Just 11 days separate Mars' departure from your financial sector last month and Mercury's return on 4th May but this is an important firebreak. Mars is like the wrecking ball that can come in, fire things up, get things moving and push through roadblocks and barriers, whether real or imagined, clearing a path for financial growth after he leaves. Mars will often upset the apple cart in order to allow for a rebuild and while he may have created dramas during the seven weeks he was here, he leaves behind a fertile battlefield, rich with the spoils of war. Mercury returns with the smart head for money needed to get your head in the game, replacing Mars' hot headed enthusiasm with his cold headed determination. Mercury will normally spend 14 to 15 days in your financial sector each year, just long enough to get your head around money matters and to make smart financial choices, decisions and plans. However, two weeks means you have to think on your feet and on the run and with Mars having just moved through you really want longer than that and fortunately, you have it. Instead of leaving, Mercury will start slowing down ahead of a retrograde turn on 30th May that will keep him here through to July, giving you months rather than weeks to work on your financial choices, decisions and plans. Meanwhile, Venus' return on 9th May is a chance for the planet of money to fuel your financial confidence, update your expectations and bring the laws of attraction into effect. Money matters should be a well oiled machine by the time the Sun returns on 21st May, something that will always turn the solar spotlight on to your financial situation and money matters at this time of year. This will have a big impact on the other side of the financial fence, especially when the Moon moves through your income sector from 26th May to 28th May. These monthly visits will always sharpen your nose for money and act as a trigger, but a clash with the Sun will turn this into not just a Full Moon but a total lunar eclipse on 26th May, energising both sides of the financial fence.