May 4 2025

Sunday, MAY 4

Pluto stations and turns retrograde today, and Pluto’s intense and complex energy hangs heavy in the air. Now and over the coming months (Pluto is retrograde until October 13th), we are not as open, overt, or direct about our desire for control or power, and some of us may be less in touch with it.

This shift of direction can bring about some initial confusion, heaviness, and magnification of problems. Pluto’s retrograde cycle itself, however, is an excellent period for research and gaining new insight into our self-destructive tendencies, needs for control, and search for the truth by looking within.

Outward pressures may ease somewhat during this period. Over the coming months, we may reassess how we use our power.

We are outgoing, competitive, and loving with the Moon in Leo all day.

This morning, the First Quarter Moon occurs, bringing with it a crisis theme as the Sun in Taurus forms a square with the Moon in Leo.

This phase compels us to take action, to confront and overcome challenges. Shortly after, we become aware of how our actions affect those close to us, perhaps through trial and error.

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