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May 2024 Outlook:
Jupiter changes signs, transiting to Taurus:
It takes approximately 12 years for Jupiter to transit through all twelve zodiac signs. Considered one of the slower moving planets, Jupiter’s transit to the next zodiac sign is significant. On 5-1-2024, Jupiter shifts out of Aries and moves into Taurus, where it will transit until 5-14-2025. Jupiter’s energy is expansive, optimistic, pleasing and often feels like a gift at your feet. It basically throws positive, gainful energy that removes the perceived brakes and restrictions experienced in life. The sense of opportunity, pleasure, expansion, abundance and hope for the future is expressed in certain domains that Jupiter influences within a given chart.
When Jupiter transits over one’s natal Moon, for example, that person gets the chance to experience what it’s like to be born with a great beneficial Moon-Jupiter conjunction. Everyone experiences this at some level every 12 years. For those with Taurus Moon (which happens to be the strongest, exalted sign position for the Moon), Jupiter will transit near that Taurus Moon during this next 12 months. This provides a sense of abundance, opportunity, and a general feeling of optimism permeating their perception and world experience over the coming year. It is a fortunate influence, even if only temporary.
Everyone has a house in the chart that is ruled by Taurus and that house, along with its opposite house of Scorpio, and all of the other earth sign-ruled houses in the chart, Virgo and Capricorn, will receive an aspect (influence) from this transit of Jupiter in Taurus. These chart houses gain some level of benefit during the next year.
While Jupiter transits Taurus, this should generally benefit the domains of real estate, finances, building, expansion plans, food/nutrition/food supply, as well as growth, agriculture, gardens, landscapes and large, durable purchases, including appliance and vehicle purchases. This Jupiter transit also benefits the arts, music, design/architecture and relationships. There is a general trend over the next year to improve housing, expand neighborhoods and improve access to home ownership.
The fact that Jupiter and Saturn will simultaneously aspect the house of Scorpio in one’s chart until 3-29-2025, indicates that this will be an area of strong focus, where events or projects can come into reality and materialize. For example, if a person has Taurus (rising or Lagna—1st house), Scorpio rules their 7th house. With both Saturn and Jupiter transits simultaneously throwing their aspects on that 7th house, this improves the likelihood for a relationship commitment, engagement, or marriage to come to fruition. Or, if that person is trying to start a business partnership, this improves the likelihood of that event manifesting before 3-29-25.
It is a stimulus, which must be considered along with the current Mahadasha and Bhukti periods operating at the same time, on an individual chart basis. At the very least, this Saturn/Jupiter transit improves the opportunity to expand and improve/enjoy relationships during this time frame for the Taurus rising individuals.
Separately, individuals with any planets in sidereal (using the Vedic zodiac) Taurus, will gain some improvement or help toward that planet during the next year. For Scorpio rising individuals, Jupiter’s movement into Taurus brings a bit of relief from the harsh malefic aspects of both transiting Saturn and Mars hitting their 1st house simultaneously, over the past month.
Venus moves to its own sign of Taurus and joins with Jupiter on 5/18:
On 5/18, Venus moves to its own strong sign of Taurus and transits there until 6/12. Venus will join with Jupiter while transiting there this month. Now we will experience the two major financial planets, Venus and Jupiter in the earthy, materially-oriented sign of Taurus. This creates a tendency for indulgence, increases the desire for sensual pleasures, to spend money, invest, and otherwise to expand, and make additional and larger purchases. This transit reflects the tendency to dine at finer restaurants, attend music/artistic events, improve one’s home and environment, as well as a focus on increasing one’s wealth through investments.
This is an inflationary transit, as it reflects increases in the demand for goods and services. This is likely to be a month of increased prices on goods, as well as up trends in financial stock markets and commodities. It should also be a stronger month for real estate promotion and sales. It is a positive month, in general, to begin construction on a home, if one is contemplating that activity, while Venus and Jupiter transit through Taurus. However, monitor for the tendency to over-indulge during the month, over-eating, weight gain, and over-spending beyond reason, etc.
Other May Transits of Note: Mercury improves and the Mars/Rahu conjunction
On 5/10, Mercury moves out of its weaker debilitated position of Pisces into Aries, where it will transit until 5/31, when Mercury then moves to Taurus and joins with Venus and Jupiter.
This transit is an improvement from the previous month, when Mercury was in a very weak, afflicted position. May should feel like a breath of fresh air, with improved communications, fewer mix-ups, less confusion and the ability to complete tasks without having to go back and repeat them over and over again due to errors and oversights. This also improves travel as well.
On 5/19 – 5/20, transiting Mars will conjunct Rahu at 20 degrees Pisces (Revati nakshatra). This magnifies and amplifies Mars’ energy in the atmosphere. This creates a stronger desire for travel, healing, helping others and creates a bit of obsession on acting quickly and impulsively to achieve one’s desires. This Mars/Rahu transit also reflects greater restlessness, brings about the desire for accomplishing tasks, and pushing through any boundaries.
The Mars/Rahu combination is often associated with unconventionality, and can go as far as breaking the law and criminal activity. There is a certain blindness associated with Rahu, and therefore, the individual does not use reason and discipline or reasonable judgment. Under Mars/Rahu, there is a desire to be met at any cost and that becomes the goal. Aggressive behavior, war, conflict and fighting fall under the Mars/Rahu conjunction. It’s obviously not peaceful, thoughtful or considerate of others feelings or beliefs.
On its negative side, this Rahu energy can be taken too far, and in Pisces, this is reflected in unrealistic, illusional, dreamy beliefs that gather aggressive strength through a mob mentality. Rahu itself is associated with mobs of people gathering together to impulsively follow some belief or desire. We are witnessing this Mars/Rahu transit in the USA on numerous college campuses, with extreme protests that are now out of control and promoting anarchy and lawlessness. The belief overrides one’s actions. Reason and intelligence go out the door.
The issue with Mars and Rahu combined is that it is hard to know when to stop pushing one’s force and will on an issue and it becomes unbalanced and out of control. This Rahu/Mars intensity will peak around 5/20 and then decrease after Mars moves farther from Rahu over the next month, into June, and finally separates, leaving Pisces on 6/1. The last of week of May is a bit troublesome.
It is also noteworthy that in addition to the Mars/Rahu conjunction, Mars will also transit directly over the exact point of the recent solar eclipse at 25 degrees Pisces (Revati nakshatra) on 5/25, as was discussed in detail in last month’s newsletter. This adds fuel to the fire during the last week of May and we are likely to see an increased uprising, terrorist attack or deepening war crisis during this period. The greater likelihood of a major accident, war or attack involving ships at sea, is heightened during this last week of May. The possibility of a toxic food-borne illness spreading widely, poisoning of the food supply (especially dairy or cows) increases as well. Flooding, heavy rains and storms are also more likely during this time period.
Overall, in the bigger picture, the planets begin to separate over May and into June and planetary strength improves. This bodes well for experiencing some improvements, in the midst of a challenging historical period.