Libra Horoscope for May 2015

You are finding your way forward into new territory yet again this month, Libra, through brambles and briars, and with the courage to forge ahead in spite of them on your road to greater self-knowledge. Considerations of relationship dynamics are very present as you take on new challenges to commitment. There are subtle illusions corresponding to a world of ideal forms, which appear before you as goals to be potentially realized or else modified in the practical working through of the prickly details. It is important not to give up the forward momentum on account of setbacks; these are as valuable as anything else that happens, provided that you can learn from them. You might come to be amazed at what you might be able to produce through concentrated effort, and in alignment with inner purpose at the deepest possible level.

As the month begins, you are finding new inspiration to be yourself, at all costs, and yet also taking in the presence and the contributions of important others in your life as well, who could even come to be considered the inspiration for your uniquely independent stance. It may be that in admiration of their completeness you are inspired to make your own move. This is consistent with the thrust of this month's cycle for you, which involves developing a greater understanding of your beliefs and of your consequent mission in this world, in part through the agency of significant others in your life, either romantic or close friends, or perhaps business associates. It this you are taking an idealized stand, which is nevertheless redolent of concrete results, as you come into closer contact with the core of life, including your own hidden places.

Numinous Neptune is highlighted in this month's astrology, being closely aspected by Venus, your ruler, at the timing of last month's Aries New Moon, and speaks of inner dimensions of greater wholeness than can readily be accessed by your conscious personality, although it is definitely possible to come closer to understanding yourself at these deeper levels. This leads to physical plane confusion, as well as interior world expansion, so that this month is an excellent time to continue or initiate a practice of meditation or other way of honoring that rich and yeasty realm that you find within you. You are in this way off in the clouds somewhat, and yet simultaneously brought down to earth by practical matters that you have to contend with as well, indicated by the highlighted presence of restrictive Saturn in your sector of communication and intellectual curiosity. This has the effect of slowing your mind in order that it might more completely advance, and presenting you with a serious motivation toward issues of higher learning.

With Jupiter also emphasized this month, located in your sector of societal involvement, you are very invested in the cultural component of what you are attempting as you expand your understanding of the world around you. Friendship is very alive for you during this monthly cycle, and reflects your values. You are seeking to establish your mark, and also to make it in a way that is in full alignment with your deepest purpose.

You are also transforming in your understanding of what your home base might actually consist of, as you have been for many months. Family connections hold one important key for you right now, as you mull over your choices and your understanding of where indeed you are heading. There is a way that your comprehension of what makes up your very psychological foundation is transforming, and your family connections also, and the changes could extend to the way that you conceive of your physical dwelling space, symbolic of these. There could be dragons beneath the surface of your awareness that you might have to contend with, and yet these are amenable to your discernment, once you break it down. The way down is the way through, and leads to where you most need to arrive.