Welcome to Taurus season! This season is all about slowing down, getting intentional and connecting to yourself, nature and things of this material world. Taurus season is my absolute favorite (although I might be biased because I’m a Taurus baby.) This is a season of pleasure, enjoyment and connection.
On April 21 there is a Mercury retrograde in the sign of Taurus that lasts until May 14. Mercury, the fast moving planet of communication has gotten a bad rap with retrogrades, but I would like to offer a reframe here: this time period where things may seem chaotic and frustrating in our outer world can be a beautiful time to slow down, and turn inward. This is an invitation to revisit themes on where we can integrate and incorporate more Taurean energy into our lives.
Taurus season invites you to take more time for yourself, dive into luxury and pleasure and connect to your body and nature.
A great way to honor all of the astrology seasons, and sink into that Taurean energy is with this Astrology Candle Bundle
I recommend reading your horoscope for your rising sign. Your rising sign denotes which area of your life planets are moving through and therefore will be more accurate.
Aries Rising
For Aries rising, Taurus season is a story around your money, personal wealth and bringing more love, romance and connection into your home life.
The sun enters the sign of Taurus on April 20 bringing energy and focus to your second house of money, resources and material possessions.
With a Mercury retrograde quickly following the entry of the sun into the sign of Taurus, this could be a good time for you to revisit your relationship with money. How are you spending your money? Do you have a budget? Are you cultivating new skills or talents to start that side hustle? It might be time to reflect on how your current job or career affects your financial wellbeing.
Digging into finances is not always the sexiest of tasks, but getting serious about your spending habits now could really benefit you in the long run. Saturn, the planet of maturity and structure, is sending positive energy for you to get deliberate about this area of your life. Sure, Saturn can be tough and no nonsense, but he always delivers–whether it’s an uplevel for heeding his advice or a little spanking if we choose to ignore this task master, Saturn always gives us the goods.
If you have been thinking about travel, the beginning of May might be a good time to shake up your routine with a romantic getaway, or a fun night out on the town with your bestie. This is a good time to rediscover joy and pleasure in your everyday life and step out of your daily routines.
When Venus, the planet of love and beauty enters the sign of Cancer on May 7th, you might find yourself taking on a more nurturing role in your close relationships. With Venus in this watery sign you might be feeling more connected to your loved ones or inspired to do a little nesting around your home to beautify your living space. Themes of a sentimental nature could arise for you, and there is no judgment for staying at home and binge watching rom coms on Netflix with a box of tissues close by.
On May 14th Mercury turns direct and brings forward movement into your Taurus ruled house of money. It is understandable if matters dealing with money have felt stagnant or frustrating during this retrograde period, but as quick moving Mercury heads direct, things in this area of your life should start to pick up speed.
In Mid May, Jupiter, a planet that bestows blessings and abundant gifts, enters the sign of Taurus where he will reside until May of 2024. This could show up as a positive uplevel in your financial situation and the possibilities of a new and abundant money story for you.
On May 19 with a new moon in the sign of Taurus, this is a positive and auspicious new beginning for you to plant seeds around financial opportunities. What aligned action can you take to bring more wealth and abundance into your life?
Taurus season closes out with an uptick in energy and action around following your joy and seeking out pleasure when Mars enters the hot and fiery sign of Leo. Themes around pleasure, romance, creativity, discovering your joy and children may start to surface in your life and carry over through most of Gemini Season.
Taurus Rising
For you, Taurus rising, this season puts a big focus on your identity, appearance and how you think about yourself in the world.
This season is all about you clearing out any old energy or stories around your identity, personality and any false narratives that you have about yourself. With the sun in your house of “you” this is a great time for some healing work surrounding negative beliefs about yourself that have come from your past.
The Sun moves into Taurus on April 20 illuminating themes around your identity and self. Quickly following the movement of the sun into your first house, Mercury turns retrograde. This retrograde could be an invitation to examine past themes and beliefs surrounding your identity.
This retrograde could be a good time to take stock of how you can bring more Taurean energy into your life. Where can you be more grounded, deliberate, stable and dependable? Are there earthly pleasures that you deny yourself?
Having Mercury retrograde in the house of your rising sign could make it feel as if everything is delayed, held up or completely miscommunicated. Although possible frustrations could occur during this time, Mercury invites you to slow down, take pause, and explore if there is a way to possibly work with this energy.
Saturn, the planet of maturity, productivity and realism is asking you to look at your goals and plans and to determine what is realistic and what is obtainable. How can you get serious in order to bring more abundance into your life? Where is there room for expansion? Saturn and Mercury working together in this season could be an invitation to revisit where in your life you can make more space for blessings to come to you.
Around May 5th there could be a little money blessing coming your way as Jupiter, the planet of abundance and expansion, sends some loving energy to Venus in your house of material possessions and money. This might be a good time to treat yourself to something beautiful and practical that you have been craving in your life–something that might otherwise feel decadent to honor yourself and Taurus season.
On May 14 Mercury turns direct which might feel like some very welcome energy in your life. Things will start to pick up speed and gain momentum (finally)! Frustrations will subside and it will seem as though things are on track going your way again.
In mid May, Jupiter, a planet that bestows blessing and abundance, enters your first house of identity where he will reside until May of 2024. This is a beautiful time of expansion in how you feel about yourself, your appearance and how you show up. The time that Jupiter spends here is a once-every-12-years event so relish in this beautiful benefic energy.
Gemini Rising
This Taurus season for you is all about shedding light on the hidden pieces of yourself that you might not share with the world. What shadows are you hiding that you are ready to bring to the light in order to release? Where are you not allowing yourself to be seen? You are depriving the world of your beautiful and unique gifts.
The sun enters your twelfth house of Taurus on April 20th and is quickly followed by Mercury turning retrograde on April 21. For you, Gemini rising, this retrograde is all about leaning into your shadows and revisiting those secret, unseen parts of yourself. Mercury being your chart ruler, this retrograde is an especially potent time for you to uncover these hidden parts. The twelfth house is the house of “self-undoing” and holding onto these things is no longer serving you.
Saturn, the planet of maturity and discipline asks how is what you are keeping hidden is impacting your career, and affecting your ability to lead and show up as your fullest self? If there are secrets and hidden shadows it is taking away from your personal power.
Jupiter, the planet of abundance and expansion, sends a little love to Venus in the beginning of May. This might bring positive rejuvenation to how you feel about yourself, clearing away some of the big energy you have been dealing with so far in this season.
Venus entering your second house of money and material possessions might bring a little glow up to your financial situation.l It could show up as a little extra cash, or a new material possession that you have been eying.
On May 14th Mercury turns direct and brings forward momentum around all of the work that you have been doing during what could have felt like an intense time for you. This is a good time to take a breath and let go of any heaviness that has revealed itself.
In mid May, Jupiter will join the sun in the sign of Taurus where he will stay until May of 2024. Jupiter is a benefic planet and bestows blessings by creating space for abundance and expansion. This is a once every twelve year transit and a beautiful opportunity to clear out any stagnant energy that this Mercury retrograde had dredged up for you.
On May 19th there is a new moon in Taurus. This is an opportunity to get intentional about exploring those deep rooted themes of shadow and the secret parts of yourself. How can allowing yourself to be seen plant seeds of a new beginning for you?
Cancer Rising
For Cancer risings, this Taurus season will bring up themes of friendships, allies, hopes and dreams and open you to possible blessings that will come into your life.
The sun enters your eleventh house ruled by Taurus on April 20 bringing light to your wishes and dreams and illuminating themes around friendships in your life. On April 21st when Mercury turns retrograde, this could be a good time to revisit any hopes and dreams that you have forgotten about. Are there things that you wanted in your life, aspirations and wishes that you did not pursue or thought impossible to obtain?
Saturn, the planet of maturity and discipline, is sending energy from your house of learning, higher education and travel to your Taurus ruled house. Is there a skill or some further education that you need in order to achieve your goals? Could planning a trip with friends be something that has been on your radar?
On May 7th Venus enters Cancer. This is the house that rules over your identity, personality and appearance. Perhaps Venus is causing you to be a little more flirtatious? Venus is the planet of love, money and beauty and her entering the house that rules your identity is a blessing. She could bring a little glow up to how you have been feeling psychically and mentally.
Mercury turns direct on May 14. This could feel like there is finally some momentum on the path to following your dreams. Maybe there were some miscommunications with friends that have been resolved, or perhaps you have revisited your goals and dreams and imagined what life would be like if you took aligned action to follow those desires.
On May 16th Jupiter enters your eleventh house known as the “joy of Jupiter”. In this house Jupiter’s already powerful ability to bestow abundance and gifts is expanded. This could present as new groups of friends, benefactors entering your life or a clean plan to achieve something big that you have been dreaming about. Jupiter is here to create space and expand this area of your life.
On May 19th, there is a new moon in Taurus. This is a beautiful time to plant seeds of intention surrounding your life goals, friendship and anything you are wishing for or dreaming about in terms of your life path.
I would not be surprised if during this Taurus season your (sleeping) dreams are extra vivid, and maybe contain some messages for you.
Leo Rising
This Taurus season shines a light on your work, career and reputation in the world.
On April 20 the sun enters Taurus in your tenth house, the house of career, reputation and how you engage in the public. Shortly after the sun enters this sign, Mercury goes retrograde on April 21 in the sign of Taurus.
This retrograde could make for some confusion or frustrating energy in situations dealing with work. It might seem like you have to do everything twice in order to make any progress. There could be delays, frustrations and miscommunications in the workplace.
With Mercury retrograding in your house of career, this could be an invitation to revisit themes around work. Are you just grinding away and working steady without taking a pause or a break?
Saturn, the house of maturity and discipline, is sending energy to your work house. There is a connection of a money story here. Are you working to pay off debts? Have you been committed to working hard to save for your future? Could there be an inheritance coming your way that might alleviate you having to work so hard right now?
Jupiter, the planet of expansion and blessings, is sending a little love to Venus in your eleventh house of friendships and hopes, wishes and dreams. Is there a dream that you have had that you would love to pursue? Are there possible new or deeper friendships coming into your life?
On May 14th Mercury turns direct creating momentum and forward movement in your career space. It will finally seem as though things are picking up space, and stagnant energy is clearing.
In mid May, Jupiter, the planet of expansion and abundance, enters Taurus. Jupiter will be in the house of your career until May of 2024. This is a once every twelve year occurrence. Jupiter in this house can bring big opportunities and expansion in your work and public life. This could be a great time for a promotion, or an increase in your salary or it could be an opportunity for more visibility at work and your public life.
On May 19th there is a new moon in the sign of Taurus. If you are looking to plant some seeds of intention around your public image or career, this is a great time to get intentional about what you want.
Virgo Rising
This Taurus season is all about shining light on your education, spirituality and possible foreign travel.
On April 20 the sun enters Taurus in your 9th house of education, spirituality and foreign travel. Shortly after Mercury, your chart ruler turns retrograde on April 21. Generally any time there is a Mercury retrograde you feel the effects of it because Mercury is your ruler, but this year the retrogrades might pack a little extra punch seeing as they all occur in earth signs.
This retrograde could signify traveling to a place that you have already been, revisiting some schooling or higher education, deepening your studies or enrolling in a course to study something that you might have been thinking about for a while.
This potent Mercury retrograde is an invitation for you to revisit themes in your life that relate to education, your identity and work, and take deliberate steps to curate structure surrounding themes of education or spiritual or religious studies.
Saturn the planet of maturity, structure and discipline is currently in your house of partnership (romantic and business). Saturn asks us to get serious and adult on topics as he moves through different areas of our life. I wonder if this Saturn aspect could bring new partnerships romantic or business through spiritual, educational or travel pursuits for you Virgo rising?
Mercury turns direct on May 14th finally bringing some forward movement to things that may have felt stuck, stagnant or delayed during this time.
On May 16th Jupiter the planet of abundance and expansion enters your 9th house ruled by Taurus where he will reside until May of 2024. Jupiter in this part of your sky could bring big blessing and expansion in areas of travel, spirituality and educational pursuits. How can a focus on the expansion of your mind play into expansion in other areas of your life?
On May 19th there is a new moon in the sign of Taurus. This is a beautiful opportunity to plant seeds of intention.
Libra Rising
For Libra risings this Taurus season is all about money, soul contracts and debts.
On April 20 the sun moves into Taurus in your 8th house of money and debts (monetary and karmic). The themes for you, Libra, this season will surround legacy wealth and dealing with both money debts and karmic debts.
Mercury turns retrograde on April 21 in your Taurus ruled house. Perhaps this retrograde is a period of time where there will be delays or frustrations surrounding money that is owed to you–could that tax refund be taking a long time to hit your bank account?
This retrograde could be a good opportunity to revisit themes and long term financial plans that you have in motion. This period is a good time for you to get intentional and deliberate about long-term wealth. During this time, there is also the possibility that someone you have karmic ties to could resurface in your life.
Saturn, the planet of structure and discipline, makes a helpful aspect to your Taurus house, perhaps offering an opportunity to create structure and work hard to pay off debt and create a plan in order to generate abundant lifetime wealth.
During this season, Jupiter, the planet of expansion and abundance, could bring in new partnerships in business or in romance that could play into your money story and career. Both Jupiter and Saturn will send energy for an uplevel in connection with those areas of your life. This time has the possibility to create a big glow up for you!
Mercury turns direct on May 14th , alleviating any delays or frustrations that you may have been feeling over the last few weeks and creating forward movement.
On May 16th Jupiter enters your 8th house, the sign of Taurus where he will bring blessings, abundance and expansion to areas in your life surrounding money, debts and karmic contracts until May of 2024. Jupiter only visits this house once every 12 years, so it is important to take in all of this powerful, juicy energy.
On May 19 there is a new moon in the sign of Taurus. This is a powerful time to set intentions and find clarity in areas of your life surrounding Taurus themes (money, material possessions, wealth, pleasure).
Taurus Candle
Libra Candle
Scorpio Rising
This Taurus season for you highlights themes around partnerships.
On April 20, the sun moves into the sign of Taurus in your 7th house. This area in your sky is all about partnerships–both business and romantic. It is also the house of love, sexuality, pleasure and relationships.
Mercury turns retrograde on April 21 in this Taurus ruled house. This retrograde period could potentially bring up frustrations in communication with business or romantic partners. Mercury invites you to take stock of the relationships in your life allowing you to pause, go within and get clear whether these intimate relationships are in alignment with what you desire. There could also be the possibility of past partners or lovers showing up in your life again.
For Scorpio Risings, this retrograde period is an invitation to revisit healthy communication with partners. This is an opportunity to not verbally lash out in arguments and learn to take a pause and control your words. This time period might feel like you are reverting back to old patterns or ways of being in your relationships. That can be especially frustrating for you if you feel as though you have already worked through a lot of the situations that are coming up for you.
If you have been working hard for a while to pay off debts, or have had some health challenges, energy should be alleviated soon, and you should start to see forward momentum in those areas of life.
On May 16 Jupiter enters the sign of Taurus bringing blessings and abundance to your relationships. With the energy of Saturn aspecting this entry into Taurus, this could be a beautiful time for deeper commitments in both your personal and professional partnerships. Jupiter in this sign is delivering blessings in your Taurus ruled house only happens once every twelve years so it is some juicy energy.
On May 19th there is a new moon in Taurus which could be a beautiful time for you to plant seeds of intention around your desires in your romantic and business partnerships.
Taurus Candle
Scorpio Candle
Sagittarius Rising
Taurus season for Sagittarius rising is all about hard work and discipline.
On April 20 Taurus moves into your 6th house of routines and hard work. This is the time of year when you Sagittarius risings are ready to grind and dedicate yourself fully to what you are trying to accomplish.
Mercury turns retrograde on April 21in the sign of Taurus. This can cause frustrations and delays in themes related to what you are trying to accomplish with all of the effort you are putting in. It might feel as though you are working hard and completely dedicated and there is no reward–”two steps forward two steps back”. This could also be a story about revisiting some old health concerns to try and find clarity and to finally find healing.
There is the possibility that there is a love story happening for you during this season. Venus the planet of love and beauty starts Taurus season off in your 7th house of pleasure and partnership.
During this season, Saturn, the planet of discipline and maturity, is sending energy that could help you get serious about your routines and hard work. In this position Saturn will help you accomplish serious long term goals with structure.
Mercury turns direct on May 14th. It will finally feel as though there is forward momentum when it comes to making progress with your disciplined goals, and a lot of the frustrations you may have been feeling will be alleviated.
On May 16th Jupiter, the planet of expansion and abundance enters the sign of Taurus and brings positive energy and gifts to all that you are trying to accomplish. If you or a pet have been having health challenges Jupiter can help to clear that energy and bring a benefic blessing. This can also be a period of time where you are working hard, but finding pleasure in joy in what you are doing.
On May 19th there is a new moon in the sign of Taurus. This is a potent time to plant seeds of intention around your goals and get intentional about all of the hard work that you are doing.
Taurus Candle
Sagittarius Candle
Capricorn Rising
For Capricorn risings, this Taurus season is all about tapping into pleasure and joy.
The sun enters Taurus on April 20, and spends this season moving through and illuminating your house of pleasure, creativity, romance, joy and children.
On April 21 Mercury turns retrograde. This could be an invitation for you to rediscover what in your life brings you pleasure and joy. With big Capricorn energy in your life, maybe you approach things in a pragmatic, heady kind of way. During this Taurus season, you are asked to slow down and rediscover the things in your life that light you up–possibly through the lens of child-like wonder.
On May 7, Venus, the planet of romance, money and beauty enters your 7th house of partnership. This transit could bring a glow up to some relationships in your life–business or romantic. Again, the invitation here is to bring more joy into this area of your life and to ask yourself if your partnerships feel like work, or are they fun and joyful.
Mercury turns retrograde on May 14th, allowing forward movement and integration on all pleasurable matters that you have discovered you want to incorporate into your life.
On May 16 Jupiter, the planet of expansion and abundance, enters Taurus bringing positive energy and benefic gifts to this area of your life. Jupiter asks where you can make more space for creativity, passion and playfulness. Jupiter moving through your house of pleasure and children is a once every twelve year occurrence, so this energy is meant to be savored.
On May 19th the new moon in Taurus is an invasion to plant seeds of intention around your desires and vision for a fulfilling enjoyable life. This is a beautiful time to get clear about how to integrate a lighthearted air into your life.
Aquarius Rising
For Aquarius risings, Taurus season highlights themes around home, family and real estate.
On April 20 the sun enters Taurus in your fourth house of home and family. Following the sun's entrance, on April 21 Mercury turns retrograde. This retrograde could be an invitation to reevaluate your home life and living situation. There could be some possible miscommunications surrounding your home and family during this retrograde as well.
Saturn, the planet of maturity and discipline, is sending energy to this area of your life asking you to get serious about financial and material matters that could be affecting your home life and family. This could manifest as saving for a new home or renovation or getting serious about money so that you can buy land.
On May 7th Venus, the planet of romance, money and beauty enters cancer in your 6th house of hard work and routines. Here Venus could bring more love to the areas in your life that you are grinding away at and provide you with a new found love in what you are doing.
With Mercury turning direct on May 14th, tensions and miscommunications around your home life, family and living situations could be alleviated. With help from Saturn, you have been given an opportunity to revise and revisit areas of your life dealing with home and money and how you can add more structure into your life for a permanent glow up to those areas.
On May 16 Jupiter, the planet of expansion and abundance enters your 4th house of Taurus where he will stay until May of 2024. This is a beautiful blessing that occurs once every twelve years. Under this energy this could be expansion in your home life and family life or potential new real estate. This area of your life also has a connection to family karma, so ancestral themes could arise to be healed.
On May 19th there is a new moon in Taurus. This is a beautiful opportunity to plant seeds of invention surrounding your desires with home and family.
Pisces Rising
For Pisces rising the themes of Taurus season are all about illuminating pleasure in your everyday life and routines.
On April 20 the sun enters Taurus shining light on your third house of routines and daily life. On April 21 Mercury the planet of communication turns retrograde. This retrograde period is an invitation to evaluate your everyday life and ask yourself where you can incorporate more Taurean themes of pleasure, self care and joy. Maybe things have felt like a grind for a while, or it has been all about structure, discipline and “going” for the last few months. Taurus season is an invitation to slow down and find more pleasure in the everyday. With Mercury being the patron planet of travelers this could be a good time to take a short getaway to a place that you have already traveled to.
Bringing more joy into your everyday life could alleviate some of the constricting energy that you may have been feeling over the last few months, it may have felt as though you have been trying to rediscover and reclaim yourself.
On may 14th Mercury turns direct alleviating some miscommunications or frustrations that may have been occurring in your daily life. This may be a good time to ask yourself what you can bring forward in your life from this period of reviewing your routines and habits. This movement of Mercury turning direct is an invitation for you to incorporate more Taurean themes of pleasure, groundedness and intentionality into your life.
On May 19 there is a new moon in Taurus. This is a beautiful time to plant seeds of intention around how you want to shape your life and bring more expansion to your physical and mental health and daily routines that create your everyday environment and reality.
Taurus Candle
Pisces Candle