Your taste for the exotic is going to be stimulated as alluring Venus skips through Gemini and your 9th House of Faraway People and Places until May 19 -- a good opportunity to indulge in new and unfamiliar experiences, either in search of someone new or with a current partner. The Sun is in solid and stubborn Taurus and your 8th House of Intimacy through May 20. Getting into any long power struggles now is undesirable and could be damaging to your partnership, yet standing up for yourself is usually smarter than overly compromising. Venus slips into skittish Cancer on May 19, increasing your sensitivity when reacting to others. Remember, respecting yourself is more valuable than getting all the approval of anyone else.