Weekly Horoscope for May 19-25: Hot Flings, Rude Awakenings

This week is a cocktail of flirty chaos, unfiltered curiosity, and a cosmic slap reminding you that time is real. Say yes. Be hot. Start the thing.

Tuesday, May 20: Gemini Season Begins

If you’ve recently found yourself saying things like “I should text my ex” or “I should start a podcast!” congratulations: Gemini season looks great on you. On Tuesday, May 20, the Sun darts into the zodiac’s most frenetic sign, meaning suddenly everyone will be talking twice as fast and committing half as hard. You have been warned!

All Weekend: Venus Trines Mars 

So, Gemini season is creating fun distractions starting Tuesday. But come Thursday, something dare I say hornier is afoot.

On May 22 in the early hours (as in, the time of day usually reserved for sleep or secrets), Venus in Aries forms a trine with Mars in Leo. For the uninitiated: Venus rules love and pleasure, Mars rules sex and action, and a trine is what astrologers call “the good stuff.” But Aries and Leo are fire signs, meaning they want what they want, when they want it. And right now, they want each other. Picture Venus in Aries swiping right aggressively while shaving her legs in hasty preparation for a hotly anticipated date. Mars in Leo is about to show up to her apartment with a bottle of red wine. The only question is, who's seducing whom?

Yes, Venus and Mars are turning this week into a sweaty montage of impulsive hookups, confessional voice notes, and borderline illegal levels of flirting. If you haven't fallen in love with a stranger by Sunday, at least expect to have a story that ends with “…and that’s why I can’t go back to that Trader Joe’s.”

Saturday, May 24: Saturn Enters Aries

This week's real headliner is what happens on Saturday night (or early Sunday morning, depending on your time zone). Saturn, the stern grandfather of the zodiac, with a pocket watch and a list of life lessons he demands you master whether you want to or not, finally departs dreamy, leak-prone Pisces for aggressive, single-minded Aries. This is no subtle entrance. This is Saturn switching from “I’m learning to trust the flow” to “Why haven’t you filed your LLC yet?”

The last year and change of Saturn in Pisces (since March 2023) has felt like trying to organize your life inside a snow globe. Boundaries blurred, responsibilities melted, everything was both too much and never enough. Now, Saturn in Aries kicks down the door, rips the dream journal in half, and demands you pick a direction—immediately. It’s not necessarily gentle, but it is energizing, like getting screamed at by your personal trainer and your therapist at the same time.

Take note: Saturn stations retrograde on July 12 at 1° Aries, then moonwalks back into Pisces on September 1. That means whatever you initiate now will undergo revisions—think of this phase as your aggressively enthusiastic first draft of Adulthood 2.0.

Curious exactly what it all means for you? Check your sun, moon and rising signs, and take what resonates! (Don’t know your moon or rising sign? Celeste can help.)

Aries

You’re the kid who finished their group project before anyone else even picked a topic. Saturn’s arrival in your sign turns you into a slightly terrifying productivity god. Meanwhile, Venus makes you look good doing it. Everyone wants to kiss you and follow your business plan. You shouldn’t be making out in public, but you probably will not be able to help it.

Taurus

You were chill. You were chill. Then Venus trined Mars and now you’re one sultry glance away from allowing your lover to eat food off your plate and overhauling your 10-year financial plan. Gemini season is whispering chaos into your ear, but Saturn’s here to remind you that sleep is your thing. A sexy, boring, necessary thing.

Gemini

It’s your season, so obviously you’re thriving: overbooked, overcaffeinated, overthinking everything. A surprise sext turns into a TED Talk. The Venus and Mars situation has you channeling eroticism through interpretive dance or maybe sending "You up?" DMs to someone you hardly know. Saturn wants you to get serious about your biggest and boldest dreams, which have the potential to reach lots of people. Politics, perhaps?

Cancer

For you, Gemini season offers up a cue to emotionally dissociate in style. Saturn entering Aries hits your career zone, so suddenly life features fewer cozy nights in and more late nights at the office. But hey, Venus and Mars are heating up your house of public image—someone might fall in love with you upon viewing your LinkedIn profile. If dating apps are your jam, and you’re looking for a fun night out with someone hot and unserious, these astrological conditions are working in your favor.

Leo

You are one of the main characters right now, thanks to fiery Mars in your sign. You’re dripping with theatrical sex appeal, ostentatious attire, and … sweat? It’s giving Benson Boone, but not in a bad way. Venus in Aries may inspire a romantic monologue, and even if nobody asked for it, everyone will love it! Saturn’s whispering about foreign stocks, but you’re too busy being an icon to think about money.

Virgo

Great news: you are extremely close to solving everyone’s problems but your own. The electricity between Venus and Mars may have you risking it all for a situationship with someone who has borderline addictive sex appeal. At the same time, Saturn entering your intimacy sector is about to make vulnerability your new full-time job. Things could get messy, but they will not be boring!

Libra

Romance? Yes. Drama? Also yes. This week looks like a love confession from a friend you never would have suspected. Venus is boosting your allure so aggressively you could lock eyes with a stranger on the train and wind up with joint custody of a plant. But Saturn is also crashing into your relationship sector with a clipboard and a list of questions, asking you to get serious about whatever it is you really want.

Scorpio

Venus and Mars are colluding to turn your work life into a slow-burn, enemies-turned-paramours subplot. Hopefully, any resulting action will not catch the attention of your HR department! Meanwhile, Saturn’s Aries entrance demands a disciplined fitness regimen and likely some soul-searching. Gemini season is triggering your annual bout of “to whom am I in some kind of emotional debt?”

Sagittarius

You’re in rare form: unhinged, charming, and somehow both underdressed and overdressed. Venus and Mars are activating your desire to make a scene—probably while kissing someone on a moving vehicle. Saturn, however, would like a word about your tendency to ghost responsibilities. You do need to RSVP.

Capricorn

You’ve built a fortress of to-do lists, but Venus and Mars are about to make you throw a party in lingerie. Figuratively speaking, of course! Gemini season is making you weirdly flirty with your coworkers and/or houseplants. When Saturn enters Aries, your home sector, expect immediate questions as to why your emotional boundaries aren’t yet alphabetized.

Aquarius

Saturn was in your feelings and now it’s in your inbox. That’s the vibe. Gemini season has you casually falling in love three times a day while ghosting your dentist. But the interaction between Venus and Mars? That’s hot texts and spontaneous road trips. Your phone’s at 2% and so is your emotional stability, so try not to get ahead of yourself.

Pisces

Saturn is packing its bags and finally leaving your sign after more than two years of challenge, which means one thing: relief! And also, a cosmic audit of everything that’s gone down since March 2023, which may prove emotional. It also appears as though Venus and Mars have you looking for last summer’s man in finance. But when the bottle stops spinning, it may point toward someone you see everyday. Good luck with that? Feel free to flirt at the farmer’s market. Just avoid any impulse buys.