Scorpio Full Moon -

May 6

Monday, May 12, 2025, 12:56pm EDT

The Taurus Super New Moon that started this lunar cycle, on April 27th, was the first New Moon of 2025 that signaled GO time. All three inner planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars - are now moving forward, clarity is returning, and momentum is building.

Simultaneously, we’re in a time of profound endings, when you may be navigating loss and grief along with confusion, disorientation, exhaustion and deep mystery. For the next few weeks, Saturn is at the very end of Pisces, indicating the closing of a life chapter, when you’re releasing the past to open space for the new.

The big shift happens on May 24th (or 25th, depending on your time zone), when Saturn enters Aries, the first sign of the zodiac - a massive rebirth and renewal. The last time Saturn was in Aries was April 1996 to February 1999 (with a visit to Taurus from June-October 1998).

Leading up to Saturn’s transition, the Scorpio Full Moon brings to light what’s ready to die, what no longer holds vitality, what you need to surrender and grieve to make space for the new - even if you don’t yet know what the new looks like.

Scorpio is a water sign, connected to your deepest feelings, instincts and desires. The Full Moon illuminates what’s been hidden, what you may have been afraid to see or feel, the secret that wants to be revealed to free up energy for building a more beautiful and fulfilling life.

The Full Moon opposes Uranus, suggesting that the feelings and desires that arise may be surprising or even shocking. This Uranian Full Moon marks a significant turning point, a time of radical change, a separation from the past that sets you up for a quantum leap into the future.

Mental energy can be high, and potentially crazy-making, at this Full Moon. Expansive Jupiter in analytical Gemini squares the Nodes, signaling a crossroads, a choice point between the karmic past and your highest future. At the same time, Mercury - the ruler of Gemini - forms a precise square to transformational Pluto, calling for a purging and liberation from old ideas and perceptions.

The shadow potential? Jupiter in Gemini plus the South Node in Virgo can add up to worry, anxiety, over-analysis and freaking out over the details. Mercury-Pluto can take your mind into dark, obsessive and self-destructive places.

The higher potential? Wisewoman Byron Katie says (paraphrasing): “When I believe my thoughts, I suffer; when I’m willing to question my thoughts, I’m free.” You can work productively with Jupiter in Gemini and Mercury-Pluto by getting curious about your thoughts, asking yourself Byron Katie’s four questions: “Is that true? Can you absolutely know that it’s true? How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? Who would you be without that thought?”

And, the Scorpio Full Moon, in cooperation with the Pisces North Node, recommends dropping into the deeper level of feeling beneath the thoughts. FEEL IT ALL. Trust that the strong emotions coming up are serving the healing process, helping to dissolve the past, clear out stagnation, and guide you toward greater aliveness and creativity.

Mars, traditional ruler of Scorpio and presiding deity of this Full Moon, is strong and gaining speed (out of its retro shadow) in fiery Leo - the sign of the heart. Mars in Leo catalyzes the courage to lead with your tender, open and vulnerable heart, to trust and take action inspired by your passion and joy, and to know your power to create a more beautiful world.

For more insight into what this Full Moon means for YOU, find the house in your birth chart that contains 22° Scorpio. The areas of life signified by that house are where events are coming to culmination, fruition or completion, and where you’re invited to:

uncover and acknowledge feelings, desires and instincts that have been hidden, repressed or denied;
"let go to grow” - identify and purge what no longer holds energy for you;
FEEL, be with, accept, love and surrender to whatever is coming up;
regenerate your power, passion, vitality and authenticity.

go into all the Virgoan details about how you can co-create with these powerful planetary forces in my one-hour Full Moon audio transmission. Become a paid subscriber for $16/month or $155/year for immediate access to this transmission, and to the archive of past lunar recordings. And you’ll receive the Mars retro webinar for free! Founding subscribers ($185/year) can join me for quarterly livestreams and also receive the Pluto in Aquarius webinar as a gift!