Capricorn Monthly Horoscope
{Monthly Horoscopes 2021}
A horoscope guide to the month ahead for Capricorn Sun and Capricorn Ascendant.
May 2021 Horoscope: Predictions for Capricorn
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Overview for this Month: Capricorn (All)
May 2021 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
You begin the month focusing on recreational and creative affairs, dear Capricorn, but you can experience a growing drive to take care of business, work, and health as May progresses.
Exploring your creativity or different ways of expressing and enjoying yourself can figure strongly. Pursuing your joy and your heart's desire is in focus.
Mercury moves into your work and health sector on the 3rd, Venus on the 8th, and the Sun on the 20th. With these ingresses, you're in a great position to bring more attention, heart, and intelligence to your daily routines, work, and services. You may enjoy your everyday life more thoroughly now, or you might make aesthetic or mood-boosting changes that improve your enjoyment of work, health pursuits, and daily goal-reaching. The social element of daily living and work can get a nice boost. People outside of your routines may not see you as much, however! You can be quite busy and involved with getting your life into order. Mercury retrogrades in this area of your chart on the 29th, suggesting some need to backtrack, reassess projects or launch dates, and redo or rework specific tasks.
Aim to take advantage of your extra drive to sort out your daily affairs and routines in May, but seek to moderate and pace yourself later in the month. Mercury turns retrograde in your work and health sector on the 29th, and a review or redo may be necessary.
With Mars in your partnership sector all month, you are energized to take care of any problems or stagnation in a relationship. Problems or tensions come into the open, and it's time for some air-clearing. You might also find yourself coming to someone's defense more frequently. The desire to do something about regrets or outworn, stale patterns of relating is strong.
It's possible you attract intense energy into your life through your relationships, and growth comes from confronting matters. Somebody may very well motivate you to pursue a long-time dream or take charge of your life, or you might team up to accomplish something important to you. A relationship can be a catalyst for you to make meaningful changes. It's easier than usual for someone to rattle your cage, get you going, and motivate you.
You might connect with others in unique and inspiring ways. It's a good time for creative self-expression, spontaneity, courage, and romantic exploration. You instinctively seem to know that it's not the time for pushing your own agenda.
The New Moon on the 11th can bring on a new beginning or fresh start regarding love, romance, creativity, children, fertility, entertainment, leisure, or hobbies.
On the 13th, Jupiter moves into your communications sector. This longer-term aspect will play out in three sessions--this one is the first, lasting from May 13-July 28. While it will develop further in 2022, you're likely to enjoy some of this transit's benefits now. New ways to communicate, learn, and get around can open up. There can be a real tendency to want to do it all, forgetting your limits in terms of time and energy, but your enthusiasm for learning new things and taking on new projects can be incredible now.
Your planetary ruler, Saturn, begins its yearly retrograde period on the 23rd. Until October, you're in good shape to review some of your commitments and responsibilities, mainly related to your finances, business, security, self-worth, natural talents, resources, and comfort levels. There may be delays related to some of these things or a temporary pulling back from specific projects until you come to new conclusions. In a general sense and particularly related to money matters, it's a better period for review, editing, and reflection than innovation.
The Full Moon on the 26th is a Lunar Eclipse, and it reminds you of the importance of taking time to recoup, balancing attention to your physical health with the care of your emotional health, as well as balancing your attention to work and procedure with the need for rest. It can also be a time of great hunches and intense awareness of situations that are no longer working for you. It's not the time to make sweeping decisions, however. It's best to recognize your feelings and allow a plan to handle things to unfold gradually.
This eclipse signals a time to take a break from overthinking, and circumstances now seem to demand that you get some downtime. The need for extra rest and quiet or personal time is paramount, even though it can feel at odds with your drive with work or health matters. Finding more meaning in your work and satisfaction in helping or serving others is a big theme now.
Mercury turning retrograde in your work and health sector on the 29th further points to the need to slow down, observe, and refine things before pushing forward.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Capricorn (Born December 22 to December 31) and Capricorn Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Capricorn:
May 2021 Capricorn 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 fifth house. This is a time when pleasure-seeking and creative activities come into focus and grab much of your attention. You are particularly personally charming in a spontaneous, natural way during this solar cycle. This is the time of year when you are ready to perform and to express yourself creatively.
This is a very playful cycle, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. It's a good time for recreation, romance, connecting with children, and enjoying and performing the arts. Your ego is tied up in your children, romantic relationships, and creative output now, so that you can be especially proud of these people and things. You can also be over-sensitive about these matters if you feel you are not getting enough appreciation.
From May 20th forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar sixth house. During this cycle, you take more pride in the work you do and in your health routines than any other time of the year. You are sorting through the experiences of the last several months, separating the worthwhile from the worthless. This is a good time to build your skills, to get organized, and to attend to your health and wellbeing. It's a great time to make improvements to your regular routines. Your self-esteem and your ego are tied up in the work you do and in the services you give. Details are more important to you now.
It's time to bring order to your life by focusing on the little things that make up the whole. This cycle presents an opportunity to get rid of what doesn't work in your life, while also discovering what does. You could seek distinction and strive towards perfection in your work. Efficiency should be your goal now. Your physical health, as well as the relationship between your body and your mind, are in focus.
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 twelfth house. Surprises surrounding the compassionate care and attention you give others, as well as the work and service you render, 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. Your sectors of self-undoing, privacy, and dreams is involved. This could manifest, for example, as a situation that tests your faith and compassion, a culmination or fruition of a service you render, an event that calls on your urge for privacy and reflection, and other such possibilities. Finding a balance between practical concerns and spiritual or non-material matters is what this Lunar Eclipse is about for you.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until May 8th:
Venus continues to transit your solar fifth house. Your popularity is on an upward trend during this cycle as others find you especially attractive and friendly. You may have the desire to dress well and in good taste. There is strength in your feelings of love and the power of attraction, which may open the door to new romantic relationships. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Conditions are highlighted in connection with young people, and quite possibly a female child--a stronger bond could be formed during this period. You are feeling inspired creatively and romantically and you express your loving feelings quite openly now. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. You will also thoroughly enjoy artistic, musical, or cultural events and activities, especially in the company of a loved one. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
From May 9th forward:
Venus graces your solar sixth house now. Establishing a happy and harmonious work environment through friendly relations with co-workers or tidying up your work area comes into focus now. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment. You are generally well liked and respected socially on the job right now. Some laziness is possible now, as you tend to associate pleasure with work! Perhaps you are socializing more than usual on the job. You have good team spirit during this cycle, and you are more tactful and obliging with your co-workers. You are less inclined to fall in love for the sake of love itself during this cycle. Your tendency is to consider whether it is clever to do so! You're most successful doing tasks that involve cooperation and team harmony. You could find that your talents or skills are especially appreciated. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until May 3rd:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fifth house. Increased communication with children, romantic partners, and people who share the same hobbies as you can occur now. Certainly, you are thinking about these people and about love and romance, child rearing, and/or creative pursuits more than usual. Mental exercises and competitions can be particularly enjoyable now. You express yourself with warmth and creativity, and you have an appreciative "audience" for your ideas now.
Until May 4th forward:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
Mercury is retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications regarding travels, legal matters, or opinions, as well as communications on the job and with co-workers, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. It's best not to sign on the dotted line for the time being, especially when it comes to making travel plans or any legal contracts. There could be irritating mess-ups on the job. You might be inclined to miss important details in your paperwork, or might experience frustrating delays that result from co-workers' errors. Travel plans may go awry, or you may have a change of heart.
Occurring in your solar sixth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to work, health matters, and daily routines. Be as non-judgmental as you can with co-workers and/or employees. Re-thinking the suitability of your job is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. Work-related mess-ups can frustrate you, or you might need to redo work that you thought was complete. However, you might find that the refinements you make now will be very valuable later. Double- check your work before submitting it. It's a fine time for researching health and nutrition programs, as well as job skills and opportunities, but perhaps not the best time for beginning all-new programs. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with co-workers and health professionals; 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 move through your solar seventh house. During this period, strife is possible in your close personal relationships, as a significant other is now mirroring some of your own issues with assertiveness and anger. Attracting aggression in others during this cycle is a clue that there are unresolved issues within that need tending. You might actually seek some form of conflict, whether intentionally or not, in order to deal with these issues. There can be competitiveness in your life now. Any troublesome issues that have been dormant in a relationship are likely to surface, and can now be handled straightforwardly.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2021 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
You begin the month focusing on recreational and creative affairs, dear Capricorn, but you can experience a growing drive to take care of business, work, and health as May progresses.
Exploring your creativity or different ways of expressing and enjoying yourself can figure strongly. Pursuing your joy and your heart's desire is in focus.
Mercury moves into your work and health sector on the 3rd, Venus on the 8th, and the Sun on the 20th. With these ingresses, you're in a great position to bring more attention, heart, and intelligence to your daily routines, work, and services. You may enjoy your everyday life more thoroughly now, or you might make aesthetic or mood-boosting changes that improve your enjoyment of work, health pursuits, and daily goal-reaching. The social element of daily living and work can get a nice boost. People outside of your routines may not see you as much, however! You can be quite busy and involved with getting your life into order. Mercury retrogrades in this area of your chart on the 29th, suggesting some need to backtrack, reassess projects or launch dates, and redo or rework specific tasks.
Aim to take advantage of your extra drive to sort out your daily affairs and routines in May, but seek to moderate and pace yourself later in the month. Mercury turns retrograde in your work and health sector on the 29th, and a review or redo may be necessary.
With Mars in your partnership sector all month, you are energized to take care of any problems or stagnation in a relationship. Problems or tensions come into the open, and it's time for some air-clearing. You might also find yourself coming to someone's defense more frequently. The desire to do something about regrets or outworn, stale patterns of relating is strong.
It's possible you attract intense energy into your life through your relationships, and growth comes from confronting matters. Somebody may very well motivate you to pursue a long-time dream or take charge of your life, or you might team up to accomplish something important to you. A relationship can be a catalyst for you to make meaningful changes. It's easier than usual for someone to rattle your cage, get you going, and motivate you.
You might connect with others in unique and inspiring ways. It's a good time for creative self-expression, spontaneity, courage, and romantic exploration. You instinctively seem to know that it's not the time for pushing your own agenda.
The New Moon on the 11th can bring on a new beginning or fresh start regarding love, romance, creativity, children, fertility, entertainment, leisure, or hobbies.
On the 13th, Jupiter moves into your communications sector. This longer-term aspect will play out in three sessions--this one is the first, lasting from May 13-July 28. While it will develop further in 2022, you're likely to enjoy some of this transit's benefits now. New ways to communicate, learn, and get around can open up. There can be a real tendency to want to do it all, forgetting your limits in terms of time and energy, but your enthusiasm for learning new things and taking on new projects can be incredible now.
Your planetary ruler, Saturn, begins its yearly retrograde period on the 23rd. Until October, you're in good shape to review some of your commitments and responsibilities, mainly related to your finances, business, security, self-worth, natural talents, resources, and comfort levels. There may be delays related to some of these things or a temporary pulling back from specific projects until you come to new conclusions. In a general sense and particularly related to money matters, it's a better period for review, editing, and reflection than innovation.
The Full Moon on the 26th is a Lunar Eclipse, and it reminds you of the importance of taking time to recoup, balancing attention to your physical health with the care of your emotional health, as well as balancing your attention to work and procedure with the need for rest. It can also be a time of great hunches and intense awareness of situations that are no longer working for you. It's not the time to make sweeping decisions, however. It's best to recognize your feelings and allow a plan to handle things to unfold gradually.
This eclipse signals a time to take a break from overthinking, and circumstances now seem to demand that you get some downtime. The need for extra rest and quiet or personal time is paramount, even though it can feel at odds with your drive with work or health matters. Finding more meaning in your work and satisfaction in helping or serving others is a big theme now.
Mercury turning retrograde in your work and health sector on the 29th further points to the need to slow down, observe, and refine things before pushing forward.
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 2021 Capricorn Preview Horoscope and 2020 Capricorn Yearly Horoscope.
Capricorn (Born January 1 to 10) and Capricorn Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Capricorn:
May 2021 Capricorn Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2021
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
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 eleventh house. Surprises surrounding long-term goals, friendships, and group affiliations 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, for example, as a situation that tests a friendship, a culmination or fruition of a casual relationship, you could be called upon to perform a humanitarian gesture, a friend may experience a little crisis and ask for your help, you could suddenly find yourself around many people, perhaps after a period of relative solitude or private time, and other such possibilities.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until the 17th:
Venus continues to transit your solar fifth house. Your popularity is on an upward trend during this cycle as others find you especially attractive and friendly. You may have the desire to dress well and in good taste. There is strength in your feelings of love and the power of attraction, which may open the door to new romantic relationships. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Conditions are highlighted in connection with young people, and quite possibly a female child--a stronger bond could be formed during this period. You are feeling inspired creatively and romantically and you express your loving feelings quite openly now. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. You will also thoroughly enjoy artistic, musical, or cultural events and activities, especially in the company of a loved one. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
From May 18th forward:
Venus graces your solar sixth house now. Establishing a happy and harmonious work environment through friendly relations with co-workers or tidying up your work area comes into focus now. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment. You are generally well liked and respected socially on the job right now. Some laziness is possible now, as you tend to associate pleasure with work! Perhaps you are socializing more than usual on the job. You have good team spirit during this cycle, and you are more tactful and obliging with your co-workers. You are less inclined to fall in love for the sake of love itself during this cycle. Your tendency is to consider whether it is clever to do so! You're most successful doing tasks that involve cooperation and team harmony. You could find that your talents or skills are especially appreciated. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until May 9th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fifth house. Increased communication with children, romantic partners, and people who share the same hobbies as you can occur now. Certainly, you are thinking about these people and about love and romance, child rearing, and/or creative pursuits more than usual. Mental exercises and competitions can be particularly enjoyable now. You express yourself with warmth and creativity, and you have an appreciative "audience" for your ideas now.
From May 10th forward:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
Mercury is retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications regarding travels, legal matters, or opinions, as well as communications on the job and with co-workers, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. It's best not to sign on the dotted line for the time being, especially when it comes to making travel plans or any legal contracts. There could be irritating mess-ups on the job. You might be inclined to miss important details in your paperwork, or might experience frustrating delays that result from co-workers' errors. Travel plans may go awry, or you may have a change of heart.
Occurring in your solar sixth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to work, health matters, and daily routines. Be as non-judgmental as you can with co-workers and/or employees. Re-thinking the suitability of your job is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. Work-related mess-ups can frustrate you, or you might need to redo work that you thought was complete. However, you might find that the refinements you make now will be very valuable later. Double- check your work before submitting it. It's a fine time for researching health and nutrition programs, as well as job skills and opportunities, but perhaps not the best time for beginning all-new programs. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with co-workers and health professionals; 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 animate and energize your solar sixth house. Energy and initiative for work, health, and other daily activities increase. You are self-motivated when it comes to these matters. If there are disagreements and disputes that erupt on the job now, they may be due to a feeling of stress or impatience, or they could come from your desire to get things done independently. It's best to apply energy productively to completing projects that are unfinished or even to get ahead of yourself. It's a strong period for feeling motivated for starting a new health or fitness routine.
From May 10th forward:
Mars energizes and animates your solar seventh house. Partnerships may suffer from ego conflicts, or opposition from others may be challenging. Use the extra energy that Mars brings to this sector of your chart to work cooperatively on relationship problems. You may even find that you seem to need someone's help in order to do what you want to do during this cycle. Relationships are vivacious and dynamic during this period. When a difference arises, you are quick to settle it, and have little patience for sweeping matters under the rug. Your close personal relationships are lively during this cycle--full of conflicts and resolutions or reconciliations.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2021 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
You begin the month focusing on recreational and creative affairs, dear Capricorn, but you can experience a growing drive to take care of business, work, and health as May progresses.
Exploring your creativity or different ways of expressing and enjoying yourself can figure strongly. Pursuing your joy and your heart's desire is in focus.
Mercury moves into your work and health sector on the 3rd, Venus on the 8th, and the Sun on the 20th. With these ingresses, you're in a great position to bring more attention, heart, and intelligence to your daily routines, work, and services. You may enjoy your everyday life more thoroughly now, or you might make aesthetic or mood-boosting changes that improve your enjoyment of work, health pursuits, and daily goal-reaching. The social element of daily living and work can get a nice boost. People outside of your routines may not see you as much, however! You can be quite busy and involved with getting your life into order. Mercury retrogrades in this area of your chart on the 29th, suggesting some need to backtrack, reassess projects or launch dates, and redo or rework specific tasks.
Aim to take advantage of your extra drive to sort out your daily affairs and routines in May, but seek to moderate and pace yourself later in the month. Mercury turns retrograde in your work and health sector on the 29th, and a review or redo may be necessary.
With Mars in your partnership sector all month, you are energized to take care of any problems or stagnation in a relationship. Problems or tensions come into the open, and it's time for some air-clearing. You might also find yourself coming to someone's defense more frequently. The desire to do something about regrets or outworn, stale patterns of relating is strong.
It's possible you attract intense energy into your life through your relationships, and growth comes from confronting matters. Somebody may very well motivate you to pursue a long-time dream or take charge of your life, or you might team up to accomplish something important to you. A relationship can be a catalyst for you to make meaningful changes. It's easier than usual for someone to rattle your cage, get you going, and motivate you.
You might connect with others in unique and inspiring ways. It's a good time for creative self-expression, spontaneity, courage, and romantic exploration. You instinctively seem to know that it's not the time for pushing your own agenda.
The New Moon on the 11th can bring on a new beginning or fresh start regarding love, romance, creativity, children, fertility, entertainment, leisure, or hobbies.
On the 13th, Jupiter moves into your communications sector. This longer-term aspect will play out in three sessions--this one is the first, lasting from May 13-July 28. While it will develop further in 2022, you're likely to enjoy some of this transit's benefits now. New ways to communicate, learn, and get around can open up. There can be a real tendency to want to do it all, forgetting your limits in terms of time and energy, but your enthusiasm for learning new things and taking on new projects can be incredible now.
Your planetary ruler, Saturn, begins its yearly retrograde period on the 23rd. Until October, you're in good shape to review some of your commitments and responsibilities, mainly related to your finances, business, security, self-worth, natural talents, resources, and comfort levels. There may be delays related to some of these things or a temporary pulling back from specific projects until you come to new conclusions. In a general sense and particularly related to money matters, it's a better period for review, editing, and reflection than innovation.
The Full Moon on the 26th is a Lunar Eclipse, and it reminds you of the importance of taking time to recoup, balancing attention to your physical health with the care of your emotional health, as well as balancing your attention to work and procedure with the need for rest. It can also be a time of great hunches and intense awareness of situations that are no longer working for you. It's not the time to make sweeping decisions, however. It's best to recognize your feelings and allow a plan to handle things to unfold gradually.
This eclipse signals a time to take a break from overthinking, and circumstances now seem to demand that you get some downtime. The need for extra rest and quiet or personal time is paramount, even though it can feel at odds with your drive with work or health matters. Finding more meaning in your work and satisfaction in helping or serving others is a big theme now.
Mercury turning retrograde in your work and health sector on the 29th further points to the need to slow down, observe, and refine things before pushing forward.
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 2021 Capricorn Preview Horoscope and the full 2021 Yearly Capricorn Horoscope.
Capricorn (Born January 11 to 20) and Capricorn Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Capricorn:
May 2021 Capricorn 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 fourth house. This is a period of recharge, of getting in touch with your innermost feelings, of connecting with your roots, and of spending more time and energy on home and family. Home and family matters capture your attention and are a strong source of pride now. It's a time when worldly matters are not as important to you.
Use this energy to find ways to improve your family relations and your home environment. During this heart-warming cycle, you would do best to allow yourself to explore your inner needs so that you can nurture yourself and others in a healthy, growth-oriented manner, in preparation for more outgoing times to come.
From May 11th forward:
The Sun illuminates your solar fifth house now. After a period of "nesting", you are coming out of your shell, ready to perform and to express yourself creatively. This is a very playful period of the year, when you are inspired creatively and emotionally. After a period of self-protectiveness, you are now more spontaneous and more willing to take risks. You take more pride than usual in your creations, your love affairs, your children, and your hobbies. Pleasure and amusement play an important role in your search for freedom of self-expression now. Show off your best colors!
You want others to take notice, and you are more sensitive to whether people appreciate you. More than any time of the year, this is the cycle in which you focus on having fun, enjoying romance, and expressing yourself creatively. Your hobbies, leisure time, moments spent with children, gaming time, and so forth, all come into focus at this time of year.
This is a cycle in which you find joy in expressing who you are--when your "inner child" comes out to play. This is a time when you are more flirtatious than usual, and when you might take a few risks in life--not only gambling with games but with life itself. You might be a bit of a showman at this time. You are likely feeling good in general, and you tend to spread the joy.
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 eleventh house. Surprises surrounding long-term goals, friendships, and group affiliations 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, for example, as a situation that tests a friendship, a culmination or fruition of a casual relationship, you could be called upon to perform a humanitarian gesture, a friend may experience a little crisis and ask for your help, you could suddenly find yourself around many people, perhaps after a period of relative solitude or private time, and other such possibilities.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until May 25th:
Venus continues to transit your solar fifth house. Your popularity is on an upward trend during this cycle as others find you especially attractive and friendly. You may have the desire to dress well and in good taste. There is strength in your feelings of love and the power of attraction, which may open the door to new romantic relationships. Yet, you are not aggressive in your approach to love. Instead, you attract more if you allow yourself to be pursued during this cycle. Conditions are highlighted in connection with young people, and quite possibly a female child--a stronger bond could be formed during this period. You are feeling inspired creatively and romantically and you express your loving feelings quite openly now. Creative self-expression of any kind is favored at this time. You will also thoroughly enjoy artistic, musical, or cultural events and activities, especially in the company of a loved one. At this time, you instinctively know how to place yourself in the best light in order to make a good impression on others. Any love affair begun now will be characterized by good cheer, having fun, and a fair share of emotional drama!
From May 25th forward:
Venus graces your solar sixth house now. Establishing a happy and harmonious work environment through friendly relations with co-workers or tidying up your work area comes into focus now. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment. You are generally well liked and respected socially on the job right now. Some laziness is possible now, as you tend to associate pleasure with work! Perhaps you are socializing more than usual on the job. You have good team spirit during this cycle, and you are more tactful and obliging with your co-workers. You are less inclined to fall in love for the sake of love itself during this cycle. Your tendency is to consider whether it is clever to do so! You're most successful doing tasks that involve cooperation and team harmony. You could find that your talents or skills are especially appreciated. Romantic and social activities may revolve around your working environment.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until May 18th:
Mercury continues to transit your solar fifth house. Increased communication with children, romantic partners, and people who share the same hobbies as you can occur now. Certainly, you are thinking about these people and about love and romance, child rearing, and/or creative pursuits more than usual. Mental exercises and competitions can be particularly enjoyable now. You express yourself with warmth and creativity, and you have an appreciative "audience" for your ideas now.
From May 19th forward:
Mercury transits your solar sixth house. This is a good placement for Mercury, as it is the natural ruler of the sixth house. It's an excellent period for sorting out the details of your daily existence. You are inclined to make to-do lists, pay bills and sort out clutter, and to do detail work on the job. Health matters are most certainly on your brain as well, and you could be thinking of scheduling check-ups or busy researching ways to improve your health. You may also show a keener interest in improving your basic skills.
Your approach to work during this cycle is pleasant, happy, and logical for the most part, unless you allow worry or scattered energy to enter the picture. You are inclined to want to learn new work skills, or to improve your skills and output in terms of work. There is likely to be more activity, movement, contact, and communications with co-workers now.
You tend to take more interest in organizing your working environment--and this is an excellent time to do so, as you are especially objective and intelligent when it comes to getting a handle on your daily affairs and all of the "little things" that contribute to a feeling of efficiency and competency. Menial tasks become more prominent. Watch, however, for tension or idle chit-chat interfering with your work output during this cycle.
Mercury is retrograde from May 29th to June 22nd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications regarding travels, legal matters, or opinions, as well as communications on the job and with co-workers, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. It's best not to sign on the dotted line for the time being, especially when it comes to making travel plans or any legal contracts. There could be irritating mess-ups on the job. You might be inclined to miss important details in your paperwork, or might experience frustrating delays that result from co-workers' errors. Travel plans may go awry, or you may have a change of heart.
Occurring in your solar sixth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to work, health matters, and daily routines. Be as non-judgmental as you can with co-workers and/or employees. Re-thinking the suitability of your job is possible now, but you should avoid jumping to any premature decisions. Work-related mess-ups can frustrate you, or you might need to redo work that you thought was complete. However, you might find that the refinements you make now will be very valuable later. Double- check your work before submitting it. It's a fine time for researching health and nutrition programs, as well as job skills and opportunities, but perhaps not the best time for beginning all-new programs. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating with co-workers and health professionals; 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 animate and energize your solar sixth house. Energy and initiative for work, health, and other daily activities increase. You are self-motivated when it comes to these matters. If there are disagreements and disputes that erupt on the job now, they may be due to a feeling of stress or impatience, or they could come from your desire to get things done independently. It's best to apply energy productively to completing projects that are unfinished or even to get ahead of yourself. It's a strong period for feeling motivated for starting a new health or fitness routine.
From May 26th forward:
Mars energizes and animates your solar seventh house. Partnerships may suffer from ego conflicts, or opposition from others may be challenging. Use the extra energy that Mars brings to this sector of your chart to work cooperatively on relationship problems. You may even find that you seem to need someone's help in order to do what you want to do during this cycle. Relationships are vivacious and dynamic during this period. When a difference arises, you are quick to settle it, and have little patience for sweeping matters under the rug. Your close personal relationships are lively during this cycle--full of conflicts and resolutions or reconciliations.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2021 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Capricorn:
You begin the month focusing on recreational and creative affairs, dear Capricorn, but you can experience a growing drive to take care of business, work, and health as May progresses.
Exploring your creativity or different ways of expressing and enjoying yourself can figure strongly. Pursuing your joy and your heart's desire is in focus.
Mercury moves into your work and health sector on the 3rd, Venus on the 8th, and the Sun on the 20th. With these ingresses, you're in a great position to bring more attention, heart, and intelligence to your daily routines, work, and services. You may enjoy your everyday life more thoroughly now, or you might make aesthetic or mood-boosting changes that improve your enjoyment of work, health pursuits, and daily goal-reaching. The social element of daily living and work can get a nice boost. People outside of your routines may not see you as much, however! You can be quite busy and involved with getting your life into order. Mercury retrogrades in this area of your chart on the 29th, suggesting some need to backtrack, reassess projects or launch dates, and redo or rework specific tasks.
Aim to take advantage of your extra drive to sort out your daily affairs and routines in May, but seek to moderate and pace yourself later in the month. Mercury turns retrograde in your work and health sector on the 29th, and a review or redo may be necessary.
With Mars in your partnership sector all month, you are energized to take care of any problems or stagnation in a relationship. Problems or tensions come into the open, and it's time for some air-clearing. You might also find yourself coming to someone's defense more frequently. The desire to do something about regrets or outworn, stale patterns of relating is strong.
It's possible you attract intense energy into your life through your relationships, and growth comes from confronting matters. Somebody may very well motivate you to pursue a long-time dream or take charge of your life, or you might team up to accomplish something important to you. A relationship can be a catalyst for you to make meaningful changes. It's easier than usual for someone to rattle your cage, get you going, and motivate you.
You might connect with others in unique and inspiring ways. It's a good time for creative self-expression, spontaneity, courage, and romantic exploration. You instinctively seem to know that it's not the time for pushing your own agenda.
The New Moon on the 11th can bring on a new beginning or fresh start regarding love, romance, creativity, children, fertility, entertainment, leisure, or hobbies.
On the 13th, Jupiter moves into your communications sector. This longer-term aspect will play out in three sessions--this one is the first, lasting from May 13-July 28. While it will develop further in 2022, you're likely to enjoy some of this transit's benefits now. New ways to communicate, learn, and get around can open up. There can be a real tendency to want to do it all, forgetting your limits in terms of time and energy, but your enthusiasm for learning new things and taking on new projects can be incredible now.
Your planetary ruler, Saturn, begins its yearly retrograde period on the 23rd. Until October, you're in good shape to review some of your commitments and responsibilities, mainly related to your finances, business, security, self-worth, natural talents, resources, and comfort levels. There may be delays related to some of these things or a temporary pulling back from specific projects until you come to new conclusions. In a general sense and particularly related to money matters, it's a better period for review, editing, and reflection than innovation.
The Full Moon on the 26th is a Lunar Eclipse, and it reminds you of the importance of taking time to recoup, balancing attention to your physical health with the care of your emotional health, as well as balancing your attention to work and procedure with the need for rest. It can also be a time of great hunches and intense awareness of situations that are no longer working for you. It's not the time to make sweeping decisions, however. It's best to recognize your feelings and allow a plan to handle things to unfold gradually.
This eclipse signals a time to take a break from overthinking, and circumstances now seem to demand that you get some downtime. The need for extra rest and quiet or personal time is paramount, even though it can feel at odds with your drive with work or health matters. Finding more meaning in your work and satisfaction in helping or serving others is a big theme now.
Mercury turning retrograde in your work and health sector on the 29th further points to the need to slow down, observe, and refine things before pushing forward.
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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. While new months can hold new energy, transits don’t abruptly change because 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 Highlights 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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