The Sun, Venus, Mars and Pallas Athene are all in Taurus right now, which has a physical quality, in the form of passion, motivation and drive. Taurus is famous for things staying the way they are. (I would strain to think of one Taurus friend who has ever moved house, and I’ve known many for 10 or more years. These people really like to stay put.)
That said, we are in a moment of change, evolution and progress centered on Taurus, and that is special. Here’s a metaphor. Most musicians I know don’t like to write that much — but when they do, it’s something extraordinary. Meanwhile, this is the season of Beltane. I’ll have more to say about that soon here on blog and on PW FM.
In matters of the heart, I think this comes down to one subject — what use does jealousy serve? Can we control or possess others, and just how toxic is it when we pretend to? Why do we use relationships to cover for lack of self-esteem, and you know, how badly does that work out? And, happily, what alternatives do we have? I assure you that there are many.
As for the astrology — this week we have the first of three eclipses, two of which are along the Taurus-Scorpio axis. Thursday, April 25 at 3:57 pm is the Scorpio Full Moon. That’s also a partial lunar eclipse, not visible from the United States as it will happen during daylight here.
Eclipses come in groups. The Taurus New Moon on May 9 is an annular (not annual, rather, annular) solar eclipse, and then the following Full Moon in Sagittarius on May 25 is a penumbral lunar eclipse. These are not considered the most powerful kinds of eclipses, but I’ve seen that even modest eclipses can do their work effectively.