Overview: It’s eclipse season! Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries wants to awaken you to your desires, freedom, and what makes you feel fully alive. Later on the same day, Taurus season begins, inspiring you to live into your values while you engage with the unknown. On the next day, Mercury Retrograde begins in Taurus. It lasts until May 14, helping you manage the paradox you need for both stability and change.
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Aries
Begin again, Aries! Thursday’s solar eclipse in your sign happens once every decade, and it offers you the chance to initiate new ways of being. Taurus season begins on the same day and starts a month-long story about your values and what makes you feel safe. Mercury Retrograde in Taurus begins the next day and reviews you relationships to financial safety.
Taurus
What do you want freedom from, Taurus? Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries wants to set yourself free from a context that keeps you disempowered and stuck in fear. Then it’s your birthday month! Your dreams are at the top of the universe’s priority list. Mercury Retrograde begins in your sign the next day, inspiring you to rethink your relationship to mindfulness and communication.
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Gemini
It’s all about community, Gemini! Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries wants you to lead your friends and loved ones into a more community-focused way of living. Taurus season starts later the same day and inspires a bit of a sabbatical: Rest and reflect. Do the bare minimum. Mercury Retrogrades in Taurus begins the next day, continuing the work around retreat, reflection, and recharge.
Cancer
What are your career goals, Cancer? Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries inspires you to step into leadership, freedom, and best-case scenarios professionally. Taurus season begins the same day and reconnects you with the friends you’ve missed. Mercury Retrograde starts the next day and reviews your relationship to friends, community, and your shared values.
Leo
Bon voyage, Leo! Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries helps you go to new countries and campuses that will expand your horizons and change your life. Then, later on the same day, Taurus season begins and helps you live into your values professionally for success. Mercury Retrograde starts on Friday, motivating you to rethink and revalue your visions on career.
Virgo
What’s your truth, Virgo? Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries helps you understand authenticity, honesty, and intimacy in powerful ways. Later that day, Taurus season begins and inspires you to let your curiosities and wanderlust take you to new places. Mercury Retrograde begins on Friday and asks you to have the bravery to change your mind.
Libra
Opposites do attract, Libra! Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries helps you reinforce your strengths and work on your challenges through opposites-attract romantic relationships. Taurus season begins later the same day and inspires a deep reflection on your sexuality. Mercury Retrograde starts the next day and asks you to talk to yourself with more self-compassion and kindness.
Scorpio
Small steps, Scorpio! Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries helps you make a small move in the right direction towards emotional, mental, and physical health. Taurus season begins later in the day and invites a new relationship, deepens the dynamics you’re in, or completes a relationship. Mercury Retrograde begins the next day, bringing back patterns from the past for healing.
Sagittarius
Express yourself, Sag! Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries wants you to tell your truth directly and clearly to people who genuinely need to hear it. Later that same day, Taurus season begins and helps you ground down with routines that help your wellbeing. Mercury Retrograde begins the next day and inspires you to look at your habits and choose new ones for health.
Capricorn
Happy homecoming, Capricorn! Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries wants to provide you with the contexts, people, and places for emotional safety. Later that same day, Taurus season begins and promotes bravery, courage, and vulnerability in the face of the unknown. The next day, Mercury Retrograde begins and motivates you to self-protect less and self-disclose more.
Aquarius
Expand your language skills, Aquarius! Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries wants you to use your cognition, listening, and word choice to open up new opportunities. Later that same day, Taurus season begins and asks you to protect your emotional safety. The next eday, Mercury Retrograde begins and helps you name what you’re feeling more specifically and quickly.
Pisces
Live into your values, Pisces! Thursday’s solar eclipse in Aries wants you to practice what you preach/teach for greater security. Taurus season begins later the same day and wants you to bring a bit more structure and intention to your communication. Mercury turns retrograde the next day and wants you to normalize confusion, open-ended questions, and differences in point of view.
Colin Bedell
Colin is a literal Gemini Twin Astrologer from Long Island, New York and a two-time graduate of the New School with his Bachelor’s in Literature from Eugene Lang College and Master’s in Fashion Studies from Parsons School of Design. A passionate student of astrology, A Course in Miracles, and other systems of personal-growth, Colin founded QueerCosmos to meaningfully contextualize queer identities across the zodiac and universal spiritual themes. Additionally, Colin leads private natal chart readings and horoscope columns with international publications. For more, head over to QueerCosmos.com.