Full Moon in Taurus

Both, sometimes. “Taurus Full Moon” is a zodiacal name: it tells you the sign the Moon is standing in, and it belongs to astrology. “Beaver Moon” and “Hunter's Moon” are calendar names — November's full moon, and the October full moon that follows the Harvest Moon — and they belong to tradition and the old seasonal calendar.

They describe the same object from two angles. In the years above, the Taurus Full Moon was the Beaver Moon in 2024, 2025, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, and the Hunter's Moon in 2026 and 2031. The zodiacal name changes sign every month, while the folk names follow the calendar, so one full moon can carry both. We track the zodiacal names in this section; the calendar names live with the moon phases.

For the seasonal names and the phase cycle, see Moon phases and Full Moon.

A full moon is the Moon standing opposite the Sun, fully lit from our view. When the Moon is in Taurus, the Sun sits across the sky in Scorpio — so this one lights the Taurus–Scorpio axis: the line between what is yours and what is shared, comfort and intensity, holding on and letting go. It isn't about people with Taurus placements; it's the shared backdrop of a night for everyone. And a full moon is a peak, not a beginning — the culmination of something set in motion at the Taurus New Moon about six months earlier.

Whether you feel it as a steadying weight or barely notice it is up to you; we won't promise a sudden flood of abundance.

A full moon is a peak, and in Taurus it tends to arrive slowly — less a sudden tip than a weight you can't ignore any longer. With the Sun opposite in Scorpio, the axis runs between what's yours and what's shared, between comfort and the urge to dig deeper. The question is often what you're holding on to out of habit. Astrologers count the Moon as exalted in Taurus, so the mood is often described as steady rather than stormy. It's a tendency, not a rule; if a long-running matter needs settling, this is often when it settles.