May 6 2026

Wednesday, MAY 6

Pluto stations and turns retrograde today, and Pluto’s intense and complex energy hangs heavy. This retrograde cycle will last until October 15th.

Now and over the coming months, 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 in direction can lead to initial confusion, heaviness, and an amplification of problems. Pluto’s retrograde cycle, however, is an excellent period for research and gaining new insight into our self-destructive tendencies, our need for control, and our 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.

Today’s Capricorn Moon is responsible and practical. Mercury forms a quintile with Jupiter today, and focusing on intellectual interests and problem-solving can be especially successful now. It’s subtle energy, but good for rounding out our thinking.

As well, a quintile between Venus and Neptune boosts our ability to solve interpersonal problems and is strong for intuitively understanding and getting along with others. We appreciate subtleties and nuances more than usual.

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