Starcodes horoscopes for May 13 - 19, 2016
by Heather Roan Robbins
If we can kick back and relax, we can enjoy a heartfelt and aesthetically intriguing week. If we are on a deadline, strive to be understood, or expect efficiency (ours or others), we could find it frustrating.
The weekend starts with an auspicious and interesting Friday the 13th. Yes, there may be gremlins in our mechanics, yes there may be unexpected delays or lost items kind of mechanical failures as Mercury retrogrades. But there is a lot of warmth going around; Mercury joins Venus this weekend and together they form a grand trine with Jupiter Pluto, and life can be rich. This grand trine can bring old stuff back to the surface for our benefit, like retrieved jewels. We may want to talk on a deep level, about our deepest pains or greatest hopes. Or dive down deep with our soul and just spend time in our interior world.
We can also expect the uncovering of secrets. Our secret may be simply old clothes forgotten in the back of our closet or a family gift that got covered over by the tides of time. Or it may be the Machiavellian skeletons behind a politician’s cause. It’s a good week to reconnect with old friends and family, blow on the coals of old friendships or past work contacts and see which catch fire again.
But this Mercury retrograde in fixed and earthy Taurus also shows us where we are most attached. We may have to change our minds in response to new uncovered information, but it’s highly unlikely that we will change our minds based on debate or discussion, we’re unusually attached to our opinions and can rant and rail at political.
This fixed earthy energy intensifies jealousy. Possessiveness and greed can work their green monster troubles If we feel those primordial feelings of possessive jealousy or stubborn opinions growing like bindweed, we can take a step back, realize this is not necessarily ours; feel it, but don’t identify with it, and get a hair’s breadth more room to make healthy decisions under pressure.
Though we may be sidetracked by unexpected agenda and strange events with Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and Pluto retrograde, the trick is to make the most of each moment. If we’re stuck in a line, strike up a conversation with people nearby. If a car breaks down on the side of the highway, call on all the skills learned in the past to solve the problem. We have to get ingenious and exercise unusual soul muscles these days.
The weekend begins under a melodramatic, friendly, one might say even say bombastic Leo Moon, square the Sun. The Moon heads into more introspective and chore-oriented Virgo over the weekend, and joins Jupiter and Pluto in the grand earth trine. Let’s put the urge to analyze and craft to good use. We want to do tangible things, to learn something new will come to a fresh understanding, to touch, to feel, and to celebrate.
Early next week brings a generally friendly atmosphere but we may get our feelings hurt by an unfairness which turns out to be a misunderstanding. Build up goodwill with one another now before the Moon enters Scorpio on Thursday. Romantic expectations and our possessive streak thicken as the week goes on. It can hurt to feel challenged. It’s easy to blame an outsider, but we really need to nurture the strength of our connections instead.
Friday, May 13: An early morning burst of energy encourages us to try new things as the Moon trine’s Uranus, but by midmorning, a lazy or self-indulgent streak can really interfere with our efficiency. Later in the afternoon our words can take on beauty and symmetry as Mercury conjuncts Venus. We may not make our point efficiently, but we can tell poetic stories and sound lovely on the way. We may be ready to share some tender and sweet feelings about the past, the want to feel heard with the Moon in Leo, and can dramatize our point to get it across. Early evening is friendly and sociable, though let’s just be sensible and go to bed if we get cranky late tonight as the Moon enters Virgo.
Moon trine Uranus 9:02 AM, Moon square Sun 11:02 AM, Mercury conjunct Venus 1:10 PM, Venus trine Pluto 8:20 PM, Moon enters Virgo 11:51 PM.
Saturday, May 14: After an early morning crankiness as the Moon squares Mars, we roll into a more thoughtful, productive, if slightly touchy day. The Virgo Moon encourages us to offer sound social critique and go back to work on unfinished projects or things that need healing and repairing. It furthers to have a mutual project. Just notice that everyone’s a bit touchy, and will take a helpful suggestion as if it’s criticism. Tonight we need time off, out of stress and offstage as the Moon opposes Neptune; but we can also dream how different things can be.
Moon square Mars 8:27 AM, Moon oppose Neptune 11:02 PM.
Sunday, May 15: A lovely earthy day to weed in the garden and fix whatever needs to be fixed., Homes, souls, or relationships. We can free up tangled roots or free up some locked emotional place as the Moon conjunct Jupiter in Virgo by peeling away any strangling lines of weed or old critique that no longer serves. It is so important to us today to feel that the comments coming towards us have our best intentions at heart. Even though we may do with the intention to be helpful, watch a tendency to be critical this afternoon and evening. Tonight we may want to share stories about where our minds wandered lately, let’s just make sure everybody gets a turn.
Moon conjunct Jupiter 2:01 AM, Moon square Saturn 4:20 AM, Moon trine Mercury 7:31 AM, Moon trine Pluto 9:59 AM, Moon trine Venus 2:20 PM.
Monday, May 16: We may grow both more sociable and friendly, yet more easily lonely, and really miss people that are far away, or get easily upset if we don’t get the time we want with the people we love. But if we can nurture the connections we have, there are some lovely new beginnings in the work as the Moon trine’s the Sun then enters Libra. At dinner time, look for clarity around some minor but tough to make decisions.
Moon trine Sun 3:20 AM, Moon enters Libra 11:32 AM, Moon sextile Mars 6:54 PM.
Tuesday, May 17: A generally pleasant day, we can work on what matters to us, though a low level irritation can rise up like seeping water when our goals are our temporarily frustrated. Get people moving and organize human resources more comfortably as the Moon sextile Saturn this afternoon. Tonight, some emotional discomfort worries us, and it can be tempting to take this worry out on one another as the Moon squares Pluto, but they’re not the problem. Hold hands instead.
Moon sextile Saturn 4:34 PM, Moon square Pluto 10:37 PM.
Wednesday, May 18: We may be feeling a little quirky, a little urgent, or unsettled in our feelings as Venus semi-sextiles Uranus. Our usual opinions and preferences can be challenged, and even changed, if we are lucky enough to be exposed to new information or breathtaking new view. We want to be fed by beauty, but from something we haven’t seen before. Be open to the breath of serendipity in what appears to be an inconvenience. This Venus-Uranus aspect can, but doesn’t have to, strain ongoing relationships; boldly go forth and explore together.
Venus semi-sextile Uranus 2:13 AM, Moon opposed Uranus 9:22 AM.
Thursday, May 19: Look out for stormy conditions and watch the chip on the shoulder as the moon waxes into Scorpio. Desires and frustrations intensify; we get seriously focused about our passions, territorial about what we value. Some will be looking for a fight. Feel the emotional torque and sidestep crimes of passion. Do not believe nasty comments; they’re random lightning bolts. If storm clouds swirl, dive between beneath the waves and remember the calm in the center of the soul.
Moon enters Scorpio 1:29 AM.
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