We’ve been saying for months that 2025 is a year that changes things for us personally, structurally, psychologically, collectively, cosmically — choose your adventure. And if you’ve been waiting for the part where the year actually starts to show its cards? This is it. The sky is screaming in all caps that we’re crossing a threshold: Saturn is changing signs, Mercury is touching a live wire, and every planet seems to be forming a secret handshake with every other one. This is where the old chapters unspool and the new ones show up with instructions — and attitude. So if you’ve been half-awake until now, this is your wake-up slap.

Big moments of the week:

• Sun, May 18: Mercury in Taurus squares Mars in Leo
• Sun, May 18: Jupiter in Gemini squares the North Node in Pisces
• Sun, May 18: Jupiter i ...