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Monthly General Horoscopes - May 2012

Aries

There are four main themes dominating this month and they are split neatly down the middle, with two compatible pairings making this a real turning point on a number of fronts. The first pairing are forces on the income and work fronts, with Jupiter's last full month in your income sector garnering direct support from the Sun and Mercury, but both receiving and getting support from Mars, whose first full month in direct motion in your work sector is giving you your second wind and a chance to really bring things up to speed. At the same time, despite the fact that there may be some personal and/or relationship pressure in the early days of the month, with Mercury moving into opposition with Saturn in your relationship sector, before leaving your sign on the 9th May, there are some powerful developments on the relationship and communication fronts. Instead of leaving your communication sector, as she would normally do by either late last month or early this month Venus, planet of love is staying on and on the 16th May will turn retrograde. This comes just in time for Venus to catch up with Saturn, who is spending his last full month in retrograde motion in your relationship sector. It's the partnership that Venus and Saturn form that creates the potential for second chances on the communication and relationship fronts and especially where they come together. Communication will become even more important as the month progresses and over the coming months.

Taurus

What you have on your hands as you move into May, the month when the Sun will always spend the first 3 weeks of the month in your sign, is a chance to get one of your most important solar years in a decade off the ground and on the road. For this is the first time that you've begun a new solar year with Jupiter, planet of luck in your sign and teamed up with the Sun to open the door to a bold new future, since 2000. When Mercury moves through your sign, from the 9th May to the 24th May, it will also be his first encounter with Jupiter in your sign since 2000 and as is the case with the Sun, for the last time for another 12 years. With Jupiter himself leaving your sign on the 12th June, this is the last full month of a 12 month Jupiter return, that is all about opening new doors and setting the scene for a new 12 year Jupiter cycle of expansion. Your new solar year is getting caught up in this energy, giving you a chance to move into the new month like it really is the first day of the rest of your life. Venus, your ruling planet has already been through and left your sign, so you should have a clear sense of what you want from the future. Meanwhile Venus, in your income sector since early last month, has decided she likes it so much she's staying on, with her retrograde turn on the 16th May and the fact that she'll team up with Saturn, already in retrograde motion in your work sector, opening the door to second chances. With the Sun reaching your income sector on the 21st May, a solar eclipse here on the same day and Mercury returning on the 24th May, there is something powerful developing here.

Gemini

While the Sun won't return to your sign until the 21st May, new doors are already open and it's going to feel like your new solar year has already begun, even if for the first 3 weeks of the month you're still wrapping up your old solar year. That's because you'll move into the month with Venus, planet of love, desire and attraction already in your sign and your heart already focused on the future. Normally here for 4 weeks and having returned early last month, the early days of the month should see Venus already gone or getting ready to leave. Instead Venus is staying on and won't leave your sign until August, due to the fact that she'll turn retrograde on the 16th May. This is just 5 days before the Sun returns to your sign, kicking off what is destined to be one of your best years in a long time, with a solar eclipse on the 21st May, just hours after the Sun returns, giving things a real push start. It's the fact that lucky Jupiter will return to your sign next month, while your birthday month is still playing out, that makes this new solar year anything but another run around the block. This is putting a lot more importance on the first 3 weeks of the month, when you're working with not only the Sun and Mercury to wrap up your current solar year, but with Jupiter to wrap up a Jupiter cycle that began in 2000. It's no wonder then that Venus turns retrograde, turning back to help tie up loose ends and lay old ghosts to rest.

Cancer

Once you can sort out any work/life balance issues, which you have a chance to do early in the month, you should find that you finally have a chance to catch your breath this month. If life has been so full of demands, professional and otherwise, to the point that it's left you with little time to recharge your batteries, let alone have fun, then help is on the way. As you move into the new month Mercury is still in your career sector and an active 3 months on the career front, that began on the 8th February, is still underway. That will wrap up on the 9th May, by which point you need to have your professional game and year up to speed, which is why things have had to be so focused. Yet before Mercury leaves he has to face an opposition with Saturn in your home and family sector, which peaking on the 6th May will represent the last hurdle and challenge. From this point on the stars won't be bringing any more work/life balance wake up calls, making this your last chance to resolve them. What will help you do that more effortlessly than you realise, is both the atmosphere at the time and other conditions playing out on the same day. Those atmospheric conditions are some very social and serendipitous forces in play, which will dominate the month, but more importantly a Full Moon in a playful, romantic and creative part of your chart on the same day, the 6th May. This Full Moon is more important than you realise, for as well as defusing any work/life balance stress, it provides hints and clues ahead of some special developments in the second half of the year.

Leo

The only thing stopping May from collapsing into a fully charged professional month, to the point where it blocks everything else out, are two of the smallest and fastest planets in the solar system; Venus and Mercury. Mercury won't stay on the job for long and on the 9th May he will join Jupiter and the Sun in your career sector, joining rather than counteracting overwhelming professional forces. This is good news for professional matters and for the second wind you're developing on the income front and the second chances that are opening up on the work front, but life needs to be balanced. Mercury will spend until the 9th May in a more adventurous and learning focused part of your chart, encouraging you to keep your mind and your options open. The only planet that can really stop May from becoming a totally professionally dominated month is Venus and this is something that she not only has the resources to pull off, but the support as well. For Venus is spending her second full month in a social and serendipitous part of your chart and rather than moving on, as she should by either late last month or early this month, she's staying on. Venus will turn retrograde on the 16th May, booking herself a further 3 months here and not leaving until August, she's here to ensure life doesn't become all work and no play. It's after Venus turns retrograde that she'll link up with Saturn, already in retrograde motion in your communication sector, creating the potential to make up for lost time and create the balance you need.

Virgo

Despite the fact that professional forces are closing in and the month is going to become even more professionally focused as it progresses, there are enough safety guards sown into this and from outside forces, to make this less demanding than it has been in the past. While it's important to learn from work/life balance issues in the past and to continue to work to achieve the right balance, forces on the professional front as a whole aren't demanding and are instead creating some excitement. Instead of leaving your career sector as she should, either late last month or early this month, Venus is staying on and on the 16th May will turn retrograde. Venus is not only evoking your professional desires but triggering the laws of attraction, so this is all about following your heart and having fun with this. Venus will be joined by the Sun on the 21st May and by Mercury on the 24th May, but until then they'll spend the majority of the month in an adventurous part of your chart, creating a chance to keep your mind and your options open and ward off life becoming all work and no play. It's a solar eclipse in your career sector on the 21st May, just hours after the Sun returns and support from Saturn in your income sector, that will round the month off with a lot of confidence and both new opportunities and second chances on the career and income fronts. This is despite the fact that you may experience some financial tensions or challenges earlier in the month, which should resolve themselves within the first 10 days.

Libra

Mercury only left your work sector on the 17th April, bringing a very active 3 months on the work front to an end and with Mercury returning to your career sector early next month, kicking off the most active months on the career front, you really only have this month to step back from the professional fast lane and gain some perspective. Yet even in this so called slow month on the work front, you're likely to find that there are some challenges, especially mid month, but this is more likely to be a reminder to step back and either learn from the past or recognise where you might be creating challenges or expectations where there are none. Instead, this is a month for letting your professional life tick over, while you focus more on other matters. In the early days of the month there are likely to be some personal and/or relationship pressures, as Mercury's final days in your relationship sector put him into opposition with Saturn, spending his last full month in retrograde motion in your sign. Yet with this comes a chance to clear the air, using this as a chance to breakthrough any communication barriers. There is a lot of focus on money this month as Jupiter spends his last full month in your financial sector, with support from the Sun and Mercury to bring things up to speed and a Full Moon in your income sector on the 6th May. With the Sun leaving your financial sector on the 21st May, Mercury only here from the 9th May to the 24th May and Jupiter leaving next month, it really is time to put all your cards on the table and to play it like you mean it.

Scorpio

If you want to know what May holds for you, then look no further than matters on the work, relationship and financial fronts, for that's what is likely to dominate things this month, for different reasons and in different ways. You're likely to find that there is some work pressure or tension in the early days of the month, both from the fact that you're likely to be rushing to get things up to speed and from actual pressure that demands that you slow down and pace yourself. With Mercury leaving your work sector on the 9th May, wrapping up an active and defining 3 months on the work front, it really is a time for tying up loose ends and getting things to the point where your work situation and work matters can continue under their own steam. However, your challenge is to find a balance that will ensure that you neither give up or burn out before that happens. At the same time, with Jupiter spending his last full month in your relationship sector, the Sun here until the 21st May and Mercury, planet of communication here from the 9th May to the 24th May, making your relationships a priority is a must. Yet it's this month that you're also likely the see the beginnings of something special developing on the financial front, for instead of leaving your financial sector either late last month or early this month, Venus is slowing down and on the 16th May will turn retrograde. This is going to strengthen your financial desires and open the doors to second chances, just days before the Sun's return to your financial sector, on the 21st May and a solar eclipse on the same day opens the door to new beginnings and opportunities.

Sagittarius

Even though the Sun left your romantic sector last month, because of his retrograde phase and his false start Mercury is still here, which is surprising considering that he first returned on the 3rd March, for what is normally less than a 3 week visit. This is keeping the spirit of romance, playfulness and creativity in play and with his intellectual savvy and articulation you're able to continue to give your heart a voice, put heart and mind on the same page and work smarter to ensure that you have the right balance between work and play. With Venus slowing down in your relationship sector and turning retrograde on the 16th May, the Sun returning on the 21st May, a solar eclipse on the same day opening some major new doors and Mercury himself returning on the 24th May, your personal life is getting a lot of support from the love gods this month. Yet this also happens to be a powerful and defining professional month and one of the most important, with the love gods having to battle for your attention in what has the power and the potential to become overwhelming professional forces. It's no wonder Mercury is reluctant to leave a playful and romantic part of your chart and as he's not leaving until the 9th May, the early days of the month are vital for finding a balance between work and play. This will not only ensure that you don't burn out, but will also keep the flame of creativity alive. Your biggest problem this month, as you cope with a professional surge and an active personal life, is that you have almost too much going on. It's when you feel split or torn in two that you need to focus on balance.

Capricorn

What you have is a month that is the personification of the balance between work and play and you will either experience this as a challenging problem or an opportunity for balance and for gaining the best of both worlds, depending on how you choose to approach or see things. With Jupiter spending his last full month in your romantic and creative sector, the Sun here until the 21st May and Mercury from the 9th May to the 24th May, this is an important month for all things romantic and creative and for following your heart. Holding onto and working with this is more important than you realise, for life is already starting to become more professionally focused, by the end of the month will be even more so and by next month the pendulum will swing completely to the professional side of things. Venus is already in your work sector and instead of leaving she'll turn retrograde on the 16th May, teaming up with Saturn who is spending his last full month in retrograde motion in your career sector. With the Sun returning to your work sector on the 21st May, a New Moon here on the same day and Mercury returning on the 24th May, busy work and professional forces are building on the horizon from the get go this month. This makes it important to hook into the sense of playfulness, romance and creativity the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter will spend the majority of the month advocating for, finding a balance between work and play while you can.

Aquarius

With a lot of focus on your home and family situation this month, as has been the case for several months now and a Full Moon in your career sector on the 6th May, reminding you that professional forces are gathering and that from early next month things will start getting a lot busier, you should be more flustered than you are. Your home and professional situations will both put demands on you and are usually situations where you're putting more in than you get back, yet chances are you're finding it hard to sweat the small stuff or to let any one aspect of your life overwhelm you and that's due to a germ of pure joy that has been taking seed from within, that is due to sprout and grow. It's coming from Venus, planet of love, desire and attraction's return to a romantic, creative and playful part of your chart early last month, where she's been counterbalancing life's demands and allowing you to put things into perspective. Whether she thinks you deserve some extra support or luck was on your side when the love gods were deciding who to favour, but instead of moving on Venus has decided to stay. She'll even turn retrograde on the 16th May, opening the door to second chances and in the process booking in another 3 months here, not leaving now until August. Yet rather than a lone advocate for all things heart related, Venus will be joined by the Sun on the 21st May and Mercury on the 24th May and with a solar eclipse just hours after the Sun returns, opening the door to some fateful new beginnings and Jupiter returning next month, the heavens are due to get in behind Venus, with something magical building.

Pisces

The bad news is that personal, relationship and financial pressures are likely to come to a head again this month, but the good news is that in each case it's for the last time, with a chance to resolve things once and for all. It's financial tension, pressures or challenges that will be the first to resolve themselves but also the first to be felt and are already likely to be in play as you move into the new month. That's because Mercury, already in his final days in your income sector is moving towards his third opposition with Saturn in your financial sector in as many years, but also his last for another 30 years. Because Mercury leaves your income sector on the 9th May, he'll not only hammer out his last standoff with Saturn, but the last Saturn opposition impacting your financial situation for another 30 years. It's Mercury's smart head for money that allows you to reach inside any financial pressure and resolve things once and for all. Once Mercury leaves expect the financial pressure to ease dramatically and with all your cards on the table it will then be about bringing things home and walking the talk. It's mid month that personal and/or relationship pressure is expected to peak as Mars, now spending his first full month back in direct motion in your relationship sector, moves into opposition with Chiron, planet of healing. This is the last of many oppositions over recent months, with a chance for some real healing. What will help turn this into an opportunity for a breakthrough is that you'll have Mercury, planet of communication in your communication sector by then.