You have a strong business sense and are tuned in to the value and worth of things. Most of you are good with money. Security and stability are things that drive you and are behind many decisions you make in life. You are amorous, curious, attractive, intuitive and possess strong presence.
Famous people born today: George Clooney, Orson Welles, Sigmund Freud, Willie Mays, Rudolph Valentino, Tony Blair.
Your Birthday Year Forecast:
The New Moon in your Solar Return chart suggests that you will instinctively begin a new phase of your life this year. A decisively new direction has come about in your life. This can be an emotionally stimulating time in which you feel the urge to initiate and project, even if you are not quite clear about what you are projecting. Much of the energy in your life can have a magical quality to it as things are just automatically going in a certain direction. It is important to be intuitive at this time and allow the natural course to show you the way to the next step. Surprises (mostly very pleasant) pepper your year. New beginnings are in order, and you are bound to feel some level of excitement as the year unfolds.
This can be a year in which you experience important turning points, or you could begin new projects or goals that have a long-term impact on your life.
With Pluto continuing its harmonious transit to your Sun this year, you want your objectives to reflect what you’re really about, and you are likely to rid yourself of unsatisfying goals at this time in your life. Your ability to concentrate and focus helps you to achieve what you set out to do. A new project or goal begun this year has a good chance of being successful and long-lasting. Your sexual and physical activities tend to be more intense, passionate, and focused. It’s an excellent year in which to make a lifestyle change, as your ability to concentrate on what really matters to you is enhanced.
Some form of recognition for your work or for past good deeds may be forthcoming this year. Fortunate circumstances arise from a positive attitude as well as sincere self-expression. This is an excellent year in which to advance projects revolving around communications – writing, speaking, selling, and so forth. Your reputation may be enhanced through word of mouth. Making new contacts through learning and mental pursuits figures strongly as well.
There may be a project, idea, or person that demands much of your attention or occupies much of your thoughts. It’s a strong year for any project or studies that require concentrated effort. You are especially resourceful. You are willing to put in the effort and dedication to a mental interest or project. You are focused, detail-oriented, and may be perfectionistic.
It’s a good period in your life for taking necessary steps towards making yourself feel more secure and safe, and for family or domestic activities. This is also a period when you more readily support or defend others. Taking charge of nutrition, health, and domestic organization can be in strong focus and can be quite successful.
This can also be a very creative, artistic time, and an excellent period for opening up communications with others, as you are more sensitive than usual and more willing to listen. Getting your point across is easier, as it’s not only about what specific words you choose to communicate, you intuitively express the meaning and intention behind the words. You can effectively use words to soothe, heal, and teach this year. You are also especially open to new ways of looking at problems, thus it’s considerably easier to find solutions. You may be gaining respect for your ideas and intelligence.
This is a year of new beginnings and adventures. There is good energy for imaginative and creative activities. It’s a strong period for friendship, communications, learning, and connecting and is excellent for seeking advanced training or for furthering your education. You may be making good contacts with others, particularly through shared interests or schooling. Positive plans and lifestyle changes can be made at this time in your life.
2016 is a Number Two year for you. Ruled by the Moon. This is a year of potential companionship. It is a quiet, gentle, and mostly harmonious year that is less active than other years. Instead, you are more responsive to the needs of others. If you are patient and open yourself up in a gentle manner, you will attract both things and people. This is an excellent year in which to build and develop for the future. Advice – be patient, be receptive, enjoy the peace, collect.
2017 will be a Number Three year for you. Ruled by Jupiter. This is a year of sociability. It is a friendly time, when it is easy to enjoy life and other people. Focus is on personal freedom, reaching out to others, making new friends, and exploration. You are more enthusiastic and ready for adventure. It is likely to be a rather lighthearted year, when opportunities for “play” time are greater than usual. It’s also a good year for expressing your creativity. Advice – reach out, but avoid scattering your energies.
A New Moon occurs this afternoon, dear Aries, and falls in your solar second house, stimulating heightened awareness of your physical environment, your resources (including natural talents), money matters, and your personal possessions. This is a strong time for taking charge of your finances, building a business, developing talents, and taking special care of your valuables. You might be making discoveries that boost your earning potential or income. Making more of what you have should be a goal now, and looking to past projects or reviving old goals and plans can be especially effective. This is an excellent period for recognizing redundancies in your spending. Today and tomorrow, you can gain important insight into career, life path, and business matters, and make good progress on work towards furthering your goals.
Taurus
Taurus
A New Moon occurs in your sign today, dear Taurus, making it a great time for reinventing yourself in some personal way. This can be experienced as a burst of energy and motivation to pursue personal goals and to begin anew. A new look or manner of expressing and presenting yourself might be appropriate in the coming days, and can be exceptionally re-energizing. This is a personally busy time of year, when you feel especially enthusiastic, and when others take note of you more than usual. Romance, travel, learning, and creative work can figure strongly. This is a good time for friendships, education, and relationships with extended family. There can be a strong attraction to cultural events and exotic places or activities that take you to new places and that expand your mind, and this is especially prominent today and tomorrow. It’s a strong time to mend broken fences.
Gemini
Gemini
A New Moon that occurs this afternoon, dear Gemini, brings strong energy for private and personal matters, healing, and emotional discovery. The coming days are powerful for finding different and effective ways to heal, let go, and recharge. There can also be a focus on giving back, service, and support. You are looking for emotional peace of mind, finding closure, and to some degree working behind the scenes or under the radar. There can be an increased need to help or support others, for behind the scenes or private activities, for making personal sacrifices, and for emotional renewal in general. This New Moon is well-supported, suggesting that it will be fairly easy to find nice channel for release of recent tensions or concerns. It’s also an excellent time for sharing things you’ve kept to yourself with someone you trust.
Cancer
Cancer
The New Moon that occurs today puts a spotlight on making contacts and reaching out to others, dear Cancer. It can herald new beginnings related to friends, group associations, and important ideas and dreams. You are actively discovering things that truly make you happy, beyond the career and love focus. Your focus is less inward. Goals that involve networking, making connections with others, joining or strengthening ties in a group project or activity, and nurturing good will are the focus during this cycle. If you’ve been unhappy with particular friends or group associations, or find yourself lacking in this area of life, now is the time to make changes and take charge. With Mercury retrograde, you may be looking back, and some of you could re-establish old friendships, plans, and goals. Today and tomorrow are strong for boosting connections. There may be love or friendship opportunities arising through pursuit of daily routines, health, or work goals.
Leo
Leo
A New Moon that occurs today clears the path for new beginnings on professional fronts, dear Leo. You can feel re-energized and ready to take charge. With Mercury retrograde close to the New Moon, this can be about reviving old goals or projects. You might choose to focus on improving your reputation, public standing, or professional relationships now. There can be a need for more self-discipline, and fortunately this is a little easier than usual, as you are feeling more ambitious than usual. There may be recognition for your work and efforts. The coming week is especially strong for money-making ideas, boosts to health, dedication to work and research, and drumming up support and followers. You are especially persuasive today and tomorrow, and there can be a strong desire to throw yourself into healthier activities and more meaningful projects.
Virgo
Virgo
There is a New Moon occurring in your solar ninth house this afternoon, dear Virgo. This brings new energy to your life, particularly regarding long-term goals, studies, and dedication to spiritual goals. Particularly in the coming week, powerful energy is with you for editing and reviving old interests and studies, work on writing and projects you aim to share and publish, partnerships, creative works, romantic friendships, and personal goals. You may regain confidence in old plans, ideas, and projects now, and may decide to recommit to them. You might make new resolutions to explore, grow, and expand beyond the regular experiences of your life. Becoming more active and involved in activities outside of your usual bounds, asserting yourself, expressing your individuality, and going after what you want with more confidence figure strongly now. There can be wonderful relationships developed or revived through shared interests and creative visions.
Libra
Libra
The New Moon occurring this afternoon falls in your solar eighth house, dear Libra. This is a time for inner discoveries as you pay more attention to your deeper desires and motivations. It can also be a time for bringing new energy to relationships and relating patterns. Things, ideas, and people tend to surface from your past and draw your attention back to projects and endeavors that might benefit from a new perspective. There can be a strong, positive focus on research as well as work or projects that mean a lot to you. You tend to have an all or nothing approach to things you love, and you are quite willing to dedicate a lot of time and energy to your personal interests. There may be a need or desire to go over business and financial matters, particularly related to taxes, debts, and shared or joint resources. The coming week is especially strong for opportunities surrounding money, work, family, real estate, loans, and intimate relationships.
Scorpio
Scorpio
The New Moon that occurs today presents opportunities to redefine relationships and relationship needs, dear Scorpio. The coming weeks are strong for exploring feelings and attitudes, particularly about partnering. There can be stronger focus on negotiations and one-to-one relationships, and your ability to both persuade and compromise strengthens. In fact, it can work very much to your advantage to team up or allow a partner to have more say. Willingness to let someone else take the stage opens up new levels in personal relationships right now, which have a chance to grow and thrive. There can be wonderful advances in relationships, largely through new insight on old problems or patterns of relating. Some of you might reconnect with an old friend or partner, or reach a new understanding of a past relationship.
Sagittarius
Sagittarius
The New Moon this afternoon occurs in your work and health sector, dear Sagittarius, stimulating new beginnings and approaches to these areas of life. This is a time for re-energizing goals related to your work and services, daily routines, and health and nutrition programs. If you’ve been feeling a little unsettled about how you’ve been managing your daily life, this is an opportune time for mapping out the changes you’d like to make. Ambitions may be stimulated now, and this fuels your desire to better organize your time and/or to work harder on the details that will help you achieve your larger goals. There can be treasures found in past projects or methods, and this can be a fabulous time for making more of what you already have or for reviving an unfinished project.
Capricorn
Capricorn
The New Moon occurring this afternoon harmonizes well with your sign, dear Capricorn, and energizes your desire to create, share, and enjoy yourself. It occurs in a sector of your chart that has been enlivened in recent weeks, and that rules romance, celebrations, entertainment, creativity, children, hobbies, and pastimes. This can be a passionate time for you, or it can be about rediscovering old passions and bringing them back to life. Old relationships may resurface, or there could be new understanding of past feelings and connections. You may discover different ways of expressing yourself, and channels for sharing or publishing your creations, ideas, and work. Today and tomorrow are especially strong for personal attraction and appreciation for your unique qualities.
Aquarius
Aquarius
The New Moon occurring this afternoon stimulates your desire to take charge of your personal and domestic life, dear Aquarius. Reconnecting with familiar people and places can be in focus, as well as reorganizing of your home life so that it better supports you. Strengthening bonds with others can be figure strongly now. How comfortable you are with yourself and in touch with your needs can be issues in the coming weeks. You might choose to redecorate or remodel your home environment, organize activities with family and loved ones, or work on better managing domestic routines. It’s a good time for sharing feelings or experiences with loved ones and for finding lost items or remembering important things from your past. This can be a powerful period for discovering ways to heal, recuperate, de-stress, and unwind.
Pisces
Pisces
The New Moon that occurs this afternoon falls in your solar third house, dear Pisces, and this launches a favorable cycle in which to learn, develop interests, make contacts, and explore different channels for communicating. There can be more mental rapport with others, and you might focusing on developing this further. The weeks ahead are excellent for taking care of daily tasks with increased and renewed energy. If you feel unsettled in these areas of life, then know that it’s time to make changes and to take charge. You may be turning to past projects and interests rather than embarking on all-new endeavors, but there is a lot of good energy with you for editing, revising, and reviving. You can have much success with designing, writing, and teaching now. Today and tomorrow are strong for persuasiveness and mutually beneficial relationships.
The New Moon in Taurus on May 6, 2016, is a time to plant practical seeds of intention and nurture them as they begin to take form. It doesn’t matter whether we are growing plants in the garden or cultivating ideas in our fertile imaginations. However, we must set aside unrealistic dreams to focus on those that have the best chance of becoming real.
The Taurus New Moon forms a useful Grand Earth Trine with prosperous Jupiter in efficient Virgo, and potent Pluto in calculating Capricorn. We are blessed with the stamina to overcome nearly any resistance we might face on the road to progress. Nevertheless, six planets in pragmatic Earth signs remind us to do our due diligence and finish our homework. Undoubtedly, we are at an important junction and there is no time for laziness. We have a good chance of reaching our goals if we choose the right targets, set sensible priorities, and make straightforward plans. Proper preparation doesn’t guarantee success, but it surely tilts the odds in our favor.
Aries Horoscope (March 21 – April 19)
Rather than impulsively modifying your direction to increase your chances of success, apply the stabilizing potential of the earthy Taurus New Moon in your 2nd House of Self-Worth. There’s no need to change your destination if you believe in yourself, for altering your plans only distracts you from what you need to be doing. Instead, rethink your strategy and then reallocate your resources so you can gain efficiency on your current journey. As Gandhi said, “Action expresses priorities.”
Taurus Horoscope (April 20 – May 20)
A convergence of unrelated circumstances requires you to decide what comes next in your life. But don’t limit your options by focusing on a recent setback; wipe the slate clean so you aren’t constricted by yesterday’s plans. The Taurus New Moon activates your 1st House of Self, enabling you to express a higher level of self-determination over the weeks ahead if you are willing to make a decision. However, choosing which road to take at this point isn’t enough; you must also commit to giving one hundred percent until you accomplish your goal.
Gemini Horoscope (May 21 – June 20)
An apparently trivial choice could have profound consequences that are not yet obvious. In fact, every move you make may be more important in the long run than you realize because the Taurus New Moon galvanizes your 12th House of Destiny. Although you’re tempted to keep everything light and easy, it’s wiser to stop and contemplate the ramifications of your actions before going too far. If you’re unsure of your direction, refrain from making any changes until you gain clarity. Doing nothing at all is better than doing something you quickly regret.
Cancer Horoscope (June 21 – July 22)
Although you might not be able to avoid your responsibilities, you don’t need to waste time micromanaging a project at work. Instead, acknowledge the Taurus New Moon’s impact on your 11th House of Long-Term Goals by leaving time in your day to plan for your future. Don’t be afraid to be bold in your thinking, for your current ideas are more practical than you realize. As Theodore Roosevelt said, “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.”
Leo Horoscope (July 23 – Aug. 22)
A methodical approach to managing your resources enables you to advance at work rather than getting caught up in idealistic dreams. The Taurus New Moon empowers your 10th House of Career, inspiring you to complete a project successfully. Even if you don’t actually initiate action on a new venture, at least evaluate your options and devise a strategy that will carry you forward. Without a well-considered plan in place, a goal is simply an idle wish.
Virgo Horoscope (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22)
If you’re contemplating enrolling in a program to expand your career horizons, the Taurus New Moon’s presence in your 9th House of Higher Education could nudge you further along that line of thinking. However, if your idea of personal growth doesn’t involve the classroom, you might consider taking a working vacation that allows you to travel and widen your perspective in other ways. An open mind allows you to explore the world with open eyes.
Libra Horoscope (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22)
You derive great meaning from relationships of all types. However, you’re currently attracted to interactions that lead you into unexplored interpersonal realms as the Taurus New Moon emphasizes your 8th House of Deep Sharing. Although the cosmos is reminding you that a joint venture might offer more advantages than going off on your own, there are pros and cons to giving up your autonomy. Nevertheless, the right partner could offer the ways and means for you to reach your goal. Making a smart alliance is certainly in your best interest as long as your intentions are noble.
Scorpio Horoscope (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21)
Letting go of a hurtful memory enables you to see beyond your previously limited point of view. You have an opportunity to redefine your frame of reference if you’re willing to reveal your vulnerability to someone trustworthy. Your emotional IQ is boosted by your common sense as the Taurus New Moon mobilizes your 7th House of Relationships. It doesn’t matter what your plans are for the future; you can still benefit from a mutually supportive friendship if you set aside your fears and entertain the possibilities of a solid connection.
Sagittarius Horoscope (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21)
You’re ready to say yes to a new project but only if it meets your particular conditions. Rather than being motivated by high ideals, the Taurus New Moon’s occurrence in your 6th House of Work reflects a more pragmatic approach to your job. It’s not that you lack vision; it’s just that you’re more concerned with completing one task before beginning something else. Keep it simple until you can see how much time you need to allocate to your previous commitments.
Capricorn Horoscope (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19)
You are entering a highly creative phase where the possibilities are only limited by what you believe. Although the Taurus New Moon falls in your 5th House of Spontaneity, several retrograde planets suggest you could be in for some trouble if you impulsively run off in an entirely new direction. However, it makes sense to push ahead on a project as long as you are harnessing enthusiasm that has been building for some time. Change the plan and not the goal.
Aquarius Horoscope (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18)
It’s time to set a stake in the ground that can be used as a cornerstone for the foundation you are busy constructing. Although there will be a fair share of obstacles ahead, creating consistency in your life is crucial while the Taurus New Moon feeds your 4th House of Security. Ultimately, building on what you have already gained is possible as long as you feel emotionally safe. However, your future will be more uncertain if you are anxious about your present vulnerability. Stability is more important to success than brilliance when push comes to shove.
Pisces Horoscope (Feb. 19 – March 20)
Although you may be an idealist by nature, it’s time to temporarily put your dreams away and face the music in the mundane world. The uncomplicated Taurus New Moon fuels your 3rd House of Communication, encouraging you to stick to the basic facts in all interactions. Demand the simple truth and give people the same in return. But don’t worry about your current lack of imagination; it will return on its own accord. Oddly enough, you can experience a satisfying peace of mind when you accept reality as it is.
A New Moon in Taurus on Friday sets the tone for what will be a weekend filled with sensual pleasures. You and your sweetheart can anticipate delicious physical connections that deepen your bond in the most glorious way possible.
Spoil each other with a couple’s massage, dinner at a 5-star restaurant, or cook a gourmet masterpiece together one evening instead. Then, you might enjoy a bubble bath together, or even a long walk on the beach or out in nature. Romantic pleasures are everywhere for you to see, hear, taste, touch, and feel. Enjoy them!
* Heart ratings are based on the lunar cycle. They range from low to full, with low indicating a rocky weekend for romance and full indicating plenty of passionate potential.
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Absolutely Relative
The Moon is new in the 17th degree of Taurus on 6th May at 7:31 p.m. U.T. In its darkness we encounter the creative tension between relative and absolute truths.
For those walking a spiritual path, realisation of absolute truth is key. Enlightenment, ascension, oneness with God, are all expressions of the quest to know intimately the ever-present, unchanging unified field of being. But we pursue this quest in a world replete with relativity. All things are conditioned by everything around it and little stands complete in and of itself. Whilst it may well be absolutely true that We Are All One, relative truth is rooted in egoic consciousness which experiences separation and individuality.
To live the spiritual life in the mundane world we must navigate these various levels of truth, knowing when and how to relate to them from the heart as well as the mind. Dismissing loneliness or pain as an egoic illusion overlooks the essential truth that all emotion is experienced at a relative level, where it needs to be honoured before it can be transmuted into the peace of the absolute. To claim that a desire to be treated with respect is ‘just ego’ ignores the fact that ego is the arbiter of relative truth and proportionally acts to protect us from harm and threat when operating in a healthy way.
This New Moon asks us to embrace absolute truth (that we are united as one in the divine/goddess/life/the unified field) whilst honouring the relative kind (that we owe each other compassion and consideration because we are all emotional beings vulnerable to pain). Striking this balance is key to living an embodied spirituality, fully engaged with the challenges and triumphs of the human realm. If we retreat prematurely into the realm of absolute truth avoiding the relative, we become detached from the humanity that connects us all. If, on the other hand, we deny the absolute and live only from a place of ego we will fail to recognise the bigger picture within which the ups and downs of everyday life occur, a recognition which can sustain us when all else falls apart.
Taurus, the sign of this New Moon, loves truths of the factual kind: certain, provable, demonstrable facts. It does less well with mysteries, paradoxes and the unknown. But to live in the world we encounter both: certainties and mysteries, facts and fictions. When it comes to truth Taurus may pick a side and stay there: absolute or relative and never the twain shall meet. But this New Moon weaves the two into a beautiful design, connecting the relative with the absolute so we can live it all and discern with clarity what to honour and when. And it need not be an ‘either/or’, for we can respond at a relative level with our eye on the sacred just as we can affirm the bigger picture whilst acknowledging subjective truths.
We always have a choice about where and how to focus. This Moon simply reminds us that truth is multifaceted with numerous layers. As such, many things and countless different perspectives can be simultaneously true. Allowing ourselves to shift between relative and absolute, relinquishing the security of black and white, right and wrong, may just reveal a whole new perspective now, to those with eyes to see.
The Moon today is in a New Moon phase. During this phase the Moon is to close to the sun in the sky to be visible. The moon rises and sets with the sun and is not present in the night sky. Because of this the night sky is darker and an excellent time to view other celestial objects. Like the Full Moon, a New Moon happens at a very specific time when the sun and moon have the same ecliptic longitude and it can be measured down to the second it occurs.
PHASE DETAILS FOR – FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2016
Phase: New Moon
Illumination: 0%
Moon Age: 29.18 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 363,805.67 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,960,174.04 km
Friday (Venus): Love, friendship, reconciliation, and beauty.
Martyrs’ Day (Lebanese)
Waning Moon The Waning Moon (from the Full Moon to the New) is a time for study, meditation, and little magical work (except magic designed to banish harmful energies).
New Moon 3: 30 pm
Moon Sign: Taurus Taurus: Things begun now last the longest, tend to increase in value, and become hard to alter. Brings out appreciation for beauty and sensory experience.
Love magick is a perennial popular topic. However, there is more to this topic than meets the eye. There are many enchanting layers here for us to explore on this day of the week. What about creating a loving home, or producing a loving and nurturing family? What about keeping your intimate relationships vital and on track? How about promoting happy, healthy, and enduring friendships? See, there is more to be considered than just the “You shall be mine…” type of fictional love spell.
Don’t forget that many of the deities associated with Fridays are also parents. So, yes, while this is the day to work on romance, sex, and love spells, there is additional magick to be considered here, which makes Fridays a more well-rounded and bigger opportunity for witchery than many folks ever truly realize. The truest, strongest magick always comes from the heart.
Source
Book of Witchery – Spells, Charms & Correspondences For Every Day of the Week
–Ellen Dugan
Eyvind Kelve/ Enlightenment of the Buddha/Egyptian Day
The Norwegian Pagan martyr, Eyvind Kelve, was killed on the orders of King Olaf Trygvason for refusing to give his faith in the Pagan gods. The enlightenment of Buddha is celebrated in many Buddhist traditions on the day of the full moon in May.
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