Scorpio New Moon – 1 November 2024

Uncover the light and dark of your nature,
and choose in each moment without judgement or guilt.

(don’t worry about the astrology, go for the gist)
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Dear friends,
.       I seem to have written rather more than usual, but it’s all so relevant. What feels strongest to me, when I look at this New Moon chart, is the need to anchor myself in my own deepest inner grounding, with its root deeper in the earth of Mother Nature. What is going on in my life needs to be peripheral to that, and not central to my being! And the rest of this letter follows . . .

‘Hallowe’en’ precedes ‘All Souls Day’
.       November 1st traditionally is the day all Light rises to banish the darkness, which itself has risen throughout the evening before, Hallowe’en. It brings to mind that phrase ‘the darkest hour is before the dawn’. This New Moon is pointing at the heaviest human karma, dark emotions, terrible acts, any unresolved past conflicts, so that they can be dissipated by the light of the Source (Sun/Moon trine retrograde Saturn in Pisces). Perhaps this is the over arching principle for this month – and truly for this many months of turbulence we are going through. The fear is most prevalent just before the Light is about to dawn, but we do know that ‘All Souls’ and angels will rise as surely as the Sun each day. So there’s two attitudes we need to hold while the darkness dances: one is to acknowledge what is being shown to us that we may have tried to ignore before, given the benefit of the doubt, excused and let be – an attitude that accepts what is there and yet now acknowledges that it harms our peaceful livelihood. At the same time, we need to keep an attitude of trust and compassion from a position of deep belief in the goodness also residing in humanity, a sense of the light that is to come.

Check your cupboards so you know what’s there
.       This new moon in Scorpio is going to be pointing up whatever has been hidden, ignored, brushed under the carpet by common consensus. And this will likely be whatever has been mouldering and operating under the surfaces of humanity’s day to day living. We get to see that which is underneath or behind every business advertisement, every store front, inside and at the back of every kitchen cupboard, wardrobe, and storage space (Sun/Moon trining retrograde Saturn in Pisces). Also this is the last month to contain Pluto in Capricorn, before he focuses our attention on Aquarian issues. This could be a last chance to learn how we have been stopping our own forward movement through taking practical limitations for granted. This is a time when what was unconscious will be revealed, as long as we are not working hard to keep the knowledge out.

Re-living the past through reaction patterns
.       The flavour of this New Moon emphasises our personal conditioning, through our reactions to what is revealed (Mars at the end of Cancer, exactly opposite Pluto). If we watch ourselves carefully, we will notice how much of what we think of as ‘myself’ is actually bunches of reaction patterns to what we perceive to be ‘out there’. Check this in yourself and notice, how often are you truly aware of exactly what is out there, separate from your reactions to it? How quickly are our judgements made? How often do we state our principles automatically, instead of checking whether they still express our present deeply felt values.
.       I think that a principle on which we base our judgements of behaviour and results, is a static mental concept and therefore lifeless. The life is in what we care about most, what we would rather not live without. For instance, kindness is not a principle, honesty and trust are not principles, they are the movement of the heart in each moment, fluid and in touch. In this New Moon chart, we are offered a wonderful opportunity to plunge deep into our heartful feelings consciously, and discover the light and dark of ourselves, as long as we go in with compassion (Mars in Cancer, Mercury in Scorpio and Neptune in Pisces, are working together in a great triangle). Let’s give ourselves time to feel inwardly without judging what we find, just to know ourselves a little better; because otherwise we have a sneaky tendency to blame the outside world for our own reactions – this is how we make ourselves victims, and think we can have no effect in the world.
.       Our reactions are generally coming from something in our history, and therefore not relevant to the present. Our principles have been built on our past experience, and tend to act as blocks to greater understanding. Check now what your heart values, and start afresh. Be guided by the connection in your heart to the spirit of yourself, your Guardian Angel as it were, that will lead you always along your path of Light. When this is happening, you can feel your way unfolding with more ease, the world presents steps you couldn’t have imagined.

How our ego is born
.       On the unconscious level, at the centre of our reaction patterns is a space which needs to be filled to make sense of living each day. We tend to fill it with what we desire in the world, and that gives us motivation to do what we do. We might desire nice things, a relationship, family closeness, a sense of being useful; sometimes we might desire meaning, or a purpose that’s greater than just ‘my life’. The trouble with all these is that when they fail us for some reason – like discovering you don’t desire that anymore, or the meaning was mistaken, or the purpose gets completed – then we are bereft of the energy to carry on. These desires are all filling the central gap from the perspective of personality. The desires give us a sense of identity, which we grasp, and then let that identity determine our course of action. We have given control over our life to this id-entity, which becomes our earthly ego with its own agenda.
.       The reason to go for the inner heart guidance is it opens our connection with spirit, beyond ego, so that our lives can be based on that which is steady, true, trustworthy. With spirit informing our actions, our earthly ego can be directed, our personality becomes useful, and we share a deep joy in life. The emotions can flow through as relevant responses to what is happening now, not overwhelming any more, but enabling us to be with each other.
.       As the turbulence is what is happening now, and instability is a general effect, we do not need to take all the events in our lives personally. Some events that happen to you are not necessarily a result of your personal karma, but part of the general human karma of this great shift. They arise out of the general energy and we just need to deal with them as individuals. Relax, don’t judge, just connect with the angelic level in your heart and deal with what arises to the best of your ability, as calmly as an angel would. This is all easier said than done, but it’s good to start practising, because we are growing into the new human who will be operating from this base line.

We can do this, and we do!
.       By the full moon the flavour has changed again, warmer and more positive, and there will be a sense that historic impediments can be re-worked (Mars in Leo, and Saturn is no longer retrograde). Our hearts will be tuning in to the deeper human values, possibly due to something (I don’t know what) introducing change, possibly suddenly, which will promote a letting go of that which has held us back (Sun trine Neptune, opposite Moon over Uranus trine Pluto). And the chart suggests that we will feel encouraged to go for sorting it all out in a positive and practical way.
.       My feeling about this month is that whatever happens, we can learn from it and cope with it, and the energy helps us stay up-beat. We will help those in need, and heal with a sense of knowing it’s all going in the right direction – let go of blocks, open doors, and trust spirit. Above all, however horrid the circumstances, let them be peripheral to the spirit within you. It’s all spirit in extension – Light, Love, Laughter!

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Contemplation for this New Moon in Scorpio

Hold our hands in the light – you are never alone
hold our hands, for we love you
all Angels of Light.
What seems to you wrong – will be healed in time.
For now rest your hand in ours
and we will be with you in all you do.
Be at peace – notice how emotions come and go
and live by the steady light in your heart.
Open your whole self to that Light . . .
and share deep peace
with us.

With love,

Margaret

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