Starcodes April 23, 2021 Heather Roan Robbins

The planets now bring us into the deep fertile loam of earthy Taurus season. Work with all the gardening metaphors; what we plant now can grow roots and build deeply, and that’s as true for anger or retaliation as it is for loving relationships or new and helpful policies, so let’s be careful what we plant. We need to cultivate those newly planted seeds, water them with the honesty of our feelings and nourish them with compost of our past experience.

The Sun, mental Mercury, change-making Uranus, and tender-hearted Venus are all now in fixed earth sign Taurus, and all square restrictive, responsible Saturn. This Taurus lineup is less volatile than last month’s Aries lineup which brought an unprecedented amount of daily gun violence around the country. Where Aries is known to lower impulse control and act abruptly, this is now a more thoughtful, determined time, and that thoughtful stubbornness can give us more room to consider our next move. But when Taurus energy decides to move, particularly when feeling misunderstood or as if it’s territories in danger, the momentum builds.

To work with this Taurus line-up, channel Ferdinand the Bull; be happily grounded and contemplative when sitting in a flower-filled field or garden, and ready to take determined action if needed.