The 2009 Taurus New Moon

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New Moon April 24 09

2009 Taurus New Moon

5 Taurus 04

April 24-25, 2009

11:24 PM EDT April 24 / 8:24PM PDT/3:24 AM GMT April 25

The Taurus New Moon turns our focus to the physicality of existence and invites us to settle into our bodies and this world. This Moon squares the solar eclipse of January 26, which shot us into a more expansive, more liberating vision of our future. With the square, it’s time to fix our sights on the present – Be Here Now, as Ram Dass counseled – and take concrete action to cultivate the garden growing around us.

Enjoying what’s growing is appropriate, even if it’s not ready to harvest. By this point in the spring, beautiful, fragrant flowers are in bloom all around. On metaphoric level, the same is happening in your life. This year, your metaphoric garden looks quite a bit different than it ever has before. It’s more balanced, more harmonious, more reflective of your nature and tastes. It has a unity of spirit and purpose, too, because of the fusing of the masculine and feminine that is taking place in two ways in the sky now.

The first is the New Moon itself, when the Sun and Moon come together, as they do every month, and unite the masculine and feminine, the mind and heart, and willpower and receptivity. The second involves this Moon’s ruler, Venus, who has just enjoyed a parallel embrace with Mars, a union that will linger on as the cosmic lovers travel together for the next two and a half months. With the merging of the love goddess and warrior god, desire and ambition become one; our actions align with what we value. There is, for the time being, no separation between inner male and female. Our very beings are bridging what we have previously experienced as two sides of our nature.

The Sabian Symbol for this New Moon embodies this concept. The Sabian Symbol for the Sun and Moon at 6 Taurus is
A BRIDGE BEING BUILT ACROSS A HIGH NARROW GORGE.

Commentary: ‘A Bridge Being Built Across a High Narrow Gorge’ is about finding a creative and concrete solution to cross to the other side of a separation or dilemma. There may be a separation or gulf, shown here represented by the ‘Gorge’, between places, people or objectives. ‘Bridges’ need to be built to overcome separate areas of activity and to link people and places together.

Oracle: There may seem to be no way of overcoming the distance between you and another, or the outcome or thing that’s desired. Realizing the gulfs your face and doing something about any breaks in communications between you can lead to whole new possibilities. Building ‘A Bridge’ takes time, energy and most often, the help of others. It may be best to start working towards ‘Building a Bridge’ now. Once it is completed, the dangers that the ‘Bridge’ spans are no longer of such great concern – that is, unless the ‘Bridge’ is not secure. Failure to adequately span the gap may actually feel life threatening. Looking back or down may bring on a sense of danger or instability. Imagine yourself coming to the brink and going straight ahead, but don’t look down! However, with this Symbol, feel secure that the ‘Bridge’ will be there for you when you need it. With creative thought physical limitations can be overcome most of the time. Be careful not to get preoccupied or wound up worrying whether things are going to fail. Remember the proverb “don’t cross that bridge until you come to it.” This basically indicates that you shouldn’t concern yourself with difficulties until they arise. Don’t place too much importance on the outcomes until you get to the other side. It may help to get some plans drawn up, in reality or in your imagination.

Keywords: Overcoming distance and separation. Endeavoring to build continuity. Solving problems with creative solutions. Bridging emotional chasms. Spanning gaps. Breaking down barriers. Structures spanning distances between places or people. Conquering time and space barriers. Physical limitations overcome. Taking one step at a time. Avoiding looking down.

The Caution: Taking the long way round to avoid asking for help. Using shortcuts to cut across the real issue. Only seeing the risks, not the solutions to problems. The fear of establishing connections. The pervading sense that it could all fall through at any moment. Extreme sports.

Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there. Cullen Hightower

Don’t be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small steps. David Lloyd George

Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting. Karl Wallenda

We are told never to cross a bridge till we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have “crossed bridges” in their imagination far ahead of the crowd. Speakers Library

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. J. F. Newton

The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn. David Russell

Don’t look down. Tom Petty

Voyager, there are no bridges; one builds them as one walks. Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua

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