Taurus 2021
April 19
Sun enters Taurus 4:33 PM EDT
Mercury enters Taurus
It’s no accident that Earth Day is a Taurus event. Taurus is the fixed, earth sign. Fixed means that it holds or stores the essence of the season (as do Scorpio, Leo and Aquarius) and earth is exactly as it says: all things of matter, all things that matter. Even so, Taurus is not inherently materialistic. Matter is substance, the stuff of the world which we behold and perceive through our common senses you might say. Our senses, these doors of perception, are gifts that allow us to discern wholesome from unwholesome. We are not simply meant to seek pleasure and avoid the unpleasant and the bitter. Bitter can indeed indicate poison but, for example, we need some bitter herbs in spring as tonic for the liver. Most importantly for Taurus is that we need beauty. The healthiest gardens are diversely planted and please the eye. A garden of only one thing is not nearly as beautiful. The earth is alive with all manner of creatures from the smallest microorganisms to animals as large as bison. Taurus welcomes them all with an instinctive acceptance of the equality and necessity of all living things to make a wholesome, healthy, robust world. Mercury moving ahead of the Sun at a faster pace heralds this Taurus message, reminding us that the Earth is our Mother and all living things, her children.
April 22
Venus conjunct Uranus
It takes a big mind to comprehend chaos. Possibly no mind can truly grasp such a thing because by definition it lives beyond understanding. So why not make art, foster beauty, inhabit the present so fully that you stand at the center of the spinning wheel and let it turn?
April 23
Mars enters Cancer
Caution seems like the right choice as Mars travels through Cancer, caution on behalf of the needs of others, to err if we must, on the side of caring for the least of us. Possibly a planet in its fall (as is Mars in Cancer) requires more care regarding its expression, a tender and necessary consideration as our planet Earth seems to be experiencing its own ‘fall’ at this time.
April 24
Mercury conjunct Uranus
Following right behind Venus, soon to catch up to her, Mercury may not understand the workings of chaos either. We might encourage our human propensity for curiosity regarding things we don’t understand. Together Mercury and Uranus intuit that things fall apart because they are meant to come together in a new way. We are in Wonderland and things get curiouser and curiouser as Alice said.
April 25
Venus square Saturn
Mercury square Saturn
Mercury conjunct Venus
Wouldn’t you know? Mercury finally catches up to Venus. It’s a love story. Together at last they are ready to make love, art or maybe just dinner: better yet, dessert. And there in the doorway is Saturn, arms crossed and scowling as if she knows better, reminding them that there will be consequences. There will always be consequences.
April 26
Full Moon: 07 degrees Scorpio: 23:31 EDT
Full Moons remind us that we can see in the dark. For many of us there is no real dark at night unless we put blackout curtains on our windows or cover our eyes. Even so, there is more dark matter in the universe than light. And each of us carries a large percentage of night substance in our psyche. So take a look at the big moon hanging over your street. Acknowledge that it isn’t just another, higher up street lamp. Then take a Scorpio look inside and reflect on the losses of the last year (since the last Full Moon in Scorpio). The Taurus part of this Full Moon (where the Sun is) asks us to look at what remains. That’s the thing about change. The shock of it undermines our trust in our ability to control things.
April 29
Mercury sextile Neptune
We all have a soul. Don’t we? Nature has a soul. Doesn’t it? But what is it? Why does it matter so much? And what part does beauty play in matters of the soul? Beauty that is, not glamour.
April 30
Sun conjunct Uranus
Think back to Earth Day. Think ahead if you can to what you see for this, our Earth. More importantly, how do you feel about it?
May 2
Mercury trine Pluto
Venus sextile Neptune
If life is a journey, today would be a good time to gather strength. To read something that matters, to reach out to someone who loves and nourishes your soul. It’s a time, as the poet said to “peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life.”
May 3
Mercury square Jupiter
Sun square Saturn
It’s not that life is hard, although it is for some of the people all of the time. It’s that it’s always changing, and nothing changes that. Given the immutable truth of this it’s ironic how we grab onto our little corners of reality and attach to them as if they are the One True Thing. We hammer and build these constructs of reality and fixate on others doing the same. Only to come to a time, a turn, a moment that changes everything. This is the Great Lesson, the one to teach the children. S/he changes everything S/he touches, everything S/he touches, changes.
May 6
Venus trine Pluto
Solid ground arises – right where you stand. Drink it in; the color, the texture, the smell. To be relaxed and present is to be awake and ready for anything.
May 08
Venus square Jupiter
Venus enters Gemini
There is a constant sense of push-me-pull-you between the ways which we live as a society and what we really think we want as individuals. It’s as though humans have come to some land which is far away from nature, particularly our own inherent nature as well as Nature Herself. Which is, of course, impossible. Possibly this is the issue of the moment. The solution if there is to be one is most likely not found in greater consumption - even of nature itself: rather to discover it right where you are, to dig where you stand, so to say.
May 10
Mercury sextile Chiron
Pause. Breathe in the vast waves of dysregulation breaking around you. As you breathe out send love, healing or whatever you have to sooth and calm such a world. The New Moon tomorrow might call us to action but today was made for reflection.
May 11
New Moon: 21 degrees of Taurus: 02:59 PM EDT
Mars square Chiron, sextile Uranus
The best, sweetest and most honest thing is to start this new lunar month right where you are. Do what you do as best as you can. Do what you must in alignment with the simple knowledge that it must be done. This is Taurus at its best: The present tense. Maybe we should think of it as the Presence Tense.
Meanwhile doors will open for those that have the courage to feel what they feel without collapsing into puddles of infantile need that render those around them unable to help. Unless and until we understand that we are not islands of suffering, that we can and must bear the suffering of the world as one, it will be hard to bring the world into a workable shape.
May 12
Mercury trine Saturn
An excellent day for the intellect: A day to truly understand, learn and articulate the subject of your choice. No need to defend or react to the opinions of others. When information combines with knowledge humans become wiser, saner and maybe even happier.
May 17
Sun trine Pluto
The heart of nature beats strong and steady this day. This drumbeat keeps time for us if we let it. Flowers bloom, plants grow, the cycles of heaven wax and wane. These things are our teachers and can teach us all we need to know.
May 18
Venus sextile Chiron
If you were the one who opened Pandora’s Box, how would you feel? Would you recognize your kinship with Eve who ate the apple? Would you shake your fist at the singular god and say something like, ‘Your days are numbered, old man. Just like the hairs on your head’. Or would you cower in shame and guilt, believing that all suffering is your fault? Take every opportunity to rise up. It’s quite likely you are not The Problem.
May 19
Venus trine Saturn
Creation may indeed start with a big bang, perhaps a wild, orgasmic collision. Out of this creation proceeds to make worlds, one stitch, one cell, at a time. It’s art, this making of a universe. And it’s always changing, never finished. Just like you and me.
