“If it were done, when ’tis done, then ’twere well
It were done quickly. If th’ assassination
Could trammel up the consequence, and catch
With his surcease, success; that but this blow
Might be the be-all and the end-all—here,
But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,
We’ld jump the life to come.”
Shakespeare’s Lord Macbeth (I.vii.1-7)
Horoscopes for 5-6-2025
- Mercury into Taurus 5/10
- Full Moon 22°12’ Tau./Sco. 5/12
Horoscopes for 5-6-2025
Taurus
One of the jokes, a comment that has sadly lost its luster? “I read it on the internet, it has to be true.” As birthdays wind up and wind down, and more importantly, as fast-moving Mercury makes aspect to the slow-as-death Pluto? There is some sleuthing required from my dear Taurus quarter of the heavens. Long example, but stick with me, OK? I saw a quick headline flash through my feeds, so I typed the lede’s words into a search bar, then I hit the same article, echoed across the first half-dozen search results. Basically the same news, just cut and paste, copied, or generated from a feed, but with no new or substantive supporting material included. Same story, often the same words, just repeated. That’s what nominally gentle Taurus should watch out for, the same thing, phrasing intact, repeated, with no evidence, or no further proof presented. That’s when Pluto and Mercury kick it into high gear. They both suggest you dig deeper before drawing a conclusion, and here’s to a happy Taurus birthday.
Gemini
“I am not nosy — I’m detail oriented,” way I heard it. Because this is Gemini, ostensibly the sign of the twins? There’s a second, almost apparently unrelated notion that goes with the weekly planet guide, “dog with a bone,” which, in actuality, is more like a dog digging at a spot that we can’t figure out why, but the dog senses that there is something there. A bone, food, “Timmy fell down the well,”1 something. So between being nosy — and like a dog digging for a particular element that we can’t fathom what it is?
Ever just ask questions because something wasn’t quite sitting correctly in the seething Gemini brain? That’s what this is about, and the way to handle it? I don’t really have an answer, I know, unusual for a Sagittarius to tell a Gemini, “I don’t know,” but that covers the question. Plus it’s the answer. It’s that digging, seeking, looking, sniffing around, usually in a metaphorical sense? That’s the idea. You’re not really being nosy, you’re just being detail oriented in a time when no one else seems to be. That’s what sets you apart.
Cancer
Acronyms get bantered about. I’ve long bemoaned the fate of some people, beset and beleaguered by just such labels, a shorthand, shortcut way to get around addressing a plethora of points by hiding behavior in a single diagnosis. Two come to mind, one is PTSD and a companion ADHD. Going backwards with literature, like, looking at books that were about the generation just coming out of the Great War? I found a treasure trove of material that, in backwards compatibility, obviously addresses these very behaviors. Wasn’t a term, wasn’t a diagnosis, and wasn’t “a thing,” back then. Moving into this next week? “Crazy actions that appear to have no root in consensual reality?” More to the point, what can be done? The Cancer, Moon Children slice of the heavens is being drawn in disparate ways. To an outside observer, this makes no sense. Be aware that your behavior, and the source of the inspiration for that action, all of this might not make sense to someone who doesn’t understand the pressure points you’re feeling. To someone under the Crab’s shell, though? Makes perfect sense. It’s not aberrant behavior.
The Leo
While the more recent movie versions of Shakespeare’s Scottish Play is evocative enough, and there’s one that stood out? While there are those, there was a stage version in Austin, some two-dozen years back that really stuck with me. The banquet scene was particularly effective because — I recall — a whole production on a cantilevered stage. Both an impossible setting and one that invited the audience into the action of the play. The play is about the fall of a great man who gets swept up in short-sighted fame instead of long-lasting rule. Not a happy ending for most of the crew. Also: it’s an allegedly cursed play. I watched as one film actor completely dismissed the curse allegations, “I’m a Christian, so no, I don’t believe any of that superstition about the play,” and then he crossed himself. Look: I like the play. I’ve enjoyed it on a number of occasions. But I also light a St. Michael’s candle before I see the play to properly pay homage for protection. Don’t know if it works, but so far, no evil spirit has befallen me as a result of that play. The Leo: sometimes, you know, a little superstition goes a long way to making everything better.
Virgo
There are everyday rituals that to an outside, non-Virgo observer seem empty and meaningless? However, to an individual Virgo, these rituals are meaningful, steeped in conscience, personal myth, and symbolism. The various form of morning — or even evening — obsequies are a simple example of the daily ritual. A good Virgo knows what little rituals I am talking about, and a better Virgo knows to embrace those little rituals, whatever they may be. The secret to success is to take delight in those daily rituals, even if other people don’t always understand. I get it, and these days? It’s really important to have semblance of a routine, like those daily rituals that are there for a good reason, a good Virgo reason.
Libra
For many early years, I worked with a hosting company — service — that was quite good. In addition to the actual service — web hosting — the company had an affiliate program, I would get one month free hosting for each year-long customer that I signed up. The service, at the time, was $99 per year, so that makes the commission $8.25, more or less. The real reason I liked promoting that one service? In its time, the technology backend was superior, on an old DoD mainline for data, and the company itself was a small, a tight, well-knit, organization with fantastic customer support. Bonus was that price, $99 — per year. Company was gobbled up and is now part of an evil empire, although the trappings still look the same. But the service is much less, now. I can’t, with good conscience, still promote or support that product. Besides, my needs have grown beyond a simple shared hosting set-up. This little tale of history and web-hosting sets the stage for what we’ve got up ahead, now, in Libra: it’s about integrity. As long as there’s the internal markers that suggest internal Libra integrity? We’re fine.
Scorpio
The challenges ahead, in the immediate Scorpio future? Pulling together disparate elements to make it work. There are a number if individual items that can be fixed, adjusted, or otherwise fall under the Scorpio spheres of influence, but these are individual challenges that are simple enough, if not easy enough to surmount. Pulling it all together is a challenge, and making it all work, the disparate desperation that soaks in, just as the moon gets fuller and fuller? 1. You can’t fix everything all at once. 2. Some of this isn’t your Scorpio fault. 3. The bigger picture is bleak with too many failures. Compounding problem upon frustration, a simple solution is to fix the one broken item right in front of you. Not much else is required. Don’t need to fix the whole series, just the one plot point. Then? Then ease on over to the next problem — ease on over to the next problem you can actually fix. A quick example? (You know who you are.) “If I just had the right equipment, I could fix this, too.” But you don’t have what it takes so let that alone for some else. It is out of your Scorpio purview.
Sagittarius
I know that the quote, or variations of it, have been used before. Not a big deal. The commentary that caught my eye, though, and my ear, as this is a play, and the play’s the thing, was the first occurrence of the expression, “the be-all and the end-all” in modern literature (post-Elizabethan lit, anyway). I do get a little squeamish using that play, as it does have a reputation, and curse, associated with it. Bad luck to say the play’s name in a theatre. One recent scholar did a creditable job of debunking the myth surrounding the superstition, modern science is good like that. But the week ahead is more like the nature of the quote itself, and poor Sagittarius? We have an unpleasant task in front of us, and one that is best done, sooner rather than later.
Capricorn
I get a system update about an automated process I have running, maybe once a week. The first time, the update hit the spam folder, but after I green-lighted it? I’d get that message about once week, the process was successful. I have a remote location, some would say “the cloud,” the automated process backs up a database to the location and after the back up is complete? It deletes the oldest back-up, so there are two or three, I don’t recall, back-up databases in place. The notice is an e-mail, and the way it looks? It is styled to look like an old, command-line interface. Black background, white type, and the highlights are the old, sickly green — this dates it. I found I could change it, but there’s just something reassuring about the computer connecting and communicating with me in a format that might be out-of-date, but has a historical resonance. It’s worked flawlessly for close to a year, so I see no reason to change anything, and that, my good Capricorn friend, that might be the real message. If it works? Leave it alone. Throwback style is cool, too. Reminds us of our roots.
Aquarius
Some years ago, maybe a half-dozen or more? I ran across a brief piece about putting regular, unground (roasted) coffee beans in tea cup, then inserting a tea candle, so that as the tea light burned and warmed the sides of its diminutive holder, it would warm the coffee beans and release a gentle coffee-like aroma. I’ve been doing this, off and on, for years. I’ve never detected the delicate, fragrant, and gentle aroma of the coffee beans wafting out of there, those gentle zephyrs in the house. Still, for the last several years, I can see how this should work, and I can sense, it’s only logical, that it would work. And yet? Aquarius? It should work, it would work, it doesn’t appear to have the same effect with our Aquarius selves. The original post was probably from social media, and one of those “little life hacks,” and in my example? One that doesn’t work for me. But I’m not Aquarius, so I might be doing it wrong. Still, it’s been years, and yet I persist. Aquarius, I wonder if there’s some activity with no valid output, and yet you persist?
Pisces
Over the decades, I’ve learned that the Full Moon is about reaping what one has sown. Celebrate the victories, tally up the wins and losses, and be grateful for whatever is in the “win” category. Some days, some weeks, some months, and even some years, the “win” category seems sparse. It’s a Saturn thing, as you well know. But with that in mind? Start thinking along the lines of the “wins” rather than the losses. We all lose, some of the time, and that’s not limited to Pisces, but across the board — all 12 signs. I kept thinking I needed to change the line on a certain fishing reel, but I was up early and out on a lake so I didn’t want to be bothered. Big ole bass: line snapped. Can’t win every time or it wouldn’t be sporting. Pisces life is like that, too, can’t win every time, so be grateful for the wins.
Aries
Want to see how this really works? As an Aries-compliant astrology person, I suggest this because I did this last week. Worked wonders for me. What I did was copy a complete horoscopes passage, all I write for one sign, and I pasted that into a text message, trying to hammer home a particular point with a certain person. Did it work? Of course not. My weekly missive is too long for that medium. Also what I learned, how to make the message shorter. Unfortunately, and a good Aries understands this, that was last week’s message. This week is a different time, and should be handled in a different manner. Think text messages, if only for the next few days, just think in text messages with the added possibility that the personal and private message can be broadcast on a larger stage, if you’re not careful.
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- This is an allusion that predates me, so it’s not really culturally approximate, but the idea is now in the zeitgeist, so it sticks. “As you were.” ↩
