the meaning of the New Moon Solar Eclipse in taurus | April 30th, 2022 - blessings come out of nowhere, change is good, risks pay off, fresh starts with what really matters

The Taurus Moon meets the Taurus Sun at 10 degrees Taurus at 4:28 PM EDT on Saturday, April 30th.  Happening conjunct the Moon's North Node makes this a New Moon Solar Eclipse. 

This is the first Solar Eclipse (a partial since the nodes are only widely conjunct the Moon) of 2022 - the Moon blocks the Sun and the flow of energy to planet Earth is interrupted - focusing our attention on that point. We get a cosmic reset, much like a computer being turned off and back on and the program that uploads at restart is a little bit (or quite a lot) different than the one we ran on before.

Eclipses change us, and we, (vibrating differently), change our circumstances by attracting or repelling what our new self lines up with.

Eclipse events don't often happen on the actual date of the Eclipse. One tricky thing with eclipse energy I have found from personal experience as well as other people's charts is they often work backward. The thing the eclipse is "eclipsing out" or "bringing to light" can happen days or weeks before the physical Sun is overtaken by the Moon. Often almost exactly one week or one month before (or after). Then they play out over six months to several years.

 

Let's dive right in and unpack the chart!

 

The Moon is conjunct the Sun at 10 degrees Taurus and conjunct Uranus at 14 Taurus. The Moon is in a productive/opportunistic sextile with Mars (in Pisces). Venus, ruler of this lunation as ruler of Taurus, is exalted in Pisces and conjunct Jupiter EXACT. 

The conjunction to chaotic/change-maker Uranus - this is applying, so hasn't happened yet (although it might have, because keep in mind, eclipses are kind of a time out of time), speaks of changes that come OUT OF THE BLUE. Probably not totally unexpected, but it could be. The changes push us (coax us maybe with Venus in Pisces) toward SOMETHING ELSE. Away from what is dead/dying and toward something new and growing. Uranus in Taurus has spent the last few years shaking us out of our comfort zones, prying our fingers from the stuff that is no longer needed/no longer valuable for our highest GROWTH and this New Moon Partial Solar Eclipse can kick changes, over the next few weeks and months, into a higher gear.

There are many reasons to be VERY HOPEFUL with this one.

The Moon's most exact aspect (other than the solar conjunction) is an opportunistic/creative sextile to Mars in Pisces. Mars isn't particularly strong in Pisces and it may take until Mars is past Neptune and Jupiter and gets into his home sign of Aries toward the end of May, that things really GET GOING, but GET GOING things will. Events will conspire that require ACTION. With Mars going from Pisces to Aries during this lunar cycle - this might be something about the 'dream' spurring us toward starting something new. 

The ruler of this lunation is Venus, exalted in Pisces, and EXACTLY conjunct expansive Jupiter. When Venus meets Jupiter in Pisces (with Neptune nearby!) - pretty much ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. This is likely to be very BENEFICIAL.

The Venus/Jupiter is in the Piscean realm (spirit, dreams, our ancestral inheritances) AND the Moon's energy in Taurus pulls in tangible results - things that make sense/cents - more/new money, more/new resources, more/new values, more/new self-esteem. 

Being a Solar Eclipse amplifies the goodie potential and extends the play of this. 

Keep in mind that applying conjunction to Uranus speaks of the goodies coming through a CHANGE/something unexpected and potentially disruptive/liberating. 

The sextile to Mars speaks of action, with Mars in Pisces this will be kind of drifting/intuitive/creative (maybe restful in some cases) action, probably not directly focused until Mars gets out of the Piscean waters in late May. In this case Pisces takes us to Aries, so we won't want to neglect the drifting, dreaming, intuitive, creative, restful stuff! No skipped steps even if the steps look like a nap. 

Keeping this one short and sweet, since we will talk about most of this stuff in the weekly and I am just back from a very Pisces-style trippy trip and need to adjust back into reality a bit. 

I hope something here is helpful - back tomorrow morning with the weekly and we will get caught up with everything BIG PICTURE in some other posts next week!

xo all

weekly astrology forecast | April 25th - May 1st, 2022 - UPDATED - and Venus is her name, magical possibilities, love and money luck, unexpected starts, Eclipse season begins with a bang

 

 

What magic is this week?! 

 

Some pretty potent magic folks!

I am away this week, so will fill in the week as we move along - I will add to THIS post, so pop back in - and I will get up a BIG Eclipse post, too, of course. 

 

MONDAY - Venus sextile North Node

WEDNESDAY - Mercury sextile Jupiter, Venus conjunct Neptune

THURSDAY - Mercury trine Pluto

SATURDAY - New Moon in Taurus Eclipse, Venus conjunct Jupiter

SUNDAY - Venus sextile Pluto

MONDAY - Venus, at 22 degrees Pisces sextiles the North Node in Taurus

Venus, exalted in Pisces and ruler of Taurus, sextiles (opportunity) the North Node in Taurus while she squares Ceres in Gemini at 22 degrees. 

Ceres in Gemini is smart nurturing, talking things out, having choices/multiple ways to feel better. Imagine the funny, fast mom multi-tasking with her phone (hands-free of course) while driving the kids to school. They are nurtured through her AIR. Her ability to pivot, do two things at once - her smarts.  Maybe there aren't any homemade cookies on the table awaiting the kiddies after school, but there is a probably a box of Oreos and some lively CONVERSATION.

As Venus moves into her square with Ceres she is also sextiling the North Node - way forward - and trining the South - where we are/what needs to go. Something about the tension/frustration of this square allows what needs to go to leave smoothly/unwind and the best path forward to open up. This is Pisces/Gemini, so maybe something about compassion, forgiveness, universal/unconditional love, magic, God - rubbing up against our need for logic, answers, to make a decision. Ceres can stir up mother/daughter issues, season of life situations, the need for complicated compromises. There is something uncomfortable/challenging here that allows us to release old baggage/dead weight and open to something more new, simple, GROWING. Note- trines to the South Node make it easy - and Pisces is extra slippery - to slide back into something old and comfortaable that is no longer working/isn't good for us anymore instead of letting it go, maybe something kind of self-sabotagey (not a word, of course, but it should be). Keep this in mind. 

At the same time we have the Moon, at 5 degrees Pisces sextling the Taurus Sun - this month's Waning Sextile as we prepare for this weekend's BIG Solar Eclipse in Taurus. Pisces/Taurus. Water and earth. 'Making the dream' into something realistic/practical or adding some magic to the realistic, practical nitty-gritty. Taurus pulls in our money, values, resources and self-esteem. Sextiles are subtle. Easy to miss when the portals are open and they are happening, but provide potent CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES. 

Things fall into place naturally. 

TUESDAY - UPDATED - The Moon joined the Pisces party yesterday. In Pisces we are nourished by our imagination, spirituality, art, music, the past, going with the flow. Our boundaries are more porous, so we are more likely to pick up other people's moods, thoughts, colds. Her only aspect today is an opportunistic sextile to change -maker Uranus (in Taurus).

Changes are more easily integrated. We are merging with the future.

Pallas, nearing the end of Aries squares Pluto, nearing the end of Capricorn. Even with all this Pisces, can you feel that? The need to assert/start/win/maybe even OVER-POWER. That last one being the extreme end of this. We could be acting more obsessively, compulsively. 

Or will Pisces dilute this, too?

Pallas/Pluto, powered up by a tense/back against the wall square, is good energy to make plans/strategies to deal with something we have been avoiding/maybe even something that scares the hell out of us. 

WEDNESDAY - UPDATED  - Mercury, at 27 degrees Taurus, sextiles Jupiter in Pisces, Venus meets Neptune at 24 degrees Pisces 

BIG ENERGIES TODAY.

The Moon, finishing up in Pisces today, meets up with Venus, Neptune and Jupiter. Then sextiles Mercury (in Taurus) and goes void off a sextile to Pluto (in Cappy). Everything is FLOWING/blending now. 

We are likely to be very EMOTIONAL.

Before the Moon sextiles Mercury, Mercury will sextile Jupiter. This is optimism. Confidence. The dream and the practical words/ideas to make the dream REAL, working TOGETHER. 

Words are BIG, expansive, connecting.

This is also the day when Venus meets up with Neptune. 

Love. Unconditional love. Lost in love. 

Psychic abilities. Not knowing where one thing ends and another begins. Here is where sacrifices can pay off, but we need to be clear on what we want, so we are lining up with the right things - not toss ourselves onto a burning pyre. Today's Taurus and Cappy should ground this somewhat, at least for more lunar-leaning people, but the Piscean waters today ARE DEEP. 

Be compassionate. Forgiving. Create art. Listen to music. Inspiration is EVERYWHERE. We are attracting what we have lined up with without the usual limits. 

The impossible is possible. 

Just keep in mind idealized versions of things are what we are seeing now and everything won't pan out to be exactly as it appears. That's OK and as it should be. 

We have to dream the things into being FIRST. 

THURSDAY - UPDATED - Mercury, at 28 degrees Taurus trines Pluto in Capricorn

Mercury is walking degrees he/she will re-walk during her upcoming Gemini/Taurus retrograde. 

We are having conversations/communications/situations/ideas we will be going back over and dealing with AGAIN. Things aren't settled, even if they look like they are.

Today he makes a smooth trine (brakes off) to powerful Pluto in Capricorn. 

Conversations/information can feel intense. We are looking at what is really going on beneath the words, the balance sheet, the hood. Conversations/ideas become more powerful. REALITY can be transformed. Collectively we are talking about our money, our values, our resources, our self-esteem  working with our goals, voice in the world, responsibilities, authority. Personally, this is about your Taurus house having a direct line to your Capricorn house. Trines are a smooth flow. No beating our head against the wall, exhaustive effort with this one. Something just slips into place. CLICK. We've got it. We know it. 

These are earth signs, so keep things practical/do-able. Taurus is the sign of our North Node - best direction forward now - and Mercury is STILL answering to an exalted Venus in Taurus, but not for much longer. 

How can something be made more simple? Where is the new growth? What seeds need to go into the ground?

FRIDAY - UPDATED - Mercury into Gemini, Pluto stations retrograde

Mercury (communication, ideas, local life and travel, transportation, sibling issues) moves into his/her home sign of Gemini. We will feel a difference in the days ahead as information and communications switch from turtle pace to rabbit. Increased choices, conversations and ideas will start to flow. We can CHANGE OUR MIND, SO CAN EVERYONE ELSE. We won't put everything to use, Gemini can be rather chatty, so some stuff will just move in and out, but the change in momentum will be noticeable. Keep in mind with Gemini there are more questions than answers and the information might be sometimes too quick and unreliable. But easy, adaptable conversations, suitable for the moment, can pull everything forward now. 

 

On May 10th, Mercury will station retrograde in Gemini - we are already walking degrees he/she (we) will walk two more times. He will get to 4 degrees Gemini, and stop - WAIT, WE NEED TO RETHINK THIS - then get all the back to 26 degrees Taurus on June 3rd. On June 18th, Mercury will be back where she started - 4 degrees Gemini - and the retrograde cycle will be over. We'll have decided/chosen. We'll know what we know. 

Mercury's retrrograde in his home sign of means  technical/paperwork/communication/transportation situations - whatever we have going on will be subject to this back and forth kind of REVIEW, it won't be a one and done. That's OK - this is synchronistically timed and as it should be. Work the retrograde process. Don't rush things.

Life is about to get very BUSY, anyway, and Mercury retrograde means we will be doing some things OVER AGAIN, this can't totally be helped, we will talk about this more in the weekly on Sunday.

Pluto stationing retrograde is a BIG collective deal, but not always a big personal deal, unless you are a Scorpio rising or have planets/points very near 28 degrees of Capricorn or the other cardinal signs. We will talk about this in its own post next week.

The Moon is in Aries - we are nourished/nurtured by action, physical movement, taking the initiative, time spent alone, time spent with men, passion, anger. She will sextile Saturn this morning - good for goal-oriented action, getting things FINISHED, stepping into responsibilities, working with authority. 

The Moon will go void at 5:38PM EDT off an intense square to Pluto, who, remember has just stationed retrograde and is very powerful, so no dark alleys. You are not a cat. We may get an infinite number of lives, but not nine this go-round. Argumentative-type of situations can flare up out of nowhere, so keep this in mind. This is a kind of CLEAN-UP before tomorrow's powerful Solar Eclipse as the Moon meets the Sun, which we will talk about in a BIG post on Saturday night.

SATURDAY - New Moon Solar Eclipse in Taurus with ruler Venus conjunct Jupiter!!!

SUNDAY - Venus, at 28 degrees Pisces, trines Pluto in Capricorn

xo all

artwork by the amazing zemotion

Today's astrology forecast | Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 - a test of faith

 

 

The Moon moved into Sagittarius Monday night - maybe you could feel the energy shift/lift a bit. 

 

Now we are nourished/nurtured by adventure, by what is foreign to us, by making something bigger/taking something further. 

 

Her only aspect on Tuesday is a frustrating square to Mars (in Pisces) at 3:29AM EDT. There is the possibility for expansion here, maybe a breakthrough when we confront what looks impossible. But we might be overly idealistic or aiming our sails in the wrong direction. Our faith could be tested. The Sun will be in earthy/practical Taurus by nightfall - reality check time. Pisces tends to weaken Mars and the Moon in Sagittarius is answering to Jupiter, who is in Pisces, too - it will be easy to drift off-course and likely hard to focus, so give your schedule a little wiggle room. 

With all this Pisces we will need extra rest AND we have the Mercury/Uranus conjunction - exact yesterday - asking us to pay attention to something ELSE/NEW. New skills/new dreams are being stirred, maybe slowly, maybe unexpectedly AWAKE.

It's also a good time to receive some surprising (Uranus) news (Mercury).

 

The Sun moves into Taurus tonight - we talked about that in the weekly HERE. 

 

Keep it simple. Pace yourself. Time is on your side.

xo all

artwork by the talented Kerantenita

weekly astrology forecast for creatives | April 18th to 24th, 2022 - power struggles, the devil is in the eggs, stopping to smell the roses, a fated meeting, the dream and the practicalities

 

More fiesty astrological weather as last weekend's Full Moon in Libra story rolls out. This week starts off with a bang, smooths out in the middle and ends with some final challenges/opportunities. Next week has some of the year's most beautiful aspects and it looks like this is the week we are going to have to work for them!

 

MONDAY - Sun squares Pluto, Venus sextiles Uranus, Mercury conjuncts Uranus

TUESDAY - Sun enters Taurus

WEDNESDAY - Juno enters Pisces

SATURDAY - Mercury conjuncts North Node

SUNDAY - Mercury squares Saturn, Mercury sextiles Neptune

 

MONDAY - the Sun, at 28 degrees Aries, squares Pluto in Capricorn - Venus, at 13 degrees Pisces, sextiles Uranus - Mercury, at 13 degrees Taurus, sextiles Uranus 

This is a very jacked-up day! 

 

We also have the Moon in Scorpio inconjunct the Aries Sun - this month's Waning Inconjunct just to add to the fun. So, the Moon in Scorpio is answering to Pluto and inconjunct the Sun in Aries who is squaring Pluto. If we understand Scorpio as the 8th house of death and Aries as the first house of self/starting - we can see the scene set for a bend/break that will feel like the 'end'/the elimination of what was put into motion in Aries season. This square is also the Sun's final aspect in Aries and was the bottom line/final aspect of the Aries ingress chart (new solar year). Something needs to die for something else to live/be born. Although Aries view of the 8th house is hidden, this inconjunct is where we are required to rise above our instinctual nature (which is something like survival at all costs).

 

The Sun/Pluto square is a continuation of Saturday's Full Moon, has been in play for a couple days and speaks of drama, power-struggles, compulsions, obsessive behaviors. Intense, over-the-top reactions. Situations can feel like 'life-and-death' because the Sun is our life force, and Pluto the God of the Underworld. Whatever this stirs up usually gets much worse if we are clinging to something that is dead, scared sh*tless (not dealing with what we are afraid of in a conscious way) or something is outside our control. Sun/Pluto can be incredibly damaging. Bridges get burned. Babies tossed out with dirty bathwater. 

 

We will need to use the tension as motivation (maybe to figure out why we are wanting to control the situation or what this loss of power we are feeling is really all about) instead of an excuse to BLOW.

 

The best bet for us - hold on loosely, stand in our own shoes without trying to control/manipulate anyone else, FACE OUR FEARS. Be honest with yourself and others - do not allow hidden issues/the stuff we have stuffed to create a mess of things by bubbling up in big, maybe ugly ways. We can channel this energy - Aries/Cappy - into positive ambition and goal-oriented hard work. It's a time to be standing in our power.

 

Keep in mind, Aries wakes up everyday wanting to be a Capricorn and Pluto is in Capricorn, so even though the inconjunct and square are both awkward/frustrating energies there is a path to our goal here somewhere. 

 

(A small example of this played out for me on Sunday. We were leaving in the car to go for Easter brunch/picnic and hubs was asking if we shouldn't be bringing hand wipes and I said, yes that makes sense and he went back inside to get them. He came out all huffy because they weren't where he thought they should be and he had to look for them, even though they were exactly where they've been for the last six months. His 'huffy' was probably something about not being able to 'control where things are kept', and as I am thinking this in the car and reminding myself not to respond to the 'huff' and make things worse, he starts rummaging through my glove box and now I get 'huffy' and say 'don't mess things up in there' even though it's already quite a mess. Agitated because I can't control what is happening in my car/can't control his 'huffy' mood either. Minor league power struggles. Nothing blew up, except the deviled eggs that slid off the back seat a few minutes later, but it was just this kind of agitating vibe at play - if it's not hitting our chart or we are lucky :) it might just feel like this)

With Mercury meeting Uranus at the same time, this could be about disruptive news/a change of plans. Maybe this is the same thing as the Sun/Pluto power challenge or something else. We can't go back to pretending whatever this is (the Plutonian secret/Uranian disruption) never happened and continue to grow/STAY ALIVE. Heads in sand will be pulled out. Heads that have over-reacted/gone too far can be chopped off, too. Pluto makes changes permanent, so check yourself before you wreck yourself.

The good news - and remember we talked about all this in the Full Moon in Libra post because this week and next is playing that story out - we have benevolent Venus, exalted in Pisces, sextiling (opportunity) that same chaotic Uranus. 

The change is good. The change makes sense/cents. The frustration will all be worth it in the end. THIS WILL ALL PAY OFF. Just don't let the crisis control you, don't blow things out of proportion - choose a measured response, keep moving forward.

 

The Moon in Scorpio's closing aspect will be a smooth sextile to ruler Pluto - another indicator there is a positive ending here if we manage our response/allow the tension to unwind a bit.

TUESDAY - the Sun enters Taurus

 

The Sun enters stabilizing Taurus maybe making it feel like one of those mornings after big news/events when things don't seem quite as bad (or quite as good) as they did the night before.

 
Burning Taurus energy for fuel now our attention turns to Taurean themes - our comfort, security, money, resources, our income, our possessions, our values and self-esteem - all that 2nd house stuff. What house does Taurus rule in your natal chart? Events will conspire to shift your energy there. 

 

Any Taurus planets in your chart will meet up with the Sun over the next month (Scorpio planets will be opposed by the Sun and Leo/Aquarius planets will square the Sun). In Taurus, the Sun is prudent and stubborn - and doesn't really want to fight anymore. The fire of "let's go for it" in Aries yields to a more earthy and resolute "let's take it one day at a time" kind of thing in more laid-back Taurus. Being comfortable/stable starts to be more motivating than being first. Note this comfort thing is only so comfortable during these years with disruptive Uranus in Taurus.

WEDNESDAY - Juno enters Pisces (she will station retrograde at 21 Pisces on July 25th and direct on October 23rd at 7 degrees Pisces - so will be in Pisces for the rest of the year) - yes, more Pisces, so now we have Mars, Venus, Juno, Jupiter and Neptune in Pisces!

This is going to be a long transit. We will have to pace ourselves. Some likely things we will be dealing with within our relationships/contracts include - themes of compassion, forgiveness, acceptance, spiritual contracts, idealization, martyrdom, self-sabotage/self-sacrifice, victimization. Imbalances will show up. We'll talk about this as we move through it. 

 

The detached/logical Juno in Aqua period is over, our relationships/contracts will require MORE EMOTIONAL CONNECTION.

SATURDAY - Mercury, at 22 degrees Taurus, conjuncts the North Node

 

Mercury (news, information, communication, our local community, sibling issues, transportation, tech) meets up with the North Node - our collective best path forward. Significant news might come in. A conversation that points us in a more stable direction. A moment of clarity. A fated meeting. A practical idea that makes sense/cents. This might be connected to relationships, finances, our values, self-esteem, our Taurus house theme.

SUNDAY - Mercury, at 23 degrees Taurus, squares Saturn and then sextiles Neptune at 24 degrees Pisces

So, right after meeting the North Node (the future), Mercury runs right into her/his own square to sober Saturn. Rules, limits, boundaries, authority, a "no" - maybe a need for patience, a pivot or to take something seriously. 

 

Then Mercury sextiles (opportunity) dreamy Neptune in Pisces. 

 

Our Neptune house is the way through. How can we use our intuition/imagination here? Can we be more compassionate/forgiving? Do we need a break/rest? The Moon is in logical/detached/future-focused Aquarius making a conjunction to Saturn and a closing square to Mercury, so we probably won't be thinking our way through this. What feels right? Mercury/Neptune is subtle. Easy to miss. Maybe Mercury in Taurus's stubborn words/thoughts can soften now or a magical Pisces dream get shored up with some practical planning/language. 

 

Coming right after the 'road block' Saturn square and with the Moon kind of repeating everything from another angle - we will want and need to be focusing on what is most important/beneficial and merging our practical/logical thinking with something more dreamy for best results.

xo all

 

artwork by the amazing Isabel Emrich