The Full Moon in Scorpio: A Lunar Reckoning

There are full moons that illuminate gently—soft lunar mirrors reflecting what has ripened. And then there are moons like this one, arriving with gravity and heat, inviting not just recognition, but confrontation. Scorpio doesn’t deal in surface gloss. It pulls us under. This full moon, positioned across from the Sun in Taurus, cracks open what’s been hidden: the undercurrents of desire, control, power, and vulnerability.

Full moons are moments of culmination. They bring light to what has been growing in shadow since the new moon two weeks prior. But in Scorpio, this illumination isn’t just about clarity—it’s about truth, the kind that unsettles before it frees. The moon here is in its fall, astrologically speaking. It’s not at home. The emotional body (moon) finds itself plunged into deep waters, asked to navigate intensity without the usual anchor of predictability.

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Taurus, by contrast, is solid ground. It…