As you begin May, you will be thinking about someone who is important to you, and whether you would like to team up in a business collaboration, or make a commitment to your sweetheart in love, you will have the right time to move forward. The new moon last month in Taurus, on April 26, 6 degrees, set off this trend, and as you enter May, you may still be thinking about how you will blend together to create great things.

Venus was in hard angle to Saturn at the new moon, so you may be concerned about money, and it appears you may have to conform your plan to financial considerations. It may be that you simply need more time to create your partnership – that is all. Taking time to slow down and think is always wise. Saturn will ask you to remain realistic. You are naturally street-wise, never losing your common sense, so you will come to the right conclusion.

If you have your birthday fall on October 29, plus or minus four days, or you have Scorpio rising or the natal moon in Scorpio 6 degrees, or a natal planet in Scorpio, Pisces, Cancer, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn at 6 degrees, plus or minus five degrees, you will feel the pull to partnership in a strong way.

You may come to a final stage of thinking about the person you’d like to align with within four days of May 10, which is the full moon in Scorpio at 20 degrees. Also, you will be coming closer to your desires, your true aspirations and dreams, at this time, and finally you will feel at ease, and feel a lucidity of your own mind. A full moon in your own sign only happens once a year, so this will mark a vital moment in your timeline. Something of enormous importance will be coming to the surface, and you may feel powerful emotions at this time, in a good way. This full moon will shower you with silver dust, engendering tender romance.

If your birthday falls on November 13, plus or minus five days, that full moon will be speaking directly to you. The same is true if you have Scorpio rising or the natal moon in Scorpio 20 degrees, plus or minus five degrees. You will also benefit if you have a natal planet in Scorpio, Pisces, Cancer, Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn at 20 degrees plus or minus five degrees.

Your expenses will be running high this month, and you may be concerned about running short of cash. This is because Mars is now in your eighth house, urging you to spend. You may also be hit with a large unexpected expense, so either way, your balances on credit cards or loans seem to have been rising since April 21. Mars will move out of this area of your chart on June 4, so you will have to carefully contain your finances this month, but you will see tension ease by early June.

If you need to choose a day for a big meeting, May 12 will be fantastic. Make a presentation, have an interview about a new job, or discuss company benefits like health insurance, flex time, vacation days, and other perks. Mars, one of your planetary rulers, will send a golden beam to Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck, in your house of confidential talks. If you choose this day, you will likely come away with a wonderful deal.

The fact that stern Saturn has been moving through your other financial sector, namely your second house of earned income, for two-and-a-half years has not been helping your financial picture. Thankfully, Saturn, which has put a lid on the amount you could earn, and at the same time showed you why you need to sacrifice instant gratification now so you can have money in the future, will finish his tutoring of you December 19, 2017. Yes, Saturn will leave later this year! After three years of financial limitations, this period must have seemed to you to be nearly endless.

But wait – there is more good news about money in May and all year that I have not told you about yet. First, this year, 2017, Saturn is doing something highly unusual. Saturn is reaching out to heavy-hitter planet Uranus, planet of surprise and sudden flashes of genius, in the most remarkable and harmonious way. Both planets will work together all year and stay within significant mathematical orb. This month they will hit perfect sync on May 18, and later this year they will again, November 11. After they spin off at year’s end, they will not meet in similar way again until 2047.

As said, Saturn and Uranus creep so slowly across the heavens that they will be close enough to help you all year, without interruption. To explain in more detail, it may help to know that Uranus takes 84 years to circle the Sun, and Saturn takes 29 years to take the same journey.

Here is specifically how Uranus and Saturn will help you. This year Saturn in your financial house will work with Uranus in your workaday sector. This indicates that by doing such a good job on your current assignments, you are building financial security. You may think no one in high levels of your company or at the client level is noticing your hard, smart work, but they are – you will see the truth of this when the eclipses come by in August. Don’t be on vacation. You are heading straight to the top of the organization’s hierarchy near the total eclipse of the Sun on August 21.

Now more good financial news! The new moon on May 25 should add to money that is about to go into your pocket. This new moon will allow you to get the funds you need to start a big project, and it is likely to come in a one-time payment. You may get an insurance payout, inheritance, prize winning, commission, royalty, licensing fee, infusion of venture capital, bank loan, and similar sources. Jupiter will be in a distant point, but still within mathematical parameter, to help you get a generous sum.

    If you need to choose a day for a big meeting, May 12 will be fantastic. Make a presentation, have an interview about a new job, or discuss company benefits like health insurance, flex time, vacation days, and other perks.

Now, before I go, let’s talk about your free time. If you are creative and want to spend a weekend thinking about how to shape an upcoming project, choose to go May 27-28. Go to a place near water, such as the seashore or to a cottage in thickly wooded forest near a lake, to simply think. You will come away with many ideas – don’t force the process. Do write down all your inspirations, and later you can choose among the best.

As you begin May, if you are serious about making a commitment to a sweetheart or business partner or expert you can hire to work in a one-on-one way, you will start making plans. The person you want to align with may be the person who is important to you in love or business, for both areas shine. Neptune, currently touring imaginative Pisces, will bring inspiration and glamour to your relationship, so if the purpose of your alliance is to work creatively or to commit your love, you will be very happy.

At the same time, practical Pluto, now in Capricorn, may bring you legal papers to sign so that you can make things official. (Marriage involves a contract, too, a fact that is often overlooked.) In all matters of partnership, you’ll be ready to take steps forward, for the friendly new moon, April 26, that will still be strong in early May, will bring you and your partner into sync, and together, ready to take on the world.

Mercury was retrograde in April, so it was not the time to sign any contract, but Mercury will go direct on May 3 – allow some days’ space from this date to allow Mercury to fully change direction and re-energize. Venus was retrograde too, from March 5 to April 15, and because your commitment sector is ruled by Venus, you have another sign from the universe that it’s a good time to act.

The full moon, May 10 this month, will be in Scorpio, the only full moon in your sign in 2017. A matter of enormous importance will reach fullness and a final stage. It might be an emotional time, most likely in a positive way, but if not, no matter what occurs, it’s clear that things will work in your favor, now or in time. Your desires will become clear, and you will be able to set your priorities and move forward with confidence.

On another note, Mars, your ruler, will now tour your eighth house of other people’s money and put a strong emphasis on such things as matters of credit, loans, mortgage, insurance, bonus, commission, child support, court and divorce settlements, and so forth. The emphasis will be on money you owe, but also on money others owe you. You seem to be entering a period of high spending, but you may have already prepared for this possibility. For example, if you are set to soon buy a condo, or plan to put down a deposit for tuition, or pay for the location of your reception for your wedding, you already knew you would be drawing money out of savings. If you have no idea what you might be spending on, you might want to slow down a bit until you can see the lay of the land.

One day when you will be outstandingly favored for money matters will be May 12, a day Mars will reach out to benefic Jupiter. Your negotiating skills will be excellent, and you’ll be very pleased with the outcome.

News about your financial standing should get another big boost on or after the new moon in Gemini on May 25, when new or unexpected business may come in, and you seem to gain monetarily by this development.

Romance could come up too at or after May 25, for Neptune will be supportive of this new moon. Pluto will be helpful too, indicating you may travel for the weekend, either before or after the full moon, perhaps taking several weekdays off too. You may also sign a contract or lease in late month, and again, it would be the right time to do so. (This is a big month for contractual matters, as you see.)

Finally, if your sibling wants to see you or has an idea of something to do together with you, listen up – your sister or brother could have a superb idea that this time you’ll be eager about doing.