Taurus Super Full Moon - Cultivating INNER Stability While Dancing with the Dark Goddess

Nov 1

Wednesday, November 5, 8:19am EST

“The Dark Goddess is multifaceted, challenging belief systems, frailties, weaknesses, and testing our strength… Her mighty darkness provides the tools to rebuild ourselves anew, triggering instant metamorphosis. Don’t fear the unknown nature of mystery; the cosmic womb, in its darkness, births all hidden potentials into existence.”
- Adriana Ayales, from The Herbal Astrology Oracle

Welcome to November - a month of massive and mysterious change, kicked off by Wednesday’s Taurus Full Moon. This will be the second and most potent of three consecutive Super Full Moons, when the Moon is closest to earth, appearing bigger and brighter and having a stronger effect on the earth and our emotions.

This Full Moon also occurs near true Samhain - the cross-quarter holy day marking the halfway point between Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice (here in the Northern hemisphere). Typically celebrated on October 31/November 1, this year Samhain occurs on November 7. At this gate of power in the wheel of the year, the veil between the material and spiritual realms is thin, allowing greater access to our ancestors on the other side.

Further amplifying the power of this lunation, the Moon is exalted - reaches its highest expression - in Taurus. As the fixed earth sign, Taurus brings stability, security and grounding to the quickly-shifting lunar tides.

This Full Moon can help you find INNER stability and strength amidst the storm of change brewing in the collective field. Connecting with nature, and with your own sensory experience, can help you root down into the present moment, calming anxiety about the future. What sensations are you noticing in your body right now? What small steps can you take to create greater comfort, nourishment and peace for your body and immediate environment?

Venus, ruler of Taurus and presiding goddess of this Full Moon, is strong in her (other) home sign of Libra, and in dynamic conversation with ALL of the slow-moving planets. Venus is at the same degree (28 Libra) of the New Moon on October 21, forming a yod with Uranus and Neptune, opposing Chiron, and squaring both Jupiter and Pluto.

Translation? Venus in Libra wants peace, balance and harmony, but must travel through an initiatory, transformative and disruptive gateway to get there. Relationships are in the spotlight, ripe for evolution through radical honesty, speaking your truth with love and vulnerability. The theme of bringing awareness to how early childhood wounding informs your present relationships - catalyzed by the New Moon - continues, activating many opportunities for healing.

Did I mention collective storminess?? At the Full Moon, Mars forms a precise opposition to Uranus, stirring up potential shocks, unexpected news, and possible issues with technology, electricity and the internet. On a personal level, Mars-Uranus can support you to break free from old patterns, to take creative action on a deeply-held belief or something you’ve been procrastinating, and to move toward what you REALLY want.

This is Uranus’ last hurrah in Gemini, for now, and goes out with a BANG. Uranus has been in Gemini since July 7, and will reverse back into Taurus on November 7 (until April 26). For more about Uranus in Gemini, check out my conversation with Kristine Backes from July. We’ll be talking about Uranus going back into Taurus in our conversation next week - stay tuned!

But wait - there’s more! Mercury will turn retrograde on November 9, followed by Jupiter going retro on November 11. Reversals, turnarounds, delays, unexpected communications and revelations, challenges with tech and travel, questions about what’s real and what’s illusion, mystery and more mystery…

PATIENCE, a sense of humor, and an open, flexible mind will serve you well in navigating through this wild month. Keep returning to the gifts and wisdom of Taurus - cultivating inner stability through practicing sensory awareness, tending to the needs of your body, and deepening your connection with the earth.

For more insight into what this Full Moon means for YOU, find the house in your birth chart that contains 13° Taurus. The areas of life signified by that house are where events are coming to culmination, fruition or completion, and where you’re invited to:

slow down and tune into your body’s guidance and wisdom;
break free from old attachments and habits and release what no longer feels aligned with your values;
come out of “survival mode” and open to receiving more support and abundance;
expand beyond limiting perceptions and know your power to create your more beautiful future;
raise your standards based on a new level of worthiness and havingness.

I go into all the Virgoan details about how you can co-create with these powerful planetary forces in my 70-minute Full Moon audio transmission. Become a paid subscriber for $16/month or $155/year for immediate access to this transmission, and to the archive of past lunar recordings. And you’ll receive my Neptune in Aries webinar for free! Founding subscribers ($185/year) can join me for quarterly livestreams and also receive the Pluto in Aquarius webinar as a gift!