Speaker 1: Welcome back to another episode of Astrology with Alice. I'm
your host, Alice Bell, and happy almost Tourist season. We're
not quite there yet. It will start on April nineteenth.
I just wanted to release this episode a few days
ahead of time so you can anticipate what to expect,
because there's a lot of action taking place immediately once
Tourist season begins. I guess by the time this episode
comes out, we will be in those last few days
of Arias season. The astrology is pretty tense at this
exact moment. We're coming up on this new moon and Ares,
and the ruling planet of the new moon, Mars is
conjunct Saturn, and Mercury is also conjunct Saturn and Ares.
So if you're feeling kind of like things are tense,
or you're just very overwhelmed with work and responsibilities, or
you're even like facing the reality of a situation and realizing, okay,
certain things aren't working here anymore. Who and what do
I want to commit to moving forward? May have like
tough emotions coming up as a result. So if you're
feeling like that right now, once we get into actual
Tourist season at the start of this coming week, I
expect it to be relatively calmer. But if you want
more insight into Aria season, re listened to last month's
podcast on the ARIS Forecast. Yeah, I'm still uncertain of
what exactly will play out at the end of very season,
but already for myself, I'm anticipating a lot more work
taking place around this time. Just looking at the ARIS
worldhouse of your chart, like where all of these this
Mars and this Mercury conjunction with Saturn is taking place?
Where are you needing to put in a lot of
concentrated effort right now? So that's the ninth house for
me and for all Leo risings. So I'm doing a
ton of podcasting, teaching, and writing this week. I know
those are things I normally do as part of my job,
but it's like all of the deadlines are hitting at once,
and like certain podcast guests I couldn't schedule for other weeks,
I have to do them right in the midst of
these transits. So it just makes sense that all this
work is compiling and responsibilities just feel a lot heavier,
Like it's it's hard to just relax and have a
good time at the moment. So if you're feeling that, no,
there's a light at the end of the tunnel, Let's
get into tourist season, because this tourist season specifically is
pretty interesting. There's a ton happening astrologically at the very
start of tourist season, like in the last week or
so of April, in the first like day or two
of May, and then we skip a couple of weeks
where there's not much happening, and then the transits pick
back up again at the very end of tourist season,
like around the end of the second week and throughout
the third week of May. So as usual, I'll be
giving a week by week breakdown of the next month
so you can know what to expect and you can
easily refer back to like key dates to understand what's happening. Also,
if you're interested in what all of these transits I
go over mean for your specific rising sign, that's what
I do over on substack. So expect in depth monthly
horoscopes by Rising Sign to come out on Sunday, April
nineteenth on substack. And that's like a mini reading about
twenty five hundred words written Perchrising sign, so that's like
four pages of a Google doc. I believe that you
can refer back to over the course of the next month,
and it's super helpful because sometimes at the start of
the month you really can't anticipate what's to come, and
then by the end of the month, if you reread them,
everything makes a lot more sense. I just have a
couple of other quick announcements before we get started. I
am hosting the Astrology of Pregnancy workshop on substack also
this Sunday, April nineteenth, So if you're not a subscriber
but you want to join and attend that live workshop
where I give a lot more chart examples on the
timing of pregnancy and birth. And also people will get
the opportunity to share throughout the last half of the
workshop on experience experiences they've either had personally with pregnancy
or have noticed with family members or with friends and
trying to conceive. That'll be super interesting and paid subscribers
will receive the replay of the workshop on Monday morning,
so even if you can't make it on April nineteenth,
two pm Eastern and details for this workshop are all
on substack. If you go there, you can always get
access to watch the video at a later date, and
then one last thing I am recording. I'm in the
midst of about to record the Uranest Transit Stories episode
that I'm going to put out over the next two weeks,
so next week's podcast and then the following one at
the end of April. I need more Urinus transit stories.
So if you have been on the fence about submitting
what it's been like having in Uranus transit the Taurus
worldhouse of your chart since twenty nineteen, please shoot us
an email info at Alicebellastrology dot com stating your right sign,
what house Urinus has been transiting in your chart, and
relevant themes that you've seen associated with that house that
have gone through bigger changes over the last eight years
or so. I just want to pull up. There's certain
rising signs that really I do not have at the moment.
I know Virgo rising is one of them. If you're
a Virgo rising, please submit stories. What else? Honestly, all
of the risings like Taurus ares, Yeah, I just need
more stories for each rising sign Aquarius, Capricorn, Sagittarius rising,
and Virgo risings. I don't have any for you, guys,
so please if you're one of those, and you think
you have something interesting to share about what you witnessed
with this Uranus and Taurus transit, please write in would
love to share your story, and all of these will
be shared anonymously of course. Okay, with that being said,
let's get into the astrology for the next month. Okay,
we're kicking things off on week one, which is April
nineteenth through the twenty fifth. Just want to go over
like the major underlying themes for the month ahead with
the Sun moving through Taurus and the sun will be
in Taurus from April nineteenth to May twentieth. If you
are in time zones ahead of the US, it'll actually
be April twentieth to May twenty first for tourist season
for you, Just going back to what is TOURUS season about?
I personally love tourist season. I think it's my favorite
season out of all of the zodiac signs because it's
geared more towards pleasure and doing things that allow yourself
to like indulge in your five senses. So getting your
hands dirty with cooking, being outside in nature, gardening is
randomly a huge Taurus theme. Also, shopping, like I have
a hard time keeping it in check when it's tourist season,
like I love to treat myself to nice clothes. Self
care pointments would also be good to do during Taurus season.
I think I already mentioned this, just like getting out
nature in general and just feeling more connected to your
physical body and finding ways to get grounded in your
everyday life. So whatever that might look like for you,
whether that's getting off your phone and taking time to
I don't know, read or paint, or if that looks
like going on walks or doing exercise, whatever it is,
you'll be slowing down more and kind of just appreciating
the present moment. I also associate Taurus with like putting
in work and not needing things to happen immediately, like
being more patient and enjoying the overall process of whatever
you're developing. And we'll definitely see this more closer to
the very end of Tourus season and even into Gemini
season as Mars enters this sign because Mars is so
much about like where are you putting your energy? What
is motivating you more? But just noting right at the
start of Touris season April nineteenth, like whatever was initiated
during Aris season how are you now building upon that
and like continuing this, like sustained effort towards developing like
a certain project or opportunity, or maintaining a relationship. And
you can apply all these themes that we just that
we've just been over, like indulging yourself a bit more
or working towards something more patiently to the Taurus ruled
house of your chart to get more of an individual
interpretation of what the next month will look like for you.
So I'll just give some themes for each element of
rising signs so you get a better idea. For Fire
sign risings aries, Leo Sagittarius risings, this is going to
be a more career focus month for you, where work
might be picking up a lot more. You're more focused
on making adjustments to your daily routine, work opportunities could
come up, and just finding traction there if that's been
a slower area of your life recently. For Earth sign risings,
Taurus Virgo and Capricorn rising, this next month will be
more about developing new hobbies, new interests, getting in touch
with different sides of your identity, and really leaning into
maybe a creative practice or it could possibly be that
work and other life responsibilities. Other responsibilities aren't as crazy
during this time, and you do have moments to take
off to like do a mini vacation somewhere, hang out
with friends a bit more, do like fun activities that
bring you joy. For Air sign risings Gemini Libra Aquarius
risings probably going to be a month where you do
want to keep more to yourself. Maybe you're a bit
more introverted, or your mental health is just a bigger focus.
And it could also be that you're wanting to do
like self improvement work, like what are patterns behaviors that
I want to release or how am I working against
myself in certain ways. Family dynamics may also be more important,
like dealing with stuff within your family. And then for
Water sign rising so Cancer Scorpio Pisces risings, this is
a more relationship oriented month, and that can be relationships
of all different types, whether that's group of activities and
hanging out with friends or collaborating with people at work
and like establishing new partners there, or it could be
something more romantic like making time for dating and actually
having success with meeting someone, or if you're already in
a relationship, it could be that you feel closer to
your partner or something more significance happening in that current relationship.
But yeah, it'll be more about like how you communicate
and like compromise with other people in general, and also
just looking at the month as a whole, Like even
though these themes I've been going over are starting like
at the start of Tourus season, we're still in this
cycle where we're not getting the new moon in the
sign of the zodiac season it currently is until the
very end of the month, so May sixteenth is when
the new moon and Taurus will occur. So it could
be that, like throughout the end of April, in first
couple weeks of May, you're spending time thinking more about
these themes or trying to figure out ways to implement
them more in your life. But then you don't get
that bigger opportunity or that push of action to do
something a bit further until we get closer to that
new moon on May sixteenth. So if things aren't happening
immediately that you are wanting to take place, just stay patient.
I mean, Tauris season in general is a lot about
patients and see how greater momentum or like an opportunity
may establish itself around that time at that new moon.
It's important to note that right at the start of
Tourus season, the Sun and Taurus will come into a
square with Pluto on April twenty fifth, So in the
couple of days surrounding this date, it could be kind
of tricky, like maybe we don't notice the more pleasant
side of Taurus until we get past this Sun Pluto square.
And you may notice around this time there's a situation
you're obsessing over a bit too much, you're trying to control.
It's just important to recognize if that is the case,
trusting and what's meant to happen will And this could
also signify a period of shedding any mindsets or situations
that aren't working for you anymore. And it may be
important to look at, Okay, what house is realby Aquarius
in my chart, what house is real by Taurus? How
are we seeing that theme of shutting or releasing, like
a need to control too much in those two parts
of your life. So if you have that like across,
I don't know, that's a good example, like a Trus
rising with the Sun in your first house and Pluto
in your tenth house. Maybe there's something you're trying. You're
like obsessing over a bit too much about your image
when it comes to your career, or like how you
want to be seen by other people, or just kind
of I guess, trying to trying to control the outcome
of a work situation and realizing, Okay, what's meant for
me in my career long term will last or will
come to me, and like if it's not meant for me,
that's fine. Just kind of just learning how to accept
more fully and not obsess over needing a certain outcome
to take place. Also, I associate Pluto with like like
aspects made with Pluto with like wanting to cut something
out of your life very like quickly or just like
firmly that's holding you back, Or maybe you feel called
to transform a certain element of yourself for the better,
So it's kind of like, Okay, this relationship not working
for me anymore, Time to walk away, or this mindset
I keep telling myself about how I'm not good enough
for this certain work position, or why would anyone care
about like the social media content I want to create.
Getting over those fears are those ways you talk to
yourself and transforming them for something more productive. So yeah,
it's not the easiest start to tourist season right in
the first week, because there's this need to confront these
maybe more challenging feelings that you may normally avoid or
really take yourself on and look at, Okay, this way
I act in relationships, or this way I approach my career,
or again, just like an internal monologue you have going on,
it really is not working anymore, and how can we
make changes here. We also start off Tourist season with
Mars and Mercury both still in aries, and they're coming
off of that conjunction that they just made with Saturn,
which will go exact around April seventeenth. Mercury will remain
in aries until May second, and Mars will stay there
a bit longer for almost all of Tourists season until
May eighteenth. So it's kind of interesting. It's like, on
the one hand, we have this Taurus vibe of taking
things more slowly but coming like finding ways to be
more present in your everyday life. But then we also
have that push pull with these two planets and areas
of probably feeling impatient or feeling like you need something
to happen already, or it could just be you have
a lot more energy to start up and like have
the planning stages of a new project or opportunity go on,
like you're ready to initiate something else in your life.
Note how as Mercury and Mars gain distance from Saturn,
whatever you are wanting to start up in that Aria's
world house of your chart is beginning to flow more easily,
like there's more momentum taking hold their actions able to happen. If,
for instance, like throughout the middle of April, like the
beginning actually, I would honestly say the beginning to middle
of April, if you felt kind of like slowed down
in the area's world house of your chart, or there
was more of like a struggle or like uphill climb,
like obstacles came up that you had to overcome in
that part of your life. I'm just thinking of an example,
like if you're a librerizing chart and you had Mercury
and Mars, or you've had that going on in your
seventh house, maybe the middle of April was a little
bit tense with relationships where you had to really work
on being there to support someone, or maybe you were
taking stock of like do I really want this relationship
in my life anymore? And now that those two planets
are moving away from Saturn, the topic of relationships is
just getting easier, and you're noticing, Okay, now I want
to do more outreach and like connect with new people
or dating doesn't feel as like stressful anymore. Just seeing
how topics of the Aris world house start to come
together more fully, or you're just able to start things
more easily there. It may also be that with that
timing of Mercury and Mars making conjunctions with Saturn, so
like right around the time this episode is airing, like
April sixteen, seventeenth eighteenth, and you've been figuring out, Okay,
what do I want to commit to in this part
of my life, And now that you had those realizations
come up over the last couple of days, as the
rest of April and start of May plays out, you're
now making a decision on how you want to proceed
in that area based on whatever feelings did come up.
Also happening during week one is that Venus moves into
Gemini on April twenty fourth, followed by Uranus and training
Gemini on April twenty fifth, I want to linger more
on the fact that Uranus is changing signs moving into Gemini,
since this transit is a huge deal, like this is
an outer planet changing signs fully for the first time
in almost a decade. Urinus will remain in Gemini until
twenty thirty three, so this is kind of setting the
stage for a longer chapter two unfold in that Gemini
world house of your chart over the next several years
and throughout the next seven years, you can expect with
Uranus in that Gemini world House of your chart to
see a series of changes as well as sudden, likely
unexpected developments happen there. So with this transit just beginning,
like let's say you're a Virgo rising and Urinus is
now moving into Gemini, your tenth house, and you're feeling
the urge to quit your job or have a bigger
shake up go on in your career, like you're wanting
to do something completely different there. And maybe that's not
entirely clear like how that's going to unfold just yet,
but you can know just with yours being like such
an unpredictable planet, and that's not necessarily a bad thing
because it can bring exciting developments to fruition. You can
know that like between now and twenty thirty three, Like,
by the time we get to the end of this transit,
your career will likely look very different than what it
looks like now. So those changes you want to have
happen will occur within this timeframe. And it may be
that changes that happen in like twenty twenty six twenty
twenty seven, you're building upon them and a series of
changes follows after that up until twenty thirty three. It's
not like there's this one big change and that sets
the tone for the entire transit. But it could be
like an initial change then sets the stage four a
series of rapid changes that follow, if that makes sense.
Another thing that often happens with Urinus transits is that
you want to break free from anything that's felt restricting.
There So, going back to maybe having Urinus transit your
seventh house, like if there's a relationship that you felt
has been holding you back or you've been uncertain about
making a decision, Uriness may literally free you from that
restricting relationship or just a partnership that wasn't like serving
you in the long term, or on the flip side.
If you Urinus moving through your first house, maybe you're
waking up to like all these new different aspects of
your identity and personal interests or evolving in a bigger way,
and you want to express yourself differently, Like this could
be a big seven year period of wanting to be
seen more publicly, especially if that's not something you've previously
been comfortable with. I feel like I have talked to
a lot of Gemini Risings recently. Someone in the last
workshop I did actually brought this up, like how they're
they're just wanting to put themselves out there in their
career in a bigger way and feeling slightly uncomfortable with
that because they're normally a private person and trying to
figure out, Okay, how can I be like more true
to my personality and what I share on social media
or how I present myself in my career and not
be so scared of like criticism and not hold myself
back so much. You can look back at the last
eight years or so, like since twenty eighteen, when Uranus
first started to dive its toes in to Taurus and
then fully entered this nine in twenty nineteen up until now,
like what bigger life changes have you noticed in the
Taurus world house of your chart, and that may give
you a better idea, just a sense of like, Okay, wow,
stuff actually did shift when Urinus was in that house,
and now I can expect that same process of change
to go on in the next houseover. And that's why
I'm so excited to do the next two podcast episodes
on this topic and why I need more stories, because
having people write in story about what they've experienced just
helps the next rising sign over get a better idea
of Okay, that happened to them. Maybe something similar could
come up for me now that Urinus is moving into
that house of my chart. And I do want to
bring up we did get a sneak peek of Urinus
and Gemini throughout the summer and fall of twenty twenty five,
So for a few months in the middle to like
later end of last year, you may have already had
this desire for a change or initial shifts occur in
that Gemini Wruld house of your chart, and that could
have told you a lot about Okay, Now that Urinus
is re entering Gemini in the next couple of weeks,
what can I expect to and fold there in a
bigger way, and having Venus in her Gemini from April
twenty fourth to May eighteenth, alongside Urinus, like these two
are going hand in hand. They're entering Gemini almost at
the exact same time. That just serves to amplify this
longer Urinus transit a bit more during the first few weeks.
It's in this part of your chart, and I want
to bring up it's not just Venus. Like later on
in this episode, we'll talk about how Mercury is moving
into Gemini and meeting up with Urinus there, and then
when Gemini season begins, we'll get the Sun move into Gemini,
meet up with Uranus. Then in this at the start
of July, Mars will move into Gemini, meet up with
r NS. So it's like there's a window of time
I would say from the end of April to about
like August of twenty twenty six, specifically when this transit
of Uranus will be a bigger deal. So just noting
that house in your chart, how are you seeing like
shifts take place as early as like the next three months.
Whenever I speak to my astrology your friends, we're always
in an agreement of this second half of twenty twenty
six is looking so different from the verse out of
twenty twenty six, So it'll be really interesting to see
how this urins. Entering Gemini and place and it's meeting
up with there is part of that bigger change and
like where your priorities are or what's going on in
your life as we enter the second half of the
year and with Venus and Gemini specifically. Just note how
over the next few weeks April twenty fourth to May eighteenth,
you may be interested in learning new subjects or techniques
in the Gemini world house of your chart, or you're
figuring out how to communicate your ideas and creativity in
different ways. And Venus being the planet associated with relationships,
maybe it's also a more social oriented period during this
window where you're seeing friends a lot more and you're
kind of you're enjoying these like lighter social interactions. I
feel like that'll be more so the case once we
get past this May first full moon and Scorpio, because
Scorpio is not really about those lighter, like more shallow
social settings, it definitely brings like this deeper, more emotional
vibe of so let's actually move into week two April
twenty six, two May second, So the main thing happening
this week is that May first there will be a
full moon and scorpio, and this is happening at eleven
degrees of scorpio. And just note how in the lead
up to the start of May, so the last few
days of April and even into the first couple of
days of this new month, it'll likely be the busiest
period out of this entire tourist season as you wrap
up projects, hear back about opportunities, or make plans with people.
Full moons are a lot more about like coming together
and feeling supported by the people in your life. However,
with the moon in this more introspective sign of Scorpio,
you may feel called to look internally and like heal
certain emotions that have been bothering you, or possibly transform
a certain mindset or habit you've outgrown. Scorpio is a
lot about like self improvement and recognizing when you've outgrown
certain elements of your life, and ultimately like recognizing you
can't control like things leaving your life. So very similar
themes to what we just went over a bit earlier
with the sun squaring Pluto around April twenty fifth, just
about a week later. Then we get this whole moon
and Scorpio bringing up this need to cut anything out
that's not working for you or realize like where you
can go deeper in certain areas, like with relationships for instance,
and how the full moon is so much about like
craving deeper connections with people. How can you kind of
really understand what is someone else going through and how
can you be there for them? Or how can we
cut past the surface level small talk and really get
into like how are we both doing? Yeah, I would
just say having these more intimate interactions will be important
and also becoming more comfortable bringing up your emotions within relationships,
so you can apply this type of energy to the
Scorpio world house of your chart and seeing how well
there is greater activity that will take place in that
area of your life and maybe a coming together like
a culmination of whatever you've been working on there recently,
like you're preparing to like launch something out into the world.
Maybe that relates to the Scorpio world house in your
chart or your seeing plans finally come together and you're
taking action there. Also, people with fixed sign chart placements
right around eleven degrees of Leo Aquaria, Scorpio or Taurus,
you're likely going to see these changes or realizations made
in a more significant way in your life. So check
to see if you have angles or planets placed right
around this eleven degree marker. I would say, like give
or take two to three degrees on either side of that,
So like if you have an eight degree Scorpio planet
or like a fourteen degree Taurus planet, something like that.
Noticing how the themes of that planet or angle are
being brought up in a more prominent way, and maybe
you're seeing those themes become more visible in your life
or action is taken. We're guarding the topics of that
planet or angle, like if it's your mid heaven and
Scorpio or your ascendant. For instance, the ruling planet of
this full moon will be Mars, so we've now had
back tobaccolo nations with the ruling planet being Mars. In Aries,
the new moon in Aries on April seventeenth was ruled
by Mars. This full moon in Scorpio two weeks later
is also ruled by Mars, although Mars, although it's still
in Aries, it's in a much easier position than it
was back at the new moon on April seventeenth, because
it's no longer conjunct Saturn. So with this full moon,
not only is like that Scorpio worldhouse in your chart relevant,
but also how are you seeing greater developments happen in
the Aries worldhouse of your chart and linking maybe the
themes of those two houses are like incorporated into each other, Like,
for instance, I'm traveling right around this time of the
full moon, like in the days immediately surrounding it. So
the full Moon's taking place in my fourth house, so
I'm like leaving my home to go somewhere, while the
ruling planet Mars is in my ninth house, so I'm
literally traveling internationally, like I'm going to a different country
at this time. If you're a cancer rising, for instance,
like the full moon's in your fifth house, so that
topic of like creativity could be very relevant right now
and finding new ways to express yourself. But then the
ruling planet Mars is in your tenth house, so you're
bringing that topic of creativity and self expression more into
the public sphere in your career, like wanting to be
seen for your creative talents or showing off more of
your personality through your work like that could be one
of the ways this plays out for you. Mars will
also be applying to a square with Jupiter and Cancer.
So I expect this full moon it's like a totally
different vibe than the new moon was back in the
middle of April, like with Saturn influencing it versus now
Jupiter influencing Mars. So I expect this full moon it's
going to be a lot more about taking action and
having more energy to put toward new endeavors instead of
feeling frustrated or slowed down. You could also notice literal
Jupiter themes becoming relevant right around May first, so travel,
especially foreign travel, or the topic of spirituality, like becoming
more interested in learning about astrology for instance, or like
maybe there's a specific religion or like spiritual practice you
want to look into further, or just educating yourself on
like a super niche subject and learning about like these
bigger picture topics. Like I said, like that theme of
travel applies very literally for me. I would also say,
like for fixed sign risings in general, like Leo, Aquarius,
Scorpio and Taurus risings, just the way Mars and Jupiter
are going to be positioned in your chart at this time,
Like those four risings specifically may have the themes of travel, education, writing, learning,
like that stuff is a bigger deal than maybe it
might be for like other rising signs. The day after
the full moon, so this would be May second, Mercury
will move into Taurus and it'll be in tourists from
May second to May seventeenth, so very brief, just like
two weeks in this sign as Mercury joins the sun
in Taurus. This will also just indicate, okay, maybe being
a little bit more patient in your planning or ideas
that you want to get started on, Like you could
be planning out a project or opportunity more carefully rather
than trying to rush the process. Or if like again,
you started something new related to like writing, speaking, content
creation during Mercury and Ares. Now you're building upon that
initial idea, taking it more slowly, fleshing it out more fully.
Or you could be interested in learning about Taurus related
themes for a couple of weeks, like picking up a
new creative skill, gardening, cooking, learning more about fashion or
beauty or finances is also a tourist theme. So yeah,
just like it down mentally, taking your time with new
interests and really looking like, what what do I want
to learn about that brings me enjoyment in this present moment, okay,
and then that brings us to weeks three and four.
I've grouped these two together because pretty much nothing is
happening major astrologically in week three of Taurus season, So
from May third to sixteenth, all of the action is
taking place closer to almost like the end of week four,
so like May sixteenth. Literally, so we went from full
moon two weeks later, we get the new moon in
Taurus on May sixteenth, happening at twenty five degrees of
this sign. In the days right before May sixteenth, you
may feel especially low energy. That's just the vibe before
a new moon takes hold, like you are closing out
one chapter, looking within, figuring out what do I want
to put my energy towards once this new moon occurs.
So you might be reflecting and preparing for what comes next,
specifically in the Taurus worldhouse of your chart and in
the days that immediately follow May sixteenth. Note how new
opportunities begin to take hold there or you have various
projects or partnerships arise, like just it's like the ball
is set into motion, Like things are picking up after
we get past this new moon, and as we enter
this second half of May, expect there to be more
positive momentum backing whatever you're starting. Fix sign placements, so
chart placements, planets angles at the very end of Leo
Aquarius torres scorpio twenty to twenty nine degrees, I would say,
you're likely going to feel the impact of this new
moon the most. I was just talking with one of
my astrologery friends, Seth, who was recently on this podcast,
and we were noting how like there's such a repetition
of the new and full moons occurring like over a
period of several months, like always taking place at specific degrees.
So we got a lot of new moons over the
last six months, I would say, happening at like twenty
eight twenty nine degrees of a sign, while the full
moon was taking place closer to that like thirteen fourteen
degree marker of a sign. And it's just interesting to
look at a year as a whole and if you
have more chart placements at these degrees where the new
and full moons are taking place that year, it's likely
going to be a more significant year for you in
general because those lunations are hitting on exact chart placements
for you. So if you, like, for instance, with this
new moon, if you have fixed sign planets or angles
in your chart, but they're not at the end of
one of these signs, this new moon may not be
as impactful for you as like the new moon in
twenty twenty seven might be that falls closer to your
chart placements and won't be signs. So it's a fun
exercise to do, like in addition to tracking, like when
do eclipses throughout the year hit upon exact chart placements,
Like also just where every single month are new and
full moon's happening and do those aligned with like the
exact degree of your see or your moon or your
mid heaven or your ascendant, And how is like a
bigger shift happening with those areas of your life that
year specifically. Anyways, back to the details of this specific
new moon in Taurus, it will be conjunct Mercury and Taurus,
so there may be a lot of tending to communication
based work like writing presentations, social media content. Also just
how you communicate with people in your personal relationships. That
comes up right around the middle of May. It could
be that you're handling numerous calls or scheduling meetings too,
or you're simply like running into people you know or
tending to a lot of errands as you go about
your day, especially because the sun mercury Kasini goes exact
just two days prior on May fourteenth. So just note
how the topic of communication in general becomes a bigger deal,
like even just a couple of days before the new
moon and at the time of the new moon, and
building upon this similar theme, the ruling planet of the
new moon is Venus, which you'll still be in Gemini
at this time. So just seeing like, okay, how are
like interactions you're having in relationships more important, like the
way you speak to people, the way you interact with
people online or i'll work, or just having a lot
more ideas for new like writing concepts or new content
you want to share, or like ways you can share
your knowledge in easy, like digestible ways that other people
can understand. Also, notice how greater activity maybe being brought
up in the Gemini world house of your chart at
this time too, or a positive opportunity may pop up there.
So like linking, similar to how we just link the
Scorpio and Ares world houses of your chart at the
full moon, at the new moon, you'll want to link
the Taurus and Gemini world houses of your chart. So
to give an example, if you're an Aries rising, the
new moon in Taurus would be in your second house,
with the ruler Venus in your third house. So this
may be a time where, like the work projects you're
developing second house may involve a lot of communication or
possibly travel, meeting up with people, networking, even those would
all be third house themes. Or you're learning something new
a new skill third house that you can link back
into a new project or business idea that you're developing,
which would be second house. So yeah, this overall, like
May sixteenth, immedia days that surround this time period, this
is going to be a great period out of the
next month to schedule plans with people, get some writing done,
brainstorm ideas, put out content, whatever around this time. If
you've been having writer's block, like expect that to lift
a bit with this new moon. One other thing I
wanted to note for this time period right before Mars
leaves Ares, which is going to happen in week five
on May eighteenth, it will conjunct Chiroun and Ares on
maca scene. So another theme that may pop up close
to this new moon is one of healing certain insecurities
and speaking up, like tying back in with that theme
of communication, like learning how to communicate with people when
you are upset about something instead of letting it fester.
And Chyron was a major player at the time of
the new moon in Aries on April seventeenth, So one
month later again, Chyron is being brought up and becoming
more relevant at the time of the new moon in Taurus.
And that's what I love about astrology, like these same
patterns keep repeating over and over again until you do
something about it. So if we rewound to what's happening
around April seventeenth, are there certain fears that are rising
or self doubt or insecurities and maybe you're not completely
looking at them or you're avoiding those things. How then
is it getting brought back up exactly a month later
for you to look at even more closely, or another
opportunity to change those mindsets or I don't know, face
whatever you're scared of, and then we are two week
five May seventeenth through twentieth, where all of the inner
planets changed signs this week Mercury, Mars, and Venus all
switch into new signs. And then of course by the
twenty first, which we won't cover here, the sun is
changing signs too. But following Venus moving into Gemini earlier
on in Tourus season, Mercury will then move into Gemini
and meet up with your ns there right on May seventeenth.
So again just to reiterate what we just went over
with the new moon in Taurus, like there's going to
be more outreach and connection with people happening closer to
the very end of tourist season and Mercury moving into Gemini,
the sign of its rulership will be great and again
like you could find yourself overwhelmed with new ideas that
you want to pursue. So if you felt stuck in
those areas of writing or communication or content creation, I
would expect all of these areas to go through a
more positive shift at this time, and it will be
worth noting, like how thinking or planning feels more slowed
down with Mercury and Taurus throughout the first half of May,
and then these areas speed up a lot again, with
Mercury then shifting into Gemini on the seventeenth headed into
the second half of the month. Mercury, I cannot stress
this enough is so key of a planet to track.
If you're a writer, content creator, or speaking or just
like organizational like, keeping track of a lot of details
plays a big role in what you do for work,
because Mercury cycles like help you to understand when there
will be times for more ideas and getting new communication
based projects off the ground versus when it's a better
time to reflect and brainstorm and not push anything just yet. Okay,
second planet to change signs in week five, Mars will
shift out of Aries and into Taurus on May eighteenth. Mars,
it honestly doesn't do that well in touris. This is
a sign of its detriment. It's opposite to the sign
of its rulership Scorpio. But honestly, I'm excited for Mars
and Taurus because it means Mars is finally moving out
of being in the same sign as Chiron, Saturn, and Neptune,
all very difficult planets, and sticking with the Taurus related
themes we went over at the very start of this episode.
You may not be expressed to accomplish a ton of
work or see immediate results once Mars in ers Taurus
on May eighteenth. Instead, you could be focusing more on
what tasks and activities feel right to you and are
enjoyable to do, and looking at your individual chart noting
how you may want to make a decision or take
greater action, but very like slowly and deliberately in the
Taurus world house Mars and Taurus, I think of this
as a stubborn chart placement, like you are willing to
keep at something for a longer period of time and
persist without needing to see like those results happen right away,
Like you have faith that okay, we're keeping We're gonna
keep putting in the work over this longer period of
time to get where we want to go. So again,
like having Mars and aries throughout the majority of Taurus
of actual Tourus season great for initiating, and then once
we shift close to the Gemini season Mars, then moving
into Taurus will be ideal for carrying out whatever was
started earlier on this month rather than initiating something new,
and then at last we wrap up Torus season with
yet another planet changing signs Venus is moving into cancer
on May eighteenth to June thirteenth. This Venus transit will
shift your creative focus from the Gemini world house of
your chart to the Cancer world house of your chart
for a few weeks. I would also say you might
be prioritizing family relationships a bit more like we're also
relationships that just feel more nurturing over connecting with anyone.
And it could be that you are seeing family more
frequently like that could be very literal, or you could
have the desire to decorate your home do some cleaning
and organizing with your space around this time. I think
this was I didn't even realize until I wrote this
outline and the Taurus season horoscopes for a substack that
this was the exact time frame I've kept talking about
of like, Okay, I'm going to start decorating and making
room for the baby's nursery in my home, so it
makes total sense, like Venus moving into cancer the sign
where like you're wanting to make your home feel more
like cozy and like reflective of your personal taste and
I also just expect, like the Venus and Cancer transit
this year, it'll happen. It'll play out more once we
get to Gemini season and Venus gets a little later
in this sign and meets up with Jupiter. But just
like super positive for relationships if that has been an
area of tension recently, feeling more uplifted, feeling closer to
certain people, or having like a positive event take place
within a relationship. But yeah, that comes more when we
get closer to that Venus Jupiter conjunction, which we'll talk
about next month. That's all I have for Taurus season.
Just want to reiterate, if you have a Urinus and
Taurus transit story, please submit that to info at Alicebellastrology
dot com within the next few days. I'm going to
record that pretty soon, So if you're listening to this
podcast episode like two weeks after it comes out, you've
missed the deadline already. But if you're an early listener,
please submit those as soon as possible and I will
try to share them on the next two weeks of
this podcast. Stay tuned for Part one of Urinus transit
stories coming next Thursday. I hope everyone has a Great
Tourist season bye,