*NEW MOON* in TAURUS yields an opening of Earthy love and reprieve from recent energies…

TAURUS brings the gift of Remembrance and reminds us to listen to the ancestral echoes of wisdom from deep within our hearts.

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From PAT LILES from The Power Path.com:

“After the huge rush of energy with the season change in March and the multiple retrogrades of April, we can tune in to Taurus’ earthy element and learn about relaxation and loving what is…”

“This Taurus New Moon cycle is a time to honor the body, the senses and their gifts, to enjoy social connection and the healing energy of being in nature, to experience the uplifting and expansive energy of artistic endeavors and performance…”

“Taurus also teaches us to fully and deeply appreciate what we have (right in front of us), not just what we want to get next.

“The Sun and Moon in Taurus are oddly unaspected, so we look to ruler Venus. Venus is on a healing journey as she rides closely with Chiron in the powerful last degrees of Pisces.

“She is very poignantly bridging the old ways of guilt and blame into a new era of holding life as conscious, aware and sacred…”

“Remember that Saturn is traversing the black hole at the Center of the Milky Way galaxy at 27º Sagittarius- it’s retrograding and hanging there for an extended period so we don’t miss this opportunity and will return in November for an encore.

“We are listening and responding to the heartbeat of our galaxy at this time. You can run around like a chicken or you can press your inner ear to that heartbeat and align, listen and entrain to what is immense and at the center of our universe.

“Saturn is also trining Uranus, Mercury and Eris (that champion of discord and chaos and feminine spiritual warrior).

“If we’re well focused (Saturn) we can receive in lightning transmission new ways of perceiving and communicating who we really are in a shifting reality.

“Every aspect of limitation (especially mental) you can let go gives Spirit an opportunity to fill that space in you with brilliance.”

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We are having a New Moon in Taurus on April 26th at 12:16pm Universal Time. New Moons are the beginning of a new wave of energy that lasts until the next one occurs 29 days later. However, the astrological configurations at this time mostly have a stronger influence over the following two weeks.  

Mercury has been retrograde since April 9th/10th and will be finishing up during this window. It will slowly begin to change motion from moving backward to forward on May 3rd/4th, though it will appear stationary. From this point on it will pick up speed, and many of the lessons, insights, and changes that occurred over the previous three weeks will start to make more sense and things will start to fall into place and flow better. Some of the common Mercury retrograde complications can still occur during the following days after this shift in direction, but will minimize and then disappear as its speed increases.

Venus finished its retrograde on April 15th; however, it is still moving slowly, as some of the themes, both developments and challenges, around our relationships, money, values, worth, and beauty/creativity will continue to sort themselves out. Since Mercury is partially retrograde in the Venus-ruled sign of Taurus, it is giving some of the same themes an extended run. A few days after this New Moon, on April 28th, Venus returns into Aries at the starting point of the zodiac, which can possibly mark new beginnings for some and also more assertiveness toward the Venus-ruled areas mentioned above.

Taurus is an Earth sign of a 'fixed' quality. Therefore, it is like a rock: solid, strong, and grounded to the Earth. It is practical, dependable, determined, and it is associated with Venus-ruled areas such as values, beauty, money, and self-worth. The sign of Taurus is more invested in the physical/material world, as food, nature, and anything to do with stimulating the senses...

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We are having a Full Moon in Libra on April 11th/12th, depending on your location. This is the peak of the Moon cycle, where the Sun and Moon are in two opposing signs — in this case Aries and Libra.

The effects of the Full Moon could begin to manifest in the days leading up to it, but the Full Moon itself influences what occurs during the following two weeks until the next New Moon. This is generally the most lively time of the month, and when emotions are the most stirred up. During this time, there may be some challenges between the opposing energies, but there will also be opportunity for integration.

Any experiences around Full Moons are generally less significant than the type of changes that could occur during eclipses; however, this one has a few interesting things to consider. Venus, Libra’s ruler, has been retrograde since the beginning of March and will be until April 15th. Mercury began its retrograde fewer than two days before this Full Moon, and Saturn also just started its retrograde five days prior.

Venus’ retrograde in Aries and Pisces has helped to facilitate some reflections, reconsiderations, and changes in our relationships/friendships, values, money, pleasures, creativity, and anything related to beauty and appearance. It may have brought up (or will bring up) some challenges or wounds and also potential healing in these areas. Mercury’s retrograde in Taurus and Aries has overlapping themes with Venus facilitating adjustments around values, money, creativity, but also is about being more practical and aligned with our personal interests.

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Mercury is once again going retrograde starting off in Taurus and ending in Aries. This is when it appears to be going backwards from our geocentric (Earth-based) perspective. It officially begins on April 9th/10th and lasts until May 3rd/4th. Some of its well-known disruptive effects may have already started to be noticeable for you in the days leading up to its start, and in some cases even a few weeks before.

Mercury rules over communication and transmitting information or data as well as the mind and its ability to analyze and discern. Commuting, reading/writing, mechanical/moving parts, the internet and anything else related to communication technology such as phones/computers are all under the rulership of this planet.

When Mercury is normally moving forward, these functions and applications usually go more smoothly. However, during retrograde time we tend to experience some noticeable complications in those areas mentioned above. In many cases, we experience some delays, changes, and/or cancellations as a result. If you are doing your taxes this month, it would be good to be extra careful about making any mistakes with your numbers.

Some of the challenges we might face during Mercury retrograde actually give us an opportunity to see things in a different light. For example, if your plans change, you may decide to do something else and in that process you may have some sort of realization. Perhaps you bump into an old friend and have an insightful conversation, or you pick up an old book you were reading before and have an ‘Ah Ha’ moment. These are just some examples but it can manifest in a lot of different ways.

It is important to be flexible during this time and be open to what the universe is showing you. Traditionally, Mercury retrograde has been viewed as a transformational period. While in most cases it is about small adjustments that we need to make, in fewer cases it can help to facilitate more significant changes and even be profound.

Any new initiatives or projects that we have started in the weeks leading before the retrograde will go through a sorting out and reflective period, which will either help us to adapt, make changes, or drop it altogether. During the retrograde itself, it is a good time to revisit anything unfinished that you initiated beforehand and if you are starting something new it usually brings some sort of learning experience with it (whether or not it lasts). This period can also be great for reconnecting with friends and others from your past.

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From 21st March for a couple of weeks we are in Equinox time. 
At this change in seasons a powerful surge of energy is released, which affects all living things, the plants and animals really feel it.  We humans have generally ‘inoculated’ ourselves from the power of the seasonal changes, partly because we live and work mostly indoors, and we have also disconnected our energy and life force from the Earth’s energies.  Which is sad for us.
 
This particular Equinox energy is strong, it is forceful, surprising, can be life-changing, and can be destructive.  It is the force necessary to move us forward, bring in the new, and flip us out of any place or situation where we feel stuck. 
 
The peacock is the symbol for right now, and the next six months.  It describes the current energies perfectly, and the lessons it brings us.  If the peacock was a human we would say he, peacock-man, had a gloriously balanced, harmonized, and strong solar plexus chakra, radiating genuine self-confidence (not ego), bright insights, refinement, vibrancy, integrity, great beauty and grace. 
 
The peacock is a ‘high vibration’ bird, so high that it is often associated with nobility, or royalty (royalty being a symbol of our higher selves), its colours are extraordinarily beautiful, and it is known mostly for its ability to amaze and thrill us all with the sudden unfolding of its tail feathers.    For this reason, the peacock is associated with ‘sudden transformation,’ which is the theme of this time, and I can ‘see’ the transformation happening in many.  It’s a transformation that can be colourful and beautiful, just like the peacock.
 
Peacocks, like many birds, can be ‘stand-offish’ and at times aggressive, so they also symbolize protection, and the many ‘eyes’ displayed on the tail feathers symbolizes, amongst other things, ‘watchfulness.’   Watchfulness is a good word for now, we need to be diligent, grounded, centred and aware, as there is a lot of negativity circulating that could stop us moving forward, and dampen our drive to transform ourselves, especially our way of expressing ourselves (i.e. identity).
 
Mediating, contemplating, pondering on the image of the peacock, and getting lost in its beautiful colours will help us with this current energy.  This energy surge is to remind us that we are amazing, and that we should dare, just like the peacock, to show our true colours (soul colours).  It will become less and less easy to hide our real selves. 
 
Be your peacock-self!!
 
Blessings,

Claire East