Three significant planetary events shape the energy of this week. On Friday 15 May, the Sun moves from Aries into Taurus, marking the beginning of Taurus season and shifting the collective mood from urgency and action toward steadiness, practicality, and a deeper appreciation for what we already have. The following day, Saturday 16 May, a New Moon in Taurus arrives in close conjunction with Mercury, the planet of thought and communication.
New Moons open a fresh lunar cycle, and in Taurus, the invitation is to set intentions around financial security, self-worth, and the slow, deliberate work of building something that lasts. Mercury’s presence alongside this lunation sharpens the mind and supports thoughtful planning and meaningful conversations.
Running beneath both of these events is Pluto, which began a retrograde phase in Aquarius on 8 May. When Pluto turns backward, the planet of transformation directs its pressure inward rather than outward. In Aquarius, the sign of the collective, community, and technology, this period asks us to examine where power truly sits in our institutions and social structures, and whether the systems we rely on are still serving the people they were built for.
Horoscope readings for this week: Here’s what you must know
Note: These horoscopes are based on general sun-sign interpretations and offer broad guidance rather than personalised birth-chart readings.
Aries
The Sun moves into your second house of money and values on Friday, bringing a shift in focus from yourself toward what you own and what you want to build over time. This is a good week to pause and take stock of your financial picture rather than charging ahead. Saturday’s New Moon is a genuine opportunity to set intentions around income, spending, or a savings goal you have been putting off.
Mercury’s influence on this lunation sharpens your thinking around money matters, so any planning you do now is likely to be clear-headed and considered. Pluto’s retrograde in Aquarius is quietly unsettling some assumptions about shared resources and group dynamics in your wider social world.
Sit with what surfaces rather than rushing to resolve it. The answers that come from patience tend to be more durable than those reached in haste.
Taurus
With the Sun arriving in your sign on Friday and a New Moon following the very next day, this is one of the most personally significant weeks of your year. Taurus New Moons mark the beginning of your own lunar cycle, making Saturday an ideal time to set intentions around who you want to be and what you want to invite into your life over the next six months.
Mercury’s conjunction with the New Moon sharpens your words and your thinking, so if there is a conversation you have been putting off, this week offers good conditions for it. Pluto’s retrograde in Aquarius is working through your tenth house of career and public life, slowly shifting how you relate to authority and professional ambition. No urgent action is needed.
Quiet reflection during this period tends to produce better outcomes than forcing a conclusion.
Gemini
With Venus already lighting up your sign this week, social life and personal charm are running at a higher frequency than usual. You may find that conversations come easily, new people cross your path, or existing relationships take on a warmer and more playful quality. The Taurus New Moon on Saturday sits in your twelfth house, which rules rest, solitude, and the quieter inner life, making this an unusual invitation to set intentions privately rather than publicly.
What do you need but rarely allow yourself to ask for? Pluto’s retrograde in Aquarius stirs your ninth house of belief, philosophy, and learning. This is a useful period to revisit ideas you hold about how the world works and ask whether they still serve you. Not every belief you inherited is one you consciously chose.
Cancer
The New Moon in Taurus on Saturday activates your eleventh house of community, friendships, and shared goals, making this a meaningful week for thinking about where you belong and who you want beside you as you move forward. If a group project or social connection has been on hold, this lunation offers a gentle push to re-engage.
The Sun’s arrival in Taurus on Friday reinforces this theme, turning your attention toward your wider social world rather than inward. Mercury’s presence alongside the New Moon suggests that a conversation with a friend or colleague could open a door you had not expected.
Pluto’s ongoing retrograde asks you to look more deeply at questions of intimacy and shared resources in your personal relationships, without any pressure to force conclusions just yet. Slow awareness is still progress.
Leo
The Taurus New Moon on Saturday falls in your tenth house of career, reputation, and public life, making this one of the more professionally significant weeks of your year. You may find a new goal crystallising around your work, or an opportunity presenting itself that asks you to take your ambitions more seriously. Mercury alongside the Moon adds mental clarity to your professional instincts, so if you have a proposal, pitch, or plan that needs finalising, conditions are working in your favour.
The Sun’s move into Taurus on Friday activates this same area, extending the career-focused energy well into the coming weeks. Pluto’s retrograde in Aquarius is quietly working through your seventh house of partnerships, prompting a closer look at the power dynamics in your most significant one-on-one relationships. There is no rush to act on what you notice.
Virgo
The Taurus New Moon on Saturday lands in your ninth house of travel, learning, and expanding your perspective, making this a week with real potential for mental and sometimes physical exploration. You may find yourself drawn toward a new course of study, a trip you have been considering, or a worldview that challenges your current thinking in a productive way.
Mercury’s conjunction with the Moon sharpens this curiosity and encourages following it somewhere new. If you have been sitting on a decision about education, travel, or a new creative direction, this lunation opens a useful window. The Sun’s shift into Taurus on Friday supports the practical groundwork for longer-term plans.
Pluto’s retrograde is working through your sixth house of health and daily routine, quietly asking you to reconsider what sustainability really looks like in your everyday life.
Libra
Saturday’s New Moon in Taurus activates your eighth house of shared finances, transformation, and what you hold most deeply. This is not always the most comfortable zone of the chart to have a new moon, but it is one of the most powerful for doing the inner work that leads to real change. You may find yourself confronting a financial arrangement that needs renegotiation, or a psychological pattern that has been quietly running in the background. Mercury’s presence here sharpens your insight and supports difficult but necessary conversations.
The Sun’s arrival in Taurus on Friday reinforces this theme, bringing steady, deliberate energy to whatever you are working through. Pluto’s retrograde in Aquarius continues to stir your fifth house of creativity and self-expression, slowly asking you to reclaim ownership of your own story and the way you present yourself to the world.
Scorpio
The Taurus New Moon on Saturday sits directly opposite your sign, falling in your seventh house of partnerships and close relationships. New Moons in the seventh house often bring new connections into view or mark the beginning of a meaningful shift in an existing one. You may find yourself drawn into a deeper conversation with a partner, business collaborator, or close friend this week.
Mercury alongside the New Moon supports clear and thoughtful communication, which is worth leaning into if there has been something left unsaid between you and someone significant. The Sun’s move into Taurus on Friday deepens this relational focus and extends it across the coming weeks.
Pluto’s retrograde in Aquarius is moving through your fourth house of home and family, surfacing questions about belonging, roots, and what you genuinely need from your private life.
Sagittarius
This week’s New Moon in Taurus lands in your sixth house of health, work routines, and daily habits, making it a useful moment to set intentions around how you structure your days. You may feel moved to start a new wellness habit, revisit your work schedule, or bring more order to the parts of your life that tend to run on autopilot.
Mercury alongside the New Moon sharpens your thinking and supports the kind of practical planning that actually sticks. The Sun’s move into Taurus on Friday adds patience and consistency to this energy, two qualities that serve Sagittarius well when the temptation to overextend is real.
Pluto’s retrograde in Aquarius continues to work through your third house of communication, prompting a deeper look at how you express yourself and what you choose to put into words.
Capricorn
Saturday’s New Moon in Taurus activates your fifth house of creativity, pleasure, and self-expression, and this is one of the warmer and more enjoyable placements for a new lunation. This week may bring a creative project back into focus, or a sense of permission to invest time in something you love simply because you love it.
Mercury here encourages putting your creative ideas into words and sharing them with others. If you have been sitting on something you made or imagined, this is a reasonable moment to let it be seen. The Sun’s arrival in Taurus on Friday extends this energy into the coming weeks.
Pluto’s retrograde in Aquarius is slowly moving through your second house of finances, asking you to examine the deeper roots of your relationship with money and what you believe you deserve.
Aquarius
The Taurus New Moon on Saturday lands in your fourth house of home, family, and private life, drawing your attention inward rather than outward this week. You may feel called to invest in your living environment, settle something in a family relationship, or simply create more comfort and stability in your domestic world.
Mercury alongside the Moon sharpens your thinking around what home means to you, and any decisions about living arrangements or property made this week are likely to be well-considered. The Sun’s shift into Taurus on Friday supports this domestic focus. Pluto is currently retrograding through your own sign, which is an ongoing and deeply personal process of reinvention.
The retrograde phase invites you to look at which version of yourself you are still holding onto and ask whether it still fits who you are becoming.
Pisces
The Taurus New Moon on Saturday activates your third house of communication, short journeys, and the exchange of ideas, bringing an energised quality to your conversations and immediate environment this week. You may find yourself with more to say than usual, or an unexpected piece of news could arrive that opens up new thinking.
Mercury’s conjunction with the Moon is particularly supportive here, as Mercury governs the very house being activated, amplifying its influence. If you have been trying to reach someone, finish a piece of writing, or navigate a misunderstanding, conditions this week are more favourable than they have been recently. The Sun’s shift into Taurus on Friday grounds and steadies this communicative energy.
Pluto’s retrograde in Aquarius works through your twelfth house, quietly dissolving structures from within that no longer serve your peace.
Astrology offers a lens, not a map. What the stars suggest this week is a direction, not a destination. How you move through it is yours to decide. Check back next Monday for the horoscope covering 18-24 May 2026.
