What's actually happening
A Last Quarter Moon occurs when the Moon is ninety degrees behind the Sun in the zodiac — a waning square. The Moon is half-lit, now diminishing rather than growing.
For a Last Quarter in Taurus, the Moon is in Taurus while the Sun is in Leo. The tension is between the material, grounded quality of the Moon and the expressive, self-asserting quality of the Sun.
What the tradition makes of it
The Last Quarter is a "crisis of consciousness" — the recognition of what was genuinely learned in the cycle and what must be let go before the next one begins. Taurus brings the body and the material to that moment of release. The relinquishment is sensory as well as conceptual: what habits of the body, what possessions, what material arrangements have outlived their usefulness?
Taurus does not release quickly. The patient quality of this sign at the Last Quarter means the release is thorough rather than fast — what goes actually goes, rather than being only nominally relinquished.
How to actually use it
Attend to what in the material domain of life has been maintained past its time. This is good weather for clearing, completing, and finishing what has been carrying more weight than it is worth. The release should be specific and physical, not only conceptual.
When in doubt
Ask what you are holding onto materially that no longer serves the life you are actually living — not the life you were living when you acquired it.