— Sacred Secretion Dates —
Sacred Secretion Dates for Taurus: When the Moon Returns to the Bull
Fire first, then the slow earth.
The short answer
For a Taurus Sun the monthly window opens as the Moon enters Aries and closes as it leaves Taurus — about five days, with the tradition's seed moment at the Moon crossing 30°, the first degree of Taurus. The next window runs Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:23 UTC to Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 17:26 UTC; midpoint Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 14:40 UTC. Twelve computed windows follow.
This is a contemplative tradition, not medical or dietary advice; consult a physician before any fast.
The next twelve Taurus windows
Computed from real ephemeris on Saturday, September 19, 2026, shown in UTC. Recomputed daily.
| # | Opens · Moon enters Aries | Midpoint · Moon enters Taurus | Closes · Moon enters Gemini | Length | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4d 7h | Next | |||
| 2 | 4d 5h | Upcoming | |||
| 3 | 4d 5h | Upcoming | |||
| 4 | 4d 8h | Upcoming | |||
| 5 | 4d 11h | Upcoming | |||
| 6 | 4d 13h | Upcoming | |||
| 7 | 4d 12h | Upcoming | |||
| 8 | 4d 11h | Upcoming | |||
| 9 | 4d 9h | Upcoming | |||
| 10 | 4d 10h | Upcoming | |||
| 11 | 4d 12h | Upcoming | |||
| 12 | 4d 15h | Upcoming |
Across these twelve: average 4d 10h, shortest 4d 5h, longest 4d 15h.
Your local time, a live countdown, cusp handling from birth time and timezone, and all twelve windows as an .ics file.
How the window is computed for Taurus
Moon at 0° — enters Aries · 30° — enters Taurus · 60° — enters Gemini
The Taurus arc runs from 0° to 60° of the ecliptic. Phase one is the Moon's transit of Aries (0°–30°): quick, hot, the forerunner. The midpoint is the Moon's entry into Taurus at 30°. Phase two is the Moon's passage through Taurus itself, ending when it reaches 60° and enters Gemini. Because the Moon's speed varies with its distance from Earth, the twelve windows below run from 4d 5h to 4d 15h, averaging 4d 10h.
Cusp days for Taurus are around April 19–20 and May 20–21. If you were born within two days of either, the Sun may have been in Aries or Gemini instead, and the window would shift by a whole sign. The calculator resolves this from your birth time and birthplace timezone; use it before you trust these dates.
What the tradition asks of a Taurus body
Taurus is Earth under Venus, and in the body-map it holds the neck and throat — the cerebellum, the voice, the place where swallowing happens. Of all twelve signs it is the one most at home in appetite. Not greed, exactly; more a deep trust that the body knows what it wants and should be given it. That trust is a gift most of the year. During the window it is the thing under examination.
Phase one puts the Moon in Aries, and for a Taurus body that fire feels like irritation: a restlessness that has no object, an urge to eat something simply to settle the nerves. The tradition's instruction — water only, or the gentle version with a few berries and soaked nuts — turns that irritation into information. What exactly is the throat reaching for when the stomach is not hungry? Sit with that question and you will meet a great deal of your own life.
When the Moon crosses into Taurus the seed is said to be born, and for the next two and a half days the sign's own region is lit: the throat. Carey's Taurus salt was sodium sulphate, the water-regulator — take it as image, not prescription. Practically, a Taurus keeps the fast well once the first day is survived, because Earth knows how to endure. The subtler discipline is silence. Venus wants to be pleasant, to say the soothing thing. For five days let the throat rest from both food and reassurance.
Tonight
One practice for the Taurus window
Sit somewhere you will not be interrupted and hum — one low note, mouth closed — for the length of a slow exhale. Feel where it vibrates: the throat, the jaw, the sternum. Rest for a breath, then hum again. Seven times. Taurus lives in the throat, and during the window that region carries the tradition's attention. Notice, between hums, whether the impulse to swallow arrives without anything to swallow. That reflex is the appetite the fast is asking you to watch. Seven breaths, nothing to buy, tonight.
Questions about the Taurus window
When is the sacred secretion for Taurus?
Once a month, from the Moon's entry into Aries to its exit from Taurus — roughly five days, with the seed moment at the Moon crossing 30°. The next Taurus window on this page runs Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:23 UTC to Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 17:26 UTC, midpoint Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 14:40 UTC. The table below lists twelve, recomputed every day.
How long does the Taurus window last?
The twelve windows computed here average 4d 10h, the shortest 4d 5h and the longest 4d 15h. Two signs are always 60° of the Moon's path, but the Moon's speed changes along its orbit, so the time to cross them changes too. The calculator gives each one to the minute.
What if I was born on the Taurus cusp?
A birthday within two days of April 20 or May 21 sits on the boundary; the Sun's ingress moves by up to a day between years, so the date alone may point to Aries or Gemini instead. Each of those windows lies a full sign away. Give the calculator your birth time and birthplace timezone and it decides from the Sun's actual longitude.
Do I need my birth time to use the Taurus dates?
Not unless you were born on a cusp day. Every other Taurus birthday has the Sun unambiguously in Taurus, and the window is built from that alone — the Moon's transit of Aries and Taurus each month. Your rising sign and Moon sign play no part. The dates on this page already apply to you.
This is a contemplative tradition, not medical or dietary advice; consult a physician before any fast.
Not for anyone under 18, pregnant or breastfeeding, diabetic, with a history of disordered eating, or taking medication that must be taken with food. The tradition itself allows a gentle version — a few berries and soaked nuts.
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Sources: George W. Carey & Inez Eudora Perry, God-Man: The Word Made Flesh (1920); George W. Carey, The Zodiac and the Salts of Salvation (1932). Their physiology is presented as the tradition's own description, not as established medicine.
Written by Stefan's Alkimia
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