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Welcome back, muse! After an introverted few weeks of hosting outgoing Mercury in your domestic sector, you’re more than ready to come out of hiding and get your playful, creative groove on again! So you’ll appreciate this extended phase of the messenger planet dancing through your passionate and exuberant fifth house starting this Monday, May 3 (until July 11). It’s an extra-long transit because Mercury will be retrograde from May 29 to June 22.

This is a time to make art for art’s sake, like painting, music, dance, ceramics! This is also your zone d’amour, so you could be a bit of a shameless flirt and hopeless romantic—or romanticizer—and you may not see things clearly (and frankly, you might not care!). Since you may not be able to assess their sincerity, have your fun but take it all with a few flaky grains of Himalayan pink salt. And since absence can make the heart grow fonder, be sure to build in some breathing room to let them actually miss you.

Attached? You can grab the reins and bring sexy back by becoming more masterful at the element of surprise. Small but sweet (and significant) gestures keep the wheels greased and people’s interest levels stoked. Keep things light and resist “going there” with heavy topics. Laughter is the best prescription, and as counterintuitive as it might sound, that kind of carefree energy can lay the groundwork for deeper discussions about commitment and collaboration, including a maybe-baby-making project.

You’ll be tuned WAY in on Thursday as mysterious Pluto fist-bumps seductive Venus, both in grounded earth signs and in your houses of intimacy. This is one of the pair’s two annual trines, and the energy can be electrifying. Are you picking up some simmering chemistry with someone, Aquarius? Chances are, you’re not imagining it. As a matter of fact, this planetary pairing helps you pick up on all kinds of subtle signals, not just the romantic variety. But if you’re feeling the vibe with someone you’re interested in, take a risk and return their gaze (or text)—but let them lead. This is a better time for reacting than initiating.

Because you’ll be a bit of a psychic sponge, you might need to “shield your field” with some protective spray or tucking a black stone, like tourmaline or obsidian, into a pocket or purse to neutralize any heavy energy you come into contact with. Soaking in a hot tub of Epsom salts after too much “people exposure” is always a good idea, too. Thursday brings a rare opportunity to have a serious discussion with someone you care about—just lead with compassion and stay connected to your heart center. The sign of a solid relationship is being able to navigate the speed bumps with the same ease as the wide-open stretches of highway.

Enchanted Venus floats into Gemini this Saturday, joining flirty Mercury in your fifth house of love until June 2. Butterflies: incoming! (And along with them, a stress-reducing flood of oxytocin.) Your flirtatious nature will be in overdrive now, so if you’re in a relationship, get clear with yourself about where legit boundaries lie. Perhaps you and bae need to talk about this. What constitutes cheating in each of your minds? An innuendo-laced text thread might be interpreted VERY differently by each of you. Assume nothing and talk it out.

No matter your status, this cycle can be a bright and celebratory time. Fill your calendar with playdates and cultural activities that can be enjoyed in the safe outdoors. The style muse will drop in and lure your outre side out to play. Few people can pull off a futuristic cut OR a vintage classic like an Aquarius. Werk! This fertile Venus cycle may also find you birthing a creative idea or an amazing work of art. Stay in tune with the muse!

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