This moon has a rather compulsive quality to it for you. While Venus and Mars are giving you some solid ground to stand on, the full moon wants to take you down into the nether regions of your psyche. This cave dwellers and cave art. Lascaux. Picasso’s primal, animal art. Myths of man animals and hybrid beasts that still roam free in the archetypes of our psyches. The weird world comes alive for you on this full moon and if you go far enough and deep enough, you will experience some form of integration with thee energies. Make a myth come alive. Be creative. Dream.

Your birthday month is over, but the party is just beginning to rock. Most bulls had to tire under the yoke of Mercury Retrograde, trying to make things happen, planning, staging, etc. Many of those plans got put on the shelf. Well get ready to revisit some of those plans. With Mercury moving forward in your sign, Venus moving into Taurus, Mars already there, it’s party time! We all know Taurus looooves a good party. The dates that all Tauruses should circle on the calendars are the 20th and the 21st, where The Moon, Venus and Mars are all conjunct in your sign.

You’ll be in sync on so many levels. It’s a great time to open your home and your heart to those that you wanted to share with in May. This type of celestial congruity doesn’t happen often, so take advantage of it, and put your best foot forward on all fronts, especially if you have to meet with or present ideas to others. Your charisma and appeal will be at a record high during this magical, two-day-portal. The ongoing Jupiter/Neptune/Chrion in Aquarius conjunction in your house of career and public standing is pushing you to advance your ideas with innovation and technology. Others might be getting the upper hand or creating their own edge using new technologies to promote and market in the workplace. Sometimes the tried and true methods need revising. Step up to the challenge and get current.

While the concept of soul mates is such an elusive and misunderstood principle, it would do you a lot of good right now to reflect on this topic, because it’s a very real issue for you and it cannot be dodged or evaded. Why are you so magnetically attracted to someone that seems so different than you? Why is someone walking into your life right now challenging all of your prejudices and assumptions (and you theirs)? It’s because your soul is speaking to you about the nature of polarity and duality as you have previously defined it. That does not mean that you should instantly fall in love with someone you shouldn’t have fallen in love with. I always urge discretion in this area, trust me. But if you can sit down and have an informed conversation about your favorite Brady Bunch episode that you both know and love…and enjoy a passionate love life…and yet this same person does not match your preciously held vision of the “right type,” don’t run in the other direction. Go deeper.

Since it’s your birthday, I’ll start with you. I have a good friend up in Portland, who is a late Taurus and she has been feeling restless, anxious and fidgety. Her common fixes aren’t working as well as they used to and she’s looking for something deeper and more powerful to soothe that pent up beast within. My sense is that this is fairly common for most bulls right now. Your normally placid and easygoing nature is being challenged, stimulated and even taxed. Why is this happening? Because divine discontent takes many shapes and forms and for you right now, it’s that indefinable something that’s telling you that things aren’t quite right.

It might be hard getting to sleep and even harder getting up. So, the question becomes; “What do you do about it?” I would recommend that you do something out of the ordinary, in fact, extraordinary. I would suggest that you get in touch with your inner extreme athlete and push your adrenaline to the edge. Firewalk, skydive, surf or mountain climb. Put yourself out in the edge and put edginess in place, with creative act of extreme living. You are being roused to make contact with some deeper element in your life, one that has you climbing the walls at present. Get out there, confront that restlessness head on and you’ll be rewarded by having a whale of a story to tell your friends, but more importantly, you’ll gain mastery over that gnawing and nervous energy that’s currently sapping you. You’ll be at peace with yourself and at one with own powerful nature, ready to take command of the world in June, when both Venus and Mars move into your sign.

You and Libra have much in common, but the fork in the road appears when it comes to the body. Libra loves to talk about the sensual life…while you are the sensual life. But for you, you really need to elevate about three chakras above your normal operating mode…especially as it relates to work, where most relationships are best when they’re platonic. That also relates to any conflict-based relationships in the workplace. You can learn much from the great diplomat of the cosmos by raising your aim, slightly higher.

Your integrity and credibility will still be intact if you simply give-in ever so slightly without — and here is the key — being distracted by the fact that you aren’t running your normal program. Raise the vibration, hit a higher note, and you’ll still enthrall the most important members of your work related tribe.

April is shaping up to be nice roll-up to your solar return, which kicks-in on fated 4/20. I’ll leave my 4/20 ruminations for darker spaces…with the Sun and Mercury in your sign, it’s an extremely good time to get into planning and planting mode. Work on your actual and metaphorical gardens over April and you’ll see the fruits of your intentions begin to move towards the light come June, when both Venus and Mars move into your sign. Think of this period as an investment in self phase. What can you do in order to yield some very positive results in two months? Do have the money and cash flow to look at high risk, yet high yield investments? Can you afford to buy a little gold right now? What about getting into the housing market and what will most likely be its nadir? These are the questions you need to ask yourself.

If you can’t go the money route, then invest in yourself. Move that body, buy some high grade supplements, hit the gym, refine your diet…these are all very important for you as well, because come June, you’re going to need to both look and feel great. June represents a very high power cycle for you, so don’t miss out by celebrating your birthday for too long. Venus going back into Pisces offers you the opportunity remember and reclaim some of the most important relationships and aspects of relationships that were important to you, especially growing up. It offers you a chance to heal and touch back into the innocence and trust that you had with some of your very best friends, before the complexities of life, like class and cliques, kicked in and began to create divisions in relating and friendships. You have a chance to redeem those painful experiences. Embrace the true innocence and joy of what it was like to best of pals.

Your Kosmic hero for this month? Scarlett The Witch.

The very first thing I would advise you to do over the next forty-eight-hours is to ban any copy of “People,” “Us,” “We,” “Them,” or “The Supernaturally Skinny, Ostentatiously Rich And Popular For No Particular Reason” magazines from your gaze. That would also include any TV program that has to do with dancing, bachelors or bachelorettes, extreme makeovers, lifestyles of the rich and insipid and so on. Because if you spend too much time filling your head with such sticky-poo, you may jeopardize all of the good work you’ve been doing on yourself for the last year-and-a-half and it will have an impact on your love life, because if you ain’t lovin’ you, then who is (besides the big unconditional love force that seems to get obscured during the Virgo full moon)?

And when your self-esteem is taking too many shots to the bow, your ability to be the loving and generous Earth god/godess is seriously compromised. So stay away from the trivial, superficial and banal for at least thirty days and if someone that loves you tends to be overly critical, them to go find some other lovin’ until they are ready to return to the source without a hint of judgment or complaint.

The most agreed upon story of betrayal in our culture is that of Judas and Jesus. You know, the silver coins he got for ratting out his boss. It’s widely assumed that when Jesus spoke of betrayal at The Last Supper, he was referring to Judas. But there is another, much smaller school of critics who believe that Jesus was actually talking about “Paul” formerly “Saul Of Tarsus” and how Paul would take his teachings and make a franchise out of them, even when Jesus had explicitly stated that it was not what he wanted. Thanks to Paul, we now have McFaith and enough variant versions of the story and it’s interpretation to obfuscate any real and meaningful truth.

I want you to keep both versions of this parable in mind during the coming months because there will be people who will appear to be doing you wrong, when they’re just fulfilling their end of an agreement that you had forged some time ago. Then, there will be others who appear to be doing you favors and supporting you, when in reality, they are hemming you in, re-routing your power and creating something entirely different than you had intended. They could be very well meaning and take the form of a lover, therapist, spiritual counselor or mentor whom you have trusted. But now you need to really use your inner vision, especially as it relates to the aforementioned group and even, in some cases, well meaning friends.

What looks like a favor, or a good turn on the surface could really back fire, especially if your level of involvement is limited. If someone wants to set something up for you, manage an existing operation or take on more workload as a favor…caveat emptor. Do your very best not to abdicate your personal power or autonomy in the weeks ahead and if someone does manage to openly treat you in ways that seem like they’re betraying your trust, simply bless them and learn what you can. Otherwise, keep your enemies close and your friends closer.

That electrical current running through your home is not the usual 110 surging through the conduit. Nope, that’s the electricity of the full moon, lunar eclipse. Some sort of showdown is looming on the home front and I am concerned that since you are a fixed sign and this is a fixed lunar eclipse and a fixed sun, that you will stubbornly and steadfastly cling to your positions, no matter how wrong they are. Remember, surrender is a critical aspect of this moon and letting go of your position is not a sign of weakness, especially if you know that in your heart, it is the right thing to do. Be big. Be Bold. Be loving. If you can adhere to these three conditions, you will find that ultimately, your position will be reinforced and everyone gets exactly what they need, if not what they want.

Both you and Aquarius are fixed signs. No, that does not mean that you are okay and repaired, in good standing while the rest of us are marching around like broken toy soldiers. No. It means that as a modality, both you and The Water Bearer don’t move once you have a position and once your mind is made up. This is great for focus or fighting your mate, because rarely, rarely, do you ever give in. That kind of tenacity borders on profound. However, this month it could cross over into pure, unadulterated fascism, especially as it relates to the workplace. If you must be a martyr when it comes down to workplace injustice, just make sure you’ve got your facts straight. Maybe you’re the one that’s standing up for your rights. In either case, you need to make very sure that the battle you’re fighting for is worth it to and for you. If you’re not engaged in some epic battle for workers rights, you might just have the time and space to innovate or receive an initiation to explore innovation. This is a heady month for you and if you can integrate your need to save the workers of the world, you’ll tap into some high level genius that will give you some much needed leverage (and knowledge) in your career/lifepath.

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The veil between your world is mighty thin over the next 48 hours. The Bull is a sweet control freak, You know what I’m talking about. Everything is cool up to a point and then, when it gets weird or slightly out of control, Taurus will either charge into the center of the ring, or retreat to the periphery. This full moon is calling you into the center, the place where you dissolve into the space of non-control. Open your mind to the vast possibility that you are not lone when ic comes to your particular brand of madness. Go deep. Go long, Go to the places where you fear to lose your sense of control, but particularly as it applies to your thoughts.

You had your fun while Jupiter was in Capricorn, laughing all the way to the bank, while the rest of us were running to the food bank, but your roll in the clover is over dear bull! Do not fear though. The ease with which you were able to merge your love of the material plane with the quest for a higher consciousness was envious. If you had followed any type of prosperity consciousness or studied the dynamic laws of prosperity, you no doubt saw a correlation between your thoughts and the ability to manifest. If you’ve gotten even remotely good at these techniques, Jupiter is calling you to bring them into the workplace and share your knowledge with the rest of us. It might be scary for you to introduce some of these principles you’ve learned, but have faith, because the workplace will need them now, more than ever.

While the keynote message for business in 2009 will be that of conservation, cost-cutting and bottom lining, you will be tasked to be something of a radical, and introduce different principles in order to bring prosperity consciousness into the workplace. This isn’t an easy task for the normally conservative bull, but you will know in heart that in some ways, the financial well being of your company and your career will depend on it. Gather strength, take small steps at first, test the reality of your ideas in miniature and then as the year progresses, step up your efforts towards the great work. The amazing thing about this process is how much fun you will ultimately be able to have showing people that the impossible can be possible during challenging times. Every era needs a miracle worker and for a few months in 2009, in your career and in the company of those around, you’ll get the chance to be just that.

The Mercury retrograde causes you to revisit unfinished financial issues that you dealt with in 2008, don’t over stretch your financial limitations, stay on the conservative side and make sure to hold off on the buying and selling of anything major (car, home and business) until the middle of February.

Your peak months in 2009 are: March, April, May, Septmeber and December.
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You might be on a roll, but your recent run of good fortune will not allow you to buy that timeshare in Costa Rica right now, or even worse, let your seemingly informed brother-in-law, with the inside info, start moving your money around for you. Both are a big “no no.” Stay the conservative course at this time, especially as it relates to your portfolio and finances. However, I would advise to go out on a limb and explore the psychic and spiritual legacy of your family and ancestors. This is a great weekend to get into family tree research, past lives and akashic records. The treasure you’re looking for is buried in those realms and will give you much better insight and ROI right now than well the well meaning but deluded brother-in-law or that place you’ll visit once every two years. Pan for spiritual gold in your past. It will have a lasting and rich impact on your life in non-material ways.

Everyone is up in arms about this Pluto in Capricorn thing, but not you. You’re like a bull in clover. Jupiter has been hanging out in your house of philosophy, law and religion all year, lighting up ways for you to find the inherent and immutable laws concerning consciousness and prosperity. If there was any sign that would be leading groups on the power of “The Secret” it’s you. Somewhere over the past year, you have figured out that your emotions, state-of-mind and intententions are inextricably linked. You’ve stumbled upon some “real” magic. Well that’s just a taste. When Pluto creeps into the same zone that Jupiter has been inhabiting, this flirtation with prosperity consciousness will become a lifelong pursuit and fundamentally alter how you view matter as it relates to spirit. You will be learning the lessons of alchemy and a day-to-day basis. So as the old, Gregorian year fades into the recesses of memory, ask yourself, “what is the lead in my life?” What do you have lying around that is sitting there like a lump of heavy metal that you can transform into the gold of awareness and abundance? This can be anything from an old piece of furniture, to a habit, to a relationship. Transformation is your buzzword right now.

The full moon is your baby, exalted in your energy. While Scorpio’s intensity opposes your natal Sun and this manifests mostly in relationships, you hold the key and the power. During the Full Moon, you are attractive, sensual and irresistible. “No” is not a word you’ll hear very much of the over the course of the full moon and that includes anything that has to do with second or even third helpings. The projects you’ve been working on are waiting to hatch and Thursday is a terrific day for you to bring them into being. Any Taurus needing to make a presentation or open an art exhibit will be highly successful as others will be very receptive to your offerings, especially when Jupiter connects with the moon, come mid-day. The world my not be your oyster, but it could be your magic toadstool, if you get my drift.

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You’ve been dealing with limitations and setbacks when it comes to love and romance, finding lovers that aren’t quite as praiseworthy as you would like, and vice versa. It’s been a critical few months for you when it comes to love. You give too much or not enough–get too much or too little–you know the drill. You might even be holding onto a romantic connection that has served some part of your life that is no longer valid. Well, all that is going to change. Lovers leave or are left. The normally placid and patient bull gets moved off the center of the heart and while the pain and sadness will flow, the amazing thing will be how quickly its shed and healed, along with it the possibility of renewal.

In your circle of friends, there is one that moves up the hierarchy of your heart and moves into the cradle orbit of your emotions. You’ll be asking yourself why it took you son long to recognize this special person. As always, when the Scorpio Sun opposes your own natal sign at this time of year, your powers are at their lowest. Resistance is futile, especially with the Saturn/Uranus opposition. Oh, did I forget to mention that little matter of Pluto moving into Capricorn. Prepare to have your mind blown for the next sixteen years as you begin to assume the mantle of priest/priestess in your life and the life of those around you. Who knows, maybe that friend of yours might be the divine compliment for that holy mind/body papacy you seem to be ready for.

The eighties song for your soundtrack in November: David Sylvain, “Let The Happiness In.”

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That gnawing and restless energy that’s making it impossible for you to sit still will erupt over the next few days–and that’s a good thing. You need to put your head together with your partner to find out how the two of you can form a team that’s on the same page when it comes to money, property and finances. Get through the blame game and get to what’s real, which is the life you want to create and how you’re going to create it. When Mercury goes direct on Wednesday, a log jam at work finally gets cleared up and the conflicts you’ve been dealing with, with that pesky co-worker comes to a close. The energies are supporting you to move forward in all areas of your life, in a systematic and strategic fashion. Once you and your partner get on the same page or off if you so choose, you’ll be free and clear to chart that course. What are you waiting for?

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Showdown time in relationships, is a theme for you as well as Aries, though Aries might have an easier time in some ways. With Mars in Scorpio, power is what you seek and what seeks you. Your will is tested and your ability to unlock your horns from conflict is critical. Venus opposes your Sun for over half the month, and revelations in relationship, especially those that include money and joint resources. Jupiter and Saturn continue to support you and your personal growth and personal wealth in ways that others are envious. Make hay while they continue to bring you personal and professional riches. Be grateful and take nothing for granted, as you’ll see numerous examples around you of those less fortunate. But the overall effect of The Libra Sun for you at this time of year is to raise your perceptions to higher levels of understanding, to not only revel in the joys of the body, but to be able to relate them to greater patterns of realization. Be in the body and not of it.

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Get out, get in and get down with the in crowd when the moon is full. Bacchanalia might be too strong a word, but of any other sign, you get the benefit of the harvest Sun in Virgo, with the dreamy Moon in Pisces. You grew the hay, bailed it, now go lie in it, with about 100 of your best friends. Bring some good old hootenanny music and stomp the yard until the break of dawn. Fellowship and frolic are yours for the asking. Revel in the peak experience of being with others, but with the Libra stellium squaring your natal sun, don’t lose your head in the moment. Stay conscious and you’ll savor it even more.

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Taurus: The Virgo new moon falls into your house of love, romance and creativity. Along with the Sun also in the same place, there might not be a better time to begin a new romance in the next eight years. Any new creative endeavor you have started and that includes romance and heart connections will be long lasting and have a profound effect on your life on many levels, but ultimately it will manifest in healthy emotions and less co-dependent relating than you have ever experienced. It’s all about meeting yourself as an equal with others as they reflect a whole new series of possibilities that exist for you. Find time to hike, canoe, swim and bike with others you’re involved with on a heart level as these activities will become cornerstones for you in building a healthy relationship, both literally and figuratively. Jupiter in Capricorn in your house of higher consciousness and law squares Libra (the scales of justice) so be very careful when dealing with any type of litigation and look for compromise, not victory as the best outcome for you, let alone all parties involved. You’re a peace loving, yet stubborn beast, but digging in is not what the cosmic doctor would prescribe as a course of action right now.

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This moon is all about business for the bull, but the challenge lies in how to respond to energies and moods in the work place other than your own. For artistic bulls, this moon is a goddess send as inspiration abounds, though it may manifest itself in ways that are not wholly familiar to you. You’ll be stretched to examine new perspectives and radical ways of putting your vision into play and the result is a very productive weekend, where deep inspiration meets focused intent coupled with stamina. Get it done. For less artistic bulls, allow for the feminine principle to be the guiding light in work related matters, but only if it exhibits a quality of wisdom that speaks to you from a deep and intuitive space. While the moon is calling for you to seek objectivity through surrender, your love life retains all the juicy subjectivity you need. Hit a gym this weekend and get physical.

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If you were thinking about dressing up the homestead so that you could throw one of your patently pleasurable parties, now is a great time. Paint, decorate and re-model to your hearts content and when the energy shifts into dominant Virgo mid-month, throw your bash and make sure that it’s organic, and even raw, the more alive and less processed, the better as you want to indulge in the senses and incorporate living and vibrant foods and feelings into the mix. If you are a Taurus woman looking to get pregnant, the first week of August is prime time if your cycle is close. The energies for you promote family, children and fertility–if you are a Taurus woman not looking to get pregnant, then I would suggest either abstinence or at the very least double protection. As an Earth goddess, you can blink and grow almost anything, make sure that everything you do in August is conscious and that anything you put into your body will not only satisfy you, but feed you on many levels. In essence don’t take in anything that will cause you some type of regret later on. From a bad meal to bad date, choose only the highest and best for yourself and any future generations. Get my drift?

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The Capricorn full moon is actually your ally more than any other sign. Beneath Cappy’s steely exterior lies a raging inferno of passion, the earthiest and lustiest of all signs perhaps; the Goat is capable of considerable denial in order to achieve its goals. Why am I sharing this with you Taur baby? Because for the most part, you aren’t. This moon however shines upon you and your ability to delay gratification for the sole purpose of gaining insight and clarity into your souls purpose. Pretty cool eh? A piece of the big picture is yours for the viewing if you can simply relax and don’t do it. Sounds simplistic don’t it? If I could offer you one activity to help you achieve this perspective, it would be to find the highest point you can during the height of the full moon and meditate on why you are here and if someone gave you permission to follow your most outrageous and liberating vision of your life, what would you do as result?

There is a soulful alignment between you and The Crab. Both signs are not above indulging in niceties and sweetness. Both of you love food and while Cancerians might pay better attention their diets, you both know the value of a delicious meal. Emotionally water meets earth and finds a home; together they make the soup of life. That is part of your theme for July, to enjoy the company of others over a hearty meal and some fine wine, explore the commonalities of your closest and most intimate relations and don’t be afraid to wear your heart on your sleeve as you’ll give those special people the freedom to do the same with you. Even better if they’re a cancer or have some Cancerian aspect in their chart, as you’ll explore the intimate contours of relating on a number of levels. When Mars moves into Virgo, your romance and creativity go through the roof and you’ll find practical ways to apply your activities in those spheres. Retrograde Jupiter in your house of self lovingly encourages you to shed some pounds right now. If you’re single, get thee to a gym for chance to meet a body in motion.

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This full moon gives you even more impetus to revel in your lusty nature. Watch out for excess though as the Sag moon is about expanding possibilities and when it rests, ever so sensually in your house of sex, death and transformation, you’ll use any excuse you can in order to rationalize everything from a second piece of cake, to the forbidden fruit of more carnal delicacies. Just remember, that the idea behind this moon is liberation and insight. Sometimes there’s less pain having those realizations in the moment, than the day after.

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