May 2027 for Taurus at a glance
The Moon’s turns this month fall for Taurus as the New Moon in Taurus (your 1st house) on 6 May and the Full Moon in Scorpio (your 7th house) on 20 May. Among the planets, Mercury enters your 2nd on 9 May, Mars enters your 5th on 14 May and Venus enters your 1st on 14 May. In the background, Jupiter holds Leo, your 4th house, all month, and Saturn stays in Aries, your 12th.
| Date | Event | Where | Your house |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 6 May10:59 UTC | New Moon | 15°42′ Taurus | 1st |
| c. Sat 8 May | Pluto turns retrograde | 7°10′ Aquarius | 10th |
| Sun 9 May | Mercury enters Gemini | Gemini | 2nd |
| Fri 14 May | Mars enters Virgo | Virgo | 5th |
| Fri 14 May | Venus enters Taurus | Taurus | 1st |
| Thu 20 May10:59 UTC | Full Moon | 29°13′ Scorpio | 7th |
| Fri 21 May06:18 UTC | Sun enters Gemini | Gemini | 2nd |
| Fri 28 May | Mercury enters Cancer | Cancer | 3rd |
Houses are counted by whole signs from your Sun sign (Taurus is your 1st, Gemini your 2nd, and so on). Times are UTC; every date comes from the Almanac’s own ephemeris, none from a calendar typed by hand.
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New Moon in Taurus, 6 May: your 1st house
The New Moon is exact at 10:59 UTC on Thursday 6 May, at 15°42′ Taurus, in Taurus itself: counted by whole signs, your own sign is the 1st house, the house of the self and the body.
Astrologers treat the New Moon as the month’s quiet beginning; in May that beginning is made in your 1st house, the place the Hellenistic astrologers called the Hour-marker, and it is read as a beginning that is about you rather than about anyone else, the kind of resolve that needs no permission. In your 1st house this May, Taurus makes the mood patient and sensual, settling rather than starting.
If you want something to do with this May lunation, look at the first impression you give, in a photograph, a profile or an introduction, and ask whether it is still accurate.
Beyond the Sun sign
Your Sun sign is only part of 2027
A Taurus forecast reads the year by your Sun sign alone. The Road of Ages reads the turning points of your whole life from your own birth date, and shows where you stand on it now.
See the year on your own RoadFull Moon in Scorpio, 20 May: your 7th house
The Full Moon is exact at 10:59 UTC on Thursday 20 May, with the Moon at 29°13′ Scorpio and the Sun opposite in Taurus. For Taurus the Moon lights your 7th house, the house of partners and agreements, while the Sun stands across in your 1st.
At a Full Moon the Moon faces the Sun across the sky, and this May it faces it from your 7th house, the Setting, lighting a contract, a negotiation or a rivalry that reaches its point of decision. For Taurus this May, Scorpio makes the mood deep and unflinching, interested in what lies underneath. With the Sun across the chart in your 1st house, the May Full Moon speaks along the axis of self and partner: how much of the year is yours to steer, and how much is shared.
A practice for the May Full Moon: plan time with a partner that is not about logistics.
Planets changing sign or direction in May
Pluto turns retrograde in Aquarius, your 10th house, a slow turn spread over several days. The turn comes around 8 May, at 7°10′ Aquarius, and since a slow planet’s turn is felt over weeks rather than on a day, the tradition would look for it in Taurus’s public life, and authority and the people who hold it through May.
Mercury enters Gemini on 9 May, your 2nd house. Until 28 May, with Mercury in your house of money, the tradition reads a practical spell for paperwork about earnings and spending.
On 14 May Mars moves into Virgo, which is your 5th house. Until 15 July, with Mars in the house of Good Fortune, the tradition reads a passionate spell, better for daring than for patience.
Venus enters Taurus on 14 May, your 1st house. Until 8 June, Venus in your 1st house lends grace to how you carry yourself: a spell when charm comes easily and others warm to you more readily.
On 21 May at 06:18 UTC the Sun crosses into Gemini, which for Taurus is the 2nd house. Until 21 June, the Sun in your 2nd house puts money, possessions and self-worth in the light, a month for the practical side of a life.
On 28 May Mercury moves into Cancer, which is your 3rd house. Until 26 June, with Mercury in your house of siblings and short journeys, the tradition reads a busy, connected spell, good for study and for writing.
Love, work and money for Taurus in May
Venus begins May in Aries, your 12th house, and enters Taurus, your 1st, on 14 May, turning affection toward how you present yourself to someone new, and how much of yourself you let a partner see. The Full Moon on 20 May falls in your 7th, the house of partners and agreements.
Mars, the planet of effort, moves from Leo, your 4th, into Virgo (your 5th) on 14 May, so the drive of the month shifts toward creative work and any project you care about for its own sake.
For money, Mercury arrives in your 2nd on 9 May and the Sun arrives in your 2nd on 21 May: the house of what you earn and own. Read May as a time for looking at income, savings, spending and possessions, most directly of all the houses, without expecting the sky to settle the sums for you.
Questions to carry through May
- Who am I when nothing is being asked of me?
- Where do I give too much, and where too little?
- What is one resource that needs stewardship instead of impulse?
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Common questions
When is the New Moon in May 2027 for Taurus?
On Thursday 6 May at 10:59 UTC, at 15°42′ Taurus, in your 1st house of self, counting houses by whole signs from Taurus.
Is Mercury retrograde in May 2027?
No. Mercury moves forward all through May; its next retrograde begins on 10 June in Cancer, your 3rd house.
Is there an eclipse in May 2027?
No. The nearest is the penumbral lunar eclipse of 20 February, which falls in Virgo, your 5th house.
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