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“Though I think and speak of greater becoming, I, too, am an infinite work in progress.” T. F. Hodge

Today’s New Moon in transformational Scorpio, at 22 degrees (5:08 pm), is also a Total Solar Eclipse, a phenomenon which occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully blocks out the face of the Sun. It is thought by some that the impact of an eclipse can last for up to 3 to 6 months.

While Eclipses are often regarded as highly charged events that tend to “speed things up,” this does not mean that they should necessarily be construed as either good or bad in themselves, although, in ancient times, eclipses were often viewed in a more negative or dubious manner. This perception, however, was perhaps due simply to a lack of astronomical knowledge.

Every New Moon is pretty much perceived as a chance for us to experience new beginnings. It is a time when we set our intentions for the new month.

Today’s New Moon Eclipse in Scorpio highlights the themes of this sign: shared resources, sex, intimacy, money, power, renewal, elimination, mysteries, metaphysics, things of a hidden nature.  We will want to perhaps be setting our intentions around some of those themes now. Scorpio is also a water sign, which governs our emotions.

In complex Scorpio, we may feel things more deeply. It is also a sign that might find us grappling with extreme scenarios / or opposing archetypes.

On a metaphoric level, Scorpio is known for shining a bright light into our dark caves, giving us a chance to integrate the submerged or unconscious forces with our conscious awareness.

Scorpio is additionally viewed as the sign of passion and our deepest desires. It is often only when we are living out our passions, doing what we truly enjoy, that we tend to feel most alive and revitalized (transformed), when we genuinely sense or feel in sync with our life’s purpose.

In many cases, too, the pathway that leads us to a more passionate, fulfilling lifestyle is only discovered after we have traversed through the “valley of (Scorpio) elimination,” removing from our lives whatever is blocking or hindering our authentic self-expression.

Too, often what needs to go on the chopping block first, before we can really come alive and grow in awareness of our self-purpose, are other people’s expectations for us. Included here, would likely be the societal norms or dictates for our behavior, which can often significantly thwart our creativity and diminish our self-esteem.

Today’s New Moon Eclipse is not receiving any major planetary aspects to it. Perhaps this means that it is free to do its own “transformational thing” in our lives, without any interference.

Intellectual Mercury is also retrograde in unbridled Sagittarius, forming an exact square to foggy Neptune in Pisces (7:02 pm). With Mercury-Neptune aligned there is always seemingly the chance for some mental confusion, or missing information.

New Moon in Scorpio activities: Purging, shedding whatever is outworn; surgical interventions, or removing whatever is decayed or malignant; emotional detoxification; psychotherapy; hypnotherapy; sex therapy; past-life regression; séances; mining; searching for buried treasure; archeological digs; past-life regression; séances; handling estate matters, or affairs of the dead; dealing with taxes, credit, or debt issues; studying psychology, metaphysics, astral travel.

**All times EST

Happy Eclipse blessings to you!

Copyright 2012

Source Notes:

Moon: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1401293

Photo – playing with the light: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1284218

Hodge: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/transformation

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