The Vibrational Astrology Diary
by Linda Berry
Today, Saturday (5/17/2025), the strongest vibrational influence comes from the Sun and Venus joining with Uranus (4*). This vibrational energy pattern is about taking action while being aware of the reactions of others to your actions and adjusting accordingly. You are encouraged to evaluate your goals and see whether your actions are actually generating the results you are seeking. This pattern calls for response in the moment based on what you are attracted to and that these responses can be used to help you reach your goal(s). (For VA Students: 8, 16, 24, 32)
This vibrational energy pattern is better and more effectively implemented by beginning something new, consulting your sense inside of you of what you are drawn to and operating objectively to make it happen.
TheAstroFrequency(s) for the day (strongest listed first)
26 (9*) Moves Beyond Average or Mediocre in interactions with others
13 (6*) Internally focused on connecting into and expressing your true self, moving beyond Average or Mediocre
TheSabian Symbols of our Featured Planets: Sun, Venus, Uranus >>
The uplifting message from the featured planet positions that shows the way through: You are being pursued by a more mature form of love that you can open up to, bringing greater awareness of your internal beauty and your interconnections to others. You are learning to face your situation and take personal responsibility for yourself and your actions having found that rebelling and seeking to break free does not work because you can’t avoid the restrictions, limitations, and constraints of finite existence, can’t deny them and can’t explode to get out of them.
The more dysfunctional expression of this message: You are closing down and rejecting the love offered due to adherence to social expectations. You are desperately fighting against the restrictions, limitations, and constraints of finite existence, operating in a state of denial of personal responsibility and substituting illusions for reality.
28 Taurus = Sun merging with Uranus [A woman pursued by mature romance] You are being pursued by a more mature form of love that you can open up to, bringing greater awareness of your internal beauty and your interconnections to others and/or you are closing down and rejecting the love offered due to adherence to social expectations
13 Aries = Venus [An unsuccessful bomb explosion] You are learning to face your situation and take personal responsibility for yourself and your actions having found that rebelling and seeking to break free does not work because you can’t avoid the restrictions, limitations, and constraints of finite existence, can’t deny them and can’t explode to get out of them and/or you are desperately fighting against the restrictions, limitations, and constraints of finite existence, operating in a state of denial of personal responsibility and substituting illusions for reality
The Two Planet Diary
{When 2 planets interact it influences the way we want to express ourselves, our attitudes, moods, and impulses. Becoming aware of these vibrations helps us to guide these aspects of ourselves with awareness rather than being controlled by them.
There are longer patterns which tend to have more impact because we feel them for several days in a row and there are quick Moon patterns that impact our moods and feelings for a window of a couple of hours either side of the exact time o fthe aspect. The longer patterns are stronger and so are listed here, followed by a section on the Moods of the Moon}.
May 17 – May 18 (exact May 18) Mercury in Taurus is acting and agitating (square) with Mars in Leo. This energy begins to influence us around 7 AM on May 17 and is increasing in influence until it peaks at 12:35 AM on May 18 then decreasing fading out around 5 PM on May 18. This vibrational energy pattern is about working actively to learn new ideas or solve problems and taking action based on what you figure out.
May 16 – May 18 (exact May 17) the Sun in Taurus is joining with Uranus in Taurus. This energy is increasing in influence until it peaks at 7:32 PM on May 17 then decreasing fading out around 9 PM on May 18. This vibrational energy pattern is all about being in the moment. You want to be free to respond as you feel you need to in the moment.
The Moods of the Moon
{The Moon patterns only last a short period of time. They impact our moods and feelings for around 4 hours, 2 hours each side of the exact position.}
Starting at 6:24 PM, peaking at 8:24 PM, the Moon in Capricorn is flowing freely (trine) with Uranus in Taurus. In this 4 hr period you have an easy sense of flexibility and ability to respond in the immediate moment in an organic way based on a sense of objective awareness.
Starting at 6:28 PM, peaking at 8:28 PM, the Moon in Capricorn is flowing freely (trine) with the Sun in Taurus. In this 4 hr period your mood and emotional feelings are likely to be balanced and soft and you are just more likely to feel in harmony with yourself. This is a good time to engage in projects you need to do.
Starting at 10:27 PM, peaking at 12:27 AM early May 18, the Moon in Capricorn is sharing freely (sextile) with Saturn in Pisces. In this 4 hr period you find it easy to accept responsibility and work comfortably with others getting the things done that really need to be done.
The Cyclic Patterns Diary {These are patterns that continue over an extended period of time and you may find that rereading this periodically will help you effectively handle what we are all experiencing as our “astral weather” in this time period.}
On May 12, the Full Moon occurred with the Moon in Scorpio and the Sun in Taurus. This Vibrational Pattern will be influencing us until the next New Moon on May 26, 2025.This vibrational energy pattern is very much focused on being in the moment and responding spontaneously in the moment. There may be an unexpected surprise occurring at this time. There is an awareness that everyone is a unique valuable individual and a focus on helping each person connect into their true gifts and purpose. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “A Jewelry Shop” which is about you beginning to sense that you are one of the jewels, a part of the divine awareness. You can vaguely sense a higher purpose, a distant potential. The Symbol for the Moon is “A Bunny metamorphosed into a Fairy”. This is about experiencing the metamorphosis of aspects of the ordinary reality around you into their wondrous, magical, spiritual essence and starting to develop a greater awareness of this expanded realm.
On April 27, the New Moon occurred with the Moon and Sun in Taurus. This Vibrational Pattern will be influencing us until the next New Moon on May 26, 2025. This vibrational energy pattern has you doing what you decide to do internally with no regard for the opinions of others. This can be risky. There is a sense of compulsive action that drives you whether it makes sense or not. There is a possibility of moving beyond self driven action into a form of exploration and interaction with that which you are attracted to that lets go of the drive to accomplish something and instead, just explores for the sake of exploration. The Sabian Symbol for the New Moon is “A Sleigh without Snow”. This is about being aware of the unfolding of future possibilities and developing the skills and tools needed to meet those possible future situations. The alternative is to accept your current limitations, get caught up in your frustrations and be unable to move beyond them.
On March 29, the New Moon Solar Eclipse occurred with the Sun and Moon in Aries. This Vibrational Pattern will be influencing us until the next New Moon Solar Eclipse on September 21, 2025. This vibrational energy pattern brings a sense of dissatisfaction and a restless searching that is reaching out to find something more satisfactory. There is a sense of connecting into another level of awareness that is idealistic and visionary. This awareness can either open you up to amazing deep spiritual truths or bring a sense of confusion and deceit and betrayal that needs to be penetrated to get to the truths underneath it. The Sabian Symbol for the New Moon Solar Eclipse is “A False Call unheard in attention to Immediate Service”. This is about totally focusing on the immediate project or development in which you’re engaged, ignoring all distractions, operating from a state of personal completion and fulfillment. Remaining focused at this time enables you to pursue the opportunities available to you.
On March 20, the Spring Equinox occurred with the Sun entering Aries. This Vibrational Pattern will be influencing us until the Summer Solstice on June 20, 2025. This vibrational energy pattern is focused on our dreams and whether we are seeing the potential for them to become a part of our everyday life. Part of this is tapping into ourselves and being clear what kinds of dreams are speaking to us. Then comes being willing to act on those dreams and express them. This means taking risks, putting yourself out there. Remember you cannot succeed without taking the risk of failing. Count each failure as a step toward success. The Sun-Moon angle for the Spring Equinox is the Sabian Symbol “A Woman and two Men on a bit of sunlit land facing south”. This is about learning to be flexible and open. There is the potential here to see clearly how you can make appropriate choices to act either in the realm of Spirit or the realm of Matter as appropriate. You may discover competing needs within you. If you disconnect from that which is around you and isolate yourself you may experience a devastating sense of estrangement.
On March 14, the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse occurred with the Moon in Virgo and the Sun in Pisces. This pattern will be influencing us until the next Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on September 7, 2025. This vibrational energy pattern helps us connect into what we really feel deep inside of us. It encourages us to be true to those internal feelings. This can involve letting go of some emotional feelings that do not really serve us. There is a strong focus on working with others helping them to connect into the deep patterns within them that show who they really are. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun is “An Inhabited Island” which is about you truly grounding within yourself in the essence of yourself, recognizing your boundaries and empowering yourself while learning how to balance your needs against the needs of those around you. Take care to not be putting restrictive boundaries between yourself and those around you and focus only on yourself feeling alienated, deserted and alone. The Moon Symbol is “Mary and her little Lamb”, which is about loving yourself and those around you, operating based on love, kindness and friendship for mutual support, while maintaining your boundaries and your sense of self-integrity. There is a danger here of you or the other person becoming overly dependent on the other.
The Retrograde Diary: NO DEGREE CHANGES TODAY, Venus clear of its shadow >> Introductory Period of Saturn, Neptune: Turning Back of Pluto: Resolution of Venus, Uranus {During the apparent retrograde period each planet’s movement relative to the backdrop of the stars slows down, reverses and then turns back around forward again concentrating its vibration in a particular area. There are issues that each planet focuses on during the period leading up to its turn backwards. These issues are addressed again to be reworked on during the retrograde period [in brackets] then a new understanding of these issues occurs during the post retrograde period. These issues are not from Vibrational Astrology, this is an experiment based on interpretations of the Sabian Symbols that I wrote many years ago. If an entry resonates with you, then claim it, if not, release it, it was for someone else. I would very much like your feedback on this. Points of especially concentrated energy are marked with “!!!”}
Mercury clear of any shadow (Apr 27, 2025– Jun 29, 2025)
Venus clear of any shadow (May 17, 2025 – Aug 30, 2026)
Mars clear of any shadow (May 3, 2025– Nov 4, 2026)
Jupiter clear of any shadow May 1, 2025 – Aug 16, 2025
Saturn {Apr 6, 2025 !May 7! [Jul 13 – !Sep 21! –Nov 28] !Jan 30, 2026! Mar 2} 25, 28 Pisces, 1Aries → May 12 – 24: (29-30 Pis) Introductory: Are you seeing and experiencing the wholeness that lies behind the polarized realm of time and space recognizing that everything is a manifestation of the one Spirit that is All That Is, learning to cease continuing to be caught up in the illusion of many separate and distinct forms [The Great Stone Face]
Uranus {May 16, 2024 !Jun 20! [Sep 1 – !Nov 16! – Jan 30, 2025] !Apr 10! May 17, 2025} 23, 25, 27 Taurus → May 12 – 17: (27-28 Tau) Resolution: Remember being pursued by a more mature form of love that you can open up to, bringing greater awareness of your internal beauty and your interconnections to others, learning to cease closing down and rejecting the love offered due to adherence to social expectations [A woman pursued by mature romance]
Neptune {Mar. 13,2025 !Apr 20! [July 3 – !Sep 23! – Dec.10] !Feb 20, 2026! Mar. 30} 27, 28, 29 Pisces → Apr. 27 – June 9: (1-2 Ari) Introductory: Are you using humor and the resulting objectivity to make a clear analysis of the world around you, moving beyond a subjective emotional viewpoint, learning to cease getting caught up in an artificial sense of pretension and reactiveness coming from taking yourself way too seriously [A comedian entertaining a group]
Pluto {Jan 10, 2025 !Feb 18! [May 4 – !Jul 25! – Oct 14] !Dec 27! Feb 4, 2026} 1 Aquarius, 2 Aquarius, 3 Aquarius → Mar. 5 – July 7: (3-4 Aqu) Turning Back: The Issue is making a deeper connection into the divine energy of light and love, healing the damage within you and within others that is the result of following distorted external patterns, becoming an experienced healer, learning to cease making false claims of abilities and powers that you do not possess, seeking to manipulate others into believing your claims [A Hindu healer]
Next Cycle Diary:
Uranus {May 20, 2025 !Jun 25! [Sep 6 – !Nov 21! – Feb 4, 2026] !Apr 15! May 21, 2026} 25, 27 Taurus,1 Gemini
Mercury {Jun 30, 2025 !Jul 4! [Jul 18 – !Jul 31! – Aug 11] !Aug 20! Aug 25} 4, 9, 15 Leo
Jupiter {Aug 17, 2025 !Sep 13! [Nov 11 – !Jan 10, 2026! – Mar 11] !May 8! Jun 6} 15, 20, 25 Cancer
Pluto {Jan 12, 2026 !Feb 20! [May 6 – !Jul 27! – Oct 16] !Dec 29! Feb 6, 2027} 3, 4, 5 Aquarius
Neptune {Mar. 16, 2026 !Apr 23! [July 7 – !Sep 25! – Dec.12] !Feb 23, 2027! Apr 2} 1, 3, 4 Aries
Saturn {Apr 20, 2026 !May 22! [Jul 26 – !Oct 4! –Dec 10] !Feb 11, 2027! Mar 15} 7, 11, 14 Aries
Venus {Aug 31, 2026 !Sep 11! [Oct 3 – !Oct 23! – Nov 14] !Dec 5! Dec 15} 22 Libra, 0 Scorpio, 8 Scorpio}
Mars {Nov 5, 2026 !Nov27! [Jan 10, 2027 – !Feb 19! – Apr 1] !May 16! Jun 8} 20 Leo, 0, 10 Virgo
All times are given in Eastern USA time zone.
Namaste,
Linda Berry
*Planetary Pattern Pictures and Sabian Symbol Interpretations, ©Linda Berry, AstroSleuth.org, 1* = 50-100 points, 2* = 100-150 points, etc.