{"id":76576,"date":"2014-05-13T17:20:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T21:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=76576"},"modified":"2014-05-13T18:49:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T22:49:01","slug":"scorpio-full-moon-the-transformative-power-of-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/by-amanda-painter\/scorpio-full-moon-the-transformative-power-of-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"Scorpio Full Moon: The transformative power of surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow\u2019s Scorpio Full Moon features some underwater steam vents and subterranean rumblings looking to open up the territory. Exact at 3:16 pm EDT, it looks like it is offering some kind of transformational experience — but it\u2019s doing so fixed-sign style.<\/p>\n

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Section of ephemeris listing<\/a> showing a 90-degree sort for objects aligned with Wednesday’s Full Moon. View traditional chart here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That is, both the minor planets lined up with the Sun and Moon as well as a simultaneous major-planet aspect speak to the kind of resistance and fear of change fixed signs are often known for — even when one\u2019s own erotic power is the driving force.<\/p>\n

This Full Moon is the first since the recent series of eclipses; the last eclipse was at the Taurus New Moon two weeks ago, so tomorrow is an energy peak for whatever began then, even though the eclipses will keep developing for months. Tomorrow the Moon will be at 24 Scorpio, opposing the Sun at 24 Taurus — and the Taurus-Scorpio axis always evokes deep sensual and sexual themes.<\/p>\n

Taurus and Scorpio are fixed signs, however, so even when the planets and aspects involved are speaking of change, there’s a visceral undercurrent of resistance to dissolve first.<\/p>\n

Lined up with the Sun and Moon are about nine or so minor planets. Collectively they suggest that this Full Moon could be a transformational experience, particularly involving erotic energy. These minor planets also underscore themes of power dynamics, especially what we do with power and the fear that accompanies power — all facets of sexual encounters.<\/p>\n

In Scorpio we have Huya (named after a Venezuelan\/Colombian rain god, getting the Moon even wetter and more fertile, and washing away the dust); and Siva (Hindu god Shiva The Destroyer, The Transformer, The Cosmic Dancer).<\/p>\n

Directly across the wheel, flanking the Sun in Taurus, are: Osiris (Egyptian god whose scattered pieces were put back together by his wife, who had to fashion a golden phallus to replace his missing member so they could procreate before he died again); Dionysus (Greek god of ecstasy, wine and ritual madness, and the protector of those who do not fit into conventional society); Sedna (whose severed digits and limbs created the large sea mammals in Inuit myth); and Heracles (Greek hero known for his strength, courage, ingenuity and sexual prowess).<\/p>\n

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Three planets in close proximity square the Moon and Sun from the Leo-Aquarius axis. In Leo is Atlantis, named for the mythological society lost when its technological power outweighed its integrity. In Aquarius we find Damocles, which alludes to the ever-present danger and fear faced by those in power; and Klotho, who was the youngest of the three Fates, responsible for spinning the thread of life and deciding when people are born.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s quite a cluster of objects relating to power, sex, death, transformation, creation, courage and surrender. Mythological associations are not the only way to delineate minor planets, but in this case they work well. Scorpio Full Moons are generally about making contact with another person and going deep relationally, physically and emotionally anyway; tomorrow\u2019s Full Moon happens to have a stellar supporting cast to get the point across on subtler levels in case the Moon hits your eye like a big you-know-what.<\/p>\n

Yet everything described by the minor planets is present in one major aspect occurring simultaneously with the Full Moon: Venus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn. We can boil this aspect down to: if we’re afraid of changing ‘how things have always been’ (Pluto in Capricorn), we end up being too selfish (Venus in Aries) to surrender to love and erotic energy — and that blocks us from seeing that the change required must happen within ourselves, not in ‘the other person’.<\/p>\n

As the classical Roman orator Cicero commented on the myth of Damocles, \u201cthere can be nothing happy for the person over whom fear always looms.\u201d Venus square Pluto may be bringing up fear of some kind of change — the kind that feels like death or annihilation, especially if your sense of identity in a sexual relationship feels like it\u2019s at stake.<\/p>\n

But in sex — whether solo or with another, though Full Moons do tend to play out in relationships — the really good stuff emerges when your curiosity and craving for deep, soulful, primal contact overpower any hesitancy about allowing yourself to surrender. So the trick becomes how to take control and assume agency or authority for letting go.<\/p>\n

In other words, you have to have a clear \u2018yes\u2019 and \u2018no\u2019, and choose which one opens the door. Ecstasy, abandon and transformation do not hinge on \u2018maybe\u2019<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s Scorpio Full Moon carries incredible potential for a deep, wet, earthy, lusty experience that leaves you feeling fundamentally different somehow. But if you want to have it, you have to step into your power and choose to let go.<\/p>\n

For concise, insightful, sign-by-sign readings of this month’s astrology, sign up for your free monthly horoscope by Eric Francis here<\/a>. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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