Wendy Cicchetti

Scorpio New Moon

The Scorpio New Moon encourages going deeper, to find answers to problems we might normally try to push away. Or at least it allows enough space and courage to face what may otherwise seem too unpleasant or hard to fathom. In the general run of life, maybe we don’t have sufficient time for in-depth research, but this New Moon helps to clear the way.

What empowers us may well be the ability to bring something to light from the dark, where we were previously burdened through holding on to secret information or hidden feelings. The Sabian symbol associated with 10 Scorpio, which encompasses the position of the Sun and Moon, is described in Dane Rudhyar’s An Astrological Mandala (Random House, 1973, p. 197) as: “A fellowship supper reunites old comrades.” In his expanded explanation, Rudhyar highlights “the essential nature of the bond that unites individuals who have participated in some common activity” and “the social feeling of communion.” Ultimately, the focus falls on a group-personality “that gives birth to collective emotions and values.” Rudhyar also stresses “the importance of establishing or strengthening links with those with whom one has shared, or can share, living experiences.”

It may be time for us to reconnect with people from our past with whom we share similar values, or with whom we have gone through common experiences together. There we may find a sense of fellowship and comradeship that prevents us from feeling alone with particular issues or challenges. Knowing that where we have landed is not an isolated outcome could make all the difference to how we cope in the future. Likewise, if we are going through a situation that is new to us and quite challenging, it might be beneficial to seek out a support group, among others undergoing a similar experience. In this environment, we may feel held, supported, and surprisingly at home.

There are, of course, occasions when we have no idea that someone is going through a similar experience, and it is only by owning up to some of our own realities and challenges that we witness another person’s related story emerging. Perhaps the precise details will not match exactly, but the overall life challenge and/or the experience of particular emotions and values could revolve around common ground.

A reasonable example is where one person was talking about the problems of brain fog, which physical illness was causing for them; when they told a friend, the friend mentioned that they, too, suffered with this dilemma, only their brain fog was due to depressed feelings relating to a stressful family situation. The cause may not be common, but the resulting effect is similar, which also happened to be the case around the feelings of concern, anxiety, and frustration that it created. Yet, in sharing the information, both people felt a little more comforted and no longer alone with such deep feelings to cope with, on top of the complexities of experiencing the frustrations of brain fog in the first place.

The Scorpio Moon trines Saturn in Pisces, pointing to a need for stability and simplicity, which can often go hand in hand. If there are fewer options to take into account, attention is less scattered and the ship of life can be steered along a calmer, clearer course.

There are also times when Saturn refers to sheer hard work or effort. And it may be through a big work effort that we can manage to gain a sense of strength and stability, after being in a haze. As we become more focused on a particular task in hand, so the whole of our life seems a little more coherent, somehow.

As Saturn is the Lord of Time and Substance, we may be able to make better use of our hours, and feel that we are not wasting precious resources. The Moon is disposited by Mars in the last degree of Cancer, powerfully opposed by Pluto, its other dispositor, in Capricorn (Saturn’s sign). There is great potency in this planetary pairing if we can find the common ground between these planets, which may relate to energy and power balances. With any luck, we can let go of any potentially destructive impulses and allow positive energy and common goals to lead the way.

This article is from the Mountain Astrologer by Diana McMahon Collis