TAURUS/TAURUS RISING Excerpt: "...a crisis of belief will launch you deeper into a journey within yourself..." ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ New Moon Horoscope & Intention for Members Below: Leading up to this New Moon, you are likely to come across at least one powerful authority figure whose dominance in the world of spirituality, law, religion, or philosophy will in some way present you with an opportunity to transform your ethical and moral dimensions. However, the degree of moral certitude and enforced taboo is so extreme here that you may inadvertently or subconsciously be enchanted by bigotted, fanatical views, or become the victim of such ideologies. Pluto’s involvement in this lunation will pose a compulsive need to adopt a rigid belief structure to control and support the currently changing ways of life. If you adopt a fanatical, judgmental attitude, you may become prone to forming an inflexible set of beliefs and standards, where it seems convenient or personally profitable go along with the collective norms, and where it doesn’t suit you try to forcibly impose a new view of morality on those around you. Be very careful about following too faithfully any idealism imposed from outside yourself. Reparations may be called for. You may be either entering or coming out of a “dark night of the soul” where all faith and hope in the future are stripped away. Consequently, a crisis of belief will launch you deeper into a journey within yourself, where you may try to find your own personal belief system by which you can truly live from the heart. Similarly, you will feel compelled to teach or mentor others in some way, perhaps selecting ‘students’ to impart your particular ‘learnings’ about the world. There may be a considerable age difference between you and those you wish to guide (or is it ‘convert’), and you may find that you are applying an intense effort in those relationships in order to “teach them something” that will help them transform their ways. Be mindful, however, that your inherent authoritative presence and your determination to impose your higher views doesn’t come across as bullying them to listen to and be persuaded by what you share with them. Otherwise, you may find out the hard way that you’ve damaged your reputation and credibility with those you’re trying too hard to impress, or even manipulate and control. Upsets are most likely here if you are trying to forcibly inflict a core belief (or judgement) that is very strong upon a friend. You may find that when presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. This could create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called ‘cognitive dissonance’ – a mental stress or discomfort experienced by any individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalise, your friends or lovers will only come to ignore and even deny anything that doesn’t fit in with their own core belief system. Much healing will come from this too, but only if you accept that in truth, people are free to believe whatever they see as integral to them, regardless of the force of conviction with which you choose to convey your own precious views upon them. What brings together personal freedom and morality is learning to live from the heart and being that which we know we must be. Having this inner freedom and affording it to others, you eventually become content to let others live, and believe, as they will. New Moon Intention My determination to achieve self-knowledge is unquestionable because my faith in my abilities to assert my own understanding of ‘reality’ is unshakeable. I will believe in myself in spite of any psychological anxieties and niggling doubts cast by those who try to work against me. My positive approach to every opportunity allows me to achieve the results I want, even against the odds. I must overcome feeling enormous obligation to my family or my parents’ expectations – these will undermine my confidence and faith in myself and those things I come to believe from my own experience and studies into life. Similarly, I will be mindful not to forcibly impose my views upon others. While my loved ones and role models may serve as a guide to my spirit, ultimately I will succeed only by proceeding the way that seems best for me. I will not become distracted in my pursuits by side interests and frivolous pursuits. Instead of becoming challenged by my limited attention span, I must focus on developing a path or vocation that allows me more mobility and less emphasis on tedious work. I progress by exploiting more opportunities for higher studies and long-distance travel, as well as developing my more meditative, philosophical approach to life. I enhance my spiritual satisfaction by integrating meaningful rituals into my day, such as sport, exercise, and meditation. ARIES ♈ | TAURUS ♉ | GEMINI ♊ | CANCER ♋ | LEO ♌ | VIRGO ♍ | LIBRA ♎ | SCORPIO ♏ | SAGITTARIUS ♐ | CAPRICORN ♑ | AQUARIUS ♒ | PISCES ♓ Book a Private Session with Ang [click here] *Discounts apply to members of our Cosmic Tribe.
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