Astrology of Today - Thursday May 9, 2024

Today’s Moon:

The Moon is in Gemini.
There is no void Moon period today.
The Moon is waxing and in its New phase.
The New Moon occurred on the 7th in the sign of Taurus.

Retrogrades:

Pluto is retrograde.
Mercury is no longer retrograde and is in its post-retrograde shadow until May 13th.

**Times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

Daily Horoscopes/Astro Highlights for each Sign:

Aries

Today can be busy and engaging, dear Aries. You’re ready to take on a challenge, particularly a mental one. Something you learn or come across can excite your curiosity now. Exploring a new idea or interest can figure strongly. A bit of healthy competition can motivate you. With your action-oriented frame of mind, you can be especially interested in starting something new or building upon an idea. Particularly as the day advances, energies are good for taking care of business. Efforts to modify and build a project can be incredibly successful. You can be feeling very enthused about producing and moving forward. There can be an exciting discussion or thoughts about a money-making pursuit. You’re relishing the idea of a long-term plan. While you often prefer to take things as they come, a security-conscious theme is currently in your life.

Taurus

While you feel emotionally settled today, dear Taurus, you’re also action-oriented. You are highly motivated to be productive, in fact, and your resourcefulness stands out as special. A relationship, joy, or creature comfort can be the focus. Activities that reinforce your connection to the “here and now” are a strong draw. Especially as the day advances, you tend to put more love and attention into a pet project. You appreciate permanency and longevity more than usual. You’re also in good shape for concentration if your heart is in what you’re doing, which is likely now. You might also be moved to help someone out or extend a hand with advice and information. Your charm is potent, particularly with direct, respectful communications and approaches. At the same time, people are taking you seriously.

Gemini

The Moon spends all day in your sign, dear Gemini, and you’re interactive and emotionally engaged. You’re also very resourceful and dynamic. While self-directed activities fare the best today, you’re gaining cooperation from others readily. Activities related to networking and innovative work can do well, and they can be pleasantly lively. Asserting yourself comes naturally and goes over very well. You’re motivated and energized. It’s also easy to focus on making your life more secure in crucial ways as the day advances. Your attention turns to earthy, comforting, and natural activities that help you to heal, let go, decompress, and cleanse. Tying up some loose ends, especially financial ones, can be appealing. Demonstrating your commitment to someone can be in focus, or you may clearly see someone’s dedication to you.

Cancer

The Moon spends the day in your sector of reflection and rest, dear Cancer, and an emotional reset of sorts can be in the cards. Pulling yourself back from the regular routine in some manner can be most helpful at this time in the lunar month. Because the Moon harmonizes with Mars, and even though you’re going under the radar today, you can be quite focused on your goals and ambitions. The current Venus transit of your sector of hopes, dreams, and friendships is an incredible boost. Today is particularly favorable for joining together with someone to negotiate or reach an agreement. You might enjoy coming through for someone; others notice and appreciate your efforts for their benefit. Conversations can be learning experiences. You are enthusiastic and making things happen, and while you’re perfectly happy acting independently these days, you can get some wonderful feedback now.

Leo

With the Moon’s transit of your social sector, dear Leo, the desire to kick back and enjoy yourself is with you. Still, you’re unlikely to kick back too much with today’s Moon-Mars harmony that encourages an engaged, busy time. Making room for pleasant activities makes sense now. You’re also likely to enjoy sharing your ideas more than usual. Inventing, innovating, exploring, and discovering are themes. Especially as the day advances, you find it satisfying to pour your attention into something special. It’s an excellent time to expand your mind and open up to discoveries, especially regarding longer-term objectives. You’re in terrific shape for pursuing your goals and enjoying or relishing your projects and plans. Facing up to a matter that has caused you stress can be satisfying.

Virgo

Today’s Moon inspires you to take care of business, dear Virgo, and as it harmonizes with Mars, it makes you brave about taking on challenges. This Moon transit emphasizes responsibilities, performance, and duty, and you might aim to be pleasantly productive and gently challenged today. You’re active but also pacing yourself, which seems the best formula. Your feelings are strong, leading you to take the initiative and put something behind you. Today’s energies are also strong for having a solid sense of your priorities and feeling good about getting on track. Socially, it’s a fine time to express your loyalty through your actions. Reliability is appreciated now! You’re acting with purpose and strength, and expressing yourself with confidence, warmth, and authority all at once.

Libra

Today’s Moon transit encourages you to expand, learn new things, and feed your spirit, dear Libra. It can also stir up extra relationship excitement! Aim to refresh yourself with diverse activities. It can be a perfect time for a one-on-one activity or learning something new. You may feel more courageous about an idea that pushes the usual boundaries. You’re also in great shape for researching, investigating, and activities that require mental bravery or effort, especially as the day advances. You might want to address a deeply buried or complicated problem or resolve financial support issues. You’re dedicated to and enjoying your work. Plan-making, in general, is satisfying now. Resources may come to light, and you feel energetic when you explore different methods of doing the usual things.

Scorpio

Today’s Moon inspires you to seek deeper satisfaction from your interactions, projects, and experiences, dear Scorpio. Doing some research, investigation, or analysis can be a strong draw. You’re happy to sort bits and pieces and give further thought to matters. You also gravitate to activities that improve your life in small but important ways. You’re motivated and engaged, and you’re also ready to go all in. Especially as the day advances, you can find yourself especially committed to a project, pursuit, or person. Supportive relationships or stability and reliability help boost your confidence in what you’re doing, and you can feel particularly motivated to reach your goals. You gravitate to situations that broaden your experience or expand your thinking, and you’re especially willing to put in the effort to make them happen.

Sagittarius

You seek more interaction or feedback today, dear Sagittarius. While it’s a fine time for enjoying and expressing yourself, it’s also a time when input can be instrumental. The Moon harmonizes with Mars in your house of recreation and romance, making it a great time to enjoy your relationships. Others positively influence you, motivating you to take action or do something fun and interesting. Especially as the day advances, energies suit giving a project or relationship a little more of yourself than usual. You’re inclined to meet challenges head-on. It’s a strong day for resourcefulness and making the best of situations. Your ideas for work and methods are especially robust today, and your common sense can lead you to the right information.

Capricorn

With today’s Moon transits, it can be satisfying to handle some loose ends, dear Capricorn. Putting in the effort towards something productive can figure strongly. Home, health, work, or family matters and pursuits are in favor. You’re motivated and ready to solve problems. Getting organized or using a focused approach to whatever you’re doing works well, and with your expectations of others as reasonable as they are today, you’ll likely feel good about the bonds you make. Pleasantly productive energy is with you now. Pouring extra love and attention into a relationship or project can be grounding.

Aquarius

Today’s Moon supports a pleasant flow of creativity and pleasing communications, dear Aquarius. Activities that entertain and offer you a fun, healthy challenge are a strong draw. Your actions and feelings are in harmony today, and this helps you in almost every life department in some shape or form. Brainstorming can be satisfying. There may be a pleasant buzz or added sizzle surrounding a relationship, especially mentally. Especially as the day advances, good energy is with you for family activities or work around the home. You’re well-positioned to enjoy peaceful, realistic, and focused interactions. Familiarity is an aphrodisiac right now! You quite readily devote yourself to the task at hand.

Pisces

Today’s transits are strong for getting on track, dear Pisces. You’re especially industrious right now, and you can very effectively add more creativity to your work or structure to your creative projects. You want to keep busy and produce something worthwhile. You have a greater need for security and familiarity, but you’re also ready to pursue and secure these things! In particular, you’re motivated to make your life more comfortable–you want to enjoy family or domestic life more completely. Today’s strong for tapping into your needs, but it’s also good for comfortably working on money-making or projects. You quickly pick up on what is expected of you, yet you are marching to your inner drummer in crucial areas, and this balance feels right. Self-discipline is natural if your heart is in what you’re doing.

* Remember to read horoscopes for your Ascendant sign and Sun sign. If you don’t know your Ascendant sign (and you know your birth time), you can look it up here.

Astrology of Today – The Details:

If you’re astrologically inclined and interested in the details of the Astrology of today, here are some of the factors considered in the forecasts:

Planet Color Key: The longer the bar, the slower the aspecting planet, and the longer the duration of the planet’s transit.

Today's Transits

Today’s Transits (Eastern Daylight Time)

Date & Time: May 9 2024 0:00 am

Event: Moon in Gemini

Description: The Moon in Gemini

We are attracted to new ideas, but we need to discriminate more so that we don’t become too scattered. Communications mean more to us than usual.

Date & Time: May 9 2024 1:18 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cpl Cer

Description: Transiting Moon ContraParallel Transiting Ceres

Date & Time: May 9 2024 1:20 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Pll Ves

Description: Transiting Moon Parallel Transiting Vesta

Date & Time: May 9 2024 1:53 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Pll Pal

Description: Transiting Moon Parallel Transiting Pallas

Date & Time: May 9 2024 5:45 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mon SSq Chi

Description: Transiting Moon SemiSquare Transiting Chiron

Hurt feelings may be opportunities for healing. Now is the time for building bridges, not burning them.

Date & Time: May 9 2024 6:14 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqq Cer

Description: Transiting Moon SesquiSquare Transiting Ceres

There may be difficulties giving or receiving affection, care, concern, and nurturing.

Date & Time: May 9 2024 6:47 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sxt Mar

Description: Transiting Moon Sextile Transiting Mars

We are more courageous and able to take the lead. We are in tune with our natural desires and instincts. We express our feelings honestly. We are independent, resourceful, and brave.

Date & Time: May 9 2024 7:30 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqr Jun

Description: Transiting Moon Square Transiting Juno

There may be clinging or controlling behavior if we are driven by our fears. Hypersensitivity and moodiness are possible. Tread lightly with tricky emotional issues.

Date & Time: May 9 2024 9:14 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mon SSq Mer

Description: Transiting Moon SemiSquare Transiting Mercury

What feels right clashes with logic today. What people are saying may be a misrepresentation of their true feelings/emotions. It’s better to think before we speak, or misunderstandings can follow.

Date & Time: May 9 2024 9:15 pm

Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sxt Nod

Description: Transiting Moon Sextile Transiting North Node

A good time for dealing with the public, for making connections, and for taking positive steps towards a personal or professional goal. You are able to make changes. This is a feel-good time for embracing new opportunities.

Date & Time: May 9 2024 2:15 am

Event: Tr-Tr Mer Pll Nod

Strong Signs, Elements, Modes

Today’s Emphasized Signs of the Zodiac

ARIES STRONG

Initiating, pioneering energy. Independent, bold, courageous, assertive, fiery, inspirational, direct, decisive. Can be egotistical, impulsive, impatient, aggressive, lacking subtlety.

TAURUS STRONG

Stable and enduring, strong values, unyielding, earthy, acquisitive, strong desires. Can be stuck, stubborn, overly possessive, self-indulgent.

GEMINI STRONG

Agile, versatile, inquisitive, flowing, conversational, airy, many ideas. Can be volatile, superficial, changeable, restless and inconsistent.

Today’s Elemental Balance

EARTH STRONG

Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn. We are especially in touch with the physical world. We consider what we’ve learned and experienced in the past in order to make the most of the present. We can be cautious, practical, and possibly unimaginative. We are deliberate and can pace ourselves well. We need hands-on experience and are not impressed with theory as much as we are with results. Routines are tolerable and comforting.

WATER WEAK

There may be some insensitivity or lack of empathy now. We may be out of touch with what we’re feeling or with our emotional needs. We may be tougher than usual now, and more inclined to follow mental or practical considerations than we are to listen to our intuition.

Today’s Modal Balance

The modes are balanced today.

Today’s Lunar Phase

LUNAR PHASE: NEW MOON

Moon 0 to 45 degrees ahead of the Sun.

This is an energetic, impulsive, and subjective period of time. We are looking for new projects and opportunities.

Planetary Positions and their Applying & Separating Aspects

The following aspects (major only) and positions are at noon (EDT) on May 9th:

Note that when an aspect is applying, it has not yet happened but is within orb – it’s pending. When an aspect is separating, it has already happened/perfected and is moving away from the aspect. Depending on the speed of the planet/body involved, the aspect will have perfected–or will perfect–in a matter of hours (often the case with the Moon), days, months, and possibly years in the case of the very slow-moving outer planets and bodies.

Note that the Moon moves at a rate of approximately one degree every 2 hours so that if an aspect involving the Moon is applying and has an orb of 5 degrees, the aspect will perfect (be exact) in about 10 hours. If the Moon is separating from an aspect with an orb of 2 degrees, it has already formed said aspect approximately 4 hours ago (since the following are positions at noon today, then it would have occurred at about 8 AM today).

**I suggest paying close attention to applying aspects. The energy of the aspect builds as it gets closer to exact. Once an aspect involving inner planets has happened, it’s over. Separating aspects are good to know for context, but in terms of energy that is with us today, applying aspects are most important. (This is the case for daily astrology influences involving inner planets, which pass quickly, and not natal astrology aspects, which are with us for a lifetime).

The Moon through Pluto: Signs, Aspects, & Degrees

THE MOON

THE MOON IN GEMINI

We are attracted to new ideas and are especially curious. We may need to discriminate so that we don’t become too scattered. Communications mean more to us than usual.

10TH DEGREE OF GEMINI

Part of Body: Hilum of lungs

Sabian Symbol: Aeroplane, after a nose-dive, rights itself gracefully

ASPECTS OF THE MOON

SEXTILE MARS Orb 2°53′ Separating

We are more courageous and able to take the lead. We are in tune with our natural desires and instincts. We express our feelings honestly, and are more independent, resourceful, or brave.

THE SUN

THE SUN IN TAURUS

You are a reliable and solid individual. You have a strong need for stable routine and security. You can be stubborn. Others can rely on your down-to-earth nature.

20TH DEGREE OF TAURUS

Part of Body: Occiput

Sabian Symbol: Wisps of clouds, like wings, are streaming across the sky.

ASPECTS OF THE SUN

CONJUNCTION VENUS Orb 6°57′ Applying

We take pride in our ability to relate well with others or to smooth over differences now. Graciousness, diplomacy, charm, and some superficiality are themes. This is a good period for social affairs, pleasure, amusem*nt, and romance, all things considered.

CONJUNCTION JUPITER Orb 6°38′ Applying

We are feeling especially vital, confident, generous, and enthusiastic. This is a good time to take steps to grow something–our business, our significant relationships, and so forth.

SEXTILE SATURN Orb 2°09′ Separating

We are taking pride in our responsibilities or performance. This can be a time of steady progress and increased self-discipline. We are more inclined to humble ourselves to authority or good advice, and tend to employ traditional methods.

CONJUNCTION URANUS Orb 3°22′ Applying

You are a rebel but also a leader. You are innovative and original. Others may see you as arrogant, wilful and disruptive at times. Life will be full of surprises. Politics, science or computing appeal to you.

MERCURY

Chiron, Major Asteroids, and Moon’s Nodes: in Sign and by Degree

CHIRON IN ARIES

Your sense of being has been violated in some way and you may fear asserting yourself. You may also over-compensate by attempting to be the first at everything. Physically you may suffer head wounds. You may become a pioneer in a way that will be of service to humanity.

22ND DEGREE OF ARIES

Part of Body: Cheek muscles

Sabian Symbol: The gate to the garden of desire.

VESTA IN CANCER

You are committed to your family and loved ones, especially when they need you. However, you may withdraw like a crab into your shell if you feel hurt by those closest to you. You enjoy working with those close to you.

14TH DEGREE OF CANCER

Part of Body: Stomach walls

Sabian Symbol: A very old man facing a vast dark space to the northeast.

PALLAS IN SAGITTARIUS

This is an idealistic position. We love to learn and share our ideas and beliefs with others, and will go to great lengths to defend our principles and to reveal our truths.

3RD DEGREE OF SAGITTARIUS

Part of Body: Ischia

Sabian Symbol: Two men playing chess.

JUNO IN VIRGO

Partnership and service are tied together in some significant manner with this position. There may be some resistance to merging fully with a partner, as there is a need to remain independent, separate, and distinct even in a partnership.

8TH DEGREE OF VIRGO

Part of Body: Abdominal cavity

Sabian Symbol: A girl takes her first dancing instruction.

CERES IN CAPRICORN

You tend to look after yourself and others rather than seek nurturance. You feel nurtured when you achieve your ambitions. You teach others self-discipline and how to achieve their goals.

22ND DEGREE OF CAPRICORN

Part of Body: Muscle insertions of upper to lower legs

Sabian Symbol: A general accepting defeat gracefully.

THE BLACK MOON IN VIRGO

25TH DEGREE OF VIRGO

Part of Body: Liver

Sabian Symbol: A flag at half-mast in front of a large public building.

ERIS IN ARIES

26TH DEGREE OF ARIES

Part of Body: Skull

Sabian Symbol: A man possessed of more gifts than he can hold.

THE NORTH NODE

THE NORTH NODE IN ARIES

This is a quest to become assertive and self-empowered. You have a tendency to be indecisive, always considering the needs of others first. Now you need to discover a sense of your own identity and initiate your own projects.

16TH DEGREE OF ARIES

Part of Body: Pons

Sabian Symbol: Dancing in the setting sun.

THE SOUTH NODE

THE SOUTH NODE IN LIBRA

16TH DEGREE OF LIBRA

Part of Body: Renal arteries

Sabian Symbol: A boat landing washed away.

Fixed Stars

Conjunctions to Select Fixed Stars on May 9, 2024.

Aspects to Moon 09°Ge49 +26°06′

conjunct 10°Ge07 ALDEBARAN *** Success through integrity

Aspects to Jupiter 26°Ta09 +18°33′

conjunct 26°Ta29 ALGOL— Female passion and intensity.

Aspects to Neptune 29°Pi10 -01°27′

conjunct 29°Pi42 SCHEAT To be a thinker, intellect

Aspects to Pluto 02°Aq05 -22°39′

conjunct 02°Aq07 ALTAIR To explore, to be bold.

Aspects to Juno 07°Vi12 +10°35′

conjunct 07°Vi48 THUBAN To protect or make a treasure.

Aspects to North Node 15°Ar14 +06°00′

conjunct 14°Ar38 ALPHERATZ Wanting freedom and movement.

Astrology of Today - Thursday May 9, 2024 - Astrology Cafe (2024)