Astrology Landscape May 23 - 31st

 

First Quarter Moon 

May 23, 2026

4:10am  PDT

 

 First Quarter — Taking Action

Now we act on the information we received. We pursue the idea again. What hurdles have appeared involving the seeds you planted at the New Moon? We make another call, reach out to someone, mail something, or stir the pot again. Sometimes this phase reveals that the goals we planted require more effort from us. Independence may need to be asserted. Others may resist our growth, even if they believe they have our best interests at heart.

Hero’s Journey: Crossing the threshold and committing to the journey.
Creative/Science Process: Commitment — the work begins.

 

Focus on:   How are the seeds you planted on the new moon deepening your practical needs and strengthen your values benefiting by detailed actions?   What strategic actions can you take that are super detailed?  What actions can you take that tap your discipline?  What Ts need to be crossed and I’s dotted?   How does all of this make you more practical? 

 

Planetary Notes:

 

5/24: Sun sextile Neptune (3 AR 55). Actions based on faith.  Spirituality is supported and life affirming.

5/24: Mars sextile North Node (4 PI 40) Actions and impulses may connect to a greater force within us and for others.  

5/25: Sun square N. Node (4 PI 39) What happens when facts on the ground don’t match something bigger going on? 

5/25: Mars square Pluto (5 AQ 25) (see above) 

5/26: Sun Trine Pluto (5 GE 25)  Thinking, communication, neighbors and siblings can be impacted by the friends and groups we keep.  

 

Gibbous Moon

May 27, 2026

12:13 am PDT  

 

 

Gibbous — Refining the Process

We refine our information. We pick and choose, discriminate, and organize. This is the phase where we become a bit “Virgo-like.” We sort through details and ask whether something has been overlooked. Adjustments are made. Plans are refined. The goal is not to abandon the seed but to improve how it is unfolding.

Hero’s Journey: Training and preparation before the major test.
Creative/Science Process: Editing and refinement.

 

Focus on:

On the new moon we got down deep into our practical brain. We assessed our needs, our money, our structures now we consider how does all that impact our partnerships?  How are we refining our goals to connect with relationships?  When we look at our need to dig in on some practical level how is it refining our life? 

 

Planetary Notes:  

 

5/28: Venus square Saturn (11 AR 59) Money and love feels cold.  Values feel squeezed.  Sometimes you get what you need and not what you want.  Says the Rolling Stones and the world at least today.