Embracing Transformation: Understanding the Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio
A potent Lunar Eclipse is happening in the sign of Scorpio on May 5th, bringing themes of death, destruction, rebirth and healing.
Moon is in its fall in this sign, and with Uranus opposing this lunar event, there is potential for unexpected events to happen. Mars, the traditional ruler of Scorpio, is in its fellow water sign of Cancer, where it is in its detriment. There is no using brute force and aggression to blast your way through the icky eclipse season.
Pluto, the modern ruler of Scorpio, is retrograde in Aquarius. It would be an understatement to say that the mood of the cosmos is bloody transformative.
Eclipses bring fated events that you necessarily don’t have control over. They are when the cosmos pushes and aligns you to your true path. It lets you clean out what’s holding you back and align yourself with your real calling. These nudges can come in the form of some destruction. Destruction can be subtle, like a habit change or massive, like moving to another country. It can be positive, like changing a job to a better-paying job or harsh, like being fired. Period.
This eclipse is happening in Scorpio on the Taurus degree and in Taurus season on the Scorpio-Taurus Nodal Axis. Immense importance is placed on Taurus’ themes of stability, security, and pleasure and Scorpio’s themes of intense feelings, diving deep into the subconscious and connecting with our inner self.
The shadow of Taurus is too rigid, hesitant to change, obsessed with finding a sense of security with the material, and refusing to let go. The shadow of Scorpio is blocking out the inner psyche to avoid feeling any of the complex feelings, resistance to diving deep into the inner world due to fear of not knowing what exists in there, avoiding any transformational work by picking non-relevant things to be obsessed with and refusing to let go.
The common thing that both are trying to teach us is “Surrendering”. Taurus focuses on the physical, i.e., surrendering and not focusing on material wealth as your primary source of security and stability. Scorpio is focused on surrendering and diving deep into the dark waters of your subconscious to ensure that you’re not giving your power away through old programming and that unprocessed emotions are not running you.
The only way is through. Only once we know our shadow can we begin to heal it and integrate it within us. Do not judge yourself for being too emotional, too rigid, too fearful or for placing your power outside yourself. Remember that anything that triggers you shows you what needs healing so you can tend to it.
These changes, albeit too quick and too painful, will only give you massive returns in the coming months, way more than you can imagine! See where you can claim your power, embrace your inner world, embrace tough emotions, and surrender deeper with a strong inner knowing that no matter what happens, the universe has your back.