Some say that life’s greatest joy is achieving your goals. But others say it is about savoring what the day brings. Certainly making that your priority will mean you will have a smile on your face when you wake up, and when you go to bed at night.
Increasingly, I’m surprising myself at my joy when the unexpected shakes things up
For you, being a May 1st Taurus brings a complex range of options, opportunities, and joys. May Day is one of the happiest days of the year—a celebration of spring, flowers, beauty, and joy. It’s a wonderful theme for your birthday. And it’s also about the joys of family and friends and colleagues and loved ones: being able truly to enjoy time with them, and the pleasures that come with that.
However, there is a part of you that’s very much about the first of the month, about action and getting things done. Except some of those joys take time, just as being able to understand somebody doesn’t happen in a hurry. The flowers that are so much a part of the spring take a while to blossom. If you’ve planted something, it may not yet be in flower.
The lesson for you is to recognize that the passion you bring to the moment sometimes needs to be balanced with patience. And occasionally, you need to remind others to do this as well. In fact, it may be that they are making demands on you to move more swiftly, or be more passionate, in ways that are unwise, if not impossible. They want you to care more about what they’re doing in the ways they want. This is a valuable part of the journey, one that enables you to discuss differences and to learn from them, and in doing so, to deepen those relationships.
One of your greatest challenges is the conflict between your desire for harmony—and understanding of others—and certain issues that aren’t easily resolved. Yet, this is a rewarding lesson. It is the simple acknowledgement that those differences are a great gift. At last, you will enjoy them for who they are, and they will enjoy you as well.
Often it’s assumed that everybody’s happy to pursue health and well-being by eating in one particular way and heading off to the gym. But there is also simply enjoying what each day brings and the company of others. When you find that single joy, the rest may or may not follow, but it won’t matter nearly as much.
Some say that life’s greatest joy is achieving your goals. But others say it is about savoring what the day brings. Certainly making that your priority will mean you will have a smile on your face when you wake up, and when you go to bed at night.
The time has come to let go of familiar but restrictive arrangements. From time to time you have considered making changes but decided it would be too much bother. Now events are forcing your hand. Tempting as it is to do the minimum, you’d regret it. Muster your courage and plunge in.
Taurus: APRIL 19 – MAY 19
Ruler: Venus
Symbol: The Bull
Element: Earth
Flower: Orchid
Sensuality and practicality are fundamental to you as a Taurus, the first of the earth signs. While its ruling planet, Venus, accents life’s pleasures, it’s also about assets, which means you are a gracious individual who lives both well and wisely. That’s reflected in your flower, the orchid, and your aromatic spices—cloves and sorrel. Your tree is crab apple, while your stones reflect Venus’s pastel shades in both jade and emerald.
