New Moon in Taurus: Finding The Oak Tree Within

New Moon in Taurus: May 11

11:59AM Los Angeles | 2:59PM New York | 7:59PM London | 4:59AM (12th) Sydney

Your Natal Chart & this New Moon in Taurus

First thing first. If you want to know where New + Full Moons are occurring in your specific chart, you’ll need to pull your chart here if you don’t have it already. You can also learn much more about your Natal Chart through the Intro To Astro Course (included in this membership).

You’ll notice the numbers outside of the wheel. This is the degree of your House Cusps. Every sign has 30 degrees, 0 to 29. Like I mention in the Intro To Astro Course, I use Equal Houses, which means that every House Cusp is at the same degree.

This New Moon occurs at 10 Degrees Taurus. If you have, let’s say, Taurus on the 10th House Cusp at 5 Degrees, then this will fall in your 10th House. But if you have Taurus on the 10th House Cusp at 25 Degrees, then this New Moon would actually fall in your 9th House.

This adds a layer of interpretation for how this New Moon will affect you personally.

Danielle’s Taurus New Moon Solar Eclipse Reflection

I had a dream the other night: I threw my rings into a pool. Suddenly, the pool was emptied of water. I found my rings, and other jewels, too. This is the energy of this Eclipse: There’s a surrender, a letting go, the emotions begin to subside and we find the pot(s) of gold at the end of the rainbow. Maybe more than we had even anticipated.

This Piscean energy - even through Aries season - has had many of us leaking energy and resources, things have felt uncertain and unclear, we may have longed to escape or found ourselves more compassionate and weepy or even confused, gaslit. Some, who have strong Pisces or water, may have felt buoyed, others, lost at sea.

This Eclipse is a jolt awake. In Taurus, conjunct Uranus, something new is emerging. Eclipses, remember, occur in 19 year cycles. So where were we Spring of 2003? Can we see similar themes emerging?

This is Taurus. Whatever it is, it needs to be tactile, physical, grounded. Venus, Taurus’s ruler, is sandwiched between Neptune and Jupiter. We’re still dreaming, still dissolving old barriers, still yearning. There is the sense of possibility, even if it’s unsettling.

The next two weeks leading up to the Total Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio on the 16th are highly active. On the 2nd, Venus will move into Aries, on the 10th, Jupiter will, too, the same day Mercury goes Retrograde. There is a quickening, even with Mercury changing directions. Messages may get muddled, but we’re advancing. Things will move.

AFFIRMATION (S)

I embrace the unknown.

JOURNAL PROMPTS

What is my relationship to the physical world, to objects of desire, possessions, money?

Do I feel like I have enough? Why or why not?

How do I relate to wanting? For example, for some people the sense of wanting can be a motivator, for others, a sense of hopelessness or despair. For most, it pulls us out of the present moment

There is ultimately one great spiritual learning and that is presence. Being completely in this moment, fully here. What experiences or settings do I feel most present in, fulfilled and satiated?

How can I continue to develop this practice of presence in service to my deepest sense of fulfillment and wellbeing?

As a grounding ritual, I encourage you to write a Beauty List, acknowledging the beauty in your life. In addition, I encourage self-massage with oil, if you have and to luxuriate in the senses, either with a candle, incense, creams or teas

SETTING INTENTIONS

Intentions differ from goals. While goals are action oriented, intentions express how we want to experience our goals. This heightens their power. For example, we may have a goal of reaching a certain weight, but the weight is simply a number. An intention grants us more agency. I always recommend starting an intention with some variation of “I am gracefully finding myself…” For example, “I am gracefully finding myself feeling lean, flexible, healthy and fit. I am gracefully finding myself loving the way my body feels and my clothes fit.” And because Spirit /The Universe/God is so much wiser and intelligent than we are, I also always include “This Or Something Better For The Highest Good Of All Concerned,” something I learned in my training. This allows us a deeper level of trust and surrender.

Taurus New Moon in The Houses: Intention Suggestions To Inspire

If this moon falls in your first house (or conjunct your Sun): I am awakening to the fullness of who I am as I update my presentation, how I engage with the world

If this moon falls in your second house: I am updating and innovating my relationship to my assets

If this moon falls in your third house: I am updating my mindset as my communications evolve and my mind opens

If this moon falls in your fourth house (or conjunct the IC): I am updating and upgrading my experience of home and my relationship to my home and my roots. I am setting myself free.

If this moon falls in your fifth house: I am grounding myself in play and creative self expression and awakening to new forms of creative self expression

If this moon falls in your sixth house: I am learning new skills, grounding in my body and updating my health and well-being routines. I am experiencing shifts in how I relate to my health and body

If this moon falls in your seventh house (or opposite the Sun): I am grounding and evolving in my one-on-one relationships. I am experiencing my relationship to relationship anew. I am seeing myself more clearly through my relationships with others

If this moon falls in your eighth house: I am grounding in my experience of intimacy and liberating myself from entanglements and debts that no longer serve

If this moon falls in your ninth house: I am updating my beliefs. I am traveling - literally or metaphorically - as I relate to and understand the world in new ways.

If this moon falls in your tenth house (or conjunct the MC): I am radically updating and simultaneously grounding in my long term aspirations and goals, while remaining present to where I am on my journey.

If this moon falls in your eleventh house: I am updating my networks in new and exciting ways. My friendships are changing as a reflection of my internal changes. I am awakening to new hopes, dreams, wishes and desires.

If this moon falls in your twelfth house: I am grounding in sacred solitude