Tuesday, May 5, 2026 – Mars rules the Day. Ray 6 Day.
The color is sky or turquoise blue, all the colors of a blue sky in its many temperaments.
Ray 6 is desire which is good. Desire impels us. Even God desires. Desire reaches up to become aspiration (desire filled with the breath of the Holy Spirit).
The unskillfull level that we can fall into with desire is the expectation (a personality behavior) that our desires be fulfilled.
In exactly the way we want them to be.

The Buddha cautions us against this very subtly.
Though it is not explained. Many people think it is desire that
is to be destroyed. But it is not desire. It is the EXPECTATIONS THAT THE DESIRES BE FULFILLED that needs to be curbed.
Desire is good.
Expectations that the desires are fulfilled in the way we want them? No. That leads to depression & a destrutive level of beliefs & behaviors.
So, now we know.

Mar – Ray 6 – hopes wishes dreams visions.
Mars – our actions, moving forward. What will we do today?
Mars is in Aries – all actions (Mars) lead to further states of self identification (Aries). And to initiating all things new.
Then we work with the energies of the heavens.
And we are not controlled by them blindly.

Today Capricorn Moon (begins at noon PT).
Taurus Sun & Mercury & Ceres in Taurus. Venus in Gemini.
Stability & comfort with Taurus. The Art of Living. Beauty.
Intelligence with Gemini. Loving intelligence as Gemini is Ray 2.

Mercury trines Pluto this afternoon – Aries/Aquarius.
Fire & Air – the compliment each other, thus there is harmony in the elements today.
Mercury – New thinking (Mercury) unfolds within (Pluto) about all things new (Aries) for the new era (Aquarius) unfolding.

So….
What is our thinking & our communication about today.
What are we hearing from others?
Disciples observe the world via knowledge of the transits.
Which are posted daily here.

Pluto retrogrades tomorrow (May 6) at 5.31 degrees/minutes Aquarius. Pluto will be retrograde til mid October.

Question (using the art of astrology).
Where is 5 degrees Pluto in your (everyone’s) chart?
This area of life turns inward for reflection, transformation & assessment.
In this area of life we become Persophone.
Taking pomegranates with us into the underworld.
Planting pomegranate trees.

Celebrations Today, May 5, 2026.
Cinco de Mayo (marking the 1862 Battle of Puebla – resisting France overtaking the land & beginning alliance w/ new America).
National Teacher Appreciation Day & Astronaut Day.
National Cartoonist Day & Concert Lovers Day.
International Midwives Day.
World Hand-washing Day – Hand Hygiene for Health Day.
Museum Lovers Day. Risa