New Moon in Scorpio: May it be and so it is


What we say. What we think. What we believe. These are very powerful things. Love is powerful. Anger is powerful. But those three aforementioned things are the paths we take to interpreting something as love or anger. If allowed, all three can also become unconscious. Meaningless. Thoughtless thoughts. Wordless words. Belief on autopilot with no desire to continue to grow and learn. Stagnant. Yet, in their meaninglessness...they still hold power. Particularly at this Moon.
You may, or may not know, but the signs of both Scorpio and Cancer are some really fertile. Right now, Jupiter in Scorpio catches the North Node in Cancer by trine while each receive a jolting “spark” of life and initiative from Uranus in Aries. Meanwhile, Mercury is in his retrograde shadow. What is spoken or cast as word/thought/belief right now will be revisited in our upcoming weeks as he stations retrograde. Still yet, the words and intentions you sow now...whether on purpose or thoughtlessly will take root.


Our guide for this lunation by way of Tarot is the Ace of Pentacles. It reinforces the fertility of our current time. Be clear. Be concise. Be specific. And, be sure. What you plant will grow. May it be and so it is.
There are some big changes coming to our energetic field that are captured in this chart. Jupiter will enter Sagittarius during this Moon's cycle. Uranus has already re-entered the sign of Aries (11/6). And, in this chart...both of those bodies are in direct contact with our North Node who has just entered the sign of Cancer. Jupiter finds the North node by trine and South node by sextile. As Uranus unsettles them both by square. At first glance, it looks like making a global screening of emptying the contents of one's vacuum bag. For better or worse. Everything that has been sucked up is now being dumped out and put on public display. Those things we tried to rid ourselves of. Those things we tried to sweep away and simply discard. Perhaps the coins we accidentally swept up between the couch cushions are re-exposed allowing us another chance to capture their value instead of merely throw them away. Perhaps we dump out garbage and value that we didn't even know we had.



However, with Uranus involved, it's less likely this is a voluntary dumping. It's more like the bag blows open unexpectedly. Recreating if not exacerbating the mess that it originally contained.
We are also quite personally sensitized at this Moon as both luminaries are trine Neptune. This is emotional sensitivity as well as physical sensitivity with potential of very permeable boundaries in the way of picking up on the emotions of the collective or its germs/allergens. Which means...in the metaphor of the vacuum bag, we are VERY sensitive in light of the dumping of the contents and likely to react on a visceral level. Sneezing in response to the dust for example. Add to that the water trine of Jupiter and the North Node in Cancer and...well, you end up with a lot of emotions...a tide that will continue to build all the way to the Full Moon in Gemini. Perhaps beyond. Edit...likely beyond.
The thing about it is, we've collectively spent much of the year frustrated in our efforts and then stuck in dissatisfaction as both Mars and then Venus hit their retrograde cycles. We've learned a lot about what doesn't work and lot about what we don't want on an individual level. In that, though, we have also found what little gems of appreciation we can muster and found what ways are effective, as well. Now that Venus stations to turn direct, we can begin to claim or reclaim what it is we truly and deeply desire. Now that Uranus returns to Aries, we have a chance to employ all that we learned while Mars retrograded in Aquarius. Aim for what you want. Do what you know works. Experiment with new methods. Learn from failure and missteps. Mourn what may be gone forever. Bring it all home. If a mess is made, you don't have to like it. Yet, it will still need to be cleaned up. Your part of it anyway. The sextile from this Moon to Pluto will help you get elbow deep in the nitty gritty of it. Those dark corners that fear keeps you from cleaning routinely, won't be as fearsome now.
Mars and Venus will align in amicable trine during this Moon cycle. They have been at odds off and on during Venus' retrograde pattern. But, here they fall on the same page both in Air signs. Due that, there may be a lot a talk about what we want and what we should do but very little action. Those words will be revisited as will our intentions as Venus turns direct in the same time period that Mercury stations retrograde.



As we vow to reclaim our power and march forward toward our desires, we will also be tasked with reviewing our personal histories. We will look at these stories we've crafted about our lives and tweak our perspective while lending new wisdom to them. Then, as Mercury retrogrades back into Scorpio, we will see how those stories may have bore effect in shadow and in our thinking about power in general. We will be mentally thrust into the depths of our own psyche and challenged to emerge more wise by the end of it. But, there is some mental rewiring that is due to take place following this internal rewiring of a year full of a wave of backward patterning. As if we were hooked and drug back into our own past and forced to look at it honestly and in depth on both collective and personal levels. That was kind of the point of it all.



Yet, here, at this New Moon...something valuable emerges. A chance to plant a seed in the richness of the ashes. A chance to begin changing the paradigm and collective thought patterns. But, that chance begins internally within each of us. It has already began, actually. It's only the mind that is left to change. The heart and methods we embark on to go after what it is we desire has newly been turned inside out already. It has likely be simplified but deepened in importance.
Jupiter in Sagittarius is so different than Jupiter in Scorpio. There is a tremendous shift held in that change of signs. Have faith in that fact. But, there are also tremendous shifts as Uranus moves from Taurus and back into Aries. Fire, again, rises in the collective. And we are more wise in the ways it should be used toward our own benefit rather than our continual self-destruction which is something that Jupiter in Scorpio can become overly enchanted with. But, not Jupiter in Sagittarius. It wants to grow, flourish and roam free and unencumbered in order to savor the full palette of flavors the entirety of the world has to offer. It loves good humor and good will. After traveling in Scorpio, faith has been tested, horror glorified and shadow given front stage and center.
In Sagittarius, Jupiter is finished torturing himself. With Jupiter in Sagittarius we gain both hope and wisdom. And with Uranus in Aries, we are not short on initiative.
There is unsettling energy present at this Moon, though. Most certainly as Uranus continues to hold in square to the nodes and Jupiter lights all that up by trine. But, sometimes, the unsettling shakes things loose just enough that change can be made toward a more positive direction. That's kind of how Jupiter wants us to steer things but his message from the end of Scorpio is quite heavy, watery and in trine to Chiron, still, even hauntingly painful. That heaviness meets with abrupt disruption from Uranus. Thing about it being, this is enforced change coming from Uranus. It's not something we choose. But, if we have discovered where our individual power is and have aligned our personal priorities we surely can take advantage of the opportunity as it presents. We realize that we may have no power in the enforced change. But we have whole power in the ways in which we choose to respond to it. And, choose wisely we should. Uranus in Aries and Mars in Aquarius is upper level expert in terms of engagement. Don't allow outside forces to dictate your next move. Breathe through any surges in adrenaline and choose your next act deliberately and with intention in response to anything that comes unbolted during this Moon cycle.


We have to remember there is a lot of water here. There is some confusion and Mercury is still in retrograde shadow. Some things are not as they appear and will clarify themselves as we move forward. But, if you know the truth in your heart and can maintain control of your own actions without being catalyzed toward an unconscious response by way of allowing yourself to be provoked by someone else and what have you? You stand to benefit greatly. Look for what emerges. Then decide if you want it to grow. If so, feed it. If not, plant a different seed. You are allowed to do that too. The ground is fertile and waiting.

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