Entry: Thursday December 10th at 8:58pm EST / Friday December 11th at 1:58am UTC.
Departure: Saturday December 12 at 9:39pm EST / Sunday December 13th at 2:39am UTC.
Moon in Scorpio: Fall of the Moon. This is a very challenging placement. The whole world feels a little unsteady. It is difficult to accomplish anything or get anything done. Difficult emotions will continue to arise, and it may be easy to fall into an emotional hole or get stuck in a rut. However, Scorpio Moons are good times to take a pause from work and do introspection, especially into one’s own shadow and the darker parts of the personality that one would rather ignore.
Triplicity and Quadruplicity: Fixed Water. Fixedness indicates prolonged activities and an overall steadiness people’s moods. The Moon in fixed signs makes activities more stable and their duration longer. The water element emphasizes the emotional and inner life, and people tend to prioritize their own inner states and unconsciousness patterns. The atmosphere takes a very reflective tone.
Moon’s ruler: The Moon is averse to her ruler Mars, but this is mitigated by the homozonias or like-engirding relationship they have in virtue of being in signs of the same rulership. Mars provides support to the Moon in a hidden way.
Relationship to the Sun: The Moon is averse to the Sun in Sagittarius. This is a neutral relationship. The outer world, environment, and circumstances will not get in your way, but it will not overtly help you either.
Aspects
Conjunction to Venus in Scorpio. Very strong potential for aid from friends and allies. The muses will speak and the arts will flourish. The detriment-status of Venus could make people’s ulterior motives and personal agendas dominate as opposed to mere aid for the sake of aid. This can also be a good time to explore difficult feelings and emotions with other people.
Superior Sextile to Jupiter in Capricorn. The square from the previous period has resolved into a sextile, and any tension brought up during the previous period from this aspect could resolve as well. This brings moderate support from teachers and authority figures. Financial trouble can sort itself out. There will be a moderate upliftedness to the Moon and the emotional capacities here, which would generally not be present with the Moon in Scorpio.
Superior Sextile to Saturn in Capricorn. The square from the previous period has resolved into a sextile, and any tension brought up during the previous period from this aspect could resolve as well. You may see the value behind some difficult lessons you were learning in the previous period. You may find difficult experiences coming up that will thwart your agenda or sidetrack you, but they will be minor at best and easily turned into something helpful to you.
Summary: The Scorpio Moon is a famously bad time to try and make anything happen or be productive. However, this is the best time we have to go inward. The conjunction to Venus will help with interpersonal communication, and the two sextiles from Jupiter and Saturn will provide some semblance of external help as well, especially from the kinds of people you look up to and admire. Some of these lessons will be easy, some hard, but they will both ultimately be in your best interest. Mars as her ruler in Aries ensures that you can make long-lasting, permanent results now. As far as Scorpio Moon periods go, this one is fairly positive for doing inner, reflective work, especially in tandem with other people. So long as you focus more on the emotional/spiritual and less on the material and practical, you can go far during this period.
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