Picking up the pieces and scraping the
bottom of the barrel are two phrases that come to me at this Full
Moon. I can also pass along the phrase “evolution of relationships
follows a change in core values resulting from a shared emotionally
intense experience” as thematic. The latter of which sounds
daunting but is a definitely one of the truths found in any
description of our current time. It is also a dynamic that plays into
the development of a person through their lives. Shared emotionally
intense experiences can develop almost an instant sense of intimacy
and compassion between strangers and draw forth unfathomly deep
connections between folks who are already in established
relationship. In other words, it happens all the time all throughout
our lifetime on different levels and in different ways showing us:
- Within the span of a few moments your entire perspective on life can change
- Having experiences that shake you out of your everyday complacency enough to realize the first statement often end up catalyzing decisions deliberately meant to create change
- Deeply emotionally affective circumstances encountered with other people often forms emotional bonds and connections between folks spotaneously in some way
- One brief moment in time can immediately alter our relationship with the folks we share the experience with (formerly strangers, even) and then that trickles outward affecting every single existing relationship and each one encountered from that moment on.
As within, so without.
Sun at 28 Taurus: A woman pursued by
mature romance.
By the time this Full Moon culminates
on Saturday (about 5 PM EDT), Venus will have met with a conjunction
to Uranus (at 12:17 PM EDT) marking a moment in time that easily
gives the key words “evolution in core values.” Saturday morning,
the Moon in Scorpio will have dredged past both Saturn and Pluto by
sextile while finding Mercury in Taurus by opposition all as Mercury
is steeped in an intense trine with Pluto himself.
The intensity in our atmosphere begins
to build on Thursday. Following a day of light Moon in Libra
answering to a demure Venus in Taurus on Wednesday, Thursday comes
bearing Pluto at dawn. This is a sense of intensity that is so much
NOT something Moon in Libra desires to deal with. It's ugly. It's
personal. It's deep, dank and scary. None of this is appealing to any
Moon in Air.
The Libra Moon is Void following this
heavy note at 5:38 AM EDt until entering Scorpio nearly 12 hours
later at 5 PM EDT. So, that “dull hollow gong” that the Libra
Moon goes out on has hang time and heaviness. But, it can also be
used to rest the emotional body just a bit in effort to stablize
ahead of Friday night's Scorpio Moon.
The Moon passing through the sign of
Scorpio, in aspect to Pluto or through your 8th house is
always indicative of deep emotional processing in some way. For me,
the Full Moon in Scorpio every year reminds me of Halloween. I'm just
the type of weirdo that loves that. But, I've found macabre, death
and dead things hopefully narrated either by Morticia Addams or
Vincent Price isn't everyone's cup of tea. I look forward to it every
year and am throwing that out there because if you can recall in your
mind what the season of Halloween feels like...you will likely pick
up on the same kind of energy surrounding this Moon. It need not be
scary but it helps to understand as we are in the midst of a Solar
Season that is driven by increasing liveliness upon the face of the
Northern Hemisphere, the emotional system is traveling less sunlit
territory, darker trenches, in the shadows, intensely focusing on
what is going on beneath the surface and very often this can include
feelings of grief. It sets the stage nicely for Memorial Day.
Venus at 5 Taurus: A widow at an
open grave.
All that being said, I probably sound
like super freak saying that I do look forward to the Full Moon in
Scorpio every year. It does resonate with that Halloween and deep
intensity that I love but that's not the reason I've grown to love
it. Over the course of the years that I have been working with
intention at various Moon phases, I've learned that if I have
something I need to let go of...a habit in need of reform..an
addiction...a resentment...paranoia...jealousy...negative
attachment...then the Full Moon in Scorpio is my gal because she sure
does help eat all that stuff up. And, I'm talking actually getting
rid of some deeply ingrained stuff. Admittedly, some of the things
took more than one intention setting session some even extending over
multiple Full Scopio Moons. We simply cannot expect to be able to
resolve long and deeply-seated core issues in one intention's
setting. They didn't get there overnight; they are not going to be
released overnight. But, NEVER have I failed to see progress as well
as a growing resilience to keep plowing through what needed to be
done to get me to the more free place I wanted to be by releasing
those things in the first place than when working with the Full Moon
in Scorpio.
Full Moon in Scorpio is a powerful,
deep and intense beast and her manifestation within this year is no
different. As the Moon awakens fat and nearly full in Scorpio on
Friday night, she passes in trine to Mars newly in Cancer. The Moon
itself is driving Mars' actions. In traditional astrology, these two
would be considered in mutual reception...Mars traditionally ruling
Scorpio (where the Moon is) and the Moon itself ruling the sign of
Cancer (where we find Mars). They do work well together but it's
important to know that the effectiveness of any action we take under
this trine will be directly correlated to our ability to handle
intensity in the emotional system. There is no room to allow fear to
direct you here.
As the Moon and Mars (6 PM EDT) trine
begins to wane, Mercury in Taurus enters a sober but beautifully
grounded trine with Saturn (7 PM EDT). There isn't anything
inherently “bad” about either of these aspects. A sense of
“knowing” decends and it's followed by a validation of facts
presented from a dry and sober point of view. And THEN...things start
getting really uncomfortable as our Moon in Scorpio opposes Venus in
Taurus (8:49 PM) and then Uranus in Taurus (midnight Friday night).
The rest of Friday morning passes on
without major event. The discomfort in the night along with the
potential lack of adequate rest it contained probably makes for some
grumpy or withdrawn folks on the whole. Emotional intensity, though,
does continue to grow in the “background” but in the wee hours of
Saturday morning comes a chance to finally escape some of that and
relax as the Moon trines Neptune at (1:03 AM). Only problem is as we
relax our thinking deepens and begins to involve concepts of shadow.
On the high end this produces a very grounded but deeply
investigative mind that is wholly interested in uncovering the facts
of any given situation. On the low end, it's paranoid, rigid,
obsessive and prone to doomsday or negative thinking.
Digging for information and research
though will have a tendency to confirm our inner sense of “knowing.”
If you need to figure something out or dig more deeply into any given
subject this would be the night to do it. As morning dawns on
Saturday, the Moon is supported by both Saturn and Pluto. Now, that's
not a big joyous happy time but you bet your bippy it's sturdy. Then,
the Moon carries on to oppose Mercury and how we feel is pitted against
the logical facts and the results of our overnight investigative
efforts are also likely shared. That sharing points right back to the
beginning of this post as it occurs just a few hours before Venus
meets with Uranus and this very Full Moon pops wide open.
Evolution of relationships following a
change in core values as a result of emotionally affective shared
experience.
The phrases “picking up the pieces”
and “scraping the bottom of the barrel” come forward in relevance
when we consider our Guide from the world of Tarot for this Moon. The
5 of Swords stands at the gateway with wisdom to bear in mind during
our efforts to employ the energy of the Full Moon beneficially into
our lives. He teaches of the workings of honesty and opportunism.
From the suit of Swords, pain is often an underlying factor in some
way. In my personal experiences with the card, it's energy has been
wonderfully applied to combining several in process, laid aside,
failed or what have you concepts or projects into one. Recycling and
being resourceful usually align well with this card. It was great for
sifting through old written work and seeing if it could be combined
in one larger project. It's also been great for weeding through
correspondence in general. Unsubscribing. Deleting old junk mail.
Updating contact lists..stuff like that.
There is always a caution to be wary of
deceit as well as displays of the more foul sides to human nature
that is implied when this card is in play. Those instances define for
us the relevance of honesty and above board intentions but do not
excuse our perpetration of deceitful behavior or our encounterance of
it. In those direct experiences with the shadow side of this card,
there is always something for us to take away. A lesson. If nothing
else.
Moon at 28 Scorpio: The King of the
Faeries approaching his domain.
There can definitely be a boldness or
daring nature that comes along with this card, as well. At times that
boldness is ushered in when we perceive of and assert ourselves
toward newly emerging opportunity. It can also be displayed by lesser
means...such as the way we choose to go about grasping hold of that
opportunity. The 5 definitely is suggestive of taking the route of
the long game and employing well thought out strategy under the guise
of logic. We are all strongly being influenced by the steady and
grounded energy Earth from both Taurus and Capricorn. Employ that
common sense sobriety as you work with the energies of this Moon.
Ensure you are being honest with yourself about what you are doing
and why. Then, be resourceful. Look through intense emotional matters
for what they may be trying to teach you or what you can take away
from it. Weed out paper and mental clutter but also look for ways you
may be able to recycle the paper itself (if only using it's ashes to
fertlize your garden) as well as some old ideas you may trip across.
Can some of this be woven into something new? What can be salvaged?
This is the Moon to gather up any momentos of those who may have
scorned or betrayed us and purge them from our environment in an
effort to sever negative attachment and heal. It's also a time to
finally bring closure to long and ongoing personal emotional
wars...giving ourselves permission to pick up the pieces from failed
relationships, mourn losses in effort to bring closure and to finally
give ourselves permission to lay long outstanding grudges,
resentments and what have you in their final resting place.
If you've been involved in ongoing
efforts (one's that take more than one whack) to sever negative
attachment or release/reform habits or mentalities that are not
healthy, then this Moon allows you to dig deep scraping the bottom of
the barrel for the last bits of self-derogatory speech, the final
shred of attention you have left for the unhealthy thing...last few
addiction or bad habit triggers...scraping all those negative ugly
scripts and final connections to “yuck” up and tossing them into
a glorious full moon bonfire. The energy can also be used to declare
an end to the warring speech of the inner critic, also. We can glean
lessons from our self-critic but we can also release any language
(inward or outward) that doesn't convey a sense of self-respect.
You can use this Moon to initiate
positive change in your life by releasing your grasp on personal
demons, reforming habits that may have been constructed in the
interest of self-protection but now show themselves detrimental,
bringing healing and closure to periods of trauma and by releasing
your bonds to negative attachments, drains on your physical or
tangible resources including long held grudges, resentments as well
as monetary debt not to mention any indebtedness you may feel you
have for merely existing.
Pick up the pieces and move on.
Scrape the bottom of the barrel.
And be prepared for, evolution of
relationships following a change in core values resulting from a
shared emotionally intense experience
Pluto at 23 Capricorn: Two awards
for bravery at war.
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