the Second House, it will shine a huge spotlight on all these areas of your life so you can judge them and make decisions. Let’s begin with your accountant or the major financial player in your life who may be your wife (for example). At this time of year, your relationship with them will be much more obvious to other people. Is the connection something to be proud of or not? The Sun will act like a huge, swinging torch at this time passing over your numbers repeatedly until you put more work into the deal which is imminent. The next two or three weeks will emphasise and underline every single point about the financial, real estate, business or charity relationship until you know exactly what’s going on and where you stand. The state of play with your bank will be more obvious now.
You will have another chance to shine at about this time next year, so use this month’s experiences as a launching pad for a very different kind of future and hopefully one that will make you proud of your budget skills rather than uncomfortable. Remember – when the Sun is in the Second House, people will be reading, listening and watching with greater focus. Never assume you can just ‘get by’ with an important sale, purchase, donation or deal now as your audience will typically be much more attentive than usual.
There is a rare opportunity or solution there with a house, real estate investment or apartment as Jupiter makes an aspect in your chart in the Fourth House. The Fourth House of your chart rules your home (typically, your house or flat, but sometimes your temporary accommodation). It also rules your family (that means parents, siblings and relatives as well as partners and any children). Because ‘home’ often means flatmates and roommates to people, they will also be prominent in this cycle. Grab the Jupiter luck.
The state of play with your brother or sister will now trigger freedom issues in one of you. As another planet is also in the Third House now, this could be a significant time for sibling or cousin chemistry. A revolution could also exist when it comes to your car, bike or boat. And this also applies to any travel plans or local journeys, Aries. When it comes to plans involving the computer or ideas which hinge on your way with words, you may also find yourself being swept away by radical changes like AI.
When it comes to your car, your bike, your boat or your public transport habit, you’ll now be in the right place at the right time for new autonomy. Decisions which suit your need to be independent as well as your urge to break with the past are now ready to be made. Your brother, sister and/or cousin are also likely to be on the agenda now as you’ve seen. You are much better equipped to organise sibling or cousin issues in a way that genuinely serves your drive for space (or their own).
An important short trip away or commuting decision may be close now – all things being equal, it should also be liberating. This cycle will bring a new way to travel or commute, a new way to relate to a brother, cousin or sister and a new way to get your message across. You will probably feel as if you have just finished Book One of your life and are now at the beginning of Book Two. Expect new possibilities with your car, bike, boat, plane or other forms of transport and an alternative set of options in terms of going to neighbouring places. The same general trend affects your connection to your siblings or cousins, Aries. That was then, this is now and here is the future. Destiny will now ask you to reject or accept rejection on some level. Saying ‘No’ or accepting ‘No’ from others is liberating. The Rejection Dance sets you or others free, and it doesn’t matter if this is your brother or a particular website. It doesn’t matter if it’s your car or a trip to a neighbouring place. In this way, Uranus in Gemini liberates and emancipates.
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April.
Avoid the Full Moon on May 1st and 2nd for makeovers or profile launches. Your logical mind will be focussed on your appearance, image, reputation and public profile after May 3rd. You’ll be picking up lots of different facts, figures and soundbites from all kinds of sources (real people as well as the internet) as you tackle the issue of how you are seen in a logical way. You’ll sort out image-related issues on how well they ‘compute’ and ask lots of questions. This applies to cosmetic dentistry, resumes, video blogs and anything else which is about your surface rather than your substance.
As you have other planetary cycles in the First House when Mercury moves in, this will be a busy and important time – at least in terms of your name, your face, your public persona or your personal style. A deal or compromise over how you appear is coming. You’ll do most of your research on these issues now as you run around town (or move the mouse around your desk) picking up information grabs or the crucial details. Magazines, newspapers, television, radio and Google will play an important part in the way you manage typical First House issues like your presentation or packaging. Slow down and cool down about yourself from May 18th when Mars enters Taurus.
Do you have Aries natal factors? This intense focus on you, you, you is twice as important. You may be profiled, written about or even investigated. There may be a photo shoot, portrait, new social media cameo and so on. If you made the mistake of making a documentary about yourself with Uranus in Taurus (in February), you will have to deal with the consequences in May. No amount of money and PR from February could have ever stopped the most unpredictable, shocks-galore cycle in years. If it was in the can before Uranus left Taurus in the final week of April, there is a can of worms to open in May.
Taurus, those big decisions about haircuts, eye laser surgery, personalised number plates, business cards and so on are so much more. If you are organising personalised writing paper, a website, a scrapbook about your life or anything that involves paper, pens, computers or technology about yourself, then again, it is so much more.
As this cycle (going well into June) occurs at the same time as one or more other Second House cycles, this is when most of the financial negotiations, business correspondence or property transactions will occur. Even if you don’t get to the signatures or handshakes stage, though, there will still be plenty of question-and-answer sessions and a reasonable amount of research either at work or home. If you concentrate solely on the money, the house, the flat, the possessions or the business rewards, you may be selling your need for freedom short. There will be a complete break with the past, Taurus, and you will cut the ties that bind or have them cut for you. Independence Days are coming.
The Second House is about your value system as much as anything else. It’s about what you will and won’t sell out for. This is a good time of year to become more aware of that and to try and balance your books by putting price tags on liberty. Uranus transits are electrifying, sudden, often come with a shock and hurl us into something so new, so different and so radical that it can feel as if our only recourse is to make up the numbers as we go along. To invent the shares, the business, the charity, the valuables, the apartment, the house, the real estate as if there was no precedent. Which there is not.
I dare say when Mercury goes into Gemini later that wills, mortgages, contracts, or other kinds of paperwork will flow. Mercury, the planet of information and communication, is about to join Uranus (the unpredictable) in your Second House of cash flow, shopping, banking, profits, losses, debts and credits. The chances are high that your best-laid plans may also go sideways.
If you thought your investment in aspects of the World Cup was a safe bet, it may not be. If you assumed you were home and hosed with billionaire backers, you may not be. It takes great spiritual insight to step back from what happens in May/June and understand that your soul wanted to be free. Yet it will ultimately be the explanation that makes the most sense, Taurus.
If you work in retail or trade on eBay, it’s the same as complex financial affairs or the online banking system. Globally, we are going out of Bitcoin and Blockchain towards AI. Revolution upon revolution is showing up. Do you have Gemini natal factors? If so, you will be directly affected by AI.
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April.
Mercury rules communication which is where computers and telephones come into your inner life after May 3rd. Therapy, psychics, meditation, counselling, religion, Tarot and mediumships all qualify. This is going to be an incredibly busy time for you as you’ll be touching base with so many information sources – electronic, human or otherwise, Gemini. Try to pace yourself and get a sense of rhythm and timing about what you are doing. You’ll have access to a vast range of sources, contacts and networks now regarding this solitary, private side of your life. But unless you can put the fact-finding in perspective, you may find life complex. Ceres in Taurus suggests a deal. A compromise with a priest? A trade-off with a psychologist? Maybe you’ll go the whole Kate Bush and ‘Run Up That Hill.’
You were born with the Sun in Gemini in the Third House. Now, Uranus and the Sun itself (your Solar Return or birthday) is approaching with Mercury and Ceres (that ancient symbol of 50-50 arrangements). Cars, taxis, trucks, boats, aeroplanes, trains and buses can be unpredictable now. You may find a revolution with short journeys, say, to neighbouring places or interstate travel. This is traditionally a highly meaningful time to buy a new car, get a truck repaired or to take any kind of holiday. Why? Freedom, revolution, independence and liberation.
The Third House traditionally rules shorts trip away. So, if you have one of those on the agenda, it’s more than just the usual break. The Third House also rules communication which covers a broad canvas (computers, telephones, fax machines, mail) but also your dealings with the media. Again, with your Sun in the Third House natally, this Gemini transit suggests media or web is a revelation, a radical flip and a path towards liberty.
Of course, the Gemini weather hits your solar chart too. Expect a lot of phone calls, e-mails and debate – probably about issues which are central to your title, name, appearance. Gemini, just because you are satisfied that a particular course of action makes logical sense, it is not necessarily a good reason to press on. This is particularly true when human feelings are involved as they invariably will be if you are talking about your own face or name online. Try not to behave too much like a computer processing the facts. Emotions, needs and moods about your cameo out there must be accommodated too or you may find your clever choices just don’t sit. It has to feel right.
Uranus in Gemini is new. Because there is a general, global increase in uncertainty and instability about the internet at this time, the ripple effect can have an impact on your social media. I am predicting this for you in February 2026, but I can see the way it’s going to be with Mark, Elon and the rest of them towards June.
Because the world of the web, the media, public speaking, teaching and messages (in all mediums) are so close to your heart, this cycle can be extremely challenging but also exciting as lightning hits your knowledge pool now and debating the point (even an emotional point) is very different online (or in the press) these days. Whatever project, course, role, goal or plan you are focussed on until June will contain this wild, exhilarating, unpredictable and liberating new energy. It’s rather like being Turing at Bletchley. And just like him, you will find your portrait is etched within the spinning wheels or flashing lights.
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April.
You’ll probably be involved with some kind of fact-finding mission about your social media now. The internet and its current shockwaves (I am predicting this in February 2026, but it shows up in the future) will probably be involved or you’ll be ploughing through library books, magazines or the phone directory as you gather social sources and contacts. This is a great cycle for doing serious homework on friends, your social life and groups as it will enable you to touch base with a lot of people very quickly and supply you with a broad sweep of facts and figures. As with all Mercury cycles, though, there is a risk that you will emerge with a perfectly logical, rational and sensible answer at the expense of your feelings (or those of other people).
Friends and groups suggest a crucial trade-off, compromise and deal. I would expect it to be in the bag around May 16th. This helps you move on from a Full Moon on May 1st which finds you with the usual tug-of-war with people. A collective, group or community issue will arise now which requires a lot of calling, e-mailing, reading, web surfing or face-to-face discussion. It’s a brilliant time to do research on the state of your tribe or hive mind, Cancer, with a view to future overdue improvement.
Mercury in Taurus in May will provide you with the sources, contacts, networks and information if you are prepared to put in the work. Ceres (ignored by most astrologers) will give you ‘deal’ timing. It may be about sharing time. It may be about sharing control. A classic example is a rock band or football team. It can be Substack. The myth of Ceres, Pluto and Proserpina may even be played out in your social life. She who had no power obtains it. He who dominated must step back. She who controlled must give way.
Mercury enters your Twelfth on May 18th. The Sun enters it on May 21st and Ceres on May 28th. Uranus has been in your Twelfth since late April. The time has come to talk…and talk. This can be a really valuable time to research religion, witchcraft, psychiatry, counselling, meditation, Tarot and mediumship and do your homework on other complex issues. A whole galaxy of information sources will open up before you and all you really need to do is aim your computer mouse the right way.
Do you have Pisces birth chart factors? Then, it’s personal. In fact, karma from your life 18-19 years ago is at work and will not stop until the last week of July 2026 as the North Node in Pisces is in your natal Twelfth House at the same time.
It’s an excellent time to research the radical changes you have in mind as you’ll be given access to a wide range of sources and information networks to help you with what is a revolution. In the months or years ahead, though, you’ll realise that all the ‘homework’ you did at this time had a special part to play – no matter if you were rejecting your guru or had the rug pulled with a New Age philosophy. No matter if the church rejected you or you found yourself ‘Losing My Religion’ to quote Mr. Stipe.
You can gather a lot of information very quickly at this time and should have a better hit rate than usual in terms of returned calls, e-mails or correspondence. It should be an intriguing and informative time, and you will be doing a lot of networking and analysis about what is essentially a deal, compromise or bargain. You may be making the deal with yourself, your psychologist, your dream coach or your rabbi. Any situation like this with Uranus in your Twelfth for the first time requires analysis and discussion.
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April.
This cycle is perfect for finding out everything you needed to know about your career, unpaid role or academic career. It starts on May 3rd. Leo, you may be researching a future job, analysing the consequences of retiring or resigning or just doing your homework on a boss, client, colleague or professional competitor. Now, one important issue which relates to your ambitions will now go to the top of your list and a lot of phone calls, questions, e-mails or website visits will follow. There will be a new job, role or project around May 16th following a period of compromise, deal-making and bargaining. Leave emotion out of it.
This is probably the networking cycle for ambitious people. Keep every business card and reply to every e-mail. Information about your career or industry which is hard to get at other times will be parked right under your nose now. It is an excellent time to gather your sources and examine your options. If you are a student, a full-time home duties person, retired or unemployed, then this cycle will affect the goals, ambitions and missions which are most important to you. Expect the same scenario – a lot of networking, information gathering, and analysis – but centred around May 16th. Time-sharing agreements are common. Even more common is a new arrangement where the power and control between yourself and others is divided differently.
Keep your group options open now. There will be a lot of questions and apparently ‘conclusions’ but they’re subject to change and you will either alter your decisions at some point or find other people’s U-turns upend the club, team, band, political party, charity and so on. If an old friend re-enters your life now after May 18th, he or she will connect you to a large network of people. If you make a new friend at this time, this man or woman will also open up your world – either online or through a whole chain of invitations and introductions.
The Eleventh House is also about existing friends, of course, which might explain why that person who has been there forever suddenly goes to the top of your list and you find yourself with a larger phone or internet bill. Your friend is likely to make waves in your life now and a lot of questions, plans and revolutions will result. If you have been feeling bored or lonely, this cycle can fix it. A little bit of work on your part can trigger a new social life if you want it – or a new angle on the old one. Uranus in your Eleventh is a friendship revolution. It’s a social media and social life overturn. Break with the past.
If you are permanently involved with some kind of group like the Rolling Stones (Mick), the Democrats (Bill, Obama) or the Olympics team (Anne) and it’s central to your life, then do use this time to find solutions to all those unanswered questions you may have. What happened in April pulled the rug. You will be amazed at the number of resources and sources which suddenly become available to do this. Even if you’re not a joiner (and can’t stand group dynamics), you will still find it hard not to cross paths with some kind of people-pack now because it is through the collective that you find liberation.
If you join any kind of group now, it may not last, you may not last or it may not deliver what you expected. If you make a new friend now, he or she could be a complete Cadbury’s Flake and remain in your online address book for about as long as a Flake in an ice-cream cone lasts. Uranus is unpredictable, erratic, exciting, exhilarating, liberating and not what you ever expected.
Leo, if a friend or group is holding you back and would restrict you long-term, then it changes or goes. Those are the rules with Uranus in Gemini. Right at the end of May, Ceres changes signs. There will be a major compromise or deal by June, so that you all/both share the turf very differently. What Barack and Bill do, you also do (thematically) with your own ensemble. So, watch them. But, of course, you will do you!
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April.
For a few weeks, you’ll be gathering as much information as you can about this rather far-flung or cross-cultural matter. This can help you take a more logical approach. In fact, you won’t be this rational about everything for another year. Just remember to cover your tracks about your enquiries and your contacts. You may begin your plan to travel, emigrate or export near May 18th. This could be about a foreigner in your own home or workplace too. Expect a deal with him or her.
Here’s the other outcome of this cycle – a personal or professional relationship comes into focus which has a great deal to say about your capacity to translate from another language or translate from a completely different culture. This relationship defines how you are seen as a world citizen – how the world talks about you online, pictures you on the map or ‘boxes’ you according to your own background. White Briton in black America? It’s on that level. We all have labels stuck on us. For the time that this transit dominates in May, it says, ‘Your label depends on your involvement with this person or that nation.’
If you both put the effort in and you manage to pull off that incredible combination of useful honesty with tactful interpretation of your differences, you will be onto a winner. You and that all-important foreign or other-cultured person will have a solid foundation to lean on. The Ninth is also about publishing (traditional or online) and very much about academia. So, you may be teaching international students, for example, or seeing your book published in Italian.
Do make sure that you pour masses of energy into your relationship with a certain someone at work now. The long-term picture of this year and maybe next year too is being painted right now. Will you produce a Picasso or something that looks like Banksy with the wrong spray can? It all depends on how hard you work at your relationship with the person who is now centre stage. When I say ‘work,’ I am also covering your unpaid role or course too.
Virgo, right now, fate will steer you into a vital one-on-one situation where it rapidly becomes clear that if you and this man or woman want to make progress, you’re going to have to do it together. So, it’s your business partner and he must talk numbers, for example, or it’s your union official and she wants to discuss your rights. Sometimes the other person is just a mouthpiece for the group. The Board of Directors. The staff. However, remember the issue. You’re both (at least) headed in the same general direction when it comes to your role and goals. That’s freedom. It’s independence. It’s a break with the past. Try and come up with a map you can both or all follow! This may mean abandoning your own independent ideas about what works and what doesn’t. Both of you are coming from totally different places which is why you must now do your best to invent game plan which will suit both/all of you in terms of autonomy and space. This could be a case of trial and error.
Revolutions are messy things. The Industrial Revolution was about new inventions and innovations (AI is today’s equivalent of the steam engine). You are absolutely being hit by AI now – directly or at a distance. Uranus in Gemini in your Tenth may also resonate in your birth chart if you have Gemini natal factors. Upheaval is the price you pay for freedom. And it’s not just your freedom, it’s widespread. I would also have thought with Pluto transiting your solar Sixth that you are long overdue for a complete transformation of your lifestyle as well as your daily workload. There may be physical or mental health concerns woven into this larger story for you. David Bowie’s ch-ch-changes are par for the course. The deeper issue is who or what do you need to break with to liberate yourself?
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before.
The Taurus weather now encourages you to become an ace at people management because in order to get what you want, you’re going to have to play ball with somebody else in a kind of double act or duet. This is really because you not only have a money compromise or property deal (perhaps, an agreement over possessions), it is also clear that you have Seventh House transits which suggest a test of patience with your former or current partner. The partnership can be within the family and the money and property also within the family. It is also most commonly about marriage, de facto partnership, separation or divorce.
So much of this will hinge on your ability to team up with someone now. It doesn’t matter if they exist on the end of a telephone or if your money is tied up with them – it all hinges on how you are together. Keep your eyes on the prize of a compromise or deal negotiation, Libra, and keep walking forward. But remember, someone else is walking with you. Maybe more than one person if it’s family. Don’t go too fast or too slow or you’ll fall over. What would it take to make you a great duet? Just do it!
If you both remember that you’re basically headed in the same direction, it should make it easier to manage the road ahead. The foundations are there, so work from there. With good timing, a high degree of tactfulness and a lot of give, you can both create a solid bond of trust in terms of your double act. And this also applies to a dispute or conflict, because the Seventh can indicate that too. If there is, then this would explain why the money, house, shares, business, valuables, apartment, land and the rest have to be so carefully balanced.
Are you in a legal or other conflict? The more cleverly you manage the other person now, the easier it will be to progress. There is nothing manipulative or false about this. It’s just about people skills. Nevertheless, for the next few weeks, you’re going to be faced with a fairly demanding journey, Libra.
Venus is your ruler. It can make us too scared to move in case we upset the other person’s position. But you can’t sit on the fence or you’ll get nowhere (particularly, if your fence is part of those renovations you’re doing). Just do what Venus suggests and find the common ground you share. That’s your foundation stone. Locate the centre force. The Eighth is often about a will, trust fund, legacy or inheritance as much as it is about a dowry. This is the first time since 2018 that life has been predictable. What remains now is the split, the carve-up or the division of the turf.
May is also about Gemini weather in your Ninth House of foreigners and foreign countries. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April. This is a revolution. A radical change which will set you and other people quite free, Libra.
You’re in a completely different position/situation to this person! So, you must learn to be flexible enough to bend, swing and sway with each other as the winds of change blow you forwards and backwards. That way lies progress. Uranus has a reputation for fierce revolutions – the French and American for a start. Does it have to be like that? Uranus is also about hearing and saying ‘No.’ Rejecting or being rejected is part of what is going on, Libra, but this break with the past will liberate you and very likely everybody else involved.
Do what you must to make sure that they understand where you’re coming from and what you need from them in order for both of you to go forward. Give this revolution exactly what it needs to flourish. That would be the chef’s kiss, most idealistic and spiritually satisfying outcome. Is it possible? If it’s not, there must be a continuation of what you saw at the end of April – the shunning of who/what represents the past in favour of who/what is the future (invented every time you look at it).
Publishing in its digital and traditional form, but also academia and further education are also typical of this transit. The ‘world’ part of the world wide web, for example. Even if you neither travel nor emigrate, you may travel in the mind at home now. Foreigners in your own town or country are an example of this. So, might be a book or website in translation or a course with international students.
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April.
This cycle will reshape the relationship you have with your former partner, your current partner, your potential dates for the future and your enemies. If I were you, I’d roll up my sleeves, get out every self-help book known to humankind and start my engine. Ceres suggests a deal or compromise between the two of you. A typical example would be halving the time a family member or partner spends with you. There is a new beginning with a partner near May 16th. By the way, the partner can be of any type at all. Not just your husband, say. It may be a work partner or a platonic ‘other half’ on some level.
The Seventh is also about opponents and enemies. So, your former wife, for example, or perhaps, your own brother. You are about to enter a crucial phase in an existing relationship or feud which means you can either make progress together or not at all. With Ceres, the emotions are deep but must be parked. Feelings cannot run the agreement.
Alternatively, someone new will enter your life at this time. And what do you know? It either feels like a partnership right from the start or the or person seems fated to be against you. Ceres enters the chat. A new individual immediately raises questions about sharing control. Carving up the power.
If you are in a battle now, that goal is usually the resolution of a dispute, a difference or a grievance. Negotiate. Listen. Research. Smile. Use open body language. Get advice. Try to see it their way. But most of all, find the win-win option. Crawl towards it as slowly and carefully as you can by watching each other every step of the way. How is it for you? What can I do to make sure we get there more easily? Do you have any issues that your lawyer would like to discuss with my lawyer? Ceres transits are potent things. Most astrologers ignore Ceres, but I used her to predict Brexit. She is about intensely emotional ‘agreements to differ’ and much depends on how it’s done at the time!
It’s quite true that money, property and business can bring out the worst in people. And the best. They can trigger quite deep feelings. But in this cycle, you must learn to make money, property and business your excuse to become the greatest player of all time. For a few weeks now after May 18th, you’ll have plenty of paperwork, meetings, correspondence, contracts or e-mails to deal with. You’re about to discover your people skills via financial or real estate issues. Perhaps, shares or valuables. I would say from May 28th a compromise is brewing and June will fix it.
What is reassuring now is the fact that you and a certain someone actually share the same goals, or similar goals, anyway. It’s about freedom, isn’t it? Or independence? And there’s a genuine connection there if only because Uranus in Gemini suggests the drive for radical change is fierce. There is almost a force of nature operating here, Scorpio. The future has to be different!
Go forward together now with whoever this person is or who these people are and whatever their relationship is with you. There is rather a lot at stake because Uranus in Gemini is now emphasising cash, houses, flats, possessions, tax, settlements, investments, debts, assets, loans and all the rest but with a spin. In the big picture of your life, the number-crunching you’re doing at the moment is essential, but the issue of being liberated is even bigger. You might think this period in your life is all about how rich or poor you feel, but it’s actually about the quality and depth of the liberation ahead. If you both get it right now, that’s solid gold. You cannot buy autonomy in a catalogue.
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April. The two stories in May which dominate are your Sixth (wellbeing, workload) and your Seventh (partners, opponents).
Destiny will shackle you now. It will either pull you into a close one-on-one game with someone you’re already involved with or it will present you with a new player whose goals are the same as yours (or at least compatible). And that would be freedom! With luck, though, the next few weeks won’t feel like some bizarre sack race, and you won’t feel as if your ankles are too uncomfortably tied. Instead, there’ll be a chance to cooperate, trust, grow and learn. Together, you and this all-important person will do more than you ever could alone.
If you are naturally independent or prefer to take the lead, this cycle will be very welcome. In fact, every time you forget that you are actually supposed to be working as one half of a freedom team, you will create issues – both for yourself and the other person. The partnership is probably personal but may be professional or platonic. Forget the ‘Me’ part of the equation if you can. The more you can think in terms of ‘We,’ the farther and faster you will progress. Locate the common ground (about space and independence) between you and use that to navigate if you can.
The exception to the rule is the dramatic change to or end of a partnership which trapped you. It may also have trapped him or her. In this case, as you have seen since late April, the revolution is here and with it a break with the past. And this may be your former wife and current wife too. A pair. The issue is the face on the other end of the scales. Who is it? This person and you can no longer function as you did if the past represents ongoing restriction.
We may be talking about your husband or wife here, a girlfriend or even someone whose only connection to you is through business partnership. The nature of the relationship in all these cases is the same though. It’s about cooperation and understanding, giving and taking. If both of you put the effort in now, you can create a quite extraordinary bond if there is mutual appreciation of the need to be free agents. And if not? Uranus in the Seventh is notorious for break-ups.
Everything depends on how sensitive you are to the other person’s wants and needs and how good your people skills are. Astrology can be useful at such a time – do you know the other person’s Sun Sign? It describes what he or she is best-known for (for better or worse). It says a lot about what’s really important to the other person. So, if you can do a little light homework on this using your favourite astrology book, you’ll be well ahead. Of course, you may know this man or woman so intimately that you’re aware of their Moon Sign, Ascendant, mother’s maiden name, first pet and secret birthmark. But even if you’ve been together forever, this cycle can still make or break your situation if Uranus in the Seventh picks up any kind of entrapment.
You need to be Torvill and Dean now. Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Think of every double act you’ve ever admired and note the way in which two seemingly different people managed to raise the art of give and take and tons of space to an art form. You are capable of amazing things in the name of mutual freedom now. But your greatest achievement may well be walking away if that pair bond you two had was never going to be right for 2026/2027 and beyond.
Duty and service matter, but your ultimate duty has to be to your best physical and mental health. Sagittarius, on a work, university/college or unpaid work level, this transit will remind you that you need each other on the most basic level to make progress now. But, as you’ll see over the next few weeks, that’s not enough. What is now required is a combination of strength, sensitivity, telepathic understanding and clear communication. This leads to an epic compromise or bargaining agreement. A trade-off.
It’s amazing how Ceres teaches us about cooperation in this cycle. Put yourself in their shoes. Are they wearing hiking boots, stiletto heels or old trainers? Look at where you stand in relation to them. What do you need to do to go forward together in this big rethink about your daily routine, lifestyle, work ethic, sense of duty and so on? The hierarchy is writ large.
If there is an extreme need for time off or even departure, then it may be that your health will necessitate that. It happens. Far more common is a division of power and control at work. Find what draws you together, not what separates you. Locate the middle ground between you and stand together at its centre if you can. The emotions will run deep as they always do on a Ceres cycle. You’ll either make it through now or you’ll really slow down your own progress. So much depends on how well you’re reading each other and how cleverly you’re making allowances. There must be a 50-50 split, perhaps, or maybe 30-30-30.
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. Taurus weather is about the end of years of instability with courtship, the bedroom, babies, children, teenagers or young adults. It stopped in April and May is the bargaining period for a sign-off deal. A classic example is child custody. You will have your own story based on your birth chart.
May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April. When the Sun enters Gemini and your zone of workload and wellbeing from the final week of May well into June, a revolution becomes visible. Public and impossible to miss. This is all very new and it’s all quite radical. You are a grounded earth sign (when you get it right) and so this kind of stormy weather can be quite challenging even as you find it sets you free.
Capricorn, pull back, get real, seek advice, ask around and, most of all, keep your perspective. Your point of view or your plan could be absolutely right even without the feelings. If so, great. But how do you know unless you can introduce some detachment and ask people who are sensible, intelligent and objective. It may be Ozempic, it may be a new work project.
The usual Uranus transit rules apply to yourself and to other people now. Watch what unfolds and manage it properly with one eye on your own independence as well as theirs. Good plan or not a good plan? Remove the emotions first. You are also coming out of this unstable cycle involving younger generations. It may have hit you as a stepmother, a teacher or someone trying for IVF. It began in 2018 and the aftermath (May) requires adjustment.
Children in this context means your own sons and daughters or other people’s. It also covers pregnancy, fertility, abortion, miscarriage, adoption and so on. Find a technique (mental or physical) that will ground you, stabilise you, centre you and release the past. And do get outside opinions from people you trust and respect who have no vested interest in the situation but can give you excellent impartial opinions. It may be that you’re right. The world of children and babies, teenagers and younger adults is far too important to let yourself be swayed by immediate reactions to the end of the uncertainty (which happened at the end of April).
Uranus in Gemini in your Sixth is alongside this other more personal cycle. The revolution that sets you and others free is usually announced with the world turning upside-down. And it will happen more than once by 2027. Your everyday working life has its own chain of command. Even if you’re working for yourself (or head of the home), you still have to think about your duty to other people. All work is a service even if you’re apparently calling the shots. If you’re a President or a Prime Minister, you still have a duty to the people who voted for you. So, in a way, you’re still in service to them just as a PA is to her boss. Uranus is about freedom, liberation and independence.
This cycle will strongly influence the chain of command where you are – no matter if you’re a full-time houseperson with florists, supermarket delivery boys and gardeners to consider or if you’re at the head of your own company. It’s about space and autonomy. A break with the past. I have known sackings, resignations, takeovers and corporate wars to come out of these cycles. Strike action. The golden rule with Uranus in Gemini in your Sixth is that if anything or anybody has blocked your flow with work or wellbeing, it has to change or go. Wellbeing – mental and physical health – is strongly affected on this transit, Capricorn. Freedom of choice is here in a big way ongoing.
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April.
You have until June 30th, 2026, to use Jupiter in your wellbeing zone. The planet of opportunity and solutions. Jupiter is in Cancer. If you have late degree Virgo factors natally, double that message. Your health and wellbeing (which covers everything from weight loss and teeth hygiene to meditation and cancer) is in focus now. One particular issue is going to see you feeling anything from potential to delivery by June 30th. From there, Jupiter goes to Leo and into your partnership zone. The space for bigger and better duets, double acts, pairs and couples. All kinds of partners.
Happy with your partner, ex-partner or the prospects with a future date? That person will be at the top of your list in July/August 2026. Maybe you already know. You’ll rightly be more hopeful about certain ideas, notions or visions involving them. Or they’ll be unusually optimistic about what they long for or, maybe, a solution that they think they’re seeing. The Elvis Presley Chapel of Love is possible. I know of no other cycle in which so many husbands, wives, boyfriends and girlfriends look at their beloved with so much more scope than before. There is big hope in the air now. You will see where it takes you by August. You also have Uranus in Gemini in your sector of parenting and substitute parenting. An awful lot of Aquarians are headed for the New Summer of Love.
Don’t get so focussed on this new partnership or new style partnership that you forget the end of Jupiter in Cancer, though. It’s just a few weeks, but the potential is still there for huge benefits. If you have a full-time or part-time job, a high potential career issue will turn up now. You’ll feel fired up – passionate! Alternatively, it may be your boss, client, colleague or professional rival who starts you seeing more bandwidth. As with all Jupiter cycles, the things you do and say now are vital because they will have a domino effect on your career, your status and your success. You have to be proactive on this cycle. You can’t look a gift horse in the mouth. I can lead a horse to water, but I can’t make it drink (so many equine analogies). If you are retired, have full-time home duties or are unemployed, Jupiter in Cancer in your Sixth will deliver the same scenario, but channelled through other areas of your life which relate to your role and your goals.
This is also very much about fitness, health and mental health. Marathons like Harry Styles? Determined, fast walking or energetic swimming is helpful, but you may have your own ideas about exercise (yoga and the gym are good too). Flab jabs or fake meat? You have been shown a real gateway, Aquarius, but you only have until June 30th to take it.
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May 2026 is about Taurus weather. The Sun in Taurus is opposite the Moon on May 1st, 2026. Mercury enters on May 3rd, 2026. Mars enters on May 18th, 2026. There is a New Moon on May 16th, 2026. Ceres in Taurus dominates just before. May is also about Gemini weather. Mercury enters on May 18th, 2026. The Sun on May 21st, 2026. Ceres on May 28th, 2026. Uranus has been in Gemini since late April.
What you do alone is powerful, empowering and also the greatest challenge. Being by yourself, sleeping, dreaming, meditating, praying and so on is potent. You cannot afford to feel disempowered by this now. If so, you have to push back. This part of your chart covers therapy and counselling too. Hypnosis and psychics.
By now, you should be familiar with the effect that Pluto has on your physical and emotional state. This highly confidential matter could easily trigger a spot of power or control neediness in someone else at this time. Priest? Clairvoyant? Just because they are feeling Pluto, though, does not mean you necessarily have to accept their point of view.
Pluto is about deep transformation in the balance of power within and maybe with a confidante. From this, comes more control for you using self-control. Your private relationship with yourself which usually emerges in dreams, meditation, tarot, astrology, mediumship, journals, therapy and other navel-gazing pursuits is more important now. This is a great time to understand yourself better though. For those on the self-help trail, Pluto in the Twelfth House can be a revelation. Even if you’re not, a casual glance at your soul now can teach you a lot!
For the last few weeks that this North Node in Pisces cycle operates, you will be able to do more with/about your name, face, image and reputation than you know if you decide to use the endless repetition to change on the inside. In fact, it’s been more than 18 years since you had this kind of opportunity. Trade on your inner certainty about your outer packaging now because it’s your passport to all kinds of people, places and possibilities after July 2026. That means focussing on your CV, photograph, blog, website profile, personal style, presentation and appearance. If there are recurring stuck issues about your reputation, title, face, body and hair, then you will be amazed at how many possible solutions after July there are. All you need is the faith to follow them through. Even now, though, you can gain by switching your point of view on the ‘Me’ loop which is happening.
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