happy new moon in taurus 🌙
with writing prompts
I have refused to live
locked in the orderly house of
reasons and proofs.
The world I live in and believe in
Is wider than that. And anyway,
what’s wrong with Maybe?
You wouldn’t believe what once or
twice I have seen. I’ll just
tell you this:
only if there are angels in your head will you
ever, possibly, see one.
-Mary Oliver
Happy New Moon in Taurus, beloveds!
Today’s New Moon is conjunct Uranus, the rabble rouser of the zodiac that, like Prometheus, urges us to break free from the chains that bind. What have you been itching to work on, but keep talking yourself out of? What story keeps kicking around in your brain but feels too “off brand” for you to commit to? What essay do you want to pitch, but feel too unqualified to write? Oh, my audience wouldn’t like that. My agent will say no. It’s too far out for me. I don’t know enough.
Today’s New Moon conjunct Uranus says you can. In fact, it demands that you break free from the structures that bind, from the responsibilities you feel tied down by. Today’s generative, creative energy isn’t just about manifesting: it’s about evaluating your relationship to the structures you’ve spent the last few years building. The moon/Uranus conjunction is square Saturn, the planet of responsibility and time. It’s time for you to get real about the “shoulds and oughts” you’ve spent years buying into, holding yourself accountable to. What beliefs have you perhaps unconsciously structured your creative life and goals around? What myths of success, of what a novel should look like, of “what sells” have you built your burgeoning career around?
The world around us is changing, reminding us that life is far too short and precious to spend tying our creativity into knots, trying to fit it into factory-made boxes and pre-ordained paths.
Give yourself permission to break free. You’ll be surprised what your imagination unleashes.
Writing Prompts for the New Moon in Taurus
What project have you not started because it would not sell?
What project are you working on that would entirely change if no one from your current or past life would read it?
How would your project change if you didn’t take the structures drilled into you by your MFA/graduate school schooling into account?
What genre feels too experimental to try… but also, that keeps calling your name?
What kind of project feels too risky? Too wild? Too off-brand?