May 18 2026

Monday, MAY 18

Both Venus and Mars change signs today, and they’ll form a sextile very early tomorrow.

First, Mars enters Taurus, where it will transit until June 28th. During this cycle, we can go to great lengths to protect what’s ours and build our feelings of security and comfort. We’re determined, stubborn, and persistent.

Mars in Taurus can be a relatively passive influence, but it is full-on when resisting or defending something! In stark contrast to the impulsive Mars-in-Aries cycle, we pursue our goals by plodding along patiently. We’re looking for long-term satisfaction, although we can be particularly focused on creature comforts.

Next, Venus enters Cancer today and will visit the sign until June 13th.

Venus in Cancer is nurturing, cautious, fertile, protective, and self-protective. We experience many emotional ups and downs with our affections under this influence due to increased sensitivity and impressionability. We show our love through devotion, care, and concern, and we’re at our best when we feel safe and secure.

During this cycle, we are more interested in home life and improvement, nesting, home business, domestic and family activities, comfort, security, and long-term purchases.

Today’s Moon also moves from talkative, connected Gemini to protective, warm Cancer. This ingress occurs at 9:47 PM EDT.

The Venus-Mars sextile gains strong influence as the day progresses, highlighting the harmony of these energies. and we take a creative approach to our relationships and projects.

This transit supports flow and ease in close personal interactions without sacrificing engagement. We can make connections that prove fruitful and fortunate, and business relationships and pursuits can prosper.

We might express our affection through our actions and feel compelled to create something beautiful. We’re also more interactive and charming than usual.

Also influencing today is a Mercury-Neptune sextile, offering quite different energy, as it stirs our imagination.

With this transit in play, we can experience a sense of knowing and understanding with minimal explanation or instruction. Intuition is highlighted or awakened, and we creatively apply it to practical matters. We appreciate subtleties as they aid our understanding of others and situations.

We are more readily inspired and might, in turn, inspire others with our words. Psychic openness characterizes our interactions, and our communications are notably gentler or more compassionate.

The Moon is void until it enters Cancer today at 9:47 PM EDT.

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