The Flower Moon of 2025. a Full Moon in Scorpio May 12
This Full Flower Moon in the Zodiac sign Scorpio occurs on May 12 2025 at 18:56 GMT + 1. A full moon on 22 degrees. The nature of this Full Moon in water sign Scorpio is in opposition with the Sun and Uranus in grounded sensual earth sign Taurus and the full moon in emotional water sign Scorpio. Creating a dynamic tension between our need for security, comfort, and stability (Taurus) and Scorpio's drive for depth, transformation, and emotional honesty.
In this article I will take you with me on the journey within as this full moon is in a water sign. We can expect an emotional full moon. The energies can be felt a week before the full moon occurs on Sunday. That what came up for you this week comes to a culminating point on Sunday May 12. A full moon in Scorpio is a release of something that no longer serves you. It is useful to take a look at you natal chart and check if there were any aspects to your natal planets in order to understand on a deeper level what this full moon means for you. What you need to move through and which events that occur in your world correspond to your personal soul journey story.
Understanding the core underlying energies
Scorpio's Realm: Scorpio is an intensely emotional water sign ruled by Pluto (modern ruler) and Mars (traditional ruler). It delves into the depths of our psyche, exploring themes of power, intimacy, sexuality, death and rebirth, secrets, and the hidden aspects of ourselves and others. It’s a sign that isn't afraid of the dark and seeks to uncover the truth, no matter how uncomfortable.
Taurus Sun: the time of the year where we plant our seeds and see the flowers bloom. The start of the farmer season that asks us for a steady and consistent routine. To stay grounded in the physical experience of the senses. To be in your body. Taurus apreciates the tangible and material. Prefers comfort and material security over emotional security.
The 22nd Degree: Numerologically, the number 22 is considered a Master Number, associated with building, manifesting dreams, and a higher purpose. Combined with the intensity of Scorpio, this degree suggests a powerful potential for tangible transformation and the manifestation of deep-seated desires, provided we are willing to face our shadows.
What to Expect and How to Navigate
This Full Moon in Scorpio can bring a variety of experiences and challenges. Here some practical tips to help you navigate this particular full moon:
1. Emotional Depth and Intensity:
What to Expect: Emotions may feel heightened and more intense than usual. Long-buried feelings, secrets, or unresolved issues may surface, demanding your attention. You might experience a stronger need for emotional intimacy and a discomfort with superficiality.
How to Navigate: Allow yourself to feel your emotions without judgment. Create a safe space for processing these feelings, whether through journaling, talking to a trusted friend, or engaging in creative expression. Avoid suppressing or ignoring what arises, as this can lead to greater turmoil later.
2. Power Dynamics and Control:
What to Expect: Issues related to power, control, and manipulation in your relationships (personal and professional) may come into focus. You might become more aware of power imbalances or your own tendencies to control or be controlled.
How to Navigate: Examine the power dynamics in your life honestly. Are you giving your power away? Are you trying to exert undue control over others? This Full Moon invites you to reclaim your personal power in healthy ways and to establish more balanced and authentic connections.
3. Transformation and Letting Go:
What to Expect: Scorpio is the sign of transformation, and this Full Moon amplifies this energy. You may feel a strong urge to release what no longer serves you – old patterns, limiting beliefs, toxic relationships, or stagnant situations. Endings may occur, making space for new beginnings.
How to Navigate: Embrace the process of letting go, even if it feels uncomfortable. Recognize that endings are often necessary for growth. Focus on what you want to create in the future and be willing to release the past to make space for it.
4. Unveiling Secrets and Truths:
What to Expect: The penetrating gaze of Scorpio seeks the truth beneath the surface. Secrets may be revealed, and hidden agendas may come to light. You might find yourself more intuitively aware of what is really going on in situations.
How to Navigate: Be open to receiving new information, even if it challenges your current understanding. Practice discernment and trust your intuition. Strive for honesty in your own interactions and be mindful of the information you share with others.
5. Intimacy and Vulnerability:
What to Expect: Your need for deep connection and intimacy may be heightened. You might crave more authentic and vulnerable interactions with those you care about. Superficial connections may feel unsatisfying.
How to Navigate: Be willing to be vulnerable and authentic in your relationships. Communicate your needs for intimacy and connection. This Full Moon can be a powerful time to deepen bonds with others through honest and heartfelt sharing.
Meditation Practices for the Full Moon in Scorpio
The potent energy of the Full Moon in Scorpio provides a powerful backdrop for introspective meditation. Often you need to be silent and in solitude to see the patterns more clearly. Here are some ideas to help you work with this specific lunar phase in your practice:
1. Shadow Work Meditation:
Focus: Gently explore the hidden or unacknowledged aspects of yourself – your "shadow."
Practice: Find a comfortable position and close your eyes. Bring your awareness to your breath. As you inhale and exhale, invite any uncomfortable feelings, thoughts, or memories that arise to the surface without judgment. Visualize these aspects as parts of yourself that are seeking understanding and integration. Ask yourself: "What is this part of me trying to show me?" Offer these parts compassion and acceptance. Visualize them being bathed in the gentle light of the Full Moon, allowing for healing and integration.
2. Release and Transformation Meditation:
Focus: Consciously releasing what no longer serves you and visualizing transformation.
Practice: Sit or lie down comfortably. Visualize the Full Moon in Scorpio shining its intense light upon you. Bring to mind any situations, relationships, beliefs, or patterns you wish to release. With each exhale, imagine these things dissolving and moving away from you, carried away by the lunar energy. Then, visualize the space you've created being filled with new, positive energy and possibilities. Imagine yourself transforming into a more empowered and authentic version of yourself, bathed in the silvery light of the Moon.
3. Deep Emotional Connection Meditation:
Focus: Exploring your deepest emotions and connecting with your inner truth.
Practice: Find a quiet space and settle into a meditative posture. Focus on your heart space. Imagine a deep well of emotions within you. Allow yourself to gently explore these feelings without judgment, like observing the still surface of a deep lake. Feel the intensity of your emotions but also the underlying strength and resilience. Connect with your inner knowing, your intuition, and the deepest truths within your heart. Visualize the Full Moon illuminating this inner landscape, bringing clarity and understanding to your emotional world.
4. Power Center Activation Meditation:
Focus: Reclaiming your personal power and connecting with your inner strength.
Practice: Sit with a straight spine. Bring your awareness to your root chakra, located at the base of your spine. Visualize a deep red, grounding energy radiating from this center. With each inhale, draw this powerful energy up through your body. As you exhale, feel it anchoring you and strengthening your sense of self. Visualize the Full Moon in Scorpio empowering this energy, helping you to stand in your truth and reclaim your personal power in healthy and authentic ways. Kundalini yoga practise for example. Osho works a lot with this energy.
5. Your creative center
Focus: connecting to your creativity or creative expression
Practise: The Taurus Scorpio access to me has very much to do with the nature of creation, our creation. The area that helps us express our creative potential. The part of the body called sacral chakra, svadhisthana. You can call it sexual energy but I see it as our creativity center. How creative do you feel and should this be toned down a bit or the opposite and should it be rebalanced and stimulated more so you feel more alive and creative?
For example I noticed that a regular dance practise on music that I love makes me feel more alive. The energy in my body starts flowing and my creativity expressed through the taurus energy improves. A daily meditation practise can help you to observe what happens from a distance wether it is your emotions, your thoughts or situations.
Remember: Be gentle with yourself during this powerful emotion packed Full Moon. Allow the process to unfold naturally, and trust your inner wisdom to guide you through this time of intense transformation and profound emotional insight. This Full Moon in Scorpio offers a potent opportunity to delve into your depths, release what no longer serves you, and emerge with a renewed sense of power and authenticity.
Take care and reflection is key to understanding your reality while Pluto is retrograde.