The Full Moon of 17 May 2011 4:09 AM PDT at 26 Scorpio 13

The Scorpio Full Moon is typically a Lunar point when everyone is immersed in the fullness of the material experience (Taurus Sun); the senses are engaged, and yet the Scorpionic influence of the culmination says, ‘You can feel it, but you can’t grasp it’; that is, we can’t comprehend via the thought processes what we’re experiencing–and so this Moon may be a frustrating one for those whose interaction with life is centered in the mind.

 The Full Moon makes a single, close aspect, a quincunx to Jupiter in Aries. This suggests we may meet some kind of peak of Self-assertion (Aries) in the social arena (Jupiter); after this, a new tack, different approach, or retreat from, the social arena is in order (which is likely determined by the matters of the House in the natal chart where this falls, with a below-horizon spot likely suggesting retreat). We can at this time take an accounting of the pay-off of this Self-assertion; the material results are obvious (though there is both the wish and the possibility with this Moon for more, and that this something more may be hidden, yet to be discovered!) Jupiter brings in the idea of ‘our tribe,’ which we’ll see echoed again in the Sabian for the Sun (see newsletter #8 for detailed analysis); though typically the Full Moon in Scorpio would be focused on the individual energies of abundance and potency, this time these are displayed openly for the social arena, and measured with this in mind.

Overall the message of the Full Moon may be both that we must ‘go along’ with the social scene, showing who we are and what we have (remember, assets are talents and abilities as much as they are possessions) in order to complete a cycle (the culmination); but in doing this we must retain awareness that we may be selling short our heritage or that which is of value that has been passed down to us. It requires a balancing act, with awareness and tolerance (of social requirements and standards) called for.

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