My Friend and Reader Deb; vision on this week's full moon.
I (Deb) took all the photos which begin these notes in the magical Bitterroot Valley of western Montana.
Full Moon at 7 degrees SCORPIO
6:19 AM MDT or 5:19 AM PDT
Thursday morning
4.28.10
A more intense full moon does not exist. If ever there is a moon with the power to take us deep down into the cellar of our awareness . . . it is the Scorpio moon.
It's so important that we use this Scorpio energy--like all the planetary energy--to facilitate growth rather than to generate or court fear.
You could begin by imagining your metaphorical, inner cellar filled with the most beautiful of jars . . . in some of them you'll find peach-ginger compote, apple butter, elderberry potions or tomato basil sauces . . . or maybe, beneath a basement window, there is a long shelf filled with glass bottles of every color and shape and texture imaginable and you can see these reflecting a quiet and transparent light into this harbor of the subconscious.
It's probable that within this deep inner sanctum there are also a few cobwebs or a jar or two which hold some old substance whose shelf-life is used up and it's contents look a little off or maybe even smell funny. It's time, then, to remove these out-dated things from this otherwise nourishing space.
Scorpio wants us to take the deep dive, to sense our fear of the situations in our lives which make our stomachs uneasy . . . and then, having helped us notice those fears, Scorpio would lead us through them.
I like the metaphor, simple as it is, of our inner cellar because all of us have experienced actual subterranean places which are sort of scary, and yet, all of us have also experienced these same kinds of places when their mystery and beauty was such that we passed through our fear and entered in. Scorpio carries us into the places where we are nourished to the degree that we allow ourselves to be led by our instincts and where we tap into our emotional courage.
A question which I imagine you might sometimes ask is this one: Why does Deb write about an energetic event--the full moon--which lasts only a day or two?
I write because each month the moon is full in a different sign, and it brings our focus to, and wakes us up to the longer term work of its planetary ruler. The Moon itself is like a spotlight leading us to notice what the planet is up to. We get a great hit at the full moon because the moon always heightens our emotional responses.
So when the moon is full in Scorpio, it's directing our attention to the work of Pluto. And as you know from the many references I've made this last year to Pluto's current square to the Uranus/Saturn opposition, Pluto is intensely active now helping all of us, demanding that we face our fear of loss.
One of the great gifts of both Scorpio and Pluto is their desire to bring to the surface the things which we would rather keep buried. Somehow we continue to believe that we'll be safer if we leave buried those issues or feelings which scare us or which have the potential to fuel our anger. But the simple fact is that these buried energies actually take more energy to ignore than they do to face and, by the simple act of facing them down, we help them to dissolve.
When the moon is full in Scorpio, or when Pluto is involved, as it is now in an energetic cleansing with Saturn and Uranus, you can expect many things to continue to be "uncovered" both within yourself and within the context of the collective.
So as the moon shines brightly in the sky Wednesday and Thursday evenings, imagine it as the tip of a cosmic wand whose sole purpose is to tap you gently on the top of your head and ignite your sense of courage in the face of any and every fearful response still standing between you and the freedom which comes from letting go . . . letting go so that you can create the empty space into which the newer, healthier situation can be born.
Please remember that the only real obstacle facing us now, and for all time, is our fear of the unknown. We know from all our years of experiencing ourselves in Time that anything we resist will persist. So lets bow to this shaman-like Scorpio energy as it helps us to continue spiraling up and out of our fear-based responses.
If you'd like to go more deeply into the significance of this energy through work on your own chart, please let me know.
As always, I ask that you share these notes with anyone you think might like a clearer sense of what is at work in the energetic world.
Many deep and rich blessings,
Deborah O'Connor
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www.lovedogdesign.com
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