Cancer Monthly Horoscope
May 2021 Horoscope: Predictions for Cancer
We’ve divided our 2021 monthly horoscopes into 3 groups (or decanates) per sign for more accuracy. Remember that if you know your Ascendant, read forecasts for both your Sun sign and your Ascendant sign. If you know your birth time, but don’t know your Ascendant, be sure to see How to Obtain Your Astrology Chart here.
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Overview for this Month: Cancer (All)
May 2021 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
While you can be busy socially as the month begins, dear Cancer, you're also winding down for some much-need downtime. Nevertheless, Mars spends the month in your sign, and pursuing your goals is frequently on the front burner in May. You're bolder, more assertive, and willing to take a risk or two. This is also a good time for career and reputation matters since Mars rules your solar tenth house.
The larger themes of the month involve collaborating with others and connecting with community, as well as getting extra time for rest, recuperation, and renewal.
Mercury moves into your privacy sector on the 3rd, Venus on the 8th, and then the Sun on the 20th. There can be support coming from behind the scenes or an unexpected source, perhaps something you had forgotten or overlooked. Your love life can require some review - this is not the time for pushing things forward - but personal magnetism remains strong. It's a good time to find ways to quieten or soothe your mind and meditate more often. Some reflection and discretion can benefit you now.
With Mars in your sign, look for healthy ways to push the limits and effective channels for excess energy this month. Increased activity is excellent – it's haste that is problematic.
Making friends, expanding your group, or enhancing relationships with associates can be in order. You might gain forward momentum and motivation from long-term projects that invigorate and excite you. You can have a particularly inspirational effect on others. Your intuition is very active and accurate, and connections to someone special can be passionate.
As the month advances, your inner world draws you in. It makes sense to find ways to reorient, process, and get organized. Some level of solitude or privacy can be helpful and rewarding. You might successfully draw upon hunches and intuition to forward business and money-related ideas.
The New Moon on the 11th challenges you to start fresh with your social life, networks, involvement with others or the community, contributions, and attention to happiness goals. You're inspired and determined to make improvements and positive changes. This is a time of awakening yearnings for kinship, friendship, and involvement on the soul level. You may be taking care of others, or you may be seeking support.
On the 13th, Jupiter begins its transit of your solar ninth house. This fortunate transit will come in three parts, the first of which lasts from May 13-July 28. It encourages you to explore and expand your interests. It's an excellent influence on courses, studies, extracurricular activities, and interests. Those who have interrupted their education may return to courses now with great success and renewed confidence. You're likely to be more easygoing when it comes to everyday life, as you find it easier to rise above minor problems and put things into perspective during this cycle. While it will develop further in 2022, you'll enjoy some of its benefits now.
Saturn begins its retrograde cycle on the 23rd, and for several months, you can benefit from a review of debts, support, emotional health, and your close relationships. You might need to reassess how much time and energy you can afford to invest in these matters, or you may be dealing with delays or refinements of plans. Once you begin to recognize the need for restructuring, simplifying, and stabilizing your life, you'll have a stronger sense of the benefits of this retrograde cycle.
The Full Moon on the 26th is a Lunar Eclipse, and it's good for motivating you to make improvements. Work, health, and routines or habits come into strong focus now. There can be a bit of a scramble to get your life into better working order, and the benefits of doing so are great. You're doing a lot of balancing of work/rest and emotional health and physical health with current eclipses, and realizations occurring now can push this process along. If you've neglected some elements of self-care, you're now ready to correct the imbalance, and developing healthier habits can be part of this.
Mercury is retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd. Some of the decisions made and projects started in the last couple of weeks can require reconsideration, or there can be delays to handle. It's a time for redoing and refining work that is already underway, for journaling, and for backtracking over the past to find answers that were not obvious then but entirely relevant now.
Cancer (Born June 22 to July 1) and Cancer Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Cancer:
May 2021 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2021
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until May 20th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar eleventh house. During this cycle, you are planting seeds for the future, dreaming up plans that you might begin to develop two months down the road, if they still seem viable then. You are more aware of the benefits of networking, and you might find some great ideas through others now. You might be working in a team now.
You could be questioning some of the rules you have been living by and you could be ready to try something totally new. You are more attracted to that which is progressive or unconventional during this cycle.
From May 20th forward:
The Sun travels through your twelfth house now, marking a time of retreat and regeneration. Think about the attachments you have--to things, people, and routines--and consider which ones are dragging you down. This is a time when competitive energies and the ego are on a bit of a break.
It's not the time to push ahead with brand new projects. Rather, it's a time of reflection, dreaming, and recharging your batteries. Situations that have naturally outgrown their usefulness in your life can now be put behind you. Endings of natural cycles may be part of the picture at this time of year. Your energy is largely applied to personal and private affairs now. Your disposition is introspective. Rest and reflect, and prepare for a more outgoing cycle when the Sun moves into your first house.
Eclipse
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on May 26th:
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 sixth house. Surprises surrounding work, working relationships, daily routines, or health issues are 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. Flaws come to light and demand a clean-up. This could manifest as, for example, a work project coming to an end or bearing fruit, a surprising announcement on the job, a circumstance that calls for you to support a co-worker, a flurry of activity prompted by the demands of work or for your services, a surprising health matter, and other such possibilities. You can use this surge of emotional energy to make positive changes to your routines. Do something to improve your work conditions if they are annoying you--even if it's a small act of kindness with a co-worker or bringing in something to brighten up your desk or office. Get going on your exercise or nutrition program that you've been toying with in your mind.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until May 8th:
Venus continues to move through your solar eleventh house. This is a strong time for putting your ego aside and lowering your defenses and simply enjoying people. It's a good time for networking and settling disputes if there are differences to iron out with friends. Cooperation comes easily, and warm friendships can be made during this cycle. Personal freedom is especially important to you right now, and you won't enjoy any associations that limit you. It can also be a good time for earnings from business.
From May 9th forward:
Venus is spending some time in "hibernation" in your privacy sector. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that your love life is stagnant, but that your affection is expressed behind closed doors. Attraction to secrets and whispers characterize this period, although for some, it can also be a time of endings, relationship concerns, and wistfulness. Personal and social contacts may be secretive, and there can be secret love affairs, or at least very private love feelings and longings. Shyness can lead to some loneliness or romantic frustration. However, this can also be a deliciously private and intimate time.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until May 3rd:
Mercury continues to journey through your solar eleventh house. This is a time when conversations with friends and various networking activities are much appreciated and offer learning experiences. Your ideas just now are especially progressive and unconventional, as you are questioning the rules you typically live by and entertaining some wild ideas.
Not all of these ideas are necessarily going to last or lead to new projects, but it's a time of dreaming up new possibilities and new possible solutions to problems. You are especially interested in spending time with people who are like-minded. Social interactions are more frequent, light, and fun during this cycle.
Until May 4th forward:
Your mind is focused on private matters and past issues while Mercury transits the twelfth house of your solar chart. This is a time when you are least likely to speak out of turn or to express yourself freely. You're searching behind the curtain, and examining the past for answers.
This is a good time for research, quiet contemplation, and meditation; but do avoid getting dragged down by issues that have outgrown their worth and purpose. Examining the past in order to improve the future is certainly worthwhile, as long as you don't waste your energy on guilt. Creative endeavors could prosper now, particularly those that draw upon the emotions or that require creative visualization skills, such as poetry, art, acting, and other such activities.
You are likely to require a certain amount of solitude in order to get your thoughts together or to be mentally productive. You are less likely to chat indiscriminately during this transit, and tend to be a little secretive or tight-lipped for the time being. This may be important, in fact, because this position of Mercury is sometimes associated with the uncovering of secrets, so discretion may be in order.
Mercury is retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.
Occurring in your solar twelfth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to privacy matters. You may find that you are less able to rely on your intuition. Perhaps you're picking up the wrong cues or reading too much into situations. Whatever the case may be, for the time being, you may not feel that your intuition is serving you well. Be as non-judgmental as you can, but do keep an eye out for deceptiveness and falseness in others. You might unwittingly reveal something that you'd prefer to keep private. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating about your inner world now; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to activate your solar first house, supplying you with added energy to apply towards personal goals, and a more assertive and direct approach to the world in general.
This is an excellent period for physical training and exercise of any kind. The desire to be self-sufficient and independent is especially strong now. You are far less tolerant of being restricted by or dependent on others, and this is a good time to identify your personal strengths and take positive action to rectify situations that may have previously felt frustrating or repressive.
You might be especially attracted to personal challenges, and seeing just how far you can push. However, be careful not to push yourself (and others) too far.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2021 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
While you can be busy socially as the month begins, dear Cancer, you're also winding down for some much-need downtime. Nevertheless, Mars spends the month in your sign, and pursuing your goals is frequently on the front burner in May. You're bolder, more assertive, and willing to take a risk or two. This is also a good time for career and reputation matters since Mars rules your solar tenth house.
The larger themes of the month involve collaborating with others and connecting with community, as well as getting extra time for rest, recuperation, and renewal.
Mercury moves into your privacy sector on the 3rd, Venus on the 8th, and then the Sun on the 20th. There can be support coming from behind the scenes or an unexpected source, perhaps something you had forgotten or overlooked. Your love life can require some review - this is not the time for pushing things forward - but personal magnetism remains strong. It's a good time to find ways to quieten or soothe your mind and meditate more often. Some reflection and discretion can benefit you now.
With Mars in your sign, look for healthy ways to push the limits and effective channels for excess energy this month. Increased activity is excellent – it's haste that is problematic.
Making friends, expanding your group, or enhancing relationships with associates can be in order. You might gain forward momentum and motivation from long-term projects that invigorate and excite you. You can have a particularly inspirational effect on others. Your intuition is very active and accurate, and connections to someone special can be passionate.
As the month advances, your inner world draws you in. It makes sense to find ways to reorient, process, and get organized. Some level of solitude or privacy can be helpful and rewarding. You might successfully draw upon hunches and intuition to forward business and money-related ideas.
The New Moon on the 11th challenges you to start fresh with your social life, networks, involvement with others or the community, contributions, and attention to happiness goals. You're inspired and determined to make improvements and positive changes. This is a time of awakening yearnings for kinship, friendship, and involvement on the soul level. You may be taking care of others, or you may be seeking support.
On the 13th, Jupiter begins its transit of your solar ninth house. This fortunate transit will come in three parts, the first of which lasts from May 13-July 28. It encourages you to explore and expand your interests. It's an excellent influence on courses, studies, extracurricular activities, and interests. Those who have interrupted their education may return to courses now with great success and renewed confidence. You're likely to be more easygoing when it comes to everyday life, as you find it easier to rise above minor problems and put things into perspective during this cycle. While it will develop further in 2022, you'll enjoy some of its benefits now.
Saturn begins its retrograde cycle on the 23rd, and for several months, you can benefit from a review of debts, support, emotional health, and your close relationships. You might need to reassess how much time and energy you can afford to invest in these matters, or you may be dealing with delays or refinements of plans. Once you begin to recognize the need for restructuring, simplifying, and stabilizing your life, you'll have a stronger sense of the benefits of this retrograde cycle.
The Full Moon on the 26th is a Lunar Eclipse, and it's good for motivating you to make improvements. Work, health, and routines or habits come into strong focus now. There can be a bit of a scramble to get your life into better working order, and the benefits of doing so are great. You're doing a lot of balancing of work/rest and emotional health and physical health with current eclipses, and realizations occurring now can push this process along. If you've neglected some elements of self-care, you're now ready to correct the imbalance, and developing healthier habits can be part of this.
Mercury is retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd. Some of the decisions made and projects started in the last couple of weeks can require reconsideration, or there can be delays to handle. It's a time for redoing and refining work that is already underway, for journaling, and for backtracking over the past to find answers that were not obvious then but entirely relevant now.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Cancer in 2021.
See also detailed 2021 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.
Cancer (Born July 2 to 12)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Cancer:
May 2021 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2021
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun lights your solar eleventh house. The Sun illuminates your sector of friends, groups, and dreams coming true this month. It's a sociable sector of your chart, and that's exactly how you are feeling--happy, light-hearted, cosmopolitan, and social. Group affiliations capture your attention. Connections can be made now and networking pays off, or at least satisfies. Being part of a community or circle of friends and building your social network is important to you at this time.
This is a rather happy, goal-oriented cycle. A lively agenda is promised, you're attracting quite a bit of interest, and your energy for making contact with others is high. A stronger sense of community is with you during this cycle. Relationships take on a fun, if impersonal, tone now. Activities with children (especially others' children) may increase. You are more stimulated by all that is unconventional during this cycle, and your ideas are original and progressive now. This is a time to follow your dreams and ideals, and to plant a seed in the form of a wish for the future.
Eclipse
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on May 26th:
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 fifth house. Surprises coming from a romantic partner or child may be part of the picture. Something that has been brewing or "in hiding" comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. Your house of creativity, romance, pleasure, and children is involved. This could manifest, for example, as a romantic proclamation from a lover, a creative project bearing fruit, a child revealing something significant to you, and other such possibilities.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until the 17th:
Venus continues to move through your solar eleventh house. This is a strong time for putting your ego aside and lowering your defenses and simply enjoying people. It's a good time for networking and settling disputes if there are differences to iron out with friends. Cooperation comes easily, and warm friendships can be made during this cycle. Personal freedom is especially important to you right now, and you won't enjoy any associations that limit you. It can also be a good time for earnings from business.
From May 18th forward:
Venus is spending some time in "hibernation" in your privacy sector. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that your love life is stagnant, but that your affection is expressed behind closed doors. Attraction to secrets and whispers characterize this period, although for some, it can also be a time of endings, relationship concerns, and wistfulness. Personal and social contacts may be secretive, and there can be secret love affairs, or at least very private love feelings and longings. Shyness can lead to some loneliness or romantic frustration. However, this can also be a deliciously private and intimate time.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until May 9th:
Mercury continues to journey through your solar eleventh house. This is a time when conversations with friends and various networking activities are much appreciated and offer learning experiences. Your ideas just now are especially progressive and unconventional, as you are questioning the rules you typically live by and entertaining some wild ideas.
Not all of these ideas are necessarily going to last or lead to new projects, but it's a time of dreaming up new possibilities and new possible solutions to problems. You are especially interested in spending time with people who are like-minded. Social interactions are more frequent, light, and fun during this cycle.
From May 10th forward:
Your mind is focused on private matters and past issues while Mercury transits the twelfth house of your solar chart. This is a time when you are least likely to speak out of turn or to express yourself freely. You're searching behind the curtain, and examining the past for answers.
This is a good time for research, quiet contemplation, and meditation; but do avoid getting dragged down by issues that have outgrown their worth and purpose. Examining the past in order to improve the future is certainly worthwhile, as long as you don't waste your energy on guilt. Creative endeavors could prosper now, particularly those that draw upon the emotions or that require creative visualization skills, such as poetry, art, acting, and other such activities.
You are likely to require a certain amount of solitude in order to get your thoughts together or to be mentally productive. You are less likely to chat indiscriminately during this transit, and tend to be a little secretive or tight-lipped for the time being. This may be important, in fact, because this position of Mercury is sometimes associated with the uncovering of secrets, so discretion may be in order.
Mercury is retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.
Occurring in your solar twelfth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to privacy matters. You may find that you are less able to rely on your intuition. Perhaps you're picking up the wrong cues or reading too much into situations. Whatever the case may be, for the time being, you may not feel that your intuition is serving you well. Be as non-judgmental as you can, but do keep an eye out for deceptiveness and falseness in others. You might unwittingly reveal something that you'd prefer to keep private. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating about your inner world now; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until May 9th:
Mars continues to energize your solar twelfth house now. While Mars occupies the twelfth house, asserting yourself in a direct and straightforward manner can be difficult. This is largely due to a feeling of not being in touch with what it is you want or desire just for the time being as you reassess your goals and needs.
This lack of direction and self-knowledge should prompt you to look within to learn about your desires. It is likely that you will be much clearer when Mars reaches your first house. For the time being, take some time for rest and give your ego a break.
From May 10th forward:
You are able to stand your ground and assert yourself more than usual during this transit of Mars through your solar first house. You have energy at your disposal to move your plans forward, and you are more enterprising. You want to leave your mark on the world in some way--however big or small--and you are more able to make an impression than usual. If circumstances are such, you are able to easily fight back. In fact, you may be somewhat combative under this influence, and you may have a short temper.
Avoid being pushy. Take charge of your life, but don't bulldoze over others in the process! This is an excellent transit for assertiveness and physical vitality. Love affairs may also be stepped up during this period. On the rare occasion when an accident occurs, it is more likely to involve the head or face.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2021 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
While you can be busy socially as the month begins, dear Cancer, you're also winding down for some much-need downtime. Nevertheless, Mars spends the month in your sign, and pursuing your goals is frequently on the front burner in May. You're bolder, more assertive, and willing to take a risk or two. This is also a good time for career and reputation matters since Mars rules your solar tenth house.
The larger themes of the month involve collaborating with others and connecting with community, as well as getting extra time for rest, recuperation, and renewal.
Mercury moves into your privacy sector on the 3rd, Venus on the 8th, and then the Sun on the 20th. There can be support coming from behind the scenes or an unexpected source, perhaps something you had forgotten or overlooked. Your love life can require some review - this is not the time for pushing things forward - but personal magnetism remains strong. It's a good time to find ways to quieten or soothe your mind and meditate more often. Some reflection and discretion can benefit you now.
With Mars in your sign, look for healthy ways to push the limits and effective channels for excess energy this month. Increased activity is excellent – it's haste that is problematic.
Making friends, expanding your group, or enhancing relationships with associates can be in order. You might gain forward momentum and motivation from long-term projects that invigorate and excite you. You can have a particularly inspirational effect on others. Your intuition is very active and accurate, and connections to someone special can be passionate.
As the month advances, your inner world draws you in. It makes sense to find ways to reorient, process, and get organized. Some level of solitude or privacy can be helpful and rewarding. You might successfully draw upon hunches and intuition to forward business and money-related ideas.
The New Moon on the 11th challenges you to start fresh with your social life, networks, involvement with others or the community, contributions, and attention to happiness goals. You're inspired and determined to make improvements and positive changes. This is a time of awakening yearnings for kinship, friendship, and involvement on the soul level. You may be taking care of others, or you may be seeking support.
On the 13th, Jupiter begins its transit of your solar ninth house. This fortunate transit will come in three parts, the first of which lasts from May 13-July 28. It encourages you to explore and expand your interests. It's an excellent influence on courses, studies, extracurricular activities, and interests. Those who have interrupted their education may return to courses now with great success and renewed confidence. You're likely to be more easygoing when it comes to everyday life, as you find it easier to rise above minor problems and put things into perspective during this cycle. While it will develop further in 2022, you'll enjoy some of its benefits now.
Saturn begins its retrograde cycle on the 23rd, and for several months, you can benefit from a review of debts, support, emotional health, and your close relationships. You might need to reassess how much time and energy you can afford to invest in these matters, or you may be dealing with delays or refinements of plans. Once you begin to recognize the need for restructuring, simplifying, and stabilizing your life, you'll have a stronger sense of the benefits of this retrograde cycle.
The Full Moon on the 26th is a Lunar Eclipse, and it's good for motivating you to make improvements. Work, health, and routines or habits come into strong focus now. There can be a bit of a scramble to get your life into better working order, and the benefits of doing so are great. You're doing a lot of balancing of work/rest and emotional health and physical health with current eclipses, and realizations occurring now can push this process along. If you've neglected some elements of self-care, you're now ready to correct the imbalance, and developing healthier habits can be part of this.
Mercury is retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd. Some of the decisions made and projects started in the last couple of weeks can require reconsideration, or there can be delays to handle. It's a time for redoing and refining work that is already underway, for journaling, and for backtracking over the past to find answers that were not obvious then but entirely relevant now.
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 Cancer in 2021.
See also detailed 2021 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.
Cancer (Born July 13 to 22)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Cancer:
May 2021 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2021
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until May 10th:
The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar tenth house. Satisfaction and fulfillment during this cycle come from doing your professional best, shining as a responsible and capable person, and contributing to the world in practical ways. You might have a chance to receive acknowledgement or praise for your work or good character now. Landing support from authority figures is easier at this time. Avoid the pitfalls of pride or arrogance standing in your way of success.
From May 11th forward:
The Sun lights your solar eleventh house. The Sun illuminates your sector of friends, groups, and dreams coming true this month. It's a sociable sector of your chart, and that's exactly how you are feeling--happy, light-hearted, cosmopolitan, and social. Group affiliations capture your attention. Connections can be made now and networking pays off, or at least satisfies. Being part of a community or circle of friends and building your social network is important to you at this time.
This is a rather happy, goal-oriented cycle. A lively agenda is promised, you're attracting quite a bit of interest, and your energy for making contact with others is high. A stronger sense of community is with you during this cycle. Relationships take on a fun, if impersonal, tone now. Activities with children (especially others' children) may increase. You are more stimulated by all that is unconventional during this cycle, and your ideas are original and progressive now. This is a time to follow your dreams and ideals, and to plant a seed in the form of a wish for the future.
Eclipse
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on May 26th:
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 fifth house. Surprises coming from a romantic partner or child may be part of the picture. Something that has been brewing or "in hiding" comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. Your house of creativity, romance, pleasure, and children is involved. This could manifest, for example, as a romantic proclamation from a lover, a creative project bearing fruit, a child revealing something significant to you, and other such possibilities.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until May 25th:
Venus continues to move through your solar eleventh house. This is a strong time for putting your ego aside and lowering your defenses and simply enjoying people. It's a good time for networking and settling disputes if there are differences to iron out with friends. Cooperation comes easily, and warm friendships can be made during this cycle. Personal freedom is especially important to you right now, and you won't enjoy any associations that limit you. It can also be a good time for earnings from business.
From May 25th forward:
Venus is spending some time in "hibernation" in your privacy sector. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that your love life is stagnant, but that your affection is expressed behind closed doors. Attraction to secrets and whispers characterize this period, although for some, it can also be a time of endings, relationship concerns, and wistfulness. Personal and social contacts may be secretive, and there can be secret love affairs, or at least very private love feelings and longings. Shyness can lead to some loneliness or romantic frustration. However, this can also be a deliciously private and intimate time.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until May 18th:
Mercury continues to journey through your solar eleventh house. This is a time when conversations with friends and various networking activities are much appreciated and offer learning experiences. Your ideas just now are especially progressive and unconventional, as you are questioning the rules you typically live by and entertaining some wild ideas.
Not all of these ideas are necessarily going to last or lead to new projects, but it's a time of dreaming up new possibilities and new possible solutions to problems. You are especially interested in spending time with people who are like-minded. Social interactions are more frequent, light, and fun during this cycle.
From May 19th forward:
Your mind is focused on private matters and past issues while Mercury transits the twelfth house of your solar chart. This is a time when you are least likely to speak out of turn or to express yourself freely. You're searching behind the curtain, and examining the past for answers.
This is a good time for research, quiet contemplation, and meditation; but do avoid getting dragged down by issues that have outgrown their worth and purpose. Examining the past in order to improve the future is certainly worthwhile, as long as you don't waste your energy on guilt. Creative endeavors could prosper now, particularly those that draw upon the emotions or that require creative visualization skills, such as poetry, art, acting, and other such activities.
You are likely to require a certain amount of solitude in order to get your thoughts together or to be mentally productive. You are less likely to chat indiscriminately during this transit, and tend to be a little secretive or tight-lipped for the time being. This may be important, in fact, because this position of Mercury is sometimes associated with the uncovering of secrets, so discretion may be in order.
Mercury is retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of personal communications in general as well as communications about the past because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your intuition usually serves you very well, but may not be up to par for the time being. Take care when it comes to presenting ideas, writing letters, and any detail work. You may not be seeing the whole picture.
Occurring in your solar twelfth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to privacy matters. You may find that you are less able to rely on your intuition. Perhaps you're picking up the wrong cues or reading too much into situations. Whatever the case may be, for the time being, you may not feel that your intuition is serving you well. Be as non-judgmental as you can, but do keep an eye out for deceptiveness and falseness in others. You might unwittingly reveal something that you'd prefer to keep private. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating about your inner world now; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until May 25th:
Mars continues to energize your solar twelfth house now. While Mars occupies the twelfth house, asserting yourself in a direct and straightforward manner can be difficult. This is largely due to a feeling of not being in touch with what it is you want or desire just for the time being as you reassess your goals and needs.
This lack of direction and self-knowledge should prompt you to look within to learn about your desires. It is likely that you will be much clearer when Mars reaches your first house. For the time being, take some time for rest and give your ego a break.
From May 26th forward: You are able to stand your ground and assert yourself more than usual during this transit of Mars through your solar first house. You have energy at your disposal to move your plans forward, and you are more enterprising. You want to leave your mark on the world in some way--however big or small--and you are more able to make an impression than usual. If circumstances are such, you are able to easily fight back. In fact, you may be somewhat combative under this influence, and you may have a short temper. Avoid being pushy. Take charge of your life, but don't bulldoze over others in the process! This is an excellent transit for assertiveness and physical vitality. Love affairs may also be stepped up during this period. On the rare occasion when an accident occurs, it is more likely to involve the head or face.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2021 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
While you can be busy socially as the month begins, dear Cancer, you're also winding down for some much-need downtime. Nevertheless, Mars spends the month in your sign, and pursuing your goals is frequently on the front burner in May. You're bolder, more assertive, and willing to take a risk or two. This is also a good time for career and reputation matters since Mars rules your solar tenth house.
The larger themes of the month involve collaborating with others and connecting with community, as well as getting extra time for rest, recuperation, and renewal.
Mercury moves into your privacy sector on the 3rd, Venus on the 8th, and then the Sun on the 20th. There can be support coming from behind the scenes or an unexpected source, perhaps something you had forgotten or overlooked. Your love life can require some review - this is not the time for pushing things forward - but personal magnetism remains strong. It's a good time to find ways to quieten or soothe your mind and meditate more often. Some reflection and discretion can benefit you now.
With Mars in your sign, look for healthy ways to push the limits and effective channels for excess energy this month. Increased activity is excellent – it's haste that is problematic.
Making friends, expanding your group, or enhancing relationships with associates can be in order. You might gain forward momentum and motivation from long-term projects that invigorate and excite you. You can have a particularly inspirational effect on others. Your intuition is very active and accurate, and connections to someone special can be passionate.
As the month advances, your inner world draws you in. It makes sense to find ways to reorient, process, and get organized. Some level of solitude or privacy can be helpful and rewarding. You might successfully draw upon hunches and intuition to forward business and money-related ideas.
The New Moon on the 11th challenges you to start fresh with your social life, networks, involvement with others or the community, contributions, and attention to happiness goals. You're inspired and determined to make improvements and positive changes. This is a time of awakening yearnings for kinship, friendship, and involvement on the soul level. You may be taking care of others, or you may be seeking support.
On the 13th, Jupiter begins its transit of your solar ninth house. This fortunate transit will come in three parts, the first of which lasts from May 13-July 28. It encourages you to explore and expand your interests. It's an excellent influence on courses, studies, extracurricular activities, and interests. Those who have interrupted their education may return to courses now with great success and renewed confidence. You're likely to be more easygoing when it comes to everyday life, as you find it easier to rise above minor problems and put things into perspective during this cycle. While it will develop further in 2022, you'll enjoy some of its benefits now.
Saturn begins its retrograde cycle on the 23rd, and for several months, you can benefit from a review of debts, support, emotional health, and your close relationships. You might need to reassess how much time and energy you can afford to invest in these matters, or you may be dealing with delays or refinements of plans. Once you begin to recognize the need for restructuring, simplifying, and stabilizing your life, you'll have a stronger sense of the benefits of this retrograde cycle.
The Full Moon on the 26th is a Lunar Eclipse, and it's good for motivating you to make improvements. Work, health, and routines or habits come into strong focus now. There can be a bit of a scramble to get your life into better working order, and the benefits of doing so are great. You're doing a lot of balancing of work/rest and emotional health and physical health with current eclipses, and realizations occurring now can push this process along. If you've neglected some elements of self-care, you're now ready to correct the imbalance, and developing healthier habits can be part of this.
Mercury is retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd. Some of the decisions made and projects started in the last couple of weeks can require reconsideration, or there can be delays to handle. It's a time for redoing and refining work that is already underway, for journaling, and for backtracking over the past to find answers that were not obvious then but entirely relevant now.
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Our detailed monthly horoscopes are designed to reveal and interpret the current transits of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars in your solar chart. Because these energies or transits do not unfold neatly into any given calendar month (many transits carry forward from one month to the next), you will find some of the energies continue from the previous month. For example, the Sun might transit the second house of your solar chart from June 21 to July 22, so that you will find a similar interpretation for this transit in both June and July’s horoscope. This is normal and expected. Transits don’t abruptly change as the calendar month changes.
These monthly horoscopes also include an overview paragraph, as well as other energies specific to the month, such as retrogrades, eclipses, or major outer planet transits.
The Lunar Cycles section reveals lunar cycle dates. Lunar cycles repeat themselves approximately every 28 days, so it is normal to see the same lunar peaks, such as “Your Personal New Moon” and “Monthly career peak” repeat themselves from month to month, but with different dates. They serve as a helpful guide to cycle peaks in different areas of life, such as financial, career, romance, and partnership.
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