Taurus Eclipse & Beltane Eve Blessings

Today we have a New Moon Solar Eclipse at 10º Taurus (4/30/22 at 1:28 PDT/ 3:28 CST) , part of the current series of eclipses occurring along the Taurus/Scorpio axis. This axis encourages the exploration of silence and solitude as medicine (Taurus), and feeling deeply and living intensely (Scorpio). Something will dissolve or catalyze, either internally or externally, which is the standard script that eclipses follow. In Taurus, this eclipse asks you to be mindful, reflective, attentive to your body and instincts, to make time for solitude, to make space for your version of serenity. It also may call attention to where you feel stuck, and where you’re resisting change.

Not only are the Luminaries (Sun and Moon) in Taurus, but Uranus is also there, along with the North Node of the Moon. Uranus brings its signature authority-questioning assertion of individuality and rebellion against the status quo to the eclipse energies. Look for 10º Taurus in your natal chart to determine the arena of life most impacted by this eclipse. And you can also reflect on what themes were present for you during the Taurus eclipse in 2014 (8º Taurus).

It’s also notable that we still have a Pisces pileup, with Mars, Neptune, and the Jupiter/Venus conjunction (exact) all in the mutable water sign of Pisces. (Venus and Neptune formed an exact conjunction on Wednesday, 4/27). These aspects with Venus provide the potential for deeply creative imagination to be sparked, for increased love and self-love to unfold, for art, beauty, and dreaminess to coalesce in our hearts, even if only briefly.

We’ve also come to the Beltane part of the year, which invites a pause as we enter a new threshold. Here is an excerpt from a brief Beltane post I wrote in 2011:
The wheel of the year turns once again, moving us forward into the Light. The hearth/home fires are extinguished and re-lit for Beltane. If we don’t have a bonfire or campfire to dance around, we can light a fire in our home cauldron or light a beeswax candle, and hop over it with a heart full of inspiration and deep wishes, for protection and good luck. Traditionally, cattle were driven through two great balefires for fertility and prosperity. People danced in the smoke from the flames for the same reasons….
The fire that purifies and clears also ignites and inspires. Beltane invokes sparks of creativity and new abundance, celebration and creation, praises and pleasure. With the Sun in Venus-ruled Taurus, may we feel the irresistible desire to make beauty and live artfully.

Under the influence of the Solar Eclipse energies, you may find it necessary to increase rest or quiet time. You may want to journal or draw, to sleep, to spend quality time with yourself, especially in an outdoor setting, or to listen to music and dance. Some other soothing activities include taking a salt soak, having an oil massage, meditation, yoga nidra or savasana, and napping.

Beltane Taurus New Moon Eclipse Affirmations:
I listen to my instincts and trust my inner voice.
Silence and solitude soothe my soul - I make time for them daily.
I am wise and worthy.

Summer Solstice Eclipse

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Summer Solstice, Cancer Season begins, and Solar Eclipse today.

Today is Summer Solstice in the Northern hemisphere, the turning point when the Sun leaves Gemini and enters Cancer (2:44pm PDT), the longest day of the year when the light peaks and sun stands still (from sistere in Latin). This year we have an annular solar eclipse happening on the Solstice.
At 11:41pm we have a new moon and solar eclipse at 0º of Cancer. We recently had a lunar eclipse (and full moon) in Sagittarius on June 5, and we’ll have one more in this cycle, another lunar eclipse on the Capricorn full moon on July 4. Eclipses are always cosmic activators, shaking things up. They often bring about dissolution and collapse or initiation in the aftermath of an eclipse portal, bringing us transformation of some kind, revealing what has been hidden or occluded. As this cosmic power surge disrupts the natural flow, we can spend some time in meditation, contemplation, or reflection, listening within for any insights or understanding revealed. This eclipse is occurring alongside the North Node of the moon, bringing an element of rebirth and evolution as we are able to see more clearly into our shadows. Cancer is a cardinal water sign ruled by the moon. The Cancerian themes, exaggerated today as the sun enters the sign and there’s a new moon and eclipse there also, include ideas about home, place, roots, stability, family, ancestry, nurturing, and being nurtured. If you have your chart handy, look to 0º Cancer to see the area of general personal impact for you.

Mars in Pisces makes a connection through sextile to retrograde Jupiter in Capricorn, bringing a potential boost to confidence and courage, and positive, successful actions. Mars and the Moon make a square, which may intensify passions, conflict, and creativity. On Monday night Neptune turns retrograde in Pisces until November 28. As the planet of consciousness, Neptune rules psychic sensitivity and soul.

As always on Solstice, make a date with the sun, bask in the warmth, then at sunset say goodby as it sets and disappears to be reborn in the sky on Winter Solstice. Late tonight you can light a candle and offer eclipse blessings. Bow to the golden light that burns inside your own heart.

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