Taurus Szn Report

The Season of Sensuality and Intentionality

Taurus, as the fixed earth sign, is carrying the baton to further our spring visions, intentions, and ideas. Aries season blessed us with passion and energy to initiate a new chapter in our lives. Taurus season is here with the energy to sustain and nurture what is sprouting. We are getting more personal with what we have intended to grow. Being present with the experience of growing and the work it takes over time to make it all possible. Aries season was about passion and motivation. Taurus season is about maintaining discipline and gratitude during the process when gratification is delayed. We must not wait until the end results to allow ourselves to feel good about what we’re doing. Taurus season is about doing the work and celebrating the small wins along the way.

The first week of Taurus season is quite busy with impactful aspects and astrological transits. Taurus season commences on April 19th on the same day that Venus, the ruler of Taurus, forms a conjunction with Mercury who is in retrograde motion until it goes direct the following week on April 25th. In between the commencement of Taurus season and the conclusion of Mercury’s retrograde, there will be a conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus on the 21st and the Scorpio Full Moon on April 23rd. 

This conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus is important because it is a transit that only happens every 14 years. Jupiter is the ruler of wisdom, faith, luck, abundance, and long-distance/foreign travel. Uranus is the planet of eureka moments, abrupt shifts, innovation, rebellion, eccentricity, and futurism. These planets bond over the mission of pushing us beyond our limited perception of possibilities. Jupiter offers us hope through new positive experiences that help to expand our lens to see the bigger picture. Uranus offers us events that remind us to shake the table by challenging the norm and the courage to break restrictive rules to experience greater freedom for ourselves and others. This conjunction taking place in Taurus prompts collective disruption and expansion as it relates to women, consumerism, currency, environmental issues, food and agriculture, the beauty industry and it’s standards, and art. We will see how changes related to these Venusian themes are handled politically by world leaders and how modern-day technology continues to rally the collective to take matters of protecting human rights into their own hands. Usually, Uranus transits inspire abrupt changes with rapidly felt effects but this conjunction occurring in Taurus will probably make it so that the change isn’t so instantaneous. Thankfully, Jupiter brings the benefic energy so this conjunction is bound to bring positive change. This conjunction inspires the collective to open their minds to a reality in which we honor the beauty of nature and humanity by acknowledging how deserving we all are of pleasure, a healthy planet, and the luxuries of life. We will see the evidence of how our radical, liberation-oriented practices are paying off and this will serve as positive reinforcement to continue to create even greater change. 

The evidence is already here if we are steadily paying attention to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and some of the recent turn of events. Iran recently attacked Israel. On April 15, there were several disruptive protests across the United States to show support for Palestine. In Chicago, they were able to shut down two runways at the O’Hare International Airport. Meanwhile, in San Francisco protestors shut down the Golden Gate Bridge. These recent protests at such magnitudes continue to inspire individuals with what is possible when we utilize our strength in numbers. This has Uranus all over it as it takes disruption to normalcy to affect the change we desire. An international airport is Jupiter’s domain of international and long-distance travel. Of course, Mercury Retrograde in Aries lends a hand too, shutting down traffic on the highway causing cars to be at a standstill and a lot of irate drivers. Recently, videos have surfaced of Palestinians in the West Bank tearing down sections of the apartheid wall that separates Israel from Gaza. This destruction of the wall took place at the same time that Iran, Iraq, and Yemen sent missiles into Israel territory. The physical destruction of the wall translates to this conjunction’s theme of eradicating these restrictive barriers that are oppressive to human rights. These manmade borders are illusions of separation that dishonor and disregard indigenous people and the land they are connected to. This particular aspect between Jupiter and Uranus has historical context as a precursor to or an escalation of war. The last Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in 1941 took place during World War II and the Holocaust. 1941 was known to be the most fatal year in history in terms of deaths related to or caused by war. However, due to the economic benefits of war, it also brought the US out of the great depression and the need for men to fight in the war brought women into the workforce on the home front and led to another wave in the fight for women’s rights. The last time the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction took place in Taurus prior to 1941 was in 1858 when tension was rising between the North and South based on slavery’s legality in the newly adopted U.S. territories. The Civil War would begin two years later as a result of the dispute over slavery and land.

The arrival of Taurus season is colored by the conjunction of its ruler, Venus, with the retrograding Mercury. We begin the season with introspection and discussion around love, relationships, finances, values, and pleasure. Before we can really sink into the pleasure of affection and connection we need to converse about boundaries, intentions, and expectations. This could help to conclude some of the conflicts or challenges that arose and have been dragged out through Aries season during this last week of Mercury’s retrograde motion. Venus is related to harmony and conflict resolution grounded by love so this could be a reminder of the value of our relationships and effectively communicating to preserve the relationships we value. Mercury rules commerce and Venus rules money so this is also a time to revisit your budget or financial goals to make sure you are on track and to resituate things if your money management hasn’t been the best. In this conjunction, Venus brings its benefic energy to any misunderstandings or mismanagement so that the mishaps actually may be pleasant coincidences or lead to errors that surprisingly work in your favor. This could also be the beginning of certain flirtatious communications that can blossom into pleasurable experiences.

The Scorpio Full Moon on April 23rd will form a T-square between the Sun, the Moon, and Pluto. A T-square in astrology happens when two astrological bodies oppose each other and they both form a square to another planet. A full moon is always the result of an opposition between the Sun and the Moon, so when we look at aspects to the full moon we must also consider the aspects to the Sun. This Full Moon square to Pluto, Scorpio’s ruling planet, will uproot our fears and the grief that comes from the way fear prevents us from truly living in authenticity, pleasure, and softness. We are asked to address and affirm the parts of ourselves that feel resistant to the intimacy and trust that it takes to have real meaningful, emotionally fulfilling experiences. We are reminded that our fear is here to protect us from pain and demise but when fear controls it ultimately leads to our slow, painful demise while offering us the illusion of “safety” which in reality is actually restriction. We are asked to transform our idea of emotional safety and break out of the zone of discomfort that we have allowed ourselves to get comfortable with. We must destroy the harsh walls and defenses we have built that keep us trapped in order to experience the closeness we desire yet withhold from ourselves. Pluto is in Aquarius which clues into more of what the energy of this Scorpio moon may bring. Aquarius as the rebellious yet communal, fixed air sign that is coined as the water bearer, reminds us that we must break out of the societal molds that prohibit us from slowing down to be present with our emotions because it disrupts the flow of productivity. We are asked to forsake the culture of individualism so that we may seek connection and support through the midst of our growth without being paralyzed by our own fear of vulnerability and distrust of other’s ability to be a safe space. We must do the uncomfortable things of opening up so that we can open new opportunities for intimacy, transformation, and to experience the fullness and depth of our own vulnerable authenticity.

Mercury stations direct on April 25th however this is not the true marker of the finale of the retrograde because the post-shadow period persists for the following two weeks. The end of Mercury’s retrograde motion can indicate that some of the discombobulated and chaotic energy it brought is finally wrapping up. Mercury retrograde’s intention is to bring clarity by forcing your attention towards what needs to be addressed. It can be an unpleasant experience that seems to serve no purpose until hindsight allows us to see why we needed to go through the challenge and what we gained from using our problem-solving skills to work through it. This retrograde in Aries feels like a great precursor to Taurus season.  We were able to get conflict and grievances out in the open so that we can (hopefully) go into Taurus season with peaceful hearts and minds ready to lean into the embrace of what we hold dear without holding onto the weight of anything being left unaddressed. 

An important message to keep in mind during this season, you cannot possess pleasure. Pleasure is a temporary experience that is just as sure to take leave as it is to return for us to enjoy it once more. In a society where so many of us are chasing dopamine (especially those of us who are neurodivergent), it’s important to remember that everything won’t be enjoyable and that a quick fix of instantaneous gratification is not always accessible. Even when it is attainable it’s not always within our best interest. Sometimes pleasure is not just something that happens but it is something we must create. Sometimes we must find our own pleasure in what is not inherently pleasurable. It is easy to resent the mundanity of work but it takes real intentional effort to find enjoyment in what is considered ordinary. Taurus season will surely extend opportunities to relish in the moment but we must remember that the moment is what we make it for the times that the gratification is not immediately apparent.

As Taurus season continues, at the end of April we see Venus and Mars ingress into their respective signs of rulership. On April 29th, Venus joins the Sun, Jupiter, and Uranus in Taurus. The following day, April 30th, Mars finally makes its way into Aries after Venus has made its exit from the sign. Venus joining the stellium in it’s own sign of rulership will surely turn up the luscious, pleasure-oriented energy. We’ll be savoring the flavors and sitting deeper and longer in our gratitude for the simple pleasure of life. May we lean deeper into the sweet embrace of our friends and relish in the taste of a lover’s lips on ours letting our eyes stay closed even once the kiss is over to retain the memory of the taste. Venus in Taurus is at home in the sign that represents the physical aspects of Venus. We may be spending more money on better quality products and allowing ourselves to enjoy the luxuries we can afford that we would usually deny ourselves. Venus in Taurus encourages us to up the price as we recognize our value and what we deserve. Venus in Taurus reminds us of our ability to attract people, things, and experiences we desire by staying grateful for and seeing the value of what we already have. Venus in Taurus reminds us to see the beauty, feel the love, experience the energy of creation, and taste the sweetness that already exists all around us. Be mindful of being gluttonous, asking for seconds before you have even really appreciated and taken in what you already have. Don’t let fear of lack cause you to try to possess or hoard the pleasure when you can just be present with what you enjoy now and know that even if the moment ends another pleasurable experience will come.

Mars being in its domicile sign of Aries is the balance to Venus in Taurus that gives us the drive to not just sit around and wait for what we want. We have the balance of drive to go after what we desire paired with the ability to be consistent, still, and stable enough to allow it to meet us halfway. There is a time to pursue and there is a time to allow what is for you to make its way to you, ultimately both are happening simultaneously sometimes whether we realize it or not. Under this energy, charm is paired with drive to create the art of “wooing”. This Aries Mars makes us brave and audacious enough to take the risk while Venus in Taurus helps us to feel worthy enough to be rewarded for our action. Venusian and Martian energy go hand in hand so it feels serendipitous when they are side by side in their respective sides of domicile. Venus is like the bait, it’s incentive. Venus is the enticing words of persuasion with the promise of guaranteed satisfaction that inspires the Martian urge to act fast to see the fantasy through. Venus is the dangling carrot that inspires the Martian urge to chase after whatever challenges us for the sake of feeling victorious in getting what we want. Venus is the dopamine we seek and Mars is the relentless drive to follow the dopamine! In their respective domiciles, the path towards dopamine feels clearer with fewer obstacles.

On the second day of May, Pluto begins its own retrograde motion that will last until October 11th. This retrograde’s effects may not be as fast-paced and apparent as those of our closer neighbor Mercury whose impact is always quite obvious and immediate. Pluto’s retrograde in the sign of Aquarius will regress back into the last degree of Capricorn. This shall bring more discussion to and possibly appeals to decisions that have been made by government and institutions of power. Aquarius, ruled in modern astrology by Uranus, is associated with traits such as humanitarianism, eccentricity, radical thinking, and innovativeness. Pluto in Aquarius has already seen the USA government attempting to ban the widely used app, TikTok. We see the powers that want to censor information in order to stop the progressive radicalization that comes with people being able to educate and organize through channels that the government can’t regulate. At the end of Pluto in Capricorn, we saw the banning of “sensitive” historical curriculum for the sake of those in power being able to rewrite history in a light more flattering to them. Pluto in Aquarius is where we will see the effects of technology and how the future pans out when we do not actually learn from our past. We see the way technology can empower and unite the masses. However, now with the deceptive nature of AI, we also see the dark side of how technology can be abused and used for malicious intent. People are consistently advocating for greater regulation of AI as it can be used to create false lewd images of people or to create false media that can cause widespread misinformation. There are greater implications of the ability to falsify digital media and documents that can be criminalistic, dangerous, and even fatal. Pluto’s retrograde asks the collective to investigate their cognitive dissonance and groupthink to see in what ways we the people align ourselves with the systems in power out of fear. We are asked to question the ways in which the systems that are said to be built for the people by the people don’t actually serve the people. We begin to understand that we as people have power and we must reclaim it. 

On May 3rd, Mars makes a sextile to Pluto while it is just a day into its retrograde motion. This sextile from Mars will be a supportive push to really set off the effects of Pluto’s retrograde which we are usually slower to feel. At the beginning of May, we may see more physical forms of protest as the people feel empowered to stand up against the system more and more. There continues to be a resounding reminder of the strength in numbers as people continue to realize they are not alone in their frustration and they gear up to confront the systems that frustrate them. This is a time when people are not willing to be as complicit with the inhumane acts of the oppressive systems, even when the acts are not obviously and directly impacting them. The sextile from Aries Mars to Aquarius Pluto represents pissed-off individuals allowing their personal anger to align them with and to support the collective efforts towards liberation via the destruction of imperialist powers. People are ready to forcefully, passionately, and persistently push to dismantle these deceptive institutions that have promised to protect their people and their rights but continue to do the opposite. No more cognitive dissonance that forces us to alter our beliefs to justify our behavior or the behavior of our world leaders. Now we choose to accept the discomfort and rage that comes with being misled for so long. Pluto retrograde is here to revisit and dig up truths long buried under facades of freedom. 

The New Moon in Taurus taking place on May 7th is an opportunity to enjoy some extra magic from the exalted moon. Exaltation in astrology is when an astrological body is in a sign that is not its home sign but is a sign that it is just super excited to be able to express its energy through. The moon is related to emotions, the mother, our intimate inner world, and our personal needs for security. Taurus is a sign that is related to nurturing, sweetness, stability, coziness, and being present with pleasure. The Moon in Taurus inspires us to honor our needs AND our wants. This Taurus New Moon is an opportunity to set intentions around expanding our comfort zone in order to increase our threshold for pleasure. The preceding Scorpio Full Moon will have illuminated our grief and opened us up to be able to feel the depth of our emotions even through discomfort which also makes the space for us to feel greater emotional highs. This Taurus season and New Moon is about acknowledging that there is more; more to love, more to experience, more to feel, more to enjoy, and more to be grateful for. Saturn forms a sextile with the moon during its time of newness which means Saturn (the planet of discipline, limitations, time, and authority) is supporting us in our quest for more. Saturn brings the gentle reminder that as we ask for more we are also asked to do more and be more intentional. Thankfully though, with this aspect rather than humbling us Saturn will be encouraging us to take more authority over our lives and get our affairs in order so that when more comes we actually have the proper space and infrastructure for it. We are asking for what we want AND that we have the ability to maintain it once we do get it. The auspicious aspects between Pluto, Jupiter, and Neptune also offer support from our faith, imagination, and reclamation of power as a collective to help give a boost to the already exalted energy from the moon. The fact that Taurus’ ruling planet of Venus will be in the rush of Aries and the new moon will be conjunct to Uranus, so this new moon may mean that whatever we intend materializes quickly and in unexpected ways or through unimaginable means. The how and when may surprise you so just be sure of WHAT you’re asking for, WHY you’re asking for it, and what you plan to DO with it.

Mercury ingresses into Taurus on May 15th to join the Taurus stellium party for the last few days of the Sun’s dwelling in the sign. Mercury in Taurus will be refreshing clarity and certainty in the mind after the frustrating, confusing, and chaotic vibes of the planet’s retrograde in Taurus. When Mercury is in Taurus our minds are made and we are sure of what we know. Our opinions and thoughts are quite set and it takes solid, hard evidence for us to even consider us to consider another option. We have our mind on making sensible decisions with our money, our work, and our time while also being able to balance having fun and being social. Mercury in Taurus means we will be speaking slower and from a place of kindness in contrast to Mercury in Aries quick and at times brass style of communication. Mercury in Taurus gives us the time to collect our thoughts and exercise more practical logic. Mercury in Taurus is when we are keeping in mind quality and value when it comes to the words we say and the type of socializing we choose to do. We don’t want to be wasteful with our words nor do we want to just engage in conversation without there being something to gain from the exchange, even if it’s something intangible.

Taurus season is a time to be picky and selective with yourself, your time, and your energy. This is a season that reminds us that the deeper we are able to meet ourselves and our emotions the higher heights we can reach of pleasure and feelings of worthiness. How can we be picky and selective in our choices when we are not acquainted well enough with ourselves or our pleasure in order to choose what we desire wholeheartedly? To make a choice aligned with our fulfillment we must fully choose ourselves and deem ourselves worthy of being chosen by what we choose. Let us exercise gratitude, gentleness, and celebration with ourselves as we continue to ask for and give ourselves more. We are so deserving of everything we desire.