Moon in Taurus: A Day of Calm

We're in the newest of New Moon days with the Moon one-in-herself today, floating in Taurus without classical aspects of any kind. This is a day for turning within and nurturing ourselves deeply. Wait 'til the Gemini Moon for those wishes and intentions.

For today, I offer one of my favorite poems, by Mary Oliver:

Wild Geese 

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers. 

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting--
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

New Moon in Taurus

Overnight Monday

The New Moon in Taurus arrives just before midnight Monday in the Pacific Time Zone, and in the wee hours of Tuesday on the East Coast.

This lunar seed time happens in the sign of the patient gardener, fixed Earth, sign of sensuality, peace, and steadfastness. As the chart shows, though, five planets in Aries present a force to be reckoned with.

Aries is the sign of new birth, as Taurus is the sign of unfolding. Together they create an opening for new beginnings of any kind, with the chance to make our dreams as real as the soil under our feet.

As always, check where this New Moon falls in your birth chart for guidance on wishes and intentions that will be especially strong for you. Also notice that with planets spanning all the degrees of Aries, many planets and points in our charts will be energized in some way.

Venus and Mercury conjunct in Aries give voice to our desires. Mars and Jupiter conjunct in Aries give power to our actions. Saturn in Libra opposes Venus and Mercury, while also forming an inconjunct angle with the New Moon, offering both a reality check and the power of manifestation.

How can we get a reality check and manifestation of our dreams from the same archetype? I see the universe as a co-created space shared with many other beings, all of whom have their own desires and goals. Within that model, I seek to align my goals with those of my community. First, to do no harm; second, to offer loving support when possible. Responsibility, hard work, and awareness of limits––Saturn loves that stuff.

Tlaloc

In a way, Saturn in this New Moon chart acts as a lightning rod, channeling the fire of Aries and the fertility of Taurus into a new reality.

Ancient gods like the Aztec Tlaloc, god of lightning and fertility; Mayan rain god Chaac, the wielder of lightning; sky god Thor, whose sheet lightning ripened the summer crops; all these have the power to bring new things into being.

The Moon goes void of course at this New Moon, making no classical aspects until entering Gemini on Wednesday morning. For this reason, we wait for the Gemini Moon to make wishes and set intentions in this cycle.

At this New Moon, imagine gods and goddesses of lightning and fire gathered in the sky, sending messages to Earth through the Taurus New Moon. We watch and listen, calm and attentive, until the Gemini Moon arrive to carry our messages to the universe.

Moon into Taurus

Sunday night through Wednesday morning

Everything's burned away under the waning Aries Moon, and the last embers of the bonfire are dying away as the Moon opens Taurus' garden gate and slips inside. It's time for dreams, and Earth Moons are surprisingly powerful for dreaming ... something about the grounding energy, maybe, helps us remember.

in the garden

The Moon's first aspect in Taurus is a sextile to Neptune, also overnight, which amps up the dream energy into the realm of big dreams. Perhaps tonight's dreams will bring more insights on what we've learned this lunar cycle, and the steady calm to let go of what's finished.

Monday morning brings an inconjunct angle-of-adjustment between the Sun in Taurus and Saturn in Libra ... the adjustment here focuses on what it takes to make dreams real, with Sun and Saturn in the two signs ruled by Venus. Monday afternoon, the Taurus Moon flows energy in trine to Pluto, building the strong foundations our souls need.

Overnight Monday, the Moon joins the Sun at 12 degrees of Taurus, for the New Moon. This is the Moon's last aspect in Taurus, and she remains void of course until Wednesday afternoon, when she jumps into bright Gemini, looking for connections and communications.

The New Moon is a time of beginnings, of making wishes and setting intentions, but in this cycle, wait until the Moon comes into Gemini before putting your wishes out to the universe. The void of course Moon is not the best time for starting something new, and Gemini is a wonderful communicator.

This Moon transit in Taurus, bringing us from the waning cycle, through the New Moon gate, and into the waxing cycle, is a time of connecting with the Earth. This is a time for reveling in sensual pleasures and realizing we're surrounded by abundance. Make your seeds ready, but draw on Taurean patience before planting them. Look for more on the New Moon in tomorrow's post!