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Burning question: How do I give to receive? How do I find a balance between work and pleasure?

Taurus - The Earthy Pulse

Is abundance given, manifested or do you grow and nurture it? What does abundance mean for you?

A Taurus Full Moon illuminates where you have been tending to and growing steady abundance. This is the sign of fertile earth where the Moon, who symbolises your Fortune, emotions, body and flow, is in her exaltation, a place of high regard. The laughter-loving, sensual Venus rules, asking you to experience beauty, value and worth as embodied experiences lived through the senses and body.

Taurus is steady, solid and substantial. Picture a calm and lush garden, the hum of bees in clover, the rhythm of breath in meditation, the body’s quiet wisdom that knows when to tend and when to allow space. Here, we return to instinctive knowledge and the natural cycles and rhythms of nature.

Taurus is an Earth Sign, Fixed in nature and Yin or feminine, meaning that it is receptive so the significations may be experienced internally, or in a more subtle way.

Fixed signs may be known for stability, determination, reliability and persistence, also sometimes, stubbornness or tunnel vision. This is the field that has been carefully tended over time, it contains and multiplies what has been planted from the effort invested.

The Moon, who moves so quickly through the zodiac, finds stability here. She can receive without depletion the gifts of exaltation and hold space for growth.

This Full Moon stands out because the ruler Venus is still in her breezy home sign of Libra, so she has full expression of her benefic and bountiful significations. The exalted Moon is also bringing its highest potential, offering a sense of ease and natural flow.

However, there is also the potential for the cup to spill over. Exalted planets can bring some excess of their significations, so a full range of powerful emotions may be fully experienced in the body, especially with the water trine forming and reforming over the next few weeks. The Sun in Scorpio forms a whole sign Grand Trine with Saturn in Pisces and Jupiter in Cancer.

Venus is the benefic planet of the night, while Jupiter is the benefic planet of the day. Jupiter is also in an exalted place, in Cancer. So both benefic planets are well placed, as well as the Moon, which adds to the potential abundant significations of this Moon.

It’s a great time to connect with your senses, indulge in self-care, and prioritise what brings you joy and stability, while you reflect on what is culminating for you.

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The Nature of a Full Moon

Full Moons reveal what has ripened, culminated or is coming to a conclusion. Astrologically, they occur when the Moon reaches an opposition with the Sun, as our two luminaries, our lights, an opposition represents a symbolic dialogue between the conscious and the instinctive, between light and shadow.

Symbolically, we prepare to harvest what was sown at the New Moon. We might look at the New Moon of 2 weeks ago and the Taurus New Moon 6 months ago, as their outcomes are now visible. Full Moons can bring illumination, we see the light of the Moon, reflecting the Sun’s light and brightening the night sky, bringing awareness, and often, release.

The light of the Full Moon can also be uncomfortable, it exposes with the illumination and asks for truth. We see what’s flourishing and what’s failing to thrive, and we are called on to respond.

The Moon Family: Taurus II

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