Apr 19 – May 20, 2016
Click here to learn about the Sun. Click here to learn about Taurus.
Disclaimer: the Sun sign is a much-celebrated yet oversimplified astrological element, usually given more significance than it deserves. Remember – you are a whole soup of planets!
Were you just slammed by the Universe in a “get your act together right now because there’s nowhere left to run” kind of way? The Aries cycle is always full of growing pains. With the Sun here, we have to examine who we are without becoming tangled in the ego, but this requires a lot of work and focus. In any case, I hope you made some progress and learned to love yourself more too. Prepare for life to decelerate temporarily; take solace now in the glory of verdant leaves, in the majesty of rich soil, in the squirming-buzzing-jangling of birds, worms and humans emerging from winter’s cold shell.
Imagine riding on the broad back of a giant, silky, mahogany cow ambling leisurely through a sunlit meadow in late spring. Her strength and resilience are remarkable, staggering, unprecedented. Plant this in your heart. Feel the warmth and power of the bull blossom in your own body. All is still, tranquil.
Taurus celebrates the joy of wabi sabi. Wabi sabi is the feeling that arises in consciousness when we are at peace internally and balanced with our surroundings. It emanates chiefly from the divine simplicity and beauty of nature. Wabi sabi is like sharing a cup of hot tea with a friend in silence, or watching a bear scratch its back on a tree in the misty mountains.
The bull is raw, physical, real. She helps us mold and shape life, but she is also ruthlessly detail-oriented and particular. She will not shower you with udderly abundance until your path is aligned precisely with your highest Self. There is no room here for ill-defined purpose. We must be incandescently clear and direct about what we want. The bull is also slow, sweet and meandering…but maybe too slow. From the outside it must be maddening trying to understand how someone can move at such a glacial pace 
So the Taurus cycle teaches patience and diligence.
When her horns aren’t screwed on straight, the bull is picky, intransigent, pushy. She can be graceful like a tender young branch, but she’s not naturally loose and flexible. The bull’s soul is a geometric assemblage of rough edges. Life to her is short, uncomplicated and rather harsh. Sometimes the bull puts roots down too early or in the wrong spot because she is too stubborn to try harder, to explore, to consider other options. But the bull who resists laziness carries her weight uphill expertly. She refuses to settle, even when it would be “easier,” even when temporary relief and satisfaction beckon. She keeps climbing, though her pack grows heavier by the day.
We’re still at the beginning of the the zodiac wheel, the first seedlings popping up from the soul’s freshly burned forest floor, but now we need to extinguish the flames with heaps of earth: delightfully cool to the touch, bursting with nutrients. Close your eyes, lay down. Listen to your heartbeat; breathe in the pungent soil. Allow yourself to relax. Not all of our plans will pan out the way we wanted, and that’s ok.
Taurus is indulgent, even hedonistic, but she can help you transform your ideas into manifest reality and make you feel at home. Stretch out beneath the sunshine. Entwine your fingers and toes in the grass. Bury your nose in a flower. Let the first rays of light wash over you. Open your eyes to what is. Let us feast together on springtime plenty.
Celebrate with Taurus Yoga.
Mantra: I am home