CHARTS FOR MAY 2020:
Chart 1.5.2020 Vedic
(The Kal Sarpa Yoga can be clearly seen, though with Moon on the other side of the Nodal Axis in Kemadruma unsupported and alone state: see Newsletter for May 2020 for explanation):
(The Kal Sarpa Yoga can be clearly seen, though with Moon on the other side of the Nodal Axis in Kemadruma unsupported and alone state: see Newsletter for May 2020 for explanation):
Chart 1.5.2020 Western
The Lunations:
Full Moon 7th May
Full Moon 7th May
New Moon 22nd May
Pluto turns Retrograde from 26th April 2020:
You can see from the western and Vedic Ephemeris of planet positions for May 2020, that Pluto is retrograde now. In fact Pluto turned Retrograde on 26th April 2020.
The meaning of this is discussed in the May 2020 Astrology and Healing Newsletter.
Pluto is a very slow meaning planet, so this means we will all of us have to experience several retrograde Pluto transits with the huge impact that each of these has in our lives.
To show you what this means, please see below the graph of my present Pluto transit where Pluto is transiting square my Moon and my Sun for a long time (I was born on Full Moon so this means that my Sun and Moon are opposite each other, and Pluto is now transiting square both of them:
My Transits 2019 to show Pluto Transit:
You can see from the western and Vedic Ephemeris of planet positions for May 2020, that Pluto is retrograde now. In fact Pluto turned Retrograde on 26th April 2020.
The meaning of this is discussed in the May 2020 Astrology and Healing Newsletter.
Pluto is a very slow meaning planet, so this means we will all of us have to experience several retrograde Pluto transits with the huge impact that each of these has in our lives.
To show you what this means, please see below the graph of my present Pluto transit where Pluto is transiting square my Moon and my Sun for a long time (I was born on Full Moon so this means that my Sun and Moon are opposite each other, and Pluto is now transiting square both of them:
My Transits 2019 to show Pluto Transit:
My Transits 2020 to show Pluto Transit:
My Transits 2021 to show Pluto Transit:
Ephemeris Vedic May 2020
Ephemeris Western Astrology May 2020
The astrology of May 2020
Pluto turns Retrograde from 26th April 2020:
Pluto is Retrograde from 26th April to 4th October. See my point made immediately above about a Pluto transit often entailing a death and rebirth experience.
Contact me for a Reading if this applies to you.
Do take our on-line Journey to the Abyss.
Pluto is a very slow meaning planet, so this means we will all of us have to experience several retrograde Pluto transits with the huge impact that each of these has in our lives.
To show you what this means, please see on the May 2020 chart page of my Starwheel Astrology website, the graph of my present Pluto transit where Pluto is transiting square my Moon and my Sun for a long time. I was born on Full Moon so this means that my Sun and Moon are opposite each other, and Pluto is now transiting square both of them – over three years.
Pluto Retrograde periods can be like death and rebirth journeys, a period of exorcism, a time of truth where one must not be dishonest, passion, unmet desire, thwarted ambition. Essentially, they are all about you coming into your own power.
Pluto although retrograde, is in the 1st degree of Vedic Capricorn all month.
Claim your power
Transform your life
Face your fears
Grow spiritually.
If you want others to see you, you must see yourself, you must speak with your true voice.
On June 29th Pluto retrogrades back into Sagittarius.
Pluto will stay in Sagittarius until 31st December then returns to Vedic Capricorn transiting there many years.
You cannot defeat your demons if you are still enjoying their company
Saturn turns Retrograde from 11th May
But Saturn is at 7 deg Vedic Capricorn all this month (don’t try to rush him!)
This is a massive implacable inescapable call for consolidation of matters in your life.
Saturn demands discipline and patience, endurance and thoroughness, correct life-focus, death of wrong strategies or incorrect focus.
News of a death, mind-focus on our mortality.
For some people, he will be experienced in his occult dimension.
Check what House in your Vedic Chart Capricorn is for statement of the key area of your life that will be affected, and what House is Aquarius, the other sign that Saturn rules. And check any planet that transiting Saturn aspects in your birth chart.
If your Ascendant is in a Saturn-ruled Nakshatra, or if any of your planets are in a Saturn-ruled Nakshatra, then this retrograde will also strongly affect you: Pushyami, Anuradha and UttaraBhadra.
If we obey his demands, he rewards us with Golden Reaping of our projects.
Saturn periods always bring at least burst of fear and depression
During this retrograde period, the fear and depression will become greater.
With Venus retrograding, too, economic downturn will be felt, though the end of the year should see some recovery, although many business are going bankrupt now.
Do note though, that the fear element of Saturn Retrograde can prompt us to take new initiatives, which may even have risk dimensions, BECAUSE the fear fo Saturn Retrograde will highlight problem issues that must be sorted in our lives!!!
Saturn turns Direct at 1 deg Capricorn on 29th September 2020.
Jupiter turns Retrograde from May 15th
Jupiter’s velocity is slow too. In May, he transits from 3 to 2 degrees Vedic Capricorn.
And note that because Capricorn is Jupiter’s debilitation sign, Jupiter’s strength across the Vargas is abysmal: Shadvargas 2.45 strength points.
This means we each have to boost our connectedness with Jupiter to receive blessing, enlargement, sense of purpose, divine guru energy, optimism.
On 30th June Jupiter retrograde back into Vedic Sagittarius, the sign he rules, and his dignity and power are boosted immediately.
Jupiter turns direct at 23 Sagittarius on 13th September, re-entering Vedic Capricorn on 20th November.
Jupiter conjunct Pluto:
Note that Jupiter is close to Pluto much of this time and Jupiter is exactly conjunct Pluto on April 5th and June 30th.
This is a huge and powerful conjunction.
Venus turns Retrograde on 15th May
Venus retrogrades from 27 to 22 Taurus.
This retrograde is fortunate though, because it vastly extends Venus’ time in Taurus, the sign it rules, which mean that we all enjoy strong Venus qualities at a time when other energies are so very dire! Venus leaves Taurus on 1st August 2020.
Do make the special effort to keep Venus beauties, art and loving energies still alive in our lives through this Venus Retrograde period when Venus won’t be so obviously active in his effect.
Venus is square Neptune on May 4th.
The perfect side of the Venus Neptune energy is ideal love and beauty: spiritual and artistic.
Negatively of course it’s confusion and unreality I love.
It’s a great time for art and writing, potentially.
Sun Transits Taurus May 14 – June 14
Be alive to the qualities of Sun in Taurus
Venus will be transiting in Taurus at this time
Mercury will be transiting Vedic Taurus part of this time.
Mars enters Vedic Aquarius
Mars leaves Capricorn and enters Aquarius on May 5th.
Of course, both Capricorn and Aquarius are ruled by Saturn.
Nut Capricorn was Mars’ sign of Exaltation, and we will be losing this. I think Mars in Capricorn is very good for building and technical things going well.
From May 14 to June 4, Mars will be transiting in the Shatabhishak nakshatra Note that Shatabishak Nakshatra is ruled by Rahu. Note also that at this time Rahu is transiting Mrigashira Nakshatra (see below) which Mars. So, note that at this time there will be an exchange between Mars and Rahu. This will create a violent undertow to the energies and to people’s minds and behaviours. Also, Shatabishak, called the Healers’ Nakshatra does have nasty diseases as part of its energy.
And transiting Mars creates a square aspect to Sun, Venus, and Mercury.
Also note that Neptune is in Aquarius (although in PurvaBhadra Nakshatra – see below) the tension energy will have intuitive, visionary dimensions as its higher potential.
Mars actually conjucnts Neptune exact on June 12th
Mercury starts off May 2020 conjunct Uranus
13deg Vedic Aries
I do like this (brief) energy
Very breakthrough.
Mercury transits Taurus from May 8th to 24th, then he enters his own sign of Gemini.
Mercury Transits Gemini May 24th – August 1st.
Mercury and Rahu become conjunct at 6 Gemini in Ardra Nakshatra on May 29th.
Mercury turns retrograde from June 18th – July 12th, and leaves Gemini on August 2nd.
Nodes change Nakshatra May 20th:
Rahu
As analysed above, Rahu actually leaves Ardra and transits into the next Nakshatra, Mrigashira, on May 20th
If you have natal planets in Mrigashira, do get a reading from me about this.
A key strength and beauty of the Nakshatras of Vedic Astrology, is that each Nakshatra has four padas (or quarters) each with a different sign emphasis and different ruling planet therefore, each with quite a different energy.
The fourth Pada of Mrigashira Nakshatra which Rahu enters on May 20th is Scorpio pada, which of course has a very Scorpio energy, and couple that to the fact that the ruler of Mrigashira is Mars.
Very important to note that Rahu changes sign from Gemini to Taurus on 23rd September (mean nodes), but is still transiting within Mrigashira Nakshatra at this time.
And when the Nodes change Sign, this means they also change House in your Vedic birth chart, a whole new area of your life is activated.
Ketu
Ketu has been transiting Mula Nakshatra since 15th January.
Ketu leaves Mula and enters Jyestha Nakshatra on 23rd September, at the same time leaving Sagittarius and entering Vedic sign of Scorpio.
Ketu is a sublime and a supreme force of destruction. We have to find the spiritual message in the situations and mindsets he deals to us.
Mula is ruled by Ketu, so it’s double whammy until 23rd September, especially at the end of that period one Ketu enters the Gandanta Zone which spans from the last two degrees of Jyestha/Scorpio to the first two degrees of Mula/Sagittarius
Kal Sarpa Yoga
And note of course that we are still in the situation of Kal Sarpa Yoga in May 2020 with, its divisive energies and preposterous confrontationalism, with all the planets to one side of the Nodal Axis. And whenever the Moon transits to the other side of the Nodal Axis from the resto fo the planets which occurs half of every month, then note that the divisiveness increase because of the effect on our minds of unsupported Kemadruma Moon.
Lunations:
Full Moon 7th May, 11.45 am, Sligo Ireland
Note that this is a very isolated Moon. Full Kal Sarpa Yoga and Kemadruma Moon effect.
Saturn has a 10th house aspect to this Full Moon
Rahu has a 5th House aspect to this Full Moon.
This Full Moon is in Vishakha, ruled by Jupiter which is in very low dignity at this time.
New Moon 22nd May
Sun and Moon are in Krittika Nakshatra at 8 deg Vedic Taurus.
New Moon is a time for being sensitive, quieter and watchful. It’s a time for identifying what life strategies would be good and right in the coming 14 days up to the next Full Moon on 5th June: which is an ECLIPSE.
Neptune
Neptune remains powerful at 26 Vedic Aquarius all month, in PurvaBhadra Nakshatra which is ruled by Jupiter.
PurvaBhadra’s power animal is the male lion.
Its qualities are Fierce and Male.
Its Guna Triplicity is: Sattva, Sattva and Rajas.
The Devata of PurvaBhadra is expression of death, destruction and the path to rebirth.
PurvaBhadra is associated with the Fire Dragon (Ajaikapat) and his brother the water dragon, Ahirbudhnya – and these two dragons are the sons of Visvakarma, the Heavenly Architect. They are the serpent path to transcendence: rebirth through destructive storm.
Uranus
Uranus transits from 12 to 14 deg Vedic Aries, that’s 6 to 8 deg Western Taurus. Uranus brings such vastness of revolution opportunities if you have planets there (Ashwini Nakshatra) or opposite in Vedic Libra (Swati Nakshatra). I have my Rahu in Ashwini in my 10th House, the feeling of revolution is wonderful and breathtaking (the trick is to survive that!)
Chiron
Chiron 13 to 15 Vedic Pisces, that’s 7 to 9 degrees Aries Western Tropical Zodiac.
Se my earlier newsletters about the huge effects this Chiron transit has on natal planet that it conjucnts or opposes. Do check out if this applies to you: Healing opportunity of your Existential Wound in this life.
You can book an Astrology Reading with me at: https://www.starwheelastrology.com/buyanastrologyreading.html
Or you can enrol on one of my courses at: www.mastervedicastrology.com
My wife, Maggie Pashley, offers a range of Healing modalities worldwide. Find out more at: https://maggiepashley.com/ or email Maggie at maggiepashley@gmail.com or call her on +353 899799642 (0899799642 from within Ireland).
Pluto turns Retrograde from 26th April 2020:
Pluto is Retrograde from 26th April to 4th October. See my point made immediately above about a Pluto transit often entailing a death and rebirth experience.
Contact me for a Reading if this applies to you.
Do take our on-line Journey to the Abyss.
Pluto is a very slow meaning planet, so this means we will all of us have to experience several retrograde Pluto transits with the huge impact that each of these has in our lives.
To show you what this means, please see on the May 2020 chart page of my Starwheel Astrology website, the graph of my present Pluto transit where Pluto is transiting square my Moon and my Sun for a long time. I was born on Full Moon so this means that my Sun and Moon are opposite each other, and Pluto is now transiting square both of them – over three years.
Pluto Retrograde periods can be like death and rebirth journeys, a period of exorcism, a time of truth where one must not be dishonest, passion, unmet desire, thwarted ambition. Essentially, they are all about you coming into your own power.
Pluto although retrograde, is in the 1st degree of Vedic Capricorn all month.
Claim your power
Transform your life
Face your fears
Grow spiritually.
If you want others to see you, you must see yourself, you must speak with your true voice.
On June 29th Pluto retrogrades back into Sagittarius.
Pluto will stay in Sagittarius until 31st December then returns to Vedic Capricorn transiting there many years.
You cannot defeat your demons if you are still enjoying their company
Saturn turns Retrograde from 11th May
But Saturn is at 7 deg Vedic Capricorn all this month (don’t try to rush him!)
This is a massive implacable inescapable call for consolidation of matters in your life.
Saturn demands discipline and patience, endurance and thoroughness, correct life-focus, death of wrong strategies or incorrect focus.
News of a death, mind-focus on our mortality.
For some people, he will be experienced in his occult dimension.
Check what House in your Vedic Chart Capricorn is for statement of the key area of your life that will be affected, and what House is Aquarius, the other sign that Saturn rules. And check any planet that transiting Saturn aspects in your birth chart.
If your Ascendant is in a Saturn-ruled Nakshatra, or if any of your planets are in a Saturn-ruled Nakshatra, then this retrograde will also strongly affect you: Pushyami, Anuradha and UttaraBhadra.
If we obey his demands, he rewards us with Golden Reaping of our projects.
Saturn periods always bring at least burst of fear and depression
During this retrograde period, the fear and depression will become greater.
With Venus retrograding, too, economic downturn will be felt, though the end of the year should see some recovery, although many business are going bankrupt now.
Do note though, that the fear element of Saturn Retrograde can prompt us to take new initiatives, which may even have risk dimensions, BECAUSE the fear fo Saturn Retrograde will highlight problem issues that must be sorted in our lives!!!
Saturn turns Direct at 1 deg Capricorn on 29th September 2020.
Jupiter turns Retrograde from May 15th
Jupiter’s velocity is slow too. In May, he transits from 3 to 2 degrees Vedic Capricorn.
And note that because Capricorn is Jupiter’s debilitation sign, Jupiter’s strength across the Vargas is abysmal: Shadvargas 2.45 strength points.
This means we each have to boost our connectedness with Jupiter to receive blessing, enlargement, sense of purpose, divine guru energy, optimism.
On 30th June Jupiter retrograde back into Vedic Sagittarius, the sign he rules, and his dignity and power are boosted immediately.
Jupiter turns direct at 23 Sagittarius on 13th September, re-entering Vedic Capricorn on 20th November.
Jupiter conjunct Pluto:
Note that Jupiter is close to Pluto much of this time and Jupiter is exactly conjunct Pluto on April 5th and June 30th.
This is a huge and powerful conjunction.
Venus turns Retrograde on 15th May
Venus retrogrades from 27 to 22 Taurus.
This retrograde is fortunate though, because it vastly extends Venus’ time in Taurus, the sign it rules, which mean that we all enjoy strong Venus qualities at a time when other energies are so very dire! Venus leaves Taurus on 1st August 2020.
Do make the special effort to keep Venus beauties, art and loving energies still alive in our lives through this Venus Retrograde period when Venus won’t be so obviously active in his effect.
Venus is square Neptune on May 4th.
The perfect side of the Venus Neptune energy is ideal love and beauty: spiritual and artistic.
Negatively of course it’s confusion and unreality I love.
It’s a great time for art and writing, potentially.
Sun Transits Taurus May 14 – June 14
Be alive to the qualities of Sun in Taurus
Venus will be transiting in Taurus at this time
Mercury will be transiting Vedic Taurus part of this time.
Mars enters Vedic Aquarius
Mars leaves Capricorn and enters Aquarius on May 5th.
Of course, both Capricorn and Aquarius are ruled by Saturn.
Nut Capricorn was Mars’ sign of Exaltation, and we will be losing this. I think Mars in Capricorn is very good for building and technical things going well.
From May 14 to June 4, Mars will be transiting in the Shatabhishak nakshatra Note that Shatabishak Nakshatra is ruled by Rahu. Note also that at this time Rahu is transiting Mrigashira Nakshatra (see below) which Mars. So, note that at this time there will be an exchange between Mars and Rahu. This will create a violent undertow to the energies and to people’s minds and behaviours. Also, Shatabishak, called the Healers’ Nakshatra does have nasty diseases as part of its energy.
And transiting Mars creates a square aspect to Sun, Venus, and Mercury.
Also note that Neptune is in Aquarius (although in PurvaBhadra Nakshatra – see below) the tension energy will have intuitive, visionary dimensions as its higher potential.
Mars actually conjucnts Neptune exact on June 12th
Mercury starts off May 2020 conjunct Uranus
13deg Vedic Aries
I do like this (brief) energy
Very breakthrough.
Mercury transits Taurus from May 8th to 24th, then he enters his own sign of Gemini.
Mercury Transits Gemini May 24th – August 1st.
Mercury and Rahu become conjunct at 6 Gemini in Ardra Nakshatra on May 29th.
Mercury turns retrograde from June 18th – July 12th, and leaves Gemini on August 2nd.
Nodes change Nakshatra May 20th:
Rahu
As analysed above, Rahu actually leaves Ardra and transits into the next Nakshatra, Mrigashira, on May 20th
If you have natal planets in Mrigashira, do get a reading from me about this.
A key strength and beauty of the Nakshatras of Vedic Astrology, is that each Nakshatra has four padas (or quarters) each with a different sign emphasis and different ruling planet therefore, each with quite a different energy.
The fourth Pada of Mrigashira Nakshatra which Rahu enters on May 20th is Scorpio pada, which of course has a very Scorpio energy, and couple that to the fact that the ruler of Mrigashira is Mars.
Very important to note that Rahu changes sign from Gemini to Taurus on 23rd September (mean nodes), but is still transiting within Mrigashira Nakshatra at this time.
And when the Nodes change Sign, this means they also change House in your Vedic birth chart, a whole new area of your life is activated.
Ketu
Ketu has been transiting Mula Nakshatra since 15th January.
Ketu leaves Mula and enters Jyestha Nakshatra on 23rd September, at the same time leaving Sagittarius and entering Vedic sign of Scorpio.
Ketu is a sublime and a supreme force of destruction. We have to find the spiritual message in the situations and mindsets he deals to us.
Mula is ruled by Ketu, so it’s double whammy until 23rd September, especially at the end of that period one Ketu enters the Gandanta Zone which spans from the last two degrees of Jyestha/Scorpio to the first two degrees of Mula/Sagittarius
Kal Sarpa Yoga
And note of course that we are still in the situation of Kal Sarpa Yoga in May 2020 with, its divisive energies and preposterous confrontationalism, with all the planets to one side of the Nodal Axis. And whenever the Moon transits to the other side of the Nodal Axis from the resto fo the planets which occurs half of every month, then note that the divisiveness increase because of the effect on our minds of unsupported Kemadruma Moon.
Lunations:
Full Moon 7th May, 11.45 am, Sligo Ireland
Note that this is a very isolated Moon. Full Kal Sarpa Yoga and Kemadruma Moon effect.
Saturn has a 10th house aspect to this Full Moon
Rahu has a 5th House aspect to this Full Moon.
This Full Moon is in Vishakha, ruled by Jupiter which is in very low dignity at this time.
New Moon 22nd May
Sun and Moon are in Krittika Nakshatra at 8 deg Vedic Taurus.
New Moon is a time for being sensitive, quieter and watchful. It’s a time for identifying what life strategies would be good and right in the coming 14 days up to the next Full Moon on 5th June: which is an ECLIPSE.
Neptune
Neptune remains powerful at 26 Vedic Aquarius all month, in PurvaBhadra Nakshatra which is ruled by Jupiter.
PurvaBhadra’s power animal is the male lion.
Its qualities are Fierce and Male.
Its Guna Triplicity is: Sattva, Sattva and Rajas.
The Devata of PurvaBhadra is expression of death, destruction and the path to rebirth.
PurvaBhadra is associated with the Fire Dragon (Ajaikapat) and his brother the water dragon, Ahirbudhnya – and these two dragons are the sons of Visvakarma, the Heavenly Architect. They are the serpent path to transcendence: rebirth through destructive storm.
Uranus
Uranus transits from 12 to 14 deg Vedic Aries, that’s 6 to 8 deg Western Taurus. Uranus brings such vastness of revolution opportunities if you have planets there (Ashwini Nakshatra) or opposite in Vedic Libra (Swati Nakshatra). I have my Rahu in Ashwini in my 10th House, the feeling of revolution is wonderful and breathtaking (the trick is to survive that!)
Chiron
Chiron 13 to 15 Vedic Pisces, that’s 7 to 9 degrees Aries Western Tropical Zodiac.
Se my earlier newsletters about the huge effects this Chiron transit has on natal planet that it conjucnts or opposes. Do check out if this applies to you: Healing opportunity of your Existential Wound in this life.
You can book an Astrology Reading with me at: https://www.starwheelastrology.com/buyanastrologyreading.html
Or you can enrol on one of my courses at: www.mastervedicastrology.com
My wife, Maggie Pashley, offers a range of Healing modalities worldwide. Find out more at: https://maggiepashley.com/ or email Maggie at maggiepashley@gmail.com or call her on +353 899799642 (0899799642 from within Ireland).