Astrology Insights for Modern Life
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Welcome to Taurus Season
Welcome to Taurus season, where everything slows down just enough for you to remember you have a body, a bank account, and extremely specific opinions about lighting. Suddenly, your errands require a reward pastry, your blanket feels spiritually significant, and “being practical” somehow involves buying the good olive oil. You may find yourself reorganizing one drawer with the seriousness of a medieval monk or deciding your entire life would improve with softer socks. Expect fewer dramatic revelations and more deep loyalty to snacks, naps, routines, and anything that makes your nervous system unclench. Enjoy the return to earth
For the beginners, this means this month's sky stuff that affects earth stuff.
Key May 2026 Transits
May 1—Full moon, Scorpio
May 2—Mercury enters Taurus
May 6—Pluto stations retrograde, Aquarius
May 14—Mercury cazimi, Taurus
May 16—New moon, Taurus
May 17—Mercury enters Gemini
May 18—Mars enters Taurus
May 18—Venus enters Cancer
May 19—Mercury squares the lunar nodes, Gemini–Pisces/Virgo
May 20—Sun enters Gemini ☀︎
May 22—Uranus cazimi, Gemini
May 25—Mars squares Pluto Rx, Taurus–Aquarius
May 31—Full moon, Sagittarius
