The month of May holds so many pleasures. It's a sentimental month, where you will be looking back to former times that made you happy and perhaps finding ways to recreate those times - a good idea. On May 3, you may see an old friend in your town or a nearby one, and reminisce over the fun times you had "back when." Five out of eight planets will be retrograde in May - Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto - the reason the past will have such a strong hold on you now, in the best sense.
Friends will begin to play a bigger, more pronounced role in your life once you get to the glorious new moon, May 6. Jupiter is the planet of good fortune and Pluto is tied to transformations and success, and both will support this new moon. This suggests you will go to a beautiful setting to attend a celebration that you will get to by car, bus, or rail. The event will be dressy and memorable, with every detail overseen by the host with great care. It certainly is an event you will want to attend. If it turns out that you will be giving a party in early May, it will go exceptionally well. You seem to have a partner with you who will want to support all your efforts. Venus will be in Taurus, an earth sign that blends beautifully with your water element, dear Cancer, and this will continue until May 24. During that time, friends will call, and you will have reason to feel that your free time has taken on a new breezy, light feeling.
Meanwhile, at work, projects will pile up. Ever since Mars entered your sixth house of work projects in early March, your boss or clients have become somewhat demanding. You appear to be taking your assignments seriously and are determined to be thorough and careful with them. You have Saturn in your projects house, and Saturn is known to require concentration to all tasks at hand. Your hard work - which seems to have international application - will keep up until the end of September, with a breather in June and July. Even so, schedule regular breaks for rest, and perhaps book a massage occasionally. Near the full moon, May 21, you will finish up one project or get a large project to a key plateau or phase. You may hear very good news about your income on May 3, thanks to collaboration between the Sun and Jupiter.
Alternatively, the sixth house, where all your activity is based, also rules your health, so if you have been going through a course of treatment, it may now end on or near May 21. With Mars remaining in this part of your chart in May and then from the start of August until end of September, it appears you will have to continue to follow your doctor's orders to the letter to avoid flare-up. Assuming you give your condition attention, your chart suggests you will feel noticeably better by October.
It's a busy, active month, and admittedly, it will require patience and a willingness to go back into finished projects and make them even better. We are all in the same boat - there is value in taking a second look at those assignments and former relationships. If you long for reconciliation with a former love, this is the time to make your move.
In love and friendship, you will have a banner month, for happy little planets are lining up to bring you bushels of fun, especially in the first half of May, and in the last days, when Mars enters Scorpio. Mars is getting ready to bring you amazing experiences in love in June and July (starting May 27), so get your outfits ready. You'll be stepping out!