This is the essence of Taurus. Nature’s gifts, which were once no more than a seed of potential in Aries Season, are blossoming in full. The promise of Spring’s bounty is fulfilled, and we can rest comfortably in the knowledge that the Summer will soon come, the fruits will ripen, and there will be another life-sustaining harvest to come. This is the season of abundance and fertility, and it’s an extraordinary feast for the senses.

This post is the first of a series I will be writing over the course of this astrological year. Beginning with Aries, we will take a look at each of the zodiac signs in turn, and investigate their attributes through a collection of members from the animal kingdom. Each animal embodies the sign in their own way through their mythology and their natural way of being, and we shall see how connecting with each might allow us a different way of relating to various aspects of a sig

Did you know that the word zodiac really means circle of animals ? And that each sign of the Western zodiac wheel has an animal totem or representative - including the ones you might not expect, such as Gemini (the twins), Virgo (the harvest maiden) and Libra (the scales)? Zodiac is a Late Middle English word borrowed from the Old French zodiaque. This was derived from the Latin zodiacus, which in turn came from the Greek zōidiakós kýklos - a phrase translating as “cycle”