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From 04.20 to 05.20, the Sun always transits on Taurus. The sign is ruled by Venus, a planet to make ties, surround and become part of. The sign is also represented by a bull dedicated to add substance and increase the volume of bodies. The ruling planet is assigned to seven Egyptian Tarot cards by Kier Ed., and is associated to number 6. And, among Greek deities, is related to Aphrodite and Apollo: the goddess of love and the god of music.
During the solar month it begins a season of straight tendencies in each Hemisphere. In the North, it's time to move forwards with self-confidence and strength, with no fear of making clear decisions focused on goals. In the South, we have to take distance, observe over the circumnstances and meditate on the own situation as well on other people's situations. I Ching refers to these moments in hexagrams Ta Chuang The Power of the Great (34) and Kwan Viewing (20): the use of force and abstinence, respectively.
According to classic and esoteric Astrologies, Taurus counts on several rulers: Venus, Vulcan and Jupiter, key masses for developing fixated signs (the very Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius). And, according to Karmic Astrology, Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo & Capricorn) are practical builders, quite focused on concrete stuff and the utility of resources.
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Venus, the ruler, is assigned to 1 major card and 6 minor ones: Indecision (6), The Weaver (24), Alliance (33), Preeminence (42), Counseling (51), Evolution (60) and Rebirth (78).
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Venus' cardsIt's associated to number 6 in Ed. Kier's Egyptian Tarot deck. It's about a series of cards to fall in love and make people fall in love, look for company, make ties and strengthen sentimental relationships. The change in already existing societies, whether be a couple or partnerships, is indicated by the need of finding the most important thing, what demandes more attention.The previous is a test of Fire for the spirit, and the circle should be opened to find new incentives, a new engine to impulse growth and trascend ways from the past, even if they're harmonic and pleasant.The renewal is present in the path of Venus. Maybe by taking some distance, maybe not, but a developmental move implies a new aim in any common path. Relations are transformed, so they become a basic tool to cover new needs, project a new shared cycle. And, across that path, a new sprout grows, setting the roots for a new common experience.index
Northern Hemisphere
TA CHUANG The Power of the Great
34. Great advance (destructive cycle).
Expectations will be higher as the month passes by. But there might be a brief delay in plans, a little move backwards for taking a renewed impulse later. These weeks will be just the times preceding a great determination about the own purposes. A gate is about to be opened while we prepare for the last phases of the chosen course and arrange things for resolutive actions. Plain and clear statements are coming: it is time for it. If differences with the surrounding environment, they won't mean a big thing: it' a good time to be clear about the own preferences and position, cease continuation if necessary, and make a stand about the own affairs, with or without obstinacy.
Southern Hemisphere
KWAN Viewing
20. Panoramic view and overflying (destructive cycle)
A month to seat and wait, while looking at the way the flow slows down, not trying to retain and, instead, deepening into meditation, and stopping judgements and reasoning, for a while. A time of a seemingly passivity while the world is contemplated and watched from a panoramic view. There might be difficult situations, not being possible to make resolutive decisions about them. And this weak active potency may catch other people's attention... How to practically handle things with no structure or solid resources? A time to observe and watch, both inside and outside.
Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius are all fixated signs. They set physical bases of any project, make decisions related to development, and also know the way to vitalize in order to be expanded. When the Sun is in Taurus, the four fixated signs are displayed in a very particular way.
To TAURUS, the season makes it fall in love, and will hardly find problems to stay in tune and harmony. This state includes couples, partners and fellows. All seems to match, and a great love might rise in life. But besides relationships, it seems resources might be increased, especially in the quantities the sign amasses (goods, body and properties).To LEO, the month of the bull makes it desire more, directing as an only instance, becoming present and taking the lead in the own life and in the life of other people. Natives might have ingenious insights, which will be well welcomed by an environment that will quickly consider it as a great leader.To SCORPIO, the month is great to develop ideas and find whatever be necessary to put them in practice. The amount of work could increase, with excellent results. A month of hard work to start hard jobs: natives will know what to do, with what and how. Keep strength!To AQUARIUS, the bull provides a seduction tone to ideas. Allow to be guided because it will bring benefits in return: all will seem to be beautiful and nice during the month. Being equals will be a quite stimulating experience for the water carrier. Growing next to others won't just increase awareness but also will bring a lot of friends.index
Among Olympian deities, Taurus is associated to Aphrodite and Apollo: shared love and harmonic music. About Aphrodite, read the previous newsletter, since Greek deities have double rulerships in the Zodiac: Aphrodite is associated to both Aries and Taurus.
Apollo, god of musicSon of Zeus, King of Olympus, and the titan Leto, his sister Artemis helped him to be born, while Hera was jealous (Zeus' wife) and chased those who dare to help his mother during birth.His eyes were as bright as sunlight. He counted on his father's powers and was usually considered to have the gift of prophecy, since he was the patron of the oracle of Delfos.He took with him a lyre, to play music and sing with muses of the arts, science and literature. He was the god of harmony, order and reason. He also protected cattles and herds, and counted on solar characteristics, luminous, the truth.He also took an arrow and arch, and was considered as the god of sudden death, plagues and diseases. In this sense, the god revealed a dualistic face since he was also protector and healer. Accordingly, like a dualistic god, he had masculine and feminine lovers, and became father of 20 children or descendants.
Those born from 04.24 until the end of the solar month (05.20) will experience karmic crossroads, choosing between reason and feelings: find an echo to be in tune since it will become a vital task. Those born between 04.20 and 30 should not fear chaos and collective struggles. Whereas those births between 04.30 and 05.15 should take care of mental issues: there will be a risk to lose the pause of thinking, without reasoning and canceling the perception of quite useful details for the present and future.
Northern HemisphereMoon's rising sign: Virgo. Ruler: Mercury.Contradictions are part of life. Unmatching tendencies will become an usual experience, all along lifetime. The past is a tool, an instrument quite important to find a karmic trace towards the future. Thoughts will change frequently, feeling that ideas are from the past and have no relevance. But study and discriminative contemplation should not be removed from the horizon. Air must enter the earth for nutrients to breath, two quite different elements: free space and compact earth. This is the way of the evolutional path, quite strange dure to hard-to-see combinations.
Southern HemisphereMoon's rising sign: Pisces. Ruler: Neptune.A changing present and a past that is about to be left behind might catapult in a brief time to a kind of future that, nowadays, it rather seems to be far away. It's just a matter of getting involved with transmutation, change and transformation of any tendency showing up in the experience. Many years could be saved if natives take what is offered, although without expecting to remain in the same frequence for too long. This includes great passions, the sense of belonging and the power of influence. There is a chance, it's just about focusing desire to modify birth karma.index
Lunar months last approximately 29 days, and are very useful to consider short-term purposes. The beginning of the month is for setting tendencies, and the effects can be fully observed 15 days later. The rest of the month is for decreasing the initial tendency and freeing space for the new cycle to come.NEW MOON. The lunar month begins on April 27th with Moon and Sun at 7º Taurus. Control impulses and aggressive tendencies (it won't possible all the time). Growth might remain blocked: watch at fixations and the tendency to harm when things don't go as expected.FULL MOON. Moon will shine at midnight on May 12th at 22º Scorpio, with the Sun at 22º Taurus. Darkness, the Moon's world, might insert imperatives, leaving no free space to handle situations. Think twice before making love decisions. It will be hard to stay mind-focused, and the effects of decisions could leave people without a clear orientation or path.
Northern HemispherePink MoonTransmuting the lunar month wont' be an easy task or, at least, it will require a lot of changes during a brief time period. First, connect to an altered context, diversified, full of explosions. Then, see what remains in the own environment, what it has become, what survives. Waters, the emotional side of the experience, wait at the end of the monthly road. The most important thing will be finding another way to live in concrete terms: is there functionality? The end of the path is not too definite, but Moon will be one to finally feel, sense, leave the door open to experience what is not yet defined.
Southern HemisphereHunter MoonThe key of the lunar month is finding counterweight, an alternative to the bull's fixations. The key is in depths, in the occult, in not-too-obvious dimensions. Research and dive into the unknown since it will take you to karmic goals related to perception and intuition. It's not necessary to stay involved in struggles or take part. Just get out of all of it and stay open to a sublimating awareness, without infuencing on parts or being inclined to any of those who are far from each other.
Gaudí of the seas
The birth chart of the Spanish architect displays the vertex of a kit pattern in Taurus. That's the area where energy was poured on, with Pluto, Saturn and Uranus in the sign. Visit the section Art & Mancies to know how the artist expressed the sign in artworks and private developments, mainly in the construction of stony cripts, cathedrals and mansions.
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Native-American Zodiac
The month of Taurus to the Northern Hemisphere is related to Beaver. The sign has a natural talent for business, with remarkable efficiency in performance. It also provides an impressive mental acuity and great insistence about the way to make a progress or take things ahead. Inside of its own space, Beaver is loyal, kind, giving and supportive.
The month of Taurus to the Southern Hemisphere is related to Snake, a sign that changes skin as it grows. It's usually inclined to teaching, sensitive practices and healing. Among friends and relatives, it shares humor and creative characteristics although it takes sentimental relationships very seriously.
Source: Native American Zodiac Astrology.
Trees of Celtic tradition
Tree spirits are assigned according to lunar months, which begin at different dates than solar months do. When the Sun is in Taurus, the spirits of Saille and Huath flourish. That of Saille is present since before the month of Taurus begins, between April 15 and until May 12. The rest of the solar monthe belongs to Huath. About the spirit of Saille present since before, when the Sun was in Aries, read again the previous delivery of the newsletter dedicated to the sign of the ram.
People born between 05.13 and 06.09 are assigned to the spirit of Huath (called Hawthorn in Gallic). The tree is associated to the H character, which in Chiromancy points to the thumb's first phalanx, or will. The finger is also associated to ether element, with the mount of Venus at the base. Huath is a tree meaning strength, sturdiness, contradiction and duality, such as card 6 Indecision of the Egyptian Tarot deck tells about.
It's a small tree, of compact branches and is quickly extended in seeds, creating dense and thorny bushes. It prefers humid soils and may reach up to 29 ft high. But in general terms, it doesn't need too many attention to grow, just a moderated irrigation, since it adapts easily to cold weather.
Corext is grat but, when mature, it turns to brown. Wood is dense and heavy, and leaves fall in winter. Flowers are hermaphrodite and create bunches of pink or white petals. Fruits are rounded, of crimson color, and hold inside an only seed. Anyway, birds and other animals take parte in the expansion of the bush, even when seeds are not abundant. And, even though the wood is hard, the tree adapts to several fields, and grows and expands quickly.
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