Aries Horoscope for May 2024
Posted on April 30, 2024 in Aries
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By Henry Seltzer and Alea Balzer for ASTROGRAPH Horoscopes
This is a month of follow-up for recent personal changes, Aries, and an invitation to further explore your burgeoning authenticity. Mars, your ruler, enters your sign in the hours leading up to the month’s May 1st starting point, and with the Sun now in Taurus, you are slow-walking your way into greater balance. There might also be newly found awareness of inner wounding to decode, to begin to better comprehend, and to heal. Relationship in your life might play a part of this as well, providing a necessary additional perspective on your own evolutionary story of growth and integration. There is a mode of careful consideration that is prevalent with you now, and yet a wildly optimistic side of you as well, that could be impatient for things to get moving. With Mercury still recovering from its recent retrograde, it might be best to wait until mid-month to really act upon your deep desires for transformational change. With the quiet progress of the May 7th New Moon, you will see more deeply into all of this and begin to make necessary changes that will ultimately fulfill your essentially spiritual evolution as you aim for the most authentic version of yourself that you can muster.
The following was written by our guest columnist Alea Balzer. You can write her at alea.balzer@gmail.com
Your May month begins in the aftermath of the New Moon and solar eclipse in your sign — corresponding to your identity sector — that initiated a new cycle of self-discovery. Chiron's prominence in the eclipse configuration points to the potential of coming to greater awareness of core wounds around selfhood, independence, and embodiment. Mercury was also in retrograde last month, and recovering in the first two weeks of this one; you have likely been reflecting on what is ultimately up for you as this significant year continues to unfold. Your goals and your process for achieving them are similarly transforming as May begins. Because eclipses have lasting influence, this process is also tied to the Aries-Libra eclipse cycle that began last year and concludes in 2025, implying changes also in your personal trajectory around relationship, especially if you are in a committed partnership.
Pluto stations retrograde in Aquarius on the 2nd, calling further attention to your process of transformation of your values and ideals, as well as collaborations, friendships, and long-term goals — part of a much slower metamorphosis. Aspects from Mars in your sign and Venus in Taurus as you enter the month indicate the amplification of topics within your sectors of identity and resources may trigger change in your social ecosystem or ambitions. With Mars now energized and ruling your sign while and moving over the critical angle of your solar ascendant, you could also feel a substantial reviving boost of vitality. While your actions are empowered, self-reflection is also active now, and you might feel Pluto's influence as thrusting less conscious baggage into the light via complicated interpersonal dynamics. Things that have been brewing for a while might come to a head over the month’s first weekend.
A Mercury-Chiron conjunction in Aries is also in the air from the 5th to the 7th, which could stir up core vulnerabilities or a painful situation. Talking things out with a trusted friend could bring a helpful perspective.
Between the 4th and the 6th, the Moon is in your sign, and waning, heading for the subsequent New Moon, emphasizing the emotional and embodied quality of surrender and renewal; you don't need to analyze the exact nature of your feelings to experience the catharsis of emotional release.
The Taurus New Moon takes place on May 7th and opens a new cycle in your sphere of resources. Riding the coattails of last month's Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Taurus, this cycle may see things steadying out following uncertainty or change in your material circumstances or how you make a living. Much is generative about this lunation cycle, which is uplifted by the presence of the benefics Jupiter and Venus in Taurus. This is a favorable time to launch or invest in things you want to grow, including your happiness. A sextile from Sun and Moon to Saturn in Pisces suggests stabilization, as well as overcoming challenges that have felt inhibiting; now strengthened is your foundation of self-belief or security. While speed is emphasized by prominent Uranus and the build-up of planets in your sign, there is also a calling towards what is slower and more humble at this juncture — perhaps you will wind up doing something that just makes you feel good to be a soul in a body on this earth.
On the 12th and the 13th , the Sun-Uranus conjunction that takes place in Taurus brings the unexpected. The Aries evolution process you are engaged in asks who am I? Events may be confronting you with ways you self-define in relation to material success or consumer identities. A radical self-concept could arrive: that you have value and deserve good things just as you are — there is nothing to do or prove. A sextile from Venus to Saturn simultaneously calls attention to your inner authority —redefining what prosperity means for you will support your self-worth. It could be time to share a hidden talent or something you have been working on behind the scenes.
On the 15th, under the auspices of the First Quarter Moon in Leo, relating to topics of creativity, children, or life enjoyment, Mercury enters Taurus applying to a square with Pluto active until the 17th. Mercury having escaped the final vestiges of its retrograde shadow a few days earlier, you are now ready to move things forward, and conversations could help. Change or endings related to your collaborations, resources, and goals with some history could begin to make room for something fresh that is emerging.
Venus conjoins Uranus on the 17th and also on the18th, the same day as a Jupiter Cazimi in late Taurus. This is a lucky day for creative breakthroughs and attracting what you want. Your values, tastes, and relationship dynamics may shift abruptly or be in flux; perhaps you prioritize fulfillment in your work over salary, discover something you love, or enjoy new financial independence. These transits emphasize entrepreneurial qualities of adaptability and experimentation, which may help you recognize unexpected opportunities and associates or romantic partners that are showing up in new ways for you. You might have more in the way of allies at your disposal than you realize.
The conjunction from Mars to the Moon’s North Node, exact on the 19th, could empower you to go after what you desire. The effect of actions taken between the 18th and the 21st may be amplified, and encourages channeling your energy into personal ambitions.
The Sun enters Gemini on the 20th, signaling an emerging emphasis in your sector of communication, learning, and local environment.
On the 23rd, the Sagittarius Full Moon connects your sphere of higher learning, beliefs, and travel to the activity in your resource sector — reevaluation in your principles and values may relate to a broader transformation in your guiding beliefs and ethics. New paths of education, spirituality, and opportunities for foreign travel could arise to offer meaningful expansion and joy. As the lunar cycle finds its culmination moment in this Full Moon, Venus and Jupiter conjoin in the last degree of Taurus, connecting to Neptune in Pisces by a perfect sextile. Love, creativity, and abundance are magnified today and for the remainder of the month — the idea being that acting on your internal promptings of compassion and generosity will deepen your connection to something larger than yourself.
Jupiter moves into Gemini on the 25th, where he will spend the next year in your sector of communication, learning, and local environment. This may bring a corresponding uplift in your state of mind, mental agility, and playfulness. Following your curiosity is the path of potential over the next year — the spaces and places you regularly occupy are the grounds for learning, connection, and fortuitous encounters. Prioritizing tasks or creating some structure around tech use and information consumption may channel your attention and prevent information overload. As Jupiter enters Gemini, his trine to Pluto empowers this ingress, suggesting that your learning and communication endeavors may have an expanded reach and are significant to your broader goals and renewal in your social networks.
The month’s final days are characterized by a Mars-Chiron conjunction in your sign, partile or same-degree on the 29th, that could offer a repeat message from the timing of the recent solar eclipse. Events may conspire to trigger new revelations, perhaps physical or emotional vulnerabilities. Connecting to purpose in this timing can be healing. The current course of your development calls for self-reclamation through honoring all facets of your humanity, not just the heroic parts. Mercury additionally conjuncts Uranus in Taurus on the 30th and the 31st, and this can offer a shift in perspective. You might be able to recognize the medicine in the wound and your process forward, as well as the way that way your individual experiences and healing resource you uniquely.
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