Wherever 1 degree 35 minutes of Taurus is in your horoscope shows where your attitude toward values and self worth are being tested or rewarded now. The possessive, ownership side of life can provide the help and challenges we need to make use of this time to our own highest and most positive advantage.

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Aries -  This New Moon in Taurus in your 2nd House will put extra emphasis on personal income and possessions. Your personal values, self worth and expenditures tend to focus more on intellectual or communication interests now. You may spend resources on, or make money through, education, transportation and people close to you now. With Jupiter moving through your 2nd House until June 12, income is tied to legal activities, travel and foreign related activities. Nature, weather, religion and politics may also influence your finances now.

Taurus - This New Moon in your 1st House is all about you. Your strength, fixed purpose and personal values shine through now in everything you do. Your sensuality and self worth are accented. Jupiter has been moving through your Sign since June 2011. It will be there until June 12th, 2012. Jupiter encourages you to be bigger than life in some way - "large and in charge". You are more optimistic and expansive in everything you do. Travel expenditures are likely during this time, but since Jupiter rules your 8th House, you could make money through travel or maybe travel  is tied to other people, shared possessions or some joint endeavor. People associate you more with freedom, travel, nature and even large animals like horses and other ranch type livestock.

Gemini - Taurus rules your 12th House. This area of the chart has to do with parts of our personality that are below the surface. It's the subconscious, karmic side of life that is normally kept hidden from others and even yourself. Gemini people tend to hide their true values or value things that are hidden or secret. During this lunar month, you may be called upon to sacrifice your values or to use your hidden resources to help others. This is a good time to get off by yourself for some meditation or self analysis. For you, that may mean getting away for some rest and solitude. Take care not to let yourself be duped or taken advantage of by those who covet thy stuff. This is an excellent time to get involved in some kind of volunteer organization or to deal with other people's work, health or pets.

Leo - Your career and relationships with authority figures should be more important during this New Moon cycle in your 10th House. You, as the boss or authority figure, are being tested this month. Taurus is always tied to your career in some way. People will look up to you, or you will be in the public eye for some reason relating to your values, resources and personal abilities. Not only do you attract "valuable" leaders into your life now, but in some way you are one. Your honor and prestige are tied closely to your self worth now. Your attention may be drawn to businesses and authority figures involved with money or possessions this lunar month. With Jupiter still in your 10th House until June, you can attract attention for your involvement with children, recreation, creativity and performances of all kinds.

Libra - Taurus rules your 8th House of other people's money and joint resources. Taxes, inheritances, insurance and banking are often accentuated for you at this time of year. With Taurus here, you are quite the wheeler dealer. You put your whole sense of values into trading and sharing with others. It is very rewarding for you. You may deal, trade or make your money through things related to Taurus. This would encompass all things of beauty, attraction or luxury. This time of year is always about sharing your resources with others. This is a good time to deal with others on an interpersonal level. Psychic or very karmic experiences, as well as death & rebirth symbolism is accented.

Scorpio - Taurus is your opposite sign and relates to your 7th House. The accent is now on your partner and other people in your life. Scorpio naturally attracts Taurus types into their life, and especially at this time of year. You tend to socialize with more earthy sensual types. This means people whose interests are tied in with sustenance on some level. Food, money and things of value are tied to your partner or gained from the other people in your life. Scorpios can always draw out the sensuality, attractiveness and things of value in other people. Value and self worth always finds its way into your life through partners and other people. With Jupiter still moving through your 7th House until June, you may look back at this time in your life to realize that it was a 12 month cycle of travel, benefits and expansion through partners or other relationships.

Capricorn - Taurus is on your 5th House cusp. This is the area of the chart that involves self expression, creativity and recreation. You should feel more creative this month. Taurus type people will help bring out your creative, artistic or playful side and may somehow accentuate the children in your life or the "child within". Food or possessions may be combined with children or creativity in some way. Create something artistic, or do something fun or entertaining that involves music or money - gain or expenditure. Finances and children are apt to be more important now. The value of art, entertainment, creativity and children are accented in your life always, but this time of year as the Sun moves through Taurus, it is more noticeable. Your value as a "performer" is somehow increased. Put on a show.

Aquarius - Your career and relationships with authority figures should be more important during this New Moon cycle in your 10th House. You, as the boss or authority figure, are being tested this month. Taurus is always tied to your career in some way. People will look up to you, or you will be in the public eye for some reason relating to your values, resources and personal abilities. Not only do you attract "valuable" leaders into your life now, but in some way you are one. Your honor and prestige are tied closely to your self worth now. Your attention may be drawn to businesses and authority figures involved with money or possessions this lunar month. With Jupiter still in your 10th House until June, you can attract attention for your involvement with children, recreation, creativity and performances of all kinds.

Your Taurus ruled 4th House has to do with the domestic side of life. Your home, family and personal security are more important now. This "mother" side of life has a Taurus flavor for all Aquarians. This could mean that your mother and family were valuable assets throughout your life. This area of the chart is also about land, real estate, as well as people and experiences from your past. Genealogy, ancestry or history in general may be more important this lunar month. With the Taurus influence, there is an almost possessive bond to the home base. As the Sun moves through Taurus you may spend on, or gain from, the home and family now. The value of your home and family are emphasized now.

Pisces - Your Taurus 3rd House is all about communication, education and transportation. It is concerned with people close to you on some level like siblings, close friends, roommates, neighbors and people in your close environment. For you, these people are always tied to Taurus things like money, possessions and personal values. There could even be a sort of possessiveness when it comes to these people, places and things. You value these people but tend to see them as fixed or stubborn in some way. On a very material level, you could see people close to you as being into food, wealth, luxury, beauty or just kind of lazy.

As Jupiter moves through Taurus from June 2011 to June 2012, long distance friends or relatives are more important. You may have taken more road trips during this 12 month cycle. These trips can be expensive - in more ways than one.

On May 20th the Sun and Moon come together at 0 degrees 21 minutes of Gemini to create the first Solar Eclipse of 2012. If you are born close to this date or have important points in your horoscope around this degree, you will feel its effects more intensely. As with any Solar Eclipse, its astrological effects will begin to "kick in" around the full moon two weeks before the actual eclipse and will usually last for about 6 months. That puts the beginning of the cycle on May 6th and it will last until the Scorpio Eclipse on November 13, 2012.

The Past 6 Months

The last Solar Eclipse on November 25, 2011 was in Sagittarius and had to do with expanding our horizons in some transformational way. The nature of any Solar Eclipse implies a "death and rebirth" or a transformational cycle in life. For some it was about travel or moving a long way. For others it was about getting out and experiencing the world or investing time or energy into higher knowledge - especially philosophy, religion, politics or the legal field. Sagittarius rules grandchildren and in-laws, so in some way they may have brought about a rebirth type energy into your life or you may have seen it in theirs.

 For others, it was saying goodbye to Sagittarian symbolism in some way. Travel, far off places or "foreign" people may come to an end in some symbolic way. The end of freedom or a letting go of in-laws, lawyers and religious or political beliefs also fits this Sagittarian eclipse symbolism. This Solar Eclipse cycle ends on May 20, 2012.

The Next 6 Months

The Gemini Eclipse on May 20 is all about everything and everyone that is "close" to you on some level. This means that the Solar Eclipse symbolism of death and rebirth switches from long distances and expansion to everything close or local. The people close to you will be more important and will represent a transformation of some kind. The community and the neighborhood are Gemini in nature, as are things related to communication, education and transportation. In the body, the arms, hands, lungs and the respiratory system are accented. All of these things are related to Gemini and are areas that are susceptible to this Solar Eclipse and its transformational (keyword for "death and rebirth") symbolism over the next 6 months.

Planetary Aspects

Any planetary aspects at the time of the Solar Eclipse are "locked in" at the time of the eclipse. Therefore, any close aspects in the chart of the Solar Eclipse will be part of that 6 month Solar Eclipse cycle.

Neptune

The closest aspect to the actual eclipse is an upper square to Neptune in Pisces. This 10th house symbolism is always part of the Gemini nature. Gemini looks up to Pisces and Pisces is ruled by Neptune. Like Gemini, Pisces is a Sign of duality. The highest side of Pisces is angelic whereas the dark side can be demonic. Gemini can easily aspire to some Pisces' mystical, magical, spiritual ideal - good or evil. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, the winged "messenger of the gods" and has been associated with "birdmen" since prehistory.

The famous cave paintings at Lascaux in France show the constellation Gemini as a man with a bird's head and at his right hand is the Sign Cancer as a bird headed staff which thousands of years later became the staff of Horus in ancient Egyptian cosmology. Whether the Birdman or the Twins, Gemini stands where he should in the sky, to the right of Cancer and to the left of Taurus the bull as depicted on the cave walls in France and the Egyptian Temple at Denderah.

Devil or Angel

Angels were always said to be the winged messengers of God. Gemini is represented by the twins or 2 identical opposites - the angel of light or the angel of darkness. This symbolism combined with the Solar Eclipse could represent a time of spiritual information, spiritual leadership or even "communication with the gods". It could represent a "messenger" telling us about spiritual ideals. On the other hand, we may hear about lies and deceit in high places. On some Gemini level, this seems to indicate fame or scandals involving drugs, alcohol, music, pictures, video, etc. Over the next 6 months, Neptune promises information or rumors about sorrow, sacrifice or deceit concerning authority figures and leaders in communication, education and transportation.

Mercury and Jupiter

Gemini ruled Mercury forms a 12th House conjunction to Sagittarian ruled Jupiter both in the Sign Taurus. Through a Jupiter/Sagittarian type partner, there are big plans "behind the scenes". This could mean a new deeper more expansive understanding where personal values are concerned. It could also mean that information regarding foreign financial partnerships behind the scenes is apt to surface in time for the US presidential election. It will likely come to nothing as the next eclipse begins in November.

Venus and Saturn

Venus in Gemini forms a close trine to Saturn in Libra in the eclipse chart. This should be good for serious communication concerning love, romance, children, art or even investment partnerships. Serious relationships may be fun and entertaining but may also seem like a gamble.

Where is this Gemini Eclipse in Your Horoscope?

Solar Eclipse cycles generally last about 6 months. This Gemini Solar Eclipse will influence our lives until the next Solar Eclipse in Scorpio on November 13, 2012. Each of us will feel its effect in the area of our individual horoscope in which it occurs. Its position in your chart shows in some symbolic way what area of life needs some adjustment or transformation.

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ARIES - Gemini is the 3rd Sign and rules your 3rd House. With the Solar Eclipse here, the people "closest" are crucial in your life for some reason. This generally means siblings, roommates, neighbors and very close friends are more important. The 3rd House also accents your community, your neighborhood and all that is "local" in some way. It is also the area of the chart that has to do with everything that is normally Gemini like communication, education and transportation. The Gemini Solar Eclipse tends to duplicate these 3rd House energies. For some, this may mean the siblings, school mates or neighbors of people close to you will be more important. Sibling's vehicles or their school is accented. Relatives, neighbors or roommates may need your car, your notes, your phone or your intellect more over this 6 month period. Sacrifices will be made. This may be some kind of cosmic test. Beware of the adverse effects of music, alcohol and drugs - legal or illegal. They can cloud the mind and impair driving.

TAURUS - The Gemini Eclipse in your 2nd House puts the emphasis on your finances, your possessions and your purchases. Changes that involve communication, education or transportation may increase your own personal value and your ability to attract. With your planet, Venus, in Gemini and in mutual reception you can gain financially or romantically from Gemini people now. You may let go of something valuable like a vehicle or cell phone. Finances may be affected or even transformed by someone close (siblings, neighbors, close friends, etc.). Tension with friends or groups may involve some sorrow, sacrifice or deceit that collides with your own personal values. Drugs, alcohol, music, film and other Pisces symbolism are likely to be part of the problem. With the Solar Eclipse here in the 2nd House, significant opportunities for growth and transformation are possible until November 13, 2012.

GEMINI - This eclipse energy is all about your Sign, and therefore brings with it a 1st House symbolism which is everything that is most personal to you. During this Solar Eclipse cycle, you are likely to experience a personal transformation of some kind. It should involve the Gemini symbolism of communication, education and transportation. It may have to do with siblings, community, and everyone close to you on some level. Your ability to teach or to learn could be part of this transition. You could be significantly affected by this eclipse, or you could be an instrument for spreading some transformational information to others. You may be seen as the teacher, the reporter, the messenger or the "car" person.

With Neptune in your 10th House, sorrows and sacrifices may involve dominant parent or other authority figures in your life. Your honor and prestige are tied to Neptune symbolism. You could be known for spiritual interests, music, video, photography, as well as liquor, drugs, medicine, hospitals or anything involving liquid, water, oil or gasses.  You could also be that angel of light on one shoulder or an angel of darkness on the other. You have the ability to make a big influence on others now - for good or bad.

CANCER - The Gemini Solar Eclipse is in your 12th house which has to do with personal humility, compassion and self sacrifice. Other people's work, health or pets may also play a big part in this 6 month cycle that begins on the 6th of May and lasts until November 13, 2012. Your inner guides are activated by this eclipse. This is a time to deal more with the spiritual side. Your dream state is very powerful now. Your personal karma is at work. It involves those who are close like siblings or people in your neighborhood or the community. These people and communication, education and transportation issues that have not been dealt with properly are likely to come back to haunt you. But at the same time, your "guardian angel" is there to help guide you through the storm. You are more sensitive to things pertaining to those who are closest to you. You may experience some long distant sacrifice or sorrow in this area.

LEO - The Gemini Solar Eclipse will stir things up in your 11th House until the next Solar Eclipse on November 13, 2012. The 11th House is traditionally known as "groups, organizations and friends" along with "hopes and wishes for the future". It encompasses New Age philosophy, astrology, as well as all science, technology and networking. When combined with the Gemini Solar Eclipse it has to do with future plans concerning communication, education and transportation. Friends and their relatives, their education or their method of transportation may undergo some death and rebirth symbolism. Friends may have intense experiences with their siblings or their neighbors. Some personal transformation could occur due to community groups or organizations. Some educational type environment involves groups or friends. You could get involved in a neighborhood club or organization.

VIRGO - In the 10th House of the chart your career, honor and prestige are emphasized. This can be a positive time if you are ambitious and have been following the rules. It can be a time of powerful transformation and career opportunities. Honor and prestige may come from your educational talents and your ability to communicate. Neighborhood or community activities may elevate your notoriety, and with Neptune moving into your 7th house, fame or infamy may come through partners and your social contacts. A partner could be involved with music, video, photography or some other creative artistic type project, and somehow this puts you in the limelight. Other people's problems may require you to deal with authority figures. Avoid illegal activities with others. If you've worked hard and followed the rules in the past, now is the time for accolades and honor. If you've taken shortcuts or have been dishonorable, then this eclipse cycle can bring things back to bite you now.

LIBRA - The Gemini Solar Eclipse happens in your 9th House, and therefore can bring an intellectual transformation to your more philosophical side of life. This could involve changes to your religion, your politics or your attitude toward the legal system. For Libra, this area of the chart combines Gemini things like siblings, relatives, neighbors and close friends with 9th House symbolism like long distant travel, in-laws and grandchildren. The eclipse suggests something very powerful or fated is happening and it would be a good time to travel to see close relatives. Your ruling Planet, Venus, is in your Gemini 9th House. This shows gain, love, adornment and beauty coming in pair's from in-laws or grandchildren. Neptune's square aspect from the 6th House indicates sorrow or sacrifice where work, health and pets are concerned. Car problems while traveling may involve liquid, water, oil, gasses or some miscommunication.

SCORPIO - You have Gemini on your 8th House cusp. This area of the horoscope has to do with secrets, financial wheeling and dealing, other people's resources and all death/rebirth processes. It is the House of Scorpio. It rules over sharing or joining resources with others. It covers things like sex, death, taxes and inheritances. When you add the meaning of the Gemini Solar Eclipse, you can experience death and rebirth symbolism through siblings, close relatives or neighbors. You may have to deal with possessions or inheritance that are tied to these people or tied to communication, education or transportation. It could be a time to let go or end some deal that involves relatives, neighbors or close friends. You could buy or sell something that involves communication, education or transportation. This can also be a more psychic time in your life and the eclipse may tend to stir up highly karmic conditions.

SAGITTARIUS - The Gemini Solar Eclipse is in your 7th House and is all about relationships and partners for the next 6 months or so. Local, community, neighbor, and even close friend type relationships may undergo some kind of death and rebirth. Relationships or partnerships with people involved with communication, education or transportation may come to an end or undergo some transformation between now and November 13, 2012. During this 6 month eclipse cycle your partner or other Gemini type people in your personal life may go through some intense transitions or meltdowns that relate to their religion, philosophy or to some long distant situation. Partner's relatives, neighbors or close friends may be part of some domestic sorrow or sacrifice. Personal beliefs could bring about a breakup in relations with others.