Mother's Day is May 13, 2001!
Happy Birthday Taurus, Sensualist of the Zodiac! The Sun is in Taurus from 4/19 to 5/20/01.
You're in good Zodiac company with: : Enya, Sigmund Freud, Catherine the Great, Jeddu Krishnamurti. .
Taurus is a fixed, earth (stable) sign ruled by Venus (values).
Because Taurus rules the throat, many Taureans have beautiful voices or have a great appreciation of music and singing. The throat is where we hold emotions and singing is one way of releasing stored emotion. Opera is highly evocative of emotions and appreciated by many with Taurus or Venus (ruler of Taurus) prominent in their birth chart.

OverView -- Pluto Rx(retrograde) Sagg, 3/17/01 to 8/23/01. Neptune Rx Aquarius, 5/10/01 to 10/17/01. Mars (assertion) in Sagittarius from 2/14 to 9/8/01. Mars in fiery Sagittarius turned Rx @ 29 deg. on 5/11/01 until 7/19/01. Due to its Rx cycle, Mars will remain in Sagittarius either direct or Rx for nearly seven months! (Normal Mars travel is about 6 weeks per sign). The 29th degree of any sign is considered to be critical and portends potentially explosive happenings/actions during this Mars Rx cycle in a fire sign.

Saturn in Gemini for the next 2.25 years! We had an early taste of Saturn at just 0 deg. Gemini 8/10-10/16/00. Then it retrograded to finish up its work in Taurus (true value and the bursting bubble of inflated stocks, for instance). Saturn in any sign demands an accounting, a reality check, definition of values and structures that will stand the test of time. Saturn is often fear, challenges, restriction and delays in those areas of life it affects. But, you can be sure that when its journey is completed you will have matured and faced the consequences and responsibilities of prior actions. Saturn also brings reward and recognition but only if it is earned through commitment and diligence. Saturn in Gemini asks us to take responsibility for our words and communication and to define our best ideas and make our ideas manifest or work in reality. We can expect delays in the relaying of information, including transmission and distribution services of all types, until problems are worked out. Learning systems, school curriculum and teacher policies are likely to be overhauled based on past experiences, what works and what doesn't. The demand for answers and solutions to questions and problems is critical.

Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury are all located in Gemini, and Mars and Pluto are located in the opposite sign of Sagg. Mercury will retrograde in Gemini, lengthening its stay in the sign. On 5/20/01, the Sun will enter Gemini, then six of ten planets will be positioned along the Sagg/Gemini axis. Issues concerning education, law, religion, sports, trade, travel, communications and debates on environment and work ethics, among others, will be highlighted and pinpointed. The period between 5/20 and 6/20/01 is one of the most intense times of this year and likely very stressful for many people and for many countries where antagonism is already present. Great positive ideas will be seeded and developed and controversies and differences of opinion will also flare and in some cases heighten. Compassion and healing will be needed to soothe frayed nerves, tempers and too much thinking.