May 21st: Mercury is hyperactive, in contact with several planets and celestial bodies, indicating a day of intense and varied astrological trends, choose the most suitable for your activities...

May 21st: the most active planet today is certainly Mercury, which makes contacts with several different types of planets. This is a day with plenty to do, with a variety of frequencies to connect with. Choose the one that suits you best according to your plans:

     Mercury starts the day at 30° from Venus, which is now retrograde and conjunct the star cluster M38. The combination promises to be pretty good financially, as both Venus and M38 symbolize abundance and the ability to attract money. Mercury's negotiation talent to negotiate helps a lot, or at least, it wil make  transactions more expedite. In the social and emotional plane, we may have great conversations and exchanges that will leave us with the same sense of abundance and plenitude.

     Mercury is also at 150° from Saturn. This usually puts the focus on commitments, work and duty, on making necessary adjustments to overcome obstacles in everyday life. This combination is normally a bit depressing if you only see the limits and difficulties of a situation. However, before making the aspect to Saturn, it is noteworthy that Mercury moves about two degrees north declination (yes he is faaast!), and  forms two parallels. The first is with globular cluster M53, which represents unstable situations and the other is with the elliptical galaxy M85, which denotes a new momentum and positive exchanges. Hence the need to compromise, meet and strive to use this stimulation that can help stabilize or energize loose situations.

      But the most important combination that makes Mercury today is the parallel with Jupiter, with whom it also makes a conjunction hours later. Unlike the above saturnian mix, it denotes mental freedom, optimism and the ability to develop ideas, travel, expand horizons and find positive solutions. The parallel Mercury / Jupiter occurs in parallel with M85, a galaxy which is characterized by interaction with neighboring galaxies. This indicates that the expansion and growth can occur through the exchange or the motivation of one or more persons. We must follow this trend, which lifts the limitations and helps to have a positive and revitaliziing attitude. Do not get trapped behind by the bars of saturnian depression!

     Mercury finally makes a sesquisquare or 135° aspect to Pluto, which is conjunct the globular cluster M70 and in parallel to M25, an open cluster. Pluto made its station in contact with both clusters over a month ago, indicating that Mercury only briefly stimulates the areas indicated by this combination, which will take long weeks to dissipate. M70 indicates crisis, a revolutionized order, chaos, while M25, which is an old cluster, represents old structures. Both individually and at an international level, the old structures are collapsing ...The world is having a lot of unrest, either by resisting or trying to force changes. Today it is recommended, under the transit of Mercury, to put some of our attention, even only a little time to change what is not working or what is stuck in our personal environment or inside us. In the world, we must stand up for positive change with our grain of sand.

     The Sun is at 60° from Pallas, who slowly leaves an inspiring parallel with the Rosette Nebula just to form another with the nebula M43. This represents a great motivation, especially intellectual as it is on the screen of our mind that great visions, ideas, strategies and solutions will be projected. Of course, this can leave things in the mind, but the parallel of Pallas with M43, a cloud of ionized hydrogen, suggests that today it is a good day to plant the ideas we had today or in earlier days, those that we will be incubating during the next days or weeks. Do not let your inspiration get lost, you just have to take the next step to materialize it, you will not regret doing that!

     Finally, on this day full of various astrological trends, Chiron is at 60° from Vesta. This combination is interesting because Vesta is opposed to Omega Centauri, the largest globular cluster in our galaxy. This opposition suggests the need to withdraw from social engagements in order to concentrate on oneself. Serve your own needs and those of your ongoing projects. The trend is about keeping our individual point of view regardless what most people, society, family, friends, the couple may think ... The mix of Chiron with Vesta is great for research, home repairs, working with animals, individual psychotherapy, healing and surgery, and also to concentrate in order to study what we need to learn.

     As you can see, there are many different trends and you can choose one or more to flow smoothly in your everyday life. And, at the end of the day, the Galactic Guide advises just one thing: get some rest if you can! Good luck!

Carlos Duarte