Podcast #182 Welcoming Taurus
Heidi and Ellen welcome the beautiful sign of Taurus. The sun moves into Taurus on April 19 at 12:56 pm PT. It is a time to move slowly within and without; to spend more time in nature; to align with the power of the will to good; and to make something beautiful. Spend time in your garden, take walks with friends; cook something yummy; enjoy the quiet spaces of your life.
They talked about the biography of Lee Miller; a trailblazing surrealist photographer who was the only woman to go to the front in WWII. Heidi read the poem Sifter by Naomi Shihab Nye.
What we talked about in this episode:
LEE MILLER’S CHART
POEM
SIFTER by Naomi Shihab Nye
When our English teacher gave
our first writing assignment of the year,
Become a kitchen implement
in 2 descriptive paragraphs, I did not think
butcher knife or frying pan.
I thought immediately
of soft flour showering through the little holes
of the sifter and the sifter’s pleasing circular
swishing sound, and wrote it down.
Rhoda became a teaspoon,
Roberto a funnel,
Jim a muffin tin
and Forrest a soup pot.
We read our paragraphs out loud.
Abby was a blender. Everyone laughed
and acted giddy but the more we thought about it,
we were all everything in the whole kitchen,
drawers and drainers,
singing teapot and grapefruit spoon
with serrated edges, we were all the
empty cup, the tray.
This, said our teacher, is the beauty of metaphor.
It opens doors.
What I could not know then
was how being a sifter
would help me all year long.
When bad days came
I would close my eyes and feel them passing
through the tiny holes.
When good days came
I would try to contain them gently
the way flour remains
in the sifter until you turn the handle.
Time, time. I was a sweet sifter in time
and no one ever knew.
BOOKS
What’s Next- A Backstage Pass to the West Wing by Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack
The Siren’s Call- How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes
Abundance by Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein
FILM
TRANSITS
April 19 - Sun enters Taurus
Our invitation:
Spend time in nature
Move slowly within and without
Align with the power of the Will to Good.
Make something beautiful
Sun moves into Taurus at 12:56 pm PT
April 19 - Mars in Leo trine Neptune in Aries
Our invitation:
Keep the faith
Feed the dream
Aspire
Be courageous in love
Mars trines Neptune at 3:52 pm PT
April 20 - Venus sextile Uranus Easter Sunday
Our invitation:
Brainstorm
Improvise
Awaken others with beauty
Offer love in new ways
Venus sextiles Uranus at 11:20 am PT
April 20 - Sun square Mars
Our invitation:
Channel anger into positive action
Pause and reflect before initiating
Accept the mission
Sun square Mars at 6:33 pm PT
April 23 - Sun square Pluto
Our invitation:
Relinquish control
Surrender to something greater
Work on self-healing
The Sun squares Pluto at 10:10 am PT
April 24 - Venus conjunction Saturn
Our invitation:
Commit to the creative life
Be loyal and responsible in relationship
Be cautious or deliberate in financial matters
Let love prevail over fear
Venus conjoins Saturn at 5:01 pm PT
April 26 - Mars opposite Pluto
Our invitation:
Stay calm and poised, particularly in heightened emotional moments
Choose to use power well and wisely
Assert and wield power for the good of the collective
Stand up for one another. Protect one another.
Mars opposes Pluto at 6:05 pm PT
April 27 - New Moon of Taurus season
Our invitation:
Stand strong in love and light
Plant the seeds of a steadier way forward
Awaken the light in all you meet
Let light prevail
The New Moon in Taurus occurs at 12:31 pm PT
April 30 - Venus re-enters Aries
Our invitation:
Love what you love fully
Feel the joy of initiating or creating something new
Love the new idea and foster it
Venus enters Aries at 10:15 am PT
May 2 - Venus conjunct Neptune
Our invitation:
Love bigger
Let the artist self out to play
Dream something greater for our world
Venus conjoins Neptune at 10:06 am PT
May 4 - Pluto moves retrograde
Our invitation:
Reflect on the power of community
Be a part of a community doing some form of healing work
Work energetically or actively to save democracies across the globe
Pluto stations retrograde in Aquarius at at 8:27 am PT
May 6 - Venus sextile Pluto
Our invitation:
Initiate intimate and healing conversation
Step forth to offer what you love to the group
Take bold financial steps
Venus sextiles Pluto at 2:31 pm PT
May 10 - Mercury enters Taurus
Our invitation:
Study something deeply and completely
Don’t rush any decision
Meditate
Mercury enters Taurus at 5:15 am PT
May 12 - Full Moon of Taurus season
Our invitation:
Let Uranus, the change agent, have a say
Help others awaken to higher values
Stand steady in the light
The Full Moon in Scorpio occurs at 9:55 am PT
May 17 - Uranus Cazimi
Our invitation:
Make the change
Shake up the status quo
Invent a new way forward
Choose to be free- Liberate self and other
Love these written reminders for the cycle of the season. Thank you!