In a culture obsessed with never-ending growth and linear progress, it’s easy to forget that nature’s growth occurs in cycles.
We do not have an endless upward trajectory of growth.
Relationships do not automatically last forever.
We cannot endlessly add on to our plate without giving something up.
The Scorpio Full Moon (May 1, 1:23 PM, ET 11º20’) reminds us that the lifeline of any project or relationship includes periods of mystery, natural dips, and opportunities to repair what’s been broken and regenerate.
At the full moon in Scorpio, the moon in Scorpio is sitting opposite the Sun in Taurus. This brings focus to the tension between these two fixed signs.
Taurus represents the peak of spring and the emerging part of the cycle, when the seeds planted in early spring start to bloom into flowers. This is the season in which nature is flourishing in her beauty. In Taurus season, everything is unfolding and moving outward.
It’s the season of the maiden — in fact, May 1 is the ancient Celtic holiday of Beltane, which honors the maiden and celebrates the midpoint between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice.
Scorpio represents the peak of autumn and the releasing part of the cycle. This is when the leaves that bloomed in spring start to fall off the trees. This is when nature appears to be decaying.
The main holiday associated with Scorpio season is Halloween — a celebration of death. In Scorpio season, everything is moving inward and down — it’s the season of compositing and degeneration.
The opposition of the Sun in Taurus and the Moon in Scorpio pulls focus to how these two signs interact as a whole. Each is part of the cycle of nature. The decay and compost of Scorpio season nourishes the soil that incubate the seeds planted in the spring.
Both Taurus and Scorpio are resilient, tough places where we don’t want to let go. But nature teaches that letting go is part of the cycle of broth. Without the compost in the soil, the seed doesn’t have the right conditions for growth.
Scorpio invites us to look into the depths of the mystery the unknown, and to release what we’ve been holding on to. Once we arrive there, it reveals what we’ve keeping hidden and repressed, even from ourselves. It encourages us to release what we’ve ben
This full moon is an opportunity to look at what we’ve been suppressing and repressing so that we no longer need to be afraid of it.
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