Solar Eclipse in Taurus May 2013
Solar Eclipse in Taurus. Comfortably numb. Been there done that
The Solar Eclipse is focused on Taurus, ruled by Venus enhancing anything about beauty, finances, love, values and self worth. As the Botticelli painting, this Solar Eclipse epitomizes the “Birth of Venus” as solar eclipses embody new beginnings. Its a great time for new steps in soothing, pampering, getting a beauty treatment (new hairdo) and balancing your budget. Green and pink are the colors of Venus, nature and love. Wearing stones of Venus picks up the love and money vibration. The bursts of colors of the spring brings a spirit of renewal and the quiet splendor of nature offering its own natural healing, keeping us grounded and encouraged that all life moves through its cycles and continues to endure through any calamity.
The serenity and tranquility is the Taurus blessing brought to us every year as life blossoms and flourishes once again. The bright side is basking in nature and finding the peaceful spirit in the outdoors and a time out to stop to smell the flowers and ‘tip toe through the tulips’. Being a super charged New Moon in earth based Taurus is a rich opportunity for gardening and planting where everything is coming up roses.
My Taurus cat continuously shows me that patience is a virtue. Take your time and slow down, no matter the stresses. Taurus is gifted with the ability to relax and remain steady and calm. Taurus is an earth sign that appreciates practical common sense and doesn’t see the point of wasting energy on forcing or pushing that which has its own natural cycle or course. Ruled by Venus and pleasure which does not equate with hurrying and needless worrying-all in its good sweet time, you can’t force nature as it has its own timing. Taurus “whisper words of wisdom to let it be”. Taurus is a very present sign that savors and likes it simple and still and on the sensual side, Venus Taurus languishing in earthly delights with scents, tastes becoming more pronounced.
Taurus focus is on self sufficiency, self reliance, practical business and common sense, money management when confident although in overdrive and under threat, the dark side of Taurus surfaces around jealousy, possessiveness, greed and hoarding which can take on a life of its own. In times of stress, we naturally retreat to get our bearings which can go into overdrive toward the negative side.
Eclipses are polarities as there are always two poles when the Sun Moon align with the nodal axis- the Moon’s orbit over the path of the ecliptic. This eclipse focuses on the Taurus Scorpio axis of holding on (Taurus) to letting go (Scorpio). This eclipse is of the south node. The south node is stagnation where the north node is growth. Eclipses on the south node eclipse pull one to the past, to what’s comfortable and easy especially so in Taurus. Bad habits, old ways, out of date, outworn, déjà vu experiences, stay safe, the same, static instead of taking the step toward the unknown, the mysterious and push toward evolution to I haven’t been there and I haven’t done that.
The south node does show where our ingrained talents are and what we carry forward to assist us in furthering our journey to help in the midst of crisis where we turn toward our tool box. This cluster of Taurus planets sits tightly nestled holding onto anything for comfort to ease the pain such as food, the nearest couch with a remote or a more precious Linus security blanket, and other forms of soothing whether drugs, alcohol, sex or cravings for rich and decadent sweets for a quick fix and high. For me, its all about comfortable shoes and pastry and letting all my stilettos and high heel stilts collect dust in my shoe cupboard which also brings up the reminder about cleaning out our closets and clearing out the old to make room for the new.
The energy pattern sits like a heavy anchor with all the Taurus energy bottom feeding and laying low sticking to solid ground while the handle and reach out is the Scorpio north node yanking the energy to risk and change, to free oneself of being bogged or run down and to take a step forward without a security net and to trust to find support and resources from others (Scorpio) whether through investors, partners, loans etc. The Scorpio north node is a golden parachute and partnership with someone to lean on and to depend on for help and it points the direction forward as the key to unlock the trap door.
Whatever is imprisoning you and keeping you hanging on to any means of security for the sake of survival while robbing your soul its rightful need to get out from under you is the Scorpio trust that is releasing and allowing a greater good to emerge. Time to crack open the piggy bank and take a chance on moving forward, facing the music and your fears as Scorpio ruled by Pluto instigates crisis and dealing with the storms instead of pushing them under the carpet, hiding under the blankets or sticking your head in the sand in a sense of denial, numbing out any pain.
“Because we are living in a material world” The south node (dragon’s tail) eclipse is more aligned with sacrifice, loss with Taurus becoming the fall guy. Taurus rules over possessions, income where the squeeze is being felt on funds, cash flow and a drain on resources. Poverty, working minimum wage for peanuts seen with the recent Bangladesh garment factory tragedy showing the demise of devaluing workers and cheaping out slave labor at enormous high costs, forced to work in unsafe conditions to pump out for corporate greed. Income, self sufficiency, self reliance where one may be thrown back on self support, their butt kicked out of the nest from any dependency of Scorpio shared resources where corporate funds become limited and restricted due to the severity of Saturn in Scorpio.
The base level of survival has one put in defensive fear mode where trust and believing in something better has one ever digging more holes out of desperation. Fears and hoarding insecurities acquiring more stuff to hide behind when stirred by some pain as an insidious tactic for survival. In this base core level of survival and fear, not much is left to give or to share. Saving and being frugal are solid virtues however, stinginess sets in not only for the material but in the spirit, expression of affection, love or kindness which perpetuates a stagnation in flow.
Values, self worth and throwing pearls to pigs has a need for us to shine a light on our self worth. What is your real self worth beyond your material possessions? Are you rich only in possessions but not in spirit? Are you skimping on giving in any regard with love, affection, acknowledgement or attention holding fast to your own self protection? On the other side, Taurus rules the neck. Are you sticking your neck out more than you should, selling yourself short only to have the toxic vampires whether emotional, mental or financial suck and drain your resources, dignity and energy?
I feel Uranus in the air around the corner with the winds of change dangling my wind chimes as Uranus is close to square Pluto again May 20th. Uranus in Aries showing many fires recently as Saturn dry arid temperatures and the heat of Aries belts in. Uranus rules aviation with a bizarre plane crash, a plane falling from the sky and wind electoral storms as well as Uranus electricity and shock around sudden (Uranus) heart attacks (Solar-heart) and brain trauma and head injuries hearing more than the usual alarms with fire and rescue all at more riveting rates. Uranus rules over the bizarre with strange incidents of missing persons being suddenly found after being abducted and held prisoner for 9 years which is a cycle of eclipses, the last Solar Eclipse in Taurus in 2004.
Uranus is naturally the air element waking up and anxious blowing with ruthless Pluto elimination with a bone to pick with the stagnant slow moving stubborn mix of the fixed Taurus and Scorpio unmovable mass. The Taurus energy can duck and take cover and play nice and soften the edge and gifts this tension with some peace out and rest with non reaction to replenish the spirit however a very uncomfortable mix on the other hand as Taurus energy cornered can bull doze any contentious, formidable push of Uranus square Pluto forcing to relinquish what no longer serves your better interests.
Mercury (communication) in Taurus is close to the eclipse degree and Taurus has a tendency to laziness which has been bringing up my beef and pet peeve with the overuse of words and sloppy communications, namely the word like. I, like, am really like, NOT liking hearing the word like, like 10 times in like, a sentence. Like if you DON’T like hearing like and would prefer not to after every second like word in your sentence. It’s, like, up there with “that’s nice” as a painfully dull descriptive. Venus has moved into Gemini to lighten the heavy load to get some momentum as Mercury moves into Gemini joining Venus, Jupiter during the Full Moon (Lunar Eclipse) later this month to add more panache and variety to expression.