Scorpio Dark Moon

Molly Hall, About.com

Scorpio Dark Moon

Friday November 13, 2009

These days before the New Moon in Scorpio have a powerful undertow. They send us into our own soul depths. Scorpio pulls us into the shadows. And that's where we find our "demons"...fears, resentments, obsessions, deep wounds and private rages. The promise of Scorpio is that we can be masters of the dark, and transform what's toxic. We can even find the seeds for something new there. The journey through personal darkness takes patience, courage, surrender, faith, forgiveness and love. The dark and total magic of Scorpio makes this particular New Moon so very powerful.

It's made more potent, with Scorpio's ruler Pluto coming into a square to Saturn (in Libra) on Saturday (the 15th). This drastic slow moving mash up is likely to be demanding of a higher level of ethics, especially with those in powerful positions. It means we have to come clean with what drives us. The Scorpio New Moon allows us each to check our motives, and root out any of own places where we're morally careless. This especially shows up now in relationships, where power games can have explosive consequences.

In a "heads up" recently, James Gilliland of ECETI.org wrote that with such craziness afoot these days, we each have to master our own dark side, not just the light. He wrote, "The old Cherokee tale about two wolves fighting inside one is white and focused on love, joy, bliss and cooperation the other dark focused on selfishness, judgment, anger, separation, competition etc is being played out. The one that wins is the one you feed. If a large percentage of your thoughts are focused on fear, separation and againstness you are feeding the dark wolf." The pressures of the Saturn-Pluto square, will likely intensify and expose whatever has been driving you. It's wise, then, to be careful about which beasts you're nurturing.

When you know your own shadows, there's nothing to fear by looking within. You are less vulnerable to manipulation by outside forces that play on your emotions. And when you've integrated something huge and scary, like an old wound, it becomes a felt part of your character. You carry that wisdom with you, and you can show others the way out of the dark. So this New Moon is a time when true magic can happen, the kind of deep healing that alters your internal psychic landscape. It seems off to say "enjoy" these days of the dark. I'll just say I hope it's rich and transformative for you! The New Moon is exact on Monday, November 16th at 2:44 pm EST.

•New Moon in Scorpio (themes)
•New Moon Rituals

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