This is will be a happy month, where you can make important financial decisions and then clear the way for more enjoyable activities after you are done with your financial restructuring. Travel seems to top your list of desires. May will be far more productive than March or April – in many ways those were the two hardest months of the year (especially April). Venus is your ruling planet and was retrograde from March 5 to April 15, and that impeded your progress too, as Libra is ruled by Libra. Having a weak Venus led to delays, reversals, kinks, and problems that kept popping up.

When Venus is in retrograde, she withholds her strongest powers – powers you take for granted because they flow to you so regularly. Since early March you likely found progress to be slow or nonexistent in various areas of your life. Venus will need time this month to ramp up to former strength, just like people you know do when they first wake up after a long sleep. Venus will need a little coffee and time to check her email to see what the universe wants her to do first. Venus will be back to her strong and perky self by May 18, but you won’t have to wait that long to take action. By the full moon, Venus will be working quite well. No doubt about it, you will like May so much more than April.

You were also handicapped by a difficult Mercury in retrograde, from April 9, but here is more good news: Mercury will turn direct on May 3 as the month opens. Always give a planet a few days to stabilize its orbit when changing retrograde to direct. Mercury has brought up errors that had to be addressed. Mistakes had to be corrected, clients kept changing their minds about the direction of a project, technology acted weird, and it was a bad time to sign contracts. Now, Mercury goes direct on May 3, but will get stronger each day as it gets to May 20. Again, you won’t have to wait until May 20 for Mercury to reach full power if you don’t want to do so. I promise, May is a better month! In fact, the hardest days of 2017 were to be March and April as a rule.

This month will put a strong emphasis on managing finances. The new moon in Taurus 5 degrees of late last month, April 26, appeared in Taurus in your eighth house of other people’s money. The new moon may have bought up negations or a need to petition a bank or venture capitalist to raise funds to make a large purchase of real estate or to get the money you need to start or keep a business growing. The new moon was generally congenial except for the fact that Venus, your ruler, was having a dispute with Saturn. Saturn is the ruler of your real estate sector and forced you to be realistic about a certain matter that came up. Venus rules your desires and also rules the area of the chart ruling your eighth house, covering other people’s money. As you begin May, you may still be ironing out a wrinkle that came up at the end of April.

The money matter on your mind will come to completion within four days of the May 10 full moon in Scorpio, 20 degrees, in your other financial sector. This will be a wonderful point in the month and may bring a reason to celebrate. This full moon is full of sweetness and light, and will receive a shimmering silver beam from Neptune, the planet of creativity. If the financial deal you are focused on in early-to-mid-May represents a creative idea, or a real estate situation that caters to creative people, you will benefit twice as much.

This full moon will also send a beautiful beam to Pluto, suggesting that if you have to remodel the structure of an apartment, office, or house and rebuild, your plans will turn out well. Pluto symbolizes the phoenix rising from the ashes, and also rules the foundations of a house or other property, and all rooms that would be found underground – your basement. If you are working on a redesign of that space, your timing is excellent. If you have to fix any cracks in your foundation, go do it now. If you live in an apartment and want to put up a wall or take one down, hire the architect now.

When it comes to property, you are under golden vibrations of another sort that I should mention. Saturn, ruling your home, property, and real estate, will be in ideal angle to Uranus, planet of sudden breakthroughs, in your house of partners. The partner you may be thinking about in regard to this matter might be business or romantic in nature. (For most Libras, the romantic partner is their marriage partner.) You will receive good fortune through your partner now, and you can build security and long-term financial growth with the actions you take in 2017. Saturn and Uranus will be in perfect mathematical sync on May 18 and later on November 11, but these two planets move so very slowly that they will be within tight, significant orb all year. When they finally spin their separate ways, they won’t be back to create an aspect of similar fashion until 2047. You truly are under very fortunate days for property matters or from luck received from parents.

Travel is also almost guaranteed this month and will provide a good counterpoint to the many negotiations and discussions you will be having about money. Mars is in Gemini, a place Mars has been since April 21 and will remain in place until June 4, brightening your house of adventuresome travel. Gemini is an air sign that blends beautifully with your air-sign Libra. Mars is the high-energy planet that will flood your ninth house of long-distance travel, foreign people, and places with sparkling light. You might be traveling to a country that requires a passport to enter or you may be on the phone or email a great deal with people based in other lands. If you work in the international department of your company, this month will be very busy and productive.

May 9 would be a sensational day to travel or to deal with people in a foreign country about any topic, including media projects such as publishing and broadcasting assignments. On that day, Mars in Gemini will send a strong and friendly beam to good-fortune Jupiter in Libra, bringing profit, happiness, and pure delight. This date rates four stars for you!

The new moon of May 25 will also be in Gemini, 5 degrees. If you have been having talks with a global company or doing import-export, all the work you did all month will lead to big progress AFTER the new moon appears and continuing for ten days into June. You might see your book translated into a different language, or be asked to write a cover story for the magazine of your dreams. If you take a trip for personal reasons, it will broaden your perspective, with new interests and possibly a new friend along the way. If you are working on an international project, finally you will see things move ahead at the speed of light.

The heavy emphasis on the ninth house will bring progress in other areas too. Legal matters will be handled well, including the filing of a patent or trademark. If you are in arbitration, you may find the verdict quite satisfactory. If you are in discussion with colleges or universities for admittance into undergraduate or graduate school, you will find options that are perfect for you, whether in terms of institution, classes, or professors. If you have to take a major exam this month to prove your credentials, you will ace the test. The media is favored for you too. Do you write? Then send in a query letter about a story idea to your editor. Do you produce TV shows? A new assignment will completely capture your imagination.

If your birthday falls on September 27, plus or minus five days, or you have Libra rising or the moon in Libra 5 degrees plus or minus five degrees, you will do well with this new moon, May 25. The same is true if you have a natal planet in Libra, Aquarius, Gemini, Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius at 5 degrees, plus or minus five degrees – you too will have a double dip of pleasure.

Romantically, Venus will be touring your seventh house of committed relationships, making for a very smooth interaction between you and your partner all month. The emphasis on your significant other or a business partner (or both) will be very strong in May. Libra is the sign of partnership and collaboration, so you will feel comfortable with this emphasis.

Venus will snuggle up to Uranus at the end of the month in your marriage / partnership house, reaching perfection June 3, a gorgeous day, but you will feel this energy all though the last week of May while the flirtatious energy of this aspect builds. If you are attached, it is clear you will benefit, and traveling together this month will heighten emotions even more. If you are single, you can find fun too, especially through the introduction of a friend or, at the risk of sounding old fashioned, through the services of a matchmaker.

It is May, when nature is at her prettiest – in full bloom – so it seems fitting that you bank account will blossom beautifully too. The first part of May will be magically financial in that you can find ways to increase your income and your investments, streamline your insurance needs, and find ways to get the most from your dollars. You seem to be investigating ways to tighten up spending by looking over your recurring costs to see if you can find any that you consider unnecessary or even wasteful. Examine all your bills as they come in this month, and then talk with your financial advisor who has fiduciary responsibility to you to see if any changes in your financial portfolio would be indicated.

The full moon of May 10 will find you paying bills. If you asked for a raise, this is when you’d hear back about that question – you will soon see that the stars will be twinkling in your favor. Alternatively, you may be spending a large sum at this full moon, possibly for the purchase of a house, condo, or business. No matter what your big purchase might be, you will have chosen the right time to put down your money. You are likely to be offered a very attractive mortgage or home improvement or other bank loan or line of credit now, too. If you need venture capital, it is there for you. If you are managing your parent’s estate or hear of an inheritance, things are likely to be better than expected.

On May 9, you will be especially creative if you ask a collaborator act as a sounding board to your ideas, for Mercury will conjoin Uranus in your partnership sector, a rare aspect that will light your mind with brilliant light. This could also turn out to be a highly romantic day, too, especially if you travel to a distant point together, as Uranus rules your true love sector, and Mercury, travel.

Keep in mind that Mercury, the planet of travel and communication, was retrograde almost all last month, but will go direct this month, May 3, a far better time to travel, make a big purchase, or to sign papers. Additionally, Venus was retrograde too, from March 5 to April 15, and is gaining her former strength with each passing day. Venus is your ruler, so that period was tough for you to make swift progress – in fact, it was probably impossible. There are so many reasons May will be a happier month for you.

The yearning to travel will be very strong this month, due to Mars’ entry into your long-distance travel house starting late last month and continuing until June 4. Go now, as your career is about to get very active in June, and you’ll want to be there to take advantage of all the opportunities to advance. The new moon of May 25 will be in Gemini and set things in motion. Luxury-minded Jupiter will be in contact with that new moon, ensuring you’ll have a broadening experience and be able to enjoy beautiful accommodations too.

Choose a location that allows you the choice to visit two fascinating locations, for the moon in Gemini is a double bodied sign – Gemini will have you thinking in terms of two towns or cities. Actually, even if you have no plans to travel, you might go spontaneously on May 30 when Mars and Uranus team up. Near or far, you can choose what to do and how to do it – flee town!

All month you can make impressive progress with home-related matters, because Saturn will be beautifully conversant with Uranus. This is an aspect as rare as it is wonderful, for after 2017 comes to a close, it will not come again until 2047. This will help you think of outstanding ideas for improving your home living situation, and also help you find love and joy with a partner, with children, or with creative pursuits. It looks like this year your personal life will show all kinds of possibilities for a fresh feeling of rebirth, and reasons for excitement.