Full Moon in Taurus November 12
Have you been craving sensual experiences, be it a food or meal that brings comfort or getting cozy in some blankets or warm bath? The Taurus full moon is upon us and the perfect time to indulge in experiences that relax, nourish, and feed our senses. Emotion can run its
own course this time of year. Taurus' fixed energy can help ground, stabilize, and steady, if you find yourself wanting to work towards your own balance. In doing so, reflect on questions like: What do I need to feel safe/secure/balance? Where in my life can I let go or release? What part of myself or my life can I nourish and nurture?
Today, on 11/11, turn inward and gather all the gratitude you can find, feel how lucky you are are how precocious this time, your body, and your life are. Send that gratitude back to yourself, to help further cultivate please and abundance in your life!
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Turning inward, self massage, and ritual for the season
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This season brings us the opportunity to reflect, draw back, and burrow inwards; connecting with our physical bodies and listening to our needs. As the trees shed their leaves, the vines wilt, and the flowers burrow back into their bulbs, we too can remember to return to our bodies and nourish the spaces that may have been depleted. Self massage is a ritual that many find easy to incorporate into their daily practice, and one that is filled with opportunities
to check in with what your body is asking for in that moment.
Self massage is guided by intuition of what your body is telling you and can be as simple as thinking about releasing a muscle or noticing how the movement of breathing massages from within. It can also look like a daily ritual of a gentle temple massage while washing your face, a hand massage during the morning meeting, or a self foot massage while decompressing at the end of the day.
Try different pressures, motions, directions, and oils to find what best works in that moment, acknowledging that spending time being intentional in one’s body is healing and beneficial. Sometimes things like trauma and pain can make being present in our bodies difficult, so be sure to be gentle with yourself as you connect and communicate with your body.
Persimmon Fruit and Tea
Persimmons are a delicious way to connect to the earthy Taurus sign and soak in its sensual nature. Once ripe, this fruit will have a thick juicy pulp and a sweet and delicate flavor that asks you to engage all your senses. Its deep orange vibrance reminds us to soak in the changing colors that still linger, and taste the bounty that still abounds as it grows colder and darker.
This ancient fruit has a long history in both Asia and the Americas and has been associated with luck, wealth, healing, and affirming one's true nature. The North American variety has even been used by peoples in the Ozark Mountains as a divination tool to predict the severity of the coming winter. By cutting the seed within and observing the shape or image revealed, the coming weather was predicted. Cutting winds were seen in the
knife-shaped seeds, heavy wet snow seen in the spoon shape, and a mild winter in the fork shape.
Persimmons can be incorporated into a languid breakfast, atop an alter, or a weekend baking session. Persimmon leaf tea is another way to softly work with this plant and commune with its healing properties. Within in each of these practices there is an opportunity to connect with a fruit that asks to be tasted only after the chill has touched it; that transmutes bitterness into sweetness, and seeks to support affirmative self change. How will you take
time under this full moon to appreciate the sweetness this season brings and experience its vibrancy within?
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Residing in the Fullness of your Moon
This full moon consider taking time naming and thanking the aspects of yourself that you love and appreciate. Give yourself the gift of being seen and acknowledge. Wether that is through making a list of your qualities that are resilient or humorous, a picture that represents your many facets, or a dance that embodies your spirit, plan to be intentional this full moon in echoing to yourself your completeness. There are times for shedding, pruning, renewal,
growth, and rest; let this current moment be a pause, to appreciate how you navigate those stages. Be soft to the spots that seem the roughest, and practice reveling in those areas that are asking to be admired.
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