Ok so this New Moon, I need to talk about it and I really hope you lean into this one.
Tomorrow, Saturday May 16th at 1pm PT, we have a new moon at almost 26 degrees Taurus and she is a supermoon, which means she is closer to Earth than usual. You are going to feel this one. Not just energetically. In your actual body. Your chest, your throat, your hands. Taurus rules the physical and Venus is asking you to come back home to yourself, NOW.
Here is what I keep coming back to with this lunation. Taurus is about what we value. But underneath that is a deeper question that most people skip over, which is whether you actually believe you are worth receiving what you desire. Not just what you want. Whether you believe you deserve it. That is the real work of this moon.
Taurus does not rush. She plants. She tends. She trusts that what belongs to her will come not because she chased it but because she became the kind of soil where it had no choice but to grow. Personally I started attracted more when I slowed down and stopped chasing.
Mercury is also conjunct this new moon so there is a message trying to come through for a lot of people. Something you have been holding. A truth you have been circling. A thing you know you need to say whether that is out loud, in your journal, or just finally to yourself. This moon is the green light.
I also want to talk about something that I think is not getting enough attention right now. Uranus just left Taurus after seven years and moved into Gemini. Seven years of revolution in money, land, the body, resources, self worth. Seven years of a lot of us being completely shaken loose from whatever we thought security was supposed to look like. That chapter is done. This new moon is literally the first lunation since that shift happened. Like I keep saying, we are not going back. We are building on the new foundation that all of that disruption created. You are not the same person you were in 2018 and that is the point. We are ALL different.
For me personally this moon is landing in a really intentional season. I am anchoring right now. Rooting into the version of this work and this life that my spirit has already said yes to. The bigger space. The apothecary room. The business that operates from a body that feels held and resourced instead of squeezed. This is Taurus work. And if you have been following along this year you know the ancestors have been showing me the same card on repeat. The figure in the small cabin consulting their chart. Outgrowing the space. Knowing the move is coming. Jupiter into Leo in June is the timing. I am staying ready.
This moon is your permission to plant the next thing too.
This new moon is literally asking you what you actually want to claim. Not what sounds good or what you think you should want, what do you genuinely desire? Taurus doesn’t do wishful thinking. It plants seeds in real soil and tends them. So sit with that question. Write it down. Say it out loud. Feel it in your body like it’s already yours, because under this supermoon energy, your intention-setting hits different. Mercury’s right there amplifying your words, so whatever you speak into existence, whatever you write down, it lands. This is the moon for calling in the life you actually want to live, not someday but NOW.
Here’s your new moon practice
- Light something first. A candle, some incense, whatever calls in your presence. Green or gold if you have it. This is a prosperity moon and Venus wants to be honored.
- Ground before you write anything. Bare feet on the floor if you can. Three slow breaths. Let your nervous system land before you start setting intentions. Taurus does not respond to urgency.
- Ask yourself where you have been undervaluing yourself. Let that answer come up honestly before anything else. This is the real seed of this lunar cycle.
- Write your intentions by hand. Keep them in your body, not just in your mind. Not just what you want to have but who you are becoming. Taurus cares about embodiment more than outcome.
- If you work with oils, (and I really think you should) š anoint your wrists and your heart space with something Venusian. Rose, jasmine, honeysuckle, sweet orange. Ask your body what she needs to feel supported right now.
- Close in gratitude for what already is. Taurus is inherently abundant. She needs you to see what you already have before she opens the next door for you.
I love y’all. I love this work. I love that you are here doing this with intention and not just going through the motions. That matters. This is not performance. This is the real thing.
Show up in the dark of the moon tonight and trust that what you plant is going to be standing by the time we get to the full moon in Sagittarius on May 31st. Let the earth hold you this weekend. You have earned the rest. You have earned the roots. The bloom is already on its way. As always reach out if you want support.
Love, light and beauty, Donna
