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This full Moon in Scorpio brings an incredible wave of energy that calls us to explore the depths of our inner world. As one of the year’s most powerful lunar moments, this full Moon guides us to tap into our innate traits as magicians and healers. We have the ability to shift our energy, transmute our emotions, and turn our challenges into wisdom. The Moon in Scorpio supports us in releasing old patterns while staying grounded in our values and creates opportunities for both personal and collective transmutation.
When is the Full Moon in Scorpio?
The Scorpio full Moon, also known as the flower Moon, takes place on May 12, 2025, at 9:57 am PT.
What is the Meaning of the Full Moon in Scorpio?
The sign of Scorpio and the upcoming full Moon are ruled by water and Pluto, creating the perfect environment to explore what lies beneath the surface of everyday awareness.
Scorpio strips away our masks and brings everything into sharp focus. During this Moon, we cannot hide from ourselves or others. Everything we’ve tried to ignore or push aside naturally rises to the surface. This includes emotions we’ve avoided, deep-seated beliefs we haven’t examined, and feelings we’ve projected onto others. Although this process might feel uncomfortable, it offers an incredible opportunity for growth.
The intensity of Scorpio stems from its ability to root us firmly in the present moment. Transformation starts with our willingness to explore beyond our conscious awareness and truly understand who we are at our core. By confronting what’s happening right now, we initiate change.
Looking at our unconscious patterns might feel challenging and unsettling, yet Scorpio reminds us that these hidden aspects influence us, whether we acknowledge them or not. We’re like puppets, controlled by the strings of our unconscious energies. When we face our deepest fears, triggers, beliefs, and patterns, we cut those strings and take back control of our lives.
The full Moon creates the ideal container for shadow work, inviting us to explore the hidden realms of our being. We gain clear vision into our subconscious where our shadows reside. These shadows manifest through our emotional reactions. When we find ourselves responding intensely to situations in the present moment, it’s often our shadows revealing themselves.
The Scorpio full Moon allows us to see our shadows with remarkable clarity. Its penetrating light illuminates the patterns and beliefs operating beneath our conscious awareness, bringing them into focus so we can work with them. Bringing these subconscious energies into our conscious mind helps us understand their origins and begins to transform their influence on our lives.
Scorpio’s profound wisdom teaches us that everything is energy waiting to be transmuted. Our shadows, though they might feel heavy or challenging, are simply energy in motion. Our conditioned patterns and limiting beliefs, no matter how deeply rooted they may seem, can shift and transform under this Moon’s powerful influence.
The key lies in our willingness to be present with what arises. When we settle into the current moment, allowing ourselves to truly feel and understand these shadow aspects, we open the door to transformation. Our triggers become teachers, showing us where healing wants to happen. Our emotional reactions serve as guideposts, leading us to the parts of ourselves asking for attention and love.
This full Moon supports us in exploring our inner landscape. It reminds us that through feeling and beginning to understand our shadows, we can release what no longer serves us. As we embrace this powerful inner work, we turn our shadows into strength and our wounds into wisdom.
The key to working with this Moon is embracing our feelings fully. We need to set aside our analytical minds and allow ourselves to experience our emotions without judgment. When we try to intellectualize our feelings, we extend their presence. When we slow down and look within, we create space for whatever needs to emerge from our depths.
Feel into your relationship with change and stability. Notice where you resist transformation out of fear and where you might be ready to grow in new directions. You’re supported in breaking free from limiting patterns and processing the emotional dimensions of change.
Nothing within us is fixed or permanent. Every pattern, belief, and shadow holds the potential for change. By exploring these depths and staying present with our experience, we unlock our innate ability to transform. This is the magic of Scorpio—the reminder that we can alchemize any energy when we’re willing to look within and feel deeply.
What the Full Moon in Scorpio and Sun in Taurus Mean for You
The full Moon in Scorpio brings a powerful dynamic as the Sun remains in Taurus, creating an opposition in the sky. Every astrological sign carries higher and lower frequencies. Full Moons illuminate them and help us explore how we align with each. Through this awareness, we can shift our patterns and vibrate at higher frequencies.
These signs work together beautifully by inviting us to ground and immerse ourselves fully in the present moment so as to release past pain and anxiety about the future. Taurus connects us to presence through our physical senses, while Scorpio leads us inward through emotional release. They each align us with universal rhythms in their unique way—Taurus through Earth connection and Scorpio through energetic connection. During this full Moon, we can experience our oneness with everything around us. This awareness opens us to the vastness of life and our own infinite potential.
Taurus and Scorpio also offer different yet complementary approaches to working with resources. Scorpio emphasizes energetic resources—the time needed for transformation, space for feeling, and courage for inner exploration. Taurus focuses on tangible support through physical space, external comfort, and nourishment for the body. Together, they provide tools for grounding our energy, moving through healing, and stepping into unknown territory.
The full Moon in Scorpio helps us understand how fear and insecurity might limit us. Our shadow holds unprocessed emotions, including those from childhood, that form the foundation of our unconscious reactions. It contains patterns from times when our conscious mind couldn’t process certain experiences. Our shadows often operates behind the scenes, subtly undermining our efforts. The lower frequencies of Scorpio and Taurus reveal how we disconnect from our power by placing it outside ourselves.
In Scorpio’s lower frequency, we might avoid feeling by distracting ourselves, leading to anxiety and obsession. We might find creative ways to dodge inner work, projecting our feelings onto others or ignoring our soul’s call for attention. Rather than facing our deepest fears and wounds with courage, we might turn away. We might doubt our intuition and seek external validation of our worth, perhaps becoming preoccupied with money, relationships, or status.
Similarly, Taurus’s lower frequency can manifest as material insecurity. We might fixate on possessions and finances, forgetting our inherent ability to create abundance through inner connection and creativity. We might abandon peace for preoccupation with external measures of success, adopting a scarcity mindset that disconnects us from the abundant nature of the universe.
Both signs’ shadow aspects relate to security, worth, and underlying fear. Through stillness and feeling, we can transform these patterns. When you notice yourself operating in these lower frequencies, consider this awareness a gift. Seeing your shadows takes tremendous courage, and recognizing these patterns is the first step toward change. The key is accepting where you are right now with compassion while knowing you have the power to shift.
If you’re experiencing Taurus’s lower vibrations around scarcity and material insecurity, take time each day to acknowledge the abundance already present in your life. Feel appreciation for the air you breathe, the ground beneath your feet, and the endless possibilities each moment brings. Connect with the outdoors and see that abundance is the natural state of the universe. Watch how trees effortlessly grow toward the sun, how flowers bloom without struggle, how rivers flow with ease. Let this remind you of your innate ability to create and receive abundance.
When Scorpio’s lower frequencies arise through avoidance or self-criticism, remind yourself that facing your shadows requires immense bravery. Give yourself permission to sit quietly and feel whatever emerges. Your emotions might flow through tears, laughter, or waves of sensation. Trust that feeling is the pathway through. Pour your heart onto journal pages, letting your truths emerge. Practice radical self-acceptance by embracing all parts of yourself, even the ones you’d rather hide. Give yourself the same compassion you’d give a dear friend.
Other Astrological Aspects Influencing the Full Moon in Scorpio
During the full Moon, which illuminates our way toward profound inner growth and radical breakthroughs, the Sun and Uranus come together in Taurus while the Moon in Scorpio stands in direct opposition to both. Uranus brings its revolutionary energy, shaking up our comfort zones and illuminating new possibilities we might have overlooked. The opposition between the Moon and this Sun-Uranus conjunction creates a dynamic tension that can spark unexpected revelations and insights.
While part of you might long for emotional depth and transformation (Moon in Scorpio), another part might resist change, seeking security and stability (Sun in Taurus). This push-pull energy serves a higher purpose—it creates the perfect conditions for breakthrough moments. You might awaken to different perspectives about your resources, values, and self-worth. You might experience sudden clarity about patterns that have kept you feeling stuck or limited. When you feel both the desire for change and the comfort of staying the same, you’re able to make conscious choices about your path forward.
Saturn in Pisces forms a harmonious trine with the full Moon in Scorpio, offering spiritual support for our emotional experience. Saturn brings structure and dedication to Pisces’ mystical waters, helping us ground our intuitive insights into practical action. This aspect reminds us that spiritual growth requires commitment and patience. It supports us in creating boundaries as we explore our emotional waters, ensuring we stay anchored while delving into our shadows. The Saturn trine strengthens our connection to our intuition while helping us stay grounded.
Mercury in Taurus also squares Pluto retrograde in Aquarius, intensifying our mental processes and communications. This aspect reveals truths about how we think about and express our values. With Pluto retrograde, we’re called to revisit and revise our relationship with power, especially in how we communicate our needs and boundaries. This square might bring challenging conversations or internal revelations, but it serves our highest growth by bringing hidden thoughts and beliefs into awareness.
Explore our relationship with power and communication. The Mercury-Pluto square invites honest examination of how we express our truth and set boundaries. It might bring up challenging conversations, but these serve our growth and authenticity.
The flower Moon itself carries significance, reflecting the abundant blooming happening in nature. Just as flowers push through soil to reach the light, we’re supported in stretching toward our highest expression. Every flower must first grow strong roots in darkness before it can bloom.
Growth takes time. While Uranus might bring sudden insights or changes, Saturn reminds us that lasting transformation requires patience and dedication. Like flowers, we bloom in our own perfect timing.
Your Invitation
The full Moon’s influence spans about two days before and after the exact lunar peak. Allow yourself to feel fully during this time.
When emotions surface, sit with them and let them move through you. Journal about your feelings and what they reveal about yourself. Honor your emotional needs. If you need to release energy through movement or sound, allow it. If tears come, let them flow. Trust that any upheaval serves your highest growth.
Notice if you tend to reach for distractions when emotions arise—your phone, work, or other ways to avoid feeling. The full Moon in Scorpio invites you to choose differently. Stay present with your discomfort, summon your courage, and discover what’s holding you back. Also, be patient with others, as everyone feels this intense energy, whether they recognize it or not.
Remember, self-discovery isn’t about reaching perfection—it’s about understanding and integrating all aspects of yourself. Your shadows contain wisdom waiting to be uncovered. By facing them with courage and compassion, you prevent them from unconsciously directing your life.
Learn more about the full Moon in Scorpio, including additional astrological insights and journaling prompts, in the Scorpio Full Moon workbook, from which the above is excerpted. You can also learn how to release perfectionism and experience clarity, confidence, and calm, one moment at a time, with the Moment app.
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