Wendy Cicchetti

Taurus New Moon

The Taurus New Moon spotlights security, stability, and loyalty across time, with Sun and Moon descriptive of both offering and receiving these facets. We may do so in exchanges with others, or simply by being in contact with physical symbols (personal possessions or external structures, for example).

With Taurus connected to the sensual, pleasurable aspects of life, we especially value aesthetics. Positive responses to what we see, hear, touch, smell, and taste may affect our feelings more than we realize, making instant impressions when entering buildings or being greeted by others.

We may also be affected just as much at home by our senses, or through the energies of close company with others. Whether and how we remain attached to certain places and people may be heightened now. When taking in home comforts, travel lodgings, or real estate, we immediately know whether we feel happy or not. The same applies to food, with our systems clearly signaling whether a meal is “good” or “bad.” While internal feedback probably goes on without our thinking about it, sensory triggers communicate right at the core of our survival needs. If an experience goes well, we subscribe to it, feeling safe and happy to sign up for more. Where things go badly, or feel neutral, we move on, sensing no bond for us there.

A process of detachment, where we feel less safe and secure, echoes through the New Moon’s conjunction with Uranus, associated with fractures and distance. We are more likely to sever bonds or sense situations no longer aligning with who and where we are under this hard aspect.

Jupiter’s conjunction with Uranus, Sun, and Moon adds an extra bid for freedom and awareness of wider choices. Yet our sense of security may be rocked as we shift loyalties elsewhere. We can find peace in knowing any jarring changes point toward improvements, as we start building a fresh feel-good factor.

Venus is in a stellium with Moon, Sun, Uranus, and Jupiter, highlighting attraction alongside needs for love and rapport. Conduct and connections matter as much as standards with people hoping to be treated kindly through any difficult processes of change, whether in business or personal realms.

We can draw on the lucidity of Venus in a sign she naturally belongs in, trusting our attraction instincts. Confusion is reduced when we know what we like and want. If outer circumstances mirror our preferences, we need not hesitate to move forward, as we sense we will thrive.

The stellium echoes themes of the Tower card in tarot, leaving a difficult scenario with safety and stability under threat. Our world may feel rocked during the New Moon cycle; we cannot carry on comfortably as normal and must take a leap toward further protection. Jupiter in Taurus hints we can trust the process, as there’s a larger, more benevolent force in front of us.

The Moon separates from a close Saturn sextile, suggesting a change is sanctioned, but also limiting — for now. Perhaps we withstand a short delay, while a new foundation is laid. We may play a creative role, such as rebuilding a website or part of our home, involving either Saturnine discipline, patience, or hard labor. The change moves everything to a better arrangement, even if we trimmed down along the way.

Limited time and other resources are trials of Saturn. Yet their very nature helps us get more focused. With careful application, we can soon have a less cluttered, shinier proposal to put forward. En route, in Jupiter– Uranus style, we may learn more about technology or tools that help us engage more fluently and fluidly with the shape of the future. Overall, we can still win!

This article is from the Mountain Astrologer by Diana McMahon Collis