Taurus Season 2024 Cheat Sheet

Welcome to Taurus season and the Taurus season 2024 cheat sheet.

I have to admit right out of the gate that I am looking forward to this season after the tumultuous shifts of last season. What a month April has been and I feel I can say that even as I sit here recording this just mid-way through the month. There are many astrological transits that we could talk about but I will save those for the weeklies and keep this just about the over-arching energies. I will say this though, that as I have mentioned before, the readings that I did for Aquarius season do appear to be so much bigger than just one season. They are in some way visions of the future, our own visions of the future. Taurus season represents the first quarter or waxing quarter after that energy, so I will ask you this month to revisit those, below I have incorporated working with those themes this season.

Let’s begin by looking at the quote for the season, which is from the late Queen Elizabeth II. “It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult. ”

I chose the quote because yes, she was a Taurus Sun, a 0 degree Taurus sun. But more than that, I feel this quote embodies the axis of Taurus and Scorpio. Scorpio season, at least in the northern hemisphere, is truly when the vibrant and vital richness of summer has decayed and died as we are in the middle of autumn. From a deeply personal perspective, Scorpio and the associated 8th house is also where we can find our own destructive and sometimes even hateful tendencies. Just think of the most well-known animal symbol of Scorpio, the Scorpion, and the stinger it is known for. There is a time to go deep and to do battle with our own hydras. This is necessary so that we are able to transform and grow. But transformation is not just about removing the rot or the destruction of that which does not work. It is not just about cutting this out of your life or leaving that behind. There is another part to transformation and that is growth and that is where Taurus comes in. Taurus represents Spring.

So, let’s go back to the quote, and also the speech it was taken from, as it really does illustrate a lot of what I feel about the themes of this season and even these times.

I understand monarchy is a controversial topic, even here, in the UK, and an alien concept to many. But let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water, and ironically, that’s what the Queen says in her own way too. For me, it is less about whether we need monarchy or not, and more about is this an institution that represents our modern collective values? What are those values? So, some background for those who might be unfamiliar, at 3pm on Christmas day every year a speech from the monarch is played. The quote I have used is taken from Queen Elizabeth’s 1957 Christmas speech, which was also her first televised speech. She begins by talking about how 25 years earlier her grandfather had given the first speech and she refers to traditions in the parts I will share with you. This brings to mind the tarot card associated with Taurus – the Hierophant. She makes reference to new and emerging technologies and as we sit here today, 66 years later, we have our own new technologies to contend with.

She talks about herself and how she may appear to be a remote figure to so many. While you and I may not be monarchs, I know I can relate to that feeling of remoteness, especially in the context of all the deep diving we have done with Scorpio energy, how many truly know us or see us? We have these avatars be it on social media, or the various roles we play in life. But for all the different ways to see each other and be seen, how much do we actually connect and impact one another (that is a theme we will definitely be exploring next month in Gemini season). The reference that she makes to welcoming us to the peace of her own home, seems like such a Taurus statement to me.

The paragraph where she references the speed at which things are changing feels so applicable to what we see around us at the moment, especially after Aries season. She honours the challenges of these changes but also talks about some of the reasons we do find these so challenging and threatening.

Let me share these beginning paragraphs of the speech with you and then I will return to show how we can ground these principles and ideas into or own lives this Taurus season:

"Twenty-five years ago my grandfather broadcast the first of these Christmas messages. Today is another landmark because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes on Christmas Day. My own family often gather round to watch television as they are this moment, and that is how I imagine you now."

"I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct."

"It is inevitable that I should seem a rather remote figure to many of you. A