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Sun in Taurus Power from April 19 to May 20

 

 

 

 

 

Sun in Taurus

Power your way to pleasure

By Tarot.com Staff, Taurus, Sun, Astrology

It’s time to stop and smell the roses — literally! When the Sun moves into earthy Taurus from April 19 to May 20, life will shift into a lovely, lazy and much more pleasurable phase.

Taurus is ruled by Venus, the goddess of love, which surrounds us with beauty and abundance and sensuality. Our senses are awakened to fall in love all over again with the things that make us feel good to look at, touch and taste.

As the Taurus Sun shines down at the height of spring, we’re all encouraged to delight in earthly pleasures. This nurturing of self will ground us, and help us to build strong and practical foundations moving forward.

Those born from about April 16-22 were born on the Aries-Taurus cusp, and those born from about May 17-23 were born on the Taurus-Gemini cusp. Being born on the cusp simply means that you were born during the transition time between two zodiac signs, so you retain some qualities from each sign.

Indulge in the beauty and pleasure of the physical world, Taurus style — it’s good for your soul!

Here’s how to make the most of life during Sun in Taurus:

What to do: Delight your senses! It’s time to enjoy the best things in life. Lounge in bed with your lover, indulge in delicious food and drink, and go on hikes to breathe in all the beauty of nature. Feel alive and love it!

What to say: “No.” Taurus is symbolized by the stubborn Bull because they always want to have their way. Use this Sun in Taurus energy to get your own way and make yourself happy now, and just say “no” to anything that doesn’t feel right.

Where to go: Get outside! Nature-loving Taurus is most at home when surrounded by scenic wonders — think rolling hills, fresh grass, blooming flowers and crackly forests. Plan a camping trip, go for a hike or rent a cabin in a scenic setting while the Taurus Sun shines.

What to wear: Something soft and fuzzy! Taurus is all about texture, so wear things that feel good to the touch — cashmere, soft suede, silky fabrics and luxe leathers will do the trick.

What to buy: Shop for finest of everything you can get your hands on. Look for fragrant and gourmet things that will awaken your senses, such as chocolate, perfume and flowers. These things are not superficial or trivial — they will nurture your soul, so spare no expense!

What to watch out for: Taurus is known for never giving up, and that’s a good thing unless … you’re wrong. And if you make the Bull mad, they sure can charge! Be aware of being too stubborn or having angry outbursts while the Sun is in Taurus. Make an extra effort to more flexible now.

What to look forward to: Comfort and happiness! Surround yourself with beauty and physical comforts, like a true Taurus always does, and you’ll enjoy this as a beautiful opportunity to nurture your soul throughout the Sun in Taurus season.

 

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Your Daily Influences for April 21

Your Daily Influences
April 21, 2016

 

 

The Hierophant
A lover of tradition and ceremony, The Hierphant needs social approval and appreciates the positive aspects of conformity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naudhiz
Naudhiz reversed may tell of needs met and harmonious relationships. Your passions for someone or something may be at their pinnacle.

 

 

 

Pisces the Fishes
This aspect of your life will be strongly influenced by a person who is escapist and idealistic, secretive and vague, weak-willed and easily led. This person probably relies to heavily upon you to make decisions for them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Influences represent events and challenges the current day will present for you. They may represent opportunities you should be ready to seize. Or they may forewarn you of problems you may be able to avoid or lessen. Generally it is best to use them as tips to help you manage your day and nothing more.

Your Daily Influences for April 20

Your Daily Influences
April 20, 2016

 

Ace of Pentacles
Prosperity, pleasure and beauty can be realized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berkano
Berkano is the Rune of birth and rebirth. This may symbolize a time when you are capable of great personal growth. Love may be in the air as well.

 

 

 

 

Scorpio the Scorpion
This aspect of your life will be strongly influenced by a person who is determined, forceful, emotional, intuitive, powerful, passionate, exciting and magnetic. This person is probably an acquaintance you made at work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Influences represent events and challenges the current day will present for you. They may represent opportunities you should be ready to seize. Or they may forewarn you of problems you may be able to avoid or lessen. Generally it is best to use them as tips to help you manage your day and nothing more.

Your Daily Animal Spirit for April 21 is The Mockingbird

Your Daily Animal Spirit

April 21st, 2016

Mockingbird

Mockingbirds are master imitators, and can mimic the calls of many other birds. They’re also fearless protectors of their nest, and will attack any bird (no matter how large) to protect their young. Mockingbird’s lesson for you today is twofold: to listen to how you might be mimicking others—instead of listening to your own true voice; and to examine the value of what you defend. Hmmm?

Your Animal Spirit for April 20th is The Frog

Your Animal Spirit for Today
April 20, 2016 

Frog

Frog Rivet! Something in your life needs cleansing, and frog is here to help. Frog is traditionally associated with rain—that powerful force of Nature that can flood, nurture, heal, or drown. If Frog appears in your reading, you’re being asked to examine what is stagnating in your life—then ask Frog to help you let it go. Need to cry? Jump in the shower and let Frog Medicine do its work.

Your Ancient Symbol Card for Thursday, April 21 is The Owl

Your Ancient Symbol Card for the Day

The Owl

 

The powerful Owl easily makes its way through the darkest night on muted wings. Often it is only their haunting call echoing across the land that lets us know The Owl is near. Because of its amazing night vision, many cultures have attributed wisdom and the ability to uncover even the deepest secrets to the enigmatic, noble Owl. The Owl’s nocturnal prowess has lead many to see them as a messenger between the material and spirit worlds. Cultures as distinct as the African Zulus and ancient Celtics have ascribed magical powers to The Owl made them a revered companion to shaman and wizards.

Your Ancient Symbol Card for April 20th is The Phoenix

Your Ancient Symbol Card for Today

The Phoenix



The mythical, endearing Phoenix has long been a symbol of rebirth, renewal, and coming full circle. Tired in both body and spirit the aged Phoenix combust into flames and from its ashes is reborn. The Phoenix does not indicate change so much as it does renewal and revitalization. It denotes the completion of a cycle and beginning anew.

As a daily card, The Phoenix suggest you are at a place where some aspects of your life have reached the end of a cycle. Your energies may be weakened from use and stretched over too many arenas to be as effective as they once were. As a result, now may be a good time for you to take a step back and allow yourself time to revitalize both your physical and spiritual self.

Your Daily Witches Rune for April 21st is The Wave

Daily Witches Rune

The Wave

Meaning: This rune symbolizes your friends and family and their influence upon you. Its meaning is usually derived from the other stones closest to it. This rune is also associated with travel. A journey abroad is indicated especially if the Sun rune is nearby, but a journey for someone close to you if the Moon stone is closest. If it is near to the Rings it foretells a holiday or long distance relationship.

Your Daily Witches Rune for April 20th is Woman

Today’s Witches Rune

Woman

Meaning: The first meaning of this rune is quite obvious: it represents women. Any woman that is important in the question, whether you know her or not, will be represented by this rune. Mother, sister, aunt, grandma, a female boss, friend, lover or even enemy… all can be symbolized by the appearance of this rune.

In a more general sense, this rune is related to traditional female abilities and characteristics, such as giving birth, nurturing, comforting and healing. When this rune appears, you can count on the sympathy of others towards you or your situation. In its most negative aspects, the Woman rune can show over-protectiveness, a patronizing attitude or co-dependency. It often strives to maintain the status quo, refusing to change even if the situation is bad.

The Woman rune is connected to nurturing – nurturing a relationship, a person or a project. Like the Moon rune, it can be related to finding a safe place to rest and heal, but while the Moon implies a solitary retreat, the Woman often shows that you need to go back to the people you trust, the people you feel safe with.

Healing is another strong aspect of this symbol, as well as teaching. You can be both the patient/student or the healer/teacher when this rune appears. This rune is also connected to creativity, but in a way that is different from the Romance rune. While the latter is about the conception of a project – the initial stages of creation – the Woman is about the birth of this project. When your creation is brought out into the world, fully manifested.

In relationship readings, this rune isn’t bad, but rather weak. While it can indicate subtle ties between people, these are usually so, so subtle that the partners can easily drift away from each other. It can show that one of the partners sees the other as someone who needs to be protected and healed, rather than an equal. Usually, the romance is a bit stagnated when this rune appears, or very close to becoming a friendship.

 

 

Source:

Your Spiritual Journey Australia

Your Crowley Thoth Tarot Card for Thursday, April 21st is The Moon

Your Crowley Thoth Tarot Card for Today

The Moon



The Moon represents those forces which remain largely hidden to us. The light of the moon provides some illumination down a path into the unknown, but not enough to brighten the landscape like The Sun, or cut through the dark shadows from which the unexpected may leap. However, The Moon is not without gifts we can use. She spurs our imagination and creativity. She can be a portal to knowledge and experience beyond the realm of our everyday lives. But Her offerings are not available to the feint of heart. To receive what The Moon offers one must have the courage to follow uncharted paths and the intelligence to find truths hidden in a bewildering setting rife with illusion. For those who can make this journey the reward may be finding the key to making their dreams come true.

Your Crowley Thoth Tarot Card for April 20th is The Emperor

Your Crowley Thoth Tarot Card for Today

The Emperor



The Emperor is blessed with the skills to successfully lead others. He can turn chaos into order and provide structure to that which is unbound. He is quick of mind and confident in his power and right to rule, and does so in a just manner. Although stern by nature, he truly is the ultimate father figure. He will provide as needed, teach those with unanswered questions, protect the vulnerable, set and maintain boundaries. His perfect world runs on schedule and is free of any disturbances. What the Emperor must be wary of is setting boundaries and rules where none are needed. If he isn’t careful not to over use his powers he may well become a tyrant.

Your Daily Rune for Thursday, April 21st is Fehu

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bw-fehuYour Rune For Today
Fehu

Fehu is the Rune of prosperity, good luck and unbridled creative energies. Being associated with Frey, this Rune is also a powerful omen of fertility. Fehu is one of the three Mother Stones and should never be taken lightly.

 

Additional information about the Rune, Fehu

FEHU – The Rune of Wealth and Fulfilment

Alternative Names
Anglo-Friesian/Germanic: Fehu
Norse (Viking): Fe
Old English: Feoh

Other Names/Spellings: Faihu, Fé, Feh, Feo

English Letter Equivalent
F as in fat

Translation
Money, Cattle, Wealth

Meaning
Reward, Wealth, Nourishment

Characteristics
Realized ambition. Good health. Wealth. Love fulfilled. Good fortune. But remember – be charitable and show compassion.

Fehu means cattle, a measure of wealth to the ancients. Today Fehu means movable wealth, such as money and possessions. It also implies the energy and hard work that leads to wealth. Fehu can mean emotional and spiritual riches, as well as money.

Pronunciation: Fay-who

Personal Interpretation
Fehu is Frey’s rune, and he is the god of fertility, itself a form of wealth. It is a rune of unselfish abundance. Let it shine forth to lighten your path and the paths of others. You will never run out of your spiritual richness, but don’t waste it on those who will abuse it. Discernment is important.

Reverse
Failed ambition. Health problems. Poverty. Love unrequited. Bad luck.

Converse
Hidden reward. Undiscovered wealth. Nourishment withheld

Runic Number: 1

Color: Light Red

Element: Fire and Earth

Polarity: Female

Associated gods: Frey, Freyja

Astrological Correspondence: Aries

Source:
Oswald the Runemaker

Your Daily Rune for April 20th is Mannaz

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bw-mannazYour Rune for Today

April 20, 2016

Mannaz

 

Additional information about today’s rune, Mannaz….

mannaz : man, humankind

Phonetic equivalent: m

DIVINATORY MEANINGS:
significator, self, family, community, relationships, social concerns

 

MAGICAL USES:
to represent a specific person or group of people; to establish social relationships

 

ASSOCIATED MYTHS & DEITIES:
Ask and Embla, Midgard

 

ANALYSIS:
In its broadest sense, mannaz represents all of humanity, and therefore the entire realm of Midgard. In more practical terms, though, it is those with whom we have personal connections, from our immediate circle of family and friends to the wider community around us, reminding us of our nature as social animals. It also represents our connection with the Gods and with nature, through the two Norse myths of the creation of humans; the first where they sprang from Ymir’s body, and the second in which they were created from two logs by a river. It takes the raw energy of ehwaz and controls it through our social conscience, reminding us of those we affect with our deeds both magical and mundane.

 

The rune itself resembles gebo with its joining of masculine and feminine elements, but is much more complete. It is the entire web of human relationships, with the self at the centre, which mirrors the web of fate explored through rai̡o. But while that web was more or less fixed, this one is mutable and alive. Past and present, male and female, self and other Рall opposites are joined here and made whole. Mannaz is our home, and speaks for all those whose lives we touch when we use the gifts we have been given through the runes

Your Daily Tarot Card for Thursday, April 21 is The Hermit

Your Personal Daily Tarot Card

The Hermit



The Hermit denotes a need to have some space between you and the everyday hustle and bustle of our busy world. The Hermit needs to retreat. Indeed, happiness for The Hermit requires seclusion, freedom from material wants, and time for intense introspection. The answers The Hermit needs cannot be found in our physical world. The truths he seeks are internal, spiritual, and the distraction of a well developed social life can only impede his quest for his personal truths. Still, although not anything remotely resembling extroversion, The Hermit does sometimes need to share time with others; so he can both learn and teach, guide and be guided. The Hermit’s time spent amongst people depletes his energy rapidly. To avoid mental and physical overload he has to retreat from social settings quickly.

Your Daily Tarot Card for April 20th is The World

Your Personal Daily Tarot Card

The World



Like The Sun, The World brings good blessings. The World appears where all is in balance. It allows you to act effectively not only as an individual but as a member of a group too. The World promises contentment, fulfillment and completeness to those under its influence. It doesn’t guarantee there will not be moments of strife or discord in your life, but it does indicate that your trials and tribulations will be overcome; that ultimately you will know inner-peace and contentment. The World suggests you have found or will find your place in our Universe—that place where all is as it should be.

Get A Jump On Tomorrow, Your Daily Horoscopes for Thursday, April 21

 

 

 

 

Get A Jump On Tomorrow…
Your Daily Horoscopes for Thursday, April 21

by Rick Levine

 

General Horoscope

Rather than spontaneously reacting to circumstances beyond our control, the rational Libra Moon inspires us to calmly reflect on our changing situations without initiating action of any kind. However, a sumptuous Venus-Jupiter connection entices us with the possibilities of pleasure while an active Mercury enables us to talk about our dilemmas. Nevertheless, the plot thickens at 8:17 pm EDT when the Moon sinks into Scorpio’s emotional depths.

Aries Horoscope MAR 21 – APR 19

You’re motivated to resolve an unsettled relationship issue today, but the discussion might not go as smoothly as you wish. Nevertheless, burying your emotions isn’t a viable strategy in the long run. Your good intentions aren’t enough; you must also be willing to compromise to get what you want. Acknowledge the validity of the other person’s feelings, and then negotiate to find common ground where you both can stand in comfort.

Taurus Horoscope APR 20 – MAY 20

The tried-and-true method that enables you to finish your work on another day isn’t sufficient now because of your unrelenting desire to surround yourself with beauty. It’s not enough to just answer a lingering question or handle a nagging problem; the peace-seeking Libra Moon also wants the solution to be elegant. However, letting go of your unrealistic expectations might be necessary to finalize a plan that will be practical enough to work. Luckily, making a small sacrifice pays off sooner than you think in ways you can’t imagine.

Gemini Horoscope MAY 21 – JUN 20

Grab an opportunity to do something special with children today if you are given the chance; or if that’s not feasible, try unleashing your own inner child on the world. Either way, you can enjoy some playtime now that the Moon is prancing through your 5th House of Fun and Games. A spontaneous activity could turn your day into one that is delightful for everyone, even if it means throwing out previous plans. Joy trumps negativity, so spread it around wherever you go.

Cancer Horoscope JUN 21 – JUL 22

You may be feeling ambivalent about socializing with friends or relatives today. You look forward to kicking back and catching up with everyone, but you also worry that someone might pressure you into taking sides in an ongoing conflict. Spending a bit of time alone could be your best option since there’s no need to justify your choices to anyone else. After you regroup, you can return in a much improved state of mind willing to help out where you can.

Leo Horoscope JUL 23 – AUG 22

You want to maintain some control over your schedule, but your long-term planning may fall apart when an unexpected obstacle appears in your path now. Instead of struggling to stick to your preset schedule today, respond with common sense and quick thinking rather than rigidity and panic. Take care of the most pressing issues first while allowing the less important ones to temporarily fall to the wayside. Setting priorities is useful as long as you are adaptable when change is required.

Virgo Horoscope AUG 23 – SEP 22

You find making financial decisions is painful today because there are no easy answers. Rationalizing your extravagance is a waste of energy now if you’re longing for something outside of your budget. It really doesn’t matter if your potential acquisition is a good deal; save your money and spend it another time when you’re more certain about what you need. A cool and calm approach can help to stave off unnecessary stress when it comes time to pay the bills. When in doubt, err on the side of caution.

Libra Horoscope SEP 23 – OCT 22

Don’t give in to someone else’s pressure to choose one answer over another unless your position is absolutely clear to you. Your ambivalence might annoy others, but it may also be your greatest strength today. It’s even harder to take sides because you can see an issue from both perspectives now that the reflective Moon is back in your sign. Keeping an open mind enables you to play the role of a shuttle diplomat, going back and forth until the best solution becomes apparent to both camps.

Scorpio Horoscope OCT 23 – NOV 21

Although you desperately want to understand the symbols of your subconscious mind, you could work yourself into a state of frustration if you assume that every image contains a hidden meaning. The Moon’s current visit to your 12th House of Spirituality amplifies the significance of your dreams, but you may have trouble deciphering them into concrete interpretations. Ironically, excessive analysis detracts from experiencing the magic of myth, so trust in the mystery and let go.

Sagittarius Horoscope NOV 22 – DEC 21

You may feel disillusioned today if you share something of interest with your friends, only to receive their cold shoulders. But they might not be as negative as you assume because you could have set unattainable expectations before giving anyone a chance to respond. You’ll earn more support if you involve others in the process than if you overstate your case with a dramatic show and tell. Start off slowly and build a solid foundation before adding more levels of complexity. Keep it simple for the best results.

Capricorn Horoscope DEC 22 – JAN 19

Your strong convictions about a current situation are better expressed today than kept quiet. There’s no room for playing games; just let others know your opinion at the earliest opportunity. Managing hidden agendas isn’t worth the effort when it’s healthier to put everything out on the table. Nevertheless, overcoming someone’s objections serves to strengthen your plan and define your character. Resistance may fade when everyone knows exactly where you stand.

Aquarius Horoscope JAN 20 – FEB 18

It may seem as if your friend or partner is maneuvering to earn credit for something that might not be deserved. Your annoyance could become an issue because you don’t think that people are paying enough attention to your accomplishments today. Even if you believe you’re completely objective, subtle biases sill arise from a temporary lack of support. Don’t blame others for your hurt feelings now; work on improving your own game, instead. Success is the best revenge.

Pisces Horoscope FEB 19 – MAR 20

You have a rather low tolerance for anyone who promises the sky and then spends too much time on public relations, rather than just rolling up their sleeves and doing the work. You don’t want to make judgments, but it becomes more challenging when someone doesn’t hold up their end of the deal now. Unfortunately, openly criticizing others probably won’t help the current situation. Take the high road today; bite your tongue and wait to see what tomorrow brings.

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