- The Moon is in Aries.
- There is no void Moon period today.
- The Moon is waning and in its Waning Gibbous phase.
- The Third Quarter Moon occurred on the 1st and the New Moon will happen on the 7th (in Taurus).
Retrogrades:
- Pluto is retrograde.
- Mercury is no longer retrograde and is in its post-retrograde shadow until May 13th.
**Times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Daily Horoscopes/Astro Highlights for each Sign:
Aries
The Moon not only spends the day in your sign, dear Aries, but also aligns with the North Node, encouraging you to explore and develop your independence. You find strength in being self-reliant. While it makes sense to watch for impulsive actions during this Moon transit, what emerges spontaneously today can be notable. You’re learning a lot! It’s all too easy to miss important, practical details or focus on things that don’t truly matter in the long run. There is no need to jump into something, even if it feels that way. Later today, there can be a reminder of an ongoing dilemma about whether to make big changes in order to grow, or to stick with what you already know. The solution is unlikely to be immediately apparent, but today and tomorrow, you might make some progress with difficult decision making.Taurus
The Moon and the North Node align in your privacy sector today, dear Taurus, encouraging you to pay special attention to your inner world. It’s a solid prompt to clear your vision by letting go of unnecessary worry and guilt. With the Moon in your sector of endings, it’s a time to take a pause, at least emotionally. Activities that help replenish, renew, and heal you are a strong draw. Later today, you may be dealing with frustrations felt from a sense that changes are being forced upon you, and the desire to keep things as they are/were, particularly related to friendships. Try to avoid cycling, obsessive thinking about those things that you cannot control or change, and instead attempt to focus on possible solutions. Even with these, go gentle on yourself because decisions are not necessarily easy to come by right now.Gemini
You tend to seek accepting, easygoing environments and people today, dear Gemini. But while today’s Moon encourages a need to connect with others, its alignment with the North Node wants you to push your boundaries just a little. Cultivating true friendships can be rewarding and is a worthy goal now. Aim to embrace your need to contribute to a group effort. Later today and tomorrow, there can be a reminder of a long-term matter related to your career, performance, responsibilities, or others’ expectations of you. You are aware that you need to make changes, but you could be struggling with a desire to keep things as they are or were. It’s difficult to embrace change when unknowns or larger responsibilities are involved, but the alternative is stagnation, which won’t do.Cancer
With the Moon transiting your performance and responsibility sector, dear Cancer, your need to be productive is in the spotlight. It’s a good time to step up to the plate or put yourself out there, although it’s the time in the lunar cycle for winding down, in general. Still, you can aim for more integrity in your image or work. As the day advances, there may be a reminder of an ongoing problem involving friendships and possibly disagreements about beliefs and opinions. Part of you could be feeling worried that people in your life are changing, and you may be sentimental about keeping things as they were. Problems of this kind are difficult to resolve all in one moment — a process is involved, and it’s about learning to let change happen, even as it involves some unknowns.Leo
You rather easily find ways to express your feelings or channel your energy into satisfying activities today, dear Leo. Today’s Moon encourages you to reach beyond your usual limits or routines. It’s a time to consider ways to nourish your spirit, as you may have been too wrapped up in the day-to-day activities and now should come up for air! Later today, you might feel the weight of recent financial or relationship decisions. Whether or not to make changes or to stick with traditional or familiar patterns can be an issue now. You’ll find a healthy balance, although you may agonize over the details a little before you get there.Virgo
The Moon spends the day in your solar eighth house, dear Virgo, encouraging introspection. You’re especially interested in the “why” and “how” of situations, people, and your inner workings. Frivolous matters or superficialities are not of interest right now! Today’s Moon encourages special attention to your spiritual and emotional needs, even when you’re dealing with your practical affairs. You want a little more from your activities and relationships! These days, there can be some tension experienced with differing values or approaches, particularly related to a partner, and this can be in the spotlight later today and into tomorrow. Stubbornness can be a real problem now, even if you know that peace is more easily achieved by letting go of the desire to be right. Problems may run more deeply, and that could be why tensions are mounting.Libra
Dear Libra, you seek to bring more balance to your life today and more fully appreciate the people in your life who are there for you. The Moon’s meeting with the North Node encourages you to find a balanced perspective or to balance your life by sharing. Reaching a compromise can be satisfying now! Even so, there can be some frustrations with work, routines, or your own habits if you feel that you can’t quite get over a bad habit or can’t seem to move past an old frustration. Consider that you might get over this hump more easily if you take things slowly. Change can be unnerving, but the alternative is stagnation, so you’re best off looking for a middle ground.Scorpio
You pay more attention to the important systems and routines that keep your life running smoothly and yourself healthy and balanced, dear Scorpio. The Moon aligns with the North Node in your solar sixth house today, and you’re tuning into possible ways to improve your everyday life. You get the sense that the more you put into your routines, work, and health, the more they give back. Ongoing tensions and frustrations in your personal life can come into the light later today and tomorrow. Whether to stick with the familiar or to make changes can be the issue now. However, decisions are not easy to come by, and you may need to let go of overthinking things temporarily if thinking becomes negative or otherwise counterproductive.Sagittarius
Today, dear Sagittarius, you’re paying special attention to your personal life and your need for stimulation or recreation. You might temporarily downplay your obligations to the outside world to develop your love relationships or enjoy some personal time and creative outlets. However, frustrations with everyday affairs, family responsibilities, or a too-busy connection can be in the spotlight as the day advances. Decisions can be hard to come by. It’s difficult to juggle all that you want to accomplish now, especially with challenges pulling yourself away from many distractions. A resolution isn’t likely yet, but you may begin to see ways to make adjustments that will improve the situation.Capricorn
Today’s Moon finds you more self-protective than usual, dear Capricorn. You’re naturally more inclined to insulate yourself from change, distraction, and demands on you. Comfort and security are more important to you than new experiences today. In truth, it’s a good time to pour more of yourself into home life, family, downtime, or comfort needs. Aim to carve out time to attend to your emotional life now. However, tension on romantic or creative levels can be a sporadic but ongoing issue, and it revolves around difficult decisions about making big changes. The dilemma may be whether to stick with what you know or move on. It can be hard to break away from your many obligations in order to enjoy and pursue your special interests. The problem is that even more responsibilities are added to your life. While you are unlikely to resolve this problem now, you may get important clues about your next step.Aquarius
With the Moon and its North Node aligning in your communications sector today, dear Aquarius, life seems to challenge you to grow, improve, and learn through your connections. It’s a fine time to develop your communication skills and sensitize yourself to others’ needs and views. This process will help release you from the nervous tension and pressure you’ve felt about learning and sharing. Still, difficulties or responsibilities, especially with finances, can resurface later today. Increasing responsibilities make it difficult to handle current problems, and as a result, you can feel quite stunted in terms of growth and progress. Consider that fear of change can also be at play. A resolution to these ongoing challenges is unlikely to come immediately, but you could get some important clues, so be alert to signals.Pisces
Today, dear Pisces, you prefer to function in the relative background, going about your business without much fanfare. It’s straightforward to put your emotions aside to focus on practical affairs. Still, making a special effort to listen before speaking can do wonders for a bond. Working on self-acceptance at this time of the lunar month is particularly apt. Sometimes these days, you can feel weighed down by responsibilities and restrictions and might question the amount of time and effort you have been putting into certain projects or towards your goals. You may feel that there has been little freedom to pursue your more creative interests or even to have quality downtime. Aim to cut out distractions as much as possible. There can be a simultaneous desire to make big changes and improvements and a desire to hold on to things the way they are, and this can leave you sitting on a fence. Look for important signals today that will help guide you towards the right decision, but give the matter time.* Remember to read horoscopes for your Ascendant sign and Sun sign. If you don’t know your Ascendant sign (and you know your birth time), you can look it up here.
Astrology of Today – The Details:
If you’re astrologically inclined and interested in the details of the Astrology of today, here are some of the factors considered in the forecasts:
Planet Color Key: The longer the bar, the slower the aspecting planet, and the longer the duration of the planet’s transit.
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