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New Moon @ 28 degrees Taurus 25'

May 19, 2023

8:54 AM PDT

11:54 AM EDT

This month's New Moon in tropical Taurus leads us out of eclipse season, Mercury's retrograde cycle, and into calmer, more stable terrain. The essence of the Taurus archetype, at least in its more ideal expression, is attaining a sense of rootedness in the world. That can manifest in locating whatever brings us to a place of peace, calm, and trust in the innate wisdom that keeps our bodies, the planet, and cosmos churning along and maintaining order.

In Taurus, we come to realize that chaos is not as all-encompassing as our culture of fear might envision and promulgate. With the more tumultuous astrology of the past month, this Taurus New Moon might feel like a refreshing reset that can help us align and reattune to the truth that despite the chaotic changes that do happen, something still holds this all together.

The dominant aspect of this New Moon in Taurus is a wide conjunction with Uranus, introducing an underlying dimension to this lunation for taking solid and pragmatic steps towards the actualization of projects, pathways, or goals that have a liberating or revolutionary essence. With this New Moon especially, this is not a moment to settle for the predictable and routine, but rather a time to strike out with something innovative, unique, or freedom-generating.

A supportive trine from Pluto and sextiles from Neptune and Mars suggest that powerful forces, both inwardly and outwardly, bolster these formative New Moon seeds and first steps, empowering our personal and collective actions toward attaining a solid goal, endpoint, or strategy. There are portals opening here for deeply and safely connecting into the depth of passions and repressions, opening space for mystical, creative, and visionary moments to come through from the shadows. To get there, slow down your pace, breathe deep, and listen to the path that calls to you.