Ruled by Venus, the planet of beauty and with Taurus being a very feminine sign, natives of this May month birthday tend to be beauties – literally. Check out our cosmic list of Taurean superstars for yourself and you’ll see what we mean…

* Uma Thurman
* Jessica Alba
* George Clooney
* David Beckham
* Renee Zellwegger
* Daniel Johns
* Andie Macdowell
* Lee Majors
* Kelly Clarkson
* Andre Agassi
* Michelle Pfeiffer
* Daniel Day-Lewis
* Penelope Cruz
* Jerry Seinfeld
* Bianca Jagger
* Tim McGraw
* Amanda Borden
* Chris Brown
* Enrique Iglesias
* Holly Valance
* Tony Hawk
* Cate Blanchett
* David Charvet
* Gabriela Sabitini
* Darren Hayes

As you can see, a very impressive line up of people. All blessed with Taurean good looks. Obviously not everyone born under the sign of Taurus is a show stopper. I didn’t put Michael Moore in, but he’s April 23…lol.

Let’s look and see what’s happening in May as far as the planets are concerned…

Planetary Placements in May:

Sun in Taurus (April 21 – May 21)
New Moon in Taurus – May 5
2nd Full Moon in Scorpio – May 18
Mercury in Gemini through May 25 then turns retrograde through June 20
Venus in Taurus – through May 25 and then shifts into Gemini
Mars in Cancer through May 10, then Leo through July 2
Jupiter retrograde in Capricorn from May 10 – September 10
Saturn turns direct May 5 in Virgo

An interesting combo here – Mercury the planet of clear thinking and communication goes retrograde in Gemini, one of the signs it rules (the other being Virgo). And Saturn, planet of focus and discipline moves direct in Virgo May 5 after having been out of phase all year long. Mercury retrograde always throws a spanner in the cosmic works, and it will do so again for our Gemini celebs (and more). Nicole Kidman and Nicole Ritchie are both in my thoughts – one about to have a baby and one with a newborn and both with a rocky relationship history…

Likewise Anna Kournikova (Gemini) and her Taurus beau Enrique – they have been together forever, but where’s the commitment, the wedding? I guess Virgo Beyonce and hard to get to commit Sag Jay-Z just got hitched – 4/4/2008 - a very auspicious day. Both B and J are born on the 4th, and 4 has a strong connection with marriage and partnership. They had been together a long time though, so nice to see they made it and decided to take a leap of faith.

Other couples haven’t fared so well. Pisces Carrie Underwood and Cancer Chace Crawford broke up rather dramatically with hints of cheating being done on both sides. However these are a great couple and a fantastic match up and I feel they could revisit this relationship again unless something really bad went down.

Scorpios Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minillo are another couple who have been going through rocky times (according to the tabloids anyway). And with the second Full Moon shining in Scorpio this month, chances are it’s make it or break it time for these two gorgeous creatures.

Scorpios and Taureans will be very much affected in May – with a New Moon and Venus in Taurus prompting bulls to act irrationally maybe??? George Clooney and his galpal Sarah Larson (cannot find her date of birth) so don’t know what sign she is…seem to be happy and with the Full Moon shining on his relationship zone, this is the perfect time for him to make more of a commitment to Sarah. Or break things off altogether. That’s the way these Moons work!

Taurean Tony Romo (another gorgeous bull and Dallas Cowboys footballer) and his Cancer darling Jessica Simpson continue to be together and while there have been a lot of reports about her drinking and being in rehab…they are still in love. Great match and one that will and can stand the test of time. They are both from Texas or thereabouts and have a lot in common – she seems to like the ‘jock types’ while he previously dated Pisces Carrie Underwood (see above) so he likes water women and knows how emotional/sensitive they are.

On a happy note, Sag Britney seems to be doing so much better – losing weight and back in touch with her parents and family. Both her brother and sister are Aries so she has a close bond with them being a fellow fire sign. Let’s hope that she can find peace with herself first and then her ex, Aries Kevin Federline and get her life back on track. I would love to hear her speak about the past year or so and all the craziness that went on and find out what she was or wasn’t thinking about it all. I read she is being treated for bi-polar disorder – which from the signs she displayed might just work. She really did go to a dark place and to see her looking almost like her old self is great.

And no doubt this month’s Full Moon and New Moon and Venus in Taurus (her happiest placement by the way) will have an effect on the relationship of Aries Kate Hudson and Scorpio on again lover Owen Wilson. They have been quietly seeing each other but is it going to work t his time? I hope so – I am a fan of their relationship and Owen needs Kate and that’s always a nice thing.

Pisces Rob Lowe is in all sorts of trouble with his nanny – who’s charging him with sexual harassment amongst other things right now. He is keeping up a brave face but Pisces are ruled by Neptune, the planet of dreams and fantasy and sometimes do find themselves in compromising positions through alcohol or drugs or a very active imagination. How much truth there is in it all – who knows? But not a good ‘look’ for Rob – who many years ago was embroiled in some sexual shenanigans with a young girl at a political convention – which made it to tape and may have been one of the first sex tapes around‼ Now everyone has a sex tape‼

On that note…

Cosmic well wishes,

Astrogirl