This is your weekly horoscope from April 28 to May 4: recharge, reset, and look ahead

Aries

(March 21 - April 19)

The energy you so generously spread last week is asking for a soft landing this week, and luckily you are smart enough to take it without feeling guilty about the silence that follows. You notice that your mind becomes clearer as the week progresses, as if the noise of the busyness is slowly dissolving into something that resembles calm. There is work to be done, but it feels less heavy than usual, because the surrounding environment is lighter, the inbox a bit quieter, the meetings a bit shorter. Don’t immediately fill that space to the brim, but consciously leave it empty so something new can grow. There’s also something personal that you’ve been putting off for a while, a conversation, a decision, a letter you still need to write, and this week has just the right tone to finally tackle that without making a big drama out of it. The sun climbs higher, summer unfolds before you, and you are ready for what’s to come.

Lunar affirmation: I give myself permission to recharge without having to justify my rest.

Taurus

(20 April - 20 May)

This is your season and you feel it in everything, in the way you wake up in the morning, in the way the light falls through the window, in the feeling that the world is finally keeping the pace you’ve been advocating all along. After the exuberance of the past days, it’s wonderful to return to what truly makes you happy: good coffee, a walk without a goal, a conversation that doesn’t have to be about anything. You are naturally someone who enjoys the ordinary, and this week gives you just enough ordinary to cherish. In terms of work, there’s an opportunity to showcase something you’ve been working on for a while, not with bravado but simply by laying it down and saying: look, this is what I’ve made. The moon looks kindly at you and asks you to be gentle with those who are having a harder time than you, because not everyone lands as smoothly after a festive week.

Lunar affirmation: I am enough just as I am, and in silence, I bloom the most beautifully.

Gemini

(21 May - 20 June)

You have always been good at switching between celebration and focus, but even for you, this transition feels a bit like braking after a long highway; it takes a moment before you feel the normal pace again. Let that happen without demanding too much of yourself, because the week offers enough space for those who are patient. Your thoughts are lively and in all directions at once, but somewhere in between is one idea that feels sturdier than the rest, and that’s the idea you really need to hold onto. Write it down before you lose it in the noise in your head. Socially, it’s quiet, which initially bothers you but ultimately is exactly what you need, because the conversations you do have this week are the deeper, the more honest ones, the conversations that leave you feeling full when you go home. Cherish those moments and keep your phone in your pocket for a while.

Lunar affirmation: I don’t have to be everything at once; today I choose one thing and that is enough.

Lobster

(June 21 - July 22)

After all the busyness of the past week, your sensitive inner world needs some time to process everything, and this week gives you just that space if you take it and don’t immediately feel obligated to be there for everyone again. Home feels like a harbor and it is, so don’t be tempted to schedule more than you can handle, because your battery charges best in silence and in the company of people you love unconditionally. There’s something in the atmosphere of early summer that always makes you nostalgic in a good way; it smells of opportunities and memories at the same time, and that combination gives you a gentle kind of courage to do something you’ve wanted to do for a long time. At work, there’s a colleague or partner who deserves more attention than you’ve recently given them, and a small gesture from you could make all the difference this week.

Lunar affirmation: My sensitivity is not a weakness but my greatest strength.

Leo

(July 23 - August 22)

The king has celebrated his birthday and you made the best of it, because that’s what you’re good at, but now it’s time to take off the crown and just be human for a week, without a stage, without an audience, just you. That feels awkward for someone so used to shining, but in that awkwardness lies something beautiful: you discover who stays with you when you’re not at your brightest, and those are the people who truly matter. Professionally, there’s a development in the background that is slowly but surely moving in your direction, something you’ve been waiting for a while and are finally seeing signs of, even if they are still subtle. Trust the process and resist the urge to force it. The summer that is slowly approaching fits you like a glove, because you are made for warmth, for terraces, for long evenings, and they are coming.

Lunar affirmation: I shine the brightest when I allow myself to rest.

Virgo

(August 23 - September 22)

You probably secretly enjoyed the fact that other people were a bit chaotic for a change over the past few days, and now that everyone is sober again, you quietly feel in your element: the lists are correct again, the planning is set, and you’ve already crossed off the two-glasses-of-water resolution by day two because you’re now at three. This week gives you the chance to finally finish something you’ve been simmering for a while, and the calm atmosphere is ideal for that because you have less distraction than usual. Be careful not to be too hard on yourself or others in that productivity mode, because not everyone bites into the new rhythm as quickly as you do. There’s also room for something that is purely fun, something without a goal or outcome, and if you allow that, you’ll find that it doesn’t derail you at all but actually makes you clearer.

Lunar affirmation: I let go of my need for control and trust that it will be okay.

Libra

(September 23 - October 22)

The social excess of the past week has given you energy on one hand, because connection is your lifeblood, but on the other hand, you also feel how nice it is to let that energy settle for a moment without piling on new appointments. You are a master at balancing, but even the master sometimes benefits from a week without a scale, a week in which you simply feel what you feel without immediately weighing it against what someone else might think. There’s a relationship in your life, romantic or friendly, that softly but clearly asks for attention this week, not for something big but for presence, for the feeling that you are truly there. Give that and you will see how much it gives back. In terms of creativity and self-expression, a beautiful breakthrough is waiting if you give yourself the freedom to start without it having to be finished.

Lunar affirmation: I choose for myself without guilt.

Scorpio

(October 23 - November 21)

You experienced the week of orange and confetti in your own introverted way, probably with one very good conversation in a quiet place while the rest danced, and that’s exactly how it works for you. Now, in the silence that follows, you actually feel your best, because in that silence there is space for the thoughts you prefer not to showcase to everyone. There’s something bubbling beneath the surface, an insight, a feeling, a truth you’ve been carrying for a while, and this week has the right energy to finally face that. It doesn’t have to be painful, even though you might initially assume it is. At work, your ability to see things that others miss is particularly sharp this week, and if you give that confidence instead of reasoning it away, you can show something that truly impresses.

Lunar affirmation: I trust my intuition.

Sagittarius

(November 22 - December 21)

You were undoubtedly the one who stood outside the longest, who sang the loudest, who caught the last bus or maybe didn’t even, and now you stand here with two glasses of water and a sports bag and a vague but determined feeling that this is the week you’re really going to do it differently. And you’re right, not because you’re suddenly different, but because the world feels a bit more spacious this week, quieter, more outward-focused, and that’s exactly the space where you feel at home. There’s a plan, an idea, or a dream that has been waiting for the right moment to go from thought to action, and although this week may not be the week of big action, it is the week to take the first step, no matter how small. The fifth of May on the horizon gives you a good feeling, because freedom is your theme through and through.

Lunar affirmation: I take one step towards my dream today.

Capricorn

(December 22 - January 19)

While others are still recovering a bit this week, you are already three steps ahead, because you’ve scheduled your recovery like a meeting, and that sounds funnier than it is because it works for you. The week offers you space to let something strategic settle, a decision you’ve been putting off for a while not out of fear but out of thoroughness, out of the desire to do it well instead of quickly, and that thorough approach will yield something this week. There’s also a gentle side of you that asks for attention this week, the side that enjoys a long walk or a good book or an evening without an agenda, and if you give that side some space, you’ll find that you are sharper afterwards, not despite the rest but thanks to it. The approaching summer fits you like a long-awaited reward.

Lunar affirmation: Resting is also performing.

Aquarius

(20 January - 18 February)

After a week full of people and celebration and shared energy, you might be the one who needs a mental reset the most, not because you didn’t enjoy it, but because your kind of freedom always asks for a dose of silence to know who you are outside of the group. This week gives you that silence, and in that silence, you come up with ideas you couldn’t have thought of in the midst of the hustle. Write them down, speak them out, sketch them out, it doesn’t matter how, as long as you capture them before they dissolve in the daily rush. There’s a theme around independence and personal freedom that gains extra meaning this week, especially with Liberation Day on the horizon, and you are someone who takes that theme more seriously than most. Let that serious reflection also land in the small, in your own choices, your own boundaries, your own life.

Lunar affirmation: My freedom begins in my mind.

Fish

(February 19 - March 20)

You probably lived in multiple places at once during the past festive week, with part of yourself present in the moment and another part already dreaming about what’s to come, and that’s exactly how you are and it’s perfectly fine. This week can be a bit slower, a bit smoother, a bit more at your pace, because the busyness may have affected you more than you realize and your system is asking to return to the soft. There’s a creative or spiritual project that has been simmering for a while and suddenly feels very concrete in the calm of this week, as if it’s floating towards you and asking for attention. Give it that attention, even if you don’t yet know where it’s leading, because Pisces works best when they start from feeling and the logic follows later. The first warm weeks are just around the corner and you can already feel them on your skin.

Lunar affirmation: I trust in the flow of life.