Taurus Monthly Horoscope
May 2022 Horoscope: Predictions for Taurus
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The following are monthly horoscopes for the Taurus zodiac sign. Cafe Astrology divides its monthly horoscopes into 3 groups (or decanates) per sign for more accuracy. Remember that if you know your Ascendant, read forecasts for both your Sun sign and your Ascendant sign. If you know your birth time, but don’t know your Ascendant, be sure to see How to Obtain Your Astrology Chart here.
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Overview for this Month: Taurus (All)
May 2022 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Taurus:
You begin the month with a strong sense of starting fresh, dear Taurus. At the end of April, the Solar Eclipse occurred in your sign, and it prompted you to recognize your need for stronger personal plans, more independence, and a clean slate.
An empowering Jupiter-Pluto sextile encourages your ambitions, bringing opportunities to expand your experiences and impress others. This period of your life can be excellent for making rewarding connections that last. Activities that break the routine or learning endeavors can stir you or connect you with interesting people. There can be publishing, promoting, or learning breakthroughs. Your perspective is shifting in powerful, positive ways, and you have more interest in sharing your ideas and causes with others. You're motivated to improve or bring something to the next level. It's a great time to connect with your desires, which could very well lead you in new directions or to different pursuits.
You're making valuable connections and standing out from the crowd in a very good way. You need to "own" the path you take, and the best way to do that is to get in touch with where you genuinely want to go, without the distractions of other people's agendas and opinions. You can be a particularly valuable member of a team or group and work independently just as easily.
You're certainly attracting attention and in charge this month. It's a time for shining. You see your capabilities for what they are, rather than over- or under-estimating them, which is empowering. It's natural for you to assert yourself.
While you begin the month quite active with friends and groups, Venus moves into your privacy sector on the 2nd, Jupiter on the 10th, and Mars later in May: on the 24th. There can be some need to pull back from overly demanding and competitive situations, and perhaps people. Close relationships may require some personal sacrifices or privacy. Instead, you could reassess your feelings and attachments or current pursuits. Either way, much is happening beneath the surface or behind the scenes with your feelings and desires. While you could be wrestling with some decisions, you can, in fact, be a real dynamo with a bit of extra solitude and time to yourself. It's best to divide your time effectively.
Mercury's retrograde from the 10th forward suggests the need to take things a step at a time. While Mercury is retrograding in your sign from the 22nd, patience is necessary! Take care of unfinished business for the best results. Some personal plans may stall and decisions may not be easy, but you'll do well for yourself if you give yourself the room and space to get to conclusions.
Jupiter moves into your solar twelfth house on the 10th–a quieter period for Jupiter, but certainly not without its benefits. The full Jupiter transit comes in two parts, the first of which is this one, lasting from May 10-October 28. It's a time of a meaningful inner spiritual search as you establish a deeper connection with your intuition. You'll be gaining a better relationship with yourself from the inside out! Your sympathetic nature deepens, and you can thoroughly enjoy helping others. Discovering untapped resources or benefits from behind the scenes can figure strongly. This transit will develop further later in 2022 and into 2023.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 16th brings a personal project or relationship to bloom. Personal epiphanies and revelations about relationships are likely.
The 18-21 is a powerful few days for better understanding a matter from the past, especially related to money – new information emerges, and you're better off for it! Recycling old ideas may be beneficial, or you might discover lost valuables.
The Sun leaves your sign and enters your resources sector on the 20th, turning your focus more squarely on your practical affairs, money matters, and building or developing your projects and resources. A slow and steady approach is appropriate, especially with Mars moving into hiding in your solar chart on the 24th.
Especially on the 28-29, energies favor taking care of persistent problems or putting a matter behind you as Mars and Jupiter come together in your sector of endings. A buried matter may emerge, and you're ready to handle it with courage. Something big is brewing in your private life or deep inside. If you've been feeling unfulfilled, this amplifies now, and if it causes discomfort or elicits strong emotions, these can motivate you to take action. You'll be itching to accomplish something concrete. Or, this transit is about feeling moved to help someone out.
The 30th features a New Moon and a potential new beginning on a financial level.
See also This Month in Astrology.
Taurus (Born April 21 to 30) and Taurus Ascendant from 0 to 10 degrees Taurus:
May 2022 Taurus Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2022
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until May 20th:
The Sun continues to move through your solar first house. You experience a renewal of energy and vitality now, and it's a strong time for increased personal confidence. The emphasis is on self-expression, what kind of impression you make on others, and beginning new personal projects.
You are a little more self-centered than usual, and this is quite natural and healthy as long as you don't take it too far. You are more decisive and forward-looking now, and you put more faith in your own abilities. Physically, you are likely feeling strong. This is an excellent cycle for making personal changes in your manner or appearance, and for any self-improvement endeavors. Personal projects that you begin now are likely to blossom nine months down the road.
From May 20th forward:
The Sun highlights your second house now, and your focus is on material affairs and comfort issues. Security is a driving force for you at the moment, and you might find that you are especially interested in accumulating possessions. What you have and what you don't have come into focus--what makes you feel comfortable, your sense of security, and what you value.
This is the time of year when personal finances and possessions receive maximum attention. Pour your energy into your work and your finances, and you might just be able to take your ideas to the bank.
Extravagance with your pocketbook is something you may want to look out for, however. If you find yourself itching to make unnecessary purchases, know that at the root of this urge is the desire to pamper and comfort yourself. Nothing wrong with it, but there are inexpensive (and even free) ways to make yourself feel good.
This is not the most eventful time of year for you. You are more inclined to dig in your heels and hang on to what makes you feel most secure than to take big risks.
Eclipse
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on May 16th:
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 seventh house. Surprises surrounding partnerships and relationships 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 as, for example, a surprising revelation from a partner, a circumstance that calls for you to support a significant other, a flurry of activity prompted by a partner's needs or demands for your services from the general public, and other such possibilities. You now have a natural flair for sensing the needs and desires of the general public. You are likely to draw highly emotional and sensitive individuals into your social circle. Partnership "tests" are possible now, but so is a chance to truly connect to a special someone in your life.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort, Pleasure
From May 2-27:
Venus is spending some time in "hibernation" in your privacy sector. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that your love life is stagnant, but that your affection is expressed behind closed doors. Attraction to secrets and whispers characterize this period, although for some, it can also be a time of endings, relationship concerns, and wistfulness. Personal and social contacts may be secretive, and there can be secret love affairs, or at least very private love feelings and longings. Shyness can lead to some loneliness or romantic frustration. However, this can also be a deliciously private and intimate time.
From May 28th:
You could find it hard to deny yourself much of anything during this cycle! This is a time when you naturally let loose your softer, receptive side. Romantic matters, as well as pleasure-seeking activities, come to the fore now. You are more likely to pay closer attention to your physical appearance and mannerisms, aiming to improve and enhance your attractiveness. Others find you especially agreeable and cooperative. You are more gracious, well-behaved (superficial if you are not careful!), and likable now. Take advantage! It's a time when you turn heads, and it's also a period for extra attention to pleasures, pampering, and enjoyment.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Until the 21st:
Mercury continues to transit your solar second house. You might play with various ways to increase personal funds, resulting in more than one avenue for monetary gain. Avoid letting undue pressure from others push you into signing important papers that may create a serious financial commitment. Shopping when experiencing nervous tension should also be avoided. Your mind is always active with new ideas for an increase of income during this cycle. Brothers or sisters, or communications, may be a source of financial or material gain or loss now.
Mercury is retrograde from May 10th to June 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications with lovers or children, and regarding financial affairs, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your judgment with regards to personal finances (Gemini-ruled for you) as well as romantic partners and creative endeavors may not be up to par just now, so do avoid "signing on the dotted line". Speculation is not advised during this cycle.
Occurring in your solar first and second houses this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to new financial initiatives and body language. Reviewing your budget rather than jumping into new purchases is in order now. Go over any financial documents carefully. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being.
Take this time to re-examine issues rather than communicating about them prematurely.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until May 24th:
Mars continues to activate your solar eleventh house. You take a more direct approach to realizing your dreams now, rather than simply hoping and wishing.
You might find that you have more energy and enthusiasm for spending time with others, but arguments now may be with or on behalf of friends. You can be especially effective at encouraging others now, as well as at leading or organizing a group.
From May 24th forward:
With Mars moving through your solar twelfth house, this is the time to research and reflect upon your goals. It can be a time when past actions catch up with you--and this is not necessarily a bad thing!
It could also be a time when much of your energy is channeled into private matters, or when you prefer that others not observe what you are doing. This is natural--you may just as well do your best work alone for now. Unconscious behavior patterns could influence the way you assert yourself.
Some may experience insomnia during this phase, especially if they are not allowing themselves the chance to recoup and if they are not letting their intuition serve them. Others may enjoy a more active dreaming life (this includes day-dreaming), and, if allowed to run free, the imagination can serve them very well, especially with regards to goals and new concepts.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2022 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Taurus:
You begin the month with a strong sense of starting fresh, dear Taurus. At the end of April, the Solar Eclipse occurred in your sign, and it prompted you to recognize your need for stronger personal plans, more independence, and a clean slate.
An empowering Jupiter-Pluto sextile encourages your ambitions, bringing opportunities to expand your experiences and impress others. This period of your life can be excellent for making rewarding connections that last. Activities that break the routine or learning endeavors can stir you or connect you with interesting people. There can be publishing, promoting, or learning breakthroughs. Your perspective is shifting in powerful, positive ways, and you have more interest in sharing your ideas and causes with others. You're motivated to improve or bring something to the next level. It's a great time to connect with your desires, which could very well lead you in new directions or to different pursuits.
You're making valuable connections and standing out from the crowd in a very good way. You need to "own" the path you take, and the best way to do that is to get in touch with where you genuinely want to go, without the distractions of other people's agendas and opinions. You can be a particularly valuable member of a team or group and work independently just as easily.
You're certainly attracting attention and in charge this month. It's a time for shining. You see your capabilities for what they are, rather than over- or under-estimating them, which is empowering. It's natural for you to assert yourself.
While you begin the month quite active with friends and groups, Venus moves into your privacy sector on the 2nd, Jupiter on the 10th, and Mars later in May: on the 24th. There can be some need to pull back from overly demanding and competitive situations, and perhaps people. Close relationships may require some personal sacrifices or privacy. Instead, you could reassess your feelings and attachments or current pursuits. Either way, much is happening beneath the surface or behind the scenes with your feelings and desires. While you could be wrestling with some decisions, you can, in fact, be a real dynamo with a bit of extra solitude and time to yourself. It's best to divide your time effectively.
Mercury's retrograde from the 10th forward suggests the need to take things a step at a time. While Mercury is retrograding in your sign from the 22nd, patience is necessary! Take care of unfinished business for the best results. Some personal plans may stall and decisions may not be easy, but you'll do well for yourself if you give yourself the room and space to get to conclusions.
Jupiter moves into your solar twelfth house on the 10th–a quieter period for Jupiter, but certainly not without its benefits. The full Jupiter transit comes in two parts, the first of which is this one, lasting from May 10-October 28. It's a time of a meaningful inner spiritual search as you establish a deeper connection with your intuition. You'll be gaining a better relationship with yourself from the inside out! Your sympathetic nature deepens, and you can thoroughly enjoy helping others. Discovering untapped resources or benefits from behind the scenes can figure strongly. This transit will develop further later in 2022 and into 2023.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 16th brings a personal project or relationship to bloom. Personal epiphanies and revelations about relationships are likely.
The 18-21 is a powerful few days for better understanding a matter from the past, especially related to money – new information emerges, and you're better off for it! Recycling old ideas may be beneficial, or you might discover lost valuables.
The Sun leaves your sign and enters your resources sector on the 20th, turning your focus more squarely on your practical affairs, money matters, and building or developing your projects and resources. A slow and steady approach is appropriate, especially with Mars moving into hiding in your solar chart on the 24th.
Especially on the 28-29, energies favor taking care of persistent problems or putting a matter behind you as Mars and Jupiter come together in your sector of endings. A buried matter may emerge, and you're ready to handle it with courage. Something big is brewing in your private life or deep inside. If you've been feeling unfulfilled, this amplifies now, and if it causes discomfort or elicits strong emotions, these can motivate you to take action. You'll be itching to accomplish something concrete. Or, this transit is about feeling moved to help someone out.
The 30th features a New Moon and a potential new beginning on a financial level.
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.
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Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.
Romantic Compatibility Reports
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romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.
See also general trends for Taurus in 2022.
See also detailed 2022 Yearly Horoscope for Taurus.
Taurus (Born May 1 to 10) and Taurus Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Taurus:
May 2022 Taurus Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2022
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
All month:
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.
Eclipse
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on May 16th:
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 seventh house. Surprises surrounding partnerships and relationships 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 as, for example, a surprising revelation from a partner, a circumstance that calls for you to support a significant other, a flurry of activity prompted by a partner's needs or demands for your services from the general public, and other such possibilities. You now have a natural flair for sensing the needs and desires of the general public. You are likely to draw highly emotional and sensitive individuals into your social circle. Partnership "tests" are possible now, but so is a chance to truly connect to a special someone in your life.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until May 11th:
Venus continues to move through your solar eleventh house. This is a strong time for putting your ego aside and lowering your defenses and simply enjoying people. It's a good time for networking and settling disputes if there are differences to iron out with friends. Cooperation comes easily, and warm friendships can be made during this cycle. Personal freedom is especially important to you right now, and you won't enjoy any associations that limit you. It can also be a good time for earnings from business.
From May 11th forward:
Venus is spending some time in "hibernation" in your privacy sector. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that your love life is stagnant, but that your affection is expressed behind closed doors. Attraction to secrets and whispers characterize this period, although for some, it can also be a time of endings, relationship concerns, and wistfulness. Personal and social contacts may be secretive, and there can be secret love affairs, or at least very private love feelings and longings. Shyness can lead to some loneliness or romantic frustration. However, this can also be a deliciously private and intimate time.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from May 10th to June 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications with lovers or children, and regarding financial affairs, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your judgment with regards to personal finances (Gemini-ruled for you) as well as romantic partners and creative endeavors may not be up to par just now, so do avoid "signing on the dotted line". Speculation is not advised during this cycle.
Occurring in your solar first house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to your body language. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. This is a time to review the manner in which you come across to others--not so much whether it truly reflects your nature, but more in terms of whether it is working for or against you. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. You might spend more time than usual when it comes to making decisions now, and this is natural. Rushed decisions may be regretted when you change your mind later on.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
This month:
Mars continues to activate your solar eleventh house. You take a more direct approach to realizing your dreams now, rather than simply hoping and wishing.
You might find that you have more energy and enthusiasm for spending time with others, but arguments now may be with or on behalf of friends. You can be especially effective at encouraging others now, as well as at leading or organizing a group.
Overview Horoscope:
May 2022 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Taurus:
You begin the month with a strong sense of starting fresh, dear Taurus. At the end of April, the Solar Eclipse occurred in your sign, and it prompted you to recognize your need for stronger personal plans, more independence, and a clean slate.
An empowering Jupiter-Pluto sextile encourages your ambitions, bringing opportunities to expand your experiences and impress others. This period of your life can be excellent for making rewarding connections that last. Activities that break the routine or learning endeavors can stir you or connect you with interesting people. There can be publishing, promoting, or learning breakthroughs. Your perspective is shifting in powerful, positive ways, and you have more interest in sharing your ideas and causes with others. You're motivated to improve or bring something to the next level. It's a great time to connect with your desires, which could very well lead you in new directions or to different pursuits.
You're making valuable connections and standing out from the crowd in a very good way. You need to "own" the path you take, and the best way to do that is to get in touch with where you genuinely want to go, without the distractions of other people's agendas and opinions. You can be a particularly valuable member of a team or group and work independently just as easily.
You're certainly attracting attention and in charge this month. It's a time for shining. You see your capabilities for what they are, rather than over- or under-estimating them, which is empowering. It's natural for you to assert yourself.
While you begin the month quite active with friends and groups, Venus moves into your privacy sector on the 2nd, Jupiter on the 10th, and Mars later in May: on the 24th. There can be some need to pull back from overly demanding and competitive situations, and perhaps people. Close relationships may require some personal sacrifices or privacy. Instead, you could reassess your feelings and attachments or current pursuits. Either way, much is happening beneath the surface or behind the scenes with your feelings and desires. While you could be wrestling with some decisions, you can, in fact, be a real dynamo with a bit of extra solitude and time to yourself. It's best to divide your time effectively.
Mercury's retrograde from the 10th forward suggests the need to take things a step at a time. While Mercury is retrograding in your sign from the 22nd, patience is necessary! Take care of unfinished business for the best results. Some personal plans may stall and decisions may not be easy, but you'll do well for yourself if you give yourself the room and space to get to conclusions.
Jupiter moves into your solar twelfth house on the 10th–a quieter period for Jupiter, but certainly not without its benefits. The full Jupiter transit comes in two parts, the first of which is this one, lasting from May 10-October 28. It's a time of a meaningful inner spiritual search as you establish a deeper connection with your intuition. You'll be gaining a better relationship with yourself from the inside out! Your sympathetic nature deepens, and you can thoroughly enjoy helping others. Discovering untapped resources or benefits from behind the scenes can figure strongly. This transit will develop further later in 2022 and into 2023.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 16th brings a personal project or relationship to bloom. Personal epiphanies and revelations about relationships are likely.
The 18-21 is a powerful few days for better understanding a matter from the past, especially related to money – new information emerges, and you're better off for it! Recycling old ideas may be beneficial, or you might discover lost valuables.
The Sun leaves your sign and enters your resources sector on the 20th, turning your focus more squarely on your practical affairs, money matters, and building or developing your projects and resources. A slow and steady approach is appropriate, especially with Mars moving into hiding in your solar chart on the 24th.
Especially on the 28-29, energies favor taking care of persistent problems or putting a matter behind you as Mars and Jupiter come together in your sector of endings. A buried matter may emerge, and you're ready to handle it with courage. Something big is brewing in your private life or deep inside. If you've been feeling unfulfilled, this amplifies now, and if it causes discomfort or elicits strong emotions, these can motivate you to take action. You'll be itching to accomplish something concrete. Or, this transit is about feeling moved to help someone out.
The 30th features a New Moon and a potential new beginning on a financial level.
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 Taurus in 2022.
See also detailed 2022 Yearly Horoscope for Taurus.
Taurus (Born May 11 to 21) AND Taurus Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Taurus:
May 2022 Taurus Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends
May 2022
The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness
Until May 10th:
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 10th 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.
Eclipse
A Lunar Eclipse occurs on May 16th:
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 seventh house. Surprises surrounding partnerships and relationships 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 as, for example, a surprising revelation from a partner, a circumstance that calls for you to support a significant other, a flurry of activity prompted by a partner's needs or demands for your services from the general public, and other such possibilities. You now have a natural flair for sensing the needs and desires of the general public. You are likely to draw highly emotional and sensitive individuals into your social circle. Partnership "tests" are possible now, but so is a chance to truly connect to a special someone in your life.
Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort
Until the 19th:
Venus continues to move through your solar eleventh house. This is a strong time for putting your ego aside and lowering your defenses and simply enjoying people. It's a good time for networking and settling disputes if there are differences to iron out with friends. Cooperation comes easily, and warm friendships can be made during this cycle. Personal freedom is especially important to you right now, and you won't enjoy any associations that limit you. It can also be a good time for earnings from business.
From May 20th forward:
Venus is spending some time in "hibernation" in your privacy sector. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that your love life is stagnant, but that your affection is expressed behind closed doors. Attraction to secrets and whispers characterize this period, although for some, it can also be a time of endings, relationship concerns, and wistfulness. Personal and social contacts may be secretive, and there can be secret love affairs, or at least very private love feelings and longings. Shyness can lead to some loneliness or romantic frustration. However, this can also be a deliciously private and intimate time.
Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation
Mercury is retrograde from May 10th to June 3rd:
All Mercury retrograde cycles particularly affect you in terms of communications with lovers or children, and regarding financial affairs, because Mercury rules these areas of your life. Your judgment with regards to personal finances (Gemini-ruled for you) as well as romantic partners and creative endeavors may not be up to par just now, so do avoid "signing on the dotted line". Speculation is not advised during this cycle.
Occurring in your solar first house this time, extra care should be exercised when it comes to your body language. Others may misinterpret your body language, and you should be aware of a tendency to give off mixed signals. People in your life may complain that you seem emotionally distant. You may appear uncommunicative and hard to reach, or what you say comes out wrong. This is a time to review the manner in which you come across to others--not so much whether it truly reflects your nature, but more in terms of whether it is working for or against you. Don't worry too much if others aren't quite "getting" you for the time being. Things will change once Mercury turns direct, so you might decide to try to keep status quo for the time being. You might spend more time than usual when it comes to making decisions now, and this is natural. Rushed decisions may be regretted when you change your mind later on.
Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage
Until the 11th:
Mars continues to energize your solar tenth house now. You bring much energy, enthusiasm, and drive to your career or to directing activities in your life during this cycle. You may be quite competitive during this period, preferring to achieve and accomplish things on your own. This attitude can, in some cases, be seen by others as an instigating or otherwise offensive energy, so be aware of that possibility.
This is a strong time for directly pursuing your goals, and, if you need that extra push or oomph to get a plan going, particularly a professional one, or to assert your desires, then this is the time. You are self-motivated, and your enthusiasm can be harnessed if you so choose.
From the 11th forward:
Mars is energizing your solar eleventh house now. Group activities and cooperative efforts are the best way to achieve your goals right now. In fact, you have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do. Avoid allowing the ego to attempt to dominate others. You prefer to lead a group rather than follow during this period, and there are certainly ways to do so without stepping on others' toes.
As well, the best way to achieve your goals during this period is to work as a team, or to at least to do some networking. You may have more energy than usual to want to organize projects. Your humanitarian impulse may be stimulated. The role you play for other people in your life becomes the focus. You may feel that your schedule gets overloaded at this time with things to do (usually for others).
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May 2022 Monthly Horoscope Overview for Taurus:
You begin the month with a strong sense of starting fresh, dear Taurus. At the end of April, the Solar Eclipse occurred in your sign, and it prompted you to recognize your need for stronger personal plans, more independence, and a clean slate.
An empowering Jupiter-Pluto sextile encourages your ambitions, bringing opportunities to expand your experiences and impress others. This period of your life can be excellent for making rewarding connections that last. Activities that break the routine or learning endeavors can stir you or connect you with interesting people. There can be publishing, promoting, or learning breakthroughs. Your perspective is shifting in powerful, positive ways, and you have more interest in sharing your ideas and causes with others. You're motivated to improve or bring something to the next level. It's a great time to connect with your desires, which could very well lead you in new directions or to different pursuits.
You're making valuable connections and standing out from the crowd in a very good way. You need to "own" the path you take, and the best way to do that is to get in touch with where you genuinely want to go, without the distractions of other people's agendas and opinions. You can be a particularly valuable member of a team or group and work independently just as easily.
You're certainly attracting attention and in charge this month. It's a time for shining. You see your capabilities for what they are, rather than over- or under-estimating them, which is empowering. It's natural for you to assert yourself.
While you begin the month quite active with friends and groups, Venus moves into your privacy sector on the 2nd, Jupiter on the 10th, and Mars later in May: on the 24th. There can be some need to pull back from overly demanding and competitive situations, and perhaps people. Close relationships may require some personal sacrifices or privacy. Instead, you could reassess your feelings and attachments or current pursuits. Either way, much is happening beneath the surface or behind the scenes with your feelings and desires. While you could be wrestling with some decisions, you can, in fact, be a real dynamo with a bit of extra solitude and time to yourself. It's best to divide your time effectively.
Mercury's retrograde from the 10th forward suggests the need to take things a step at a time. While Mercury is retrograding in your sign from the 22nd, patience is necessary! Take care of unfinished business for the best results. Some personal plans may stall and decisions may not be easy, but you'll do well for yourself if you give yourself the room and space to get to conclusions.
Jupiter moves into your solar twelfth house on the 10th–a quieter period for Jupiter, but certainly not without its benefits. The full Jupiter transit comes in two parts, the first of which is this one, lasting from May 10-October 28. It's a time of a meaningful inner spiritual search as you establish a deeper connection with your intuition. You'll be gaining a better relationship with yourself from the inside out! Your sympathetic nature deepens, and you can thoroughly enjoy helping others. Discovering untapped resources or benefits from behind the scenes can figure strongly. This transit will develop further later in 2022 and into 2023.
The Lunar Eclipse on the 16th brings a personal project or relationship to bloom. Personal epiphanies and revelations about relationships are likely.
The 18-21 is a powerful few days for better understanding a matter from the past, especially related to money – new information emerges, and you're better off for it! Recycling old ideas may be beneficial, or you might discover lost valuables.
The Sun leaves your sign and enters your resources sector on the 20th, turning your focus more squarely on your practical affairs, money matters, and building or developing your projects and resources. A slow and steady approach is appropriate, especially with Mars moving into hiding in your solar chart on the 24th.
Especially on the 28-29, energies favor taking care of persistent problems or putting a matter behind you as Mars and Jupiter come together in your sector of endings. A buried matter may emerge, and you're ready to handle it with courage. Something big is brewing in your private life or deep inside. If you've been feeling unfulfilled, this amplifies now, and if it causes discomfort or elicits strong emotions, these can motivate you to take action. You'll be itching to accomplish something concrete. Or, this transit is about feeling moved to help someone out.
The 30th features a New Moon and a potential new beginning on a financial level.
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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 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.
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