A time to visit your inner garden.
While the Sun is in Taurus in the spring, the full moon happens six months later, in autumn, when the Sun is in Scorpio.
This is the darkest time of the year, a time for hibernation. AI describes hibernation as a state of minimal activity and metabolic reduction that some animals enter to survive cold weather and food shortages by lowering their body temperature, heart rate, and breathing.
For us humans it is all about slowing down.
The time of the Taurus Full Moon comes in strong contrast to when the Sun travels through the sign. In the spring, we wake up and run outdoors. Think about the joy of the young calves when they are let outdoors for the first time! Everything is new and fresh. There is an intensity in colours and smells, like the world has exploded. Joy and optimism penetrates life.
In the autumn, the plants are withering. While nature on surface seems to die, underground it is resting and building strength to come back with new force in the spring.
Like nature, we need to build strength from the inside and out, not the other way around. A pretty flower with no roots will not survive.
Taurus is about grounding, to be able to stand solid in any kind of weather. When Full Moon is in Taurus, it is an invitation to get grounded through activities like baking, knitting or other handcrafts. Even cleaning your house or doing the dishes!
While the cold and darkness of this season might not tempt you to be outdoors in nature, this full moon is an invitation to go inside. Smell the flowers in you inside garden.
Find what anchors you.
Rest.
Nourish yourself.
Review you values. Reflect on what makes you feel secure and safe, including your financial situation.
Ask yourself: What do I need to feel abundant?
Ferdinand the Ox – an analog story
If my picture reminds you of the childrens book (and movie) Ferdinand the Ox, it is not accidental. Both my grandpa and dad read this beautiful story for me and my siblings when we were children, and I think my fond memories are expressed in this work.
The story of Ferdinand is also a beautiful anecdote that capsules Taurus: He is sensual and much prefers to smell the flowers and enjoy nature, than to fight in front of an audience. He is also very stubborn, and nothing can get him moving if he doesn’t feel it is right.
