Your Daily Horoscope for May 9, 2025

It’s finally Friday, and we’re so ready to wrap things up before the weekend. Helpfully, your daily horoscope is giving a dose of healthy endings and fresh new beginnings. Today’s stars write the epitaph of the astro-story of the last few months: Mercury spends its last full day in pioneering Aries. This is where the communication planet stationed retrograde in early March and returned to in mid-April. Tomorrow, it will move on into Taurus, bringing a sense of closure. Since Mercury rules the way we talk, think, and write, you might want to grab your journal and jot down a few thoughts about where this journey has taken you over the last few months and where you want to go next.

Looking for even more cosmic insights? Check out your 2025 romance horoscope.

Aries

March 21–April 19

Mercury’s final day in your stars is the end of an era, Aries. Reach back all the way to the beginning of March for insight into the chapter you’re closing now, and consider all the stops you had to make along the way. Tomorrow, the communication planet enters your money zone, opening up a new dialogue about your finances.

Taurus

April 20–May 20

The communication planet has been in and out of your twelfth house of secrets and dreams for months, Taurus. If this has caused you to feel more introverted, know that you’re about to get a little louder going forward: Mercury enters your very own stars tomorrow.

Gemini

May 21–June 20

Your planetary ruler marks a special moment today as it spends one more full day in your social zone. Over the last few months it’s spent an inordinate amount of time in this part of your chart, making you consider and reconsider the nature of your friendships and group interactions. Mercury will enter your career sector tomorrow, Gemini.

Cancer

June 21–July 22

As Mercury marks its final day in your career sector, consider the professional progress you’ve made since early March. There may have been stops and starts, but you might’ve had some major realizations about your status on the world stage. The communication planet heads into your networking sector tomorrow, and you can put what you’ve learned directly to work, Cancer.

Leo

July 23–August 22

It’s Mercury’s last day in Aries, your fellow fire sign and keeper of your ninth house of ideas. This is where the communication planet has spent a lot of time since March, potentially changing your worldview, Leo. As it shifts into your career zone tomorrow, professional matters will take up more space in your mind.

Virgo

August 23–September 22

Your planetary ruler is at a crucial crossroads, Virgo. After spending the last few months retrograding in and out of your sexuality sector, it’s spending one final day in this part of your chart. The way you think about your erotic life and intimate relationships has probably shifted in the last few months, so take note of what you’ve learned about your desires.

Libra

September 23–October 22

Mercury has been in and out of your relationship zone since March, thanks to the recent retrograde. This may have felt like thousands of years, Libra. Now that the communication planet is finally moving into your sexuality sector tomorrow, you can take stock of any lessons learned about the best ways to communicate with your partner, so you can use them going forward.

Scorpio

October 23–November 21

The communication planet has hovered in your sixth house of work and wellness since early March, Scorpio, thanks to the retrograde that ended in April. This emphasis on your daily life might have made you obsess a bit about your schedule, but now Mercury is poised to move into your relationship zone. Get ready for a brand new preoccupation!

Sagittarius

November 22–December 21

You’ve had quite a time with Mercury living in your fifth house of love for most of the last two months, Sagittarius. Powerful insights about creativity and romance should be recorded for posterity today, on the final day of the communication planet’s visit here. Tomorrow, it moves into your house of work and wellness, and that’s going to feel very different.

Capricorn

December 22–January 19

The planet in charge of talking and thinking has spent a very long time in your fourth house of home and family in the last couple of months, thanks to a recent retrograde. Now that Mercury is moving into your love zone tomorrow, take a moment to reflect on what you’ve learned about your connections to your ancestry, Capricorn. If you haven’t yet started that family tree, this could be your moment.

Aquarius

January 20–February 18

The communication planet spends one final day in your third house of talking and thinking, Aquarius. Your mind has been extra active in the last few months, and your conversational tone may have been a bit more assertive, but hopefully you learned a bit about how your brain works. Now, Mercury is poised to move into your home zone, slowing things down a bit starting tomorrow.

Pisces

February 19–March 20

With Mercury spending its final day in your money zone, reflect on the financial lessons you’ve learned in the last few months. The recent retrograde brought Mercury to this part of your chart for an inordinately long time, and tomorrow, it moves on into your communication zone, Pisces. Conversations are about to get a lot more interesting and revealing.