Your Guide to October’s Lunar Eclipse in Taurus

When: October 28, 2023 at 1:24 PM PT

What: Lunar eclipse in Taurus

Takeaway: This is the last Taurus eclipse of its kind in almost two decades. Whatever you learned about in regards to your sources, it concludes its storyline. Consider this lunar eclipse as a final burst of information about your relationship with desire, longing, and abundance. To support this process, give yourself enough time to rest and integrate any changes.

Hungry for more: This Taurus eclipse activates our insatiable desires

The Taurus eclipse is underway October 28 is the last solar eclipse in this sign for almost twenty years. This event concludes a transformative saga you have experienced since the first solar eclipse in this series, which occurred on November 19, 2021. Think back over the past two years and consider what has emerged for you around Taurus-themed topics such as money or other possessions, art, sensual pleasures, and embodiment.

Eclipses are always a conversation between two signs, and in this case you received input from this fixed earth sign and its smart, emotional opposite: Scorpio. Between the two, you’ve reassessed and updated the way you interact with all your resources – whether they are tangible, psychological, or shared with others. This final chapter offers a final round of synchronicities and upheavals to anchor you in your newfound wisdom.

This eclipse occurs near the moon’s north node, a point in space mythologized by the ancients as the head of a predatory dragon. When events occur close to this point of insatiability, themes surrounding urgency and bottomless hunger are activated. In the sign of Taurus, these desires will circle the lavish riches of the earthly realm, from piles of money to new clothes.

Enjoying material wealth can be an enriching, healing experience. But it can also be a war of attrition. The way to distinguish between the two is to notice whether you feel fuller and more generous after interacting with the object of your desire, or whether it makes you feel exhausted or even greedy. Whatever we receive – whether it’s a vase of fresh-cut flowers, a spicy bowl of pasta, or a surprise bonus at work – we can share the blessings all around. Or we can let it activate protective behavior and insecurity. If you find yourself fishing for resources at the expense of the collective good, pause for a moment and examine your deeper motivations. You may find that there is more than enough after all.

Eclipses tend to bring surprising events and plot twists, but since it marks the conclusion of a storyline you’ve been working on for a while, what emerges around this time may seem familiar. This is a lunar eclipse, which means whatever is happening right now around greed and satiation will be entangled with your emotions.

Good news: the moon is high in Taurus and therefore functions exceptionally well here. Allowing whatever feelings arise, stretching, breathing and wandering freely through your inner landscape is your ticket to healing, resolution and cleansing yourself of lingering problems.

When the North Node is activated, jitters often follow. If you feel impatient, restless, or dissatisfied around this date, try not to overcrowd your schedule. Rest is more important than usual to receive all the cosmic downloads. That said, here are some suggestions for making the most of this alchemical moment.

9 Ways to Care for Your System During the Lunar Eclipse in Taurus

1. Revised old magazines, plannerstext messages or emails to remind yourself what was going on in November 2021 and October 2022. Pay attention to what will happen next for a final showdown and release window.
2. Rest plentiful. Powerful shifts are taking place, both internally and externally. Give yourself enough time to integrate the updates.
3. Excercise be present to your experiences. By letting sunlight warm your skin, by allowing yourself to fully absorb the texture of a peach, or by letting music affect you note by note, you can immerse yourself in the richness of the present moment.
4. Hydrate. Eclipses affect our entire system. Give your body what it needs to thrive at the most basic level.
5. Tend to satisfy your body’s hunger in a healthy way. If you’re feeling restless, schedule a massage, enjoy nature, or slow down while sipping your favorite drink. Urgency is a signal that you actually need rest.
6. Recite this mantra when you’re afraid you need more of anything: ‘I have enough. I am enough. More to come, in perfect timing. I am a natural magnet for what is meant for me. I don’t have to push.”
7. Listen to the Astrology of the Week Ahead podcastas well as Your reading in the ‘This Week’ section of the CHANI app.
8. To learn whether this solar eclipse directly affects your birth chart by checking your Transits in the CHANI app. You can also discover how your rising sign will be affected by reading your current celestial horoscope for the Sun in Taurus.
9. Work work through all the emotions this eclipse is bringing to the surface using the Guided Meditation, Journal Prompts and Ritual in the ‘This Week’ section of the CHANI app.

Looking for more information? Read your daily horoscope:

Ram | Taurus | Twin | Cancer | Lion | Virgin | Scale

Scorpion | Archer | Ibex | Aquarius | Fishing

Then download the CHANI app iOS or Android for additional horoscopes, meditations, affirmations, readings for the current moon phase and sign, and more.