Be diplomatic in your conversations with family members right now, especially parents and grandparents. Enjoy leisure time but avoid risky monetary choices, such as gambling. Just being or working outdoors should engage your creativity and spiritual side. Follow your gut. A time to rock and roll, throw a party, invite friends and reignite the passions and desires. Be careful not to get carried away, especially with drugs, alcohol or sex. You may be both excited and anxious about a new relationship in the making. Spend time with family and children too, as the stars indicate a hectic week ahead.

Today communication planet Mercury turns retrograde in Taurus, riling things up in your fifth house of love and self-expression, until May 14. Your ambitious sign has a keen vision for your future, but during this “forced slowdown,” things from your past could hold more answers for you. What creative work can you RE-visit? A former flame could reappear during this time or your love life may hit a speed bump, indicating that things you’ve swept under the carpet need to be dealt with. Like, NOW.