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| By Louise Gilbert |
Leo, this time of the year is always a bit like a
spring awakening and this time around, you may be feeling a particular urge to
start afresh, to be optimistic to look into the future and to broaden your
horizons. You may be planning a long-haul trip to a place you always wanted to
go and visit – basically, you’re up for an adventure. Alternatively, you may
feel you’re being drawn back to school, keen to learn something new that
stretches your understanding of the world, religion, spirituality, and at the
same time strengthens your belief. This is a good time to sign up for a course
that furthers your skills. The only thing holding you back at the moment is the
fact that you may be a little bit caught up in your own mind. Saturn is going
through your 3rd house of the ideas, skills, mind and communication
and is opposing the stellium in your expansive 9th house,
so you may feel as though you don’t have the right tools or head space to take
on and consider new thoughts and perspectives. However, in May 2013, you have
the chance to move away from any self-imposed narrow-mindedness you may have
experienced in the past months –as these are not typically a Leo traits. At the
same, this certain rigidity in the way you think can now also help you with
work projects that require a lot of concentrated thinking and a careful approach.
In particular with Saturn being retrograde, you may have to go over old details
again and again.
Saturn also looks after your relationships, so you may
spend a lot of time thinking about your relationships and even embark on some
online dating during this time – especially as the eclipses hit your
communication axis together with Saturn who rules your committed partnerships.
So, the first week in May with the stellium in Aries promises a lot of quick action
and reaction, determination and hopefully progress in the area to do with teaching, learning, publishing
and mentoring. Although there may still be some obstacles
and some pushing and pulling in this area – is you are
in publishing, your editor wants you to go over a paragraph for the 10th time,
if you are writing a dissertation, your prof may want you to expand on a
certain point and if you are about to go on a trip then it turns out that your
car needs to have some work done after the MOT! So, there may still be some
delay and sorting out some details but all of this is leading up to a quite
nice solar eclipse in Aries this
month which in addition to another lunar eclipse on 25th May, takes place on 10th May. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon stands
between the Sun and Earth. This means that a solar eclipse is always a new
Moon, marking new beginnings. However, a new Moon also cuts off the light of
the Sun, so whatever is beginning now, may not carry all the details that you
need to make informed decisions and really understand what it is that is coming
into your life now. As with the lunar eclipse, solar eclipses bring in life’s
big events – a marriage or divorce, birth or pregnancy, a house sale or
purchase or an important trip. Whatever it is, things are progressing swiftly
now and the planets are intent on pushing you towards your next step. Although
this also means that something has to end before something new can come in, the
emphasis really is more on the beginning than the finish – you’ve done that
with the lunar eclipse at the end of April. Whatever is beginning now could be
phased in over a period of months and you should expect to reap the rewards of
the seeds sown around the time of the next lunar eclipse in October and until
February 2014 when you will reach another milestone. This is the time for you to kick start and initiate
plans around travelling, learning and making new experiences.
This solar eclipse is in the nakshatra of Bharani,
ruled by the Venus, which will be transiting through her own sign of Taurus.
The nakshatra of Bharani has an understanding and
a sixth sense for the acquisition of accrued wealth but this nakshatra also represents
the person who ‘carries and bears’ and highlights the
consequences of our actions. For you this may mean
that although new opportunities around learning and
teaching appear, it could at the same time result in more responsibility for you or the consequences of
decisions in these areas made now run deeper.
We have an unusually large cluster of planets
travelling together these days and in May, one by one, The Sun, Mercury and
Venus move on to join Jupiter in your house of career and profession. After
approximately the 10th May, it’s all about career and vocation for you. What
is it you truly want and which of the opportunities Jupiter’s arrival in your
10th
house has given you are the ones to seriously consider now and commit to them?
Are you really happy to stay in your 9-5 job or are you ready to go it alone?
Perhaps your children’s demands and your partner’s health and / or financial
situation meant that moving forward with your dreams had to be put somewhat on
hold as you dedicated time to their needs? Well, in May 2013, it’s about where
you are headed and about your life direction. For most of the month, Mars is in
his own sign and so is Venus, a combination that means you have the ‘get up, go
and get it’, the broad view as well as the ‘luck’ to attract what you want into
our lives. So, for you this relates to your job and career. If you have been
actively looking for another job - perhaps to bring a little more stability
back into your finances -, May looks like a promising month. If you are in discussions
with a potential employer, the time around the lunar eclipse on 25th May will
be an opportunity for you to make a decision and accept an offer as all the
cards are on the table. Usually, May always brings some focus on career and job
for you, this year, however, it’s with a double dose due to Jupiter expansive
influence over this area in your chart and the lunar eclipse at the end of May
2013. So, not only do these transits refer to better job prospects if you are
looking, as a Leo, you prefer to be in the driving seat so a promotion in an
existing job could be part of the picture. Neptune’s dreamy influence on your
house of one-to-ones also opened you up for more romance and creativity but if
the dreamy feeling and overly romantic perspective threatens to overtake, your
point of view can easily become unrealistic and even delusional. This means
that if you are about to go into business with someone else, keep your eyes and
ears open and if necessary bring in the help of a neutral, third-party. More
money is coming your way over the course of the next 12 month, be sure to
invest it in the right venture and people from the start!
Have a personal peak this month, Leo!
Monthly forecasts are very broad, so get in touch if you are interested in an individual chart reading. In readings, I use the Indian Dasha system in individual forecasts which is known for its accuracy. You can also follow me on Facebook and Twitter now, see you there!
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