This morning at 6:25 am EDT, the Full Moon occurred, with the Sun in Taurus opposing the Moon in Scorpio. Cafe Astrology says:

The Full Moon is a time of culmination and the promise of fulfillment of that which was started at the New Moon. It is an emotional time - a time of romance, fertilization, and relationships.

The Taurus-Scorpio polarity deals with the balance between all that is mine (Taurus) and all that is yours (Scorpio). It also emphasizes the concept of form (Taurus) versus transformation (Scorpio). While Taurus deals with matter, personal values, material goods, possessions, and security, Scorpio rules the destruction of form, shared possessions, change, and transformation. The Sun in Taurus wants us to be happy with the simple, tangible things in life, while the Scorpio Moon draws our attention to complexities, intangibles, and mysteries. Neglecting either end of the axis will surely backfire on us. Ideally, a balance should be found between the two energies, and this is what the Full Moon invites us to do. This Full Moon is about emotional declarations. Something has been building inside of us, likely of an intimate nature, and now is the time when the energy of the cosmos fairly demands that we let it out. Over the next two weeks, we will discover what this declaration means for us. For now, we can't sit on our feelings. We need to express them. The Full Moon illuminates this conflict between collecting and sharing.

This Full Moon is supported by both Saturn and Pluto, adding practicality and logic to an otherwise irrational state. The epiphanies we have now can be turned into something solid and real.

What has been building inside of you that feels like it's about to burst? What work have you been doing that feels like it is reaching fulfillment and can benefit from this energy that both encourages change and gives us a foundation to support us through it? What epiphanies have you experienced lately?

I particularly like the Taurus/Scorpio polarity. As a Taurus, of course I am comfortable when the influence of my sign is affecting what's going on in my life. It's a safe and cozy place. The energy of Scorpio, however, is thrilling and speaks to my shadow self - in a good way. When you've come to terms with your shadow self and welcomed it back into the fold (as I did during my shamanic training) turning to the shadow can be empowering. Sometimes it gives us more information than our sunny self is willing to see. And at this particular time, using Scorpio's energy to illuminate those complexities, intangibles and mysteries will be very useful.

As the eighth sign in the zodiac, Scorpio is associated with the Eighth House, which has to do with birth, death, transformation, sexual relationships, deeply committed relationships of all kinds, and magick and psychic abilities. With the Full Moon in Scorpio, there is powerful energy to support work in these areas of your life. Traditionally seen as being ruled by Mars - a planet with masculine energy that leads us toward desire and action - more modern astrologers consider Scorpio to be ruled by Pluto - which represents the urge to transform and regenerate. The tarot's Death card makes the perfect metaphor for a Full Moon in Scorpio, because it really is more about the emerging of the butterfly into its new state of being than it is about loss that made transformation possible.

Spellwork

Generally I like to plan and create my own spells, based on whatever energy is being supported and emphasized by any particular Full Moon. But lately I have been spending less and less time focusing my practice on major spellwork. For those who are interested, I did find this website that tells us that a Full Moon in Scorpio is useful for working the following types of spells:

Spells for increasing psychic ability, contacting other planes, merging with Deity, spirituality, prisons and prisoners, confinement, the downtrodden and unfortunate, criminals, hidden enemies, past lives and karma, reincarnation, magick in general, potions, brews, poisons, drawing out poisons, cleansings, secrets and hidden things, finding lost items, banishment, exorcism, mediumship, charity and welfare, widows and orphans, spies, working on self-betterment by examining hidden aspects of yourself, hypnotism, mental health, nuclear power, radiation, psychic healing, working with oils, incenses and perfumes, luck in general, bad luck.

Pisces rules dance, escapism, banality, fishing, planting, solitude, possession, secret societies, merging with God/dess, alcohol, chemicals in general, the past, the still small voice, dance, invocation, large institutions, drugs, potions and elixirs, relatives in general, charity, humanitarian concerns, large animals, zoos and menageries, insanity, faith, music, keeping secrets, deep very psychic stuff, vulnerability, facing fears and conquering them, facing the past and overcoming it, divine madness, endings, aloneness, high magick, the water cycle, water in the oceans, salt water.

Scorpio correspondences:

Ruler: Pluto, Mars
Element: Water
Colors: black, scarlet, dark red, brown
Stones: diamond, obsidian, topaz, ruby, jet
Metal: iron, steel
Herbs: agaric, artichoke, asafoetida, basil, belladonna, blackberry, black-eyed susan, blackthorn, bloodroot, catalpa, cattail, chrysanthemum, cohosh (black and blue), damiana, datura, dogwood, dragon's blood, elder, foxglove, fumitory, ginseng, hemlock, horseradish, lobelia, mandrake, morning glory, nightshade, woody, pansy, patchouli, pomegranate, rye, saw palmetto, toadflax, tobacco, vanilla, wormwood, yew
Trees: holly, blackthorn
Birds: eagle, vulture
Animals: scorpion, wolf, panther

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 8:36 AM