Gen­tler now…slower, steadied…you are more sta­ble and focused. Yes this is def­i­nite­ly a wel­come break from that hec­tic pace and fre­net­ic buzz in your head (and else­where) dur­ing the pre­ced­ing period.

Your mind dials it back as you ease out of Aries into the more sub­stan­tial and sen­su­al thought-forms of Taurus…You need this now…and you bet­ter take advan­tage of this respite! Although Mer­cury is slow­er in tem­pera­ment in this Earthy pas­sage, the actu­al time that Mer­cury will be in Tau­rus is very short indeed…in only two weeks you will be dash­ing about again as Her­mes, with a thou­sand and one delight­ful dis­trac­tions, skips into his own sign of Gemini.

For now…it is your turn to take a deep breath and indulge your sens­es. Take it all in and take time to lux­u­ri­ate in this, your gar­den of earth­ly delights! Those pas­sion­ate ideals and grandiose plans, those leaps of dar­ing-do thoughts give way now to the prac­ti­cal, rea­son­able and reli­able steadi­ness that is Tau­rus’ stock in trade. Your visions will now take on sub­stan­tial form, you see your­self as the self-unfold­ing, as the becom­ing in the mate­r­i­al worlds…

Mer­cury rules your so-called five phys­i­cal sens­es, giv­en his ruler­ship over your ner­vous sys­tem, so now is the time to taste and touch, smell and hear as well as look upon the beau­ty around you with a new-found sen­si­bil­i­ty and satisfaction.

After all, you are in this won­der­ful earth­ly realm because you need to expe­ri­ence embod­i­ment, and the enjoy­ment of these phys­i­cal delights is one of the stronger pulls that keeps you com­ing back for more…so enjoy them!