“Bless Our Lucky Stars!” is a storytelling horoscope series where the Celestial Council of Queerious Aunties– Sun, Moon, and Terry (short for “the Terrestrial Planets Mercury, Venus, and Mars”) give you some gay-lactically unsolicited advice. Feel free to read both your Sun and Rising signs, and (like any words that come down from a council of aunties) only heed what works for you, and smile and nod your way through the rest!
Aries Rising or Aries Sun
Good news, you brilliant and much needed wildfire, for Auntie Moon wants you to feel supported and nourished when she comes to visit on May 23rd, especially if you’ve been going through big transformations or expansive travels. Auntie Sun echoes this because she wants to empower your sense of self– whether it’s your self-image, security, or communication skills. Though be careful, Auntie Terry warns. Watch out for hidden rage that comes out as passive-aggression or trauma dumping. She suggests that if you start to feel flustered and irritated, consider which of your philosophical principles excite and enliven you, and follow that flame.
Taurus Rising or Taurus Sun
Most of this month is your season, you garden of earthly delights, so Auntie Sun celebrates you and wants you to bloom and thrive, even if it may mean a bit of introspection first to understand which way you need to grow. But all that attention from Auntie Sun can get overwhelming, so to prevent burn out, Auntie Terry encourages you to lean into your pals and social networks through conversation and shared passions. She also reminds you that a community can be more than just human– spend time with your plants, your local trees, the flowers growing wild between the sidewalk cracks.
Gemini Rising or Gemini Sun
Your whirling winds spiral outward on May 23rd as Auntie Moon challenges you to explore how you show up for others in your life– Is there a reciprocal give and take? Do you mentor or do you get bossy? Can you collaborate and be vulnerable or do you always want to take the lead? Auntie Sun consoles you and celebrates you during the last week of the month, encouraging friends and social events to bring out what’s hidden beneath one of your many personas. Meanwhile, Auntie Terry just wants you to focus on your career this whole month, or how you’re contributing to your communities using your tornado-like drive and info-dumping superpowers.
Cancer Rising or Cancer Sun
Your tides are rising as Auntie Sun suggests you focus on your legacies– whether it be your job, your social circles, or what persists even as the flesh passes on. If you spend time refining and revitalizing these areas of your life, she also doesn’t want you to get hyperfocused on them either, especially since Auntie Terry is worried about your conflicting desire to seek out new horizons beyond your current commitments. If you’re searching for the thrill of new experiences, Auntie Terry suggests a new book/podcast/class that can help you build leadership skills or find a like-minded community.
Leo Rising or Leo Sun
This month you may feel your light flare and dim as Auntie Sun wants to challenge you on expanding your lived experiences and social circles while Auntie Moon on May 23rd wants to nurture your sense of comfort and playfulness. Let your bonfire be fed by both the adventure and the home, as Auntie Terry cautions against getting flustered and irritated by all the things that are happening outside of your control. Instead, she wants you to think about ways that you can transform and grow to fuel your roaring heart.
Virgo Rising or Virgo Sun
Auntie Terry is excited about the love and passion in your life this month, and wants you to make informed, bold choices. However, the sands are shifting quickly underneath you, as both Auntie Sun and Auntie Moon in the final weeks of May (especially on the 23rd) challenge you on what you need to change. It could be they want you to think about the information you absorb and how you practice what you preach. Or they may want you to think about how you manage your private and public lives. Regardless of which grainy details they want you to hone in on, Auntie Sun doesn’t want you to burn out in these areas while Auntie Moon wants to make sure you feel inspired.
Libra Rising or Libra Sun
You may want to breeze through this month as Auntie Sun and Auntie Terry encourage you to increase the harmonious flow of your close relationships through long talks and revitalizing activities. But Auntie Terry cautions around being irritated when it comes to how your loved ones relate to you in terms of service and those little, daily interactions. Do you prefer direct communication over anticipatory gestures? Or do you spend hours trying to do the perfect thing in hopes that you’ll be acknowledged with gratitude instead of taken for granted? It can be challenging to get blown around in these blustery winds, but Auntie Terry believes that navigating these challenges together will be well worth the effort.
Scorpio Rising or Scorpio Sun
The metaphorical stormy showers of April follow you into May as Auntie Sun challenges you to analyze the power dynamics you engage in for every relationship in your life. The more intimate the relationship, the more Auntie Sun wants you to shift into support mode as opposed to any dominating tendencies. Auntie Terry, on the other hand, believes you can find respite in the downpour through making time for fun, either with games and stories that stimulate your mind, or the type of play that stimulates the rest of you (Auntie Terry winks meaningfully).
Sagittarius Rising or Sagittarius Sun
Auntie Terry suggests you spend some time electrifying your home life and your families, whether chosen or by blood, as the closeness of comfort and pleasure gives you courage and something to talk about. On the other hand, Auntie Sun, near the end of the month, is challenging you on the sparks you create in your relationships, whether casual or committed, and how you show up for them. Emotions deepen as Auntie Moon focuses all her blessings on you on the 23rd, and asks you to ride the lightning of your secrets and self-image, so you can blaze bright.
Capricorn Rising or Capricorn Sun
It may get rocky for you, as Auntie Terry worries about your tongue getting sharp and your home becoming a source of aggravation. She suggests that this is an opportunity to get excited about strengthening your communication skills and understanding your feelings so that you can scale greater heights in your personal life. Auntie Sun echoes this focus on your interpersonal interactions, with the added suggestion that it’s important to find joy in the journey even if you haven’t finished climbing to the top of the mountain.
Aquarius Rising or Aquarius Sun
Auntie Sun is challenging you for most of the month to get a clear view of how you communicate your thoughts, feelings, and desires. She wants you to focus on supporting family and lovers, and to be careful that you don’t dominate interactions, no matter how excited you are about the topic, as you tend to space out when it’s about your special interests. Auntie Terry, on the other hand, thinks it’s time for you to figure out what makes you feel secure and truly talk about it. Perhaps there’s a passion of yours that will help you financially, or a workshop/podcast/book on secure attachment. The sky’s limit– all these Aunties want is for you to be mindful about your inner strength and your outer interactions.
Pisces Rising or Pisces Sun
It’s time to anchor into your sense of self, as Auntie Terry wants you to battle the waves of your own insecurities and confusions. Auntie Sun and Auntie Moon, especially on and after the 23rd, challenge you to take a deep dive into your oceanic currents and resurface with an understanding of how your experiences, knowledge, domestic life, and public persona can be made comforting and supportive, as opposed to overwhelming and upsetting. The Aunties know that introspection is beckoning you to your depths, but they also don’t want you to forget about that glittering horizon where you can connect to others about what’s meaningful to you.