May is a 1 month for those in a 5 year, a time when I doubt that any moss is growing under your feet. If you stopped to pay attention, you'd realize your pace is probably at bit too reckless. You're moving ahead at breakneck speed toward... who knows what? Do you even care at this point? Or are you just hopped up on the headiness of the ride? Yes, it can be as intoxicating as a drug.
Here's a really brief suggestion...try and make yourself set some goals, some exciting 'firsts', if you will. Never been skydiving? Now's the time. Haven't had the mettle to ask for a raise or a first date with that someone special or even given yourself permission to get your first perm? Just do it. A 5 year is about chasing the brass ring...and a one month gives you the courage and the nerve to proceed.
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May is a 2 month for those in a 6 year, a 31 day stretch that dubs you den mother of your particular universe. By now, you know that there's no getting around the fact that you've a full roster of responsibility set before you. That's one the hallmarks of a 6...taking care of business. But in a two month, the ratio of your business to the affairs of others shifts quite considerably.
Fundamentally, you feel the pull to be there for those you are in relationship with. In your personal or professional life, there's always some issue waving at you to get the best out of this time. Try not to ignore it. You're learning how to be dependable and accountable without any of the credit. Everybody needs a little practice in selflessness. Get with the program.
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May is a 3 month for those in a 7 year, a lighter period in an otherwise ponderous 12 months. Seven years often demand a lot of you, emotionally, psychically, mentally. All that time and energy spend in your head can take it's toll. Use the bright, sunny days of May to clear out those worrisome cobwebs.
While this sounds downright trite, it's vital during your 3 month to take notice the pros over the cons. Sure, there's a lot going on. You've got real grief and your pet anxieties...I'm not saying these are going away...but make sure you get a firm grip on your blessings, savor every single silver lining and make peace with serendipity. It's not just coincidence. It's the good stuff in your life. Joy, not tended dies. Get to the feeding and watering.
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May is a 4 month for those in an 8 year, so get your groove on! You can taste it, your destiny is riding down the road, at the edge of your grasp. You see it's gleaming luster, you can smell it's intoxicating perfume. This target, this goal, it's yours for the taking if you can hang tough a little bit longer, so lengthen your stride...it's time to play catch up.
Like any race, you have to pace yourself. it's all about the steady effort not the sprint. Throwing money at it won't work either, if your mind turns toward that quick fix. No, this is about effort smartly spent. About you pushing through discomfort even when you've got a cramp. Even when you feel you've already put in a respectable showing. Don't stop...you will win of course, but not just yet.
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May is a 5 month for those in a 9 year, a time of impermanence and transition. Imagine yourself a molting tree, rooted, yet shedding leaves and seed pods. Witness to countless seasons and sunsets yet part of the cycle of all things on earth, subject to myriad little births and little deaths. You lose branches and leaves at a constant rate. Bits of your bark are blown hither and yon in the wind, yet you still retain your treeness, existing until you don't.
The essential zeness of being in the midst of dying is the paradox of a 5 month in a 9 year. Life rushes at us at an alarming rate and we adapt, we learn. And each new bit of knowledge that changes us, each new notch that life makes in us move us farther from who we are to who we will be. Go with the flow and let go of whatever aspect of your life is ready to drop away.
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May is a 6 month for those in a 1 year, a shift from the frenzy of April. That is not to say that there won't be movement this is the first year of your cycle so conditions on the domestic front will be ripe for change or metamorphosis. May gives us the gift of change in a very sensitive area of lives---6 is where our security blanket is, where we place our deepest hopes and dreams. It is our emotional Achilles heel, one of the places in the chart where we connect deeply with others.
When we work with the energy, which allows for a flushing out of old, cobwebbed associations and seek to renew our relationships with loved ones, our careers, our homes---even our ideas of beauty and aesthetics, we feel refreshed and revived. Conversely, reactive clinging to outmoded scenarios may be distorted with regret and fear. Take a deep breath and follow the flow...
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May is a 7 month for those in a 2 year, a time to take a giant step back from your life. Seven months are surprising...they are demanding in a very subtle way. Use the next 31 days for self-evaluation and examination. If there were ever a period where you needed to be alone, it's this month so time off is a blessing.
Even if you can't take a vacation, try to lessen your load. This is not a month for commitments or promises to anyone but yourself, though the thought of turning people down when they say they need you will be tough. Your powers of observation are very keen...you'll know when an intimate needs a shoulder to cry on even before they know it. But this month is all about recharging your batteries, not someone else's. Hang tough.
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May is an 8 month for those in a 3 year, and a great time to focus on making those creative dreams a reality. Most of a three year focuses on your sense of fun and spontaneity. During an eight month, if you look closely you'll uncover your life's unique blessings and see how your special circumstances, your singular understanding of events could lead to new job or new outlook...one that focuses on your ability to write, make art or communicate in general.
Also, you may feel drawn toward a new creative venture that mobilizes a rekindled business acumen...there may be an idea or concept entirely created or originated by you that sets the world atwitter...keep your eyes open and follow your passions.
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May is a 9 month for those in a 4 year, a time that requires a certain amount of reconciling results with effort. Four years can be task masters, periods in which you tightly concentrate your efforts. In a nine month, it makes sense to direct these efforts into sloughing off excesses, because quite simply you haven't got the time or energy to waste on non-essentials.
The load is considerable as you work the 12 months of a four. You've got a lot to accomplish and not as much time as you think to get it done. So order your priorities. Make some hard choices and develop a soup-to-nuts hit list. Tthere is nothing that should escape this ruthless examination. Economize don't accumulate.
