This 2017 Taurus Full Moon brings a heightened emotional and intuitive awareness of our personal and collective material and physical resources and how their status in our lives affects both our emotional well-being and our abilities to tune into ourselves and the various aspects of our lives intuitively. Our personal values – where we are actually most emotionally invested – will come to light in emotionally and spiritually profound ways. This is a moment of awakening around our personal values and just how much power and influence they (and the lack of clarity about them) can have over our lives. It can also assist us in becoming more aware of our own value – the value we have in our own lives and in the lives of others.
The Moon reaches its maximum Full phase in the sign of Taurus at 10:23p PDT on Friday, 3rd November 2017 (11.98°). Taurus is the sign of ‘lifestyle values and resources’. I use the term ‘lifestyle values and resources’ because though the phrase ‘survival needs’ would be more accurate, yet the standards by which those needs may be met will vary from individual to individual, depending on the placement of Taurus in one’s personal chart. The position of the Moon represents what forms our emotional foundation and has us experience emotional safety and security.
The energies present around this 2017 Taurus Full Moon brings up the following questions:
- What do we value most in our individual and collective lives, and why?
- What is the emotional and/or spiritual satisfaction we seek through our values?
- To which lengths are we willing to go in order to secure and/or sustain our lifestyle resources…
- …and do we equate our lifestyle resources with money and power?
- Do you value yourself? Do you value others?
- Do you value others more than you value yourself? Do you value yourself more than you value others?
- How do we use our material resources and our emotional resources to assert power and influence in our interactions with others, for better or worse?
- How do we project our emotional-spiritual wounds onto others in material-physical ways?
- And how do we feel empowered in our individual lives when we are able to honor and acquire the resources necessary to obtain and sustain the lifestyles we want to live?
- Are our values in alignment with our behaviors?
At tonight’s moment of maximum phase, most of North America will be in the energy of a numerological 6 universal day of physical and emotional self-care – a day in which your actions are most effective when they serve you and others (in that order of priority). Yet eastern North America and the rest of the world will be under the influence of a 7 universal day – a day of thought. Introspection, analysis, and taking pause to rest and think things through will be the call. These energies will add another layer to the experience of this 2017 Taurus Full Moon.
For those under the 6 energy at max phase, many of you will experience this 2017 Taurus Full Moon as a physical or material awareness of your physical-material resources first, then as an emotional energy. Since you’ll be under the energy of a 7 universal day soon after max phase, the emotional experience will likely be followed by a desire for time and space to intellectually process the emotions you are feeling as result of the material-physical event or circumstances which sparked the emotional response. You may realize that you often put others and their values first while sacrificing yourself and your well-being for them instead of making sure your acts of service serve both them and yourself.
For those under the 7 energy at max phase, many of you will experience this 2017 Taurus Full Moon as an intellectual awareness of your physical-material resources first, then as an emotional energy. Exchange(s) of information or communication about your lifestyle and/or the resources which sustain it may shift your perspective of your personal physical or material circumstances. Though you will be focused on the material-physical aspects of your values, you’ll likely be coming from a much more conscious awareness of your personal values instead of a more collective perception or approach.
This is happening under the energy of a 3 universal month of learning, growth, and expansion… and the energy of a 1 universal year of new beginnings. Pay attention to what is being revealed , what you can learn from the revelations, and notice how you may be able to use what you learn to expand awareness of deeper, more insightful truths. Knowledge is power under a Scorpio 3 Sun, and there is substantial emotional knowledge available during the 6 days of this 2017 Taurus Full Moon period (01-07 November).
As we look at the astrological transits for tonight’s 2017 Taurus Full Moon, it should be noted that the Scorpio Sun-Taurus Moon opposition itself is the crossbar for a fixed energy T-Square configuration with Ceres – the ruling body of Taurus – at the pivot in the sign of Leo (11-12°). The beauty and challenge of this configuration is that at a moment in time in which we are being encouraged to recognize the value of our unique and creative individual self-expressions, we are also being asked to express our unique selves in ways which balance the energies of the Scorpio 3 Sun (which asks questions yet keeps the answers to itself) and the Taurus Moon (which strives to acquire and sustain the physical-material resources which align with its values).
The T-Square is a big deal, and it carries the most significant weight on this Full Moon because it directly involves the Full Moon opposition. Yet another planetary position that holds weight today due to its interaction with the Sun-Moon opposition is the position of Pisces Neptune Retrograde, which is in trine with the Scorpio 3 Sun and in sextile with the Taurus Moon (11°). These transits are eager to get to the bottom of what is really fueling the beliefs behind people’s extreme idealism in the areas of life most important to them and the extremes they will go to in order to defend these ideals due to their emotional investments in their ideals, however delusional they may seem. The thing is… the Sun in Scorpio 3 energy would rather use what it knows to expose who and/or what is believed to be perpetrators of wrong-doing, and it seeks to work with this Taurus Moon in order to bring emotional justice to matters-at-hand.
But it would be wise to remember that justice for one may be deep pain and disillusionment for another. Compassion goes a long way right now, and even if you’re bringing truth to light, it would be good to remember that hurting others with the truth isn’t the goal – healing yourself with the truth is. If you’re focused on revenge, you’ve got this all wrong.
That said, Venus in Libra is active in the transits on this Full Moon day. Its sextile with Sagittarius Saturn (24-25°), its quincunx with Pisces Chiron Retrograde (24-25°), and its opposition with Aries Uranus Retrograde (25°), reveal Venus to be instrumental in allowing the progress of relationships and partnerships which are aligned with factual truth. These transits also encourage us as individuals to see ourselves in each other, and though there may be a tendency to point fingers and blame others for certain behaviors, we may also want to pause and consider whether or not we are deflecting blame onto others for what we see in ourselves.
This could be a very healing experience for those who refuse to play into the victim-martyr dramas of those who do not want to take responsibility for their self-destructive or self-sacrificial behaviors. This could also be a painful experience for those who are being forced to take responsibility for their self-destructive or self-sacrificial behaviors – one which could lead them to healing of the emotional-spiritual wounds they’ve projected onto others for so long. This push to accountability and responsibility inspires opportunities for healing communities as the dynamics of power and influence within communities are exposed, one person at a time.
This isn’t to say that those who are revealing themselves as victims should not be taken seriously or heard. It is to say that we may want to see if those claiming to be victims may (also) be perpetrators of the acts they are condemning others for. This is more about calling out hypocrisy than it is about who is at fault, reminding us to look at and listen to BOTH or ALL sides of a story and to look and listen to ourselves before we point fingers at others… because under this Scorpio Sun and this Taurus Full Moon, people are digging deeper than usual for answers and won’t take words at face value. Questions will be asked, and answers will be sought after, and shallow superficial answers will not satisfy the querants.
That search for deeper, more substantial answers is where Mercury in Scorpio opens up the possibilities for deeper, more profound conversations. Through its semi-sextiles with Saturn (24-27°), and Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius (27-29°), and through its trine with Pisces Chiron Retrograde (24-27°), deeper conversations help discern truth from fiction, satisfying a collective desire for truth to be known and challenging the parties involved to earnestly begin an emotional-spiritual healing process that is long overdue. These interactions have the potential to bring profound emotional healing for individuals and groups/communities… if only the conversations can be had.
Of course, no process holds value and no healing can take place if there is no action to back up the intentions. That’s where Mars in Libra’s semi-sextile with Jupiter in Scorpio comes in (5-7°). Actions taken to bring justice to matters lead to greater awareness of where polarities exist. These polarities are also increasing, practically forcing people to choose which side of the matter they want to stand on.
And a conjunction between Juno and Pluto in Capricorn (14-17°) pushes people to reveal their true commitments and priorities. This transit will provide proof of just how determined (or desperate) some people are to obtain or hold onto power… all through the results they claim to be seeking. The results being pursued reveal the true values of the individuals and groups involved, and these revelations will have a profound impact on the material, physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of all.
This is also a perfect time to assess whether or not your values and beliefs are truly your own, or if you hold the values and beliefs you do because you are being controlled or manipulated in to holding them? This could be a very distressing realization for some of you as you may realize that you may not have as much free will as you believed you did – that you gave up your free will to be emotionally or physically or materially bonded to another individual or community. If this rings true for you, take time to figure out who or what holds power over you, and seek solutions to how you can find and/or claim your strength in the relationship(s) again.
Also, do you value yourself? Are you allowing others to hold power and influence over you through material, physical, emotional, or spiritual means… or are you claiming your own power in the face of others trying to control or manipulate you? Take a moment to discern who really holds the power in your relationships and interactions with others. You may realize you have more power than you think.
Distinguishing yourself from others will help you become clear about what you personally value most, and whether or not your behaviors and beliefs truly align with those values. It will also help you become clear about the value you hold for others as well as the value others hold for you… and how you honor that value.
Use the power of this 2017 Taurus Full Moon to assist you in sorting your values and beliefs out for yourself and your life. It’s available to you 1st through 7th November.
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~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
