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May 2023 Horoscope: Predictions for Gemini
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Overview for this Month: Gemini (All)
May 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Gemini:
Much is happening behind the scenes and inside you in May, dear Gemini. It's a powerful time to bring an end to situations or attitudes in your life that have become more burdensome than rewarding or that have grown toxic for you emotionally. Your private life is especially active. Still, rest, reflection, and focusing on mental and spiritual health are prominent themes.
While the month can keep you busy, there is a retiring side to you as the Sun (until the 21st) and Mercury (all month) transit your privacy sector. This go-slow period is well-timed! While some other signs may be fighting it, you’ll find it natural to want to review your work instead of pushing for a launch or significant change. You’re inclined to pace yourself, and it’s wise.
Still, you have Venus in your sign until the 7th, and others see you as especially desirable and likable. Most importantly, you treat yourself with more care. Venus boosts your charm–you are attractive and friendly, and your most refined and appealing traits are enhanced for all to appreciate and enjoy. Your idealism and romantic nature are in the spotlight, and you find it natural to dream of beautiful things, experiences, and situations.
Mercury’s retrograde until the 14th is a little tricky, mainly due to possible communication breakdowns and misunderstandings or problems with transportation. Mercury is your ruling planet, after all, and not everyone will pick up what you intend to communicate. Decision-making can be problematic as you play with different possibilities. You can quite easily put your foot in your mouth or reveal something you’d prefer to remain hidden.
However, it’s a good cycle for redoing and refining work already underway and backtracking over the past to find answers you previously overlooked. Letting go of expectations and allowing your mind some free rein makes it a good time for creative visualization and pursuits.
The New Moon on the 19th wants you to start fresh with your approach to downtime, rest, recovery, and attention to emotional or mental health. Watch, however, for the traps of escapism and avoidance, which can lead to difficulties relaxing, unwinding, and perhaps sleeping, or a general sense that you’re behind or out of the loop.
There could be a secret revealed, a eureka moment, or you could otherwise be seeing old problems or a past matter in a telling new light. You can be directing a lot of attention to past events and relationships, but a turning point that sets you on a new path. In other words, you are coming to a new understanding of a past problem that allows you to move forward with less baggage.
May is not all about rest, however. Until the 20th, Mars brings great energy, courage, and initiative to your financial life or business. It can also be a time to build up your resources or put your natural talents to good use. The drive to improve your resources is strong, but tensions can surround personal finances and possessions at times. Questions of ownership and values can be hot topics.
As well, from the 7th, your powers of attraction increase regarding money, gifts, favors, and valuables, although you’re generally less visible. Your appetite for luxurious or beautiful objects might increase as building and collecting appeal to you more than usual. Venus in your solar second house helps you be a little more patient with business and money concerns.
Mercury ends its retrograde period on the 14th, slowly but surely getting you back in the game. You are more comfortable and at ease with others in the second half of the month, although you continue to keep some things close to the chest.
Watch for tension as you feel compelled to go hard on extracurricular activities or learning, but you also have an increased need for rest, relaxation, and detox. Taking on too many activities can be taxing.
The Sun moves into your sign on the 21st, awakening the desire to take charge of your life and set new personal goals. People notice you! One day before this Sun move, Mars heads into your communications sector, and you're coming alive! You're more interactive and engaged.
Some of the bigger headlines of the month include a Lunar Eclipse on the 5th and Jupiter's move to a new sign on the 16th. The eclipse ultimately motivates you to make improvements in your work, health, and routines or habits. There can be a bit of a scramble to get your life into better working order, and the benefits of doing so are great. You’re doing a lot of balancing of work/rest and emotional health and physical health with current eclipses, and realizations occurring in the weeks following the eclipse can push this process along. If you’ve neglected some elements of self-care, you’re now ready to correct the imbalance, and developing healthier habits can be part of this.
Jupiter slips into your privacy sector, where it will spend just over a year. This can lead to a stronger sense of spiritual peace, preparing you internally for outward changes when Jupiter passes over your Sun starting in May 2024. Inner peace and the ability to take things in stride will be in focus now and in the year ahead!
Even though you may be working behind the scenes or a little more withdrawn than usual, this Jupiter transit helps you find comfort in some level of solitude. Self-contentment is a goal and theme. If you need help during this time, it tends to come just in the nick of time, perhaps from unanticipated or hidden sources.
Jupiter works in a behind-the-scenes manner for you now. You may find that a partner’s daily life or health improves dramatically during this period. Fears and anxieties that may have weighed you down with guilt or pressure can quickly be faced and lifted this year. As you close the month, you connect with the right information to further your healing journey, put a problem behind you, or gain more peace of mind.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Gemini (Born May 22 to 31) and Gemini Ascendant 0 to 10 degrees Gemini:
May 2023 Gemini Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until May 20th:
The Sun continues to shine its light on your solar twelfth house. This is the time to listen to your intuition, to take a break from the hectic pace of your life, and to reflect on what you have learned in the past year. You might naturally retreat a little and take more private time for yourself now.
Your physical energy levels may not be up to par for the time being, and this is your body signaling you to take a break. This is not an ideal time for pushing forward with new personal projects and plans. It is better to finish up projects and tie up loose ends now.
From May 21st forward:
The Sun illuminates your first house now, bringing issues surrounding your personal identity, appearance, outward behavior, and self-expression to the forefront. This marks the peak of your physical solar cycle, and you are in the position to make an impression on others, and to assert your personal influence. Spontaneity of expression is what this transit is about. You are ready to put your past behind you and to start a new personal cycle. You have presence and you project confidence. Increased energy and a renewed feeling of confidence is with you now, so take advantage.
It's a great month to do something entirely new and pioneering—to go solo in some area of your life. This particular season of the year smiles on your personal endeavors. This is a time when you more easily get in touch with a true sense of your identity and purpose. The most enterprising side of your nature surfaces, and it's time to seize opportunities. Existing problems in your life may be overcome now by bravery and a straightforward approach to your life.
There's nothing wrong with a bit of self-centeredness during this cycle, but avoid taking it too far. It's not the best time for teamwork and other cooperative endeavors. The spotlight is on you and your ability to lead, so make it a good one! Take steps to improve how you come across to others. It's time to carve your own path in life.
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 sixth house. Surprises surrounding work, working relationships, daily routines, or health issues 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. Flaws come to light and demand a clean-up. This could manifest as, for example, a work project coming to an end or bearing fruit, a surprising announcement on the job, a circumstance that calls for you to support a co-worker, a flurry of activity prompted by the demands of work or for your services, a surprising health matter, and other such possibilities. You can use this surge of emotional energy to make positive changes to your routines. Do something to improve your work conditions if they are annoying you--even if it's a small act of kindness with a co-worker or bringing in something to brighten up your desk or office. Get going on your exercise or nutrition program that you've been toying with in your mind.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
Until May 7th:
Venus continues to grace your solar first house now. Something about how you present yourself, your image, and your manner boosts your personal magnetism during this cycle. It's a good time to attract who and what you want into your life experience. You're more charming and you are likely to want to attract things to you indirectly rather than forcefully now, perhaps through charm and playfulness. You have a stronger need to be good to yourself, although a negative expression of this placement can be excessive attention to pampering oneself or taking the easy way out. You especially enjoy making a good impression on others, and peace-making. You might also be paying more attention to beauty and style now.
From May 7th forward:
Venus transits your solar second house and, as the natural ruler of the second house, Venus feels right "at home" here. This is a rather content position for Venus, although there can be some restlessness when it comes to money and spending it—you are more inclined to want more things around you! Financial security and enjoyment of the good things in life are important to you, although you also value simple pleasures. The ability to relate well with others might enhance your own personal finances during this period. You may find yourself in a position in which there is a blending of financial matters with social or public affairs. This is a stable position for love matters and close relationships. You value those who make you feel comfortable, and familiarity is more important to you than someone new during this cycle.
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 your personal presentation or image to others and communications with family because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Because Mercury is your sign's ruler, all of the common Mercury Retrograde issues may apply. Put off making important decisions with regards to family and domestic matters (Virgo-ruled for you) just now, and take care when it comes to communicating with family members.
Occurring in your solar twelfth house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to privacy matters. You may find that you are less able to rely on your intuition. Perhaps you're picking up the wrong cues or reading too much into situations. Whatever the case may be, for the time being, you may not feel that your intuition is serving you well. Be as non-judgmental as you can, but do keep an eye out for deceptiveness and falseness in others. You might unwittingly reveal something that you'd prefer to keep private. It would be wise to be especially clear when it comes to communicating about your inner world now; or take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
After the 14th, information unclogs and delays lift.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 20th:
Mars continues to energize your solar second house. You tend to put more effort into making money or making your life more comfortable and secure during this cycle. Your strong desire to be financially independent could lead to positive things, such as paying off debts or increased enterprise. The opposite side of the coin is asserting your independence by making impulsive purchases or taking risks with your money. You are more protective of the way you earn or spend money, as well as with the values you live your life by, and if others question you about these things, there could be arguments.
From the 20th forward:
Mars animates and energizes your solar third house during this period. You are likely to have many ideas and plans going during this transit, and you might be inclined to scatter your energies as a result.
Channelled well, however, this is a good time to sell your ideas to others, or to present your case in some manner. You may be especially busy running errands and communicating with others now.
More articulate than usual, you may also have a more assertive, self-centered, or provocative communication style at this time. As such, discussions might more readily become heated or they might escalate into arguments. If this is the case, it's likely because you are taking things very personally right now, or because you are over-identifying with your beliefs and ideas.
A tendency to be impatient or impulsive while driving or while performing manual tasks, generally with the hands, may lead to accidents, so it's wise to be careful on the road or while operating machinery or even using scissors! This is an excellent time for working on intellectual tasks with more vigor and passion.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Gemini:
Much is happening behind the scenes and inside you in May, dear Gemini. It's a powerful time to bring an end to situations or attitudes in your life that have become more burdensome than rewarding or that have grown toxic for you emotionally. Your private life is especially active. Still, rest, reflection, and focusing on mental and spiritual health are prominent themes.
While the month can keep you busy, there is a retiring side to you as the Sun (until the 21st) and Mercury (all month) transit your privacy sector. This go-slow period is well-timed! While some other signs may be fighting it, you’ll find it natural to want to review your work instead of pushing for a launch or significant change. You’re inclined to pace yourself, and it’s wise.
Still, you have Venus in your sign until the 7th, and others see you as especially desirable and likable. Most importantly, you treat yourself with more care. Venus boosts your charm–you are attractive and friendly, and your most refined and appealing traits are enhanced for all to appreciate and enjoy. Your idealism and romantic nature are in the spotlight, and you find it natural to dream of beautiful things, experiences, and situations.
Mercury’s retrograde until the 14th is a little tricky, mainly due to possible communication breakdowns and misunderstandings or problems with transportation. Mercury is your ruling planet, after all, and not everyone will pick up what you intend to communicate. Decision-making can be problematic as you play with different possibilities. You can quite easily put your foot in your mouth or reveal something you’d prefer to remain hidden.
However, it’s a good cycle for redoing and refining work already underway and backtracking over the past to find answers you previously overlooked. Letting go of expectations and allowing your mind some free rein makes it a good time for creative visualization and pursuits.
The New Moon on the 19th wants you to start fresh with your approach to downtime, rest, recovery, and attention to emotional or mental health. Watch, however, for the traps of escapism and avoidance, which can lead to difficulties relaxing, unwinding, and perhaps sleeping, or a general sense that you’re behind or out of the loop.
There could be a secret revealed, a eureka moment, or you could otherwise be seeing old problems or a past matter in a telling new light. You can be directing a lot of attention to past events and relationships, but a turning point that sets you on a new path. In other words, you are coming to a new understanding of a past problem that allows you to move forward with less baggage.
May is not all about rest, however. Until the 20th, Mars brings great energy, courage, and initiative to your financial life or business. It can also be a time to build up your resources or put your natural talents to good use. The drive to improve your resources is strong, but tensions can surround personal finances and possessions at times. Questions of ownership and values can be hot topics.
As well, from the 7th, your powers of attraction increase regarding money, gifts, favors, and valuables, although you’re generally less visible. Your appetite for luxurious or beautiful objects might increase as building and collecting appeal to you more than usual. Venus in your solar second house helps you be a little more patient with business and money concerns.
Mercury ends its retrograde period on the 14th, slowly but surely getting you back in the game. You are more comfortable and at ease with others in the second half of the month, although you continue to keep some things close to the chest.
Watch for tension as you feel compelled to go hard on extracurricular activities or learning, but you also have an increased need for rest, relaxation, and detox. Taking on too many activities can be taxing.
The Sun moves into your sign on the 21st, awakening the desire to take charge of your life and set new personal goals. People notice you! One day before this Sun move, Mars heads into your communications sector, and you're coming alive! You're more interactive and engaged.
Some of the bigger headlines of the month include a Lunar Eclipse on the 5th and Jupiter's move to a new sign on the 16th. The eclipse ultimately motivates you to make improvements in your work, health, and routines or habits. There can be a bit of a scramble to get your life into better working order, and the benefits of doing so are great. You’re doing a lot of balancing of work/rest and emotional health and physical health with current eclipses, and realizations occurring in the weeks following the eclipse can push this process along. If you’ve neglected some elements of self-care, you’re now ready to correct the imbalance, and developing healthier habits can be part of this.
Jupiter slips into your privacy sector, where it will spend just over a year. This can lead to a stronger sense of spiritual peace, preparing you internally for outward changes when Jupiter passes over your Sun starting in May 2024. Inner peace and the ability to take things in stride will be in focus now and in the year ahead!
Even though you may be working behind the scenes or a little more withdrawn than usual, this Jupiter transit helps you find comfort in some level of solitude. Self-contentment is a goal and theme. If you need help during this time, it tends to come just in the nick of time, perhaps from unanticipated or hidden sources.
Jupiter works in a behind-the-scenes manner for you now. You may find that a partner’s daily life or health improves dramatically during this period. Fears and anxieties that may have weighed you down with guilt or pressure can quickly be faced and lifted this year. As you close the month, you connect with the right information to further your healing journey, put a problem behind you, or gain more peace of mind.
See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.
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See also general trends for Gemini in 2023.
See also detailed 2023 Yearly Horoscope for Gemini.
Gemini (Born June 1 to 11) and Gemini Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Gemini:
May 2023 Gemini Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2023
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
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 sixth house. Surprises surrounding work, working relationships, daily routines, or health issues 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. Flaws come to light and demand a clean-up. This could manifest as, for example, a work project coming to an end or bearing fruit, a surprising announcement on the job, a circumstance that calls for you to support a co-worker, a flurry of activity prompted by the demands of work or for your services, a surprising health matter, and other such possibilities. You can use this surge of emotional energy to make positive changes to your routines. Do something to improve your work conditions if they are annoying you--even if it's a small act of kindness with a co-worker or bringing in something to brighten up your desk or office. Get going on your exercise or nutrition program that you've been toying with in your mind.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until May 16th:
Venus continues to grace your solar first house now. Something about how you present yourself, your image, and your manner boosts your personal magnetism during this cycle. It's a good time to attract who and what you want into your life experience. You're more charming and you are likely to want to attract things to you indirectly rather than forcefully now, perhaps through charm and playfulness. You have a stronger need to be good to yourself, although a negative expression of this placement can be excessive attention to pampering oneself or taking the easy way out. You especially enjoy making a good impression on others, and peace-making. You might also be paying more attention to beauty and style now.
From May 16th forward:
Venus transits your solar second house and, as the natural ruler of the second house, Venus feels right "at home" here. This is a rather content position for Venus, although there can be some restlessness when it comes to money and spending it—you are more inclined to want more things around you! Financial security and enjoyment of the good things in life are important to you, although you also value simple pleasures. The ability to relate well with others might enhance your own personal finances during this period. You may find yourself in a position in which there is a blending of financial matters with social or public affairs. This is a stable position for love matters and close relationships. You value those who make you feel comfortable, and familiarity is more important to you than someone new during this cycle.
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 your personal presentation or image to others and communications with family because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Because Mercury is your sign's ruler, all of the common Mercury Retrograde issues may apply. Put off making important decisions with regards to family and domestic matters (Virgo-ruled for you) just now, and take care when it comes to communicating with family members.
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.
Information unclogs on the 14th.
From May 26th forward:
Your mind is focused on private matters and past issues while Mercury transits the twelfth house of your solar chart. This is a time when you are least likely to speak out of turn or to express yourself freely. You're searching behind the curtain, and examining the past for answers.
This is a good time for research, quiet contemplation, and meditation; but do avoid getting dragged down by issues that have outgrown their worth and purpose. Examining the past in order to improve the future is certainly worthwhile, as long as you don't waste your energy on guilt. Creative endeavors could prosper now, particularly those that draw upon the emotions or that require creative visualization skills, such as poetry, art, acting, and other such activities.
You are likely to require a certain amount of solitude in order to get your thoughts together or to be mentally productive. You are less likely to chat indiscriminately during this transit, and tend to be a little secretive or tight-lipped for the time being. This may be important, in fact, because this position of Mercury is sometimes associated with the uncovering of secrets, so discretion may be in order.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
All month:
Mars continues to energize your solar second house. You tend to put more effort into making money or making your life more comfortable and secure during this cycle. Your strong desire to be financially independent could lead to positive things, such as paying off debts or increased enterprise. The opposite side of the coin is asserting your independence by making impulsive purchases or taking risks with your money. You are more protective of the way you earn or spend money, as well as with the values you live your life by, and if others question you about these things, there could be arguments.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2023 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Gemini:
Much is happening behind the scenes and inside you in May, dear Gemini. It's a powerful time to bring an end to situations or attitudes in your life that have become more burdensome than rewarding or that have grown toxic for you emotionally. Your private life is especially active. Still, rest, reflection, and focusing on mental and spiritual health are prominent themes.
While the month can keep you busy, there is a retiring side to you as the Sun (until the 21st) and Mercury (all month) transit your privacy sector. This go-slow period is well-timed! While some other signs may be fighting it, you’ll find it natural to want to review your work instead of pushing for a launch or significant change. You’re inclined to pace yourself, and it’s wise.
Still, you have Venus in your sign until the 7th, and others see you as especially desirable and likable. Most importantly, you treat yourself with more care. Venus boosts your charm–you are attractive and friendly, and your most refined and appealing traits are enhanced for all to appreciate and enjoy. Your idealism and romantic nature are in the spotlight, and you find it natural to dream of beautiful things, experiences, and situations.
Mercury’s retrograde until the 14th is a little tricky, mainly due to possible communication breakdowns and misunderstandings or problems with transportation. Mercury is your ruling planet, after all, and not everyone will pick up what you intend to communicate. Decision-making can be problematic as you play with different possibilities. You can quite easily put your foot in your mouth or reveal something you’d prefer to remain hidden.
However, it’s a good cycle for redoing and refining work already underway and backtracking over the past to find answers you previously overlooked. Letting go of expectations and allowing your mind some free rein makes it a good time for creative visualization and pursuits.
The New Moon on the 19th wants you to start fresh with your approach to downtime, rest, recovery, and attention to emotional or mental health. Watch, however, for the traps of escapism and avoidance, which can lead to difficulties relaxing, unwinding, and perhaps sleeping, or a general sense that you’re behind or out of the loop.
There could be a secret revealed, a eureka moment, or you could otherwise be seeing old problems or a past matter in a telling new light. You can be directing a lot of attention to past events and relationships, but a turning point that sets you on a new path. In other words, you are coming to a new understanding of a past problem that allows you to move forward with less baggage.
May is not all about rest, however. Until the 20th, Mars brings great energy, courage, and initiative to your financial life or business. It can also be a time to build up your resources or put your natural talents to good use. The drive to improve your resources is strong, but tensions can surround personal finances and possessions at times. Questions of ownership and values can be hot topics.
As well, from the 7th, your powers of attraction increase regarding money, gifts, favors, and valuables, although you’re generally less visible. Your appetite for luxurious or beautiful objects might increase as building and collecting appeal to you more than usual. Venus in your solar second house helps you be a little more patient with business and money concerns.
Mercury ends its retrograde period on the 14th, slowly but surely getting you back in the game. You are more comfortable and at ease with others in the second half of the month, although you continue to keep some things close to the chest.
Watch for tension as you feel compelled to go hard on extracurricular activities or learning, but you also have an increased need for rest, relaxation, and detox. Taking on too many activities can be taxing.
The Sun moves into your sign on the 21st, awakening the desire to take charge of your life and set new personal goals. People notice you! One day before this Sun move, Mars heads into your communications sector, and you're coming alive! You're more interactive and engaged.
Some of the bigger headlines of the month include a Lunar Eclipse on the 5th and Jupiter's move to a new sign on the 16th. The eclipse ultimately motivates you to make improvements in your work, health, and routines or habits. There can be a bit of a scramble to get your life into better working order, and the benefits of doing so are great. You’re doing a lot of balancing of work/rest and emotional health and physical health with current eclipses, and realizations occurring in the weeks following the eclipse can push this process along. If you’ve neglected some elements of self-care, you’re now ready to correct the imbalance, and developing healthier habits can be part of this.
Jupiter slips into your privacy sector, where it will spend just over a year. This can lead to a stronger sense of spiritual peace, preparing you internally for outward changes when Jupiter passes over your Sun starting in May 2024. Inner peace and the ability to take things in stride will be in focus now and in the year ahead!
Even though you may be working behind the scenes or a little more withdrawn than usual, this Jupiter transit helps you find comfort in some level of solitude. Self-contentment is a goal and theme. If you need help during this time, it tends to come just in the nick of time, perhaps from unanticipated or hidden sources.
Jupiter works in a behind-the-scenes manner for you now. You may find that a partner’s daily life or health improves dramatically during this period. Fears and anxieties that may have weighed you down with guilt or pressure can quickly be faced and lifted this year. As you close the month, you connect with the right information to further your healing journey, put a problem behind you, or gain more peace of mind.
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 general trends for Gemini in 2023.
See also detailed 2023 Yearly Horoscope for Gemini.
Gemini (Born June 12 to 21)
AND Gemini Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Gemini:
May 2023 Gemini 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 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 11th 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
Until the 26th:
Venus continues to grace your solar first house now. Something about how you present yourself, your image, and your manner boosts your personal magnetism during this cycle. It's a good time to attract who and what you want into your life experience. You're more charming and you are likely to want to attract things to you indirectly rather than forcefully now, perhaps through charm and playfulness. You have a stronger need to be good to yourself, although a negative expression of this placement can be excessive attention to pampering oneself or taking the easy way out. You especially enjoy making a good impression on others, and peace-making. You might also be paying more attention to beauty and style now.
From May 26th forward:
Venus transits your solar second house and, as the natural ruler of the second house, Venus feels right "at home" here. This is a rather content position for Venus, although there can be some restlessness when it comes to money and spending it—you are more inclined to want more things around you! Financial security and enjoyment of the good things in life are important to you, although you also value simple pleasures. The ability to relate well with others might enhance your own personal finances during this period. You may find yourself in a position in which there is a blending of financial matters with social or public affairs. This is a stable position for love matters and close relationships. You value those who make you feel comfortable, and familiarity is more important to you than someone new during this cycle.
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 your personal presentation or image to others and communications with family because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Because Mercury is your sign's ruler, all of the common Mercury Retrograde issues may apply. Put off making important decisions with regards to family and domestic matters (Virgo-ruled for you) just now, and take care when it comes to communicating with family members.
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.
Information unclogs from the 14th forward.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
From the 3rd 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 Gemini:
Much is happening behind the scenes and inside you in May, dear Gemini. It's a powerful time to bring an end to situations or attitudes in your life that have become more burdensome than rewarding or that have grown toxic for you emotionally. Your private life is especially active. Still, rest, reflection, and focusing on mental and spiritual health are prominent themes.
While the month can keep you busy, there is a retiring side to you as the Sun (until the 21st) and Mercury (all month) transit your privacy sector. This go-slow period is well-timed! While some other signs may be fighting it, you’ll find it natural to want to review your work instead of pushing for a launch or significant change. You’re inclined to pace yourself, and it’s wise.
Still, you have Venus in your sign until the 7th, and others see you as especially desirable and likable. Most importantly, you treat yourself with more care. Venus boosts your charm–you are attractive and friendly, and your most refined and appealing traits are enhanced for all to appreciate and enjoy. Your idealism and romantic nature are in the spotlight, and you find it natural to dream of beautiful things, experiences, and situations.
Mercury’s retrograde until the 14th is a little tricky, mainly due to possible communication breakdowns and misunderstandings or problems with transportation. Mercury is your ruling planet, after all, and not everyone will pick up what you intend to communicate. Decision-making can be problematic as you play with different possibilities. You can quite easily put your foot in your mouth or reveal something you’d prefer to remain hidden.
However, it’s a good cycle for redoing and refining work already underway and backtracking over the past to find answers you previously overlooked. Letting go of expectations and allowing your mind some free rein makes it a good time for creative visualization and pursuits.
The New Moon on the 19th wants you to start fresh with your approach to downtime, rest, recovery, and attention to emotional or mental health. Watch, however, for the traps of escapism and avoidance, which can lead to difficulties relaxing, unwinding, and perhaps sleeping, or a general sense that you’re behind or out of the loop.
There could be a secret revealed, a eureka moment, or you could otherwise be seeing old problems or a past matter in a telling new light. You can be directing a lot of attention to past events and relationships, but a turning point that sets you on a new path. In other words, you are coming to a new understanding of a past problem that allows you to move forward with less baggage.
May is not all about rest, however. Until the 20th, Mars brings great energy, courage, and initiative to your financial life or business. It can also be a time to build up your resources or put your natural talents to good use. The drive to improve your resources is strong, but tensions can surround personal finances and possessions at times. Questions of ownership and values can be hot topics.
As well, from the 7th, your powers of attraction increase regarding money, gifts, favors, and valuables, although you’re generally less visible. Your appetite for luxurious or beautiful objects might increase as building and collecting appeal to you more than usual. Venus in your solar second house helps you be a little more patient with business and money concerns.
Mercury ends its retrograde period on the 14th, slowly but surely getting you back in the game. You are more comfortable and at ease with others in the second half of the month, although you continue to keep some things close to the chest.
Watch for tension as you feel compelled to go hard on extracurricular activities or learning, but you also have an increased need for rest, relaxation, and detox. Taking on too many activities can be taxing.
The Sun moves into your sign on the 21st, awakening the desire to take charge of your life and set new personal goals. People notice you! One day before this Sun move, Mars heads into your communications sector, and you're coming alive! You're more interactive and engaged.
Some of the bigger headlines of the month include a Lunar Eclipse on the 5th and Jupiter's move to a new sign on the 16th. The eclipse ultimately motivates you to make improvements in your work, health, and routines or habits. There can be a bit of a scramble to get your life into better working order, and the benefits of doing so are great. You’re doing a lot of balancing of work/rest and emotional health and physical health with current eclipses, and realizations occurring in the weeks following the eclipse can push this process along. If you’ve neglected some elements of self-care, you’re now ready to correct the imbalance, and developing healthier habits can be part of this.
Jupiter slips into your privacy sector, where it will spend just over a year. This can lead to a stronger sense of spiritual peace, preparing you internally for outward changes when Jupiter passes over your Sun starting in May 2024. Inner peace and the ability to take things in stride will be in focus now and in the year ahead!
Even though you may be working behind the scenes or a little more withdrawn than usual, this Jupiter transit helps you find comfort in some level of solitude. Self-contentment is a goal and theme. If you need help during this time, it tends to come just in the nick of time, perhaps from unanticipated or hidden sources.
Jupiter works in a behind-the-scenes manner for you now. You may find that a partner’s daily life or health improves dramatically during this period. Fears and anxieties that may have weighed you down with guilt or pressure can quickly be faced and lifted this year. As you close the month, you connect with the right information to further your healing journey, put a problem behind you, or gain more peace of mind.
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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. Transits don’t suddenly change as the calendar month changes.
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