STAR NOTES ✨ April 23, 2024
Dear star tribe, ♉️🌟♏️
Big love to everyone! Welcome to the cosmic currents flowing in late April and early May. As an astrologer, I spend a lot of time contemplating the energetic rhythms of our solar system. As a human with the Sun in Taurus, I love to think how I chose to embody the cosmic Bull to make sure that I stay grounded in my body and the Earth because I am so often “out there, lol. As you read this post, I invite you to take your time, breathe deeply and reconnect with your inner peace. Thank you so much for joining me! I am thrilled to share some exciting announcements at the end of these Star Notes.
The Full Moon in Scorpio, exact at 7:49 pm ET, April 23rd is the culminating wave of energies that were ignited in the Total Solar Eclipse New Moon in Aries only 2 weeks ago, on April 8th. Have you felt any weird, sudden sensations, feelings, pains, contractions and/or wild expansions recently? The month of April and the astrology of spring 2024 is truly a wild roller coaster ride. The important thing to remember is that the energies are very fast moving and can also change rapidly. The Full Moon in Scorpio is always one of the most emotionally charged lunations of the year. Allow yourself to feel everything, deeply, without thought or judgment. Just feel, and allow your emotions to flow and wash over you and through you like a waterfall in a pristine forest. This Full Moon is all about the powerful release of deep energies, which also creates space to receive and create something new.
The Sun’s passage in Taurus from late April to late May calls us to more deeply connect with the physical plane, nurturing and strengthening our physical bodies, and spending more time outdoors with plants, trees, flowers and animals. We need to consciously ground all the electricity generated in these recent eclipses and the powerful Jupiter-Uranus conjunction, which was exact on April 20th. It is time for honouring the Earth, hugging trees and calming our overly stimulated nervous system. The Buddha was a Taurus and I am discovering that relaxation is meditation, breathing is meditation, and simply being quiet and still is meditation. Taurus is ruled by Venus, which invites us to appreciate beauty in every form within us and around us. Take the time to see, hear, touch, smell and taste the beauty of nature in our precious world.
The Full Moon happens at 4 degrees of Scorpio, opposite the Sun at 4 degrees of Taurus, and they both form a powerful square aspect with Pluto. Look to see where 4 degrees of Taurus, Scorpio, Leo or Aquarius lights up your chart. This energy represents a deep but necessary releasing and shedding that creates space for regeneration and transformation just like a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. The influence of Scorpio and Pluto may call for deep physical or emotional healing. “Ultimately, this energy has the potential to create new pathways for your brilliance to be embodied and expressed, which can best be aided by your awareness and willingness to grow. When we endeavor to be radically kind to ourselves and others as we share in this profound and simultaneously messy human experience, we win out in the end.” (Leslie Benson, astrograph.com)
When Jupiter comes into alignment of Uranus in Taurus, it expands our Uranian instinct for freedom, independence, truth, authenticity, and personal and collective sovereignty. We have seen many freedom movements sprouting up around the word, even though they are not reported in mainstream media. More and more people and communities are tapping into their power and rising up and speaking their truth. Because this cosmic conference is happening in Taurus, it is also triggering a deeper awakening and exploration of what is going on deep within us, in our physical body and within the bones of our home planet. It can also boost our understanding of the amazing interconnections we have with each other, with the the Earth as a living biosphere, and with the cosmos. After all, we are made of stars and our connection to nature extends to all we can see and feel including our galactic origins.
Amidst the tidal waves of feeling flowing in these Full moon skies, the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction asks to also be open to feeling excitement. The collective energies are unpredictable because we are navigating brand new space, literally, as our solar system travels through new corridors in the galaxy. Ultimately, the combined synergy of the total solar eclipse in Aries with Jupiter-Uranus feels like an ignition point for the next phase of our evolution. We are learning to expand our senses to embrace the New with courage, confidence, faith and trust in our flow. Excitement is nervous energy but it is a fun and uplifting energy to be in. We are shedding many layers of density in order to create new space and take quantum leaps into the unknown.
This amplified Uranian power also energizes the weird, freak, outsider and maverick within us. Celebrate your uniqueness and allow it to inspire you and guide you. We can feel wild concentrated bursts of energy like lightning bolts, surging at any give time. More and more, it is time to tap into the inner truth that is stored in your body’s innate intelligence and shake out what we have outgrown like birds and animals do. Some people may ask why things can’t stay the same? Since its discovery in 1781, in synchronous timing with the American and French revolutions, Uranus reminds us that change is a natural and necessary part of life. Energetic storms always have the purpose to break open areas where tension has built up. Energy will always find a way through any resistance.
Allow yourself to embrace new possibilities and feel the sparks of gratitude and joy in your body in this wild season of change. As we release the old realities, we can begin to create new paradigms and change the collective dream/spell/illusions of what is possible. The energies of April are daring us to dream a new dream. “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” (John Lennon)
Let’s end this post with a reflection on that epic solar eclipse in Aries and remember that the Ram connects to the head. We may be feeling some pressure in the top part of our body as we face new challenges head on with a natural impulse to birth and emerge into new realities. There are still many planets in Aries at this time, including Chiron, Mercury, Venus and the North Node. The universe invites us to honor the healing gifts of our wounds. “Your wounds heal the more you return yourself to a place where the original wounding was created and you go above and beyond it. If you are open, as love grows in and around your wound, it can release. Not everyone is going to heal in the way or on the time line you might like them to. Acceptance of this is a great step on your healing journey.” (leeharrisenergy.com)
My dear friend Shelley Young has invited me to co-host her new live Zoom event on May 1st, 6:30 pm, eastern time! It is called: “Spring 2024: Ignition Point for New Earth. We will share channeled messages and astrological insights into the emerging themes of 2024. Here is link to sign up. This will be a wonderful event!
Full Moon blessings,
Richard 🌟
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