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+ Your May 2025 horoscope encourages you to redefine the roles you’ve outgrown

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Your May 2025 horoscope encourages you to redefine the roles you’ve outgrown

By Mandy Wilde

May begins with the Sun in earthy Taurus, urging us to root down into what nourishes us like our body, home, voice, and values. Taurus rules the throat, neck, and shoulders, and these parts of our bodies may speak up this month if we’ve been carrying too much, holding back our truth, or silencing our own needs to keep the peace. This might show up as tension in the jaw, persistent sore throats, or stiff shoulders, all signs that it’s time to listen to what your body’s been trying to say. Where have you swallowed your voice? Where are you carrying weight that isn’t yours?

Pluto begins its retrograde in Aquarius on May 4, prompting a deep internal audit around identity, legacy, and how we show up in collective spaces, especially for those of us redefining who we are outside of roles we’ve outgrown. You might feel a tug between wanting to transform everything all at once and the quiet knowing that real change starts from the inside.On May 12, the Full Moon in Scorpio brings emotional intensity and powerful release. This lunation is like a spiritual detox and you may feel a little raw and more reflective. It’s a potent time to shed what’s no longer serving you in your emotional life, especially patterns around secrecy, shame, or control.

Later in the month, the mood shifts with Saturn, the planet of structure and responsibility, entering Aries on May 24, bringing a long-term push to redefine personal leadership. This marks a two-year invitation to take yourself seriously through self-commitment. Then, on May 26, the New Moon in Gemini signals a mental refresh and a curiosity reboot.

Aries (March 21–April 19)

Aries, you may feel an itch you can’t quite scratch in early May, like a sense that something is stirring, but not ready to be named. Think of it more as an evolution rather than as frustration. You’re refining your inner compass, and that means letting go of impulsive yeses and chasing what you “should” want. This month asks you to consider what true confidence looks like. Spoiler alert: It’s less about being loud and more about being anchored. …

Taurus (April 20–May 20)

Happy birthday, dear Taurus! You’re likely to find that May wraps you in both softness and pressure, like the moment just before a deep exhale.

You’re being asked to get radically honest about what truly sustains you, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Not just what looks good on the outside, but what actually fills you up. There may be a quiet grief in admitting that something (or someone) no longer fits. Don’t rush to fix it. You’re allowed to mourn the version of you who tolerated less. You’re at the center of big shifts in your identity and what you value. …

Gemini (May 21–June 20)

You’re likely to find yourself hovering between versions of yourself this month, Gemini. The past, present, and the one that’s on the horizon. There’s a strange nostalgia in the air, but it’s not meant to keep you stuck. Instead, it’s a mirror reflecting how far you’ve come, and how little of the old you is truly needed anymore. …

Cancer (June 21–July 22)

May begins with a deep pull inward, Cancer. You may be processing something private, something few people know about. It could be a quiet loss, a recurring doubt, or a longing you haven’t fully named. Let it surface. This is your month to feel all of it, not to get over it, but to move through it with honesty. …

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