Monthly Transits – May 2025

Yay for May! With 3 personal planets now in fire signs, we get more forward movement, flow and ease this month with much less tension and polarization. The bookends of the month hold intensity that is blessed with significant breakthrough energy – welcome change is coming.

Venus, freshly in Aries, spends the entire month as the fiery warrior. On May 2nd she meets up with her higher octave, Neptune, in Aries 2, a first-in-our-lifetime transit that reminds us to hold both humor and humility while taking constructive feedback from others. Two days later, Pluto stations retrograde.

Mars finally clears his retrograde shadow in Leo 7 on May 5th, after a gruelingly long retrograde cycle – huzzah! The planet that fuels our ambitions has had to mature, accept responsibility, observe patterns from new perspectives and has now gained a better understanding of how its actions impact the bigger picture.

Mercury is speeding its way through Aries, traveling through 3 different signs and overtaking the Sun by month’s end. The planet ruling communication and our mental processes enters Taurus on 5/10 for only 2 weeks. This makes mid-month the best time for us to slow down, release unnecessary stress, and focus on our comfort, peace and security. Mercury squares Pluto the day of the Scorpio Full Moon, making this an excellent lunation for transformative realizations.

Uranus meets up with Sun on 5/17 then conjuncts Mercury on 5/24. The same day, the Sun trines Pluto and Saturn enters Aries for the first time in ~28 years (likely the biggest transit of May). The next day, Mercury enters its domicile, Gemini, making harmonious connections to both Neptune and Pluto before its cazimi on the 29th in a degree related to shakeups and defying gravity.

So, going into the final week of May, the intensity returns – perhaps with surprising news, bursts of clarity around what’s really been going on under the surface, and some reality checks that require new beginnings while sharpening how we can best express our authenticity, needs, boundaries and desires.