MAY 23RD – MAY 29TH, 2022 

• Mercury Retrograde in Taurus
  • making adjustments in our life in order to shave off excess weight and better value our time and energy 
  • making the best use of our time and energy by cutting down on superfluous busywork
  • attempting to remain present and focused on stabilizing our daily experience
  • being patient with our decision making 
  • allowing for progress to be slow and allowing ourselves and others to take as much time as is needed to process thoughts, feelings, information, and choices that need to be made
  • helping us reform our mindsets, transform our mentalities 
  • helping us process harsh truths, see the truth for what it is and mentally work through our fears with practical, grounding logic
  • deepening our understanding of something 
  • enriching our perspective and investing more fully in our honesty
  • watch your words and the tone of your voice when communicating your needs, desires and opinions 
  • an opportunity to be more certain of our perception of reality    
• Sun/Jupiter Sextile 
  • an opportunity to work up the courage and confidence to start something, burst out onto the scene, engage with the world and share your story 
  • an opportunity to take a chance on life again and take a chance on believing in growth again 
  • believing in the self enough to jump into a new experience, a dream, a goal, an idea 
  • take advantage of the surge in energy and enthusiasm to try again
  • keep the curiosity alive by jumping into something without preparation or planning 
  • believe in the youthful spirit that still resides within you, the part of you that wants to still engage with life and believes that there is still more to learn and experience 
• Mars In Aries
  • Mars rules Aries, enters its natural home and has all that it needs to act instinctively and in alignment with itself
  • acting in our own best interest 
  • having the self-respect to meet our own needs and stand up for ourselves respectfully but assertively 
  • watch for unwarranted angry outburst or unproductive selfish behavior   
• Mars/Jupiter Conjunction 
  • our actions can quickly lead to immense growth
  • our efforts can lead to expanding opportunities
  • pushing our own boundaries in growth-oriented ways 
  • expanding our horizons through our own efforts 
  • desiring to have our actions/efforts affect the wider world around us and make an impact that is bigger than ourselves  
  • wanting to make a cultural impact 
  • wanting to do everything at once 
  • wanting to already be on the moon before we even master the training 
  • feeling overwhelmed and under prepared to rise to the challenges that are presented to us
  • feelings excited and enthusiastic to jump into a new set of experiences and feeling thrilled by the notion of the unknown
  • wanting to initiate an adventure 
  • be careful of over-reacting and exaggerating your anger 
  • being self-righteous in your actions to your own detriment
  • make sure that you are taking on challenges to prove to yourself your own strength not to prove anything to others 
• Venus/Pluto Square
  • having to confront the raw truth of our relationship patterns, our self-worth
  • How have history, tradition and established systems corrupted our sense of self-love, appreciation, self-respect and sense of beauty?
  • How can we approach our interpersonal situationships with emotional richness and honesty without being destructive or brutal?    
• Venus In Taurus
  • our priorities shift to stabilizing, earthly manifestations of beauty
  • appreciating our five senses and the immersion in physical comforts that give life its value
  • prioritizing our resources and present abundance, whatever it may be
  • focusing our appreciation on good food, music, peaceful environments, the beauty of nature and good company
  • paying attention to what we are being too possessive about to the point of it turning into unintentional greed
  • foucing on abundance rather than scarcity 
  • prioritizing our value and self worth
  • prioritizing our personal finances
  • treating ourselves and indulging in the finer things while we still can
  • focusing on natural beauty, whether that our own or the earth’s natural beauty