The Season of the Bull (Taurus Season)

The Sun entered the sign of the sensualist, earth spirit, and musician on April 19 and will remain there until May 20.

Ruled by the planet Venus, the goddess of the arts, beauty, love and peace, this is a time to bathe in the beauty of life and tune into your body’s instinctual wisdom. 

Basking under the sun, spending time in nature, working with your hands, enjoying good food with friends, and listening to music are a few ways to attune to your body, its senses, and is a pathway to inner peace which is an evolutionary goal for Taurus. 

Living in today’s fast-paced world, Taurus reminds us of the beauty of simplicity and listening to our body’s cues. There is wisdom in resting when you need to rest, eating nourishing and delicious food when you need to eat, and bathing in the simple beauty and pleasures of life. In a society where we have been conditioned to bypass our body’s needs, Taurus reminds us to come back to the body, breathe, and recenter.

Likewise, Taurus rules the second house (house of money, personal resources, self-worth) and is a fixed sign which means that building and sustaining a foundation — one which supports the ability to establish external and internal comfort is important for the peaceful bull.  

To get a sense of where we want to go in life and what we want to build, it's essential to tune into our body's inner voice and wisdom to lead the way. And this a simple yet wise lesson and gift that Taurus (season) is here to teach us.

Taurus season themes for your rising sign

Aries (2nd house): personal resources, money, self-worth 

Taurus (1st house) : self-actualization, personal style, autonomy 

Gemini (12th house): spirituality, solitude, transcendence 

Cancer (11th house): dreams, goals, alliances

Leo (10th house): career, mission, community 

Virgo (9th house): higher education, travel, belief systems 

Libra (8th house): deep bonding, transformation, shared resources

Scorpio (7th house): intimacy, equal relationships, compromise 

Sagittarius (6th house): service, meaningful work, health & wellness 

Capricorn (5th house): creativity, pleasure/joy, romance 

Aquarius (4th house): inner self, home, family/roots

Pisces (3rd house): communication, voice, learning 

Transits:

April 29: Pluto retrograde in Capricorn & Mercury enters Gemini

April 30: New Moon partial solar eclipse in Taurus

May 2: Venus enters Aries

May 10: Mercury retrograde in gemini & Jupiter enters Aries

May 16: Full Moon total eclipse in Scorpio

Bridging Our Spiritual and Bodily Wisdom

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I believe our spiritual self & human self are equally sacred and that both facets are meant to be honored. One is not above the other. It is by merging both aspects that we can navigate and experience life, and ourselves, with more depth and pleasure.

Ignoring our body’s natural wisdom and intelligence doesn't allow for a sustainable and grounded experience that is rooted in our own unique needs. It’s important that we cater and shape our practices to align with our body’s needs day by day rather than by-passing our body’s intuition, and sticking to a rigid practice (or adopting another’s practice) that doesn’t truly serve our emotional, physical, or mental needs and well-being.

Our practices should empower us and leave us feeling better. It shouldn’t be about moving through a practice simply for the sake of checking it off our to-do list; i.e., morning meditation, breath work, yoga, etc. Our needs will shift as we shift, so it’s important to remeber that as we grow, our practices should grow and evolve with us. We will feel called/drawn to certain practices throughout our journey and it’s essential that we attune to our body so that we become aware of when it’s time to let go of a practice or invite new one into our space. Hyper rigidity and structure does not allow the space for that. And it is not what our body naturally desires.

Our bodies need space to rest, digest, integrate (our external stimulus and internal experience) and flow. And that’s why it’s important to cultivate a connection to our body’s natural rhythm and energy cycles so that we can offer it what it needs rather than giving it what we think it needs. Some days this will look like spaciousness, pleasure and flow, and other days it will look like structure, discipline and consistency. But it should always be about honoring your body’s unique needs in a way that feels good and natural to you.

It’s about merging our spiritual and bodily wisdom. To be spiritually and energetically open to receive while being physically grounded, so that we can anchor in the energy we recieve through our practices — whether it’s the energy of calmness, openness, spaciousness, joy, pleasure or clarity — and remain grounded and embodied/present in that energy in our everyday life.