ASTROLOGICAL NOTES: Written by Patricia Liles

Scorpio Full Moon Eclipse Sun in Taurus 5º ~ Moon in Scorpio 5º

Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 1:58 PM MDT (7:58 PM Greenwich Mean Time)

It's eclipse time! We are gifted with three eclipses in a row spanning Full Moon to Full
Moon. So much can be accomplished using these portal alignments with strong intention.
Expect an initial lunar eclipse at this Full Moon, a solar eclipse at New Moon May 9, and
another lunar eclipse at the next Full Moon on May 24. If we can stay grounded and on
center, this will truly push us onward and upward on our evolutionary path. If conscious
awakening is important to you, then this eclipse period is like a wise, old teacher
appearing at your doorstep. We are given the opportunity to be challenged by a master who
will engage us as deeply as we are willing to go and provide the lessons that will stretch
us and facilitate our growth and evolution. Cosmic energies are heightened during eclipse
because the Earth, Sun and Moon are coming into a perfect alignment. Here at the lunar
eclipse, the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon blocking the Sun's light from the
receptive Moon, and we see the Earth's shadow cross the face of the Moon. A recalibration
takes place, we realign our emotional bodies, our shadow material is made visible, a
sloughing off of the old can manifest.

Eclipses can occur near the North or the South node; this group occurs with the South node
(an inferior conjunction) and that emphasizes what we have brought in from the past and
where we need to release, surrender and forgive what has gone before. We are collectively
breaking the container of two thousand years of consciousness dominated by the will and
moving our focus to the heart where cooperation, support and connectivity are waiting to
pour into us.

This Full Moon and eclipse occur on the Taurus/Scorpio polarity. Our issues of physical
security and transformative power are brought to the fore. Venus rules Taurus, and in this
stubborn, yet loving fixed, earth sign she endows Taurus with the desire to illuminate the
senses and experience the pleasures of physical embodiment. The sensuous Goddess of Love
says, 'show me beauty; let me savor the sights, the flavors, the sounds, the smells, the
joys of incarnation. Let me gather around me those I value and love'. Self-esteem and
resources of all kinds fall under the rulership of Venus. Our financial and material
manifestations are under Venus' rulership. We've just recently passed through tax time, so
most of us have had to consider our material and monetary positions in detail. Pallas
Athena is within one degree of ruling Venus. Invoke Athena to bring you wisdom, strategy,
clear-sighted planning and skill to your material situation. With these two goddesses so
close to the Taurus south node we are able to eliminate our limited framing of personal
prosperity, break the old, restrictive container of havingness and expand into the flowing
river of creativity. But that takes courage, just what Mars sitting within 1º of the Sun
in Taurus is willing to provide if called upon.

The Full Moon in Scorpio sits with stern Saturn. There may be a feeling of isolation,
keeping one's feelings to oneself, or emotional discontent in the background. But in the
bigger picture, the Moon is involved in a Grand Trine in receptive and emotional water
signs along with Ceres, the Mother Goddess, well placed in Cancer to nurture and support
us, and Neptune, the source of our compassion and link to the mystical (or addictive)
aspects of life. Let your heart open wide to embrace all aspects of the feminine.

The general configuration of the chart is actually more than a Grand Trine (which can
contain so much ease that there is no movement, just a sensitive, dream-like state or
reverie) ~ the configuration actually is a Kite with the Sun/Mars at the apex, and a Kite
gives a much more focused, practical and productive energy. If you are sincere in wanting
to uproot and eliminate some aspect of your life that is holding your creative forces
hostage, with strong intention you can realign yourself to express more of who you are.
Turn up the volume, break the mold, and express more of the outrageous, courageous love
that you are. Bring God joy!

The tension in the chart comes from asteroid Juno squaring the nodes. Juno is ruler of all
committed relationships and partnerships. Her intent here is taking us forward with
balancing the masculine/feminine polarity within us and between us. Tension continues as
the Sun opposes Saturn on April 28 and when Mars exactly opposes Saturn on April 30. There
can be a lot of physical tension in Mars/Saturn; don't get stuck in holding tension and
building up irritation. Best use is put it to work on some big project and exert physical
effort.

Full Moon in Scorpio brings to bear the nature of death, transformation and rebirth. We
will be acutely aware of our fears and vulnerabilities now. Yet, if we are able to face
our shadowy material and clearly assess where we are attached to false securities that so
impact our true creativity and intuitive voices, we can claim more of our power and
expression in the world. A wise doula (midwife) spoke in ceremony about that mysterious
time during birth when the cervix begins to soften, transition takes place, and the actual
movement of the new being through the birth canal begins. That softening cannot be rushed;
it comes in its own time, and it precedes all movement. This eclipse period is your
softening, you are transitioning into an even greater way of being, you are disengaging
from what has been your secure, yet limited environment and with total faith, trust and
the discomfort of surrender, you can lead the way to a more conscious way of life.

04/19 Sun enters Taurus

05/01 Beltane-midpoint between Spring/Summer also celebrated on May 5 (exact 45º midpoint)

05/09 Solar eclipse/New Moon Taurus 19º 6:29 PM MDT

05/20 Uranus square Pluto (third of five)

05/24 Lunar eclipse/Full Moon Sagittarius 4º 10:26 PM MDT

Written by Patricia Liles ( patliles@aol.com)