The Full Moon in Scorpio magnifies the emotional energy that has been building since the new moon in Aries two weeks ago. This is known as the Buddha Moon, the most sacred full moon of the year. Scorpio reveals the shadows and provides the opportunity to fill them with light. Magical alchemy occurs when you focus your intentions like a laser beam.
This full moon also aligns with the Beltane fire festival, the 1 Can. This is a time of rising energy, fire and sacred union. Sap increases in the leaves as spring blooms and we move into summer. Traditionally the Sacred Marriage, this festival celebrates the union of the masculine and feminine.
The Taurus Scorpio axis is about strength and stability, fixity, earth and water, body and psyche. The Sun in Taurus illuminates the physical plane, which we know through our senses and desires. The body, possessions, material resources and the natural world generate the desire to enjoy, possess and acquire. When the desire to accumulate is replaced by the desire to bring light, then the material world becomes illuminated.
I see, and when the Eye opens, Everything is Light
The Moon in Scorpio reveals what is hidden in the psyche. Hidden desires, subconscious blocks, past traumas and fears can come to light. Scorpio is like a deep probe that reveals and heals. Once seen, the conscious desire to release will point the way to healing.
This is a moon of powerful alchemy: the energies support transformation on all levels. The full moon forms a square to Pluto, the ruler of Scorpio, pushing you to dig deep and give everything you have to your healing process. Now is the time to eradicate long-buried issues, release negativity, and embody more light.
A wide trine with Jupiter brings generous and abundant energy. When they advance in alignment, they will receive support. When you take care of others, you will be taken care of. This is the law of life. When you find wisdom from your experiences, true alchemy occurs.
Mars, the worldly ruler of Scorpio, is in Aries, along with four other planets, bringing enormous fire energy to this full moon. Scorpio is a water sign, symbolized by Scorpio. When the lower astral and emotional energies are transcended, Scorpio becomes an eagle and then a Phoenix. This portal has great potential for transformation, as you rise from the ashes of your life, igniting the fire within.
We have an exact conjunction of Mercury Chiron on this day, in Aries. This signals the healing of wounds, through messages of hope, healing and transcendence. Chiron in Aries is related to a very deep primary wound in one’s intrinsic sense of self. Aries is the fire of the mind, the divine spark within. When this is wounded, we do not know our divinity nor do we have confidence in ourselves. To recognize the spark, the flame in the heart and the gateway to the soul is to recognize that we are part of the Creator. To love ourselves is to love the Creator. To have faith in ourselves is to have faith in the spark of divinity within.
Uranus, the Great Awakener, has just entered Gemini, in exact conjunction with Alcyone, the brightest star in the Pleiades. This is a very high frequency conjunction, providing stellar assistance and the opportunity to break patterns and transcend previous limitations.
All in all, this is a lunation of enormous magic and alchemy. Wesak, the sacred moon of Buddha, is a time of intense purification and devotion to sacred work. Beltane, sacred marriage, celebrates the inner union that brings wholeness and integration.
Scorpio, sign of the alchemist, in aspect to Pluto, says that everything is possible when you see the truth and have the courage to die to the old. With predominance of fire energy, you have the opportunity to unite with the fire of spirit and be more than you thought you could be.
The strength of your will determines your rate of transformation and acceleration.
On this sacred full moon, may we purify, heal, transcend and elevate ourselves.
Full Flower Moon 11* Scorpio May 1 at 20:23 GMT
