Welcome to the Scorpio Full Moon. It’s the time in the lunar calendar when the spotlight is on our deepest emotions. As a water sign, Scorpio teaches us about intimacy and vulnerability. It’s also where we meet our fears, our shadow, and our psyche. The full moon is exact on April 26, 2021 at 11:31 pm EDT, 7 degrees Scorpio/Taurus. That’s 8:31 pm Los Angeles, 4:31 am London, 5:31 am Johannesburg, 1:31 pm Sydney, and 3:31 pm Auckland.
Full moons demand attention. They can create a sense of immediacy and urgency. Something requires us to take action. Under the light of the full moon, we see something for what it is. That’s why full moons can correspond with life changing moments and decisions, especially when the energy of the full moon is especially charged.
And here we are, it’s a Scorpio Full Moon, a sign that isn’t exactly light and easy. No, it’s a sign that shows us things we don’t want to look at. It’s secrets and taboo. It’s the experiences that make us feel raw and uncomfortable … or bracingly alive.
I tell people, if the zodiac is the wheel of life, then there has to be a place for death. I know the D word makes people uneasy and that’s not to say that this full moon is about literal death, but rather those moments in life when we have to metaphorically die in order to be reborn.
We’ve all been in those situations. We feel stuck. We’re holding onto dead weight. We’re resisting necessary changes. There’s a well of emotions that we’re denying.
Here comes the Scorpio Full Moon. It’s time to face ourselves. With Pluto turning retrograde in Capricorn, too, we’re getting a non-negotiable reminder that we need to transform.
This full moon is also part of a greater story, one that’s not just been unfolding over the last four, five months, but over the past few years. And it’s important to see how this full moon is merely a punctuation in this greater story.
Think back to May 2018, March 2019. Those were the dates when Uranus first entered Taurus, which is the sign opposite of Scorpio. If Scorpio is the emotional unknown, then Taurus puts us right back on solid ground. It’s the sign of stability and security. But here’s the thing. Uranus is anything but stable. It’s the planet of awakenings and shakeups. It wants us to evolve, often by turning everything upside down.
This is something we’ve been navigating since 2018, 2019, this radical shift in how we connect to all things Taurus — food, money, shelter, stability, security, and the earth beneath our feet.
Today’s Scorpio Full Moon at 7 degrees falls opposite Uranus in Taurus. The full moon wants us to get uncomfortable and shake things up. It wants to challenge our values and get us to radically reconsider what we’re attached to. With Mars, the ruler of the full moon, in Cancer, this also means radically reconsidering what we’re emotionally attached to, the things we nostalgically hold onto, even though it’s time to let them go.
Although Mars is in a supportive trine to the full moon, which means that this process of letting go and reconsidering our values may be easier than not, Mars makes a square to Chiron in Aries. As a result, an old pain point is getting pressed. Will we have the courage and bravery to take action, move forward, and let things go? Maybe it isn’t so easy after all because whatever we’re feeling now has deep roots in the past.
The other story we’re navigating with this full moon is Saturn square Uranus, two planets pushing and pulling at the tectonic plates of our lives this year. If we’ve been feeling the strain, feeling like we have one foot in a new life while the other is in an old one, both going in different directions, then this full moon is a call to make powerful decisions about the future.
New beginnings require us to let go of the old, even the things we may feel very attached to. New beginnings require courage and bravery to step out into the unknown. The also require plans, goals, and a vision of the future. Thankfully Saturn’s in Aquarius for that.
While this full moon has received a lot of anxious mentions from other astrologers, for good reason, again, we can’t forget that it’s part of a larger story of transformation and change. Whatever happens this week has already been unfolding since 2018, 2019.
Just be true to yourself. Make sure you’re valuing your needs, both emotional and physical. Be willing to challenge yourself and make yourself uncomfortable, all in the name of growth. Shake up old systems and create new ones. And don’t let yourself be imprisoned by anyone else’s expectations. Uranus in Taurus wouldn’t want it any other way.