Your personal life could be exciting and challenging early this month with three planets in your 8th House of Intimacy. Intellectual Mercury in Aries fires up conversations that can add spice to a partnership or spur conflict if you're unwilling to deal with challenging points of view. Loving Venus and passionate Mars are also in Aries, which could spur deep emotions and arouse sexual fire. But you might feel like you're out of control or that you're dealing with a stimulating but unsettling partner. This is no time to be timid or to expect order in personal matters because fresh challenges are meant to heat you up rather than cool you down.

If you're looking for safety or consistency, you may have to wait until May 11 when Mars settles into earthy Taurus, followed there by Mercury and Venus on May 15. Until then, it's a rocket ship ride of exploration and experimentation that is best taken as something more fun than serious.

The mid-month change of signs, though, should bring you more stability and enable you to take a longer-term view of relationships. If you're looking for someone new, educational settings and faraway places provide fertile environments for making connections. May 16 could be especially sweet as verbal Mercury joins Venus to put you at your charming best. Then on May 23 Venus is joined by Mars, as hot a combination as it gets, but in cozy Taurus, an Earth sign like yours that helps you manage the heat in a slow and comfortable way.