The Mood Shifts This Week

Weekly Astrology | May 17-23, 2026

We are coming off the New Moon in Taurus. We are taking our time reassessing stability, money, self-worth, and what actually feels solid.

Because of the deeper energy that is still active, I feel like this New Moon in Taurus was mostly about making sure your self-worth is rock solid.

The Saturn-Neptune conjunction is still dissolving the old identity while Saturn slowly rebuilds the new one.

Pluto is also retrograde and barely moving, so there is still a deep internal transformation happening underneath the surface of friend groups, networks and communities.

Then this week, 3 inner planets change signs, and the Sun, which shifts the mood in our daily lives.

How we think, how we act, what we want and the totally vibe really…

all start to change.

And by the end of the week, Uranus gives us a few special days, which I’ll talk about more in the paid section.

Mercury Enters Gemini

Mercury enters Gemini this week, and this is a noticeable mental shift. Mercury is at home in Gemini, so this is one of its strongest placements. The mind gets sharper, faster, and more curious here. After the slow and stubborn Taurus energy, Mercury in Gemini starts speeding up the mind and we become more adaptable. We can think fast and pivot when we have to. Conversations pick up. Information starts moving. Ideas come in quicker. We may feel more social and more willing to ask questions. We are ready to problem solve instead of sitting in one fixed perspective.

Mars Enters Taurus

The next day, Mars enters Taurus, and the pace changes. Mars is our action, drive, anger, and motivation. In Taurus, Mars is not rushing. It wants something solid. It wants results that are real and worth the energy.

Coming off the Taurus New Moon, this puts even more focus on the body, money, self-worth, comfort, and stability. The message is not “move fast.” It is move with intention. Put your energy into what you actually want to build, not what you feel pressured to prove.

So while your mind may be moving faster, your body is not. Your actions start to slow down and get more deliberate.

Venus Enters Cancer

The next day, Venus enters Cancer, and the mood gets moodier.

This is where the need for physical safety and emotional safety meet.

This is less about what looks good on the outside and more about what actually feels safe on the inside.

Does it feel safe?

Does it feel nourishing?

Does it support your peace?

Because if it doesn’t, Venus in Cancer is not having it.

Then the Sun enters Gemini

the same Day Uranus does this…