Cancer Monthly Horoscope
May 2023 Horoscope: Predictions for Cancer
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Overview for this Month: Cancer (All)
May 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
Your social life, happiness goals, dreams, and hopes are in high focus in May, dear Cancer. It's a time of interesting developments with friends, group activities, collaboration, networking, and attention to long-term projects. While demands on your time can often be quite pleasant, you do need to pay particular attention to managing your time effectively with Mercury retrograde until the 14th. Delays and backtracking can be part of the picture.
Venus symbolically emerges in your solar chart on the 7th, and people want to be around you, gravitating to your warmth and spirit. During this cycle, you're especially desired or popular and confident and comfortable in your own skin. You radiate good energy and attract positive attention and feedback as a result.
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on the 5th, awakening issues related to romance, creativity, children, or hobbies. You're in an eclipse cycle in which you're seeking your joy, and a mission to improve your life can emerge in the weeks following this eclipse as you embrace your feelings, which can be larger than life. It's a good time to recognize your need to celebrate, play, and express yourself. New initiatives should wait, however, particularly with Mercury retrograde until the 14th. Watch, too, for overblowing an issue. Aim to wait and see.
Mars is in your sign until the 20th and Venus from the 7th, bringing you attention and encouraging you to care for yourself by listening to your wants and needs. While the last week of the month features a stronger need to withdraw, heal, and catch your breath, the month holds solid energy for interaction and dynamism.
Until the 14th, it's especially favorable to look to the past, refine and edit projects, and rethink problems from a different perspective. It would help if you were more alert when dealing with friends, groups, business income, and dealings with business associates. A partner or friend might give you important feedback, but you're also gathering valuable information from or through them now. It's a powerful time for processing, reviewing, and rediscovering old interests, decisions, and ideas. A friend from the past may reappear in your life, or you could come to a new understanding of an old friendship.
After Mercury turns direct on the 14th, you'll feel more "in the know" about what to expect (and what not to expect) from the people around you. Feeling clearer about your goals can be satisfying. A renewed friendship is possible, especially after the New Moon on the 19th.
You might recognize the need to leave an idea, belief, or even an obsession behind you to grow, improve, and begin fresh. You may need to deal with a fear of commitment or a fear of freedom – both can be issues, and both need managing so that you can live a happier life. There can be concerns about losing something you've spent a lot of time and energy building, but also a need to be free of restricting, limiting ties. Ideally, conflicts emerging now light a fire under you when it comes to taking more control over your life.
Mars brings its qualities of fiery assertiveness, courage, initiative, and energy to your personality until the 20th. It's a time of increased independence and initiative. You are motivated and energetic during this cycle, sometimes to the point of excess, and it's a good idea to take special care to manage your energy well. Pace yourself, but take action on things that matter to you most.
Mars leaves your sign on the 20th, and the Sun moves into your privacy sector on the 21st, bringing a palpable energy shift to your world. It's a more reflective time. You could seek more time to yourself or, at the least, out of the fast lane! Still, it's a good time to take care of business with more courage and confidence. You're bravely putting problems behind you!
This is a period for wrapping up your solar year and making the most of private time and reflection.
A major shift this month brings Jupiter into your social sector, where this bountiful planet will transit for a little over a year. You'll meet people and enjoy valuable connections during Jupiter's travels here. You're pinning your hopes on beautiful things, making mutually beneficial connections, and dreaming and planning for the future. You may meet acquaintances who help you further your goals, or you could join a new group or association that gives you considerable pleasure and satisfaction.
As you close out the month, even with a quieter theme with you, it can be a wonderful time of support/recognition from a friend or group. The connections you make now point you in the direction of growth.
Cancer (Born June 22 to July 1) and Cancer Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Cancer:
May 2023 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2023
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 21st 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.
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 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, Pleasure
Until May 7th:
Venus continues to transit through your solar twelfth house now. The twelfth house is a sector of endings, privacy, and mental health, and with Venus here, it's possible that you are reviewing your feelings for someone, or enjoying a more private love life for the time being. You may not be open with your affections for whatever reason now, and this shouldn't be a problem—it may be difficult to articulate, verbalize, or intellectualize your feelings for the time being. Doing some soul-searching as well as an enhanced ability to perceive other dimensions in love can lead you to a deeper understanding of your own love needs and possibly of a love relationship. Love might involve some form of sacrifice or simply a lot of giving and lending of support as opposed to receiving during this cycle.
From May 7th forward:
You could find it hard to deny yourself much of anything during this cycle! This is a time when you naturally let loose your softer, receptive side. Romantic matters, as well as pleasure-seeking activities, come to the fore now. You are more likely to pay closer attention to your physical appearance and mannerisms, aiming to improve and enhance your attractiveness. Others find you especially agreeable and cooperative. You are more gracious, well-behaved (superficial if you are not careful!), and likable now. Take advantage! It's a time when you turn heads, and it's also a period for extra attention to pleasures, pampering, and enjoyment.
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 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 eleventh house this time, extra care should be used when communicating with friends. You may find that communications with friends or with groups can easily become sticky during this cycle. Group meetings may be postponed or cancelled, and friends may be uncommunicative or giving off mixed signals. On the other hand, old acquaintances may appear during this cycle, or you could be thinking about contacting an old friend. This may be a good time to do so. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with friends and associates during this cycle; or, better yet, take this time to rethink concerns and grievances before talking about them prematurely.
After the 14th, information unclogs and delays lift.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 20th:
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.
From the 20th forward:
Mars energizes your solar second house. You have more energy at your disposal to make money, but also to defend your values. This can be a very resourceful time, when you make the most of what you have. You have much energy for new money-making projects, or for stepping up existing ones.
You may be over-identifying with what you have and own, and you could be trying to prove yourself (your worth) to others using money and possessions as the means to do so. If conflicts occur during this transit, they are likely to be over issues of ownership. This is a time when impulse buying is at a peak. You probably should avoid using credit right now, simply because your spending habits may be excessive and impulsive.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
Your social life, happiness goals, dreams, and hopes are in high focus in May, dear Cancer. It's a time of interesting developments with friends, group activities, collaboration, networking, and attention to long-term projects. While demands on your time can often be quite pleasant, you do need to pay particular attention to managing your time effectively with Mercury retrograde until the 14th. Delays and backtracking can be part of the picture.
Venus symbolically emerges in your solar chart on the 7th, and people want to be around you, gravitating to your warmth and spirit. During this cycle, you're especially desired or popular and confident and comfortable in your own skin. You radiate good energy and attract positive attention and feedback as a result.
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on the 5th, awakening issues related to romance, creativity, children, or hobbies. You're in an eclipse cycle in which you're seeking your joy, and a mission to improve your life can emerge in the weeks following this eclipse as you embrace your feelings, which can be larger than life. It's a good time to recognize your need to celebrate, play, and express yourself. New initiatives should wait, however, particularly with Mercury retrograde until the 14th. Watch, too, for overblowing an issue. Aim to wait and see.
Mars is in your sign until the 20th and Venus from the 7th, bringing you attention and encouraging you to care for yourself by listening to your wants and needs. While the last week of the month features a stronger need to withdraw, heal, and catch your breath, the month holds solid energy for interaction and dynamism.
Until the 14th, it's especially favorable to look to the past, refine and edit projects, and rethink problems from a different perspective. It would help if you were more alert when dealing with friends, groups, business income, and dealings with business associates. A partner or friend might give you important feedback, but you're also gathering valuable information from or through them now. It's a powerful time for processing, reviewing, and rediscovering old interests, decisions, and ideas. A friend from the past may reappear in your life, or you could come to a new understanding of an old friendship.
After Mercury turns direct on the 14th, you'll feel more "in the know" about what to expect (and what not to expect) from the people around you. Feeling clearer about your goals can be satisfying. A renewed friendship is possible, especially after the New Moon on the 19th.
You might recognize the need to leave an idea, belief, or even an obsession behind you to grow, improve, and begin fresh. You may need to deal with a fear of commitment or a fear of freedom – both can be issues, and both need managing so that you can live a happier life. There can be concerns about losing something you've spent a lot of time and energy building, but also a need to be free of restricting, limiting ties. Ideally, conflicts emerging now light a fire under you when it comes to taking more control over your life.
Mars brings its qualities of fiery assertiveness, courage, initiative, and energy to your personality until the 20th. It's a time of increased independence and initiative. You are motivated and energetic during this cycle, sometimes to the point of excess, and it's a good idea to take special care to manage your energy well. Pace yourself, but take action on things that matter to you most.
Mars leaves your sign on the 20th, and the Sun moves into your privacy sector on the 21st, bringing a palpable energy shift to your world. It's a more reflective time. You could seek more time to yourself or, at the least, out of the fast lane! Still, it's a good time to take care of business with more courage and confidence. You're bravely putting problems behind you!
This is a period for wrapping up your solar year and making the most of private time and reflection.
A major shift this month brings Jupiter into your social sector, where this bountiful planet will transit for a little over a year. You'll meet people and enjoy valuable connections during Jupiter's travels here. You're pinning your hopes on beautiful things, making mutually beneficial connections, and dreaming and planning for the future. You may meet acquaintances who help you further your goals, or you could join a new group or association that gives you considerable pleasure and satisfaction.
As you close out the month, even with a quieter theme with you, it can be a wonderful time of support/recognition from a friend or group. The connections you make now point you in the direction of growth.
See also general trends for Cancer in 2023.
See also detailed 2023 Yearly Horoscope for Cancer.
Cancer (Born July 2 to 12)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Cancer:
May 2023 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2023
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.
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 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 16th:
Venus continues to transit through your solar twelfth house now. The twelfth house is a sector of endings, privacy, and mental health, and with Venus here, it's possible that you are reviewing your feelings for someone, or enjoying a more private love life for the time being. You may not be open with your affections for whatever reason now, and this shouldn't be a problem—it may be difficult to articulate, verbalize, or intellectualize your feelings for the time being. Doing some soul-searching as well as an enhanced ability to perceive other dimensions in love can lead you to a deeper understanding of your own love needs and possibly of a love relationship. Love might involve some form of sacrifice or simply a lot of giving and lending of support as opposed to receiving during this cycle.
From May 16th forward:
You could find it hard to deny yourself much of anything during this cycle! This is a time when you naturally let loose your softer, receptive side. Romantic matters, as well as pleasure-seeking activities, come to the fore now. You are more likely to pay closer attention to your physical appearance and mannerisms, aiming to improve and enhance your attractiveness. Others find you especially agreeable and cooperative. You are more gracious, well-behaved (superficial if you are not careful!), and likable now. Take advantage! It's a time when you turn heads, and it's also a period for extra attention to pleasures, pampering, and enjoyment.
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 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 tenth house this time, extra care should be exercised when communicating with the public, superiors, and co-workers. You may find that communications with bosses and co-workers, and concerning professional matters in general, can be tricky during this cycle. Strive to be as clear as possible so that you are not misunderstood when dealing with the public. Put off making definite career decisions as much as possible for the time being. You may be re-thinking matters regarding your life path, which is a good idea, but it's best to think rather than act for now, as your judgment may be compromised. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with authority figures during this cycle; or, better yet, take this time to rethink concerns and grievances before talking about them prematurely.
Information unclogs on the 14th.
From May 26th forward:
Mercury is transiting your solar eleventh house. Your mind is bright, alert, and active during this cycle, and you have the ability to come up with unusual and inventive ideas. Sharing your thoughts with others is a prime interest. Others tend to particularly enjoy your conversations during this transit--you are willing to listen as well as add your own thoughts.
As well, your ability to grasp unusual subject matter and to intuitively understand what others are trying to say win you some brownie points! You could also do a lot of thinking and musing about your own happiness and long-term goals.
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 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
Your social life, happiness goals, dreams, and hopes are in high focus in May, dear Cancer. It's a time of interesting developments with friends, group activities, collaboration, networking, and attention to long-term projects. While demands on your time can often be quite pleasant, you do need to pay particular attention to managing your time effectively with Mercury retrograde until the 14th. Delays and backtracking can be part of the picture.
Venus symbolically emerges in your solar chart on the 7th, and people want to be around you, gravitating to your warmth and spirit. During this cycle, you're especially desired or popular and confident and comfortable in your own skin. You radiate good energy and attract positive attention and feedback as a result.
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on the 5th, awakening issues related to romance, creativity, children, or hobbies. You're in an eclipse cycle in which you're seeking your joy, and a mission to improve your life can emerge in the weeks following this eclipse as you embrace your feelings, which can be larger than life. It's a good time to recognize your need to celebrate, play, and express yourself. New initiatives should wait, however, particularly with Mercury retrograde until the 14th. Watch, too, for overblowing an issue. Aim to wait and see.
Mars is in your sign until the 20th and Venus from the 7th, bringing you attention and encouraging you to care for yourself by listening to your wants and needs. While the last week of the month features a stronger need to withdraw, heal, and catch your breath, the month holds solid energy for interaction and dynamism.
Until the 14th, it's especially favorable to look to the past, refine and edit projects, and rethink problems from a different perspective. It would help if you were more alert when dealing with friends, groups, business income, and dealings with business associates. A partner or friend might give you important feedback, but you're also gathering valuable information from or through them now. It's a powerful time for processing, reviewing, and rediscovering old interests, decisions, and ideas. A friend from the past may reappear in your life, or you could come to a new understanding of an old friendship.
After Mercury turns direct on the 14th, you'll feel more "in the know" about what to expect (and what not to expect) from the people around you. Feeling clearer about your goals can be satisfying. A renewed friendship is possible, especially after the New Moon on the 19th.
You might recognize the need to leave an idea, belief, or even an obsession behind you to grow, improve, and begin fresh. You may need to deal with a fear of commitment or a fear of freedom – both can be issues, and both need managing so that you can live a happier life. There can be concerns about losing something you've spent a lot of time and energy building, but also a need to be free of restricting, limiting ties. Ideally, conflicts emerging now light a fire under you when it comes to taking more control over your life.
Mars brings its qualities of fiery assertiveness, courage, initiative, and energy to your personality until the 20th. It's a time of increased independence and initiative. You are motivated and energetic during this cycle, sometimes to the point of excess, and it's a good idea to take special care to manage your energy well. Pace yourself, but take action on things that matter to you most.
Mars leaves your sign on the 20th, and the Sun moves into your privacy sector on the 21st, bringing a palpable energy shift to your world. It's a more reflective time. You could seek more time to yourself or, at the least, out of the fast lane! Still, it's a good time to take care of business with more courage and confidence. You're bravely putting problems behind you!
This is a period for wrapping up your solar year and making the most of private time and reflection.
A major shift this month brings Jupiter into your social sector, where this bountiful planet will transit for a little over a year. You'll meet people and enjoy valuable connections during Jupiter's travels here. You're pinning your hopes on beautiful things, making mutually beneficial connections, and dreaming and planning for the future. You may meet acquaintances who help you further your goals, or you could join a new group or association that gives you considerable pleasure and satisfaction.
As you close out the month, even with a quieter theme with you, it can be a wonderful time of support/recognition from a friend or group. The connections you make now point you in the direction of growth.
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Cancer (Born July 13 to 22)
AND Cancer Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Cancer:
May 2023 Cancer Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until May 11th:
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.
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 fourth house. Surprises surrounding your home, family, and domestic life 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. Your sector of house and home, property, family, parents, and foundations is involved. This could manifest, for example, as the culmination of a project on the home, an event involving a family member or parent that grabs your complete attention, a flurry of activity in your home that demands attention, and other such possibilities.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until the 26th:
Venus continues to transit through your solar twelfth house now. The twelfth house is a sector of endings, privacy, and mental health, and with Venus here, it's possible that you are reviewing your feelings for someone, or enjoying a more private love life for the time being. You may not be open with your affections for whatever reason now, and this shouldn't be a problem—it may be difficult to articulate, verbalize, or intellectualize your feelings for the time being. Doing some soul-searching as well as an enhanced ability to perceive other dimensions in love can lead you to a deeper understanding of your own love needs and possibly of a love relationship. Love might involve some form of sacrifice or simply a lot of giving and lending of support as opposed to receiving during this cycle.
From May 26th forward:
You could find it hard to deny yourself much of anything during this cycle! This is a time when you naturally let loose your softer, receptive side. Romantic matters, as well as pleasure-seeking activities, come to the fore now. You are more likely to pay closer attention to your physical appearance and mannerisms, aiming to improve and enhance your attractiveness. Others find you especially agreeable and cooperative. You are more gracious, well-behaved (superficial if you are not careful!), and likable now. Take advantage! It's a time when you turn heads, and it's also a period for extra attention to pleasures, pampering, and enjoyment.
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 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 tenth house this time, extra care should be exercised when communicating with the public, superiors, and co-workers. You may find that communications with bosses and co-workers, and concerning professional matters in general, can be tricky during this cycle. Strive to be as clear as possible so that you are not misunderstood when dealing with the public. Put off making definite career decisions as much as possible for the time being. You may be re-thinking matters regarding your life path, which is a good idea, but it's best to think rather than act for now, as your judgment may be compromised. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with authority figures during this cycle; or, better yet, take this time to rethink concerns and grievances before talking about them prematurely.
Information unclogs from the 14th forward.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
From the 3rd 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 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Cancer:
Your social life, happiness goals, dreams, and hopes are in high focus in May, dear Cancer. It's a time of interesting developments with friends, group activities, collaboration, networking, and attention to long-term projects. While demands on your time can often be quite pleasant, you do need to pay particular attention to managing your time effectively with Mercury retrograde until the 14th. Delays and backtracking can be part of the picture.
Venus symbolically emerges in your solar chart on the 7th, and people want to be around you, gravitating to your warmth and spirit. During this cycle, you're especially desired or popular and confident and comfortable in your own skin. You radiate good energy and attract positive attention and feedback as a result.
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on the 5th, awakening issues related to romance, creativity, children, or hobbies. You're in an eclipse cycle in which you're seeking your joy, and a mission to improve your life can emerge in the weeks following this eclipse as you embrace your feelings, which can be larger than life. It's a good time to recognize your need to celebrate, play, and express yourself. New initiatives should wait, however, particularly with Mercury retrograde until the 14th. Watch, too, for overblowing an issue. Aim to wait and see.
Mars is in your sign until the 20th and Venus from the 7th, bringing you attention and encouraging you to care for yourself by listening to your wants and needs. While the last week of the month features a stronger need to withdraw, heal, and catch your breath, the month holds solid energy for interaction and dynamism.
Until the 14th, it's especially favorable to look to the past, refine and edit projects, and rethink problems from a different perspective. It would help if you were more alert when dealing with friends, groups, business income, and dealings with business associates. A partner or friend might give you important feedback, but you're also gathering valuable information from or through them now. It's a powerful time for processing, reviewing, and rediscovering old interests, decisions, and ideas. A friend from the past may reappear in your life, or you could come to a new understanding of an old friendship.
After Mercury turns direct on the 14th, you'll feel more "in the know" about what to expect (and what not to expect) from the people around you. Feeling clearer about your goals can be satisfying. A renewed friendship is possible, especially after the New Moon on the 19th.
You might recognize the need to leave an idea, belief, or even an obsession behind you to grow, improve, and begin fresh. You may need to deal with a fear of commitment or a fear of freedom – both can be issues, and both need managing so that you can live a happier life. There can be concerns about losing something you've spent a lot of time and energy building, but also a need to be free of restricting, limiting ties. Ideally, conflicts emerging now light a fire under you when it comes to taking more control over your life.
Mars brings its qualities of fiery assertiveness, courage, initiative, and energy to your personality until the 20th. It's a time of increased independence and initiative. You are motivated and energetic during this cycle, sometimes to the point of excess, and it's a good idea to take special care to manage your energy well. Pace yourself, but take action on things that matter to you most.
Mars leaves your sign on the 20th, and the Sun moves into your privacy sector on the 21st, bringing a palpable energy shift to your world. It's a more reflective time. You could seek more time to yourself or, at the least, out of the fast lane! Still, it's a good time to take care of business with more courage and confidence. You're bravely putting problems behind you!
This is a period for wrapping up your solar year and making the most of private time and reflection.
A major shift this month brings Jupiter into your social sector, where this bountiful planet will transit for a little over a year. You'll meet people and enjoy valuable connections during Jupiter's travels here. You're pinning your hopes on beautiful things, making mutually beneficial connections, and dreaming and planning for the future. You may meet acquaintances who help you further your goals, or you could join a new group or association that gives you considerable pleasure and satisfaction.
As you close out the month, even with a quieter theme with you, it can be a wonderful time of support/recognition from a friend or group. The connections you make now point you in the direction of growth.
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About These Monthly Horoscopes:
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.
The horoscopes are divided into three groups or decanates, and the differences between the groups are subtle in parts and large in other parts. For those who prefer a whole sign approach to horoscopes, simply read the first decanate regardless of your birthdate.
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