By Elizabeth Jezorski
Sometimes change and growth blow in like a soft breeze that gently cools and eases the inflamed heart. This is not one of those times. Today’s New Moon, arriving in Scorpio with a tight opposition to Uranus is here to shake and ignite the very ground upon which we have built the foundations of our lives. Uranus in Taurus, a long term aspect stretching into 2026 is here to make sweeping changes to the ways we collectively relate to our most essential resources: our money, our planet, and our bodies.
Uranus seeks progress through innovation and is not afraid to break a few boxes to make it happen. For change to come, sometimes we have to get very, very uncomfortable. Uranus’s aspect to the New Moon is here to destabilize and deconstruct the psychic patterns that keep us rooted in destructive behaviors. It is here to disrupt the status quo of our creative and sexual energies so that we can better wield the full power of these energies with consciousness and, ultimately, with love.
It’s a bit like that moment Hades sprung from the ground and pulled the maiden Persephone into her underworld initiation. How are you channeling and expressing your psychic energy? In what ways are you still denying the full expression of your desire and truth? What areas of your life are ready to be renewed? This Scorpio New Moon is ultimately an opportunity for healing. As the solar light of awareness joins with and illuminates the lunar core of our essential being, we are given an opportunity to look within and make conscious those shadow fragments (both our fears and desires), that disempower and distort our lives. The process can be intimidating. We must allow ourselves to connect with the parts of ourselves that we have long avoided. Terror, anger, shame, guilt are but a few of the potential demons we may need to face. Keep in mind, they only appear demonic because they are so rejected. When we befriended them through loving presence, they will join our quest and become allies. Ultimately this is a death process.
Once we turn and face the unknown within, we can never fully go back to who and what we once were. You can’t unsee truth. That old self needs to be relinquished on the altar of your higher self, if you are to truly be free. As we navigate this process, it is necessary to practice acceptance especially for the parts of ourselves that may be quite tender or vulnerable. Let yourself feel it all, and notice where you are caught in self judgment. If you find yourself reacting from a place of woundedness or ego, see if you can allow yourself to sink a little more deeply into your heart.The heart yearns to be free to love and be loved. It is ready to be released from the prison of lies and illusions that hold it back. Today’s New Moon catalyzes this process of setting the soul free. The more resistance you create, the more suffering you will endure. Radical honesty is the best practice to ensure you break the chains, even if at first the sting feels deadly. Rest assured, the poison is quite fatal. But rebirth is the eventual outcome.I leave you with the words of Lord Krishna, spoken to Arjuna on the battlefield of the great Kurukshetra war: Slay therefore with the sword of wisdom, the doubt born of ignorance that lies in thy heart. Be one in truth, in yoga, and arise great warrior! Arise!
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