“Though the spring is late and cold,
Though the uproar of greed
And malice shudders in the sky,
Pond, stream and hilltop raise
Their ancient songs:
The robin molds her mud nest
with her breast; the air
is bright with breath
of bloom, wise loveliness that asks
nothing of the season but to be.” Wendell Berry
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Buckminster Fuller
I was speaking with a friend the other day. She owns a small cafe in Cambridge and was thinking of opening a second location in another part of town. In talking about her future plans, she said “I keep going back and forth about it and can’t seem to decide.”
Mercury is now retrograde indicating that it’s best to review plans and consider alternatives, but if possible to delay making any significant decisions until a few days after Mercury goes direct – this month on May 14.
Mercury has been traveling with Uranus and after the direct station on the 14th, will move up to conjunct Uranus again on June 4. This time frame – (now through early June) is a good time to be open to futuristic and innovative solutions.
Pluto in Aquarius will station retrograde on Monday this week and prepare to retrograde back into Capricorn on June 11.
There is a Lunar Eclipse on May 5 at 14 degrees of Scorpio. This eclipse is on the Taurus/Scorpio axis – Taurus ruling material things, safety and security and Scorpio ruling endings and the transformation of form. While Taurus rules the tangible things in life, Scorpio rules the intangible – the mysteries and complexities of life. With the Sun conjunct Uranus and Mercury conjunct the North Node and Vesta, there may be insights or revelations about these elements of life and bringing them into better balance.
Jupiter, the planet of good luck, optimism and expansion, will enter the sign of Taurus on May 16. Jupiter will be in Taurus for about a year and under this influence it bodes well to enjoy the good things in life. This influence – along with other cosmic influences can bring prosperity and success.
One of the Sabian symbols for this time is, “A woman sprinkling long rows of flowers.”
Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill