My Renaissance

My Renaissance

From I am OPTimist by Monika Bravo

April 22, 2026 · 12 min

About this episode

Monika Bravo reflects on personal transformation and self-discovery during Taurus season and the full moon in Scorpio.

What has initiated has been taking shape as it grounds. This is Taurus season. Full moon in Scorpio on May 1st, a lunation as when I was born 62 years ago, happy solar return to me. Living with a Scorpio moon in my 9th house has made me seek for deep truth, only to realize after a long journey, that it emanates from within. There is a particular kind of discomfort that comes with understanding that something new is emerging from within. My body has been recording this passage sometimes as tension in the fascia, the membrane that holds water while binding muscle and bone together. This is a beautiful membrane that is allowing fluids and flow at the same time. It is like a breath that wants to go deeper, as it aspires within the rib cage and then slowly releasing, making space for what is new. This is a feeling pulled in more than one direction at the same time, but the interesting thing is that the orientations are not what matters; what matters is the flow, aware, aspiring, and exhaling. This is a new sensation of the self that has slowly been metabolized in the last years but now starts being shaped. Even though I do not have a final definition, I can sense it in the body; it…

People in this episode

Host: Monika Bravo

Topics covered

  • self-discovery
  • personal growth
  • astrology
  • body awareness
  • transformation

Keywords

  • Taurus season
  • Scorpio moon
  • self-discovery
  • transformation
  • body awareness

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