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Happy Birthday, Taurus!

I’m unfashionably late with this article as the Sun already moved to the sign of Taurus on the 20th of April and will stay there till the 21st of May. Taurus season is the time of the year when the Spring settles in, we say goodbye to the cold winter and the days start to become noticeably longer.

Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac following the impulsive, competitive and impatient first sign of Aries. The bull represents a much slower, pragmatic pace. As the fixed Earth sign, it is reserved, grounded, reliable and steady. It is often their life’s purpose is to build something of lasting value.

Taurus is an earth sign ruled by Venus, so Taurean people usually like both physical and financial comfort. They feel at home in the body and the natural world, they love to be in nature, for example doing gardening or hiking. They very much appreciate the simple sensory pleasures in life, such as delicious food, music and arts. Therefore they often chose professions like cooks, bakers, musicians and visual artists.

Financial comfort is an important goal for Taurus as they need to feel safe and money often gives them that sense of safety and control. They have an excellent eye for picking valuable items and might have a tendency to collect them. They have a strong talent for making and managing money and in general for material accumulation.

When the Taurean energies are running high in one’s chart, it can also manifest in possessiveness and in fixation on money, or in a habit to overindulge in sensory pleasures, overeating, overdrinking.

They are slow to anger and often slow to action as well, hence they can come across as lazy and sluggish. But once they are committed to a course of action, they for sure stick with it even at times when others would already have given up or even when it would be actually beneficial to stop. Stubbornness and dislike of change are well known characteristics of this sign, so if you want a  Taurus to change their mind, you better prepare for a long term mission.

Taurean people also show strong stability from an emotional point of view. They might be rather slow to develop feelings toward someone and even slower to make their first move (if ever), but once they are committed to someone, that bond is there for a very long time. This reliability and persistence make them the rock of their family, friends and community.

Personally, I have family members with Taurus Sun: my mom, who is an excellent cook (and who feeds anyone who enters the household) and my brother who is a very talented artist capturing animals and nature in drawings and paintings.

If you have any planet in your chart in this sign, it will be expressed in a reserved and grounded way.

If you are interested in learning more about your chart, consider visiting my consultation page.

Power to the People: Pluto in Aquarius (2023-2044) – 2023 March forecast Part 3/3

I kept the most powerful event for the final part of my March forecast trilogy: Pluto enters Aquarius on  23rd March for the first time since 1778. Yes, you see it right, it takes around 246 years for Pluto to move through the zodiac, which means that on average it changes signs only every 20 years. Pluto’s shift into a new sign always happens intermittently as it often touches a certain degree 5 times due to his regular retrograde motion (perceived retrograde motion from our point of view on Earth).

Pluto will be in Aquarius from 2023 to 2044, but it will spend only 11 weeks in this sign THIS YEAR which should give us a hint on what’s to come till 2044.

Below are the exact dates of the Pluto in Aquarius period:

  • 23 March 2023 – 11 June 2023: dips its toes into Aquarius for 11 weeks
  • 11 June 2023 – 21 January 2024: moves back to Capricorn
  • 21 January 2024 – 2 September 2024: second, longer visit to Aquarius for 7.5 months
  • 2 September 2024 – 19 November 2024: last short visit to Capricorn to say goodbye
  • 19 November 2024 – 9 March 2043: main stay in Aquarius for more than 18 years
  • 9 March 2043 – 31 August 2043: dips its toes into Pisces
  • 31 August – 19 January 2044: final visit to Aquarius
  • 19 January 2044: enters Pisces to stay

Pluto – the planet of transformation

Pluto was discovered on 18 February 1930 by astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh in Arizona. It got demoted to dwarf planet or actually the International Astronomical Union (IAU) formally redefined the term ’planet’ to exclude dwarf planets as Pluto. In astrology it is considered as the 10th planet, the most distant planet in the solar system. Pluto is a powerful outer planet that represents transformation, power, and regeneration. Nature’s best example for the Plutonian process and energy is the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. It shows that something has to die in order to create or give birth to something fundamentally different, something better.

How Pluto works is that first it exposes the shadow side of the sign it is in (a certain area of our life) creating a crisis, which shortly becomes unbearable. This is when we hit rock bottom and we doubt we can survive, but also when we are forced to persevere and to rise from our ashes like a phoenix. When we come out on the other side of this tunnel, we realize that all the pain, suffering and grief was inevitable for finding our true selves and our purpose.

Most people are afraid of the merciless power of Pluto. This usually happens when they are stuck in the first phase of the plutonian transformation process: denial. When we refuse to notice the rotten smell coming from the trashbin and carry on with our everyday activities. At a certain point, the smell becomes unbearable, so we have to accept that we need to do something. So we decide to take out the trash and maybe even wash the bin itself. That is Acceptance. It is absolutely critical to reach this point. It brings a profound change in your life for the better. The earlier you decide to work WITH Pluto, the better off you will be. If you start letting go of toxic friends, meaningless jobs, self-sabotaging habits and become more courageous in your choices, Pluto will pay you back many times over with new opportunities and with a more authentic life.

Meaning of Pluto in Aquarius

In Mundane Astrology (concerned with worldly events and global trends) the following notions are connected to the sign of Aquarius: community, society, democracy, economy, science, technology, internet, social media, innovation, energy, electricity, aviation, outer space, artificial intelligence, space travel, extraterrestrial topics. So during the Pluto in Aquarius period, we will see the transformation of some of these topics. What we as humanity have as an idea(l) on these topics currently, will get seriously questioned and challenged.  Most likely we will experience crisis which will require a solution on a different level.

Plenty of articles are published recently on what this 20-year transit might bring on a larger scale. Some examples:

  • Further ecomonic crisis, the end of cash as form of payment
  • The rise of Artificial Intelligence and associated risks, new legislations around it
  • Tranformation of democracy, possibility of anarchy, revolution, a new society based on equality
  • Breakthroughs in science and technology, free energy, universal income for everyone
  • Transformation of air travel to eliminate air pollution, new propulsion technology
  • UFO disclosures, new understanding of the universe and extraterrestrial life

These are very important topics that form the very basis of our life, so any „transformational” event, or „crisis” might look very scary. But there is no need to be scared. Whilst this transit may be intense and disruptive at times, it also holds the potential for profound growth and evolution on both a personal and collective level.

So, why the title „Power to the People”? Because we, the people have the power. We have the power to challenge the status quo and to seek out new and innovative ways of living and working. It is in our power to make courageous decisions and take control over those aspects of our lives where we have an influence. We have the power to accept what we can’t change, but fight for what we can and what is worth changing.

This transit will bring more obvious personal transformation to those who have important chart factors (Sun, Moon, Ascendant) in Aquarius or in other fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio). I personally have my Moon and my Ascendant in the sign of Aquarius so I’m excited to work together with Pluto’s energy to transform myself into a better version of me. I rather chose to do so than being forced into change.

In case you would like to know more about how this period can affect you, please book a consultation with me!