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General for Week Commencing: Monday 04 May 2026

	Aries	Monday 04 May 2026	Mar 21 - Apr 19
After the roller coaster ride that a Full Moon can take you on, starting the week with the Moon in an adventurous part of your chart is going to be good for body, mind and soul in more ways than one. These adventurous and spontaneous lunar vibes will make it harder to sweat the small stuff or get caught up in the weeds, while until leaving on Wednesday, a friendly aspect to all five planets in Aries is going to be personally empowering. Especially the friendly aspect to Mars on Tuesday, the same day that the warrior planet of the cosmos moves into his final two weeks in Aries and as he is looking for something to channel his passions, drive, warrior and competitive spirit into. Meanwhile, the Moon’s return to your career sector on Wednesday will do more than just sharpen your professional instincts and in the heart of the working week, kick off some positive days across the income, work and career fronts. After clashing as a Full Moon over the weekend, this will put the Moon back in harmony with the Sun in your income sector, restoring your financial confidence.

	Taurus	Monday 04 May 2026	Apr 20 - May 20
What a difference a few days can make. It was on Friday that the Moon returned to your relationship sector to begin the lead up to a Full Moon that at some point during your birthday month will always see it clash with the Sun in Taurus. Halfway between the Sun’s last visit to your relationship sector and the next and with rarely any focus on your relationships at this time of year, this is giving your relationships some much needed attention. While this creates a clash between your own and your relationship needs, in the process, this makes both more obvious and moving into your new solar year, this couldn’t be more important. By Monday the Moon is gone, any personal and/or relationship tension has dialled back and in his first full day in Taurus Mercury, the planet of communication is working to keep the communication lines open. Any balance lessons learned can be applied to Monday’s stars, which are focused on a balance between money coming in and money going out.

	Gemini	Monday 04 May 2026	May 21 - Jun 21
While the Moon left your work sector on Sunday, as well as a chance to move into the new working week with an intuitive read on work and job matters, your finger on the pulse and ear to the ground from the start, this has been a benefit for both sides of the financial fence. That would have been the case with any of the Moon’s monthly visits, but instead, as a Full Moon this has energised and set things in motion across the income, work and career fronts. Halfway between the Sun’s return to your work sector six months ago and his next, this is a Full Moon that at this time each year can jumpstart things on the job front, at what can be a quiet point in any year. This year, there are forces on the income and career fronts that can keep the momentum going. At the same time, always falling during the month long wind down of your old solar year, this can put how well you know when to keep your work hat on and when to take it off to the test. With exciting developments on the adventurous side of life’s fence, the timing couldn’t be better.

	Cancer	Monday 04 May 2026	Jun 22 - Jul 22
While the Moon left a playful and creative part of your chart on Sunday, as a Full Moon its influence was not only a lot more potent, this not only had the support of Jupiter in Cancer and the North Node in an adventurous part of your chart, but they are staying on and can keep things in motion. With the week getting off to a busy start, this can encourage you to put some work/life balance guardrails in place. Meanwhile, the week not only begins with the Moon in your work sector, but by the time it leaves on Wednesday, it will have formed a friendly aspect to all five planets in your career sector. While Mercury left just before the Moon returned, in time to capture his smart, practical and intellectual influence. Meanwhile, it is the Moon’s friendly aspect to Mars and Eris, the warrior prince and princess of the cosmos on Tuesday that couldn’t come with better timing. This comes just as Mars moves into his final two weeks in your career sector and while he is looking for something to channel his warrior and competitive spirit into.

	Leo	Monday 04 May 2026	Jul 23 - Aug 22
From the start, the stars will be sending mixed messages and especially on Monday, though with perfect timing. On the one hand, the week not only begins with the Moon in a playful and creative part of your chart, but by the time it leaves on Wednesday, it will have formed a friendly aspect to all five planets in an adventurous part of your chart. This includes a friendly aspect to Mars on Tuesday, just as he moves into his final two weeks and as he is looking for something to channel his passion for adventure and a hunger for life’s richer experiences into. At the same time, on Monday Mercury is not only settling into his first full day in your career sector, but with this is a chance to get your head in the game before things start coming together on the income, work and career fronts in the second half of the year. What makes the timing significant is that it comes just as the weekend’s Full Moon has delivered its annual work/life balance reminder.

	Virgo	Monday 04 May 2026	Aug 23 - Sep 22
For the first time this year, the Moon has returned for its monthly visit to your home and family sector to find planets on the other side of the sky in your career sector. It is the Moon’s clash with Venus there that might see work/life balance tensions rise on Monday, though with perfect timing and in a way that is more opportunity than challenge. By this stage, Venus has been in your career sector for 10 days and has already formed a friendly aspect to both Pluto and the asteroid Juno in your work sector. Venus is not a planet that likes to break a sweat and with Uranus, who by this time has been in your work sector for eight days, here for the next seven years, there is no urgency. Instead, the laws of attraction and synchronicity are doing much of the heavy lifting. Also helping you to take this in your stride is not only having Mercury settling into his first full day in an adventurous part of your chart on Monday, but with Pluto at a standstill ahead of his retrograde turn in your work sector on Thursday, with no real urgency.

	Libra	Monday 04 May 2026	Sep 23 - Oct 23
What a difference a few days can make and especially when it comes to any financial tension that may have begun building on Friday and into the weekend. This is when the Moon not only returned to your income sector, but to begin the lead up to a Full Moon that saw it clash with the Sun on the other side of the sky in your financial sector. This is a Full Moon that will always fall at some point during the Sun’s month long visit, while the solar spotlight is on the side of the financial fence where it is more about what you do with and how you manage the money you have and what can be the least active point in any year on the income side of the financial fence. The Moon is gone and on the income side of the financial fence, this has not only energised things across the income, work and career fronts, but with forces staying on to keep the momentum going. On the other side of the financial fence, Mercury’s first full day in your financial sector on Monday is giving you the smart head for money to take control.

	Scorpio	Monday 04 May 2026	Oct 24 - Nov 21
While there could still be some tension in the air on Monday, it is not coming from the Full Moon that ran its course on Sunday. At the same time, as they have the same central theme, there is a chance to borrow from any lessons or insights gained from one. It was last Friday that the Moon returned to Scorpio to begin the lead up to a Full Moon that at some point during the Sun’s month long visit to your relationship sector and at the halfway point in each solar year, will always put a balance between your own and your relationship needs to the test. As well as leaving you more aware of what you want from your relationships and what they need from you, this has been a chance for a personal reset. The Moon left on Sunday but starts the week in your income sector and opposed to Venus in the other side of the sky in your financial sector. This is a brief clash that may put pressure on a balance between money coming in and money going out, but with resources on both sides of the financial fence to turn any financial tension into motivation.

	Sagittarius	Monday 04 May 2026	Nov 22 - Dec 21
Moving into the new working week with the Moon in Sagittarius is always an advantage, ensuring your financial instincts are sharp, you are emotionally and intuitively engaged and you have your finger on the pulse and ear to the ground from the start. At the same time, this is helping to relieve any tension from late last week. It was last Friday that the Moon returned to a nostalgic and reflective part of your chart to begin the lead up to a Full Moon that at some point during the Sun’s month long visit to your busy work sector, will put how well you know when to keep your work hat on and when to take it off. With Mars two weeks away from kicking off what could be the busiest six weeks of the year, the timing couldn’t be more important. At the same time, before leaving on Wednesday, the Moon’s friendly aspect to all five planets in a playful and creative part of your chart will make it easier to get the balance right.

	Capricorn	Monday 04 May 2026	Dec 22 - Jan 19
It can take a few days for the dust to settle after a Full Moon, but for you, as the weekend’s Full Moon was one of the better of any year, this is more likely to have left you energised while more aware of your boundaries. A Full Moon is a clash between the Sun and Moon, as they battle for your attention from opposite sides of the sky. This time, with the Sun in a playful and creative part of your chart and the Moon in a social and serendipitous part. Neither of these are challenging areas of your life and the biggest challenge you might have had was in juggling your time, schedule or priorities. At the same time, this brought the laws of synchronicity in play, while creating positive energy on the communication, social and relationship fronts that has ongoing support. At the same time, as Mercury settles into his first full day in a playful and creative part of your chart on Monday, the Sun will continue to have backup.

	Aquarius	Monday 04 May 2026	Jan 20 - Feb 18
By this point in the year Pluto, who returned to Aquarius in November 2024 to spend the next 20 years promoting change while fighting against stagnation, should be operating largely in the background. Last year, once the Sun and Mercury left in February, Pluto was on his own for the rest of the year. That is not the case this year, with the planet of change and transformation not only joined by the asteroid Juno, the queen of commitment in late March, but benefiting from Venus and Uranus’ return to an adventurous part of your chart. Juno and Pluto have recently aligned, bringing together the resolve to change things up that is here to stay while Venus, who by Monday has only been in an adventurous part of your chart for 10 days, spent last week at a friendly aspect to both. With Pluto at a standstill ahead of his retrograde turn on Thursday, you are ready for whatever doors this might open to the past and second chances.

	Pisces	Monday 04 May 2026	Feb 19 - Mar 20
While the Moon left an adventurous part of your chart on Sunday, as a Full Moon and as it had formed a friendly aspect to Jupiter in a playful and creative part as it moved through, this equips you to handle a bit of work/life balance tension on Monday and some mixed messages from the stars. On the one hand, moving into the new working week with the Moon in your career sector will not only ensure your professional instincts are sharp from the start, but by the time it leaves on Wednesday, it will have formed a friendly aspect to all five planets in your income sector. At the same time, while the Moon returns every four weeks, for the first time this year, there are planets on the other side of the sky, ready to push back if your work/life balance boundaries are crossed. The inspiration to make this a priority comes from the powering up of the playful, creative and adventurous side of life’s fence over the weekend.