Planet Waves Weekly Horoscope for May 4, 2023

 

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As a thought experiment, I invite you to consider what you would do if you didn’t have to cater to any other situation but your own desires, needs and intentions.

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Aries (March 20-April 19) — Every decision you make has a basis. Usually that involves a point of contact with another person, whose needs influence you. As a thought experiment, I invite you to consider what you would do if you didn’t have to cater to any other situation but your own desires, needs and intentions.

Maybe you can’t quite prioritize that way, though you can take some time and imagine what it would be like. This will give you a look into some of the effects of your relationships and commitments. Over the next few days, you may get a glimpse of what your life would be like, were you free to make decisions on your own terms rather than on shared terms.

There are also ways you lean on the needs of others which deflects your attention from taking care of yourself. Addressing this is more easily said and less easily done, and it takes a while; though over the next few days you may have some unusual revelations of how this happens.

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An eclipse provides an opening that you may be able to see through, or even walk through. There may be an interruption of some kind, which calls your attention to something.

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Taurus (April 19-May 20) — Friday’s eclipse of the Moon in your opposite sign Scorpio is calling on you to re-evaluate not just a relationship commitment, but your whole concept of what it means to be together.

An eclipse provides an opening that you may be able to see through, or even walk through. There may be an interruption of some kind, which calls your attention to something. It will be difficult for anyone to feign reality under the influence of this event; between that and Mercury stationing direct, the truth will come out. The question is whether anyone notices. Doing so may be inconvenient, though I suggest that you pay attention. People close to you will show their true colors.

You may adore what they reveal; you may not like it so much; though in any event, you would be wise to take it under advisement. If someone appears to be changing, the chances are very strong that that person is you rather than a partner. Accept that fact and it will be much easier to evaluate your situation and make appropriate decisions.

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Your chart is set up for you to make discoveries that you may not fully be able to understand right away. In this, it will help if you slow down. Diverse conditions are in the process of rapidly changing, within you and in your environment.

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Gemini (May 20-June 21) — If you feel, you will notice different possibilities than if you listen to the monologue that passes for “the mind.” To actually think involves a hybrid of a reasoning process with something more sublime.

That something involves examining meaning and context, and feeling your body as you work your way through a question. Your chart is set up for you to make discoveries that you may not fully be able to understand right away. In this, it will help if you slow down. Diverse conditions are in the process of rapidly changing, within you and in your environment. As they do, you will make discoveries about yourself and aspects of your situation that matter.

Yet you’re unlikely to see them right away, as if your eyes need to adjust to different light.You can count on three or four seemingly separate revelations over the next week or so, each of which will build on the next. You will need to be patient with the influence of each, and allow any new awareness to take hold gently — but consciously. 

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Scorpio is a hormonal and emotional energy field. It is where you find yourself when you dare to follow your deepest instincts and what some would call your passion.

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Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Friday’s eclipse of the Moon is summoning you into your creative and sexual core. It takes place in Scorpio, which is your house of art and sex for their own sake. Few words or concepts are as edgy here in the gender-neutral, do-what-everyone-else-does digital age.

Any concept of “sexual” outside of a political context (rights, laws, bathrooms) is considered a third rail. Anything that is actually original feels extremely risky, and the theme of our times is overstimulation without risk. Yet now you are being drawn, as if by a deep psychic tide, into someplace that is both unfamiliar and lacking clear definitions. That is why it’s so necessary for you. Scorpio is a hormonal and emotional energy field.

It is where you find yourself when you dare to follow your deepest instincts and what some would call your passion.The digital world we are being presented with is (allegedly) sleek and smooth and easy. Everything is supposed to happen at the tap of an icon. The creative, hormonal and sexual world of Scorpio calls for you to get wet and messy, and to plunge into the unknown.


Many people are carrying around their mother’s emotions, mistaking them for their own. You can make a lot of progress in a short time if you know what to focus on.

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Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) — So much of your life involved either your family of origin, or the conditions you experienced as a child under their care. Anyone who works with people will tell you that this is at least half of what people are working through even as adults.

It just goes on and on, and the kinds of avoidance that facilitates this often seem endless. Friday’s eclipse of the Moon in Scorpio is a release point. It’s an opportunity to drain the pool of standing water, which has been there way too long. Many people are carrying around their mother’s emotions, mistaking them for their own. You can make a lot of progress in a short time if you know what to focus on.

There are likely to be specific things you want to release, and if you don’t have them in mind, perhaps take note, and make a decision about which emotions are not your own, and not a valid reflection of your reality. This kind of experience can be potent, and also comes with a sense of betrayal associated with letting go of control by other people’s fears. Are you ready?


Step aside from anyone who would push their truth on you, and remember that nobody else has to accept what you take to be valid. Leave yourself open to the possibilities.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) – To accept an idea, usually you want some kind of proof. The details have to work out, and a dash of logic is helpful. With Saturn hovering around the horizon of your chart — in your opposite sign Pisces — the reality principle is knocking at your door.

However, there are times when you discover the truth by letting go of all that, and looking at something indirectly, or in dim light.  This is not about convincing yourself of anything, but rather the result of what happens when you pause that activity. Rather than believing anything, a deeper truth can emerge when you cease to believe anything, and observe what you see, notice what you hear and allow yourself to feel.

All these things are not only rare in our time, but are under siege. In your life, your personal viewpoint or perspective is the most influential to you. Step aside from anyone who would push their truth on you, and remember that nobody else has to accept what you take to be valid. Leave yourself open to the possibilities. There are many, and more are about to manifest.


Move onto something that you’ve determined actually makes a difference. You can free up an enormous amount of energy by releasing old priorities, and striking useless values from your personal constitution. 

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Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) — You may be looking right at the thing you want or need to know the very most, and not recognize it. You may be trying to figure something out, and the moment you succeed, you forget about it. Be mindful of this.

A series of portals — what you may think of as opportunity windows — are about to open up over the next few weeks — starting right now, with the lunar eclipse on Friday. Let’s start there. This event is about a reassessment of your priorities, and in particular, letting go of what is no longer meaningful.

The recurring question, therefore, is, “Does this really matter?” Emotional attachment to an outcome does not count. Rather, you are looking for evidence of real impact, such as financial or moral. “Does this influence the right thing happening? Is this really what I want?” When you discover anything where the answer is no, then let it go.

Move onto something that you’ve determined actually makes a difference. You can free up an enormous amount of energy by releasing old priorities, and striking useless values from your personal constitution. 


One underlying vehicle for meanness is people acting as if everything must be for their advantage only, then pretending everyone understands that’s just the way it is. It’s exhausting, and deprives those who hold back the feeling of being genuinely supportive.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) — These days, people take being mean casually, and they assume others will do so too. It’s tragic, because this approach burns emotional energy, time, and goodwill. Any satisfaction is fleeting and bitter, and ultimately to one’s own detriment.

The Full Moon dimming in your birth sign Friday is an invitation to let go of any such tendency, and set an example for others to do the same. It’s a reminder to make sure the word “magnanimous” stays in the dictionary, by being that way. One underlying vehicle for meanness is people acting as if everything must be for their advantage only, then pretending everyone understands that’s just the way it is. It’s exhausting, and deprives those who hold back the feeling of being genuinely supportive.

This is not just about people in your immediate circle for whom you’re in some way responsible.I am talking about those people we mistakenly call strangers, or anyone struggling who we become aware of. If we want a world with fewer problems, we will need to think globally and act locally, with emphasis on action.


This is about you, not them, so you can afford to let go of any resentment, jealousy or expectations and allow the relationship to be what it is. This is always a process of discovery, and the more you open yourself to what is new, the less you will be bogged down in the past.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) — Take notice if someone seems starstruck by you. Be real, and encourage them to remember you’re just little old me. In all of your relationships, emphasize that there is work to be done, and let’s do it together.

Meanwhile, a source of anxiety is really the result of a persistent emotional attachment that has been blocking your ability to communicate with someone. This is about you, not them, so you can afford to let go of any resentment, jealousy or expectations and allow the relationship to be what it is.

This is always a process of discovery, and the more you open yourself to what is new, the less you will be bogged down in the past. Most of what you’re processing is not your own. It’s the property of various ancestors, who passed it down to you. By some estimates, 90% of what we must process spiritually and emotionally comes from others. And symbolically, that collects exactly where a lunar eclipse takes place Friday. Take this glorious opportunity to give back to the universe that which does not belong to you.


The idea that any of whatever your deeper mind or feelings contain could ever be revealed in public is harrowing to most people. It goes beyond the current rules of even our society that is obsessed with voyeurism and exhibitionism.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) – Yours is one of the most risk-averse signs, unless there is money involved, and even then, you lean toward conservative. However, you are being called to put yourself on the line emotionally and creatively to reach a deeper level of fulfillment than you’ve ever known.

Anything actually creative involves a risk; the results of any such endeavor may offend someone. This is usually the seeming reason for the “aversion” — oh my god, what will they think? Now, this is not an issue with anything other than when you actually tap the creative well, which involves the “unconscious” and all of its taboo contents.

The idea that any of whatever your deeper mind or feelings contain could ever be revealed in public is harrowing to most people. It goes beyond the current rules of even our society that is obsessed with voyeurism and exhibitionism. This prevents most people from doing anything whatsoever that is actually creatively daring.

The true artists are the ones who go through this veil, and accept the inner challenge. None of this has anything to do with what you reveal to others; that’s merely the excuse. It’s all about what you discover about yourself.


You get a concentrated opportunity to release your own perceptions of how you’re perceived by others. These concepts are a conceptual prison within which many people are trapped.

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Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — The idea of a “reputation” is not what it used to be. Now that anyone can say anything about anyone at any time, which then turns up five minutes later in Google, it’s somewhat difficult to keep spin control.

Yet many have a phobia of losing this elusive thing known as their reputation. Friday’s eclipse of the Moon in Scorpio is your invitation to go beyond any of this. You get a concentrated opportunity to release your own perceptions of how you’re perceived by others.

These notions are a conceptual prison within which many people are trapped. They cannot go beyond their idea of what they think other people think about them. That idea is usually a work of fiction, all the more dangerous for being presumed true. Anyway, I suggest you set all of that aside, even as you notice your fears.

The eclipse takes place in your house of enterprise and distinction. You may be known for one thing, and want to be known for another. Now is your moment to give it a push.

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The problem with beliefs is that most humans assume they are some kind of universal truth, when they are even conscious. Many are concealed, and you’re likely to have accepted them without much analysis or review.

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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)  — Friday’s eclipse of the Moon in Scorpio is here to remind you of the extent to which your life is influenced by your beliefs. By influenced, I mean “controlled by,” or “limited by,” or “contained within the box of” what you believe, about yourself and about the world.

The problem with beliefs is that most humans assume they are some kind of universal truth, when they are even conscious. Many are concealed, and you’re likely to have accepted them without much analysis or review. Imagine having a moment when you could see through this, and be free to act outside of what you believe. One central message of this eclipse is for you to acknowledge what a belief is, and to know when you’re letting yourself be ruled by one. They are so powerful, they are presumed to be true, factual and correct.

That’s the problem; however, there are often times when the veil is raised and all of this becomes apparent. The question then becomes whether someone notices, or cares. Pay attention to what is going on within you and around you; this is too good to miss.

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