TAURUS SEASON

Taurus Season

April 19th - May 20th, 2024

Taurus season is HERE, and it’s time to ground in!

This is not only because Taurus is the first earth sign of the zodiac and fixed earth energy, but because big shifts and massive growth is on the horizon this spring and summer!  We need to be stable, balanced, and READY!

We start off with the big energy right away as Jupiter and Uranus move into conjunction together in Taurus on the last day of Aries season and becoming exact with their conjunction on April 20th—the first full day of Taurus season.  Although this zodiacal shift actually happened at 9am CST on April 19th, there was still some Aries energy lingering in the air.   On April 20th the sign of the Cosmic Bull will take charge in full force as the bull does.  Get ready for the shift by leaning more towards your bullish nature, but don’t forget the softer side.  We can hold boundaries with peace and make choices without the need to engage in conflict around any external misunderstandings.  Just like any sign brings a little bit of the previous sign’s energy into it, Taurus still sometimes embodies that selfish nature of Aries.  I like to call Taurus the “CEO of The Zodiac”.  You will feel a need to take more charge and control over your life during the next few weeks.

At the same time of this conjunction, Pluto will quickly square off with the sun, giving us a strong urge to step back into our power and regain control or anything we have lost.  Get ready to really feel that Taurus pull to stand your ground!

Jupiter and Uranus will help you with this ownership expansion.  Uranus is The Planet of Rebellion and Revolution and Jupiter is The Planet of Expansion and Growth.  Throughout this conjunction, you will feel a higher calling to step into your power, for the sake of your personal evolutionary transformation.  The particular energy to do so will be available through May 5th.  Uranus is also the planet of Innovation and Jupiter is The Planet of Fortune & Joy.  With this all happening in earthly, material Taurus, you might come up with an idea on how to expand your wealth or how to do more of what brings you joy.  You may also become more financially supported to live your life in the way you want to!

In addition to receiving the insights you may need in order to move forward or up, you may also find the people you need this season.  On April 21st at 11:58pm CST, Juno, the asteroid representing partnerships, finances, and emotional connections goes Direct in 13 degrees Sagittarius.  This is also the sign ruled by Jupiter, adding to that expansive energy already fueled by the conjunction with Uranus.  Despite these alignments, I would still take caution on making any official agreements, forming any business partnerships, or making any commitments.  Mercury is still retrograde until the morning of April 25th, and its post-retrograde shadow will last pretty much until May 1st.  This will interfere with Taurus season’s usual nature of being quiet and add a chattiness to the air.  Don’t be surprised if your mind, spirit guides, and more want to communicate to you and through you right now.  Uranus will want to light up your mind in different ways, Jupiter will want you to broaden your horizons and explore beyond your borders, and Mercury can help you listen to where it is you need to go.  Mix in a Full Moon in mystical magickal Scorpio on April 23rd, and you are destined this season to explore the things you’re feeling metaphysically.  As much as Taurus is represented by the bull, they are also ruled by Venus.  Give yourself permission to learn into your softer, more open side, expansive side over the next few weeks.

Venus actually enters Taurus on April 29th, and with Mars moving into its ruling sign of Aries one day after on April 30th, the energy could go either way.  On the lower side, this combination of Aries and Venus energy could create conflict, volatility, and separation.  On the high side, this merging of the masculine and feminine in the most fertile season could create great potential for growth and production.  It’s all up to how we dance with what plays out!  We are always in control.

As if the April side of Taurus season wasn’t enough, there’s even more to come in May!  On May 2, Pluto goes retrograde in Aquarius.  After squaring off first with the sun and challenging our ego, this new shift will cause us to look within and challenge ourselves.  Aquarius is innovative, eccentric, and revolutionary.  Pluto is all about power, rebirth, control, and resurrection.  This transit will last until October 11th, and in the fall the retrograde will shift into Capricorn.  For now, the Aquarian vibe encourages us to spend more time in the thinking mind rather than taking action.  Pluto is our slowest moving planet and this retrograde will give us time to ponder over different scenarios in our mind and philosophize the concepts and intentions our energy is fueling.  This retrograde will be a time of thinking about how we can regain more sovereignty in our lives, and with the initiation coming from Taurus this time around, there will be a calling to spend a lot more time in solitude.  Our energy is the most valuable/invaluable resource we have, and when we have control of how we exchange it and manage our time, we truly stand in our power.

On May 7th, you’ll have the opportunity to really infuse your efforts with true seeded lunar intention.  The New Moon in Taurus is sometimes known as “The Money Moon,” and it gives you a powerful opportunity to really claim what you desire in this world and in this lifetime.  We will also just be shifting out of the Uranus/Jupiter conjunction, positioning you to be more open and expansive with the reality you can create and receive.  Don’t hold back on the Taurus new moon!  Dream big and make sure to write it down, so it becomes more of a reality.  With Pluto retrograde in Aquarius happening at the same time, you are being given the scepter of power to create anything you can imagine!

One week into the Taurus lunar cycle, Ceres will also go retrograde.  Symbolizing nurturing and sustenance, this shift will occur  between 21 and 7 degrees of Capricorn, causing us to re-evaluate how we are taken care of in our professional lives.  If we work for ourselves, we will be called to look at the sustainability of our efforts.  Overall, it is a time to check in and see if what we are working toward is perpetuating our growth and expansion, or is it to the detriment of our fertility.  Just like Pluto retrograde, this transit will last for some time.  From May 15th through August 11th, Ceres will spin backwards, causing us to really prioritize this summer what supports our joy and vitality.  With the push into motion happening in Taurus season (another earth sign like Capricorn), we are encouraged to ground into this focus with strong force and will.  When it comes to the nature of your happiness, wellness, and inner harmony, it is time to get bullish about what you truly need.  Also don’t hold yourself back from telling others these priorities.  Mercury enters Taurus on May 15th, seeding your throat chakra with the power it needs to open and express what is ok and not ok moving forward.

Another asteroid, Pallas, also goes retrograde in Taurus season just one day after the Ceres retrrograde begins.  This asteroid connects to strategic planning and wisdom, and with it coinciding with Ceres retrograde there is a push to ask ourselves to truly contemplate how we are behaving.  Scorpio always asks us to look within, and with this sign ruling Pallas retrograde we will have to dive deep and ask ourselves some hard truths.  When it comes to what we are doing, are we paying too much or giving too much to the distractions of this 3D holographic, external world?  If so, this will not only pull us away from our own self-care, but it will also keep us from going into the deeper spiritual practices we also need.  On the other hand, are we too deep within our own hermit bubble, separating us from the external and our potentially supportive network?  If so, this retrograde along with Ceres spinning backward will invite us back into a space of balance.  With all of this starting during Taurus season, we are now called to find the harmony between giving and receiving, doing and non-doing, spending time on others and spending time on ourselves, etc.  The more we find this inner harmony, the more overall guidance and eventual alchemy we will experience.

By the time we enter Gemini season on May 20th, we should feel more of a foundation in who we are and where we are headed.  This will be good for us, because Gemini energy can be a bit distracting and all over!  This Taurus season focus on truly stabilizing, so you can discover your core truths and stand your ground in who you want to become.

Aries Season

March 19th -  April 19th, 2024

We have just shifted into Aries season, the first sign of the zodiac.

The energy is transmuting from water to fire, yet Pisces energy still lingers and rules the lunar cycle until April 8th.  Take advantage of this gradual buildup of energy.  By the time we reach the next New Moon we will find ourselves under a total solar eclipse ruled by The Cosmic Warrior, giving us 6 cosmic bodies in total under the rule of Cardinal Fire.  Anytime we experience a solar eclipse we get a “flash” of light that represents a glimpse into both our past and our future.  These are portals of karmic opportunity for us to continue learning where we are or choose to level up.  And with Aries energy ruling this eclipse cycle we are bound to move forward swiftly and intentionally toward whatever direction we choose.  Get ready for things to happen in a moment’s notice!  Aries energy loves spontaneity!

We’ve already been introduced to this energy with the shift of Mercury into Aries one day after the New Moon in Pisces.  This brought more assertiveness to our communication skills and more ability to execute how we need to express ourselves.  We might have also felt a need to upgrade our technology, look into trade and finances, or simply navigate digital realms in a different way.

We will continue to feel a need for change as we move further into this season, especially with 2 eclipses on the rise!  On March 25th at 2am CST we will experience a Full Moon and Penumbral Eclipse in 5 degrees of Libra, illuminating any issues around relationships, harmony, cooperation/collaboration, balance, justice, and fairness.  Usually a lunar eclipse focuses more on the emotional aspect of things, so pay attention to how you feel around your energetic exchanges at this time.  If anything feels out of alignment, it is.  Use the two weeks after the full moon to make adjustments accordingly, so you have the energy you need once the New Moon in Aries and Total Solar Eclipse arrives on April 8th!

This season also gives us 2 retrogrades to navigate.

On March 29th Pallas turned retrograde, encouraging us to navgiate our deepest belief systems.  Typically, Pallas represents our ability to use past wisdom in order to strategize how to fight for our truths.  When this cosmic body is in retrograde, we are being called to find out what we are truly fighting for.  From the end of March through July 10th, pay extra special attention to what you believe and why you believe it.  With the initiation of this quest happening in eclipse season, I do believe we also have the opportunity to switch our our truth to “the other side” or an entirely different direction.  I also find it interesting that this is happening during an election year in North America and during heightened political times globally.  Things are about to get VERY interesting!

If all of this wasn’t enough, Mercury goes Retrograde on April 1st in Aries!  It’s no April Fools!  Take extra caution as you navigate conversations, and be sure to be mindful of your triggers.  Also try to embrace patience as much as possible.  Mercury Retrograde is not a time to make decisions!  If you have something big you’re working toward, it’s best to take a pause throughout the month of April.  Although Mercury goes direct on the 25th, there will still be a post-shadow period to navigate where things may be wonky.  By the time we arrive into Beltane/May Day on May 1st, energy should start to normalize.

Eclipse seasons are a time of karmic reset.  We can choose to continue learning what our spirit feels we need to, or we can level up in the way our spirit craves.  With so much Aries energy ruling both this eclipse season and the energy at hand overall, I believe it’s time to move forward for most of us.  Whether it be an inner conflict you’re facing or an external battle, trust that you have the power, mindset, and ability to see yourself through to victory over your struggles.

Pisces Season

February 18th - March 19th, 2024

It’s PISCES Season, and it's time to bring out our artistic side!

With so much Aquarius air energy influencing us and the cosmos right now, we can’t help but get expressive!

As we move from the sign of The Cosmic Water-Bearer/Storyteller to the season where two fish dance, we start to really feel the emotion of our history.  This may be a season where you both deeply feel and emotionally process.  With Pisces energ harnessing so much creativity, you may find energetic support through the arts.  Whether you get artistic yourself, or you prefer to take in others’ performances and creations, the next few weeks may attract you to artistry as a sort of medicine.

Speaking of medicine, Mercury will enter into Pisces on February 23rd, just a few days into this season.  Controlling the throat chakra, Mercury might have a way of nudging you to express yourself more than normal.  This won’t be in an external sort of way.  Rather, you may turn to crying, journaling, meditating or sleeping, or working on self-healing/understanding.  With this being the last season on the zodiac wheel and the last month of winter, it’s the perfect time to dive deep into your inner self to do the work you need to in order to be prepared for what’s ahead!

Speaking of diving deep, Pisces isn’t just representative of the two fish—this energy embodies the entire Cosmic Ocean!  No matter your opinion on creation story, we know the creation of life arises out of the waters of the womb.  We also see many of our land masses forming out of our planet’s oceans.  Even Hindu mythology mentions an ocean of milk many times in its creation stories.  There have always been relationships of water and creation, but much of it still remains a mystery. Even our ocean’s have yet to be fully understood and explored!  When it comes to exploring your inner self and your energy/emotional body, give yourself grace in knowing it may never be fully understood.

Despite this knowing, Pisces energy will encourage you to explore regardless, and when the Full Moon in Virgo illuminates on the morning of the 24th, you may start to receive some of the answers you are seeking.  Also pay attention to the 24 or so hours before and after the peak of the full moon.  This is a micromoon and won’t impact us as strongly, but we still may have things come to light during this time.  And while Pisces energy has a tendency to bring things to the surface regardless (water cycles up then rains back down!), the full moon portal may be an especially powerful time for you to pay attention to what comes up or through.

You may also have things come through the entire of Pisces season, but especially around the New Moon on March 10th.  This lunar portal peaks exactly at 4am in the Central Time Zone, and arises in an auspicious window of time in North American in general.  The New Moon is a time of apana energy—something that grounds us into earth, the human body, and the human experience.  When we combine this energy with a New Moon in Pisces, we will be encouraged to slow down and move into more states of conscious rest.  The early hours of the day from around 3am-6am can be a powerfully potent time to tap into what’s beyond this earthly realm and veil.  If you can, set an alarm to arise extra early on the day of the New Moon to harness what needs to come to you.  It could be a magical time for you to receive messages, guidance, insights, and more!

You may also need to slow down during this time to sit with things and truly process them.  One day after the New Moon, Venus shifts into Pisces and encourages us to beautify what we’ve been feeling.  Again, we may feel a need to get creative or artistic at this time, and we may even use deep, dark, even seemingly “ugly” emotions to produce really amazing, imaginative, beautifully moving material creations.  If you need to make something, craft something, create something, or express something around the time of the Pisces New Moon Portal, move it through and trust it’s healing you.  Mercury even moves into Aries one day before the new moon on March 9th to help you take action and dive into those deeper depths that are calling you.

By the time we arrive into Aries season and the Vernal Equinox on March 19th, we should feel open and ready for what’s ahead.  We know we have dreams and ambitions, but we also know we have to take action on them and handle challenges along the way.  Aries energy is a cosmic warrior, but you won't be ready to embrace your battle or the training for it if you don’t rest first and prepare for what’s ahead.  These next 4 weeks of Pisces season will be all about tapping into the realms of the seemingly non-doing, where so much is happening beyond our senses.  Notice what happens the more you tune out and tune within.  Portals of endings and beginnings are magical spaces!  Embrace what is ready to auspiciously arrive to you!

Aquarius Season

January 20th - February 18th, 2024

It’s the season of Aquarius, and we’re at the official dawn of a new era!

We also have Pluto entering Aquarius on the same day as the sun this year, which is something that hasn’t happened since 1778!  Some astrologers believe we are now officially in the “Age of Aquarius,” while others believe this is the last year before we embark on a new chapter.

I’m in the latter group.  There’s something within me that senses we are in the final stages of letting go.  Before we are able to fully step into an Aquarian life, we must first shed the layers of programming and structure we’ve aligned ourselves with for so long.  The Age of Capricorn wasn’t for the lighthearted.  We’ve been under the energy of government, hard-work, heirarchy, structure, rules, and a whole lot of boundaries.  As we navigate the final release of these ways, there will come resistance.  We’ve felt the pressure of this on the collective as powers to be struggle to figure out how to rule or stay in control.  The rise of protests and non-compliance to control is a sign of Aquarius energy starting to rise, and there will likely be more to come.  Just as Pluto in Aquarius sparked the revolutionary war in the late 1700s, the Planet of Power will again come into play to remind us to fight for our freedoms, shift our perspectives, and restructure our society for the better of humanity.

This call for change will also resonate in your personal life.  This season may start to initiate sensations of breaking points within you that make you want to break free of whatever boxes you’re in.  Aquarius is an energy that prefers to think OUTSIDE of the box, and this constant separation of society will no longer stand.  Ask yourself this season who you really are and who you want to become.  Let go of labels.  Embody the sensation or feeling instead.  The more you step outside of where you are now, the more free you will feel.

As much as Aquarius is a season of dreaming, the beginning of this season will present some limitations.  On January 23rd, Venus joins Mars and Mercury in Capricorn, causing our closest 3 neighboring planets to influence more than normal.  Rather than let go of projects or switch direction, Mars in Capricorn may encourage us to continue to stay where we are and continue pressing forward.  Mercury in Capricorn will motivate us to set strong boundaries around our creative spaces and give us full courage to express what we need in order to succeed.  However, when Venus comes to work with you she also drives you to consider your intentions.  What is your purpose right now?  What do you aim to achieve?  Mars and Mercury alone may have put dollar signs at the forefront, but Venus says it has to be more than that.  As you either continue to work where you are or begin to consider an alternative, make sure the outcome of your efforts causes both you and the collective to vibrate higher.  Money can still be a great focus, but ask yourself what GOOD you can do with the money once you have it.  Aquarius is The Cosmic Humanitarian, and whatever you work toward this season will have to hold intentions of tithing to your heart-tugging causes in the future.

There may also be a need to beautify the way you do things this season.  Venus energy prefers for things to be “pretty,” and when Venus is in Capricorn we need to make sure our work spaces have aesthetic.  If you work with your creativity professionally, you will also feel more inspiration to enhance the flow.  In my own life I’ve been giving my website a makeover that matches more of my current intentions, and by the end of this Aquarius season I hope to be launched into an entirely different looking virtual world!  The rigidness and structure of my site aligned with my Capricorn moon, but now that Aquarius is taking over with Venus I feel the need to shed that layer of hardness from my personality.  My new site will be full of more celestial and feminine vibes, which aligns perfectly with the cosmos at this time.

The Leo Full Moon rising on January 25th also influences us o focus on the look of things more than the function or operation.  Leo is one of the most obsessed of the signs when it comes to looks, so don’t be surprised if you feel the need to both glam up your spaces and glow up yourself at the same time.  Being the season of Aquarius, it’s time to embrace the fullest expression of who you are, and when Leo energy shows up as a full moon it’s time to ROAR with pride who you are!  Aquarius energy is also very different from the rest of the zodiac.  If you feel like getting weird with your image, now is the time!  Don’t be afraid to completely change yourself during this Aquarius season.  With Uranus going Direct in Venus-ruled Taurus on January 27th, Mercury entering Aquarius on February 5th, Mars entering Aquarius on February 13th, and Venus entering Aquarius on February 16th, you can’t help but bust out of your boxes completely!  If you’re ready for a full makeover, whether it be with yourself, your wardrobe, your spaces, or your professional pursuits, let yourself be open to the new possibilities arriving!

On February 9th it will be especially important to focus on the design of your life and who you want to become.  We will find ourselves under the Aquarius New Moon that day and also celebrating both Lunary New Year and the Chinese New Year of the Dragon!  This will be an incredibly auspicious time to transform ourselves and the way we do things while also setting deep intentions and focus around our dreams.  If you haven’t felt inspired to develop new year’s resolutions or really shift yourself in any way, that may change the first few weeks of February.  As Aquarius energy starts to rise up and rule more and more, you will also feel a need to rise up and reclaim your life and your sovereignty.

Another archetype of Aquarius is The Cosmic Storyteller.  You may have found yourself attached to different stories from your past, but this will no longer be your programming.  As much as our past will always be a part of us and our experiences, we also possess the inner magic to alchemize our attachments and feelings to the scenarios.  During the next few weeks, use the influence of Aquarius to re-tell your story in a more positive way.  How has your past molded and shaped you?  What lessons have you learned from past experiences that were seemingly negative?  What blessings have risen out of your challenging circumstances?  These questions and more can be asked during this time.  Use the influence of Aquarius to reflect on your past, find unconditional love and forgiveness, and let yourself be guided by the wisdom you’ve gained in the process.  

However you navigate this season, let yourself be open.  As much as Aquarius is mistaken for water, this is an air sign and one of the most powerful.  The energy of this season knows no bounds.  Let yourself dream BIG dreams, pursue big actions, and push yourself to go beyond the limits of your current imagination.