Category: Star Guidance

April Solar Eclipse in Taurus

The solar eclipse is at 10 degrees of Taurus on April 30^th. Taurus is the sign of security. Financial security, relationship security, food security… whatever you value will show through in your need for security. For some it’s an emergency supply of rice, for others it’s having money in the bank, and for you, it may be a solid relationship. Security is very much attached to our value system and so it will look different for you depending on what you value. With this new moon, some aspect related to our values and need for security gets eclipsed. Either we realize that we DO need that person, object, or thing to complete our sense of security, and a blockage to us achieving it is eclipsed. Or some person, object, or thing has reached its due date and is eclipsed from our life so that we can move on and align with our new and emerging values.

The eclipse is conjunct Uranus the planet of surprises, so things might come out of the left field. However, Uranus in Taurus suggests that even when something is removed, the hole left is replaced with something new and innovative. Also, the new moon is sextile Mars in Pisces suggesting that if we follow divine guidance we will be protected. On this eclipse, have a chat with your guides, or the angels that surround you. Or meditate to connect with the divine – guidance, and direction for a new path will become clear.

The Sabian symbol is “a woman sprinkling flowers”. Is this a romantic scene – sprinkling flowers on a bed? A scene of commitment – sprinkling flowerings down the aisle before the bride on her wedding day? Is it in celebration – sprinkling flowers on a spring-themed cake? Or is this a need to relax and nourish – sprinkled flowers in a spa-like bath? The Sabian symbol is about cultivation. What are we trying to cultivate? And what do we need to help dramatize and create the scene?

The ruler of the eclipse is Venus, which is conjunct both Jupiter and Neptune in Pisces. This brings in the sweetness of divine love. For some, this will bring in a “twin flame” quality of love. For others, an unconditional well of love emerges and deepens within. Whichever is happening for you, these three planets in Pisces will animate it with light, sparkles, and an ethereal soundtrack. Technicolor, the meta-verse or a psilocybin-induced adventure will pale in comparison!

The eclipse is conjunct several asteroids. It’s a complicated mix of emotions. It’s conjunct Albion, which represents taking a stand and expressing beliefs. You are encouraged to share your values and needs publicly. Hybris, which represents excessive pride or arrogance may cause you to express it with a level of overconfidence. The likelihood is that we won’t be able to see our hubris or our blind spots without getting it all out on the table. Yes, pride comes before a fall, yet don’t be afraid to speak up when it comes to what you value, even if it comes across as wrong. This is because the eclipse is also conjunct Hebe, which represents compassion and pardons. Even if it comes out all wrong, even if you have to eat your words, even if you take a fall, buried in what you are expressing is the ability to communicate needs, to be heard, set boundaries, and express important emotions. Though what is said may lead to a fight, that fight is a route to compassion and understanding and to our deepest desires.

The last asteroid conjunct the eclipse is Eros, which represents sex and desire. Even if your words piss someone off… they awaken something that has been missing for a long time… DESIRE!

Happy New Moon Solar Eclipse… Enjoy the makeup sex (Literal or metaphoric)!

The Sabian symbol for this New Moon in Aries is “a flock of wild geese”. When Dane Rudhyar breaks down the meaning of this degree he points out how in tune these birds are to planetary alignment and cycles on one hand and points out the concept of ‘heaven meeting earth’ represented by the earth-born birds being able to master flight into the heavens, on the other.

Interestingly enough, the asteroid leleakuhonua which in Polynesian means “where heaven meets earth” is exactly conjunct the New Moon pointing again to something about the horizon.

This space where heaven meets earth or the horizon is an important part of the sky when you are born. It’s the rising sign (or ascendant) and it describes who we are, how we are seen, and what is shown to others.

And who we are is a major theme of the new moon.

The asteroid Chiron is conjunct to the New Moon. Chiron in Aries is a wound. A wound from expressing ourselves. A wound that requires courage. A wound that may cause us to fear assertiveness or self-reliance. It’s a wound that scars our personal freedom, our personal power. Aries says this is who I am and Chiron says “I’m sorry, who you are is not okay”.

Someone recently made a joke about the geese convoy flying into Ottawa Canada causing “statesmen and authoritarians to relive the traumatic events of the Freedom Convoy” with their honking. This is the time of year when Canadian geese make their springtime trip back to their home. They swoop across the sky in a V shape honking as they fly by. They are just doing their thing. Expressing who they are, operating in line with what is natural to them…Imagine if someone declared “no more honking”, no more flying in a V, and now you can’t fly through or out of Canada. The geese may say… but this is who we are and these are our God-given rights!

This new moon asks you to be unapologetically YOU, despite the name-calling, the disapproval, and blatant request not to be you. It asks you to do so because it is cosmically how you were designed.

That said, it is not permission to be the lowest version of yourself! Mercury and the asteroid Niobe are also conjunct the new moon. Niobe represents undue pride in who you are and what you have accomplished. You will need to be humble and kind in expressing yourself. Things that are said in spite, even if true, can lead to a fall from grace!

Happy New Moon in Aries