Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ Apr 23, 2024

artist: Danial Ryan

Tuesday, Apr 23 🦂 5:49 pm CDT

We haven’t had a regular (non-eclipse, non-supermoon) full moon in Scorpio since 2019! This will be the first moon phase of Taurus Season 2024.

The April full moon is called the Pink Moon 🌸 It also marks Lunar Beltane 🌸 Luna rises at sunset, peaks at midnight, and sets at sunrise all over the world ~

Sun and moon oppose one another in solid Taurus and enigmatic Scorpio: the axis of all that can be seen versus all that cannot. Together these constellations rule, among other things: finance, inheritance, property, taxes, and material possessions. Taurus and Scorpio narrate tangibles and intangibles, form and dissolution of form, conscious thought and subconscious desire, straight paths and winding staircases.

The scorpion journey is inescapable and irreversible. The Full Moon in Scorpio takes us beyond fear, like a tidal wave ripping us out by the roots, carrying us, screaming and naked and bewildered, over a waterfall of change and pain and joy and more change.

Taurus is simpler. She represents home, security, & nourishment. She nurtures our bodies and gardens. Taurus is here to work (briefly), then it’s time to beautify, eat, make love, relax, and curl up in a mountain of blankets and cats.

The Full Moon in Scorpio takes us down to the lower chakras, like a submarine bubbling in a mysterious sea. Scorpio slinks through total darkness, through tombs and invisible oceans. She inquires, probes, grips. She is a winged creature, clawing her way out of a chrysalis that has become much too small.

When astrologers talk about Scorpio, power and control are common buzzwords. It’s true, Scorpio is very much tied to these dynamics. The essence of Scorpio, however, is really about learning to trust ourselves and, in so doing, harnessing our power. It’s about will power & self-control. So trust yourself, shadow and all. Forgive yourself.

At this full moon a few years ago, I attended a workshop in Iceland with the Dutch “Ice Man,” Wim Hof. In a giant conference room in a convention center on the Reykjavík seashore, 450 attendees breathed together, ascending to a state of joy and lightness.

This was a preparation for the ice bath. We began chanting HU! HA! HU! HA! HU! HA! Our voices filled the vaulted room and turned to raucous laughter, then tears of joy. Together we moved outside, chanting and yelling and cheering, and together we sat in the ice baths, making soul-piercing eye contact. I spontaneously started singing and chanting deep notes and one by one the others joined me.

What I learned on this unforgettable day is the power of inner fire. This is the nature of the scorpion: at once cold as ice and hot as Mars; pure blood and adrenaline, pure fire-ice.

It feels like…rain clouds and sizzling sun, black smoke and dancing fire, merging and emerging, spark and glow, conflict and fervor, change and adaptation.

It feels like…deep dark hot water bubbling up from the center of the earth, holding and soothing the body, nourishing from the inside out, fear and pain draining away, energy and power flowing in.

***Heads up: Mercury will be retrograde at this time***

This is going to be an intense full moon with Luna forming a hard square to Pluto in Aquarius. Emotions will be running very high. Super intense but ultimately cathartic if we can move beyond fear and/or rage. Collectively we have to move through the dark shit. Stay cool out there. In meditation, focus on the solar plexus chakra. Weave your web with Scorpio Yoga. To find your personal moon sign, click here.

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