May 31st/The week ahead: Movement. We start the week with a Full Moon today. Tomorrow (1st), Jupiter will change signs and enter Cancer, marking a great shift in mood in the world, as we end the Jupiter in Gemini transit. The week ahead can deal with many changes and declarations. On a personal level, we might feel renewed to some level; we can also feel more focused now.
June 1st: Jupiter enters Cancer today, marking a strong change in mood in the world, read my predictions here.
Jupiter stays in a sign for about 12 months, signaling a key influence in a year. For this coming 2026-2027 period, Jupiter in Cancer will be this big influence. Let’s understand it below.
Timeline wise, Jupiter was shortly in Cancer in the end of last year, between October and December. Similarly, Jupiter will have a short venture into Leo between this coming November and January. Then Jupiter finishes the Cancer transit, with 5 more months between late January and June next year. Overall, Cancer is the main influence from now up until June 2027.
Jupiter in Cancer transit: 18/10/2025-05/12/2025, 01/06/2026-31/10/2026, 24/01/2027-25/06/2027
[Retrograde in Leo 12/12/2026, direct in Cancer 12/04/2027]
Jupiter in Leo transit: 31/10/2026-24/01/2027, 25/06/2027-26/11/2027, 28/02/2028-24/07/2028
So what is Cancer about? Cancer is the sign of family, it deals with the natural 4th house. This relates it to family, emotions, comfort, home, mother, birth nation and similarly derived themes from these main points. Jupiter deals with learning, wisdom, gurus, teachers, luck, good fortune and prosperity.
Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, meaning that Cancer is the best sign for Jupiter, the most conductive and positive for Jupiter’s affairs and matters. Jupiter is considered the strongest here, in Cancer, with the exaltation.
Jupiter last transited Cancer between June 2014 and July 2015. Dare I say that the world was, a little, different then compared to now.
Predictive wise, I see many astrologers predicting great improvement and much of the current predicaments in the world fixed by this transit. I share the hope, but not necessarily the prediction. Exaltation can’t be reduced to “everything good”, much like debilitation can’t be reduced to “everything bad”.
Exaltation/Debilitation deals with a planet’s meanings, specially a main mission of that planet. For instance, Venus is exalted in the sign of Pisces. The main mission of Venus is love and connection, and that is one of the most romantic signs. With Jupiter, the main mission is teaching and transmitting knowledge, why is Cancer the most conductive for this? Why not an air sign? Why not Aquarius, that deals so much with science?
Because Jupiter represents gurus or teachers, and that deals with a relationship that isn’t solely intellectual, but also emotional. It involves attachment, trust and a clear boundary; between a “superior” and an “inferior”.
The sign of mom, Cancer, becomes a strong candidate for this mission. The emotion is there, so is the attachment, so is the idea of a superior that can’t be questioned. Just ask any student that ever corrected a teacher’s error, how petty and unscientific things can get.
Jupiter becomes the ultimate teacher as a motherly figure, in an emotional environment, where he is fully in charge. Jupiter becomes debilitated in Capricorn, a cold environment, where results matter above emotional ties. Mom is mom forever, the boss is the boss while he can keep things running well.
Taking this back to mundane astrology, I just don’t see Jupiter in Cancer as this endlessly positive period that some are seeing. It wasn’t the case in 2014-2015, it is unlikely to be the case now. On a meta, somewhat philosophical, level Jupiter in Cancer will promote great lessons in the world. Some of these lessons won’t be as easy as the others.
Jupiter in Cancer will promote further isolation in public debate and discourse. More bubbles. More people in their little worlds, safe from people questioning or finding flaws in their ways of thinking. In politics, this will further divisions and delusions. Everybody agrees with me, says the person who only talks to people that agree with them.
In the next few months, discourse will deal a lot with certainties. People claiming to know the absolute truth. Agreements can be harder, as people will be more stubborn and attached.
Similarly, Jupiter in Cancer will promote themes of patriotism, nationalism and identity. Discourse related to these matters will be favored in the months ahead.
Looking back at the 2014-2016, where we last had the Jupiter in Cancer/Leo transits, I believe that we can see many “surprises” in the world. Sudden developments, great twists and upheaval; specially when the Leo transit kicks in, as it will unblock the Cancer mental bubble.
The end of a Water sign (such as Cancer) and the early part of a Fire sign (such as Leo) is always a complicated transit, that can deal with intense events in the world. This will happen around October 2026, January 2027 and June 2027. All of these periods can deal with some kind of turmoil happening.
Of these above, I’d specially highlight October 2026 as a complicated moment. Mars will be in Cancer, which is the weakest sign for Mars, the debilitated sign. Similarly, the Sun will be in Libra, the debilitation sign for the Sun. It can be a time of great confusion, chaos and maybe some degree of violence.
The January 2nd round will happen with Mars retrograde, so we could be reviewing a lot of the October issues by then. This combo in late January 2027 can be a great trigger for events and big declarations. The first semester of 2027 has this odd cloud with Mars and other planetary combinations.
The final round in June 2027 is a double-edge sword, as it might not be an easy period, but it can be an important moment of closure.
Summary:
Read page 2 for personal effects and predictions for each sign.
May has the interesting point of starting and ending with Full Moons. The Full Moon signals a point of fruition, where things become clear, representing a strong energy or key point about a certain month. Last month, for instance, we started April with a Hasta Full Moon, showing deception and underhanded tactics.
This time, a Full Moon in Swati shows surprises and being thrown on a loop. Swati represents the wind, showing things being uprooted or scattered. Adding fuel to the fire, the Full Moon will form a yod to Venus and Saturn. The yod is known as the “finger of destiny” and it indicates forceful and complicated events.
I believe this shows that early May can deal with a lot of instability and maybe economic issues. Saturn shows stability, while Venus can represent wealth and agreements. So this can be a time of promises being broken, disagreements and conflict.
Pluto will turn retrograde on May 6th, which puts the planet stationary for much of the first week of the month. This bestows a strong Pluto energy in the air. As Pluto deals with power and control, power struggles and disputes can be specially strong in early May.
On May 11th, Mars will enter Aries, where it will transit until June 20th. Aries is the natural sign of Mars, making this a mostly good transit. Still, the transition from a Water sign to a Fire sign can be troublesome, so between May 9th and 11th could be a time of conflict or intense weather.
As Aries deals a lot with fighting, Mars here can reinforce conflicts around the world, so not a great moment for peace I’d say.
Events in May 2026
The New Moon this month happens on Krittika nakshatra on the 16th. This New Moon will happen conjunct Mercury and Uranus, so it can deal a lot with new information being revealed. So informations, secrets and discoveries are a strong theme in the second half of this month. The 19th can specially deal with this, as Mercury will form a trine Pluto.
The 22nd can be an eventful date, as the Sun will be conjunct Uranus, activating the planet. As I previously mentioned, much of our current issues are related to Uranus in Taurus. Supply chains, economies, storage and stability are all ruled by this sign. The Sun here can activate Uranus and lead to some kind of culmination.
The second Full Moon this month happens in Anuradha nakshatra, a star that deals a lot with frienship, partnership and devotion. This Full Moon is kinda of a mixed bag. On one hand, a trine to Saturn could show good developments and stability. On the other hand, a quincunx to Mars could show conflict and further instability.
How will this play out is debatable, either way, this Full Moon in Anuradha is more of a June factor than a May factor. So I will go deeper into it on June’s predictions.
A notable mention from June is that Jupiter will change signs, leaving Gemini and entering Cancer. Jupiter in Cancer will be the main influence for the rest of 2026 and the first half of 2027. Jupiter will make a short venture into Leo, from November this year until January 2027. Still, the main influence going forward will be Jupiter in Cancer.
This is the best sign for Jupiter, so Jupiter here could show some improvements from June and onwards. I write of this, as we start May, as a light in the end of the tunnel of sorts.
May starts on a complicated note, as Pluto will be the dominant influence in the air. Pluto is all about power struggles. So negotiations get tougher. Similarly, we can see disingenuous behavior and power grabs happening in early May. The Full Moon on the 1st can similarly trigger some complicated events.
Overall, May can deal a lot with turbulences and surprises. Much of the volatility of April is still present, although May will have some normalcy as the world gets used to some of the disruptions happening. To make a metaphor, this is more like getting used to the winter, rather than the start of summer. We are not out of the cold, we are just used to it.
Mars in Aries can deal a lot with fights and prominent conflicts. Feuds will be specially highlighted in the news now. Also, around the 9th-11th, we could deal with extreme weather or fires.
Besides that, I find important to note that June will signal bigger shifts, so a lot this month can deal with endings or compromises for the changes further ahead.
Notable dates in May:
On a personal level, May is a bridge. A transition between the energies of the past, and what is coming ahead for us.
The strongest influence of 2025 and this year has been Saturn conjunct Neptune, and that influence will start to wane this month, as the conjunction separates. Aspect orbs are a subject of much debate in Astrology, but 8° is usually agreed as a weak orb, similarly showing a weak influence.
From May 29th and onwards, Saturn will be about 8° away from Neptune, peaking at 10° of distance around July. This shows the end of this influence.
Similarly, June 1st will have Jupiter in a new sign, also promoting a change and new influences in the world.
So May sits in between, with what we lived from 2025 until now, and what is coming ahead for us.
I find interesting that these final months of Saturn-Neptune came in such a martian moment. Last month with Mars joining both planets, in Pisces. This month with Mars in his natural sign of Aries.
Saturn and Neptune are both fairly apathetic influences, tending to show depression or lack of movement. Meanwhile, Mars is the dynamo that fires us up. This makes for a serendipitous ending, at least on a personal level. Saturn-Neptune has a knack for unveiling crisis, which can lead to bouts of depression or lethargy. Mars has been helping us get out of this funk, take action and change things.
On that note, May is a lot about making change, making decisions and putting ourselves out there. Changing the things that concerned us the most, from 2025 and now, can be a good starting point.
The next two months are a strong time for renewal, as we fix and make amends with the past, and as we welcome new influences coming into play. June specially will be a great time for starting fresh.
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