New
Moon in Taurus
April 20, 2012
Here's
the chart for the Taurus New Moon:
Taurus
The
sign of Taurus is associated with personal resources, dependability,
practicality, and sensuality.
The house holding Taurus in the Natal chart shows an area of life
where one can be especially stubborn, possessive and indulgent as
well as steadfast, patient and reliable. Taurus is a stable sign,
ruled by Venus, with an emphasis on comfort and material security.
Issues involving natural resources, resource management, conservation,
and productivity become accentuated during Taurus.
Sun
& Moon sextile Neptune; Mercury conjunct Uranus, semi-square Jupiter,
quincunx Mars; Neptune bi-septile Venus; Venus tri-septile Pluto;
Mars septile Saturn Rx
The
primary goal of this cycle is to increase personal resources by capitalizing
on those ideas and the qualities that make you unique.
This
cycle continues on a theme similar to last month, emphasizing the electrifying
quality of ideas vying for attention. There are two prominent configurations
zig zagging across this chart.
The
first pattern challenges us to spend a little more time with our genius
ideas, determining their value before trying to sell them or make them
public. Annoying as it might appear, there are kinks to be worked out,
such as working with others, or with "an other", to productively
incorporate the new activities into one's daily routines.
The
second pattern suggests there is a hidden opportunity to actualize
your dreams. Watch for the signal that the window of opportunity is
open. When
a defining change of status suddenly impacts you or a loved one to
communicate feelings that heretofore have lain dormant, you will know
it's time to reach in and pull
your best idea through the window to reality.
Our
advice for this cycle:
This
is an excellent cycle for planning and budgeting. Take inventory. Balance
your checking account, clean out the pantry, review and resupply the places
your resources are stored. Gathering information will assist you to determine
your priorities. The best use of your energy this cycle is to assess your
worth, recognize your value, and increase your appreciation.
Questions
you might explore for personal insight include: What
situations threaten your sense of material security? When
and where are you most at ease? What gives you comfort physically,
emotionally, intellectually? Do you own your possessions, or do they
own you?
Is there an area of life that might go more smoothly if you were a
little more open to change and a little less stubborn?
Above
all, before doing anything, ask "What productive result will
come from this action?
Affirm:
I
am a fertile ground of possibility.
Attune
to the qualities of Taurus with a 3-minute breathing meditation on The
Hierophant.
Ruled
by Venus, Taurus and The Hierophant value the ideals of Love, Harmony
and Harmlessness.
Confer
with The Hierophant for a moment of silence and listen to the voice within
which will guide you to a Truth you can act on.
Quote
for this cycle:
"The
secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach
inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes
to match them to the challenge."
~ Arnold Palmer (1929 - ) American Golf Champion
A Mandala
is a powerful meditational devise for creating sacred intentions. We encourage
you to create your own mandala, or color the one Sandra created, while
meditating on your intent for this cycle.
Download
a larger version of this mandala for coloring
Or,
simply meditate on Sandra's mandala for this cycle - click on mandala
for larger image:
You
are invited to send your colored mandalas to us for placement in our Mandala
Gallery.
Please
check out Lynn Keefer's
Mandala Journal, where Lynn shares the mandala she colors every
month, along with her meditative process. Click on the mandala below
or the link above to see a larger version of her Aries New Moon Mandala
and read about the symbolism it evoked for her. It inspires and encourages
us to move into the Taurus cycle with renewed vitality.
Find
more on the nature of this
lunation cycle and how it relates to your
Sun sign in our What's
Up Guide.
Keep
up with each phase of the 3 most current lunar cycles by visiting our
on-line Moon Phase Calendar in your time zone. If you use and like
our calendar, please click on the facebook icon in the upper left corner
of the time zone you use.
Margaret
Koolman illuminates more about this month for us in her Soul
Astrology column.
Donna
Drozda's LifeCycle Forecast
gives us a complete overview of the year 2012, calling it 'The YEAR OF
THE MIDDLE WAY: practicing heartfelt honest communication'. She gives
suggestions for making
the best of 2012 and the best of this
lunation cycle.
In
addition to what you can find at our web site, there are some outstanding
astrology resources on the web in the form of blogs. We encourage you
to visit and/or subscribe to the ones listed below:
Stephanie
Gailing's Planetary
Apothecary Blog offers daily insights. You can visit her blog
or receive her daily entries in your mailbox via an e-mail subscription.
We also recommend you buy
her book Planetary Apothecary. Stephanie shares her insights on
the Taurus
New Moon where she supplies information about maintaining
wellness during this cycle.
CJ
Wright, also known as Auntie
Moon, provides penetrating astrological insights, as well as information
on cooking with astrology and gardening by the moon.
Our own
Donna Drozda
maintains a blog of her Art/Life and sends out a monthly newsletter titled
"Luna See", with updates to her LifeCycle
2012 Forecast.
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