Your horoscope for the week ahead: Celestial winds help blow away the cobwebs

Here comes a sparkling week of shifting energies and sudden opportunities. You'll have to be quick to spot them. Mercury's entry into Gemini will open up pathways leading to success. A Mercury-Mars square will start this week with a bang. Be prepared for delays and glitches in regard to communications and technology. Stay positive, and the restlessness you feel will vault you forward in leaps and bounds to where you want to be. Birds of prey will fly into your awareness. They will bring you messages. 

The mighty firmament will be rocking this week with planets turning retrograde: Saturn reverses direction for four months on Monday, Venus begins a forty-day retrograde on Wednesday and Jupiter in Capricorn kicks off a four-month retrograde cycle on Thursday. It's all good, so don't worry. Retrograde cycles are times of preparation and opportunity. 

Saturn's once a year retrograde will keep your nose to the grindstone and make you come up with ways to better organize yourself and give shape and form to your dreams and plans. Venus turns retrograde once every year and seven months. The power of feminine intellect will be highlighted over the six weeks of this retrograde. The importance of this Venus in Gemini retrograde cannot be overestimated. Jupiter's annual four-month retrograde will last until mid-September. The next four months will be an exciting time of working on new ideas, interests and opportunities that will launch in September. 

The week ends with a Sun-Pluto trine on Friday and Sun-Jupiter trine on Sunday. The new atmosphere will rejuvenate and refresh you like a fine elixir of life. Think about things that make you feel good. Don't get sucked into the black hole of worry and anxiety. A strong positive attitude will bring the inspiration you need to find solutions and put them into action. 

Here is your horoscope for the week of Monday, May 11, 2020.

Aries

Life has been putting you through difficulties and demanding situations. Your search for inspiration in an old, tired and jaded scenario is about to be achieved. You came into this world with a mission to carry out and you are still very much engaged in that process. You have to be careful about defining what it is that you were born to do. All too often, we restrict ourselves unwittingly. The Venus retrograde will lift your spirits and make you realize that your future is soon due to be much better than you ever thought it would be. There is something remarkably good developing under your conscious awareness. 

Taurus

Picking a coin off the ground may not be cost effective if you take into account the amount of time and effort stooping down to pick it up requires. Likewise, the amount of time and effort being consumed in dealing with a certain worry now is proving counterproductive. Get your mind off it. You are needlessly worrying about small issues. The Venus retrograde will help you understand that wherever you go, whenever you open your mouth, you make other people feel better about themselves. In this next week, you will find that you are capable of everything that truly needs to be done. 

Gemini

You are anticipating an awkward experience. If it is truly going to be as bad as you fear, you'd be in a far worse mood. Put your fears to the side. Your outlook is sparkling with good news. The change that the Venus retrograde brings will prove to be a remarkable positive shift in your fortunes. You will conquer an old fear, lay a ghost to rest, fix a problem and beat a bad habit. All your doubts or fears will be replaced with faith and trust in the abiding inner force that guides you. The universe will see to it that you are rewarded not thwarted. What you desire so passionately is winging its way to you right now.

Cancer

There is no retracting a past action that you wish you could have back. Sometimes mistakes just have to happen in order for us to gain wisdom. There is much to be gained. A forgiving universe is guiding you through all the pitfalls. Do not look back lest you turn into a pillar of salt. Look ahead with eager anticipation. The Venus retrograde will make you aware that someone somewhere wants nothing more than for you to feel safe and protected. In fact, there is more than one person who feels this way. You have friends, supporters and allies you can turn to. If you don't know this yet, you soon will be. 

Leo

Recent impediments and setbacks to your hard work are not an indication of plans going awry – far from it. Remain unwavering and focused. Your willpower is being strengthened. Your determination is being underscored. Be wise. Be incisive. Be one step ahead of the game. You will find a most amazing solution to an inconvenient problem. Things won't instantly quiet down, but you will start to see an unmistakable easing of tensions and difficulties. You can now become more of the person you have always wanted to be and less of the character you have been required, by force of circumstance, to become. 

Virgo

There are many ways to explain why you feel what you feel. The Venus retrograde will take you through a thorough and constructive analysis of what is going on in the hidden realm of your feelings. Something quite divine is permeating your world. Celestial realms are having a direct and most auspicious relevance in your human experience. Your future will benefit in a most favourable way once the main hindrance to your happiness disappears. You are being ushered into a new and most promising direction. A glorious new perspective on where your life is going is taking shape. Benevolent astrological alignments are guiding you. 

Libra

Watch out for rabbit holes in this coming week. Your yearning for knowledge will pull you in many directions. Your inquisitive nature never leaves a stone unturned. The Venus retrograde will lead you toward the answers to all your burning questions. Your future resides in your thoughts. A certain dilemma you are struggling with will be solved once you focus your mind on a positive resolution. You are wrestling with a delicate, difficult decision. There is a lot you can do to sort out a certain emotional quagmire. It may be confusing, but it's nothing you can't handle. Everything will neatly fall into place. 

Scorpio

You are caught in a fraught situation. You are doing your best to put things right, but it seems as if no matter how hard you try to make things better, they only become more complicated. It's hard to understand why a certain situation has become so ridiculous and stressful. The best thing to do is ease your mental pressure. Don't try to understand. Just relax and let a little more time pass. All that seems so impossible now will quite naturally fall into place. With Venus beginning her retrograde cycle, you will gain some perceptive insights into the next big step that must be taken. A new adventure is ready to unfold.

Sagittarius

The seed of an enticing idea has been planted in your head. You now need to ensure that it can grow in fertile ground. Perfection is a goal worth pursuing, albeit impossible to achieve. Mistakes in life are unavoidable, but when it comes down to it, they are essentially mandatory if we are to gain sagacity and knowledge. Thankfully, your sense of humour stands you in good stead. In addition, your extensive experience and accumulated wisdom will help you shape this novel idea into a special heartfelt mission. The Venus retrograde will guide you toward a rewarding development. 

Capricorn

There is a chance to form a meaningful relationship with someone new or to rejuvenate a bond to a person with whom you've drifted apart. Companionship not only gives comfort, but it also brings endless joy. Success requires us to accept responsibility when things go awry. The Venus retrograde will enhance your romantic interests. You are going through a very important process, which will yet end in a highly rewarding way. A long and most auspicious interlude in your life is just starting to kick off. You can expect magical, inspiring events to occur. You have the power to create positive change. 

Aquarius

We all have the tendency to believe what we want to believe or to be too easily influenced which causes us to fall for false information. Be on the alert for false suppositions and misleading assumptions. You have enough to contend with without adding more problems. The Venus retrograde will help you see your way through the confusing array of smoke and mirrors. You need to see the real truth otherwise points of contention run the risk of turning a manageable issue into a major crisis. You are spearheading a special process of positive change. You have the power to lead a difficult scenario to a blissful conclusion. 

Pisces

We all have some regrets that dampen our appreciation of all that is good in our life. We know that we probably should not harbour these negative feelings, but we cannot help it. So often, we end up having regrets about our regrets. Perhaps, it does us good to wallow in them now and then in order to remind us of how fortunate we actually are. You may now be regretting something you ought to be proud of. The Venus retrograde will prompt you to re-evaluate an old situation that will lead you to developing a new perspective. By seeing the past in a new light, you'll find that the future will quickly follow suit.