Easter Weekend with Uranus and Pluto
This weekend the Sun has entered the earthy sign of Taurus. Taurus represents the great mother; her arms spread wide to nurture and ground us in sensual delights. This is a perfect segue into Easter … also said to be originally a goddess centered celebration. Rabbits and eggs are both symbols of fertility, and are likely a holdover from ancient spring festivals. And chocolate is about as Taurean as anything can get. Many early religions were goddess centered, and most cultures and religions have stories about people (or gods) dying and coming back to life; the ancient Egyptian story of Osiris being one of many; of course the Christ story is what we commonly associate with Easter. Easter falls upon the first Sunday after first Full Moon to occur on or after the Vernal Equinox, which some say links into the old Anglo-Saxon lunar calendar, and thus means that the date of Easter is derived from paganism. Another source insists that the date of Pass...