2024.05.17 uranus in taurus
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[00:00:00] Well, my friend, it is time to consider your values and what is truly important to you. What makes you feel stable in this world so that you can find. New solutions to old problems. That is the vibe largely of the next seven years. And I'm going to tell you why. Um, it's a little extra heightened right now because we are in sidereal Taurus season. I'll explain more about that in a moment, what that means, what I mean by that? And at the same time on June 1st, 2024, Uranus is moving to taurus
[00:00:38] uranus spends approximately seven years in a sign, which means it takes 84 years to move entirely through the Zodiac, which means it's been 84 years since. Actually, you know, 84 minus seven, it's been 84 years. Since the last time Uranus moved into Taurus. And if you do the math, what does that put that time around?
[00:01:00] It was around the end of, or actually when it moved into Taurus was around really the beginning of the United States involvement in world war II. And so as always with these longer transits, I'm going to tell you all about the history. Um, global events the last time. This transit happened. I'm going to tell you about the astrological archetypes, that factor into our understanding of what this pattern might bring up. Um, because that's what astrology is and my opinion is, is it a. We're looking for patterns.
[00:01:33] We're not looking for confirmation bias. Although as humans, we all have confirmation bias. We're looking for patterns and trying to extrapolate from those patterns from, Hey, when we've seen this before, what was it correlated with? And so that's what we're going to be looking at. I'm going to tell you, um, historical events of the last time, which I'm sure now that I say the last time Uranus was in Taurus was 1940 through about 1948. Um, You can think of what was happening globally.
[00:02:06] Then it was a big deal in the world that those years, so. Let's talk about it first. I'd like to extend you a warm welcome to the Yogi scopes podcast. I'm your host Rosemary Holbrook. I am a Vedic sidereal astrologers, soon to be yoga therapists. So I'm this close to being done with my practicum hours.
[00:02:27] I've been working on this. C I a Y T yoga therapy certification for quite some time now. I'm in the final stretch of seeing clients and turning in the documentation to Polish off the certification and what that means for you. Is I also am a huge lover of astrology have been my whole life. And then my very first yoga teacher training. Back in 2017 was the first time I heard a Vedic astrology. I didn't know before then that there was even more than one kind of astrology. I thought astrology was just astrology. I had a horoscope app on my very first ever smartphone that I got. Um, it was like probably the first app I downloaded. I was always reading horoscopes and the newspaper and cosmos whatever before that.
[00:03:12] And so Vedic astrology comes from the same. Place as yoga philosophy, it comes from the Vedas, the same place that yoga philosophy originated at the same place that Ayurveda originated. Vedic astrology has been around. That long. And it uses the Sidereal zodiac, which is more astronomically accurate.
[00:03:33] . So with that yoga therapy, Background. I take. My love of astrology and pair it because Vedic astrology goes so well with yoga philosophy. Whereas I find a lot, there's a lot of yoga teachers in the U S. That. Are getting into pairing astrology with yoga, but they use Western astrology.
[00:03:53] And that was always kind of frustrating to me when I was trying to learn this. At first and I couldn't really find any like super great resources on. Embodying the astrology, but using Vedic astrology, which to me just makes more sense because it comes from the same place as yoga. So there's a lot of overlap.
[00:04:12] Um, And like the Sanskrit words and concepts and myths and things. And then also, it just feels better to me that The sidereal is Zodiac is more accurate. So I. I take my understanding of Vedic astrology, and pair that with, um, all this yoga therapy work to. Make it something that you can embody in your life and that's a Yogi scope.
[00:04:33] And so I'll tell you, this is going to be a long episode. I can go ahead and tell you because. When we're talking about stuff that takes seven years to play out. There's just a lot to say, right? Because it's going to be more nuanced and more impactful than something that takes like, you know, three days or three weeks to play out, which is a lot of things like the full moon. It's in the full phase for about three days. When we're talking about mercury retrograde, that's like three weeks.
[00:04:56] Right? And so those things seem really on the surface impactful because they. Are more impactful in the short term, but things like the seven-year long transits are going to be the undercurrent that impacts the direction of your life. So. It is more impactful, even if it's not on the surface, doesn't seem that way.
[00:05:16] So it takes a while to explain. So. With that. Let's talk about what I mean by taurus season.
[00:05:25] So, as you may know, If you're paying attention to astrology, like out there on the internet, they're like it's, um, already Gemini season, I guess maybe you're almost there because that's what the, it's almost a whole sign-off. So when I'm like, Hey, we're just now getting into. taurus season. Um, which actually. In Western astrology, they CA they would call something Taurus season. When the sun moves there. And in Vedic astrology, we don't. Regard the sun as like the most important planet in the way that Western astrology does, um, Vedic astrology. Prefers the moon. As, as a it's a lunar based system, you may have heard that said, so we pay more attention to what the moon is doing.
[00:06:07] The sun is just one of the. You know, Seven or eight or nine planets, depending on how you. Want to conceptualize that it's just one of them. It's not the most important one. And so, um, the sun moves to Siberia. Tourists are already moved there on. Tuesday May 14th. And so. Um, I, what is it? The 20th?
[00:06:29] I think it's around the 20th. The sun moves under tropical. Zodiac. So we're, we're nearing Gemini season. Right. But if you consider what's really happening in your life, does that feel true is just what I, what I want to ask you to consider over time and just let that. That question kind of bubble up in your awareness as you compare the two systems, what feels more true for your life? Um, Does the tourist energy feel heightened right now?
[00:06:57] Or does it feel like we're starting to move to Gemini energy? And so. Um, that might not make much, much sense to you if you're newer to astrology, but if you're not, um, Just just, just consider it, which I imagine many of you listening are listening because you're sold on the Vedic astrology, but there might be one or two of you that are like brand new to this.
[00:07:19] So that's why I say it. And so. That I guess under the tropical system would mark tourist season the sun moving there, but in the Vedic system, I consider it more like we always have a stellium they call it like three or more planets. And those three planets are the sun. Venus and mercury and they pretty much track each other.
[00:07:41] The sun is really predictable and moves. On or around the same issue day every year, because the sun doesn't go retrograde Venus and mercury, both go retrograde. So they'll have some flux with them about, about when they move. But. The energy really gets heightened. When all three of those planets, and then if there's other planets involved, Move to assign. The energy of that sign gets heightened in a big way.
[00:08:06] And that's what I would consider that signs season. And so on May 1st, we had Jupiter moved to tourists, big deal, big, big deal. I did a whole, like almost hour long episode about it, um, because Jupiter will be there for a year. And so you're in, it's moving there. On June 1st is. Kind of even a bigger deal because it will be there for seven. Years and, but then also just like an aside Vedic astrology, doesn't always consider. The what they, well, you could call like the modern planets, the outer planets, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. But. I do.
[00:08:44] And if you don't want to consider them, I don't know how you would've made it nine minutes into this episode. Um, it's your choice, whether you want to consider them or not. Right. Um, so Jupiter moved to tourists May 1st. We'll be there for an entire year. That's the first thing, heightening this tourist energy and then on Tuesday, May 14th.
[00:09:03] So earlier this week, as I'm recording this. The sun moved to tourists. And then tomorrow as I'm recording this it's Friday, May 17th. Right now, as I'm recording this tomorrow, Venus will move to tourists. So that's already. A stellium mentors. We have Jupiter sun. And Venus there. And then on Friday, May 31st mercury moves to tourists.
[00:09:22] And then on Sunday, June 1st is when Uranus moves to tourists. So these faster moving planets of the sun, Venus and mercury they'll move on in about a month. Right. But we're kind of entering this big tourist time with a bang because of Jupiter. And tore it or sorry, Jupiter and Uranus, both moving to tourists. Around. Tourist season, which is, um, Marked by the sun, Venus and mercury moving there.
[00:09:51] So I have that makes sense. Um, and so maybe I lost you with all that talking about planets and things. I hope not, but what is tourist season? Like? What does that vibe feel like? Let's consider the archetype of tourists, the sign of tourists. How do we understand astrologically? What tourist season even means?
[00:10:08] What that vibe is like? So. Taurus is an earth sign. It's ruled. By Venus. And so. The symbol for tourists is a bowl, as you may know. And so.
[00:10:22] Bowls are like really, really strong. Okay. So consider that in your awareness. First of all, this earthy energy is. It's um,
[00:10:36] Very grounded, very stable. There is strength, instability. That's actually what we were exploring this week in our. Yogi scopes flow practice on Wednesday, which, um, Is now over you can't get the recording. Unless you want to ask me for it? I did post the moon day practice on YouTube. Called. I think I titled it like abundance ritual or something, yoga for a tourist season.
[00:11:01] It's like a 30 minute practice. So the idea is connecting to this strength, instability. Um, like the bull, like the earth energy. Extremely stable. Right? Extremely strong. Um, can the shadow side of that is can be stubborn or unmovable or stagnant. Right. And then with Venus being there cause there's other earth signs.
[00:11:26] Right. But they're not necessarily ruled by Venus. So they would have a different vibe. Taurus being ruled by Venus brings this connection to, um, Maybe being really like, romantic about this connection with the earth. And I don't know, I really feel that right now with everything coming into bloom, everything's green after a really long winter.
[00:11:49] And I'm just like, Oh, this is beautiful. You know what I mean? Like every time I step outside, I'm just like, wow, it's like really nice out here. And that's like that Venus and earth. Energy. Right. That's just like, I'm feeling like an affection towards the earth personally. And so that's tourist vibe.
[00:12:07] And then also Venus has connections to finances, to wealth. To values. So that's another big vibe of Taurus. Energy is like, what are your values? How are your finances doing? What do you value in terms of possessions? In terms of consumption, so consumption of goods, consumption of food, right? So those are all tourist vibes.
[00:12:38] And we'll explore that throughout this episode. That's the tourists. Um, what it's bringing to the table here. And then, uh, Uranus. It's like almost the complete opposite of tourist in terms of vibe. So Taurus is like this stable, um, practical. Strong. Grounded energy. Uranus is like, I need change. I need revolution.
[00:13:05] I need disruption. I need freedom. Right? And so I will start to, this is something that I love to explore in. Yoga practice. All the time. And so it comes up in regards to. A lot of things that comes up in regards to Saturn. And, um, because Saturn is like value is. Saturn brings on that air energy and what you need. To ground that right.
[00:13:32] The air energy is to ground into stability. And so this whole idea. That stability and freedom are like opposite ends of the spectrum or that they're. They're incompatible maybe are mutually exclusive. I think that is a. An expression of like a Vata imbalance. To somebody who's just like, I just need to move all the time.
[00:13:53] Like I want freedom. I don't want to be tied down. I would urge you to explore, and this is something we explore in yoga practice. Sometimes if you come to the Yogi scopes flow, I. I factored in a lot because I am very of the belief that stability begets freedom that you might think it's freedom to not have any like obligations or responsibilities, but sometimes those obligations and responsibilities are what. Gives you the freedom to. Let's say travel, like maybe you don't have anything tying you down. For example, you don't have a house. Uh, like, uh, You know, a mortgage or, or like rent to pay out a fixed place and you don't have like animals to tend to and make sure they get taken care of if you leave.
[00:14:41] Right. So that sounds like it would give you more freedom. To travel. But then with that, maybe you don't have stable employment. Right. And so maybe you don't have necessarily the money to just book travel wherever you want. So I'm not saying this is necessarily the case. But I hope you can see what I mean with like, I don't know. I just like, I've been homeless before friends.
[00:15:06] And so I'm not trying to like pass judgment or like, say that there's a right way to live. But I do know that now that I have like, Uh, house and stable employment. I can choose to travel when and where I want. And so that's within the bounds of. Constraints, but when I didn't have those things, I could travel sometimes, but it wasn't usually up to me.
[00:15:33] It wasn't usually like I could just choose when and where. Right. So that's kind of the dichotomy I'm trying to paint between Uranus vibes and tourist vibes. So tourists wants. Stability practicality. Um, Getting your finances in order. And Uranus is like, Um, I need excitement. I need change. I need revolution.
[00:15:57] Right? Um, And so when you combine those two.
[00:16:04] The vibe you get is perhaps sudden changes, maybe sudden, um, maybe revolutions in regards to finances. Resources personal values. Right? So, um, what's coming up likely with your innocent tourists and will be, so this is a seven year long thing. Um,
[00:16:28] Revising tradition, right. Especially in areas of finance, agriculture, and environment.
[00:16:35] So this is something I mentioned on the Jupiter and tourist episode. Um, Is that so Taurus because being an earth sign, it has connections to the environment as well. Um, And I mentioned on the Jupiter and tourist episode that past times we've seen Jupiter and tourist brought some of the like biggest. Like weather thing, you know, um, Like. I want to say hurricane Sandy. Was during a Jupiter and tourist time, I talked about it on the Jupiter and tourist episode. But, um, there was like a big tsunami.
[00:17:10] There's just like these big, big things of Jupiter and tourists. And so like a week out. So I, right after I recorded that episode. We had these storms where I live. Where we had soft ball size, hail. Softball size, hail, like. Can you imagine how they softballs are bigger than baseballs? And, um, it was like the biggest hail we've ever had on record. Where I live. Like a week after Jupiter moved to tourists.
[00:17:40] And so I think we'll continue to see more of that and what that softball size hail brought was like some farms around here. I live in a very rural agricultural area, one farm that I actually had considered getting a CSA, like the, I think it stands for crop share agreement where it's, it's basically like a subscription and you get. Um, vegetables every week during the growing season or whatever. I was going to get one, but I didn't because children. Too many competing priorities.
[00:18:09] I just never signed up in any way. Their entire crop got devastated from the hail, which is really sad. But unfortunately that is a vibe of not only Jupiter in Taurus. Um, But you're innocent. Tourist is going to be bringing that same vibe to. And so if we look back historically at last times, Uranus was in Taurus.
[00:18:33] What did we have going on? In the agricultural realm. So. The vibe of Uranus and Taurus. The last time was victory gardens. Everybody was kind of doing their own part, this personal revolution in terms of agricultural systems, because of the war, the world war two, there was destruction to. Global agricultural systems, which brought about revolution to the agricultural systems.
[00:19:03] And so I have more to say about that. And just a moment. I looked up some historical data around. Um, the changes in the food system and kind of how it played out. When these shifts were happening and how it aligned with the astrology. So, um, I've got that in my notes. I'll I'll cover it in just a second. But a couple more things I want to say about the more short term I think is because, you know, so Jupiter and tourists is short term in compared to this Uranus and tourists, because Jupiter is in tourist for a year. Uranus is there for seven. Um, but then we also have the sun Venus and mercury moving there shortly before in the scheme of things.
[00:19:48] Right. Um, It's like, because the sun moves there like two weeks before your, in his, does your mercury moves there a day before you're in his does. So in the scheme of seven years, two weeks, isn't a very long time either. Um, But we have these faster moving planets moving there around the same time that Uranus is. Um, which just brings this big. Vibe. Towards, can you heighten the tourists energy in your life?
[00:20:19] And so I'll say more about what I mean by that. And just a second. Can you heighten the tourist energy in your life in such a way that makes you feel really grounded and really ready for any. Perhaps revolution or sudden changes brought on by Uranus and tourists for the next seven years. And so FYI. We're, this is all happening during tourist season.
[00:20:42] You're in, it's moving there, but we'll have, you know, six more. Taurus seasons while Uranus is in Taurus because the sun Venus and mercury will move. To tourists predictably around the same time every year. Right. So those might be kind of your checkpoints during this time where you keep coming back to like, how am I aligning? With my values and things.
[00:21:08] So I've got journal prompts to help you. So you'll keep coming back to that. Over the course of the seven year transit, but right now, so Jupiter is adding this vibe. Uh, focusing on material financial and sensual growth, right. Can you connect to. Um, can you really rebel in your senses? Can you grow financially?
[00:21:33] Can you be more aligned with your values during this whole year that Jupiter's in Taurus? And then meanwhile also. Um, on May 2nd. I didn't mention this before. There's. There is. Also other energies heightening the revolution or the explosiveness like Uranus's right now. So, um, we have all this tourist energy, Jupiter, sun. Mercury Venus heightening the tourist energy. Um, but then on may, second Pluto went retrograde in Capricorn. And Capricorn in a big way also is very concerned Capricorns, one of the other earth signs, but it's ruled by Saturn.
[00:22:15] So it's also very concerned with how are we. Forming. Stability. In our lives, how are we conceptualizing that? How are we being diligent and working hard? And what are our structures? Discipline is very Capricorn. So, whereas Taurus is like, Stability in terms of finances and values. Capricorn is stability in terms of discipline.
[00:22:41] If that makes sense. And so. Pluto just went retrograde there the day after Jupiter moved to tourists. Which is an, and so Pluto is another planet of like revolution. Like that's the Pluto vibe. Pluto is a little bit more explosive. It's a little bit more like, um,
[00:23:01] Um, It's transformation is like a good word for Pluto. And so Pluto retrograde in Capricorn. This is not the first time this has happened. Pluto moved to Capricorn a few years ago and does go retrograde every year. So same thing with Uranus, it'll go retro grade every year. And so during those retrograde times, Is when you'll consider. The power structures in your life.
[00:23:26] And. Is there any internal transformation that needs to happen to. Become more aligned with the power structures in your life. If that makes sense. Hopefully that wasn't too like. Hettie or cerebral. Right. And then the other sort of deep transformation. Vibe going on right now is there will be a full moon in Scorpio.
[00:23:48] And so Scorpios on the axis with tourists. Does that make sense? So, um, I covered that yesterday, the full moon in Scorpio. Um, So it's kind of like doing that. Scorpio is very like internal transformation. What emotions are coming up for you? Um, And that kind of thing.
[00:24:09] That is on an axis with tourists.
[00:24:11] Meaning those things are like inseparable and that's kind of what I was getting at with the stability and, um, freedom thing of. Of what we have going on with Capricorn and Saturn. What we have going on with, um, Uranus in Taurus is tourist is asking you for stability. Uranus is asking you for freedom.
[00:24:30] So this, this dichotomy shows up in a lot of ways and the full moon in Scorpio is another one bringing that up. So right now is just a really prime time to consider. Those things and consider on the trajectory of the next seven years. Like, how do you want to set yourself up for success in terms of cultivating stability in your life that allows for more freedom. If that makes sense. Um, And then additionally, so with that Pluto going retrograde, we're headed into retrograde season that Pluto's usually the first. Um, and then towards the summer, I mean, I guess you could say. Um, mercury is the first because it went retro grade in April. Um, but then we'll have Saturn retrograde. In June. We'll have, um, you're in a cell go retrograde later.
[00:25:25] I'll tell you more about it. Um, we'll have we're heading into retrograde season. Basically the summertime is retro grade season. Um, and so I'll, I'll cover more about that as we get closer, but just just know. Rusher grade season is also time to examine. And the structures in your life and re vies or redo or revolutionize, right?
[00:25:46] Like Uranus revolutionized things that aren't working. And so that energy is just getting heightened in a lot of ways. Right now revolution personal revolution, inner transformation. Hopefully I made that clear. With all those different ways that's being heightened right now. Um, And so now let's. Zoom back out and talk about the last time. Uranus was in Taurus.
[00:26:11] And so that was around may. 30th of 1940 through April 18th, 1948. And so I say April 18th, because. Um, it's a similar situation to what's happening right now. Uranus did move to tourists in 1947 and then retrograded back to Aries. Um, and then made its final move to. Taurus in 1948. And so that's what we're having a similar thing, actually, Uranus will retrograde back to Aries. Later this year and it'll be around the same time that. Mars is going retrograde in cancer.
[00:26:48] So area's ruler will be going retrograde and it's signed a debilitation. So that's just something I've been trying to put on your radar in various ways. Towards the end of the year, like December into 2025. Um,
[00:27:03] That is a big time for. Like emotions are going to be heightened. People might feel like fighting. Over like emotional fighting, kind of like, like lashing out emotionally. Um, during that time. And. There'll be just a little bit of last karma to work out in regards to Uranus and Aries. Um, Before we finally move on to Uranus fully being in tourist next year, but it is starting its move into tourists. On June 1st. And that makes sense.
[00:27:37] And so we had a similar thing happened last time where it kind of, it moved into Taurus, retrograded back to Aries and made its final move into Taurus. And so I guess it's final moving to tourists will be. Next year, but, um, you, you get the idea, right? Like things are starting now. And so during that time, 1940 to 1948 victory gardens, people were eating more vegetables.
[00:27:59] They were growing themselves. There was less meat and dairy. Due to the war. Um, And so I found this quote from a news article, said the war caused a revolution in productivity on the farm, and finally brought an end to the horse-drawn era of farming. And so. It also brought a lot of destruction though. And so I'll tell you something. I accidentally was researching the wrong dates.
[00:28:27] Um, I was actually researching the. Uranus and Gemini dates, but it feels relevant. I figured I'd go ahead and bring it up. So Uranus was in Gemini from. Um, Uh, 1948 when it moved on from tourists to like 1955 ish. And so during that time, I found these like, I guess in 1945. There was this organization that formed it's fao.org. Is the, I don't know what. F food, agriculture organization or something.
[00:29:02] I don't know. Um, but so you go to the food agriculture organization.org. It formed in 1945 because there was a need because it was like, there's all this destruction from the war. We need to figure something out. And so I found a report from 1948 and a report from 1950. I guess they did yearly reports. The whole time. And so the one in 1948. It sounded a lot, like what we're experiencing with COVID right. They were like, um, we thought this food crisis was going to be over soon, but it's not. And so now we're like taking concrete steps to make a plan. Um, I'll read you the quote from the 1948. Uh, it was called the state of food and agriculture report. And this is the opening. A couple sentences.
[00:29:50] It is now three years since the termination of hostilities and three years in October, since the establishment of the food and agriculture organization of the United States. That's faa.org. These years, or these have been years of worldwide shortages, especially of agricultural and forestry products on a scale. As unparalleled as it was unforeseen. From 1945 until mid 1947, the crisis was generally expected to be over within a few months or after the next harvest.
[00:30:22] It was called a short term crisis only during the past 12 months have governments come to regard it as something more persistent. And so that's, um, What was happening at the so, and this is what I always tell folks. I'm like, when we have these longer-term transits, it's like the problem keeps heightening itself until you do something about it.
[00:30:44] And at the very end of the transit, if you haven't done anything about it, it's going to slap you in the face. And that's what this sounds like. Is there were shortages, there was crisis. They kept thinking it was going to go away at the end of the next harvest. And then at the very end, when Uranus was doing this dance into Gemini and back into tourists via retro grade, they were like, oh my God, this is really bad.
[00:31:07] We really need to take concrete steps to do something about it. And that's what was happening in. Agriculture and food towards the end of this Uranus and Taurus time. So that's why I'm like, I hate to be like doom and gloom. But with the Jupiter and tourists, it's like expanding. Um, Environmental like weather, weather events, right. Like I expect during the next year, we will see more like the biggest hail we've ever had on record kind of news headlines.
[00:31:40] Right. And then. Um, So environmental disasters, I guess, is what I'm saying is that it's a very Jupiter in tourist thing and that's starting at the beginning of this year and it's in tourist thing. There were big changes to the agriculture and food systems made due to crisis. Like we don't really, like humans in general are pretty reactive.
[00:32:02] Like we don't really change our ways of being, unless we have to like, as. Societies we're often. Not as proactive as we are reactive, if that makes sense. So that's kind of, the vibe is like, Some shit will have to happen to make us get our butts in gear and, um, be more proactive. And so we can do that on an individual level.
[00:32:24] We can be more proactive, but. I'm doing that on a large-scale level is harder. And so the pattern we've seen before with Uranus and Taurus is, um, Things happening in the agricultural and food realm to require us to get more proactive around that. If that makes sense. So who knows what it'll be, but, um, that's the vibe. And so. Then after it though, the good news, because I did spend a good amount of time researching the wrong dates because I'm silly, whatever.
[00:32:58] Um, the Uranus and Gemini time was what they called the green revolution. And so right now we're kind of setting the stage maybe for the next green revolution. If that makes sense. Um, out of necessity and the nest. The necessity is going to precipitate now. So hopefully that makes sense. And FYI also for the folks in the Vedic astrology club. That get my weekly signed by signs. I will share these documents.
[00:33:29] I have links to the documents. Um, I was talking about that, that quote was from. So I always share that like in the signed by science. Um, I'll share my notes that I use to prepare for the podcast episode. Just to like jog your memory when you want to revisit it. So the overall revolutions of Uranus and Taurus. Is one financial revolution.
[00:33:51] So Torres governance, finances. And Uranus wants to shake things up. So it's going to shake up traditional finance systems. So we, there might be. Changes in how money is earned, spent or valued. And so we know we're entering this time with like out of control inflation, right. And so that's kind of precipitating the necessity to change.
[00:34:14] Right. And so we'll see those change coming to pass. During this time, maybe, especially while Jupiter is also there. And during this year, Between May, 2024 and May, 2025. Um, and so then number two, overall energies of Uranus and Taurus. Uh, technological advancements in agriculture and food. Production, like I was just talking about Uranus is going to bring breakthroughs. In the areas of agriculture and food production. So there might be more sustainable farming practices out of necessity, but there also might be more things like GMOs and lab grown meat, um, technologies that revel, I revolutionize the food industry.
[00:34:53] So what we saw before was during the agricultural revolution that was happening the last time was this, um, move towards like cereals and grain and, um, We also saw. Um, Towards the end of that Uranus in Taurus time. I found this quote, uh, about the green revolution was, um, It created a culture that prioritize, develop these things. Development of high yielding variety Sera, varieties of cereal grains. Expansion of irrigation infrastructure. Modernization of management techniques. And distribution of hybridized seas, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides. All of that was in response to the devastation of war something wasn't working.
[00:35:45] So they made drastic changes on a broad scale. And so I'm wondering what is it going to be this time? Because we know there are ways that our food systems. Aren't working. And so. It comes out of like necessity. We're like, how can we, um, the, the hybridized seeds and pesticides and fertilizers and expanding infrastructure. Was because of the destruction of war.
[00:36:09] They were like, how do we prevent this from happening again? How do we prevent this? Large scale, like famine because our systems were so, um, Our systems had to be transformed. Right. After the war. And so that's the vibe, right? And then number three is changes in property ownership and real estate.
[00:36:31] So Torres also ruled over land and property. And so Uranus brings disruption, right? So there might be new forms of. Property ownership, maybe co-housing communal living. We're already seeing that, like I live in a pretty progressive area in your Asheville, North Carolina. We're already seeing some of that.
[00:36:46] Like. There's an organization here called beloved Asheville and they are. Doing the most that I've seen to. Um, how's the unhoused. And so they're building this. This village. Um, The beloved village. I think they call it and it's like a bunch of tiny houses that they're building on. It's really cool. You should look into a, B E L O V E D like beloved Asheville.
[00:37:11] Look at their, their village. They're making it's it's revolutionary. And so maybe we'll see that on a more. Broad scale during this time. Out of necessity, which is sad that we need that. Right. But, um, That's the vibe. And so then also changes in real estate. The first thing I've noticed, and I'm not in real estate or anything, but y'all remember that report that came out a few months ago that was like, um, changes in the commission structure.
[00:37:38] I, and I'm not going to do justice to explain it because I don't really ex. I understand it, but what I do know about it is that it's supposed to go into effect in June and Uranus moves to. Taurus. In June. And so that's what I think we'll just continue to see more of that. We'll see that play out the vibe of what that actually means in practice, the changes in commission structure. Um, And yeah, so real estate changes in real estate changes in structure around real estate, which includes how real estate agents get paid. Um, and then another overall energy number four is shifts in values and materialism.
[00:38:14] So Taurus represents our values. And what stability. And security and material comfort. Mean to us and how they play out. In our regular life. So you're in this wants to challenge things right. Wants to bring revolution. So we may reevaluate. What's truly important in life leading to changes in consumer behavior. To move towards more sustainable and ethical consumption.
[00:38:40] And that's usually, like I said, we're as a species in society, we're pretty reactive. Society's reactive people individually might be. Proactive. But society is reactive, so that moved towards sustainable and ethical consumption. Could be unfortunately out of necessity. Which is scary, right. But. That's the vibe.
[00:39:02] And so number five, environmental awareness and activism. Taurus has these close ties to the earth, to mother earth, to reveling in how much we love. Mother earth. And so with Uranus here, We might just become more aware of environmental issues. And so that could be because of environmental disasters as I was saying.
[00:39:22] Um, but it will result probably in people. Pushing for environmental activism, finding innovative solutions to address things that have been problems is climate change, ecological challenges that have been problems, but that's, like I said, at the very opening of the episode, new solutions to old problems. And so the sixth overall energy. Is disruptions in the stock market and economy.
[00:39:47] So. Um, tourists also governs the economy. Financial markets, um, hearing is, can bring fluctuations disruptions, right? So there might be some changes in those things, and I'm not an economist by any means. So that's all I'll say about that. Um, but just be on the lookout for volatility and uncertainty, because that is a part of the vibe and part of what we've seen. Historically too.
[00:40:13] So. It's a good time for this whole Uranus in Taurus time, but especially like right now, we're in this heightened tourist season. This is the vibe. It's a good time for taking a good hard look at how you manage finances and maybe. Creating a personal revolution in terms of your. Uh, money and money out, finances spending.
[00:40:32] Um, you might also is a good time for planting your own victory garden. In what ways can you like bring. Food growth, bringing connection to the earth, closer to home. Even if you live in an apartment or condo or something, can you get one of those little, I don't know, garden towers that you can put in your apartment, or can you plant a little garden at home?
[00:40:50] Can you, um, I just find that it like, it really ups. Appreciation of, of food and what it takes to get food. When you've had the experience of growing it yourself. So then also. It's a good time for considering your values and if you're living in alignment with them, because there is nothing more fatiguing than constantly being in conflict with your values.
[00:41:14] And hopefully the journal prompts I have for you will help with that. It's a bad time for buying high and selling low in terms of stock or real estate. Um, so if you have the means, this is the unfortunate part is like, Most working class folks don't have the means. Um, but if you have the means to buy low and sell high in terms of stocks and real estate, That's great, but again, that's not financial advice.
[00:41:38] I'm not a financial advisor. I'm not an economist. I am just a yoga teacher. So. Uh, but I do pay a lot of attention. So anyway, it's also a bad time for consumerism. Can you. Try to become more sustainable in your consumption of goods and food. So yoga practices for this time, this is a hard one hard. Hard to come up with like what yoga practices should you be doing for the next seven years, right.
[00:42:06] Without fail. So the yoga practices piece is. I feel more impactful on the shorter term. Things, but Taurus is the face. So can you do some face yoga? Can you, and so the deal with face yoga. Is. We might not realize how much tension we're carrying in our face. And you have a bunch of muscles in your head.
[00:42:30] You have muscles in your scalp. Did you know that? Um, and they can carry tension. And so that's the kind of thing with like, we can stretch a muscle. And that might relieve some tension. We can, um, massage a muscle. We can get a massage and that might release some tension. But ultimately what's going to release tension. Beyond stretching and massage. And trying to mechanically or forcibly release the tension what's going to release tension is nervous system regulation.
[00:43:03] And so that's kind of the vibe with face yoga is. Yes. It is like massaging the phase for purposes of beauty, which is very, you know, Venus ruled, Torres beauty is matters, right? Aesthetic pleasing to have a nice taught face and massaging. It does help. Uh, as well as hydration. Um, that's what I always like to tell folks is the best skincare is being really well hydrated.
[00:43:27] Like what's your skincare routine. It's drinking a lot of water and not washing my face with. Harsh chemicals. So, um, that will do more for your wrinkles. Then a lot of things is just being really well hydrated. Um, but it's not just about wrinkles, right? It's also about, can you. So that's part of it because Torres. Beauty Venus.
[00:43:49] Right? Um, that's part of it and it's okay to want to be beautiful. That's fine. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that, but it's also like when you really notice how much tension you actually might be carrying in your face, like, do you go around with like a furrowed brow? I catch myself sometimes with like a. Like, I'll be thinking really hard.
[00:44:05] One time, my four year old recently was like, he was like, mom, why do you have a mad face? You know, I was like, oh, um, I was like driving and thinking really hard. Right. Um, and so that kind of thing, can you notice that more often that you're where you're carrying tension in your face? And so the face yoga helps because you get to really notice. What it feels like to have a relaxed face.
[00:44:26] So it becomes easier to notice when you don't. Right. And then I will also say another good yoga practice is the values exercise that I mentioned in the Jupiter and tourists episode episode. I'm not gonna repeat it. Um, it was there. And so here are your journal prompts. There are there's a lot and they will be in the signed by sign.
[00:44:46] There's three sets, one related to getting in touch with your values. Different from the values exercise, one section related to finances and spending, and one section related to food and agriculture, because just to remind you, those are the big. Themes of this Uranus and Taurus transit. So one. Under the value section, do my values reflect those that I was raised with or have they shifted over life? So it's okay.
[00:45:12] Like I ended up finding out that I do. Align with a lot of the values of my family that I was raised with. Um, it's normal in your teens and early twenties to go through a period of rebelling against that, but you might find that. All in all, a lot of your values do align with what you were raised with. Um, and there might be some ways that they align in some ways that they don't.
[00:45:34] So I'm not putting a value judgment on. Having different values or on having the same values. You just need to know what are your values and this next questions should help with that. How, number two, have I been unconsciously acting in alignment with the values I was raised with? Even if my own values differ. So you need to consider what your values are and if they come from your family or if they come from rebelling against your family, what are your true values and how did your F your early family life influenced that?
[00:46:06] Because that's one thing I didn't. Kinda touch on, but another big theme of tourists is early family life and how it influences our diet, our spending our values, right? What we value in life. Um, and what we consume. In terms of material possessions or. Uh, food. And so ha the second part of question number two is how can I reconcile my actions or habits with my personal values?
[00:46:32] So that's what I was saying earlier. There's nothing more fatiguing. Then living. Out of alignment with your values. And so if you just really know what your values are, And really know what behaviors align with a person with those values.
[00:46:46] Your life is going to get easier, even if it doesn't even if nothing circumstantially changes, it's less fatiguing to know that you're acting in alignment with your values. Um, and so section number two, finances and spending, how do my values show up with my spending habits? And what personal steps can I take? Towards financial revolution or financial independence. Um, Question number two under the finances and spending what material possessions do I truly value and which ones could I let go of? How can I move towards more sustainable and ethical consumption?
[00:47:21] And so I'm just going to say a little piece about that. Because, um, I like minimalism, I think is a very, like, can be very consumeristic if you're like, I just get rid of everything because I can just buy a new one. Easily, I think that's, you got to explore your own values around that. And so I'm just bringing up my own values is like, I might have what some people consider clutter. Right. Um, and, and it's a delicate balance between minimalism and not just hoarding a bunch of stuff. Or minimalism, that's more for aesthetic purposes and you get rid of stuff and it ends up making you more consumeristic right. Um, because you have to buy new because you don't keep something that you use like once every five years or so. Well, you know what I mean?
[00:48:11] And so it's, that's the balance that I want you to consider with that. Journal prompt is like your relationship to minimalism to hoarding. Two is your minimalism more consumeristic in nature. Um, Like, what's your balance of consumption and getting rid of things. What's your balance and what's your own personal. The balance.
[00:48:32] And how does that align with your values? Um, so number three, if I w if there were disruptions in the economy and stock market, how could I ensure my financial stability? And then related to that is what does security and stability look like for me and how can I achieve it or move towards it on a consistent basis?
[00:48:51] Like what. Does stability look like for you? How can you cultivate that in your life on a regular basis? And then section number three, food and agriculture one. How do my values influence my behaviors around food? So you could consider your early family life and how your family acted or. What they said around food, your food stories that comes from them. And what are your personal values around food?
[00:49:16] Like. Um, Yeah. I was going to give an example, but I won't. Um, and number two, how can I contribute to environmental awareness and activism in my local community? In what simple ways can I eat closer to the earth? So, um, that's what I mean by like, can you have your own victory garden? Can you. Like, this is this, this is going to show my values again, but I want you to consider your own values and where they come from. Right. But in my own personal values. I think if you want. Cheese.
[00:49:54] Eating cheese from the farmer's market. For me is more aligned with my values. Then eating ultra processed vegan cheese or whatever that is like packaged in plastic, shipped from God knows where, right? Like what even is it? To me it's more aligned with my values to just eat. Like a local cheese or a local meat than to like, You know, what I would prioritize and my own values is to eat more vegetables that I grew myself or that came from the local farmer's market and make that the majority of my diet, but in my own values, It's better to eat. Uh, local meat then eat some processed food product. That is like vegan sausage or something or vegan cheese.
[00:50:38] I just, I don't, I'm like if I want sausage, I'm going to eat sausage, but I'm also going to try to be more plant-based with my diet. Those are my values. And so I want you to consider, have you been acting at what are your values around consumption? Around like, if you are vegan, I know many people who are very into yoga and things are, but I'm like, is it actually less harmful to ship in these like processed food products? Than it is to eat a local, um, Less processing.
[00:51:07] So consider that. That's the question is like, what are your values? And then related to that, the, the next followup question is what changes can I make to my diet or lifestyle to support sustainable agriculture and food production? Because I. Personally like this is just my body's. I'm like eating. These like blood avocados from south America that have to be. I shipped and trucked across, you know, half the globe. Is that really, that much less harmful than eating something local that's and that's, that's a consideration.
[00:51:42] That's a question. For you to consider during this time, that's what this Uranus in Taurus time is all about is considering, um, on a personal scale and on, on a global scale, what your values are and how your actions are aligning with that. So, Just to recap new solutions to old problems. So. Best of luck to you.
[00:52:03] And I hope to see you in one of our full moon in Scorpio practices. Next week, Yogi skips.com/classes is how you'll sign up for a live. Virtual class with me. So please remember to keep your feet on the ground. You're heading the stars and stay in the light until next time friends take good care of yourselves.
