Total Lunar Eclipse in Taurus

November 8, 2022 | 3:01 am (PST) | Keyword: Wandering

The moon in Taurus is the last eclipse of the year working in tandem with the prior eclipse to underscore the focus on material security. You’re resourceful, determined and diligent in the pursuit of your goals and this moon emphasizes the wish to bring them into tangible form and manifest them to fruition. However, there are also events that highlight the need to establish greater emotional security due to dependency issues that weaken self-worth and burden others with a constant demand for reassurance.

This influence can also make you overly possessive about property or prompt the desire to have greater control over something jointly shared. Financial power struggles are indicated and you may fight over how to handle money or pay the bills. There’s a surge of energy through the stellium in the area ruling personal resources that can either bring successful rewards or burn through the benefits you receive. If you share funds, the amount of money you receive will change either positively or negatively and debts may go up or down. It’s also possible that your own personal resources will decrease leaving you with a greater sense of inequality and dependency unless it’s a result of valid circumstances you’ve consciously chosen.

While Taurus is a sign that tends to fiercely resist change, it’s unavoidable with the moon sitting in the house of deep transformation, but it’s precisely these changing conditions that support the need to experience others on a profound and intensely emotional level as reflected in the people and situations that you’ll attract. Perhaps you’ve grown skilled in the ability to recognize the subtle psychological motivations behind the actions of others and this provokes you to consider your own emotional needs. You may have developed this knowledge through formal study of psychology or by simply associating with persons who are disturbed on some level through your work as a professional therapist, counselor, or astrologer. These intense encounters can sometimes place you in a delicate position requiring tact and diplomacy, particularly if you’re counseling professionally. A growing and heightened intuitive and psychic awareness will assist your conscious approach. Regardless of circumstance, these situations cause you to carefully consider the decisions you make, especially if you feel responsibility toward others.

Alternatively, someone in your immediate circle may be in need of counseling. Emotional encounters serve as the opportunity for you to better understand issues of power and manipulation and how these may play out with those whom you’re involved. Difficult exchanges manifest through ambivalence, apathy, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, jealousy, guilt, unexplained anger, helplessness and unconscious feelings that undermine conscious actions and complicate relationships.

Part of the major dissatisfaction in relationships is the conflict between your needs and those of others. You want to assert your own individuality but find yourself torn by your devotion to those who mean the most to you. But the strong desire to be loved can cause you to compromise your own emotional needs in order to avoid conflict and this insecurity allows you to easily be taken advantage of. The larger purpose of these situations is to present life lessons regarding the right use of sympathies and to promote greater understanding of the balance of give and take needed in relationships. In some cases, themes surrounding motherhood or important maternal figures or associations with ambitious or nervous women are at the center of events.

Both the relationship axis and the Part of Fortune is at the Aries Point. This again, puts matters before the public or brings persons unknown into your affairs. For you to achieve success, it will be necessary for you to overcome your fears and take action toward something of importance to you. This will mean developing leadership skills, a strong sense of self, and cooperating with others to create balance in relationships.

The keyword for this cycle is wandering and may highlight individuals who seek freedom, are restless, and perhaps unsuited for the regular routine of daily life. The word seems to carry an energy that indicates a lack of direction, a state of being in search of, or travel. Contact with others may be characterized by a restlessness or excitability that provokes arguments and anger. These situations require restraint rather than resorting to violence, either physical or emotional. The influence signifies furious effort to face hindrance and overcome obstacles in reaching your goals. Some of these challenges will include issues surrounding delays or decisions regarding communication or travel. You must seize the day to apply the greatest effort in order to reap rewards.

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