Waning Moon in Scorpio

Tuesday evening through Thursday night

Tonight at 9:15pm EST the Moon emerges from her time-between-times and dives into Scorpio's watery depths. Scorpio demands we look at things we don't want to see, acknowledging the power of the Shadow.

power from the depths

Scorpio is an energy we tend to resist. In an interview last night on Blog Talk Radio, April Elliott Kent described it as repellent, a common, if not always deserved, response. Yet when we're ready to shoulder our packs and walk into the dark, Scorpionic journeys lead us into the heart of our own power.

Jung's concept of the Shadow points to why Scorpio energy is something we prefer to turn away from. As individuals, families, and societies, we make choices about what is acceptable and what is not. Some of these choices are absolutely essential to creating and maintaining strong, healthy communities. Some reflect styles and preferences that express and define who we are.

As we push away the unacceptable, making it taboo, it acquires great power. How we respond to the unacceptable then defines where that power is and who has access to it. Is it ours or only part of those others out there?

This aspect of Scorpio is highlighted as Saturn stations at 17 Libra and turns retrograde (1:10am EST Wednesday). Libra is a the sign of balance between self and other. Saturn is all about limits, rules, and boundaries, what is acceptable and what is not, who is in and who is out, and where responsibility falls. His retrogrades are times to think again about these issues.

During this waning transit through Scorpio, we look at fallout. Things like results and consequences may come up for review. We may find ourselves asking, whose fault is this? Where are we willing to step up and accept our role, and where do we only look around for a scapegoat?

Wednesday's transits include challenging squares between Mercury in Capricorn and Saturn in Libra, the Moon in Scorpio and the Sun in Aquarius, and the Moon in Scorpio and Mars in Aquarius. Meanwhile, the Moon creates a flowing sextile to Pluto in Capricorn.

All of these aspects ask different versions of the same question about action and consequence. We must act; in acting, we choose; actions and choices have consequences; not all the consequences are pretty. Even inaction is action, and inaction can sometimes have the worst consequences of all.

What's a body to do? Wednesday's Sun-Moon square marks the last quarter Moon, our entry into the final phase of this lunar cycle. This is a time of reflection, integration, and release. We strive for insight, accept what is ours, and release what is ready to move out of our lives. The Scorpio Moon opens the door to engage in this process with great depth.

In the early hours of Thursday, the Moon will flow energy in sextile with Mercury, communicating about this theme, perhaps sending dreams we can remember and work with.

By Thursday evening, the Moon will communicate with outer planet messengers. Neptune and Chiron wait at the end of Aquarius, asking for adjustments with inconjunct angles. Uranus is will be there also, at the end of Pisces, flowing message in trine to offer intuitive guidance on what comes next.

The Moon enters her time-between-times late Thursday night, stepping into welcoming Sagittarius at 1:55am Friday. The lights of Sagittarius will seem brighter if we make our Scorpio journey first.