Weekly Astrology Forecast for May 7–13, 2023* —Prepare for the Unexpected

Hey star-gazers! I’m no monarchist, but even I found myself getting swept up in the excitement of the coronation this week — the pomp, the ceremony, the splashy displays of opulence! I splurged on some English bangers and a classy can of “British-style” Heinz baked beans for a coronation-themed breakfast. (Not quiche! Quel horreur!) I’ll no doubt be noshing on my Full English as some of you read this. While the event feels a little out of sync with the current zeitgeist, a part of me is nevertheless curious how the astrology of the day will play out.

King Charles III is having his nodal return in his Taurean tenth house, which seems apropos for someone fulfilling their destined “career” birthright. At the same time, however, the transiting Moon, fresh off the May 5 penumbral lunar eclipse, is in its fall in Scorpio and applying to a conjunction to his natal Chiron in his fourth house, which could suggest some difficulties in healing old wounds connected with home and family. (I have no clue what that could be referring to!?)

The chart for the ceremony’s starting time of 11:00 a.m. BST has a lovely Leo ascendant with the Sun in the tenth — a very kingly placement. It’s applying to a conjunction to Uranus, which will perfect later this week by transit and, theoretically, within the next two years by secondary progression in the event chart, so could this signal something unexpected and potentially a little destabilizing concerning his reign happening in very…