Friday, May 13 at 12:05pm EST
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The Sun in Taurus squares the moon in Leo. The moon will rise at noon, peak at dusk and set at midnight.
The week between the first quarter and full moon (May 13-21) is the most potent of the lunar cycle. We need to think assiduously about where we are going. Quarter moons prompt definitive change. This is our first checkpoint. According to CafeAstrology, quarter phases represent a “crisis of consciousness.”
Before I launch into my analysis, I want to say that every time the moon dances into Leo everyone becomes so playful and childlike - laughing, recreating, making jokes, perhaps slipping into sarcasm and judgment, a little bit of aggression and heat in the body, but hey, it’s all good. I love and appreciate this constellation 🙂 And now for the nitty gritty!
I sense an unmistakable fatefulness in this planetary tenor. Both Taurus and Leo are incredibly stubborn and difficult to persuade of anything. This translates as forcefulness here at the first quarter moon, or a tendency to push forward with an agenda that might not be the right one. If you’re not walking in the proper direction, you will know for sure by the end of July when we reach the reversal stage (Last Quarter Moon in Taurus with the Sun in Leo).
My advice is to lean towards the bull - she brings us back to reality. From Taurus we learn how to cultivate self-confidence. She is the cosmic strongwoman of the zodiac, and Leo the pampered prince, bounding after leisure. Taurus, unlike Leo, moves purposefully and efficiently. She plans for the long run. Leo would happily expend every last resource on this moment RIGHT NOW. The lion is forever convinced that any risk left untouched equates to waste of life. At this juncture, Luna asks us to decipher very carefully between what we want and what we need.
Leo regards Taurus as stale, boring, too safe. The lion is not satisfied with aspirations that fail to leave room for unbridled passion. Both signs seek to live the best life possible, but Leo must learn the difference between excess and true quality. The lion loves to spend money, go out, lounge around - he’s in constant vacation mode, you might say. It’s all fine and good until this habit becomes a mental pattern which prevents us from seeing beyond the present moment.
To be sure, it takes incredible courage to live completely in the present moment, detached from all terrestrial fear. But what does it mean, to “live in the present moment?” The leonine interpretation of this statement often translates as complete engrossment in consumption of any and all pleasures. Take a step back to see more clearly, my friends - are you building your life on fleeting snippets of joy or on the gleaming bricks of your soul’s golden foundation?
The most challenging aspect of quarter phases is that if we walk away, it’s from something we’ve been holding on to very tightly. Wait no longer. Intuition is not just some annoying voice in your head, and wishful thinking surfs a mighty current. You’ll know when all is good and right because it’s easy and joyful – and when it’s not, don’t be afraid! Change is your friend!
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