Posted on June 2, 2025 in Taurus
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By Henry Seltzer and Leslie Benson for ASTROGRAPH Horoscopes
This is another month of exciting and changeful shifts, Taurus, in the way you see yourself evolving, in a way that also involves your public persona. There is a potent factor of your own internal unconscious process coming to the fore as well over the course of a potent month of transformation and greater conscious integration of all your disparate ingredients. There is a sequence for you this month that initially involves coming to terms with your more unconscious contents and learning to somehow make accommodation there, where these mysterious personality factors can become recognized as compensatory and yet little-known aspects of yourself, thus no longer projected on others around you. Your internal principles, what you might call your moral compass, is more present for you than ever, and one key to navigating your ongoing changes would seem to be better integrating inner standards with overtly stated ones. By the time of the potent June 11th Full Moon in Sagittarius, partners and partnership agreements take center stage in your evolutionary process which also has a distinct focus – as you better understand and cohere to inner guidance – with your career and professional life. The emerging presence in your sign of Venus, your ruler, brings into the bargain a species of self-recognition. Less than two weeks later, the Cancer Solstice of June 20th is another extremely powerful juncture, when Venus reaches the midpoint of your sign, semi-square with the closing Saturn-Neptune conjunction at the beginning of Aries, and when Mars, your partnership sector ruler, makes a yod formation to transformational Pluto in your vocational sector with the Sun along with Jupiter in the first degrees of Cancer.
The following was written by our wonderful in-house astrologer, Leslie Benson. You can find her at https://www.astrologyforawakening.com/
The month opens under the influence of the recent Gemini New Moon on May 26th, governing June. This initiated a fresh cycle in your second sector of resources, values, and your actual body. This lunation carries conversational sparkle and plenty of mental stimulation thanks to Mercury's strong presence in Gemini, along with a flowing trine to transformational Pluto in Aquarius. You may find yourself questioning what you truly value or rethinking your understanding of money, time, and energy. There’s a deeper invitation unfolding beneath the surface: to upgrade your inner orientation around self-worth. Saturn and Neptune are imposing a strong mutual energy into early Aries in your twelfth sector of unconscious process, and this New Moon is the first lunation cycle with this signature present. With flowing sextiles in the recent New Moon from the Sun–Moon– Mercury conjunction in Gemini and from Pluto in Aquarius, your vocational sector, this Saturn–Neptune conjunction is spurring a dynamic new life stage, yet, for you, much of the evolution is happening behind the scenes. Some of your old coping patterns could be dissolving. Furthermore, you are invited to approach your inner world and the unseen realms of consciousness and energy with diligence and a deep compassion for the human condition. With Venus, your ruler, in this same Aries sector and trine to Mars, which traditionally rules Scorpio, your opposite sign, these challenges and changes of June also involve your key relationships, that are therefore making this month, as well, a heart-felt contribution to your own spiritual and material evolution.
On June 5th, Venus returns home to your sign thereby anchoring you more fully into the sensual world. After her retrograde earlier this year, and her trek through the fiery lands of Aries, her entrance into Taurus may come as a very welcome relief, a balm for your heart and soul. Venus in Taurus favors beauty, pleasure, and slowness – ritual baths, barefoot walks, and long meals made with love. Let yourself be fed by the tangible. And don’t underestimate the power of aesthetic choices now; they’re not at all superficial; instead they can be reflections and transcendent calibrations that help foster your expression, creativity, and new ways of opening into connection with the world around you.
Another major shift arrives on June 9th, when Jupiter enters Cancer for his year-long trip there, amplifying your third house of cognition, communication, and local environment. With Mercury also recently entered into Cancer just a few steps ahead, this pairing highlights your emotional intelligence and unique learning style. Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, and so his expansive lens in this solar sector may have you feeling extra hungry for broadening your horizons and new learning. Additionally, Jupiter’s square to Saturn and Neptune in Aries is quite consequential, reminding you that connection to your inner world – especially deep intuition, yet also subconscious fears – are an essential ingredient in your learning process. Journaling and writing down your night-time dreams and reflective conversations could be important for navigating this emotional terrain, and you may feel an urge to be in environments where empathy and emotional attunement are centered in communication and connection.
The Sagittarius Full Moon lands on June 11th in your sector of shared resources, psychological depth, and personal evolution. This lunation, ruled by compassionate Jupiter, now in Cancer, may illuminate newfound energy for exploring your inner depths and emotional landscape. This Full Moon shines light on what’s been hidden, asking you to get honest about your inner drives, and the nature of your intimate relationships. This plus how you’re showing up in partnership. At its heart, this timing invites an open exploration of the ways in which you invest your energy; it may be releasing patterns that could prevent you from effectively collaborating or allowing yourself to be in a spirit of reciprocity that facilitates mutual thriving.
On June 20th, the powerful Summer or Cancer Solstice, as the Sun moves into that sign, marks a turning point for your communications, curiosity, and mental focus as well as your spiritual attention. You might notice an inner pull toward writing, learning, or reconnecting with loved ones; yet this shift also brings emotional complexity. The Sun’s conjunction with Jupiter, and their simultaneous squares to Saturn and Neptune, suggest that the expansion of your voice or vision is accompanied by a yearning to express deep, personal truth. Two Yod configurations – the famous astrological “Finger of God” – amplify the sense of crossroads, pointing toward a measure of precision and intentionality around how you communicate and connect. With Pluto and Mars thus focalized, there is passion that could express as anger, or obsessive doing. You might feel like you're threading the eye of a needle, seeking clarity in a fog of feeling, or finding more discernment in choosing how to creatively express your heart. This is not a time for perfection, but one to bring more discernment to. You are investigating how you make meaning of your innermost longings, and in what way you choose to convey and communicate these deeper stirrings.
The New Moon in Cancer on June 25th offers a gentle but potent new cycle in your communications and daily mindset. The Sun and Moon unite with Jupiter here, re-iterating the solstice energies, and reinforcing a theme of emotional intelligence as strength. This lunation supports deeper listening – not just to others, but to the quieter parts of yourself that crave nurturing and safety. You may feel called to soften the way you speak to yourself, or to seek more honest and heartfelt exchanges in your close circles. There's something deeply human about this lunation, as it encourages you to lead with care and allow impulses to control to soften and rest. In a world that often prizes intellect over intuition, your gift this month is to lead with your heart and unique sense of wisdom.
Throughout all of June, there’s a quiet spiritual undercurrent nudging you toward greater authenticity. You don’t have to shout to be heard. You don’t need to force results. You are simply invited to remain present to what your body and heart are saying and communicate in ways that amplify the reciprocity of care. With Venus, your ruler, strong in your sign and Jupiter conjunct this New Moon lighting up emotional intelligence in your communicative outreach, this has been a month to trust your pace, your pleasure, and your inner knowing. It might help you to recognize that not everything needs to be explained, and that some truths are best left to be embodied.
With the massive changes that are happening now, I highly recommend that folks get a transit report tailored specifically to their chart for the most accurate description of what's in store for you in the months ahead.
Find out with this report that gives detailed descriptions of your transits for a three, six or twelve month period. This report was written by astrologer Henry Seltzer.
All transits are fully interpreted with insightful clues on how to navigate the challenges ahead and gives the date range for when each transit is in effect. Includes transits to planets Mars through Pluto. Also includes interpretations for Chiron - a unique feature of this report!
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