THE CURRENT QUALITY OF TIME May 2021
Thanks to Jupiter's entry into the peaceful sign of Pisces in the middle of the month, the quality of time in the month of May brings welcome new impulses. Before that, however, there will be renewed vigorous struggle over which path to take. With the conjunctions of Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn in January 2020 and of Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius in December 2020, epochal changes have begun in the collective fabric that will keep us occupied for a long time and need concrete answers. To change nothing will not be an option in the long run. An adequate expression of Saturn and Jupiter in Aquarius would be, for example, to try out changes individually and playfully and to take small steps towards decentralized solutions. However, currently, we are still trying to solve problems in a centralistic and authoritarian way - with moderate success.
Taurus Aquarius On May 2, Mercury, in the last degrees of Taurus, forms a trine to Pluto, and then a square with Jupiter on May 3. The Sun, still colored by its conjunction with revolutionary Uranus in late April, now squares Saturn and the Moon in Aquarius. The cracks and rifts that have formed everywhere in recent months may have turned into deep fissures by now. Stubborn insistence on fixed ideas and rigid world views now leads to unpleasant arguments. However, the tense mood relaxes more and more in the following days: Mercury enters communicative Gemini on May 4, Venus forms a trine to Pluto on May 6, a square with Jupiter on the 8th, and also enters Gemini on May 9. Dialogue could thus become more constructive again.
Dialogue is also a major theme during the Taurus New Moon of May 11, which is in conjunction with Lilith. Mercury is exactly conjunct the Moon's North Node and trine Saturn (on May 12). Mars in Cancer and Chiron in Aries form a square. Who will now have to be the scapegoat and bear the burden of everyone's failings? The time could be used positively to express one's own needs openly and directly, thus allowing relief for oneself and others.
Jupiter in Pisces On May 14, Jupiter enters Pisces. He will only make it a few degrees into the sign for now, returning to Aquarius from July 28 until the end of the year. However, the quality of time will undergo a significant change. Mystically inclined Jupiter in Pisces seeks the origin and wholeness of life. There will be an increased emphasis on connection rather than separation, and spiritual and altruistic themes will gain in importance. The constellations of the following days support this tendency: The Sun, which enters Gemini on May 20, forms a square to Jupiter on the first degree of Pisces on May 21. At the same time, the Moon is in opposition to Neptune in Pisces and squares Mercury in Gemini. The motto of our time - keep your distance - could receive a paradoxical component by the realization that we are all connected in many ways, whether we like it or not.
Saturn retrograde in Aquarius Saturn begins its retrograde phase on May 23, which will last until October 11. What began to take shape in mid-February will be reviewed and consolidated during this time. On May 26, there is a Full Moon in Sagittarius, joined by a lunar eclipse (for a personal interpretation of the eclipse, see the Eclipse Horoscope). Mercury and Venus square Neptune (on the 25th and 27th). These are days that can bring visions as well as foster illusions. Give yourself time for matters to settle. With Mercury retrograde from May 30 to June 23, it may even be appropriate to postpone important decisions.
