Moon into Scorpio: Rolling in the Deep

Saturday evening through Monday evening

At 8:33pm EDT, the Moon steps quietly into Scorpio's realm of secrets and shadows. The Moon in this sign is insightful and intuitive, and can also be wary and manipulative, feeling a deep need to understand what's been hidden, and maybe try to control it. Emotions run deep, and can be hard to shift.

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The Moon's first aspects in the transit through Scorpio are with powerful outer planets, opening the door for big dreams tonight. First, a flowing trine with Neptune creates a channel for dreams and visions.

Then, an opposition with Jupiter in Taurus brings the calm solidity of the manifest world (Taurus) in touch with the mysteries of the hidden (Scorpio). Early Sunday morning, the Moon connects with alchemical Pluto in a flowing sextile, reminding us that fundamental transformations are in process.

The Scorpio Moon continues on her solitary way Sunday, with the evening bringing action in the realm of Air. The Sun and Mercury will meet in bring Gemini, energizing communication. Venus in Gemini will sextile Uranus in Aries, connecting the power of revolutionary change to the planet of creativity, finance and relationships. Then Saturn (finally!) stations direct, ending his long retrograde motion in Libra, and turning to move forward again.

If you've been feeling blocked in areas of thought, communication, planning, or just getting on with things, this combination of events on Sunday night could get things moving again. We may all feel new stirrings of the breeze, as wind fills our sails. During this time, the Scorpio Moon maintains a keen awareness of what moves beneath the surface as well.

Monday afternoon brings the Moon's last classical aspect in Scorpio, an opposition with Mars in Taurus. As with the opposition to Jupiter early in this transit, we're asked to balance manifest reality with what cannot be sensed directly. Coming at the end of the Moon's time in Scorpio, and the freshening breeze of new ideas from yesterday's Air events, Mars is challenging us to make it real. What are we growing now, as we head toward the Full Moon?

Not long after the opposition with Mars, the Moon will trine Ceres, the Grain Mother, in Pisces. This connection with an aspect of the Mother foreshadows Ceres' key position in Wednesday's Full Moon. Use this time to listen to whatever intuitive messages the Mother might offer.

Officially, the Moon is void of course on Monday until she enters exuberant Sagittarius at 10:38pm EDT, making this a good day for business as usual, but not beginning new projects (if possible). While the Moon is in Scorpio, our attention is drawn to the depths. Pay attention to what's happening there; things are moving.