May 2026
Three Full Moons in a single month. Pluto turns retrograde. The Sun meets Uranus in Gemini for the first time in 84 years. May builds slowly, then rearranges everything.
Full Moon in Scorpio
Flower Moon
The Flower Moon at 11° Scorpio. Full Moons pull things to the surface, and Scorpio does not do surfaces. Whatever has been running beneath the conversation - the thing nobody is naming, the feeling nobody is claiming - tonight it asks to be acknowledged. This is the emotional depth charge of the month.
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The Big Picture
May 2026 is a month of two halves. The first half runs on Taurus energy - steady, sensory, focused on building. The Mercury cazimi on the 14th and the New Moon on the 16th create a window for setting something in motion that you intend to keep. The second half accelerates. Gemini season arrives, the Sun meets Uranus, Mars squares Pluto, and a Blue Moon in Sagittarius closes the month with a question about what all of this is for.
The Sun-Uranus conjunction on May 22 is the transit with the longest reach. This is the first time the Sun has met Uranus in Gemini since 1942. It inaugurates a new cycle of disruption and innovation in how you think, learn, and communicate. Pay attention to what surprises you that week. It is showing you where the next seven years want to take you.
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Full Moon in Scorpio - May 1
The Flower Moon at 11° Scorpio. Full Moons pull things to the surface, and Scorpio does not do surfaces. Whatever has been running beneath the conversation - the thing nobody is naming, the feeling nobody is claiming - tonight it asks to be acknowledged. This is the emotional depth charge of the month.
Mars Square Jupiter - May 5
Mars in Aries wants to move, and Jupiter in Cancer inflates the desire. The square between them creates a moment where ambition outpaces preparation. The instinct is to do more, push harder, commit bigger. The risk is promising what the body and the calendar cannot deliver. Scale matters today.
Pluto Stations Retrograde - May 6
Pluto pauses and reverses at 5° Aquarius. Pluto retrogrades are not dramatic the way Mercury retrogrades are dramatic. They are structural. The systems you have been building, the power dynamics you have been navigating, the transformations you have been undergoing - they all turn inward now. The renovation continues, but the work moves to the foundation.
Sun Sextile Jupiter - May 10
A breath of warmth in Taurus season. The Sun connects harmoniously with Jupiter in Cancer - a combination that favors grounded optimism, quiet abundance, and the kind of confidence that comes from knowing what you have rather than chasing what you don't. Small pleasures land bigger than usual.
Mercury Cazimi - May 14
When Mercury meets the Sun exactly, it is called a cazimi - the planet sits in the heart of the Sun. For a brief window, thinking clarifies. What has been foggy sharpens. A cazimi in Taurus grounds the clarity in something tangible: a number, a plan, a sentence that says exactly what it means. If you have been circling a decision, this is the moment the center holds still.
New Moon in Taurus - May 16
New Moons are beginnings, and Taurus beginnings are the ones that last. This is not the sign of quick starts or dramatic launches. This is the seed planted in soil you have already prepared. Whatever you set in motion around this date has staying power - but only if you are willing to be patient with it.
Venus Enters Cancer + Mars Enters Taurus - May 18
A double ingress. Venus moves into Cancer - protective, nurturing, emotionally rich. Mars moves into Taurus - slower, more deliberate, building instead of charging. The energy of the whole month softens here. After weeks of Aries fire and Scorpio intensity, the pace drops and the focus turns toward what feels safe, what feels nourishing, what is worth tending.
Sun Enters Gemini - May 20
Gemini season opens. The thinking speeds up, the conversations multiply, the curiosity gets louder. This year's Gemini season carries extra voltage - Uranus is already there, freshly arrived, rewiring how information moves. The Sun entering Gemini activates that new wiring for the first time.
Sun Conjunct Uranus - May 22
The Sun meets Uranus at 1° Gemini - the first Sun-Uranus conjunction in this sign since 1942. This is the formal activation of the Uranus-in-Gemini era. Whatever disruption, innovation, or unexpected shift arrives around this date is not random. It is the opening act of a seven-year restructuring of how you think, communicate, and process what is happening around you.
Mars Square Pluto - May 26
Mars in Taurus meets Pluto retrograde in Aquarius at a hard angle. This is one of the most intense transits of the month. Power dynamics surface. The tension between personal resources and collective systems, between what you own and what controls you, becomes difficult to ignore. Frustration wants a target. Choose carefully where you direct it.
Blue Moon in Sagittarius - May 31
Two Full Moons in one month make the second one a Blue Moon. This one lands in Sagittarius - the sign of meaning, belief, and the bigger picture. The month that opened with Scorpio's emotional depth closes with Sagittarius asking what it all means. A rare bookend. The inner work meets the wider view.
Planet Positions - May 2026
Sun: Taurus → Gemini (May 20)
Moon: Full in Scorpio (1st) · New in Taurus (16th) · Blue Moon in Sagittarius (31st)
Mercury: Aries → Taurus (early May) → Gemini (mid-May)
Venus: Gemini → Cancer (May 18)
Mars: Aries → Taurus (May 18)
Jupiter: Cancer (direct, 19°-22°)
Saturn: Aries (9°-12°)
Uranus: Gemini (0°-1°)
Neptune: Aries (3°-4°)
Pluto: Aquarius (5° - stations Rx May 6)