The 2009 Scorpio Full Moon

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May 9, 2009

12:02 AM EDT / 4:02 AM GT/9:02PM PDT (May 8, 2009)

18 Scorpio 41 / 18 Taurus 41

A Scorpio Full Moon is always intense. This year’s has a laser-like focus that will make the intensity feel more profound and powerful than the norm. That’s because there will be little that is trivial or extraneous to clutter the experience. Distractions and nonessentials have been stripped away, and everything that remains will receive all the attention. Less is more, we are about to experience, and how.

This year’s Scorpio Full Moon occurs right after its rulers, Pluto and Venus, have completed the last of the three confrontations they’ve engaged in since February. Each skirmish has demanded a cold, calculating look at money, possessions, relationships and our own worth – both in terms of the definitions of what we value and the emotional or financial currency we use to measure it. If something doesn’t meet the our personal definition or provide the desired exchange, it has been pitched or marked for tossing away.

This Full Moon illuminates where each of us is in this process. The Taurus/Scorpio axis pits our personal resources and worth against what we have or create with others, along with primal phobias, desires to possess and control, and attitudes about the deepest sharing or merging (taxes, sex and death). Job and economic instability have been on the radar for many people, even those who strive for a reality more optimistic than the one constantly being shored up by mainstream news. Don’t be surprised if financial hysteria hits a fevered pitch now, but you are under no obligation to succumb to it. As emotions crest and the hidden costs of the bailout and related dramas come to light, keep your attention instead on your own energetic balance sheet. This Full Moon can put you in touch with how you really feel about your personal and joint security and give you X-ray vision into your fears, your attachments and, most importantly, what you are building in the joint situations in your life.

Whatever emerges, expect to be compelled to do something about it. This Full Moon is making the dynamic aspect of a square to the February 9 lunar eclipse, which came on the heels of the second exact Saturn/Uranus opposition. Each of us realized then what we were eventually going to have to leave. The time for saying goodbye begins with this Full Moon. Preparations now move from thoughts to concrete steps. Even if you are not ready to walk out the door, figuratively or literally, it’s time to gather up your belongings and put your suitcases by the door. By August, when this Leo/Aquarius eclipse cycle runs its course, your emotional life – and many aspects of your outer life – will occupy a very different terrain.

Concrete steps toward that new terrain should come naturally, because the Sun and the Moon are both making positive aspects to Saturn. The Sun’s trine to him, exact on Tuesday, is still resonating during the Full Moon, facilitating responsible, committed action in our own best interests. The Moon makes a sextile to Saturn only a few hours before meeting the Sun, an aspect that opens the door to emotionally responsible responses. The Saturn contacts make us willing to act and react as the mature, responsible (are you getting the drift?) adults we are now.

We know the difference between baubles with fleeting appeal and the resources we really value. With this Full Moon, we sort out more metaphoric trinkets, commit to what’s most important and set up structures, inner and outer, to support our choices. Any resistance will prove futile when the Sun challenges the Moon’s ruler Pluto by declination on Saturday and we give in to forces greater than individual ego or will. That submission, and the aftermath of the Full Moon, leads a great sense of security and satisfaction when the Moon harmonizes with the Sun’s ruler Venus on Sunday. Life is good. It really is.

The Sabian Symbols for this Full Moon caution us to consider whether our words match our own values or someone else’s, and to allow to come into form the new value paradigm that has been growing in each of us.

The Sabian Symbol for the Moon at 19 ° Scorpio is
A PARROT LISTENING AND THEN TALKING, REPEATS A CONVERSATION HE HAS OVERHEARD.

Commentary: ‘A Parrot’ is shown ‘Listening and Then Talking’. He ‘Repeats a Conversation He Has Overheard’. The ‘Parrot’ has the ability to mimic what’s being said and the various sounds that surround him. In esoteric symbolism, birds often symbolize spiritual forces.

Oracle: This Symbol often infers some level of spiritual channeling, as thoughts and words can sometimes appear to course through a person, especially if the “messages” seem to come from somewhere else. It can show someone who is receptive to the thoughts and ideas that are around, or in the environment, and can process the information to the point where it becomes their own. The ability to convey the facts or a message accurately and responsibly will be very important to the outcome. However, there is a need for caution with this Symbol. It can imply messages, talk or gossip that loses its integrity once it reaches someone who operates on an unconscious level. Translating things into different languages or repeating them can lead to things being either more understood or less. One needs to be accurate about what was actually said, and what was meant, before any misunderstandings take place. Look to the source of the information in this situation; is it reliable and was the original message understood in its entirety? Is this a “conscious” retelling of the story? Is what’s being said coming from the heart, or is it really not worth listening to? Also, this Symbol can show someone who expects instructions or orders to be followed without question.

Keywords: Transmitting information or knowledge. The need to integrate things into consciousness. Recorded messages. Answering and fax machines. Mumbling that is difficult to understand. Translators, birds, parrots, news reporters, gossips, stool pigeons. Telephone operators. Messages from strange places. Automated responses. The Caution: Rote responses that are ill considered. “Towing the party line” without having any opinion of your own. Going over the same territory. Losing true meaning through repetition. Repeating without knowing the real meaning or purpose. Meaningless banter. Tunnel vision. Gossiping. Missing the true essence of what’s being said. Not having a mind of one’s own. Brainwashing. Re-runs of the same old line. Broken records.

Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean. Baseball player Pedro Guerrero on reporters

INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each other what it would have been to the interpreter’s advantage for the other to have said. Ambrose Bierce

Accept your genius and say what you think. Ralph Waldo Emerson

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted then used against you. Bumper sticker

When you talk, you repeat what you already know; when you listen, you often learn something. Jared Sparks

The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old. Jean Kerr

Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said. Anon

The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. Josh Billings

The Sabian Symbol for the Sun at 19° Taurus is
A NEW CONTINENT IS RISING OUT OF THE OCEAN

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Commentary: The Symbol of ‘A New Continent Rising Out of the Ocean’ is a powerful image of new opportunities and a whole new sphere of operation. When a land mass emerges from the ocean – the ‘New Continent’ that is ‘Rising’ – there is usually some kind of eruption or disruption that precedes it. A whole field of activity is coming to light as this fresh, new arena of opportunity erupts.

Oracle: A ‘New Continent’ is ‘Rising Out of the Ocean’; it might feel as though it is coming out of nowhere, or from somewhere you didn’t expect, however things have probably been building up for some time. Perhaps you saw it coming, or maybe you weren’t aware that the changes you’re seeing would go as far as they have. One thing’s for sure: it is coming from somewhere deep within your emotional and spiritual development. There is a promise of rewards and brand new beginnings. However, this is only the beginning. There is much work to be done developing this possibility into something fertile and productive. Observe and learn from the new things that are erupting into conscious reality. You will, or you will have to, find that extra spark to create a brand new, original opportunity. What is possible, and what is not, will become more obvious as time goes on. You may feel a little alienated in this new ‘Continent’ or sphere of activity, but that’s only relative to the conditions of what it is that you’re leaving behind. There has probably been a recent period of throwing out things that haven’t worked, things that have cluttered up your life and have been in the way of your forward growth. What you’ve done or achieved in the past has led to this, but these new beginnings need to be met with a fresh sense of purpose, confidence and possibility.

Keywords: Enormous potentiality emerging. New trends and ways of being. Sudden eruptions of talent or fields of endeavor. The greenhouse effect and global warming. Atlantis and other ancient underwater cities. Evolution. Patience. Developing slowly but surely. Emerging generations of people. New environments. Things feeling suddenly foreign. The birth of a nation.

The Caution: Continually seeking “new worlds” rather than finding a place in the existing one. Not taking responsibility for the birth of the new. Not showing respect for the old or established.

One does not discover new continents without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Andre Gide

AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island. Ambrose Bierce

Today, the treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or seas – they are in the minds of men. Allen Claxton

I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall be, sooner or later, within the magic circle of the American union. William Seward

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. Henry David Thoreau

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