Exclusively for Vogue Scandinavia's Society members, astrologer Clarisse Monahan of Venus in Retrograde charts each month's most powerful cosmic shifts, breaking down exactly how to understand, navigate and benefit from them
Astrologically speaking, these past few weeks have brought some of the most aggressive Mars energy we’ve had in a long while. Way too much arguing about who didn’t properly load the dishwasher at home (me, apparently).
But on May 19th, the Mars fever breaks, as the red planet moves from angry Aries into stable Taurus. Relief. And the next day? Gemini season begins (May 20th to June 21st). Bigger relief. No hectic planetary pile-ups or mean-spirited Saturn feints or pesky Mercury retrogrades.
Instead, a month to make connections, chat people up, get curious about random things, work some angles, and get a breath of fresh air. Why? Ruled by speedster Mercury (communication), Gemini’s a sign whose energy is always on the move – kind of like our somewhat annoying, though beloved, friend who’s created a Notion flowchart for all the parties this weekend: free wine and cheese at Gagosian, then a Substack girl’s skincare launch in Chinatown (free samples), then afters in Ridgewood, but first an emotional-support iced coffee.
Taken together, Mercury/Uranus in Gemini asks you to add some non-routine events into your flowchart
Clarisse Monahan