Horoscopes: May 24-May 30, 2024

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Aries: Venus, the love planet, aligned with the sun in Gemini on the 23rd highlighting communication in your relationships. This is a time to prioritize balanced exchanges and to really take equal turns listening and speaking. Playful energy and good humor brings good fortune. Jupiter also enters Gemini on the 25th where it will stay with us until June 9, 2025. This transit inspires us to take challenges head on, increase our knowledge, and seek truth. Be choosy with how you devote your time and energy as this transit can make you want to say yes to everything. Allow things to occur naturally despite your drive to propel things forward with your fiery ways.

Taurus: Your ruling planet visited airy Gemini beginning on the 23rd, highlighting your need for clarity in communication and the sense that your friendships and romantic relationships can be your “home base.” This situation is a two-way street so there is a certain level of balance and equal effort from all parties that needs to happen. This is a time to express yourself freely and to strengthen mental connections. Jupiter meets Venus in Gemini on the 25th where it will remain until summer 2025. This is an almost 12-month period of philosophical growth. During this time, it is important to be decisive and to allow for creative solutions. You learn that it is okay to have the occasional hot take. Not everyone needs to agree with you. 

Gemini: Three planets align in your sign this month! Of course we have the sun, but also Venus through June 17 and Jupiter on the 25th (which will be with us until this time next year). Venus in your first house animates your relationships. You may be feeling less emotional but still make strong connections through intellectual connections, shared passions and playful banter. This season brings changes and growth in your self esteem and identity department. Jupiter in your sign gives you a competitive edge and creates an ideal environment for improving skills and refining knowledge with nuance. Just remember to be choosy about where you decide to devote all this effort as this cosmic happening can make us say yes to any and all opportunities presented to us, which can lead to overwhelm. 

Cancer: Venus, the love planet, visits breezy and brainy Gemini through June 17. This transit highlights your desire for more discretion and privacy when it comes to romance and relationships. You have an independent energy during this period and can be somewhat emotionally detached. However, you enjoy exchanging amusing anecdotes, making mental connections, and sharing inside jokes with partners or crushes. You prefer to keep things light from the time being as big commitments or deep emotional plunges seem further down the road for you. Jupiter also joins us in Gemini until June of 2025, which inspires a long period of quietly honing your skills, expanding your knowledge, and thoughtfully crafting big professional and philosophical plans. This is a time in which to be specific, diligent and to take varied approaches.

Leo: Venus in Gemini through June 17 highlights your 11th house of friendships, collaborations and networking. In the creative and romantic sphere of Venus, this means that it’s time to beautify the world and to connect with other creatives who can help turn dreams into reality. If you’ve been wanting to make art, find community, and try new things, this is the month to start. Gemini reminds us not to take ourselves too seriously. Jupiter also makes a long-term visit to Gemini beginning on the 25th until June 2025! This is a year-long period of open-minded spiritual and philosophical growth. You’ll seek profound truth and shed light that chases away ignorance and preconceived judgements. It’s important to balance decisiveness with a light heart and an open mind. Volunteering, community building, and a neighborly attitude takes you to new places.

Virgo: Through June 17, the love planet Venus visits Gemini where it highlights your 10th house of achievements, aspirations and image. During this period, your relationships play a larger role in how you move through the world. You can be rather goal-oriented at this time and you seek to surround yourself with equally motivated folks. Creative and artistic projects can expand and take on new forms during this transit. Shared values are important. Jupiter joins Venus in Gemini for a year-long visit starting on the 25th. It is a reminder to focus on one thing at a time, to dedicate energy to making refinements, and to specialize or be specific about your skills or topics of interest. Playful approaches inspire ingenious ideas. Contributing to something larger brings fulfillment. 

Libra: Your ruling planet Venus enters fellow air sign Gemini through June 17. During this cycle, you are thinking about “who” you are in relationships and how you want to be. You seek to make these images line up more authentically. You realize where you water down your personality or your sentiments for the sake of pleasing others, but this does not facilitate true connections. A more honest, yet lighthearted approach can bring about interesting shifts in your dynamics. Jupiter joins us in Gemini from the 25th until summer of 2025. This year-long transit is a period of philosophical expansion in which you confront challenging ideas head on. You are learning to say “yes” to more practical things and to say “no” to things that you know will overwhelm you or waste your time. Nuance and open mindedness are your best friends. 

Scorpio: Big transformations are in store for Scorpio as Venus aligns with the sun in Gemini through June 17. During this transit, there can be deep shifts in the power dynamics of your relationships made through challenging conversations and even playful experimentation. You are in a profoundly creative state and your ideas can be somewhat provocative. Your self-esteem and identity are in flux. Jupiter aligns with Venus in the house of Gemini from May 25-June 9 of 2025! This year-long transit reminds us to make time for learning, practice, and refinement in our ideologies and skills. Be discerning about the opportunities you decide to take, be specific in your approaches. As always, don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Regardless of your moves, there will always be critics. 

Sagittarius: Venus, the love planet, is in your sister sign of Gemini through June 17, where it feels at home highlighting your relationship zone. This is a time to devote extra energy to friendships and romantic partners. It may not be the most emotionally passionate time but you are nonetheless very mentally available and ready to make connections through deep conversations, play and shared humor. You have a unique flow of creativity that is less concerned with final products and more about the joy of the process. Your ruler Jupiter also meets us in Gemini from the 25th until June 2025. This long-term transit reminds us to challenge ourselves, prioritize our goals more clearly and to make time for experimentation. Be choosy about the things you sign up for as your time and energy do in fact have limits. 

Capricorn: Venus in Gemini through June 17 highlights your desire for intellectual stimulation and new ideas. This period breaks up the stagnation and introduces new concepts and sources of inspiration. Your relationships feel less leisurely and more collaborative during this period. You are not in a super affectionate mood but you show love through exchanges of ideas and energy, playful banter, and shared humor. Your creativity is bolstered through experimentation. Jupiter joins the Gemini party from May 25 through June of next year! You have a renewed curiosity about spirituality and philosophy accompanied by a renewed thirst for knowledge. You are better equipped to pursue lofty ambitions than before so it’s a great time to try again if there is a chance you wished you had taken.

Aquarius: Gemini in Venus through June 17 blesses your fifth house of joy, romance, self expression and entertainment. This is a time of heightened passion and creativity, especially around your relationships. You enjoy intellectual exchanges, collaboration, and performance during this month. Beware of excess or impulsive spending! Jupiter joins us in Gemini starting from May 25 through June of next year! This year-long transit reminds you to diversify your fields of interest, expand your perspective, and share your knowledge. Avoid overload by practicing discernment. Seek opportunities to learn and to challenge.

Pisces: Venus, the love planet, moves into Gemini through June 17. During this period, you are curious about the past experiences of those close to you and also about past versions of yourself. Well-formed and thought-provoking questions yield intriguing results. Perspectives shift and mental connections deepen. It feels harder to hurt your feelings during this period as you tend to intellectualize things. Jupiter also meets us in Gemini from the 25th until June of next year! This year-long transit reminds you to balance your approach to your goals and to temper your passion with good judgment. Don’t be shy about what’s on your mind. Your words might make waves but also bring about interesting changes.

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