The New Moon each month opens a new cycle, with focus on the sign of its dawning. This upcoming New Moon at 25 Taurus reflects to us the beauty & natural magic of nature’s cycles, the pleasure of sensual experience in a human body, the wonder of our capacity to create beauty with our hearts, hands and voices. It’s about fulfilment in a tangible physical way.
Taurus is a fixed Earth sign. Its function is not only to fully experience & enjoy our material world, it’s to stabilise & sustain it. In its shadow, it’s the desire to hang onto it. As this New Moon has Earth Mother Ceres conjunct Sun & Moon, there’s a finer awareness available beyond that. Ceres holds the gift of every part of the cycle – spring’s potential, summer’s blooming & fullness, autumn’s sifting & sorting & winter’s inward draw & replenishment. To appreciate this is a necessary aspect of your wholeness.
Thankfulness is an attitude we can practice whatever is happening. There is always something to be thankful for in our comfortable lives isn’t there? Even if it’s just the potential of new day dawning.
This New Moon emphasises how recognition of life’s simple blessings can be a comfort to us. Not only that. Thankfulness naturally attracts more goodness towards itself. That awareness is a key component of this year’s uplift of frequency. Energy flows where attention goes. Often we must steer our way towards thankfulness, for the human mind’s focus tends towards what’s lacking or wrong, rather than the natural blessings we enjoy on a daily basis. Fulfilment is a key direction for Taurean energy but this materially focused sign tends to forget that fulfilment is an energetic state. It’s really about shifting perception. Reality follows focus.
This year of Fire Horse energies encourages the practice of shifting your perception. Uranus and Moon ruler Venus in Gemini at this new Moon are pointers towards how ‘thought creates reality”. As Uranus establishes his tenure in this light bright air sign, the potentials of instant manifestation became a reality.
Our perception can become lightning fast and responsive, shifting from patterned negativity about perceived lack to awareness of living breathing reality right now! The opportunity to grow your awareness of how mental focus affects everything is not to deny your challenges but to encompass them in your whole blessed reality.
Earth Mother Ceres is wearing her fruitfulness garb whilst in Taurus. She tends the fertility of the soil to plant seeds, weeds what is not needed, nurtures the fullest life from new plants to ensure a good harvest. As Mother of the cycles, she knows that attention goes towards the promise of a full harvest as the cycle unfolds. Similarly, we can be attentive to nurturing our own daily needs, relationships, and growing projects whilst weeding out what lacks potential or has served its purpose. Especially anything you’re holding onto in the illusion that it gives you security.
This Taurus New Moon calls you towards your material foundations too. Taking practical good care of the basics.
Like good rich soil when your foundation is strong, abundance naturally follows. If you’re not feeding yourself healthy food, taking care of your body’s needs, your practical aspects of home & finances, & enjoying the pleasure of being alive, there is a lack in your healthy fertile foundation for new life to land & grow.
Time to attend to the basics of self-care & attitude. This will be of infinite benefit over this summer as the Fire Horse energy peaks. Creating a healthy grounded foundation now will ensure you don’t get blown away or burnt out when the fire energies peak in summer.
The Astrology:
New Moon 25 Taurus 21.01GDT 16 May
The New Moon is exactly conjunct Earth Mother Ceres and conjunct Mercury at 28 Taurus, and close to Uranus with Sedna at 1 Gemini
Moon ruler Venus is at 27 Gemini trine Chariklo at 26 Aquarius & sextile Eris, Chiron & Mars at 25-28 Aries
