An AstroYoga Guide to Taurus Season

Dates: Approximately April 19 – May 20

Element: Earth

Modality: Fixed

Ruling Planet: Venus

Body Connection: Neck, throat, jaw

Chakra: Heart

Seasonal Themes: Grounding, beauty, self-worth, embodiment, abundance

More than any other sign, Taurus connects you to the Earth. It’s no coincidence that Earth Day happens during Taurus Season, and that the Earth’s magnetic poles form a torus field around the earth.  During Taurus season, you are invited to ground down more deeply and appreciate the lavish abundance and beauty of spring.

Taurus energy and the body

In astrology, Taurus is associated with the jaw, neck, throat, and thyroid gland. These areas contain nerves and glands that control the subconscious processes in the physical body. These subconscious activities do things such as heal the physical body while sleeping and help your body develop skills (such as muscle memory for doing a particular yoga pose).

As well, Taurus is associated with the heart chakra. The heart chakra is known as ‘Anahata’ which translates to 'the unstruck sound.' In this capacity, Taurus is a metaphor for the still, small voice within your high heart, the seat of inner guidance.

During Taurus season, you may find that these areas require extra attention. Yoga poses that gently stretch and strengthen the neck and throat and open the heart, such as Fish Pose (Matsyasana) and Shoulder Stand (Sarvangasana), can be particularly beneficial. These poses not only help to release tension in the neck and shoulders but also stimulate the thyroid gland, promoting balance and vitality in the body. I suggest practicing these with your Öko Living organic cotton yoga block to make them restorative.

Energetic practices for Taurus season

Gratitude and Grounding

Taurus energy rules over the abundance that is always present. It rules over the power of what we already have going well for us in our body, our lives and our Earth.

• Spend time barefoot on the Earth

• Create a slow morning or evening ritual

• Use grounding crystals: smoky quartz, moss agate, hematite

• Practice gratitude, taking note of how nature, your body, and what you already have are blessing your experience

Yoga Poses for Taurus

Yoga poses that gently stretch and strengthen the neck and throat and open the heart, such as Fish Pose (Matsyasana) and Shoulder Stand (Sarvangasana), can be particularly beneficial. These poses not only help to release tension in the neck and shoulders but also stimulate the thyroid gland, promoting balance and vitality in the body. I suggest practicing these with your Öko Living organic cotton yoga block to make them restorative.

• Shoulder-stand (Sarvangasana) — Stimulate movement in the throat and open nadi channels to the lower brain

• Fish pose (Matsyasana) — Open vital passageways in the throat

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Key Astrology Dates for Taurus Season 2025

• Sun Enters Taurus — Apr 19, 2025

• Last Quarter Moon — A time to let go of the past, transform, and see possibility in the present, April 20, 2025

• Saturn and North Node connect — A time to step forward fearlessly into the path you’ve been building for yourself, April 21, 2025 (This energy is active most of the month)

• Taurus New Moon — A time to plant seeds of abundance and embodiment, April 27, 2025

• Venus enters Aries — A time to go for what you truly love and desire, April 30, 2025 (This energy lasts through June 6, 2025)

• First Quarter Moon — A time to feel into your heart fire to tend what you’re growing this cycle, May 4, 2025

• Pluto stations Retrograde — A time to reflect on how you’ve been interacting with technology, community, and your own transformation, May 4 2025

• Mercury enters Taurus — A time to slow down communication and think beautiful, powerful thoughts, May 10, 2025

• Scorpio Full Moon — A time to release emotional intensity and tap back into your own embodied presence, May 12, 2025

Final reflections on Taurus season

Taurus season is a portal to embodied presence. Let your breath be slow, your movements intentional, and your days filled with the richness of simply being alive. Build what lasts. Feel what heals. Let beauty lead the way. As you move through Taurus season, give yourself permission to step into embodied presence and experience the power of nature. Taurus reminds us that abundance and beauty are always, already present around and within you. Let the power of the natural world and your inner voice be your guide.

Did you know you can practice yoga that helps you flow with the current astrology in a way that promotes well-being, ease, and energetic alignment? AstroYoga is a kind of magic that will have you embodying your full potential in a way that flows with the natural world and the cosmos. Join Emily Ridout, author of AstroYoga for an Aquarian Age and founder of the International School of AstroYoga, for a special Taurus Season AstroYoga flow class on Zoom. Try AstroYoga and see what shifts in your practice and your life. These classes are live and recorded if you can't make it.