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The month ahead: “May 2025”

– Written by: Steve Jump to reading schedule

And the winner for “The gross understatement of the year” award is Steve, with his statement… “May 2025 has a lot going on“.

The fact is, even in my Second Quarter of 2025 reading covering April, May, & June, May was the ACTION month to say the very least. For me and many others April’s energy prediction of rising energy levels came to pass. For others their energy has yet to catch up, but this is par for the course as like I always say, “you’re all moving at different speeds on your respective timelines“. But in either case whatever happened in April was definitely a setup for what’s to come in May and beyond. That much the energy is making abundantly clear by having the energy of Mars in Leo which began on or around April 18th bleed onto everything until (I think) well past it’s June 17th end date. But that’s a topic for another time. For now we have to focus on May of 2025.

Having said that, and at the risk of sounding redundant, I feel Mars is the biggest influencing energy in May. That’s a controversial statement I’m sure. Astrologers will come at me with whipping sticks and flogging clubs for even suggesting such blasphemy. I mean certainly Saturn changing signs into Aries and Pluto going retrograde in Aquarius are bigger deal energies than Mars in Leo. And yes, they are technically a bigger deal. But the way the core energy cycles that are in play are laid out at the moment, the bleed over of Mars in Leo energy onto everything is coloring every other alignment with a certain need to wrap-up old business/uneasy feeling urgency to “resume” something we left hanging.

But resume what exactly? I don’t know, that’ll vary for all of you. In fact it might even be resuming something you began years ago. Though technically this Mars energy ties back to Mars retrograde in Leo from early December 2024 to early January 2025, there’s no time in the energy, and the energy cares not about our stupid cardboard calendars. So it might go back further than that for some of you.

The above being said, on a deeper level it seems to me that the energy of Mars in Leo splits itself into two. There’s 3D real life unfinished business that we’re returning to , and some deeper more “meaning of life” emotional things that we’re coming back to. These emotional things are likely far more timeless in nature than the 3D unfinished business. Meaning the emotional returns may stem all the way back to childhood for some of you. Or just a few months for others of you.

So…. as I talk about the other energies below in this write-up, and as I pull the readings throughout the month of May, it’s very very very very important for you to keep in mind that Mars is and will be influencing all of it on some level. And also keep in mind that I used “very” FOUR times… So it’s a big deal!!!

Moving on from Mars, let’s talk about 3 other big energies influencing us in the merry merry month of May. The month opens with dark, brooding, protesting, Pluto going retrograde in Aquarius. Pluto goes retrograde every year usually sometime between April and October at varying starting and ending points from year to year. Within the soulmate cycle this energy will create a personal revolution of sorts. You’ll rethink some of your habits, some of your beliefs, some of your associations, and someone or maybe many someones will likely be giving you a rethink on some level as well. What I mean by that is this energy will on some level, (big for some of you, small for others of you) change the relationship dynamic between you and another.

An often overlooked aspect of Pluto retrograde, which I’ve always noticed over the years is the power it has to make us re-examine our motives. What I mean is, like energy attracts like energy. Put another way in more down to the earth terms, birds of a feather flock together. Pluto retrograde in Aquarius will make us take a good look at WHY we did what we did, do what we do, and why we do it with who we do it with. The thing is, normally we wouldn’t do anything about it until Pluto goes direct. We’re often quite lazy during Pluto retrogrades. Which is another aspect of them that I’ve noticed but many astrologers seem to miss or just don’t mention. BUT, as I said, Mars in Leo is pissing on/marking its territory all over every energy around this month. So because of the Mars in Leo energy, this year we’re likely to actually take action during the Pluto retrograde phase. Which I think is kinda cool, because it means we won’t back down if changes need to be made. Mars will keep the forward momentum going.

The next major energy influence that I’ll be pulling on in May likely won’t make the radar of any astrology sites, but it is important to the core energy cycles in-play around us. Jupiter in Gemini will be making a square with The North Node of Destiny in Pisces on May 18th. It’ll linger for about a week or so with a lead-in period, a peak on the 18th, and a short lead-out period. Put simply, I cannot wait to pull this reading!!! This energy should create a frustration when it comes to creative energies. Okay, so maybe on the down-side your painting won’t go well, or your soufflé will fall, or you’ll get writer’s block. On a higher level you could also begin to briefly doubt your path and start thinking something crazy like you should just get a haircut and a real-job like mom and dad want you to. That’s crazy talk. It’s just Jupiter gearing up to leave Gemini…

But on the BIGGER soulmate cycle level is causes the weaker energy in the pair, i.e. the one who ran, or if there’s a dispute, the one who’s in the wrong, to have a BIG TIME crisis of faith. And I’ll tell you what…. It could cause a few soulmates, if the love and/or desire/pull is strong enough to come crawling back. But on a more realistic less exaggerated level it might create just the right energetic environment for you to resolve an issue or two with some mid or low level soulmates. Either way that long lost runner will likely be crapping themselves over you. And hey, in this tough soulmate cycle, a victory is a victory, no matter how small it is. That one should be a very animated reading for sure.

The final major energy is Saturn. On May 24th Saturn enters Aries. Astrologers will tell you that it marks a time to build a strong foundation for the future, and to confront our fears. And all of that is true. There’s much personal growth to be had with this transit. Saturn in Aries can make you face some harsh realities. But as an energy reading freak of nature (and I say that with love) I can tell you that Saturn is the taskmaster/karmic giant that it is because with its rings and 274 known moons it creates a choppiness within the core energy around us. i.e. the web of what scientists call “dark energy” which makes up about 68-70% of our universe and connects everything to everything. This “choppiness” churns and burns and makes us realize things, makes us learn lessons. In Aries energy Saturn is always extra choppy, so often these lessons are learned the hard way.

If you don’t know what I mean by “choppy”, think of a boat on the water during a storm. That’s the energy with Saturn in Aries. Taking my boat analogy a step further. With Saturn in Aries, it’s like being already on the water in our boat when we realize we probably shouldn’t be. Saturn in Aries will bring a lot of “OH SHIT!!” moments. Or, as Roy Scheider’s character in Jaws said when he saw the shark for the first time, “you’re gonna need a bigger boat“.

This energy of Saturn in Aries and the hard learned lessons it brings applies both to societal and soulmate cycle energies. Having said that, obviously Saturn in Aries is not confined to just May of 2025. It’s about the entire transit of Saturn through Aries, which gets its start here in May of 2025. The entire transit with the exception of between September 1, 2025 and February 13, 2026 when it retrogrades back into Pisces will be in Aries until April 12, 2028.

So what will this energy of Saturn do in May? Well in the soulmate cycle it’s likely to show you someone’s faults. I think in the short-term if there’s someone you forgive a lot and they keep repeating the mistake, or they keep letting you down, Saturn in Aries will help you to see the pattern, and likely along with Mars in Leo give you the strength to deal with it once and for all.

Overall May 2025 should be an eventful month. There are still a few energies setting up for later, but with Mars in Leo in the house, there should be enough action both internally and externally to keep everyone on their toes at the very least.

— Cheers

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Special Reads Completed in Late April 2025
(As readings are completed, links are added)

__Special Reads Completed in May 2025___
(As readings are completed, links are added)

Pluto retrograde in Aquarius reading
Mercury in Taurus reading
Full Moon in Scorpio reading
The Second-half of May 2025 reading
Jupiter in Gemini squaring The North Node of Destiny
Saturn entering Aries reading
Mercury in Gemini reading
The June 2025 Overview reading
New Moon in Gemini reading

The above are “special” planned readings. They’re generally listed in the order I plan to pull them. Of course along with the readings listed above the usual random timeless reads and individual sign energy update mayhem will ensue as the energy dictates. There will also be as usual “Singles reads”, “Cure for Cancer” reads, “3 card” reads, TF Journey, & Schrodinger’s Cat reads peppered in along the way.

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