Hello and welcome to this new moon in Taurus! This posting is specific to the new moon in Taurus, April 30th, 2022. On this day, we aren't just experiencing the new moon. We're also experiencing a partial solar eclipse, which means that the moon will be creating a shadow on the sun. Just partially, though.
So what differentiates your typical standard monthly new moon from a partial solar eclipse? This isn't really my realm of expertise. I'm not there yet in my studies per se. But what I do understand, what I have read about, what I have learned (and you might in your own research find a similar type of teaching) is that moons with a partial solar eclipse or lunar eclipse signify that there is a stronger impact. And it's possible to experience this energy up to like six months, depending on your chart and how it is interacting with in your own chart.
This new moon is in Taurus and it strikes around 1:28 p.m. PST on April 30th, 2022. If you're in the East Coast, then it's looking around 4:28 p.m. This new moon is carrying some pretty fun themes with it, including a newfound kind of energy that inspires passion. Shaking off the dust of anything that's settled and entering the new and fresh new takes and approaches to life as well. With this new moon can come some fun, planetary fun.
We have Uranus and Mars both tapping in to bring fun and powerful energies. But before I touch on that, just for those who are not familiar in general, regardless of whether there's a partial solar eclipse or regardless of whether there are other planets that are participating within this in general, and new moons tend to always bring this like layer of newness to it. Similar to its own name, New Moon, it prepares us for our new journeys. Whenever we have a new moon, we have the opportunity to take a minute and assess our lives, assess our paths, assess our journeys, and determine is this current path, this current journey, in alignment with where I want to be, where I want to see myself, my dream life, where my higher self is taking me, and if it's not, then the new moon allows actually that opportunity to determine what seeds need to be planted. And we can use this time to plan out exactly what we should do or where we should go or how it should be. So new moons are great for planting the seeds.
Additionally, the moon is in Taurus. Taurus is a very grounded sign. It's a sign that's very patient. It's very sturdy. It's very dependable. It's also very in touch with its senses, the five senses. Its phrase is, "I have," and is very concerned with security in a physical way. It's also an Earth sign. So it's very much about what it sees in front of it, what it experiences with its body and its senses.
As mentioned, we also have Uranus and Mars in there as well. So when they come out to play, they can inspire a different, more eclectic energy than what Taurus is. Typically what we're used to receiving from Taurus. Uranus and Taurus are really not the best of friends because they do not see eye to eye. Taurus is very much concerned with maintaining and durability, versus Uranus who really wants to shake things up and surprise you and shock you and cause any sort of chaos necessary that ultimately will break away from the old to enter the new. So even though just on paper these two don't mesh very well, I think considering the fact that this is a new moon, we're already on this pathway of a plot of going after new things or new directions, right? So we're already kind of we're tapping in, we're seeing how we feel, we're aware of what we're uncomfortable with. But this new moon is like, Yeah, but you got to go in that new direction. You have to apply those new things. You have to go after the new and Uranus is there to help out. Uranus is like dust has settled on these old books. You don't need them anymore. Taurus is like, but I want to keep them. And Uranus is like, You're on a new journey Taurus and you don't need these books either. Replace them with something new or relook at them in a different way, etc. so they can work together. It just causes a little bit of give and take. It requires a little bit of give and take. And then also we have Mars coming in to in a positive way and this kind of amps up the energy and it really gets us activated in such a way where we can. We're driven to want to implement whatever these new seeds are, whatever we're hoping to plant, and Mars is giving us that energy. So I do see Mars and Uranus coming in as a good thing for some people. Uranus might be a little uncomfortable kind of energy, especially if we have a lot more of like earthy energy within us. Uranus is touch on that Taurus New Moon. Maybe it's a little uncomfortable. Maybe it really has us, you know, validating how we're feeling in general.
"I feel uncomfortable with this, but I know it's best for me kind of direction." Always validate how you're feeling, what you're feeling, and acknowledge what you're feeling. Don't push it away, but then also have a conversation with your heart yourself. Is this in my best interest? Is this path right for me? We talk about it a lot, but your ego really does play a huge role in trying to stay safe and trying to maintain itself. Very Taurus, almost very much "maintain." "I'm already here. I'm comfortable. I already know what's here. I don't have to look around and search for monsters because I know this area. I don't know that area across the river. Why do I feel inclined to go over there? Oh, there's food over there. I need to get over there. But I really like this area." There's that like tug of war kind of thing.
Though this may be a general undercurrent for everybody, it is entirely possible for you to either feel this new moon with a lot of intensity or not at all. I'm going to share a friendly reminder that astrological effects, astrological events do not affect everybody. They only directly affect you if they're actually active in your chart. Maybe there's a planet interacting with the new moon. Maybe there's an angle. Whatever it is, there could be some sort of chemistry happening in your chart, and that's how you're directly affected. If it's not happening directly to you, you can still have a second-hand effect. Perhaps you're very empathetic and you have a lot of people in your life nearby who are experiencing this moon directly. And so you're kind of having that second-hand feeling, or maybe you're just so empathetic and you're feeling all of those people collectively in the world who are experiencing this moon.
But regardless of whether it's direct or second hand or just undercurrent energy that you're feeling in a subtle fashion where this energy takes place, where it focuses in your life is entirely dependent on your personal chart. Obviously, I created some general scopes that we can check out in a minute. But before we do. In case you are directly affected, I wanted to make sure to cover those signs and those degrees.
If you have any planet in the following signs, and it's located at 10° or 7 -13°, then you likely will feel the effects of the moon.
Taurus
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Scorpio
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
If you don't have a planet or angle on these signs, then again you might not be directly affected. It will depend on your personal chart, but again, you also can have that second-hand effect as well.
The quote for this New Moon:
It may not be the life you imagined, but it's your life. You came here for a reason. Is it time for you to go and begin again?
Doug Cooper, Outside In
Please be sure you always refer to your rising sign for horoscopes. Also, keep in mind that these are general. We always get to decide always how we respond, how we react, and what we do with this energy that's available to us. It's just available energy and we get to decide what we do with that energy.
Scopes
Aries: Aries is notably one of the biggest fans of new beginnings and all things that are new. It's not so much about the quality that comes with said new, but it's about the potential that is attached with this concept of new. For this new moon, you are experiencing much energy focused on your possessions and your values. Take some time and consider what do you value? And if you're not sure what you value, try and refer to what you typically spend money on. Is it food? Is it clothes? Is it games, events? Whatever you tend to purchase is often a great example of what you value. Use this moon to highlight what might be collecting dust in your life because you might just need to replace what you once valued with what you now value if you have random possessions that you purchase because at the time you valued whatever it signified, but it's really, you know, you love it still. Maybe now's the time to remove that item. Maybe now's the time to replace it with something you value now and give it away to somebody who can actually treasure it in the same way that you treasured it when you first had it. This doesn't mean you need to shut everything, but definitely reassess what is it you value? And you know what should you fill your space with that best reflects those values?
Taurus: Happy birthday season. Taurus This new moon is all yours and it's gifting you with the opportunity to assess if the statement what you see is what you get is applicable in your life. You have the opportunity to take some time and meditate on. And whether you like the image and impression people receive when they're near you. And if you don't like it, here's your chance to change it up. Now's the time to ensure that the impression you give is the one that best reflects who you are. If the impression you want to be known for is a classy one, go ahead and change up your style and wardrobe accordingly. Make any changes as necessary. Just be sure that you are in alignment with it all.
Gemini: It's so easy to get distracted. There are so many points of interest and so many worlds to explore and discuss. For this new moon, you are being prompted to explore your inner world. And sometimes this can be less fun because much of our inner world is filled with these things that we don't typically care to explore. But it's important to not see what I'm trying to suggest to you as a shut the doors down and swallow the keys kind of period because that's not what this is. This is an opportunity to form a new relationship with yourself, to meet your shadow and shake their hand, to dove deep and explore yourself spiritually as if you're meeting yourself for the first time. If you do, you might just learn something new, and you might find that you're way more grown. You might find you might make some really awesome realizations, and you might also have a better understanding of yourself. Maybe there's more sympathy there, maybe there's more empathy there. We can be the most empathetic person to our neighbors, but how are we to ourselves? And this is a great time period, a great chapter for you to kind of dig into there and you're already exploring the world. Why not explain yourself?
Cancer. The people in our lives are our circle. We love them. They couldn't have gotten into our circle if we didn't love them. Also, we know how to enforce boundaries, especially when it comes to those that we associate ourselves with. Because whoever we associate ourselves with, we have formed emotional connections, too. And if you're in our circle, we have an emotional connection with you. This new moon is prompting you to really take a look at the people you surround yourself with and consider whether these people reflect your same ideologies and passions and interests. If they don't see you, you may need to shake things up a little. And when I say shake things up, this can mean bringing in new friends, joining in new circles, new clubs, and finding those groups of people that do reflect your ideologies, passions, and interests. Or shake things up by presenting your newfound ideologies, interest, and passions to your circle and see if they resonate with it. See if they connect with it. See if it becomes a shared interest as a whole.
Leo: Regardless of how we feel about it, in all reality, we are the main characters of our story. But it doesn't end there. We're not just the main character. We're also the costume designer. We're the director, and we're the playwright. And so much more. The image the world has of us is totally open to our own discretion. We create whatever image we want the world to see us as if we want the world to see us as lazy bodies. Then we can create that image. If we want the world to know us as musicians, then we can calibrate and adjust our image until we do reflect that. And the world sees us like that. Use this moon to envision your dream life. Connect within this dream life. What do I look like? What am I like? What do I spend my time doing? Etc. etc. and reflect on this version of you. This dream life version of you. Reflect on them. Every little detail about them. And then take the steps necessary to initiate that transformation within yourself. Because now you can have the world seeing you in the way that this dream version that you dream of reflects you because that's who you are that you want to be. And this new moon is giving you that chance to reestablish yourself in that kind of way.
Virgo: At first glance of this world, what you see is what you get. We open our eyes, we look around. We see the things in front of us. And we know that what you see is what you get, at least at first glance. And as we start to interact with it, as we start to apply our five senses to what is in front of us, we're seeing it, we're smelling it, we're noticing it, whatever is coming to us within this interaction. It seems as if things are quite simple. It's a box in front of me. It's a rose in front of me. It's very simple. However, no other sign, no other sign knows more than Virgo that things are never simple. They're rarely simple. And Virgo knows that most things are a complex, pressuring league complex. But we don't have to be limited to trying to tie this world with the word complex. This world doesn't have to be defined as complex, and we don't have to push it away because it's so complex. There are a lot of people who, when encountering complex ideas, complex substances, complex whatever complexity, there is a habit of pushing it away or shoving it away or not dealing with it because it's kind of a lot. This moon, however, is urging you to kind of tap into whatever it is you find complex. The world is messy and Virgo knows that. But we can actually discover why is it messy? What makes it messy? And maybe the more that we unravel this tight, not the more we understand. Oh, it's just four different pieces of string strung together. The world is not what it seems. And basically, it's your turn to uncover why.
Libra: Making friends and being social is a relatively easy task, depending on your own personal outlook to it. It's fun to bounce ideas and opinions and thoughts of the love of a friend or two. But what isn't always easy and is actually quite intimidating to some is the concept of becoming vulnerable. Sharing intimate knowledge about the self ultimately can give that other person some level of power over you should they choose to mishandle. And hopefully, they don't choose to mishandle it. But we've all been in situations where we shared something intimate and some intimate knowledge, something personal, and somebody decided to disrespect us and use it in a negative fashion. And hopefully, it hasn't happened to everybody, but I think most people can relate. In general, though, sharing anything about the self and being intimate, creating those connections, it's intimidating and it can be quite scary. Being vulnerable in general can create some heart-racing reactions. We're extending trust for opening up and again, we're being vulnerable. And that's that can be a very scary thing. This mood, however, is encouraging you to practice becoming a bit more open. And what does that mean to be a bit more open? That can be with your friend, a loved one, a partner. It could even be with yourself. But this new moon is having you focus on deepening a relationship, deepening a relationship with whoever to then benefit you. Maybe there's something you've been closed off about and something that needs to actually have some light exposed on to it. Whoever you feel called to trust and open up to is the right person. So if there's someone you've been kind of going back and forth on, should I share this moon is going to help you under highlight whoever it is that you should be sharing whatever you need to share with. But certainly, for this new moon, be open to deepening any relationship and becoming a bit more vulnerable. Scorpio. This new moon is placed directly opposite your sign. As such, what the moon is prompting you to reflect on this round of new moons is your shadow. It's almost comical because Scorpio is largely known for its ability to seek out the taboo, and it likes to dove deep into those realms that most people, in general, prefer to avoid. Scorpio can do this with practically everything and anything. Practically anyone, any idea, anything it's comfortable with. It wants to do it except for itself.
Scorpio: Do this with everything except itself. And just like any other sign, Scorpio can struggle with this. I really do want to point out that it's every sign. It doesn't matter who you are and does matter your sign, your culture, anything. Looking at the person in the shadow is not fun. It's not easy. And it's difficult and it's hard and it's uncomfortable. Three Taxing. I like to tell people so that they can understand Scorpio better. I like to give this, this, this image or visual, and I always tell people a prick what feels like a prick on the finger to us. Feels like a stabbing or a finger being cut off or stabbing through the hand or something. To a Scorpio. Scorpios feel on a deeper level because they connect on a deeper level. So naturally, because they're feeling and experiencing these situations, experiences, concepts, and ideas deeper, deeper than what most people are. It's actually harder for them to actually explore themselves in that same kind of fashion. The shadow has a lot of things none of us want to face, but imagine if you are facing it on a very deep level. So every time you experience two shadow or heated shadow work or you went really deep, you went really hard and imagine feeling it ten times more than what you usually feel it. And that's kind of the best way I can explain it for Scorpio. Though Scorpio still thinks deeply and when they have to review the past, I look at the shadow, I look at, you know, the taboo of themselves, of their lineage, of their family, of all of the gunk within us that we all have. It's going to be a little bit harder. And so I am naturally very sympathetic to that. And I have a lot of Scorpios in my life. I love the sign. So I think that that's also where the understanding comes from. But this moon is prompting you to heal those shadows, to try and release any of those shadows. And it's not going to be easy. It might be uncomfortable, it might be a little difficult. Maybe it'll be a breeze, maybe it'll be so intense that you kind of fall asleep throughout it. There are a lot of people who will get tired or sleepy or actually pass out because their psyche needs that break while it processes. And hopefully, maybe that'll happen that way. It's easier, right? Maybe it's easier. I don't know. The point is, try and use this moon to release, heal, and connect with yourself and spend some time, shake your shadow's hand, sit across from it, and sit within that mushy discomfort because it's going to benefit you.
Sagittarius: Spring is here and you are ready to move. If you have been feeling and antsy feeling to get up and go or get up and do, or just so much energy, so amped up. You can blame the new moon. We don't want to waste this energy, though. We don't want to waste it with just mindless organizing or mindless little random busy tasks. We want to use it to our benefit, and we can do that by actually asking ourselves, What do I feel inspired to do right now? How? How does it feel? How does it feel? How I'm currently spending my day? And if I think of my dream day, how does that look? So we have to pause. We have to slow down, and we have to actually check in with ourselves. How do I want to spend this day? My happiest day spent. What does that look like? And what do I do and how do I spend it and then compare it to how you're actually spending your current days. Is your current day-to-day lifestyle setting you up for success? Are you spending these days the way you want to? Are you feeling fulfilled? At the end of the day, how we spend our days down to the granular second milliseconds can affect our health mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. If we are spending these days uncomfortably or overworked or overpressured, then it's going to affect us in a negative way. All in all spectrums of our health, right. This new moon is having is asking for you to really switch up your days in a positive manner to add in the things that you want to do, and balance it out. Are you only just doing all the dirty details or are you also incorporating some breaks, some fun, some relaxation? This new moon wants you to find whatever it is you need to implement so that you are actually enjoying your days on even the most micro-levels. So take this energy that you have and use it wisely. Use it in a way that benefits you all the way.
Capricorn: This moon is in your sister's sign and you can only benefit from it. This new moon is targeting its energy to your fun sector. It's time to release all of the random angst within us and remember why we like life, why we love life, why we enjoy life, and how we can enjoy life. And the way we accomplish doing this is by doing the things that we enjoy most. It would be even grander if you could incorporate activities that helped you connect with your inner child. But it's not necessary as long as you're connecting with the things, the passions, the hobbies, the activities that bring you joy, that light you up. That's what matters. We live in this hustle cultured world where we feel guilty if we're not constantly working or constantly doing and feeling pressure and whatnot, it almost feels foreign if we're not feeling pressured. And this new moon is asking you to really try and have some fun, incorporate some fun into your life, to tap back into your passions and hobbies if you're not already doing that full time. I mean, even your passions and hobbies, if you turn it into some sort of business, it feels draining. It feels just like hustle, hustle, hustle. So find all the different passions, all the different hobbies, all the different activities. Connect to it. Have some fun schedule, that is. Make sure there's a healthy balance. Your world is not going to fall apart just because you took half the day to have some fun. It's actually going to benefit you to take these breaks you can break. If you don't take a break, the world won't break. If you take a break. So do what you need to do to benefit you.
Aquarius: You are a fixed sign, so naturally you share this access with Taurus. This new moon is pretty significant in your chart as a result, and it's prompting a few different things depending on how deep you want to go with this particular new moon. And I say that because we're working with the fourth house here, and the fourth house covers a lot of different layers depending on, again, how deep you want to go. If we're talking the most surface level, which isn't bad, maybe there is no deep work necessary for this round, right? But if we're talking about the surface level, then what we can do is we can look around our home and we can see what changes we need to make so that our home asked our sanctuary are safe. Sound reflects us helped. How does it benefit us? How does it make us feel? We want to feel most safe. We want to feel like we can just be who we naturally are. In our most primitive states, almost. If you're home, if you're. If what you call home, is it reflecting this? Try and change it up. Take out what you need to take out of what you need to add. And if you can't do that just yet, at least like make a list. That way, when you do have the opportunity, you can do it then. But our homes cost a lot of dust because things are just there. Our mattresses are so gross, depending on how old they are, pillows, etc. So use this new moon as a means to kind of change up your house a little bit, change up your home, change up that environment, provide some fresh linens and some fresh curtains. Additionally, if you want to take it deeper, you can also use this moon to dove into your ancestral lineage. Consider what you might have carried through into your own life, from your family, from your ancestors, and ask yourself if it serves you. Maybe you have a fear of irrational fear that you carry with you. I know I have some for sure, some random irrational fears of my talk about this family. Apparently, they share the same thing. So whatever it is that you think you might be carrying habits, fears, beliefs, etc., it's not serving you and you don't need it. It's not yours to have. Try and see what new approach you can take to release that. What can you switch up in your life so you can break away from whatever habit, whatever belief, whatever thought, process, etc?
Pisces: Being around others, truthfully, can be quite training. Being around others can be draining. It's just 100% the truth. No matter who you are and depending on your own personal preferences, there are plenty of moments where we just want to be alone. We just want to slip away. We don't want to communicate with anyone. We don't want to have a conversation. We just want to do our own thing. And that's totally valid and it's totally okay. But whenever you are interested in having another conversation with another person, this new moon is here ready for you and it has your back. So this new moon is bringing a lot of attention to your communications sector and you're being prompted to explore whether the way you communicate the word choice, the reflection of education within how you speak, and how you choose to set up your sentences. The choice of dispersion and dissemination, etc. Does it all reflect you? Does it best reflect who you are? If you find yourself stuttering a lot, if you find yourself losing your train of thought, if you find yourself using words that you want to improve upon, etc., pay attention to how you're communicating and how you're conveying your thoughts. It can be very, very beneficial because whatever you need to improve on, now's your chance to improve upon it. And it'll only help you come off and create a better it'll help you come off in a very positive way. And it will also create a very solid impression on others. People notice good speakers. People can hear good speakers. A lot of us are on a lot of Zoom calls, and I don't know about you, but there are so many times where I'm listening to these calls and there's just these constant or there's a consistent filler word that is always used to the point that it's so distracting from. How we talk, especially in today's world on Zoom, is so key and so relevant. If you want to change the way that you're communicating, the way you're speaking, the way that your words are representing you, now's the time to do that. This new moon is like really urging you to check in with the way that you're expressing yourself and how you're choosing to express yourself, etc. So if you want to make changes, make those changes. If you don't, then just enjoy the conversations you have.
Just one last reminder: How the planet's movements affect you is entirely dependent on your personal chart. If you have questions, you could always reach out to an astrologer!
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
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