April 27, 2025 at 12:31pm PDT—Sunday’s New Moon in Taurus encourages us to stop spinning and start planting. The cycle of retrogrades—Mercury, Venus, and Mars—have ended, taking with them crumpled versions of some of us who had settled for breadcrumbs and thin promises. If we weathered these resets successfully, we’re exiting the upheavals of these past few months clearer, stronger, and ready to build.
This New Moon in Taurus carries the energy of a powerful Mars-Pluto opposition (across Leo-Aquarius), lassoed into the lunation by squares. All the fixity! Many of us may have felt the intensity growing since last Sunday as the Moon crossed over Pluto. Mars-Pluto brings up issues of control and unspoken motivations, inviting us to reflect on the places where power and vulnerability intertwine, offering an opportunity for deeper understanding and healing. The Mars-Pluto opposition ferments in the psychic compost of the exalted Moon in Taurus, seeding the nutrients for new emotional resilience and deeper self-awareness.
Venus, the New Moon’s ruler, exalts in Pisces and is separated from Saturn by just one degree. This is the second lunation in a row where Venus rules and shares the stage with Saturn, echoing a theme of devotion meeting accountability. A dominant storyline this month has been Venus’s relation to Saturn. Through the lens of the signs she rules—Taurus and Libra—this pairing has been weaving a thread of maturity into matters of love, peace, coin, and connection. At the New Moon, Venus has moved past Saturn, carrying the lessons she’s learned through her retrograde and her conjunction with The Lord of Karma.
Venus-Saturn asks us to love like we mean it—to ground amity with grit. Harmony doesn’t fall into our laps like manna from heaven. It’s planted, watered, and tended with intention. In many ways, this conjunction encourages the right cultivation of our bonds.
So what do you plant under this New Moon in Taurus? Plant something steady. Something that carries the wisdom of the last few months—not just the spark of desire, but the form it’s meant to take. We’ve been tested, turned inward, and pulled back to reassess. Now we begin again, with clearer eyes and soil that’s been churned by truth, consequence, and grace. Venus has passed Saturn. Mars has met Pluto. And you, too, have crossed something.
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