May 2026 Astrology
Your horoscopes for May are right here.
We’re getting into the merry month of May and May Day – May 1 – has many various meanings and connotations. That is the pagan competition Beltane celebrating the tip of spring and the start of summer time within the northern hemisphere.
May Day and Jack within the Inexperienced festivals have at all times taken place on the primary lengthy weekend in May right here within the UK. Dancing around the maypole or portray your self inexperienced are actions which nonetheless happen on this fertile and plentiful season.
May’s Astrology
Warrior Mars stays fierce in hearth signal Aries up till May 18. But, there’s a gentler vibe flowing in when Mars strikes into earth signal Taurus on May 18 and Venus strikes into water signal Most cancers on May 19.
This highlights nurture, love, gratitude, connecting, easy pleasures and appreciation of all that’s good and caring on the earth.
And, after a few months with no retrograde planets, energy planet Pluto is the primary planet to station retrograde and begin to transfer backwards by the zodiac.
This takes place on May 6 and might be difficult or deeply transformative in case you have planets round 5° Aquarius.
Taurus Season
Taurus season continues up till May 21 when monetary and emotional stability are core values.
Plus, the Solar in Taurus groups up with Jupiter in Most cancers on May 11 and speak planet Mercury groups up with Jupiter in Most cancers on May 13.
Wherever Taurus and Most cancers fall in your horoscope, that is the place life is vigorous and you can get fortunate. Each are stand-out dates and that is when luck and success might discover you.
Even higher, don’t look ahead to luck to come back your manner however actively have interaction with life and entice alternative into your life.
Gemini Season
Communication planet Mercury is at residence in versatile air signal Gemini. The speak planet returns to its signal of rulership on May 17 main the best way into Gemini season which begins formally on May 21 when the Solar enters Gemini.
Gemini season is completely different this time round as a result of revolutionary, wild-card Uranus can be in Gemini, the place it would stay for the subsequent seven years.
And, as Mercury and Uranus are greater and decrease octaves of the identical side, it’s a double whammy of communication talents, methods and whizzy Gemini power.
Uranus is lively in Gemini on May 18 when it groups up with fast-considering Mercury and on May 22 when it groups up with the brilliance of the Solar.
These mixtures conjure up the image of the Magician, a genius and loopy affect. Your thoughts and know-how are going to be transferring at tremendous-speedy velocity.
Full Moon, New Moon, Blue Moon
There are two Full Moons happening this month which is uncommon. The second of two Full Moons in a single calendar month is called a Blue Moon and, this month, we expertise a Blue Moon on May 31.
It gained’t truly look blue within the evening sky. But, a Blue Moon conjures up romance and sweetness and has at all times impressed artists and songwriters.
The Full Moon on May 1 falls in magical, spooky Scorpio and the Blue Moon on May 31 falls in expansive, reality-telling Sagittarius.
Full Moons are a time for celebration, to practise ritual and faucet into the opposite-worldly, intuitive side of the ruler of the evening sky. The Moon represents your wants, the unconscious, your inside knowingness. For this reason you’re smart to belief your instinct throughout a Full Moon part.
Additionally, on May 16, there’s a fertile and plentiful New Moon in Taurus, an emblem of recent beginnings and a perfect time to set your intentions.
This New Moon falls a few days after the cazimi conjunction of the Solar & Mercury on May 14, a time for perception and influential conversations.
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Your Necessary Dates For May 2026
Full Moon [11 Scorpio 20] – May 1 (18:23 GMT+1)
Mercury enters Taurus – May 3 (03:57 GMT+1)
Pluto turns retrograde [5 Aquarius 31] – May 6 (16:34 GMT+1)
New Moon [25 Taurus 57] – May 16 (21:01 GMT+1)
Mercury enters Gemini – May 17 (11:26 GMT+1)
Mars enters Taurus – May 18 (23:25 GMT+1)
Venus enters Most cancers – May 19 (02:05 GMT+1)
Solar enters Gemini – May 21 (01:37 GMT+1)
Full Moon [09 Sagittarius 55] – May 31 (09:45 GMT+1)
