Slow and Steady
Hello, beautiful humans!
A slower, simpler Lumina Letter this month. One to read slowly and return to when needed.
Taurus Season
April 20th – May 20th
Welcome to Taurus season — the second sign of the zodiac! Upon entrance, this energy can feel like a breath. We started the zodiac in spring, in fire, in activation, in doing and high motivation. Aries brought a lot of that energy. Taurus is our chance to catch our breath and find our footing again.
This season is not about letting go of everything Aries activated within us. It’s about remembering to come back into our body while we continue forward. It’s embracing that silly phrase about the tortoise and the hare — slow and steady wins the race. You catch my drift.
Taurus invites us into being the turtle… Now, the archetype of Taurus is actually the bull, which can feel counterintuitive to the idea of slowing down, so let’s back up for a second and go to the beginning.
Collective Energy
Taurus is an earth sign. The earth, as we’ve talked about in past seasons, is our connection to this 3D world we are in. It’s the trees, the oxygen we breathe, our feet in the grass. It’s our routines, our bodies, our senses, our ability to create and build something tangible. Earth energy reminds us to pause long enough to actually observe life while we are living it.
It’s slow moving. Grounded. Sensory. One step in front of the other.
The specific archetype of Taurus is all of that but amplified. Taurus is the yummy factor of our earth signs. However, it is a fixed sign, which means there is a stubbornness and set-in-their-ways quality to it — here comes the bull. We can also call this an assuredness. The idea that we know what we need and if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.
So merge that together and there is Taurus.. an energy that knows what they need to feel connected back to their body. That is their gift. They know that wrapping themselves in a blanket on the couch, taking a good nap, making a yummy meal, tending to their space, and slowing down can feel deeply nourishing and regulating.
However, every sign has a shadow. And Taurus’ shadow can sometimes look like becoming so comfortable in the comfortable that we stop moving altogether.
Not laziness necessarily — more so stagnation. The comfort becomes so safe and predictable that growth can start to feel threatening. Taurus energy can grip tightly to environments, routines, people, or ways of being because they have created a sense of safety there. The thought becomes:
“If I keep everything exactly as it is, then I can maintain my peace.”
But life asks us to evolve. And Taurus teaches us that there is a difference between self-abandonment and intentional discomfort.
Self-abandonment is pushing ourselves beyond our limits to prove something.
Intentional discomfort is choosing growth while remaining connected to ourselves.
That is the balancing act of Taurus.
Can we allow ourselves to fully receive the beauty of what is here right now — the warm coffee, the soft blanket, the song playing in the kitchen, the slow mornings — while also remembering we are still evolving beings?
Can we stretch ourselves without abandoning ourselves? That is Taurus medicine.
Taurus reminds us to breathe into change and try not to grip too tightly to creating the “perfect” environment. Because when we hold too tightly to everything being just right externally, we can slowly disconnect from the truth that peace and connection also come from within us internally.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Living in the Energy
Gosh, what a couple of weeks it has been for me.
In true Aries fashion, I decided to start 75 Hard — a mental and fitness challenge. If you haven’t heard of it before, go ahead and do a quick Google search. But really, my point here is that I just hit 30 days in, and I’ve been noticing a lot about myself through this process.
One thing in particular is my walks.
Almost every day I’ve preferred to walk with headphones in… but nothing playing. Of course, I’ve listened to podcasts from time to time, but more often than not, I’ve wanted silence. Just taking in the environment around me for 45 minutes. And honestly, I’ve really been enjoying it.
It’s a choice I don’t think I’ve consciously made before.
Secondly, this challenge has forced me to become more intentional and in tune with what I actually need. There has been a high level of movement, structure, and planning involved, but instead of disconnecting from my body for the sake of “the challenge”, it has actually brought me closer to it.
What movement resonates today?
What do I need less of?
What do I need more of?
The same thing has happened with nourishment.
I’ve been in a period of becoming more intentional with how I fuel my body and surprise surprise… the constant cravings and mindless snacking have subsided. Not because I’m restricting myself or because cookies are suddenly “bad” — saying this as the girl who used to require a nightly cookie because it felt like self-care and routine.
And honestly? I still welcome the cookie… But what shifted was intention.
When I started asking myself what nourishment actually meant, unconscious habits started fading because I remained connected to myself while making choices instead of operating on autopilot.
Now, we are still very much in the journey, but here I am practicing slow and steady — one day, one choice, one moment at a time.
Taurus has also been showing me how much this energy wants to control the environment in order to feel safe. And lately, I haven’t really been in my own environment for what feels like weeks — sometimes by choice and other times completely outside of my control.
It has really challenged me to investigate how to stay connected to myself without turning into the bull.
The maturity here has been remembering:
“I am always in control of how I care for myself if I keep asking — hey Shauna, what do you need today?”
Rather than only asking myself: “Hey Shauna, how do you feel today?”
Because feelings, especially during hard seasons, can sometimes look for quick fixes that imitate comfort and security rather than true connection.
And I think that’s part of Taurus medicine too.
Learning that grounding ourselves is not always about controlling the environment around us perfectly. Sometimes it’s about continuously returning back to ourselves no matter the environment we find ourselves in.
Slowly. Intentionally. One choice at a time.
Practical Application
My ask for you while this energy remains present is to challenge yourself to go for a walk or sit with your morning beverage, even if it’s just a glass of water, with no distractions. No music. No podcast. No scrolling.
Just your five senses.What do you see?
What colors make you feel warm?
What sounds make you soften?
What sensations make you pull away?
Can you feel your heart beating?
Where does your mind wander when all there is… is you?
That’s it. That’s the practice. Not fixing. Not optimizing. Not performing. Just reconnecting.
A Closing Thought:
Taurus season reminds us that healing is not always loud. Sometimes healing looks like:
slowing down enough to hear yourself again,
nourishing your body intentionally,
allowing joy to exist in small moments,
creating safety without becoming stuck inside of it,
and learning that growth does not always require chaos.
Sometimes the medicine is simply remembering: you are allowed to be here while you become.
Take what resonates from this season and leave the rest. Slow down where you can. Touch grass. Drink the warm coffee. Let yourself soften a little.
Until next time, may you move with grace, breathe with intention, and walk in balance.
Let the soul be in harmony with the truth.