Astrology By Lauren

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Horoscopes: May 5th thru the 12th

For the Lunar Eclipse at 15º of Scorpio for your Sun sign or Rising sign, or if you know the house placement of the Eclipse in your natal chart:

Aries

(8th House) The Lunar Eclipse on May 5th is pointing you towards the natural flow of the cycle of reciprocity, the cycle of giving and receiving. When a pond receives fresh water, it is better able to thrive and grow. But if there isn’t a continuous flow of fresh clean water, the pond can become stagnant, or even dry up. The creatures that live within it will no longer flourish, and the pond will fail to thrive. Too much water and not enough drainage and the pond will become flooded and overflow its banks. So it is in life when these cycles become imbalanced. If you are not receiving enough you will feel drained and unappreciated. Too much expected of you and you could feel overtaxed and overwhelmed. What might you need to let go of or change in order to restore the balance in your life? Is there something that you’ve been desperately holding on to, that you really no longer need? Fears of not having enough? Guilt about having too much? That you don’t deserve it? Sometimes it is less about how much you have as it is about how much you value what you have to offer to others. What changes are needed to allow this sacred cycle of reciprocity to more fully thrive? 

Matters concerning: Life, Death, Rebirth, Renewal, Marketing, Shared resources, Debts, Loans, Taxes, Investments, Inheritances, Wills, Sexuality, Surgery, Rehabilitation, Planning for the Future, What we Need, Contracts, the Occult, Magic, Habits and Attachments.

Taurus

(7th House) The Lunar Eclipse this weekend is in the sign of Scorpio, and will most strongly impact those Taureans born between May 2-8th, or who have sensitive placements between 12-18º of Taurus. Lunar Eclipses are times of culmination, and it can sometimes feel as if the Fates are colluding to bring some people and events together, while parting others, in order to fulfill their destiny. It is not unusual when the eclipses are in Taurus and Scorpio that significant connections and/or partings can occur in your life. Great beginnings, endings or changes can occur in our major relationships when the eclipses fall in these signs. This can represent a new phase in a relationship, or a significant change in your partner’s life or status, that will indirectly affect you as well, and cannot be avoided. Know that if something is ending, it is opening up a portal to a new way of being. One thing that seems most likely as these eclipses wend their way through your natal chart, is that through the agency of the other people in your life, you and the way you see the world may never be quite the same again.

Matters concerning: Partners, Competitors, Best Friends, Counsel, Advisors, Mentors, our Audience, the Stage of Life, Others

Gemini

(6th House) The North Node in Taurus is asking us to slow down, perhaps cut back and live more simply. This is about coming to value the small things that make our lives more meaningful. This may require us to release some old habits, or ways of doing things, that instead of supporting us the way they used to, are now draining us. We think if we keep going, working, working, working, that we will reap the benefits. But at a certain point this can get to the point of no longer being sustainable. In what ways can you balance your busyness, and perhaps make room for moments of quiet and solitude? We often have a tendency to think that if we fix everything in our lives, that if we keep ourselves busy, then this will allow us to have time for peace and quiet later on. But actually the North Node in Taurus is trying to show us, that if we take a little time out of our busy lives in order to connect with ourselves, in order to find that peace within, then everything else in our lives will feel that way as well, even on the busiest of days, and the most cluttered of weeks.

Matters concerning: Work, Job, Co-workers, Work environment, Health, Health Providers, those things that Support our Health and Well-being, Diet, Routines, Regimens

Cancer

(5th House) For Cancer, the Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio is shining a light on all those things that you have created and/or lost within your heart and soul. Lunar Eclipses can be revelatory. They can bring things to a head. And to a final conclusion. They can sometimes be tinged with sadness as we remember those that we had lost and loved so well. But it is also about allowing yourself to let go of what once was or could have been, in order to see the possibilities that are imminent and getting ready to bloom. This Lunar Eclipse is about potential, it is about transformation and the ability to rise up out of the ashes of what once was. What is then created from these remnants from the past will be that much more beautiful and meaningful, because of how they are invested with all the tears and reminiscences of our once cherished dreams and love stories. Know that going forward, all that you do will be steeped in the wisdom of these heart-felt experiences.  

Matters concerning: Children, to Love and be Loved, Romance, Sporting Events, Places we go to be Entertained, the ways that we can freely Express Ourselves, where we Do our Own Thing, What is Special about us.

Leo

(4th House) It is not unusual in the years that the eclipses are in Scorpio, as it is with the Lunar Eclipse on May 5th, that some sort of shift can take place in your personal life. People find it necessary to move, or a loved one goes in a new direction. Family members deal with some sort of crisis or change in their lives. You are compelled to re-think where you are currently living, where you might want to live, and where you might need to live in the foreseeable future. With the South Node Eclipses, such as this one is, there can even be a feeling of sadness and a parting from what you were accustomed to. For a past that no longer is. Whether it was that nifty little apartment, or that roommate that you got along with so well. Eclipses are like turning points, where endings and beginnings can merge. Know also that we can’t always see the much bigger picture. And that these changes can open doors and possibilities for better opportunities and things that are yet to come. Like mystical orchestrations, the fates are conspiring to bring you where you need to be in order to fulfill your destiny. 

Matters concerning: Home, Family, One of your Parents, Family members, Early childhood, Ancestors, Homeland, Customs, Support Systems, the End of a Matter

Virgo

(3rd House) What you hear, what you learn, and what you see can have a transformational effect on your mind and perspective with the Lunar Eclipse falling in Scorpio on May 5th. This can be the result of something you read or are learning about, or something in the news that catches your eye. Or even through random conversations with neighbors, or even people in your everyday life that you bump into on the street or local store. One thing that can become apparent is that all things, even the once so familiar is subject to periodic change. And like waves ebbing and flowing, sometimes those changes can bring improvements, and other times they can feel like something precious had been taken away, leaving a vacant lot and a void in our hearts. At these times it can remind us to better appreciate and support those things in our everyday lives that we often take so much for granted, like the small independent shops, the struggling neighbor down the street, or that community garden that you keep meaning to join. It’s the small things that can make all the difference. 

Matters concerning: Your perceptions, What you know, What you see, hear and understand, What you have learned, Communications, how you get around, your Car, Vehicles, your Commute, your Neighbors, Siblings, Classmates, and your Neighborhood

Libra

(2nd House) What are you spending your valuable time, money and resources on? And what is that one ‘thing’ that you think you can’t possibly live without, even though you know you can? You know that feeling where you just CAN’T exist without that extremely expensive pair of shoes that keep popping up in your on-line feed, luring you with their exquisiteness. Or that gorgeous antique vase that taunts you each day as you pass it on the way to work. Or that one luxury that you just absolutely must have. Know that retail shopping is not going to fill whatever spaces are needing to be filled. It’s not stuff or that chocolate cake that is needed right now. It’s a sort of faith. A faith that you have enough already. And that includes having faith that you are enough. Talented enough. Wise enough. Educated enough. Skillful enough. Attractive enough. And no amount of spending will fix that. Listen to your wallet, and make the distinction between what you really need, and what you are merely craving. Then see what you can do to further cultivate that faith in yourself and what you have to offer the world.  

Matters concerning: Finances, Possessions, Investments, Sustainability, Self-worth, Self-esteem, what you Value, your Priorities, Survival.

Scorpio

(1st House) The Lunar Eclipse on May 5th is in the sign of Scorpio, and will most likely impact those born between November 4th-10th, or who have sensitive placements between 12-18º of Scorpio. However, whenever the eclipses fall in our solar or rising sign these are often seen as years that stand as turning points in our lives. Lunar Eclipses can be revelatory. Things are disclosed and brought to our attention. And because of what we learn or discover, it can shift our perspective, and transform our lives. It can even bring you a certain amount of attention, even though it may not be for what you might hope it would be for. But perhaps more importantly is that if there are things that you’ve been wanting to change, the eclipses are capable of opening up these portals that allow you to do so. Like an initiation, or an opportunity to move up to a new level in your life, you are first being asked to release any old patterns and habits that are no longer serving you. Like a lingering case of PTSD, you are being asked to release the old stuff that is no longer relevant. This is like an intensive focused on self-improvement and self-renewal. A better you, and a better life.

Matters concerning: Self, Environment, Self-development, Your Body and Health, your Personal Role that you take on.

Sagittarius

(12th House) The South Node in Scorpio is asking us to release those things that are no longer serving us and are standing in the way of our growth and progress. That includes all those things that instead of inspiring us or sustaining us, are just exhausting, us. It can even feel with these South Node Eclipses such as we are having this weekend, that we are needing to put some things to rest once and for all. And that can also include releasing those things that we had been holding on to, without even realizing it. Like cleaning out the cobwebs at the back of the closet, we are clearing out the mental rubbish and cobwebs in our lives. Whether these are old fears, stray doubts, or stories from the past that no longer define the person you are now. As you are clearing out the closet, also pay attention to that old box in the corner, filled with the dreams and talents of a life well lived. These too can be found there. And like a box of old mementos, dare to open it without regret or judgment, knowing that this is the pot of gold that has been lying dormant beneath all that other stuff. It was just a matter of digging it out. 

Matters concerning: the Past; the Forgotten, Endings, Releasing and Letting Go, that which is Hidden, Dreams, the Subconscious, our self-Undoing.

Capricorn

(11th House) The Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio is attempting to show you the ways that you have outlived the expectations of your previous hopes and dreams. And what you need to do in order to pave the way for even better, perhaps more appropriate aspirations and dreams that are more suited for the person that you are now, and are becoming. This can come through a series of realizations or awakenings that let you know that what would have previously sufficed is no longer rewarding. As a result you may find yourself parting ways, or leaving an old group and gravitating in a different, perhaps newer direction. And even if you are not quite sure where you are heading, there is still this inner knowing that you have some how outgrown your previous life, and that something else will be waiting for you on the other side when you get there. Eclipses open the way for our own evolutionary growth, and can even sometimes facilitate the process, that will make it easier for you to let go of the previous shore, in order to get to that other side. 

Matters concerning: Friends, People you are Associated with; Groups you are connected to, Shared Ideals, Networks, Social Media, Aspirations, Hopes for the Future

Aquarius

(10th House) It is not unusual in the years that the eclipses are in Taurus or Scorpio that there will be shifts or significant changes in your goals and/or status. Great beginnings, as well as endings can occur when the eclipses spin their webs and weave our destinies. Old goals that may have been appropriate at one time, no longer suffice, and are beginning to fade. Also new changes in your personal life can impact decisions about the future. However, eclipses can just be so unpredictable! Therefore be willing to roll with this series of eclipses where both endings and beginnings seem to merge. Also know that we can’t always see the larger picture. And that what may seem like a detour or a disappointment, can open the way for you to fulfill some greater purpose, even if you don’t know exactly what that is. Like having to pass through some sort of initiation, there is a process here that we are compelled to go through. And all we can do is enter the door that the eclipses are opening, and walk through to the other side. 

Matters concerning: Status, Public Roles, Reputation, Career, Goals, Destiny, What you are Known For, Your Boss, Authorities, the place you Work For, One of the Parents

Pisces.

(9th House) The truth is not necessarily found in some mystical foreign land, or in a cave tucked into the side of a mountain. Often the truth can be found more close at hand in the more mundane quarters of our lives. The Lunar Eclipse this weekend can find many a Pisces scratching their heads as previous assumptions, beliefs and ideas are being questioned or turned around. Lunar Eclipses can be revelatory. They can show us things that we had not previously known or realized. And sometimes that is because previous ideas or assumptions were getting in the way. Sometimes we need to just be content with not knowing, or having to have all the answers. When we are ready to humbly listen and comprehend with compassion and understanding, then we can become a conduit for deeper and ever more profound truths. And never is this more possible than when the Sun/Moon and the Earth are in such perfect alignment as they are with the Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio. 

Matters concerning: Religion, Beliefs, Political Stances, Travel, Journeys, Places of Higher Learning, Certifications, Courts of Law, Legal decisions, Relatives, Places far away