The full moon, May 3, will shine in a very private part of your chart associated with rest and healing. Take things slow, and don't push yourself at this time. All full moons are influential for four days after they appear, and at least two days prior, so keep that timing in mind. You may have been pushing yourself too hard, and if so, you may feel you have lowered your resistance. Taking a few days to let things on your "to do" list languish may be worth it in the energy you are able to replenish. Or, see if you can hire someone temporarily at home or at work to help you get the work out.

At work you seem happy to have such high profile projects on the agenda. It took a lot of successes in your past to warrant the plum projects you are being awarded now. You are about to make a big name for yourself, once Jupiter moves into Virgo after August 11, a trend that will continue for thirteen months. The projects you are working on now will count toward getting a big step up and your name on the big marquee.

What is coming is no small trend. You've not had this kind of awesome help from good fortune Jupiter, your ruler, since mid-2002 to mid-2003. It's been twelve years! Have faith that highly placed VIPs are watching your performance, and your good work will lead to a very big jump in status in your company and your industry or the world at large.

Mars in Taurus will have you moving at the speed of light May 1 to 10, and then the new moon will follow on May 18 in Taurus, 27 degrees. That new moon will bring opportunities and more assignments in the ten days that follow its appearance, mainly from clients you know and have worked with in the past, but not heard from in some time. If you are in sales, it will be the clients who you know from your past who will give you the most lucrative projects now.

Get as much done as you can in the first half of May, because Mercury will go retrograde from May 21 to June 11, bringing all sorts of delays, cancellations, and miscommunications, which is so characteristic of Mercury out of phase.

This time, Mercury will retrograde in Gemini, in your partnership house, so you must not sign any papers or make any commitments until late June - June 22 would be your best day. You will begin to feel the slowdowns and postponements as early as May 4 and as late as June 27, due to certain mathematical reasons too complicated to describe here. If the outcome of a business project or relationship is really important to you, follow those dates, May 4 to June 27, to avoid action. If you can't wait that long, then refrain from making decisive actions from May 1 to June 11, a period of a little over three weeks, which would be second best.

It's never wise to make a major launch of a new product or to accept a new position when Mercury is retrograde. It's not likely you will be told all you need to know in the interview progress, and you won't find out the entire truth until you are in the job. By then you may be wishing you had not accepted your new role. If you desperately need the job, take it, and accept that the job description will change once you start, and probably not in a way you would like. You can always change jobs later, and as we all know, it's easier to get a new job once you have one, as unfair as that might be.

There is one exception to the rule of never taking a job when Mercury is retrograde - that is, if the one job offer comes from a person or company from your past. In these cases, you are not starting anything new, but simply continuing a former relationship. Mercury is pleased when this planet sees you go back to a former situation to make something more of it.

Do not buy any electronics or appliances during Mercury retrograde, as you will not enjoy your purchase if you do. Mercury rules the moving parts to all machines, and when retrograde, parts break down and you find you are sending various items to the repair shop. If you work with equipment all the time, say, in the way a photographer or filmmaker would do, bring along backup equipment so you have a failsafe should one piece of equipment go on the fritz while you are on location. If you are a stylist, bring more options than you think you need to show the client in case she doesn't like your main items. Having contingencies always is wise during a retrograde.

You will have Mercury retrograde in your partnership sector, so don't sign papers this month - wait until the end of next month. You are liable to miscommunicate this month, so go the extra mile to be very clear, and keep summarizing areas of agreement as you talk and prepare for your legal document to be signed in June.

Mars will tour your partnership area while in Gemini, from May 11 to June 24. Mars will make you feel you have to crystalize the relationship immediately, for Mars is brash and impulsive. Of course you don't have to rush. Delays will benefit you, so as hard as it may be, slow down. You don't want to build bad cosmic DNA into the new contract, for if you sign in May, that's precisely what you would be doing. Be patient! I love June 22 as the day to make your commitment (June 20-21 is also good), so circle those dates on your calendar.

One day when it will be a real challenge to find accord with a partner is May 22, when Saturn in Sagittarius will oppose the Sun in Gemini. That night you may feel exhausted and worn to the bone as you return from work, and you may even be subject to criticism from a VIP, which may deflate you a bit. (Don't let it!) If your birthday is in November, you will have an even harder time with this date, but take cheer in knowing this date will be nobody's favorite. Stay out of the line of fire, and keep to yourself on this tough day. In a day or two, your spirit will rise again - it may be as simple as needing more sleep to deal with a day like this.

November-born Sagittarius have been dealing with many new pressures and responsibilities brought on by Saturn in Sagittarius for the first time since 1985-1988. Next month, Saturn will retrograde out of Sagittarius and back to Scorpio for thirteen weeks. That period will give you a nice breather and time to adjust to all the new life events you've been experiencing lately.

If your birthday falls near November 29 (the Sagittarius taking on the most responsibility right now), you will be grateful for the thirteen-week period to exhale and examine the exciting things that have happened since the year began. (Saturn went into Sagittarius on December 23, 2014).

If you were not born near November 29, look at your natal chart and see if you have a natal planet at 1 degree (plus or minus five degrees) in Sagittarius, for that planet in your chart has been feeling Saturn's presence too. Your oasis of calm will last from June 14 to September 17. Once Saturn returns to Sagittarius, Saturn will move through all degrees - every birthday - until finished two years later, in December 2017.

All that you achieve during Saturn on your Sun will be achievements that will be with you forever. Never be afraid of Saturn on the Sun - Saturn makes you work very hard but is fair, for he teaches nothing of value in life is handed to you for free. It's the projects that you give your blood, sweat, and tears to that will give you the greatest satisfaction, the greatest respect from others, and the greatest rewards.

When I started Astrology Zone 19 years ago, I had what you have now, Saturn conjunct the Sun. In astrological circles, this supposed to be a very strenuous aspect, but if you are willing to work hard, you will have something of value that you will be very proud to say you built. Your achievement will form one of the main pillars that will hold up your life.

Writing for Astrology Zone gives me such joy. When I started in 1995, I was "the little engine that could" and was up against huge sites with many more employees and with plenty of funding. I bootstrapped and paid for everything myself, and looked for no venture capital, so that I could own my site 100 percent. When I needed money, my commercial bank worked with me with lines of credit that I earned from a high credit rating - no one co-signed for me. I was determined to survive, and believe me, there were many scary moments when I was pushed close to the abyss due to the wild environment of the Internet in its early days. There were no laws to protect entrepreneurs, so you had to live by your wits. Unfair practices were everywhere, and some hurt me. I was obsessed with protecting my site, and still am. Most of my big competitors have since fallen away and when they did, I felt like Jack the Giant Killer (it was something I never expected). It is that obsession that keeps you working to fix problems as they come up - to a founder filled with passion, failure is not an option.

Don't be intimidated by big competitors with a lot of funding and plenty of employees. (For years, I couldn't afford to hire even one person to help me.) If you love your work, that's all that matters, for you will discover strength you never knew you had in you. In the end, passion for your work, and ever-striving to create quality, is all that matters. If that describes you, you will win in the end.

Take it easy as May begins. You will be dealing with a full moon that will light your area of rest and privacy. You've been running from pillar to post, and need to catch your breath. Quiet time can be quite productive this month. By stopping to consider new ideas and options, you may think of a superb moneymaking idea. This would come thanks to the position of powerhouse, big-budget thinking Pluto, standing proud in your earned income sector, along with the supportive help from Neptune, planet of creativity, standing in your home sector.

Your partnership in love or work is about to get more interesting by the minute and will be the source of even more stimulation in coming weeks, once Mars enters Gemini May 11 through June 24. You and your partner will be spending more time together, so you may come up against little areas of conflict, such as on May 15 when you may be frustrated by your partner's lack of understanding of what you are trying to say or lack of agreement in what you are proposing.

Things may get harder. Be careful too not to spoil a great relationship by the same type of frustration on May 22, due to the Sun versus Saturn. Pure fatigue in you could be leading this feeling. As said earlier, rest! It would be a shame to damage a fine relationship for slight reasons. The core of the difficulty may be due to excess travel on your part or your partner's, or a heavy study or work schedule, especially if one of you works in a legal or media field. Add tight finances, and you see the reason for these tensions to surface, but they are all temporary.

More work projects are due to flow in after the May 18 new moon, but the assignments will have many moving parts, requiring sharp attention to detail. Mercury will go retrograde during this period (May 18 to June 11), so the project may be ones that had been put aside and will now come to life again. The propensity for misunderstanding on how to proceed will be high, for a cascade of aspects will be adding confusion, not just stemming from Mercury retrograde. This is why you will need to be rested entering into this period, as your mind will have to remain alert and your attitude open to your partner - don't be dismissive to any concern your partner may bring up.

You are being given a beautiful opportunity now, where the two halves - you and your partner - can create a gorgeous whole that is greater than the sum of the parts. The two partners, equally committed to the outcome of the promises made, will contribute value to the venture or relationship and form something unique and special. This is true in love too.

Although it's been said that partnerships are the weakest form of business structure, look at Abbot and Costello, Ginger and Fred, Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin - the landscape is filled with successful partnerships in the entertainment and other fields. Look at marriages that last a lifetime - they exist. Be your optimistic self, dear Sagittarius. It is your most lovable quality and draws others to you like moths to a flame. It's been said that the Sagittarian propensity to forecast optimistic outcomes is insane given the evidence of many dire situations where the Sagittarian always remains buoyant - it baffles the other signs - but somehow your words always become a self-fulfilling prophesy. Don't change, dear Sagittarius. You are one of a kind.

The new focus will shift to your partner, in love or business. Mars will throw a spotlight on your partner from May 12 to June 24, and you can make much progress during that phase. You may encounter some conflict, but only because you are both thinking and engaged in the points you are developing now.

If you need to make a design choice for your home, do so on May 16, when Venus and Neptune will work together to bring grace and beauty. If you are thinking about your bathroom, Neptune will bring special design options. Neptune's link to water is legendary.