Transiting Moon is in Scorpio and I’ve been having very Scorpionic conversations. About shared resources, slavery, the perceived divide between what we call our “mind” and what we call our “heart.” About the latter, I’m hoping my friends will write about that. They’ve hit on something interesting and it will make a valuable astrology post.
Right now, I just want to share something about having the Scorpio Moon natally. What I have to share is very subjective and it may have no value for you at all. It’s about love and death. (I can see the astrologers are not surprised.)
Scorpio fascinates people no end. It fascinates me, too. Perhaps because it’s a marriage of contradictions: of truths revealed and of secrets that are never told. Of deep intense love that gives us a taste of immortality and of living under the shadow of death.
Scorpio is a sign of great emotional courage and of truth. These go hand in hand, really. Can you speak your truth unless you have courage? And unless you have courage, can you even look into your heart, deep in your heart, and acknowledge and own everything you see there?
Love and death? Of course, they go hand in hand. Think of someone you love intensely. Think of someone whose existence is essential to your happiness. If you love someone that deeply, you will worry about losing them. And no loss is as final as death. Scorpios know this. They know that life can be snuffed out in a minute, in a second, in the blink of an eye. Think about it for a minute. It gives you another perspective on things. It also gives you the courage to be honest, to be authentic, to love deeply. Because our time here is limited and it will all be over all too soon. And that is why Scorpios live so vividly: they never forget for one minute that we’re living on borrowed time and if you’re being inauthentic, then you’re just wasting it.
Thank you Neeti.
Neeti – The best friend I ever had (or probably ever will have) had her Moon in Scorpio. The difference between her and other good friends was that with her, I always knew she loved me for me. Her love wasn’t something superficial or temporary, nor was it based on some “role” I filled in her life — her love was dependable, deep and fiercely loyal. She never used me, and she never gave me reason to feel left out or unimportant. We could be very real with one another, and neither of us was threatened by that authenticity you speak of. We were very close for many years, and during that time, she only “disappointed” me once; her remorse was obvious, and her apology came swiftly and was sincere – it was clear to me that she was suffering as much as I was at knowing she’d wounded me. Eventually, our lives went in separate directions, and we rarely see each other now. But when we do, it’s like we never skipped a beat.
Thank you very much for sharing that, LB.
I think even more than romantic love, it’s friendships that enrich our lives.
You’re so right Neeti, and I love the way you have articulated it. Poet John Keats was a Scorpio and his life and his poetry were all about love and death.
Love (on its own!)
Lana
Ha! I was looking at his chart the other day. He was 23 when he died! 23!
And thank you for the love!
Hi, Neeti. Beautiful post. Although I don’t have a Scorpio Moon (my mother did), I have Saturn, Mercury (my chart ruler) and Venus in Scorpio, as well as Pluto square my Sun – so I know whereof you speak!
I wanted to add that there is another dimension that was not revealed to me until I was at a funeral once. (Of course!) The speaker was quoting a spiritual teacher who said, Love is eternal. I had heard it a million times before, but all of a sudden a whole other viewpoint opened up to me. I could feel the truth in it, and I could feel how much I withheld loving others because of the inevitability of the end, either through death, or, well, you know how it goes sometimes.
When I heard Love is eternal, I got it for the first time that it really is, and that these loves won’t end, ever, and I am free to continue loving those who leave as much as I loved them when they were here. And that I would love them forever. This freed my Scorpio heart – because I hadn’t been afraid to love, I had been afraid of the end of love.
Wow! Thank you for sharing that, Ellen.
I’m also learning that where we have once loved deeply, if we allow it, the love remains. Even after the relationship ends. Or if not love, something good remains. And that that’s okay. (This is sounding very muddled, forgive me!)
Well stated. And truthful.
I’m a natal Scorpio Moon 12th House with ruling Neptune at home.