May 2000


Titillate-Me Taurus is the predominant astrological flavor of May.
Taurus is instinctively drawn to earthly delights - indulge your inner debauchee. Taurus is warm for giving form to one's personal "values" (rather than sculpting mass moral hysteria). Whether one has a penchant for religious icons or for latex dominatrix hoods, Taurus beseeches us to create or acquire forms that depict personal "values." Venus-ruled Taurus encourages the tongue to hang loosely & happily out of the mouth while merrily engaging vices - screw guilt: eat, drink, smoke, loll, slack and fuck to your heart's content. Fondle quality rather than quantity. Great time and care (and resourcefulness) are required to develop and sculpt anything valuable and enduring.

The first week of May features some Neptunian confusion. Grope your way through a hall of mirrors. Wink and shrug the shoulders with abandon. Neptune triggers urges of escapism; you can run and you can hide (temporarily). The Sun and Jupiter add distortion FX to the ambiance. Stand back and de-magnify whatever overwhelms you. Miss Luna is groggy and new in Taurus on the 3rd; she resists prodding from others while in the resistant Bull.

Warrior Mars sharpens his wit and tongue as he marches through mental and communication emphasized Gemini. Battles feature more mental mayhem and bickering than traditional Martian fare (brawling, slaying, head-butting, etc.); witnesses are badgered; contracts can elicit hostility.

The thrill of hazard squeals with glee the 14th through the 20th in spite of Madame Venus' tryst with serious and calculating Big Daddy Saturn (Big Daddy's authority is apt to tantrum in reactionary fashion while rebellious Uranus is triggering so much misbehavior). Thinking Mercury skips into Gemini on the 14th, triggering ample amounts of curiosity and scheming.

Intrigue, strong-arming and threats prevail on the 18th, 19th and 20th: Miss Luna is full in power-play Scorpio; Pluto, our underworld anti-hero, smirks and flings ultimatums while fiercely lynched by Mercury and Mars. Finances and power hierarchies experience shifts. Purges are cathartically refreshing.

We groove into Gemini on the 20th; changes in agendas, schedules routes, compasses and maps require versatility and flexibility - limber up!

Indulge fickleness and experimentation as Madame Venus enters Gemini on the 25th.

Expansive Jupiter and constrictive Saturn embrace in Taurus on the 28th; this conjunction stirs new epochal expressions and fresh zeitgeist. Bon appetit!


  Aries . . . Taurus . . .Gemini . . . Cancer . . . Leo . . .Virgo . . . Libra . . . Scorpio
. . . Sagittarius . . . Capricorn . . . Aquarius . . . Pisces

  Aries
There is nothing like a hearty appetite to motivate the impulses into new & improved action. Your Hunger is triggered and consequently you are compelled to get your hands on whatever can sate emerging yens, profound and mundane. Drool freely. Immediate gratification is less likely to be as satisfying as a long-haul conquest requiring ample amounts of Bullish determination and grit. Your inner conspicuous consumer smacks the lips and you're scheduled to merit dough from sources old & new in order to satisfy some material hankerings. Your ruler, unruly Mars, trots through mental Gemini; if you spend too much time wringing your hands in decision-making, you could find your self a day late and a dollar short - act with audacious abandon. Plots and schemes beg for Realization rather than mere mental wank-offs - you are poetry when in motion.
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Taurus
Tis the season of self-worthy and self-indulgent Taurus. Your planetary ruler, vixen Madame Venus, encourages you to writhe in whatever blows up your skirt (lead the rest of us into titillating temptations, as well). Your audaciousness is prodded into the forefront of life - squeal with glee (and some underlying terror) when occasionally riding by the seat of your panties, when sitting at tables within Win Or Lose ambiances. Change requires stimulating (and motivating) discomfort. You are packing potent mojo that can certainly switch rails toward different, successful horizons. Your ego experiences mighty shifts; shake off outworn self-identity limitations and permit new expansive self-conceptions to swagger into the scene of your psyche (and then out into the world - if you've got It, and you do have It, then flaunt It). Create and acquire new fashion and decor that is in sync with internal changes. Relationships get under your skin mid-month.
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Gemini
The season of Taurus often introduces a mud-wading odyssey for Geminis. Alpha Male Mars simultaneously adventures through the Twins, invoking your aggression and also your impatience in above mentioned mud-wading odyssey. Your frustration threshold is tested - persist but take various and ample innovative approaches in unwieldy situations. Compose a paean to absurdity. You're supposed to feel as if you are on the fringe of material existence - a stint of alienation or exile is good for backing-up and reassessing situations that have become preposterous. Endings beget beginnings and your rites of death and initiation occur on a wide and weird threshold through the 19th of May (at which point the Gemini season hands you potent juju amidst pressing power plays). Relationships are less vague after the 25th.
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Cancer
Your material hopes and dreams perform enticing strip-tease numbers, beckoning to be touched (and thus Realized). Horde & amass inclinations are also triggered in rhythm with territorialism. Mark yer turf; have one place or thing that is indubitably yours lest you feel vexed and deprived while a communist verve is unleashed in Life of Cancer. Your influence is outrageous - sell bikinis in Siberia while simultaneously deflecting envious lynchers, petty tyrants and generally the Opposition mid-month. Relationships feature both lip-smack worthy sensual treats and platonic vibes of comradeship. Aggressive Mars is wading through a thick, sacrificial terrain of your solar chart - boundary issues are bodacious and overeager overtime is apt to eventually shatter your nerves. Pay attention to activity that is occurring behind the scenes and under tables; the periphery begs your attention.
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Leo
Your influence and authority are a tour de force. Your inner despot is wringing her hands with glee. Your name tag would best read "Tsarina" or "Demigod." Your purpose and profession are shaping into new forms in rhythm with emerging new facets of your public persona. You'll attract higher caliber allies and adversaries, support and opposition while Ascending in Influence. Your private life is up for grabs in the public spectacle; the public spectacle scampers into your private life. You're in a most visible position and this exposure-happy feature in Life of Lion is both a treat and a curse. Relationships trot along steadfastly until Madame Venus starts to feel fickle as she enters Gemini on the 25th. Mid-month tests the truth of your grit, the moxie of your integrity, the loyalty of those who surround you; suspense and tension are gorgeous the 16th through the 20th. As we enter Gemini on the 20th, hands of fate rearrange plots, schemes and agendas as if they are peas under walnut shells on a shaky cardboard table.
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Virgo
Belief systems are accentuated for most of the month. Ideological duels and policy head-butting add color to your cheeks as sass gets the conceptual juices flowing. Sometimes it's "wonderful to be wrong" - peel rationalizations and limiting beliefs from you as if you are a ripe grape. Teaching and learning de-warp outworn grooves whether you are in one of those Mrs. Robinson situations or whether you find your self folded into an uncomfortable school desk. Travel is accentuated even if you take different routes in your neighborhood just to get a different perspective of life. Relationships are both sweet and hard-headed; agree to disagree where sweetness does indeed co-exist with hard-headed differences. Tense situations snap like overwrought rubber bands as we enter flexible Gemini on the 20th. Maniacal multi-tasking can make your eyes cross after the 14th.
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Libra
Extremities prevail and thankfully you have an adroit hand in balancing the most askew of situations. Limber-up because balancing extremities will require prolific amounts of moxie, will, maneuvering and (probably) scorn through the 19th. Power plays and intrigues abound; preposterous provocations can trigger the usually hidden ferocity of your inner diplomat. Maybe you'll need to utilize a swizzle stick of chaos in a particularly stagnant, corrupt situation that won't respond to reasonable persuasion. Warrior Mars is apt to trigger battlesome antics in policy and law as he marches through Gemini this month. As the Sun enters Gemini on the 20th, your more vexing situations begin settling into new balance (after much ado). Relationship dynamics are intense and extreme through the 25th until your planetary ruler, mighty Madame Venus, enters the more minxish terrain of Gemini.
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Scorpio
Those people who get under your skin the most are potently provocative. Paramours, partners, petty tyrants, allies, adversaries, rogues and rascals are intent on turning you inside out. Dull moments are few and far between; you are apt to reveal an overt, anti-poker-face expression or two. New long-haul commitments wink and wave the fingers come-hitherly (whether you have found a new arch nemesis to conquer or whether you exchange vows of unity in both intimate and professional relationships). Mid-month, your planetary ruler, power-packing Pluto, prods you into some new dough-earning potentials as emerging priorities are goosed into action via changing situations. Exposure and revelation are eagerly perched on the edge of visible chairs mid-month; cards topple out of sleeves. Our entrance into Gemini on the 20th emphasizes shared resources and another Scorpionic stint of come-back contenderism.
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Sagittarius
The aspect of completion experiences resolution interruptus. Whether you are attempting to finish a load of laundry or whether you are trying to drop-kick a die-hard relationship, completion - that luscious light at the end of the tunnel - is hard-earned. Allow horns of persistence to pop out of your brow; paw at the ground with intent; flare the nostrils fiercely. Patience is an amusingly hard-to-develop virtue. Indulge in your favorite stimulant - you'll need it in order to keep up with your inflating schedule. Warrior Mars stirs and shakes your relationships; sometimes you may feel as if people are looking for a fight and so they are looking for you. Drum the fingers and prioritize the worth of battles - flip the hair and smirk in the face of pettiness. Our entrance into Gemini on the 20th is accessorized with power-plays and maneuverings; you gain information which assists you in making the proverbial Next Move.
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Capricorn
Goats are encouraged to let the hair down and indulge in re-creation (and recreation). Your influence is exuding a new passion and prestige; don a tiara for affirmation purposes. Work and pleasure are once again merging for the convenience of your ambitious, workaholic tendencies; pursue avenues that roil your juices (amorously). Mars' march through multi-tasking Gemini requires that you slave to some sumptuous and also vexing rhythms. Warrior Mars also invokes a bit of psychological warfare while in mental Gemini; sharpen the tongue - evasiveness can be hazardous. Capricorn heroics prevail - here you come to save the day (again and again and again). Hidden facets of situations scamper out into the open as we approach entry into Gemini on the 20th. Relationships feature work and play as Madame Venus struts into Gemini on the 25th.
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Aquarius
Our jaunt through thoroughly determined Taurus invokes long-haul beginnings along with die-hard endings. Your threshold positioning indicates that setting new ideas in motion while wrapping-up adhesive conclusions will require Herculean efforts. Your flexibility is stretched to the limit. Don't carry the whole world upon your shoulders or you will get crushed in the limbo-middle of the threshold - delegate, plead, use distractions for target practice. Conquistador Mars marches through Gemini, goosing a thrill of risk along with a desire to periodically carouse; this risky/carousing verve, if straddled like an unpredictable bronco, can actually take you toward unanticipated paths of fulfillment. Be proud of your pride; be a role model that strives for excellence (rather than lowers standards).
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Pisces
Crossroads are pesky and provocative. You may spend inordinate amounts of time flipping coins and polling opinions as daunting decisions corner you. You innately appreciate the art of drift, however the straight-ahead character of Taurus continually gooses you back into a necessary determined focus (in spite of ample diversions and distractions). Mid-month features tension and pressure: to commit or not to commit? to advance or to retreat? Guileless, warrior Mars prods you to chip away at a fear that has been limiting you - keep a psychological jackhammer on hand for fear-chipping festivities. Home and family can be high-maintenance. Schemes of locale switches are unleashed, particularly once we enter plotting Gemini on the 20th.
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Astrological glyphs are courtesy Mr. Nathan Black

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