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The Day of Nimble Time: Birthdays and Planet News

If Your Birthday is May 30
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Take care constantly to find ways to broaden your perspective, and to take into account other points of view. This is a valuable tool for learning and growth. Other people and new ideas can often be a surprise that either delights, irritates, intrigues or downright enrages; all of which constitutes stimulus, and encourages us to break out of patterns and remain fresh. Open up to the boundless variety of human thought, and let it inspire and recharge you.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

Today the Sun makes a square to a minor planet called Orcus, in Virgo. Mythically, Orcus was kind of an ancient Etruscan precursor to Pluto, and the enforcer of contracts. What promises have you made to yourself that are asking to be kept? How do they factor into your ongoing process of shaping yourself? Squares signify internal tension: a signal that you need to do something actively that will integrate the two sides of the square. What is on your mind — perhaps in some kind of dual or paradoxical state — and what do you need to do to bring it into physical form? As you make that agreement with yourself tangible, it will in turn bring forth some new facet of you. This is just one of the subtle ways in which we evolve — not into a ‘better’ person, but simply who we came here to be.

We also have Saturn in Capricorn and Juno in Cancer opposing each other today. Can you give the very thing you seek to receive in a relationship? It’s a hard lesson of life to realize that we often have to give to ourselves first the emotional energy, attention and love that we hope another will show us. The weird paradox is that when we do take care of our own emotional needs first, it can open the space for the other person to meet us and share themselves more freely — though that generally happens as a fringe benefit, rather than as the primary goal. (That said, if someone is withholding to an abusive level, it can take the help of a therapist to sort that out.) Notice in particular whether this dynamic is cropping up with an authority figure, or with someone older (perhaps even parental).

Finally, Mercury in Gemini is exactly opposite Jupiter in Sagittarius today. Be sure you keep toggling back and forth between the bigger picture and the details of any situation — especially if it’s related to business dealings, planning sessions or your larger goals. Check the Monday Astrology Diary for more detail on this aspect.
— by Amanda Painter

The Day of the Innovative Trailblazer: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is May 28
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Associate with those who nourish your mind and soul the most. Cultivate those friendships and relationships in which you bring out the best in one another, and in which everyone’s individuality is respected. It’s important that you feel free to pursue your path of self-development without being stifled by other people’s prejudices or agendas. Be yourself. Just now, you have access to multiple perspectives to aid in determining your direction.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

After the Moon enters Aries later today (2:32 pm EDT), keep tabs on your more impulsive urges and your temper. True, you may simply find yourself extra motivated to get moving on a personal project. However, since the Moon will be aspecting several sensitive objects early in the other cardinal signs (Cancer, Libra and Capricorn), there’s the potential to feel some pressure or internal tension — and it might not come through in entirely conscious ways.

At the same time, the Sun opposite retrograde Ceres in Sagittarius looks like a suggestion to notice who’s nourishing your intellectual and spiritual life (and how you may do the same for them). Is there any sense of confrontation in this relationship? It’s not uncommon for those who teach us and push us to grow to also provoke challenging responses from us. How do you find yourself communicating with this person most effectively? With Mercury (the planet of thinking and communication) aspecting Neptune currently, taking time to be sure you’re formulating your thoughts and words carefully and accurately should be helpful.
— by Amanda Painter

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The Day of the Stalwart Protector: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is May 26
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Push ahead boldly with your aims. A powerful tailwind is gathering behind you, ready to help you propel yourself along the path. If you experience challenges or fears, burn them as fuel, and take a no-nonsense approach to anxiety. You know what you are capable of achieving: all that’s needed is for you to get inspired, then organized, and you’ll be virtually unstoppable. This is not a moment to settle for a compromise. Be unabashedly ambitious.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

In our world of extensive social commitments, tribalism-via-internet, and the peer pressure of social media ‘likes’, it can be challenging to retain genuine independence. Today in particular it could feel imperative to guard and tend those parts of yourself that don’t quite fit in with everybody else, or which you’d actively cast off at some point. This is described by a Vesta-Eris conjunction in Aries. Remember that you don’t actually have to go to sneaky measures to accomplish this; you’re far stronger when you can stand unabashedly at your center and let that motivate you to do what matters most to you.

Today is also the last quarter Moon, with the Pisces Moon square the Gemini Sun. With duality the name of the game on both conscious and subconscious levels, what do you need to do to feel integrated in what you express to others? If you’re in a rough patch, this question could come up through a mini-crisis of some sort; if you’re having a relatively smooth weekend, you may feel an infusion of creative energy you can use as you wish.

A trine between the Moon and Mars in Cancer is offering physical energy and emotional vigor for projects, including group work. Getting moving in any form will likely feel good (and if water is involved, so much the better). You may also feel more confident today in sharing certain emotions — though with the Sun square the Moon, you’ll want to choose your words carefully to be sure the message that is heard is the one you want to send. Hidden tensions could make their way out regardless; uncomfortable is that can be, it does give you the opportunity to deal openly with what needs to be addressed.
— by Amanda Painter

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Mars, Chiron and You

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By Amanda Painter

As Mars makes its way through Cancer — and thus through a series of potent aspects to many of the planets defining much of current life — it reaches a key marker today: its exact square to Chiron in Aries. This event would have a personal feel to it no matter what. But with Mars in emotional, protective Cancer, and with Chiron in a sign Mars rules (one related to the concepts of self and identity), there’s a picture of taking things very personally indeed — perhaps in ways that could feel challenging.

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As has been mentioned elsewhere on Planet Waves recently, western society (particularly the U.S.) has Mars issues. There’s a tendency to default to aggression when fear is encountered, and most people seem to be afraid of a lot these days; for sure, there are a great deal of scary things in the world, and mainstream media often appears crafted specifically to emphasize that fact.

Yet, in addition to all the things ‘out there’ to be afraid of, many people harbor tremendous doubts about what’s inside of them: their desires and sexuality, emotions, needs, dreams, gifts; many doubt whether there’s really anything at all inside that’s deserving of love and acceptance.

In the last year or two I’ve witnessed a few situations in which someone received the affirmation that they are enough, just as they are. Their response to that affirmation has generally been emotional: an outflowing of relief at being seen fully, mixed with grief over the years of feeling disconnected from a sense of wholeness, mixed with disbelief that the affirmation could possibly be true, given how long it has not felt true.

Those emotions could also come out as aggression if someone is too far from a place of being able to hear, feel or even glimpse the message. Anyone who does not feel free to express deep emotion has the potential to lash out in defense of those vulnerable, terrifying parts of themselves.

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The Day of Energetic Transmission: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is May 23
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Recognize your ability to grow as a person, and to reach the heights you seek. Exercise care in terms of the narrative you give yourself; don’t doubt your potential to gain any particular accomplishment or long-term goal you wish for. Instead, begin taking action, and remember that one’s success rate is very often in direct proportion to the level of effort expended. Your confidence will likely increase with time and practice.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

In our current overall climate of ‘identity politics’ taking over for an embodied sense of individual identity, it can feel as though the stakes are high to hang on to who you are in the face of rapid and overwhelming cultural change. One question that may arise today is: how can you bring your full self into contact with the changes around you, rather than sacrificing the core of what makes you ‘you’? Another question might be: are you feeling at all obsessive about protecting the ‘purity’ of your identity in some way? (Both are suggested by Vesta and Eris in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn.)

A ‘yes’ to either question could make expressing your desires (or your anger) in confident, constructive, and energetically neutral ways challenging, thanks to a square between Mars in Cancer and Chiron in Aries. This could easily manifest as some kind of outburst — followed by an apology. Conditions increasing this possibility include: feeling like you don’t deserve to have your desires met; some degree of shame about your desires or emotions (including anger); or feeling too ‘out there’ or ‘broken’ in some way.

Remember that having desires and emotions is the birthright of every human — and that there are ways to engage with those around you on these topics that still leave room for everyone’s honest ‘yes’, ‘no’, and ‘maybe’. When the Moon enters Aquarius at 1:49 pm EDT, it should offer a more rational space from which to approach your reactions and interactions. Think ‘non-attachment’ rather than ‘chilly’, and you may find yourself open to some new ideas and feelings about them. There is plenty of space for who you are.
— Amanda Painter

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The Day of the Serial Epic: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is May 22
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Remember that you possess the right to an equal place at the table with your fellow humans. If you have something to say, say it clearly. If you have information to offer, share it. Too many are kept silent by a false sense of inadequacy, or fear of others’ reactions. By speaking out, you are giving an example of what can be done, and will surely inspire those around you. Take courage, and don’t hold back.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

Mars in Cancer can be wonderfully protective; the thing is, that energy works its best when it’s used to protect loved ones in need of someone to stick up for them. When Mars gets into self-protective mode, it can be rather prone to overdoing it when those big crab claws come out. That brings us to today’s key Mars aspects: squares to Logos in Libra and Salacia in Aries (with a square to Chiron in Aries exact tomorrow). Squares manifest as internal tension, and respond well to taking action to address it.

Internal tension, given Mars’ current condition, could be a little tricky to handle. Consider also that sexual healing (a Chiron-Salacia theme) and how one conceptualizes one’s closest relationships (Logos in Libra) are pretty sensitive topics. Most people seem have something to feel defensive about in those departments. Yet, that sensation comes more from the pressures of family patterns and social expectations than from actually being ‘wrong’ in one’s desire, emotions, experience or relationships. What can you do today that’s expressive rather than defensive in any of these realms?

Do you know the difference? Think of it this way: being defensive is a way to push someone away without truly letting them know your pain, fears, worries or deepest desires. Expressing those feelings (in a non-aggressive way that can be received openly) tends to come with a feeling of vulnerability or risk — but can pay off big through increased intimacy with others and security in oneself.
— by Amanda Painter

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The Day of the Bottom Line: Birthdays and Planet News

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If Your Birthday is May 17
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Prepare to take a revolutionary new perspective on your identity, especially in the context of others in your life, past and present. We are each partly made up of the relationships we’ve had, of our roots and of our own unique, irreplaceable energy. You are on the brink of a discovery regarding how all these facets of your being weave together to form the phenomenon that is you. May it inspire and delight.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

With the Scorpio Moon moving towards its opposition to the Taurus Sun (tomorrow’s Full Moon), notice whether and with whom you’re feeling any tension. It could be emotional, sexual or physical; it might take the form of stubbornness, possessiveness, or a need to be expressive coming up against an urge to be private. If you’re feeling frustrated, can you communicate that in a constructive way, rather than projecting the frustration onto the other person in hopes that they’ll figure it out and address what’s wrong for you?

Beginning by emphasizing the ways you (and the other person) are safe and secure could help to set the groundwork for more productive negotiations over the next couple of days. Even something as simple as being sure you’re both well fed and rested may help — though if a situation is truly high stakes and feels like it’s volatile, waiting until after Saturday might be wiser. With Mars in Cancer still moving into its opposition to Pholus in Capricorn, strong emotional reactions have the potential to spiral out of control.

That said, sex could be a useful outlet over the next few days, particularly if you stay aware of how you’re connecting emotionally to your partner (and/or to yourself). Venus in Taurus is holding open the door for some experimentation and surprises in relationships; actively seeking new stimulation should help to mitigate any uncomfortable feelings of disruption. Today, in particular, it might be satisfying to review and restructure the spaces in your home (and therefore in yourself) set aside for erotic or creative self-exploration.
— by Amanda Painter

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The Day of the Dream Weavers

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If Your Birthday is May 15
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Prepare to shift your perspective. A series of revelations may be of assistance in opening your mind to your true capabilities, or helping you consider a path you might not otherwise have thought to take. You can sweep away certain self-imposed limitations; what might once have felt like a stabilizing force may now be merely holding you back, as a child’s walker would hinder them once they’d learned how to run. Allow yourself the room to take off at full speed.
— by Amy Elliott

Written in the Planets

Venus comes ‘home’ today to Taurus, the first sign it rules (the other being Libra). But guess what? Uranus is right inside the door, rearranging the furniture. Since Venus in Taurus tends to like its comfortable routines, environments that rarely change, and replicable sensory pleasures, this situation presents an interesting dynamic. And since Venus represents the ‘female principle’ — no matter your sex, gender, or orientation — along with love, receptivity, relationship style and some level of emotional and aesthetic sense, you may wish to tune in to these facets of your life especially carefully the next several days.

Where do you feel ready to change things up, or notice that changes are happening and you’re enjoying them (even if unexpectedly)? Where are you encountering resistance to a gnawing sense that something’s gotta give, or feel tempted to cling to how things have always been? Efforts to repress the need for new stimulation could manifest in some chaotic disruption. But a willingness to experiment may help to mitigate unwanted surprises.

Mars also moves to a new sign today (Cancer), but won’t get there until just after 11 pm EDT. So if you’re feeling an especially acute or hard-to-parse case of split desires, conflicting motivations or multiple frustrations until then, this may be why. Once Mars makes its move, track your emotional reactions. Some of what is feeding into that could be very old material (as in, relating to past generations — read Eric’s in-depth coverage of Mars entering the cardinal cross here). How you act on it, or assert it to someone else, could start a surprisingly far-reaching ripple effect. Luckily, Mercury and Neptune are conspiring to offer some intuitive help and — if needed — a brief, imaginative escape.
— by Amanda Painter

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