Scorpio NEW MOON 2019  

By Tracy Cook

Where should my focus be during this next 29-day cycle? 

When we draft a chart for the new moon we can get a sense of the energy that will be up for processing for the next 29 days.  

Okay what is this cycle about?   When was the last time you were vulnerable?  Well, you are going to be it in spades this cycle.  All 28 days.   Did you know being vulnerable accesses power?  Yep.  It does.

Sabian symbol: 

PHASE 215 (SCORPIO 5°): A MASSIVE ROCKY SHORE RESISTS THE POUNDING OF THE SEA.

KEYNOTE: The inertia of all institutionalized procedures.

http://straightwoo.com/2016/01/15/sabian-symbols-scorpio-1-15/

Please note all times in Pacific.   

Scorpio New Moon 

4 Scorpio 25 

October 27

8:38pm PDT 

Scorpio New Moon is upon us and even if we don’t know much about astrology, we will ALL feel this 28- day lunar cycle.   We will feel it for a variety of reasons including its aspect with Uranus but more to the point we will feel it because that is how Scorpio talks to us—through our emotions.

Scorpio is one of the most misunderstood signs in the zodiac because it has a reputation for being scary.  Yes, it is scary but only because it is intense.   Yes, it is intense but only because it gives its all.  There is power in going deep.   When you watch a tall skyscraper being built it starts with a deep hole.  The deeper the hole the bigger the building.   Scorpio speaks to that hole.    Deep in that hole is power.   

Scorpio understands that every human has their own hole and that hole is vulnerability.    The problem is for many we have forgotten or disconnected from feeling vulnerable.   We cover up our vulnerability with all sorts of things, (money, beauty, family, friends, social circles) and that is all fine and good but never forget that the vulnerability is where the power lies—not the stuff we cover over it.   This new moon will remind us of our vulnerability.  

The new moon is at 5 degrees of Scorpio and opposing Uranus at 5 degrees of Taurus.  Uranus is the great disruptor planet and is associated with innovation and chaos.   He comes into a room and brings all these brilliant ideas.   He also walks into a room and pulls the rug out sending everything flying.   He is the shock planet!   Given Uranus is in Taurus a lot of this chaos could center around money, banking, investments, real estate and things that felt ‘solid’.    Of course, Scorpio rules sex, taxes, joint finances, legal matters and death with rebirth.    These are all intense matters and we could feel shaken or shocked.    Some people who do not get rattled easily could find themselves just ‘off’ and unsure of themselves these 28 days.   

At the same time Uranus is shaking us up we have Mercury turning retrograde all in Scorpio, so our thinking is up for change.  

Mercury Retrograde 

October 31, 8:41am PDT 

27 Scorpio 38

Mercury Direct 

November 20, 11:11am PST 

11 Scorpio 35

How perfect that this Mercury retrograde arrives on Halloween because it a bit of a Boo!  

Mercury retrogrades can be a fumble bumble time even in the relaxed signs.  But Mercury retrograde in Scorpio is as intense as one can imagine.    Our thinking can be dark, we can feel very far away from our goals.   It is a black and white energy were we find our language is “Everyone, no one, all, none, up, down, in and out”  It is an extreme language.   Like an insect who uses his feelers to find his bearings.  We use our extreme language to find our way--- what would normally be, “I’m tired” is now; “I’m exhausted.”   We hear others speak in extreme as well.   What does it mean to be exhausted instead of just tired?   Why are we so drained?   Are we doing something that we have outgrown but need our feelings to show us?   Are we ‘dead broke’ rather than ‘money is tight’?  Are we furious instead of angry?   Watch your thinking and communication.  What are your words telling you about what is going on inside you on a deep level?    Where are you feeling, ‘do or die’? 

Again, Scorpio rules loans, taxes, inheritance, legal matters, law & order, blood, sex, death and rebirth.  Not particularly light topics.  It also rules plumbing.   The analogy of a rusty pipe bursting in a wall is perfect Mercury retrograde in Scorpio. What yucky stuff was going on in that pipe for many years?  

With three weeks of Mercury retrograde we will be aware of rusty thinking that needs to be replaced.  

The last time we had a Mercury retrograde take place completely in the sign Scorpio was fall of 2013.   What hurdles appeared during that time?  Is there a connection to now?    

Of course, there will be technical snafus.    Of course, we will be down to one last nerve and someone will be standing on it.    Watch the snaps.  

It is important to remember that Scorpio is a water sign and therefore water must flow.   Our emotions may get our attention and they may be extreme but they can also shift easily if we let them flow.   There is power in the feeling and the releasing.    Three weeks of strong emotions going through us and shifting our thinking will result in a freshness by the time Mercury is direct.    That new energy and thinking will be empowering and well worth whatever struggles come up between now and then.   Remember to breathe and the statement, “This too shall pass.” 

Mars - Saturn 

Scorpio’s original ruling planet is Mars and in the new moon chart Mars is in a very tight square with Saturn.   This 28 day cycle, actions feel thwarted, it feels hard to get anything going.   It’s as if the world is saying, ‘You want me to do ______ , then make me do it”.    Things take more effort.  And given we have the Mercury retrograde it seems everything is slowed down.  Way down.    This can be very frustrating but at the same time perhaps the slow movement speaks to learning something along the way.   Maybe more knowledge comes from a slower process.  We get bits of information that explain the situation in a fuller light that we would not have understood with a quick resolution.    Patience is important and it is super hard to be patient while also being vulnerable.   Let things unfold, stay vigilant with what is important to you.   

Mercury- Venus – A gift 

While the chart highlights a disruptive Uranus and a thwarted Mars, there is a gentleness we receive from Mercury and Venus who are in conjunction.   There is some loving component speaking to our brains and communication.   Perhaps we find comfort with loved ones who are going through their own vulnerabilities.    We find compassion in others because we see ourselves.  There is depth in that common connection that strengthens us even while feeling vulnerable.  Also, there is the gift of intuition.   Mercury conjunct Venus in Scorpio have the ability to go deep and connect to a world that can’t be seen but is felt.  The Woo Woo world.    It is not like Pisces Woo where we are walking down the street and suddenly are hit with the urge to see an old friend and next thing you know that person is standing at the magazine rack.   In Scorpio, it is a depth finding Woo.  Where we deliberately get quiet, get deep and connect to the information our soul and psyche need.  We do the work and get connected.    This may be one of the gifts of Mercury retrograde is finding a deliberate path to connect to our mystical side. 

In conclusion: 

What do we do when we feel vulnerable?  Do we lose our way?  Do we become more controlling?  Do we fall into a heap of mess?   Do our addictions kick up?  What if we do all of the above?   The response and path is up to us.   It is impossible to have one answer because the blood that runs in you or me that carries all the DNA of our ancestors speaks to us individually.   Are we fixing some great wrong in our ancestral lines?  Are we accessing a gift that we didn’t know we had in our arsenal? All of this is found only when we are vulnerable.     We should not fear it but let it flow through us.   There is power in accessing these deep emotions and moving forward.   There is power in death and rebirth.   

I will be slogging though this process just like you and I welcome to see that new you with my new me at Sag New Moon!  

During the month check out my blog 

http://tracyastrosalon.blogspot.com

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The 8 phases

October 27, 2019 

4 Scorpio 25 

8:38pm PDT 

New moon: Plant seeds, make calls, activate, start projects.   Activate something that will ideally lead you to more.  This is the phase where INTENT is critical.  Even if the results are not immediate, the intent is there.  You may not have all the answers or road map but you should put out your Intent.

This focus:  How are you accessing your vulnerability?   What deep powerful emotions are churning in you?  How can those emotions speak to a new way of accessing power?  How are you cleaning out your emotional house?  How are your extreme feelings showing you that there are things that need to die so something new can be reborn?   

Special focus:

10/28: Sun oppose Uranus : New practical application of finding power & transformation.  Controlling new does not work.  Let it unfold. 

10/30: Mercury conjunct Venus: Sensitive thinking & kind communication.  

Crescent Moon Phase

October 31, 2019

6:41am PDT  

Crescent:  We will receive information, we will research a bit more, perhaps get feedback on stuff that we planted on new.  Perhaps get some information that will help down the road on a seed we planted a while ago.  We can collect some data now.  Even if you think you are not getting information, stop, and re-look at everything. Who called you?  Even the silliest things, when they come up during Crescent are note worthy.  A parking ticket?  An argument with a spouse?  A refund check from the phone company?  All of it needs to be considered a message from the universe.  How can this information help you?

Focus on: What information are you learning about education?  What are you learning about things that seem ‘foreign’?  What are you learning about your belief system?  What are you learning about your ability to broaden your view?  How has your vulnerability speaking to you about broadening your world? 

Special Focus

10/31: Mercury retrograde  27 Scorpio 38 8:41am PDT (see above)

First Quarter Moon 

November 4, 2019

2:22am PST 

First quarter: We do more actions based on the information that we just received. Or we feel our instincts guide us on something.  We pursue again.  We make another call or we see someone. We mail something.  We stir the pot again.  This can be a time when we realize that the goals we planted on New need more action from us, perhaps actions that involve breaking away.   Are there people who say they have our best interest in heart but fear us growing away from them?  Maybe we need to get help from others not the usual suspects.  Some independence may need to be exerted. 

Focus on:  What actions can you take on your goals that need support through your circle of friends?  What actions are you taking that speak to the like minded groups?   What are you learning about vulnerability with friends? 

Special Focus:

11/5: Mars Square Pluto. Explosive power. Warring over power.  Warring over what is ‘fair vs not fair’. 

Gibbous Moon

November 8, 2019

5:29am PST   

Gibbous:

We refine our information.  We pick and choose, we discriminate, and we organize to be ‘Virgo’ like.  We sort through details.  Have we missed something?  How are we sifting through the information?  Go back and make sure something hasn’t been neglected.  Refine our actions.  

Focus on:  How are you refining your self purpose?  How are you refining YOU?  How are you refining personal will power?  How are you refining your ability to be a leader?   

Special focus

11/8 Sun Trine Neptune . Deep profound sense of faith and spirit. The great unknown is experienced if for a brief moment.  

11/11: Sun conjunct Mercury.  Reviewing empowerment.   Where does it come from?  How can it be obtained. 

Full Moon Phase

November 12, 2019

5:34am   PST

19 Taurus 51  

Full Moon:  We make the needed adjustments on the things we planted. Usually emotions are up and running and for those people who perhaps did not utilize the new moon and the rest of the waxing moon, this is when emotions can get the better of us.  There can often be a big emotional break, for no other reason than to get back on track.   Some partnership will offer up some balance.  The moon is bright and full and there is no room for shadows, what is reflecting on you?  

Focus on:  

What is going on with your money?  What is going on with your earning?  What is going on with your property?  What is going on with your real estate?  What is going on with your ability to be super practical?  

Go to blog for full moon report. 

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Special focus 

11/13: Mercury trine Neptune.  Thoughts about power and redemption.  Faith and creativity.  Thoughts of reborn.  

11/14: Venus square Neptune.  Disconnected from personal love while looking for humanity love.  Both are important even if hard. 

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Disseminating

November 15, 2019 

11:54pm    PST

Disseminating: Share information; find a teacher or someone who has more knowledge. Perhaps there was a big ol’ blow out on the full and one feels in need of support and help, this is the phase to reach out to one who knows more. This is when we find a rabbi or a minister or therapist who gives us more insight.   And of course, you too may be ready to teach and share your own information.  

Focus on:  How are you sharing your family?  How are you sharing your comforting nature?  How are you sharing your cozy?   

Special focus:

11/18: Mars enters Scorpio 

Last Quarter Moon Phase

November 19, 2019 

1:10pm PST 

Last Quarter moon:  Now we do the final adjustments to the seeds we planted on new. The final call, the final letters to send, we follow all the trails that came up that still make sense.  And we let the other parts lay fallow. It is a time of action but wise action.  It is a time for living  “The serenity prayer” 

God, grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change Courage to change the
things I can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.

Focus on:

How is your vulnerability expressing itself through your creativity?  How is your vulnerability expressing itself through your self -confidence?  What actions can you do that are both vulnerable and show strength?   

Special Focus:

11/20: Mercury stations direct 11 Scorpio 35 (see above)

11/22: Sun enters Sagittarius 

Balsamic Moon Phase

November 22, 2019  

10:13pm PST

Balsamic:   We let go.  By releasing we can prepare for the new.  

Focus on How are you releasing wishy washy?  How are you releasing imbalance?  How are you releasing too much negotiations?  

Special Focus:

11/24: Venus conjunct Jupiter. Big money.  Big joy. Big values.  Rewards! 

11/24: Mars oppose Uranus.  Novelty and innovation versus controlling and fear.    Where is the new practical way to transform?  

11/25: Venus enters Capricorn 

Sagittarius New Moon November 26, 2019 7:05am