Full Moon in Scorpio

May has taken notes from April and is speeding by, and as we reach close to the halfway mark through this month, the Full Moon blooms in the deep waters of Scorpio on Monday, May 12th. Known as the Flower Moon, this name comes from the abundance of blossoms that mark mid-to-late spring in the Northern Hemisphere. You know the old saying, April showers bring May flowers, and that’s one reason this Full Moon is known colloquially as the Flower Moon by Indigenous and Colonial almanac traditions, heralding the season of fertility, light, and renewal. But this year’s Flower Moon brings more than spring blooms and bold, vibrant colors to the landscape. Arriving in the emotionally intense sign of Scorpio, this Full Moon offers us an opportunity to nurture our roots and go deep into our emotional depths.

Scorpio is the sign of the underworld, of what’s hidden, buried, or unspoken. It governs the taboo, the transformative, the mysterious, and the powerful emotional undercurrents we often avoid. When the Moon is full in watery, mysterious Scorpio, emotional truths rise to the surface. Things we’ve tried to hide—from others, from ourselves—demand acknowledgment. Not to punish us, but to set us free. Scorpio is ruled by Pluto, the planet of power and transformation, who is currently retrograde in Aquarius. This deepens the Moon’s call for radical honesty and inner revolution. Retrograde Pluto doesn’t make a lot of noise on the surface, but beneath it, the tectonic plates of the psyche shift. And during a Scorpio Moon, you feel it. And for those of us still nursing the eclipse hangover energy, it’s ok if you’re feeling a bit exhausted, raw or sensitive leading up to the Full Scorpio Moon.

This year, the Full Moon also forms a loose opposition to Uranus in Taurus, bringing another layer of potential disruption or breakthrough. Uranus can bring shocks or surprises, but it can also jolt us out of patterns that have kept us stuck. Together, the Scorpio Moon and Uranus remind us that transformation doesn’t always come gently, sometimes, it takes a shake to wake us. This doesn’t have to be chaos for chaos’ sake. If anything, it’s an opportunity to see what needs to change and to act with intention.

This Full Moon appears in the sky during earthy Taurus Season, a time typically associated with stability, comfort, and grounding. But Taurus and Scorpio are opposites on the zodiac wheel, which isn’t a bad thing. Think of it this way, Taurus is the fertile earth, and Scorpio is the compost—the decay that feeds growth. I’ll stop with the gardening metaphors, but in all seriousness, Taurus represents what we value, what we build, while Scorpio represents what we must let die in order for the new to take root. Every Taurus-Scorpio axis asks us to examine the balance between holding on and letting go, between surface and depth, between comfort and courage.

So what does that mean for us, spiritually and energetically, under this Flower Moon? This is not a time for bypassing, it’s a time for integration. The things that feel heavy, emotional, or unresolved are asking to be witnessed with compassion—not fixed, not rushed, but held. This is a Moon for emotional honesty. You might feel stirred up, raw or anxious, but if you allow yourself the grace to lean into it, the clarity on the other side can be life-altering. This Moon is less about action, more about revelation. It’s a mirror into the deepest parts of ourselves that doesn’t flinch.

And all of this is happening while Venus, now direct and in Aries, is urging us to speak our desires boldly, to honor what we truly want. Venus in Aries is not subtle. She demands authenticity. Combine that with Scorpio’s surgical precision and Taurus’ steady gaze, and what we have is a potent moment of reckoning with who we’ve been, who we’re becoming, and what we value most. Are you living from truth or from habit? Are you holding on to something out of loyalty or fear? Are you ready to compost an old identity so something new can grow?

Mars, the co-ruler of Scorpio, is active right now as well, continuing to echo the themes of courage and confrontation. Add in the ongoing Pluto retrograde and Neptune’s slow but spiritual movement through Aries, and we have a psychic atmosphere ripe for awakening—but only for those willing to get uncomfortable. Scorpio doesn’t deal in pleasantries. It asks for the whole truth, even the messy parts. And that’s what makes it sacred. This isn’t the kind of blooming that looks perfect on the outside. It’s the kind that’s rooted in deep, emotional soil—blooms that are nourished by grief, truth, and release.

If eclipse season showed us what needed to shift, this Flower Moon shows us what needs to be faced, felt, and finally forgiven. It might be a conversation. It might be a journal entry. It might be a prayer whispered through tears. It might simply be the quiet act of acknowledging what hurts and saying: I see you. I’m still here.

This Moon can be intense—but it can also be liberating. It gives us a chance to transmute pain into wisdom, resentment into clarity, fear into power. Don’t shy away from what you feel. Scorpio teaches us that emotion is not weakness. It’s sacred intelligence. And Taurus reminds us that once the storm passes, we still get to plant new seeds—ones rooted in who we are now, not who we were before the fire.

This Moon also shares the sky with asteroids Juno and Chariklo, bringing in subtle spiritual undertones about healing, loyalty, and partnership. Juno highlights themes of sacred commitment and power in relationships, while Chariklo reminds us of our capacity for spiritual restoration—especially through nature, energy work, and quiet presence. If you’ve been trying to mend something, either within yourself or with another, these subtle influences may offer gentle guidance toward healing and reconnection.

Under this Flower Moon, consider a ritual that combines both elements: earth and water. Soak your feet or bathe in saltwater to clear lingering emotional residue. Then plant something—a flower, a herb, a seed—as a physical act of choosing life, growth, and renewal. You’ve survived a lot. Now it’s time to transform, not by force, but by truth.

Let what’s real rise. Let what’s old return to the soil. And let what’s next bloom from the center of your becoming.