APRIL 2007 to MAY 2008

Your current year begins with you continuing to resolve long-standing tensions around your home. The problems you face here may be having a taxing effect on your work in the world-at-large, thus there are some career matters you may feel the need to settle, having neglected looking at these for a time. The good news is that beginning in September 2007 with Saturn’s entry in Virgo, most of the transiting outer planets will be in favorable aspect to your Taurus Sun. By December 2007, your attitude should improve even more as Jupiter (and Pluto) move into Capricorn. With Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto transiting in Earth signs for the remainder of your birthday year, many of the personal projects that have stalled on you over the last two years will finally be ready to launch!

Transiting Pluto is in the final degrees of its transit of Sagittarius where it has been since 1995. During this time Pluto has not been making a major aspect to your natal Sun in Taurus, yet you have most likely experienced many deep emotional changes and “little deaths” in your life. Some of these stemmed from joint financial issues like investments and legacies, or simply changes in your partner’s holdings. You also may have decided to eliminate as much of your debt as possible to free yourself from growing interest rates, or you may have done some refinancing. Whatever the case, you are a much more powerful and resourceful person with the exit of Pluto from Sagittarius.

On January 26, 2008, transit Pluto will enter Capricorn where it will form a trine aspect with your natal Sun – an aspect that will linger into the next decade. Some time within this long transit, all you Taureans will need to deepen your understanding of the world through mentally expansive pursuits like travel and higher mind studies. Your life will be changed for the better by questioning some of your cherished opinions and exposing yourself to how others conceive of the world.

Transit Neptune in Aquarius has been affecting how you approach career matters and other goals involving your public image. Since Neptune is in a square aspect with your Sun in Taurus, you have had to make sure that your intentions are realistic and based on sound reasoning. With Neptune involved there are certain aspects of your career which may have lost their allure for you, leading to feelings of dissatisfaction and a need for change.

Don’t let an overly idealistic attitude on such issues cause you to gloss over errors that can upset you later. While you may be inspired to assist those who are disadvantaged in some way, you need to carefully scrutinize the motives of those who you would like to help. But other than these issues, you now have the capacity now to effectively manifest your dreams for the benefit of all.

The nature of your friendships and the direction of major group associations are undergoing definite changes now as transit Uranus in Pisces forms a helpful sextile to your natal Sun. If you’ve been thinking about getting more involved in a professional, political, or community organizations, now is the time to do it! While some old friends may be leaving your life or radically transforming theirs, by becoming a real participator in causes that get your juices flowing you can encounter some remarkable people along the way. Stimulating changes and opportunities through new alliances are the hallmarks of this transit.

During this forecast year, transit Saturn in Leo is still pressuring you and piling on domestic responsibilities. Since transit Saturn is forming a stressful square to your Taurus Sun, you have been either feeling frustrated with specific elements of home and/or people in your family circle, or you have been taking on extra tasks to ensure that things keep running as solidly as you like. The key to handling these problem areas is to work with a plan -- have patience and take things one step at a time. You should begin to resolve any restrictions facing you in this regard starting September 2, when transit Saturn begins its two-year stay in Virgo – where it forms a beautiful trine aspect with your natal Sun. This placement of Saturn will help you to seek and find more of what you truly enjoy in life, and this could definitely mean becoming involved with a new, yet serious and stable, romantic partner!

Transiting Jupiter will be in Sagittarius for the majority of your forecast year. While in this sign it will make no major aspect to your Taurus Sun, yet the expansive energies of this planet will make themselves felt in your financial life, especially in the area of shared resources. If you’ve handled this area properly in the past, then some benefit will come now through gifts of money, loans, tax breaks, and similar things of this nature. Or it just may so happen that your partner receives a windfall that in turn improves your life! Yet, since the nature of Jupiter can be excessive, if you’ve had problems with over spending, or giving too much of your power away in these matters, then you will want to mitigate any significant further losses through better foresight and planning.

On December 18, transit Jupiter will enter Capricorn, and form yet another trine aspect with your natal Sun in Taurus! This begins a 12-month period where you are likely to find major opportunities involving travel, philosophical or religious studies, and other higher-mind pursuits. For more business minded Taureans, transiting Jupiter in Capricorn will be an excellent impetus for you to expand your professional interests through increased promotions and advertising. But overall, it will be your positive attitude that makes new doors open and increases your sense of the possible.

You begin your birthday year with transit Mercury in Taurus from April 27 through May 10. This transit enables you to clearly define your goals for the upcoming year and helps you to express who you are to the world with confidence and mental clarity. The entire time Mercury transits Taurus, transit Mars in Pisces will also form a helpful sextile aspect with your natal Sun. Transit Mars will be in Pisces from April 6 to May 14. This placement of Mars will give you an extra stimulus to follow through on the tasks you must accomplish now. Additionally, your energetic participation in a group or community effort can bring some satisfying results.

Transit Venus enters Cancer on May 8th and will be forming a helpful sextile aspect you’re your natal Sun through June 5. This transit, along with transit Mercury in Cancer (May 29 through August 3), is signal for you to create a better, calmer atmosphere in your immediate environment; close communication with family, especially your siblings, is also of greater importance to you this spring.

Two important events for you Taurus natives will occur in June. First, transit Mercury in Cancer will be retrograde between June 15 and July 9, so despite your best efforts, misunderstandings can arise between you and your nearest and dearest. Also, as you know, during a Mercury-Retrograde period you should avoid written agreements and buying products for your home or car. A focus on repair and re-organization is a better way of directing your efforts for now.
In addition to the Mercury-Retrograde period, on June 25 transit Saturn in Leo will oppose Neptune in Aquarius for the last time; this planetary opposition has severely affected your domestic and professional situations over the past two years, and perhaps you have been battling feelings of futility or even depression because of events that have taken place. With Saturn retrograde between June and August you will be actively resolving these tensions rather than feeling like they are unshakable burdens. By September 2007 these problems will begin to fade, but not without some re-direction of effort on your part! This Saturn-Retrograde period will be especially significant for you Taureans born between May 16 and May 20.

The summer of this forecast year is the most challenging period for you from several angles. In June, transit Venus enters Leo and forms a difficult square with your natal Sun, and is joining transit Saturn already in that sign. Once again your attention is on home concerns -- possibly entertaining others and looking at it in terms of its overall suitability or attractiveness -- and attempting to make these surroundings somehow match your inner ideal. You may even consider changing residences, or begin doing so. This issue reaches a critical point on July 29 when transit Venus triggers the exact Saturn-Neptune opposition. Now you will have to resolve any dissatisfaction arising with people or events within your family or home, without blowing your top!

Watching your temper is a definite need now, because between June 25 and August 6 transit Mars will be in Taurus conjoining your Sun. The need for an outlet for all this energy is a necessity -- and you will need to have a constructive project to keep you grounded and productive. The period between July 24 and August 1 will be most crucial for you in this respect, for an exact T-Square will form involving transit Saturn and transit Neptune -- with your natal Sun and transit Mars as the handle! Solid, practical action can correct and balance whatever else isn’t working properly. You Taurus natives with birthdays between May 11 and May 16 will be most prone to crisis during this time.

On July 27th transit Venus stations Retrograde in Virgo in trine aspect with your Taurus Sun. This planetary support does not last long however -- on August 8 transit Venus will retrograde back into Leo, once more making a hard square to your Sun and conjoining Saturn in the very last degrees of Leo. This will signal the completion of a long standing, problematic issue you will need to correct with your home or with your family. As Venus is retrograde now you may have to refrain from investing any more time, money, or other valuable resources in a situation or project that is at a “standstill.” Use the practical discrimination of Mercury in Virgo (in sextile aspect with your natal Sun between August 19 and September 5) to help you clarify what you should or shouldn’t do at this time. Wait until Venus stations direct on September 7 to make any final decisions on the how to use what you have.

By September the tide begins to turn for you, slowly at first and finally building up more steam by the end of December. That’s not to say there won’t be a few little bumps along the way however! Until Venus enters Virgo on October 8, you will be focusing on domestic matters, and perhaps some special event or big party you are hosting now. Transit Mars in Cancer (beginning September 28) lends support to anything you want to do now, and will give you the urge to accomplish all the little tasks necessary in support of larger endeavors. In mid-October transit Mercury will turn retrograde in Scorpio in opposition to your natal Sun. Aim for more mutual understanding and tolerance with partners, especially between October 11 and October 22 when Mercury slides back into Libra. Transit Mercury will Station-Direct on November 1, and by the time Mercury returns to Scorpio on November 11 a partner or other close associate may be demanding more ffrom you in the way of communication and clarification mutual goals. Suppressed anger and aggression cam simply seem to aggravate any existing problems once Mars begins its long retrograde movement (November 15, 2007 through January 31, 2008)! You absolutely must avoid losing your temper or patience while driving during this Mars retrograde period, and also avoid riding with those who tend to be reckless.

As 2007 comes to close, you Taureans will have some wonderful transits in your favor. Although Venus’s transit of Scorpio in opposition to your Taurus Sun can bring out some disappointments in your relationships to others, you will have much more in the way of help by transits that you might not notice. Joining transit Saturn in Virgo will be transit Jupiter in Capricorn on December 18 -- then followed by the Sun and Mercury in Capricorn on December 22. Together these Virgo and Capricorn transits will create wonderful Grand Trine with your natal Taurus Sun! Your attitude about life begins to lift tremendously, as you finally feel the pressures of the last two years begin to lessen! This Grand Trine energy will make it easy for you to accept invitations for travel during the holiday season, promote a real sense of spiritual reverence, as well as enjoying good times with your children and other young people.

Note that during the peak of the holiday season -- December 18 to December 29 -- a very rare pattern will form in transit to your Sun in Taurus; a Grand Trine in Water (transiting Venus, Mars and Uranus) combines a Grand Trine in Earth to create an extremely auspicious Grand Sextile configuration! Write down a few resolutions would like to see occur over the next year for yourself and others -- for this ‘Star of David’ planetary pattern is one of manifestation!

As you enter 2008, the power of communication and persuasion within your career and other public matters is frustrated by the transit of Mercury in Aquarius – in square aspect with your natal Sun. Do not become overwhelmed by minutia now, but communicate to those in your business life as clearly as you can -- especially as Mercury turns Retrograde on January 28. Your natal Sun is still in a Grand Trine with transit Jupiter in Capricorn and transit Saturn in Virgo, giving momentum to your creative process. This configuration is made even more powerful by the transit of Venus in Capricorn between January 24 and February 16. Pluto also enters Capricorn on January 26th, signifying the start of a long cycle which should deeply impact the broadening of your intellect through new studies and an increasing desire for travel.

Late into February you will still be putting extra effort into improving your professional image and making your ideas matter in the public arena. You will be very focused on such matters between February 18 and March 12, as transit Venus move through Aquarius. New communication moves forward again for you on February 19 as Mercury Stations Direct. The months of March and April are the BEST months of your entire forecast year. First you will have transit Mars (now moving direct in Cancer) in trine aspect with your natal Sun, accenting flowing activity and travel within your immediate environment. Transit Mars in Cancer focuses energy into a dynamic Kite pattern which literally elevates you Grand Trine in Earth into high activity! The focus of this energy emphasizes the transits of Jupiter and Pluto in Capricorn as the “tail” of the Kite. This focus allows you to take your personal perspectives and balance them with the new information and knowledge you are learning from your travels or wider studies. The net result will be that if you do this well, you will be rewarded with great mental and creative growth.

But wait! By March 15 transit Mercury and Venus both enter Pisces which now creates a SECOND Kite pattern emphasizing creative momentum! This time the energy is focused on a more social activity involving groups and friends. Your practical, creative talents – as well as your loving service to others -- are what will draw the positive support of friends and allies now. This Kite dissipates by April 5 -- but the former Kite involving Mars will extend into your next forecast year! As you can see much of the tribulation of the last two years has finally given way to transits of opportunity for Taureans. The best news is that these conditions favoring your growth -- and your success will extend well into 2009!