Before you can receive comfort, you have to be able to locate it.
That might sound obvious, but it often isn’t.
Most of us have spent so long in override mode (pushing through, managing, pretending that you’re fine) that the body’s signals have gotten very quiet, because we stopped listening. Not on purpose. Just because there was always something more urgent competing for our attention.
So this week, as the sky moves through the final days of the waning moon and edges toward the New Moon in Taurus on May 16th, I want to offer you something small. A quick, honest look at where you actually are. Not where you think you should be, and not where you were last week, but where you are right now, today.
I call it Taking Stock.
What Taking Stock Actually Means
Taking Stock is what you do before you start. Like before a builder starts work or before a cook starts a recipe. You look at what’s there. You don’t judge it. You just see it.
For our purposes, it takes about five minutes, and it works anywhere: your kitchen table, your car before you go inside, or a bathroom with the door locked. Wherever you actually are.
Taking Stock: A 5-Minute Check-In
Ask yourself these five questions. Don’t overthink them. The first honest answer is the right one.
1. What does my body feel like right now, physically? Heavy? Tight? Buzzing? Held? Cold? Tired in my chest or in my legs? Just name it. One or two words is enough.
2. When did something feel physically comfortable or easy today, even briefly? The first sip of something warm. The moment you sat down. The second you took your bra off. The sun on your arm through the car window. Something. There’s always something, even on hard days.
3. What is my body asking for right now that I’ve been brushing past? Not what it needs theoretically. What is it actually asking for, the thing you’ve been saying “later” to, telling yourself isn’t important enough yet?
4. What would feel like a relief right now? Not a solution, not a fix. Just relief. What’s the first image or sensation that comes to mind?
5. On a scale of “running on fumes” to “genuinely okay,” where am I today? Not where you wish you were. Where you are.
Why This Matters Right Now
The New Moon in Taurus arrives on May 16th (2026), and Taurus is the sign most associated with the body’s wisdom, with sensory experience, with what is actually, physically real. Not what we imagine we need, not what we think we should want, but what the body knows.
Taurus energy slows things down not because slowness is spiritual, but because you cannot receive something you’re moving too fast to feel.
This week’s waning moon is asking you to release the pace. The Sun’s connection to Jupiter on the 11th offers a small window of ease, a natural lightening rather than manufactured optimism. Sun conjunct Mercury on the 14th sharpens your ability to notice and name what’s actually true for you. All of it is setup for the new moon. It’s asking, “Before you set intentions, before you decide what you want next, do you know where you are right now?”
That’s what Taking Stock is for.
The Thing About Comfort
You can’t build toward something if you don’t know where it is. If you don’t know what your body’s “yes” actually feels like, then comfort becomes an abstract idea instead of a real experience. It becomes something you’ll get to someday when things calm down.
Things don’t always calm down, but you can learn to take stock of what’s available in the middle of the noise. That’s the beginning.
The New Moon in Taurus is a natural starting point. This week, before the moon resets, take five minutes. Ask the questions. Notice what’s true.
That’s all.
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