Aries Monthly Horoscope
May 2023 Horoscope: Predictions for Aries
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Overview for this Month: Aries (All)
May 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
Your desire to settle in and focus on building, collecting, and getting comfortable is strong in May, dear Aries. It's a month for getting your bearings with an emphasis on your sectors of resources and home. You are encouraged to slow down, work things out, draw on patience, and build and develop special projects. The better you accept this pace, the greater the rewards!
With Mercury retrograde and the eclipse season, it's important to focus on developing what you have rather than push forward with brand-new beginnings. Fortunately, your astrology encourages a take-it-easy approach this month, and it's well-timed– you'll find it more natural than most other signs to slow things down.
And shortly after these energies lift, Mars and the Sun move into more interactive, outgoing, and expressive sectors of your solar chart (on the 20th and 21st).
Until then, money, business, and practical affairs are more topical than usual, even with some complications on these fronts! While delays or obstacles can occur during the retrograde Mercury cycle to the 14th, it's a fine time for refinements and improvements. The efforts you put forth now can lead to wonderful new beginnings and rewards. After the New Moon on the 19th, you can feel far better equipped to move your ventures forward.
You're learning a lot about your attachments this month, and there's much to enjoy, especially on social and mental levels. Your mind is active, and your interests are exciting. Connections and communications can be delightful, even with Mercury retrograde for the first half of May.
If you've been overshooting or spending/borrowing too much, it's time to make some crucial adjustments to get yourself back on track. While you're often drawn to the right resources or connections you need this month, the path is not always straightforward. There could very well be some bluffing or withholding information to manage, making it best to postpone big decisions or complicated topics.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 5th also has a way of bringing dysfunctional areas of our life to your attention! While watching for exaggeration is a good idea, paying special attention to the emotions that emerge now is important. A larger theme surrounding this eclipse set concerns ownership, sharing/ income, and support. Buried or long-brewing situations can reach a turning point.
Mars is in your home and family sector until the 20th, bringing fire, courage, and the desire for action to your personal or home life. Venus heads into this area of your solar chart on the 7th, and while you've been fired up about domestic matters, you begin to see more value in harmonizing, beautifying, and balancing your home environment.
Improved living conditions and arrangements or family relationships can be in the spotlight–it's an excellent time to strengthen your relationships with loved ones and comfort levels on the home front.
From the 21st, people are receptive to your ideas and want to hear from you! Success tends to come through word of mouth or bright ideas. You gravitate to things that improve your mind. The last week of May is good for resolving problems that overwhelmed you earlier. Networking can bring rewards or opportunities. You're moving into a highly creative and dynamic phase. News can open doors for you, or you enjoy affectionate communications or an innovative learning experience. You're alert and ready to make changes!
Last but not least, Jupiter moves out of your sign on the 16th and heads into your resources sector for a stay of just over a year. It's a powerful move for your money and resources and, on a psychological level, your self-worth and value. Look for opportunities to enhance your sense of comfort, well-being, and security, or to improve your finances. This transit is about using your personal resources to their utmost. Significant purchases or a general sense of abundance can figure strongly in the year ahead.
Your earning power might increase, or new avenues for making money can open up in the now and in the year ahead. Your desire for creature comforts can grow, too! There can be a strong desire to pamper yourself, splurge, and luxuriate, and opportunities might emerge to do these things. While you should watch for extravagance, this is a good cycle for bringing a fresh, positive, and confident attitude toward your talents and capabilities.
There can be notable positive developments in the last week of May with money and things. Good news or helpful connections can figure strongly, particularly related to money, gifts, bonuses, or personal talents.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Aries (Born March 21 to 31)
AND Aries Ascendant from 0 to 10 degrees Aries:
May 2023 Aries Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until May 20th:
The Sun continues to transit your solar second house. This is the most "financial" period of the year for you. You might have a more materialistic view of life for the time being, or you have an increased interest in your own possessions, during this cycle. You are more attracted to objects and possessions that give you a sense of comfort, status, or luxury now.
You probably should be on the lookout for a tendency to create your own financial stress due to extravagant spending habits. At this point in the year, you are unlikely to take many risks, however, and you can be quite resistant to change. This is a time when "comfort zones" are more important to you than usual--you value the familiar.
From May 21st forward:
The Sun is illuminating your communications sector now, suggesting "busy-ness" and movement. You are exploring and searching, making connections, and paying more attention to your immediate environment. Social interaction is in emphasis during this period, and is, for the most part, light-hearted.
Give other people a little extra time and attention, notice their efforts on your behalf, and strengthen your connections. You are more curious and alert than usual, and you could be quite busy with errands, paperwork, phone calls, and light socializing. Much energy is expended in understanding and adapting to your immediate environment. Siblings, neighbors, close relatives, friends, and co-workers may play a more important role than usual in your life during this cycle.
You are more interested in exploring your own neighborhood than you are of something entirely new. This is not a time of big adventure-seeking! Rather, it's a time of little adventures close to home.
Neither is this a time when you are especially focused. In fact, you could have a finger in many pies right now. You are especially resourceful, and you could find yourself enjoying (or seeking) attention for your intellectual know-how. The ability to express and communicate your ideas is extremely important to you at this time. You are eager to investigate new things, whether scientific or technical.
Eclipses
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on May 5th:
A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings.
This Lunar Eclipse stimulates your solar eighth house. Surprises surrounding intimate matters, shared finances and resources, or financial support may be in store. Something that has been "in hiding" or brewing under the surface of things comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. This could manifest as, for example, the need to make a financial settlement or large payment, the paying off of a loan, the loss of financial support, a change in your spouse's status (or ex-spouse's status if child support or alimony is given), a circumstance that calls for you to support someone, and other such possibilities. Do your best to avoid letting emotions overrule good judgment when it comes to spending or financial matters.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until May 7th:
Venus continues to play in your solar third house during this period, indicating a more light-hearted, curious, and intellectual approach to love and pleasure, as well as a more easygoing communicative style.
During this cycle, you are especially charming in your communications. Your words are soothing, and you tend to use words to smooth over problems that you see around you. You are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual.
Essentially, you are quite companionable during this cycle. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you see value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. Good companionship is as equally important as romance to you during this cycle.
You prefer an intellectual, communicative, and witty partner just now, and your powers of attraction increase through expressing these types of qualities. You are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport, and you are especially good at mediating conflicts now. If you were to begin a romance or friendship during this cycle, it would likely be quite light-hearted.
From May 7th forward:
Venus warms your solar fourth house now. During this cycle, you are especially fond of the life of the home and family. You are more receptive and gentle on a romantic level, and tend to be sentimental or nostalgic.
You may particularly value the aesthetics in and around your home during this period. If things are out of whack on the home front, you will do whatever you can to create a peaceful and stable atmosphere.
In relationships, loyalty and sensitivity are more important to you than typically. You might focus on ways to earn money in or from your home. This is a calming influence--a time when simple pleasures most appeal.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from April 21st to May 14th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.
Occurring in your solar second house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to new financial initiatives. There may be the need to revisit old, nagging issues regarding personal finances. Take this time to re-budget instead of making premature purchases. Hold off on major decision-making regarding money. Instead, take the time to re-think your sources of income and how you spend your cash during this period, but put off finalizing anything important for the time being. In fact, some money-making ideas or ventures may be put on hold due to circumstances beyond your control. This is an excellent period for review, however.
After the 14th, information unclogs and delays lift.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 20th:
Mars continues to activate your solar fourth house. More energy and enthusiasm is brought to your home life, but there can also be a tendency to stir up trouble if you are not careful to channel any excess energy into constructive and productive pursuits around the home. You desire to take the lead, but you should do so in a respectful way so as not to get anyone's goat.
From the 20th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar fifth house. This is a very self-expressive time when you have lots of energy, but not necessarily self-discipline to match. You have more energy at your disposal to express yourself creatively, through activities with children, romantic activities, hobbies, or sports. Your love life may step up a notch, and this could be an especially passionate time. You tend to put more energy into play and pleasure! Be careful not to burn the candle at both ends. Also, watch out for a tendency to want to gamble. You are more playful than usual, and especially magnetic. You have a likeably competitive, more energetic, and pleasingly assertive temperament during this transit. However, in some cases, you may be coming on too strong or aggressively, or meeting with aggressiveness in romantic relationships.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
Your desire to settle in and focus on building, collecting, and getting comfortable is strong in May, dear Aries. It's a month for getting your bearings with an emphasis on your sectors of resources and home. You are encouraged to slow down, work things out, draw on patience, and build and develop special projects. The better you accept this pace, the greater the rewards!
With Mercury retrograde and the eclipse season, it's important to focus on developing what you have rather than push forward with brand-new beginnings. Fortunately, your astrology encourages a take-it-easy approach this month, and it's well-timed– you'll find it more natural than most other signs to slow things down.
And shortly after these energies lift, Mars and the Sun move into more interactive, outgoing, and expressive sectors of your solar chart (on the 20th and 21st).
Until then, money, business, and practical affairs are more topical than usual, even with some complications on these fronts! While delays or obstacles can occur during the retrograde Mercury cycle to the 14th, it's a fine time for refinements and improvements. The efforts you put forth now can lead to wonderful new beginnings and rewards. After the New Moon on the 19th, you can feel far better equipped to move your ventures forward.
You're learning a lot about your attachments this month, and there's much to enjoy, especially on social and mental levels. Your mind is active, and your interests are exciting. Connections and communications can be delightful, even with Mercury retrograde for the first half of May.
If you've been overshooting or spending/borrowing too much, it's time to make some crucial adjustments to get yourself back on track. While you're often drawn to the right resources or connections you need this month, the path is not always straightforward. There could very well be some bluffing or withholding information to manage, making it best to postpone big decisions or complicated topics.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 5th also has a way of bringing dysfunctional areas of our life to your attention! While watching for exaggeration is a good idea, paying special attention to the emotions that emerge now is important. A larger theme surrounding this eclipse set concerns ownership, sharing/ income, and support. Buried or long-brewing situations can reach a turning point.
Mars is in your home and family sector until the 20th, bringing fire, courage, and the desire for action to your personal or home life. Venus heads into this area of your solar chart on the 7th, and while you've been fired up about domestic matters, you begin to see more value in harmonizing, beautifying, and balancing your home environment.
Improved living conditions and arrangements or family relationships can be in the spotlight–it's an excellent time to strengthen your relationships with loved ones and comfort levels on the home front.
From the 21st, people are receptive to your ideas and want to hear from you! Success tends to come through word of mouth or bright ideas. You gravitate to things that improve your mind. The last week of May is good for resolving problems that overwhelmed you earlier. Networking can bring rewards or opportunities. You're moving into a highly creative and dynamic phase. News can open doors for you, or you enjoy affectionate communications or an innovative learning experience. You're alert and ready to make changes!
Last but not least, Jupiter moves out of your sign on the 16th and heads into your resources sector for a stay of just over a year. It's a powerful move for your money and resources and, on a psychological level, your self-worth and value. Look for opportunities to enhance your sense of comfort, well-being, and security, or to improve your finances. This transit is about using your personal resources to their utmost. Significant purchases or a general sense of abundance can figure strongly in the year ahead.
Your earning power might increase, or new avenues for making money can open up in the now and in the year ahead. Your desire for creature comforts can grow, too! There can be a strong desire to pamper yourself, splurge, and luxuriate, and opportunities might emerge to do these things. While you should watch for extravagance, this is a good cycle for bringing a fresh, positive, and confident attitude toward your talents and capabilities.
There can be notable positive developments in the last week of May with money and things. Good news or helpful connections can figure strongly, particularly related to money, gifts, bonuses, or personal talents.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Aries in 2023.
See also detailed 2023 Aries Yearly Horoscope.
Aries (Born April 1 to 10)
AND Aries Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Aries:
May 2023 Aries Career, & General Trends
May 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun highlights your second house now, and your focus is on material affairs and comfort issues. Security is a driving force for you at the moment, and you might find that you are especially interested in accumulating possessions. What you have and what you don't have come into focus--what makes you feel comfortable, your sense of security, and what you value.
This is the time of year when personal finances and possessions receive maximum attention. Pour your energy into your work and your finances, and you might just be able to take your ideas to the bank.
Extravagance with your pocketbook is something you may want to look out for, however. If you find yourself itching to make unnecessary purchases, know that at the root of this urge is the desire to pamper and comfort yourself. Nothing wrong with it, but there are inexpensive (and even free) ways to make yourself feel good.
This is not the most eventful time of year for you. You are more inclined to dig in your heels and hang on to what makes you feel most secure than to take big risks.
Eclipses
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on May 5th:
A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings.
This Lunar Eclipse stimulates your solar eighth house. Surprises surrounding intimate matters, shared finances and resources, or financial support may be in store. Something that has been "in hiding" or brewing under the surface of things comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. This could manifest as, for example, the need to make a financial settlement or large payment, the paying off of a loan, the loss of financial support, a change in your spouse's status (or ex-spouse's status if child support or alimony is given), a circumstance that calls for you to support someone, and other such possibilities. Do your best to avoid letting emotions overrule good judgment when it comes to spending or financial matters.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until May 16th:
Venus continues to play in your solar third house during this period, indicating a more light-hearted, curious, and intellectual approach to love and pleasure, as well as a more easygoing communicative style.
During this cycle, you are especially charming in your communications. Your words are soothing, and you tend to use words to smooth over problems that you see around you. You are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual.
Essentially, you are quite companionable during this cycle. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you see value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. Good companionship is as equally important as romance to you during this cycle.
You prefer an intellectual, communicative, and witty partner just now, and your powers of attraction increase through expressing these types of qualities. You are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport, and you are especially good at mediating conflicts now. If you were to begin a romance or friendship during this cycle, it would likely be quite light-hearted.
From May 16th forward:
Venus warms your solar fourth house now. During this cycle, you are especially fond of the life of the home and family. You are more receptive and gentle on a romantic level, and tend to be sentimental or nostalgic.
You may particularly value the aesthetics in and around your home during this period. If things are out of whack on the home front, you will do whatever you can to create a peaceful and stable atmosphere.
In relationships, loyalty and sensitivity are more important to you than typically. You might focus on ways to earn money in or from your home. This is a calming influence--a time when simple pleasures most appeal.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from April 21st to May 14th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.
Occurring in your solar first house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to your body language. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. This is a time to review the manner in which you come across to others--not so much whether it truly reflects your nature, but more in terms of whether it is working for or against you. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. You might spend more time than usual when it comes to making decisions now, and this is natural. Rushed decisions may be regretted when you change your mind later on.
Information unclogs on the 14th.
From May 26th forward:
With Mercury in your solar second house, this is a strong period for analyzing your cash flow, income, and earning power. You are more practical and rational in your approach to finances during this period. With your conscious mind focused on money and possessions, as well as personal values, this can be a strong period for gathering new money-making ideas.
Alternatively, it could be a time when you tend to fret over your finances. Conversations tend to be practical rather than frivolous now. Financial gain may come through communications.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to activate your solar fourth house. More energy and enthusiasm is brought to your home life, but there can also be a tendency to stir up trouble if you are not careful to channel any excess energy into constructive and productive pursuits around the home. You desire to take the lead, but you should do so in a respectful way so as not to get anyone's goat.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
Your desire to settle in and focus on building, collecting, and getting comfortable is strong in May, dear Aries. It's a month for getting your bearings with an emphasis on your sectors of resources and home. You are encouraged to slow down, work things out, draw on patience, and build and develop special projects. The better you accept this pace, the greater the rewards!
With Mercury retrograde and the eclipse season, it's important to focus on developing what you have rather than push forward with brand-new beginnings. Fortunately, your astrology encourages a take-it-easy approach this month, and it's well-timed– you'll find it more natural than most other signs to slow things down.
And shortly after these energies lift, Mars and the Sun move into more interactive, outgoing, and expressive sectors of your solar chart (on the 20th and 21st).
Until then, money, business, and practical affairs are more topical than usual, even with some complications on these fronts! While delays or obstacles can occur during the retrograde Mercury cycle to the 14th, it's a fine time for refinements and improvements. The efforts you put forth now can lead to wonderful new beginnings and rewards. After the New Moon on the 19th, you can feel far better equipped to move your ventures forward.
You're learning a lot about your attachments this month, and there's much to enjoy, especially on social and mental levels. Your mind is active, and your interests are exciting. Connections and communications can be delightful, even with Mercury retrograde for the first half of May.
If you've been overshooting or spending/borrowing too much, it's time to make some crucial adjustments to get yourself back on track. While you're often drawn to the right resources or connections you need this month, the path is not always straightforward. There could very well be some bluffing or withholding information to manage, making it best to postpone big decisions or complicated topics.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 5th also has a way of bringing dysfunctional areas of our life to your attention! While watching for exaggeration is a good idea, paying special attention to the emotions that emerge now is important. A larger theme surrounding this eclipse set concerns ownership, sharing/ income, and support. Buried or long-brewing situations can reach a turning point.
Mars is in your home and family sector until the 20th, bringing fire, courage, and the desire for action to your personal or home life. Venus heads into this area of your solar chart on the 7th, and while you've been fired up about domestic matters, you begin to see more value in harmonizing, beautifying, and balancing your home environment.
Improved living conditions and arrangements or family relationships can be in the spotlight–it's an excellent time to strengthen your relationships with loved ones and comfort levels on the home front.
From the 21st, people are receptive to your ideas and want to hear from you! Success tends to come through word of mouth or bright ideas. You gravitate to things that improve your mind. The last week of May is good for resolving problems that overwhelmed you earlier. Networking can bring rewards or opportunities. You're moving into a highly creative and dynamic phase. News can open doors for you, or you enjoy affectionate communications or an innovative learning experience. You're alert and ready to make changes!
Last but not least, Jupiter moves out of your sign on the 16th and heads into your resources sector for a stay of just over a year. It's a powerful move for your money and resources and, on a psychological level, your self-worth and value. Look for opportunities to enhance your sense of comfort, well-being, and security, or to improve your finances. This transit is about using your personal resources to their utmost. Significant purchases or a general sense of abundance can figure strongly in the year ahead.
Your earning power might increase, or new avenues for making money can open up in the now and in the year ahead. Your desire for creature comforts can grow, too! There can be a strong desire to pamper yourself, splurge, and luxuriate, and opportunities might emerge to do these things. While you should watch for extravagance, this is a good cycle for bringing a fresh, positive, and confident attitude toward your talents and capabilities.
There can be notable positive developments in the last week of May with money and things. Good news or helpful connections can figure strongly, particularly related to money, gifts, bonuses, or personal talents.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.
Know More About Yourself and Others
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.
Love & Romance Forecast Report
Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Aries in 2023.
See also detailed 2023 Aries Yearly Horoscope.
Aries (Born April 11 to 20)
AND Aries Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Aries:
May 2023 Aries Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until May 11th:
The Sun continues to move through your solar first house. You experience a renewal of energy and vitality now, and it's a strong time for increased personal confidence. The emphasis is on self-expression, what kind of impression you make on others, and beginning new personal projects.
You are a little more self-centered than usual, and this is quite natural and healthy as long as you don't take it too far. You are more decisive and forward-looking now, and you put more faith in your own abilities. Physically, you are likely feeling strong. This is an excellent cycle for making personal changes in your manner or appearance, and for any self-improvement endeavors. Personal projects that you begin now are likely to blossom nine months down the road.
From May 11th forward:
The Sun highlights your second house now, and your focus is on material affairs and comfort issues. Security is a driving force for you at the moment, and you might find that you are especially interested in accumulating possessions. What you have and what you don't have come into focus--what makes you feel comfortable, your sense of security, and what you value.
This is the time of year when personal finances and possessions receive maximum attention. Pour your energy into your work and your finances, and you might just be able to take your ideas to the bank.
Extravagance with your pocketbook is something you may want to look out for, however. If you find yourself itching to make unnecessary purchases, know that at the root of this urge is the desire to pamper and comfort yourself. Nothing wrong with it, but there are inexpensive (and even free) ways to make yourself feel good.
This is not the most eventful time of year for you. You are more inclined to dig in your heels and hang on to what makes you feel most secure than to take big risks.
Eclipses
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on May 5th:
A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings.
This Lunar Eclipse stimulates your solar seventh house. Surprises surrounding partnerships and relationships may be in store. Something that has been "in hiding" or brewing under the surface of things comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. This could manifest as, for example, a surprising revelation from a partner, a circumstance that calls for you to support a significant other, a flurry of activity prompted by a partner's needs or demands for your services from the general public, and other such possibilities. You now have a natural flair for sensing the needs and desires of the general public. You are likely to draw highly emotional and sensitive individuals into your social circle. Partnership "tests" are possible now, but so is a chance to truly connect to a special someone in your life.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until the 26th:
Venus continues to play in your solar third house during this period, indicating a more light-hearted, curious, and intellectual approach to love and pleasure, as well as a more easygoing communicative style.
During this cycle, you are especially charming in your communications. Your words are soothing, and you tend to use words to smooth over problems that you see around you. You are mostly cheerful in your approach to others, and perhaps somewhat intellectual.
Essentially, you are quite companionable during this cycle. You enjoy talking about what interests you, and you see value in the exchange of ideas. Sometimes this transit brings benefit through siblings, communications, or short trips. Good companionship is as equally important as romance to you during this cycle.
You prefer an intellectual, communicative, and witty partner just now, and your powers of attraction increase through expressing these types of qualities. You are most attracted to wit, cheerfulness, and verbal rapport, and you are especially good at mediating conflicts now. If you were to begin a romance or friendship during this cycle, it would likely be quite light-hearted.
From May 26th forward:
Venus warms your solar fourth house now. During this cycle, you are especially fond of the life of the home and family. You are more receptive and gentle on a romantic level, and tend to be sentimental or nostalgic.
You may particularly value the aesthetics in and around your home during this period. If things are out of whack on the home front, you will do whatever you can to create a peaceful and stable atmosphere.
In relationships, loyalty and sensitivity are more important to you than typically. You might focus on ways to earn money in or from your home. This is a calming influence--a time when simple pleasures most appeal.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from April 21st to May 14th:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications in general and job or health-related communications because Mercury rules these areas of your life. There can be delays or rethinking with these matters.
Occurring in your solar first house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to your body language. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. This is a time to review the manner in which you come across to others--not so much whether it truly reflects your nature, but more in terms of whether it is working for or against you. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. You might spend more time than usual when it comes to making decisions now, and this is natural. Rushed decisions may be regretted when you change your mind later on.
Information unclogs from the 14th forward.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
From the 3rd forward:
Mars activates and energizes your solar fourth house. You have more energy at your disposal for domestic projects or activities. Because your actions are governed by your instincts during this period, you may be especially defensive and protective. You may work hard at making yourself feel more secure, and you may be called upon to take charge on the home and family front. You may have more energy to invest in homemaking, house repairs, redecorating, or family activities. In fact, if you are feeling very restless, moody, or defensive during this period, it would be a good idea to do any of these things! You may have an increased desire to rule the roost, and if this transit stimulates conflict or disputes, it is likely to be family-related--you may have arguments with them, about them, or on their behalf. You may also encounter opposition from career-related matters or people. You may get worked up about old angers or regarding emotional issues from the past that are resurfacing now.
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May 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Aries:
Your desire to settle in and focus on building, collecting, and getting comfortable is strong in May, dear Aries. It's a month for getting your bearings with an emphasis on your sectors of resources and home. You are encouraged to slow down, work things out, draw on patience, and build and develop special projects. The better you accept this pace, the greater the rewards!
With Mercury retrograde and the eclipse season, it's important to focus on developing what you have rather than push forward with brand-new beginnings. Fortunately, your astrology encourages a take-it-easy approach this month, and it's well-timed– you'll find it more natural than most other signs to slow things down.
And shortly after these energies lift, Mars and the Sun move into more interactive, outgoing, and expressive sectors of your solar chart (on the 20th and 21st).
Until then, money, business, and practical affairs are more topical than usual, even with some complications on these fronts! While delays or obstacles can occur during the retrograde Mercury cycle to the 14th, it's a fine time for refinements and improvements. The efforts you put forth now can lead to wonderful new beginnings and rewards. After the New Moon on the 19th, you can feel far better equipped to move your ventures forward.
You're learning a lot about your attachments this month, and there's much to enjoy, especially on social and mental levels. Your mind is active, and your interests are exciting. Connections and communications can be delightful, even with Mercury retrograde for the first half of May.
If you've been overshooting or spending/borrowing too much, it's time to make some crucial adjustments to get yourself back on track. While you're often drawn to the right resources or connections you need this month, the path is not always straightforward. There could very well be some bluffing or withholding information to manage, making it best to postpone big decisions or complicated topics.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 5th also has a way of bringing dysfunctional areas of our life to your attention! While watching for exaggeration is a good idea, paying special attention to the emotions that emerge now is important. A larger theme surrounding this eclipse set concerns ownership, sharing/ income, and support. Buried or long-brewing situations can reach a turning point.
Mars is in your home and family sector until the 20th, bringing fire, courage, and the desire for action to your personal or home life. Venus heads into this area of your solar chart on the 7th, and while you've been fired up about domestic matters, you begin to see more value in harmonizing, beautifying, and balancing your home environment.
Improved living conditions and arrangements or family relationships can be in the spotlight–it's an excellent time to strengthen your relationships with loved ones and comfort levels on the home front.
From the 21st, people are receptive to your ideas and want to hear from you! Success tends to come through word of mouth or bright ideas. You gravitate to things that improve your mind. The last week of May is good for resolving problems that overwhelmed you earlier. Networking can bring rewards or opportunities. You're moving into a highly creative and dynamic phase. News can open doors for you, or you enjoy affectionate communications or an innovative learning experience. You're alert and ready to make changes!
Last but not least, Jupiter moves out of your sign on the 16th and heads into your resources sector for a stay of just over a year. It's a powerful move for your money and resources and, on a psychological level, your self-worth and value. Look for opportunities to enhance your sense of comfort, well-being, and security, or to improve your finances. This transit is about using your personal resources to their utmost. Significant purchases or a general sense of abundance can figure strongly in the year ahead.
Your earning power might increase, or new avenues for making money can open up in the now and in the year ahead. Your desire for creature comforts can grow, too! There can be a strong desire to pamper yourself, splurge, and luxuriate, and opportunities might emerge to do these things. While you should watch for extravagance, this is a good cycle for bringing a fresh, positive, and confident attitude toward your talents and capabilities.
There can be notable positive developments in the last week of May with money and things. Good news or helpful connections can figure strongly, particularly related to money, gifts, bonuses, or personal talents.
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For example, the Sun might transit the fifth house of your solar chart from July 22 to August 22, so that you will find a similar interpretation for this transit in both July and August’s horoscope. This is normal and expected. While new months can hold new energy, transits don’t abruptly change because the calendar month changes.
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