May begins with the backdrop of Mercury retrograde. This Mercury retrograde in the early degrees of Taurus shifts our focus to the foundation of all issues surrounding Taurus; money, wealth, ease, practical matters and realignment of all that we value. The decisions for accountability and responsibility from earlier days of Mercury retrograde (April 17th) become very visible during the actual events in May.
Many options begin to open to us as we move into May. The important aspect of Mercury trine Pluto on May 3rd will begin to bring in the invitations and opportunities. We will look at the information that is coming into the situations and begin to make important determinations. By the time we get to May 11th, there has been enough situations and events flying around for us to make some important choices as to what we truly want in our life. Mercury turns direct the evening of May 11th. We will have made a 180' in the course correction that we had been on, as we have been able to see different aspects of our previous choices. We are now seeing situations from a different perspective, and looking at a different approach to moving forward. The New Moon on May 13th activates this new 180' degree change in approach as our path evolves and prompts us to move forward with our convictions and with our determinations.
May 19th brings the Mercury trine Pluto options available on May 3rd (yet Mercury still retrograde) and brings these options to us again. This time Mercury moves forward, ready to blast through any remaining obstacles that have been placed on our path that really don't have a place. We take the powerful determination into transition, with Gemini opening the information gate even further by the 21st, as the Sun moves out of Taurus and into Gemini. This will kick the remaining obstacles out of the way, as the parts that were put into our path that don't belong there will be knocked away.
On Sunday May 23rd, we are greeted by Jupiter opposition Saturn, with the last two degrees of Virgo and Pisces once again creating the need to put new disciplines, structures and processes into place that will allow us to build a bridge from the old to the new. This new bridge becomes the pathway that ultimately takes us into the Full Moon AND into a whole new era, signaled by Uranus moving into Aries on the SAME day, May 27th.
The Full Moon brings a high tide of events within the Gemini / Sagittarius sectors, which emphasizes speaking and living our true philosophy. This prompts us to move forward by taking the new bridge into our new direction. This also calls into play the ability to listen to our intuitive guidance to be at the right place at the right time. Uranus moves into fiery Aries and begins a SEVEN-year orbit of Uranus through Aries. Uranus brings in a new generation of thought, events, and requirements. As May 27th hosts the Full Moon AND hosts Uranus moving into a new generation, we will find ourselves at our true and rightful place as we begin this new era. We have to begin this journey as we move forward to express who we truly are, meaning that we don't stay at the same place we always have; instead we will be placed on our journey to move our life and SELF forward.
The month of May brings two more significant aspects the last two days of the month. Saturn turns direct at 27' Virgo, on May 30th, providing the very stepping stones that will take us forward according to the accountability aspect. As the response to being accountable is assessed, we will be moved forward into the new Uranus in Aries scenarios, that will open up the right situations and events that are a reflection of our ethics, accountability and motives.
Neptune turns retrograde on Monday, May 31st, opening up our spiritual blueprint to line up our inner and outer journey. These two aspects become key factors in moving us into our right direction for this Uranus in Aries era, from May 27, 2010 to 2018.