May 12, 2025 • 32 mins
Today the full moon peaks in Scorpio, and the astrological energy for this moon emphasizes an already natural intensity—primarily through water and through fire. Less is more when it comes to spoken word, and it’s normal to have some fears bubble up from deep within during this high energy. In today’s Moonday Musings episode we’ll walk through how to move through this fervent time using this week’s astrology + tarot reading.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
I don't know what's more confusing, learning
astrology or just being a human.
Moonday Musings is here to helpwith that.
A weekly no bullshit guide forthe upcoming cosmic forecast and
how you can actually use this inyour real life.
(00:20):
Hello, my friend.
Happy Monday.
Happy Moonday.
Happy full moon day.
And welcome to another episodeof Moonday Musings.
If this is your first time herebefore, let me just be the first
to welcome you here to our cozylittle witchy neighborhood.
(00:40):
I'm Dani.
I'm that witch next door.
I will be your cosmic guide,your host, your mentor, your
spiritual bestie in all thingsmodern witchcraft and cosmic
living.
This week's Moonday Musingsepisode is our Astro News
highlights and our card poll forthe week.
(01:03):
And our main highlight this weekis this big, bright, full moon
in Scorpio that is happeningtoday, Monday, May 12th, is our
full moon exact, at 1255 p.m.
Eastern Time, taking place at...
(01:23):
22 degrees Scorpio with our sunin Taurus at 22 degrees.
Our full moon portal opened upon Saturday the 10th, just a
couple of days ago.
That would be about Saturdayafternoon, 3.58 p.m.
Eastern time when the moon movedinto Scorpio, activated and
(01:48):
opened up this full moon portalwhich will be open until the
early, early hours of tomorrowmorning.
Again, taking your time zoneinto consideration, of course.
But the moon will move intoSagittarius tomorrow, Tuesday,
May 13th at 4.34 a.m.
(02:11):
Eastern time, closing our fullmoon in Scorpio portal.
So...
This full moon has already a lotof fire energy kind of very
naturally associated with itevery year.
(02:36):
Because full moon in Scorpiotakes place during Taurus
season.
Taurus season brings us Beltanein the northern hemisphere.
And...
This is the mark of thebeginning of summer.
This window of time, thisbridge, this portal and
(03:00):
transition from spring intosummer, okay?
That's really ultimately whatBeltane is and...
Taurus season in so many waysis.
Taurus season is this bridgefrom spring walking us into
summer.
(03:21):
And when we have summersolstice, now, some of us look
at this as summer solstice beingthe beginning of summer.
In a lot of cultures, May DayBeltane marks the beginning or
(03:45):
the beginnings or the transitionitself, okay?
Moving from spring into summer.
Don't let yourself get too hungup on technicalities.
And remember that our planetaryseasons, our celestial seasons,
(04:07):
and our...
seasonal seasons, right?
Our seasonal chapters here onearth are weather seasons and
climate seasons.
All of these are these periodsof time with fuzzy edges on both
sides.
These are transitions into andout of.
(04:30):
Try not to think of them so muchas like really hard lines and
look at You know, celebrationslike Beltane, full moons, exact
transits that we talk about.
Think of these more as peakperiods.
(04:50):
of energy more than these hardlines that mark some sort of
exact thing taking place at thatmoment.
Instead, it's much more of abuilding toward a peak of energy
and then kind of this naturaldisseminating from that peak of
energy.
It's these markers oftransitions.
(05:12):
So Full moon in Scorpio alreadyhas a lot of fire associated
with it because of thistransition from spring into
summer energy, Beltane andBeltane's fire, and sun and
solar fire is all very, veryprominent this time of year.
(05:34):
And then on top of that, Scorpiois traditionally ruled by Mars,
a fire planet, And Scorpio, youbet your ass, very much has its
own type of fiery energy.
Scorpio is fire water or waterfire, whatever you want to call
it.
Hot water.
Maybe boiling water.
(05:55):
Steam, even.
Scorpio has a lot of fireassociation with it, though it
is at its core, yes, a watersign.
So we kind of get heat, right?
and fire and flames from amillion different directions and
(06:15):
from a million different layersright now.
And on top of all of this, whichis just, these are very general,
generic themes of this seasonand this time of year.
You add this particular fullmoon chart and it's astrology,
this specific full moon inScorpio 2025.
(06:37):
You bring this chart ofastrology into the conversation
and we really amp up the fireconversation.
We really amp up the fire topicwithin the conversation.
We have quite a few, we've gotquite a few planets in Aries and
planets getting ready to alsofinish their planets.
(07:02):
cycle in Pisces and enter Aries.
So there is a lot, a lot ofemphasis on this high emotional,
intense emotional energy becausewater and fire are two elements
that are very, very prominentright now.
(07:22):
And I think that it's reallythis beautiful infinity of
Mother Earth, Gaia, that Taurusconnects us to, that helps us
hold space for all of this, allof this heat.
So for this full moon, I wantyou to take some time to, even
(07:53):
if it's, three minutes out ofyour day.
I want you to take, you could dothat right now, actually.
You could, if you need the, youknow, something to prompt you
and to hold you accountable, youcould pause this right now and
take three minutes to breathethrough intensity.
(08:14):
Any that you're naturallyfeeling, any intensity you've
witnessed, any intensity thatyou're just sensing or picking
up on.
And if you're not necessarilyfeeling that, take some time to
intentionally breathe in theessence of fire.
(08:41):
Kind of let yourself channelsome intensity.
You can visualize like roaringfire.
And as you breathe, maybe letyourself naturally feel the heat
from those flames rising andrising and spreading within you.
(09:03):
Take some time to just sit inintensity and breathe through
it.
Here's my purpose and intentionbehind this insight.
Intensity is one of thoseexperiences that no matter how
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many times we have been facedwith it, it feels like we can't
possibly face it again.
There's something about it thatwe resist.
And so creating a safe space, anintentional space to
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purposefully kind of sit inintensity you're already
naturally, that's been kind ofbrewing in you that you've been
trying to avoid or you've beentrying to dissipate.
Let yourself just breathe in it.
Just be present in it.
Or again, if you're notnecessarily naturally feeling
it, let yourself intentionallycall upon that sensation and
(10:09):
bring it up within you as lucidand as palpable and as tangible
as you can.
And then you can visualize maybewater pouring over the flames.
Maybe you envision a big, cool,beautiful earth blanket that
(10:36):
covers and snuffs out all theflames and you just see the
smoke and the steam risingafterward.
Maybe you just see the flamesdie down.
Maybe you concentrate all ofthem in your mind and condense
them down into a single candleflame that you visualize and
blow it out and let this beeither a movement and an
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intention of blowing somethingaway from you and release or
sending your wishes and yourintentions to the universe and
your spirits.
but give yourself someintentional space to not run
from or avoid intensity and justbe in it and experience it.
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You will very likely experiencesome sort of creative byproduct
from this.
This is a time of year and aseason so strongly related
indicative of and representativeof creativity, inspiration, new
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beginnings, new ideas, all ofcreation.
Anything that has to do with theword creation or to create
something.
So symbolic of this time of yearand this energy right now.
So much so that it's oftenbeyond our words.
And Scorpio is so much more...
(12:13):
Drawn to and inclined to justfeel and somatically experience
more than verbally express.
And this is a full moon for kindof calling on similar themes
(12:37):
that we do around Samhain, forexample.
I'm thinking of like our dumbdinner, for example, where we
set a table with plates orofferings or a spot, some sort
of intentional space to inviteand welcome our dead or our past
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beloved to sit and commune withus in a meal.
And during that meal, you saynothing.
This is an old ritual that hasinspired some modern ways of
honoring and celebratingSamhain.
And we can really draw on thatfor inspiration for full moon
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and Scorpio.
especially because we're gettingready to enter into Gemini
season very soon, my friends.
The chitter chatter is coming.
There is going to be plenty tothink and say and speak and
interact with and communicatewith and express through our
words and through our airelement.
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And full moon in Scorpio is deepin the heart of Taurus season,
deep in the belly of so muchfire energy, so much natural
intensity.
One of the best ways you canexperience this is by letting
yourself go really, reallysilent and simply be and observe
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and follow what you're naturallyguided to do.
This is an excellent week forkeeping your eyes open and
paying attention to the symbolsand signs that the universe is
offering you.
Take them, write them down,speak them to an open-minded
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spiritual friend.
If you're in that witch school,post about that in our student
lounge.
The signs and the symbols or thenumbers or these feelings you've
been getting.
Or maybe there's been a smellthat's been coming to you over
and over again.
Or a song that keeps gettingstuck in your head.
Pay attention to them.
Write them down.
Talk about them with somebody.
Share them.
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Listen to those stories ofothers right now.
That's a wonderful way to honorsilence is by listening.
That can be listening to yourspirit guides in the universe
and that can be listening toothers around you.
This is a very, very profoundfull moon.
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It's not an eclipse.
You know, there's always a wayto look at every full moon, but
especially full moon in Scorpio.
There's always a way to look atthis in a really dark, doomy,
negative way.
And I'm not sure exactly whatyou'll hear about this full moon
(15:30):
in other astrological circlesthis week.
But here I invite you to createeven just three minutes of
silent, intentional silence.
presence and being withintensity, being with intense
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fire and intense emotion,letting yourself channel that
and breathe in it and throughit.
Let yourself visualize itclosing or dissipating, like I
said.
And then let yourself moveforward from that space, staying
as open as you can to themessages from the universe.
(16:17):
Because again, Inspiration issuch a natural byproduct of
letting ourself really alignwith and be present in such
creative energy that fire is andthat water is and that they
really bring together amidstthis beautiful overarching earth
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season of Taurus season.
And I strongly, strongly feelthis, like this beautiful, it's
like this beautiful, sacredpreparation work we're doing
almost.
Getting ready to head mindfullyinto Gemini season, where again,
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the volume and the chatter andthe interaction is going to
naturally be turned up.
So I'm just feeling this fullmoon on such a deep, deep level.
Spiritual level, if you can'ttell.
I would love to just directlychannel this into our card
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reading and see what our cardshave to say and offer us this
week in response to and insupport of our full moon in
Scorpio.
So take a moment to take acouple of really intentional
deep breaths here.
Fill yourself up withrefreshing, natural rejuvenation
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from the universe.
Exhale any excess and anythingthat you're just really not
needing right now in thismoment.
And when you're ready, you canopen yourself up to any
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guidance, any insight, anymessages that you may be needing
or seeking at this time.
Okay, my friend, I kind of seewhy we're avoiding some
intensity right now.
We're having some deep fearscome up.
There's some deep, almost, Iwould say, kind of guilt and
(18:35):
regret coming up right now.
I pulled the five of swords, the10 of cups reversed, and Knight
of Pentacles reversed.
We'll go into our Spirit AlliesOracle card in just a moment.
And if you are subscribed to myemail list, you are able to see
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the imagery of this reading aswell.
But this is definitely lendingitself to some intensity, that's
for sure.
Five of Swords is reallybringing in this major, major
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conflict.
Fight, battle, might even feellike war, competition, some sort
of confrontation, anything ofthese natures that especially
has felt like it has just gottenout of hand.
(19:42):
This can be a current issue andscenario for some of us, but for
others of us, I am getting thisreally, really, really strong
indicator, just like right atthe top of my gut, that this is
potentially a past situationthat there's a lot of deep inner
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regret about.
And that's where this reversed10 of 10, cups and reverse
knight of pentacles is comingthrough, which is reading deep
fears and guilt and stronginsecurity, feeling really,
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really insecure with oneself andhow the journey is was handled.
And it really feels like this issomething happening within a lot
of us.
For some of us, for sure, thisis going to be something that
someone witnessed and someoneoutside of themselves.
But for a lot of us, this iscoming through me so strong
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right now that this is verystrongly related to some sort of
past event, past experience thatyou never quite felt all the way
right about.
And you can get around, you canget on board enough to
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understand like, you know, yeah,I didn't know much better back
then.
And I know I was doing the bestI can, you know, all these
things that we remind ourselvesin healing and these healing
tools that are offered to us.
But sometimes the things that wedo and choices we've made or
things that have happened andthat we've been through are so
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misaligned with the choices thatwe make now in spite of the
reasons that we make them now.
And it can feel almostimpossible to offer ourselves
any form of understanding orforgiveness.
And so I wonder if this readingis offering to us Maybe as you
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are sitting in any type ofintentional intensity with this
Scorpio full moon, potentiallyinviting the energy of
self-forgiveness to join you.
Asking your guides, your spiritteam to bring and help promote
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within you feelings of and theenergy of self-forgiveness.
Or maybe, again, depending onyour unique situation and what
this is tying to for you,forgiveness in general.
So this is really, sorry, I justwhacked the mic.
Although you might not hearthat.
Jared will probably have editedthat out.
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So our spirit allies card thatcame through is from the, let's
see here.
the suit of goddess allies.
And we are offered the thirdcard in this suit, Cleopatra.
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And her affirmation is, myfeminine energy makes me strong.
Cleopatra was known for hercleverness, beauty, and
intelligence.
She was well-educated and isbelieved to have spoken a dozen
different languages.
Connections were also madebetween Cleopatra and the
goddess Isis during the time ofancient Egypt.
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Cleopatra is an embodiment ofdivine feminine energy and the
power that comes with that.
There is feminine energy withineach of us and it can be seen in
the concept of yin and yang andcountless others.
The power that lies with divinefemininity is graceful,
beautiful, nurturing, andcompassionate.
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Cleopatra reminds you to not letothers underestimate you or the
power of the divine feminine.
Practice embodying the goddesswithin you when you are
searching for an extra boost ofconfidence.
And the journal prompt is, howcould I have fun exploring my
divine feminine energy and innergoddess?
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And guess what?
All of this, all four of thesecards coming together brings to
me in a big metaphorical imagein response to this.
Fulman and Scorpio andeverything we've been talking
about today.
Restoring the heart of Te Fitiin Moana.
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So number one, if you haven'tseen Moana, please do.
Get on Disney Plus or asksomebody to borrow their Disney
Plus or turn into a dreadedpirate Roberts.
But watch Moana if you haven'tseen it.
If you have seen Moana, maybewatch it again.
(24:49):
I instantly, while I'm readingthrough this Cleopatra card, I
was thinking of Teca, this demonof fire, right?
As told in the story ofdestruction and what happens
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when one person dies is willingto look deep enough within the
fire demon, restore the heart,and reveal earth goddess Tafiti.
So Taurean.
So Scorpionic.
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And really a beautiful summaryof how to move through this
reading.
Maybe look at yourself.
as the demon of fire.
And remember and remind yourselfthat that might just be this
outer shell that we ourselvesand so many others have just
(25:58):
gotten used to seeing us for orseeing ourselves as.
And maybe be willing to look waydeeper than that and choose love
and choose compassion Reach inand, you know, the symbol of
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restoring the heart is reachingout and connecting.
That's the metaphor there.
And what happens from that?
The rebirth and the healing andtherefore the abundance, right?
And the fertility that comesfrom that.
This is intense energy, right?
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A fixed full moon always is.
And again, this one has plentyof emphasis on intense fire and
water and just big feeling ingeneral.
It might be coming up within youand feeling like impossible for
you to even begin thinking youcan access, process through,
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express anything.
accept, surrender to, embrace,any of these things.
It might feel absolutelyimpossible.
And creating that space andholding that space, being
present in and just sitting withthe intensity, that's exactly
what Milana does in that part.
(27:29):
Oh my God, please go watch it.
Even if you need to just goYouTube that one part, honestly.
It's such a good metaphor forthis.
And for this full moon.
I love archetypes.
This is such a magical moon dayepisode.
Oh my God.
It feels so freaking good.
to be back with all of you.
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I'm going to hold some space andsit in and be present with
intensity.
I'm going to let it fully comeup and I am going to turn that
inner demon of fire and restorethe heart.
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Reach out and connect.
Offer love and compassion.
This is a really, really, reallybeautiful way to enter into what
is naturally such...
like a high time of thinking andmental processing that Gemini
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season naturally will be.
And what a beautiful way to kindof unpack some of that before
heading into that.
I just, again, I really see alot of the advice and the
message of this full moon energyis utilizing these final weeks,
(30:40):
these final days of Taurusseason energy for that, for
transitioning into these moreand more intense seasons that,
you know, summer really is.
This is a high, active, andintense, energetic time.
It is life-giving to so, so manyof us.
And it can be, we can access somuch more of its potential when
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we, you know, kind of go into itreally mindfully like this by
doing this kind of sacred work,um, before we even step into it.
So thank you, neighbor, forspending some of your time with
me this week and today.
I'm so grateful for you and ourenergy together.
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And I am sending you all of mylove.
I'm reaching out, restoring theheart within you, my friend.
And I can feel it coming rightback at me.
Make sure...
that you're out there, you know,staying safe and you're letting
yourself have lots and lots offun.
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Moonday Musings is here to helpwith that.
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how you can actually use this inyour real life.
(00:20):
Hello, my friend.
Happy Monday.
Happy Moonday.
Happy full moon day.
And welcome to another episodeof Moonday Musings.
If this is your first time herebefore, let me just be the first
to welcome you here to our cozylittle witchy neighborhood.
(00:40):
I'm Dani.
I'm that witch next door.
I will be your cosmic guide,your host, your mentor, your
spiritual bestie in all thingsmodern witchcraft and cosmic
living.
This week's Moonday Musingsepisode is our Astro News
highlights and our card poll forthe week.
(01:03):
And our main highlight this weekis this big, bright, full moon
in Scorpio that is happeningtoday, Monday, May 12th, is our
full moon exact, at 1255 p.m.
Eastern Time, taking place at...
(01:23):
22 degrees Scorpio with our sunin Taurus at 22 degrees.
Our full moon portal opened upon Saturday the 10th, just a
couple of days ago.
That would be about Saturdayafternoon, 3.58 p.m.
Eastern time when the moon movedinto Scorpio, activated and
(01:48):
opened up this full moon portalwhich will be open until the
early, early hours of tomorrowmorning.
Again, taking your time zoneinto consideration, of course.
But the moon will move intoSagittarius tomorrow, Tuesday,
May 13th at 4.34 a.m.
(02:11):
Eastern time, closing our fullmoon in Scorpio portal.
So...
This full moon has already a lotof fire energy kind of very
naturally associated with itevery year.
(02:36):
Because full moon in Scorpiotakes place during Taurus
season.
Taurus season brings us Beltanein the northern hemisphere.
And...
This is the mark of thebeginning of summer.
This window of time, thisbridge, this portal and
(03:00):
transition from spring intosummer, okay?
That's really ultimately whatBeltane is and...
Taurus season in so many waysis.
Taurus season is this bridgefrom spring walking us into
summer.
(03:21):
And when we have summersolstice, now, some of us look
at this as summer solstice beingthe beginning of summer.
In a lot of cultures, May DayBeltane marks the beginning or
(03:45):
the beginnings or the transitionitself, okay?
Moving from spring into summer.
Don't let yourself get too hungup on technicalities.
And remember that our planetaryseasons, our celestial seasons,
(04:07):
and our...
seasonal seasons, right?
Our seasonal chapters here onearth are weather seasons and
climate seasons.
All of these are these periodsof time with fuzzy edges on both
sides.
These are transitions into andout of.
(04:30):
Try not to think of them so muchas like really hard lines and
look at You know, celebrationslike Beltane, full moons, exact
transits that we talk about.
Think of these more as peakperiods.
(04:50):
of energy more than these hardlines that mark some sort of
exact thing taking place at thatmoment.
Instead, it's much more of abuilding toward a peak of energy
and then kind of this naturaldisseminating from that peak of
energy.
It's these markers oftransitions.
(05:12):
So Full moon in Scorpio alreadyhas a lot of fire associated
with it because of thistransition from spring into
summer energy, Beltane andBeltane's fire, and sun and
solar fire is all very, veryprominent this time of year.
(05:34):
And then on top of that, Scorpiois traditionally ruled by Mars,
a fire planet, And Scorpio, youbet your ass, very much has its
own type of fiery energy.
Scorpio is fire water or waterfire, whatever you want to call
it.
Hot water.
Maybe boiling water.
(05:55):
Steam, even.
Scorpio has a lot of fireassociation with it, though it
is at its core, yes, a watersign.
So we kind of get heat, right?
and fire and flames from amillion different directions and
(06:15):
from a million different layersright now.
And on top of all of this, whichis just, these are very general,
generic themes of this seasonand this time of year.
You add this particular fullmoon chart and it's astrology,
this specific full moon inScorpio 2025.
(06:37):
You bring this chart ofastrology into the conversation
and we really amp up the fireconversation.
We really amp up the fire topicwithin the conversation.
We have quite a few, we've gotquite a few planets in Aries and
planets getting ready to alsofinish their planets.
(07:02):
cycle in Pisces and enter Aries.
So there is a lot, a lot ofemphasis on this high emotional,
intense emotional energy becausewater and fire are two elements
that are very, very prominentright now.
(07:22):
And I think that it's reallythis beautiful infinity of
Mother Earth, Gaia, that Taurusconnects us to, that helps us
hold space for all of this, allof this heat.
So for this full moon, I wantyou to take some time to, even
(07:53):
if it's, three minutes out ofyour day.
I want you to take, you could dothat right now, actually.
You could, if you need the, youknow, something to prompt you
and to hold you accountable, youcould pause this right now and
take three minutes to breathethrough intensity.
(08:14):
Any that you're naturallyfeeling, any intensity you've
witnessed, any intensity thatyou're just sensing or picking
up on.
And if you're not necessarilyfeeling that, take some time to
intentionally breathe in theessence of fire.
(08:41):
Kind of let yourself channelsome intensity.
You can visualize like roaringfire.
And as you breathe, maybe letyourself naturally feel the heat
from those flames rising andrising and spreading within you.
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Take some time to just sit inintensity and breathe through
it.
Here's my purpose and intentionbehind this insight.
Intensity is one of thoseexperiences that no matter how
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many times we have been facedwith it, it feels like we can't
possibly face it again.
There's something about it thatwe resist.
And so creating a safe space, anintentional space to
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purposefully kind of sit inintensity you're already
naturally, that's been kind ofbrewing in you that you've been
trying to avoid or you've beentrying to dissipate.
Let yourself just breathe in it.
Just be present in it.
Or again, if you're notnecessarily naturally feeling
it, let yourself intentionallycall upon that sensation and
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bring it up within you as lucidand as palpable and as tangible
as you can.
And then you can visualize maybewater pouring over the flames.
Maybe you envision a big, cool,beautiful earth blanket that
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covers and snuffs out all theflames and you just see the
smoke and the steam risingafterward.
Maybe you just see the flamesdie down.
Maybe you concentrate all ofthem in your mind and condense
them down into a single candleflame that you visualize and
blow it out and let this beeither a movement and an
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intention of blowing somethingaway from you and release or
sending your wishes and yourintentions to the universe and
your spirits.
but give yourself someintentional space to not run
from or avoid intensity and justbe in it and experience it.
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You will very likely experiencesome sort of creative byproduct
from this.
This is a time of year and aseason so strongly related
indicative of and representativeof creativity, inspiration, new
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beginnings, new ideas, all ofcreation.
Anything that has to do with theword creation or to create
something.
So symbolic of this time of yearand this energy right now.
So much so that it's oftenbeyond our words.
And Scorpio is so much more...
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Drawn to and inclined to justfeel and somatically experience
more than verbally express.
And this is a full moon for kindof calling on similar themes
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that we do around Samhain, forexample.
I'm thinking of like our dumbdinner, for example, where we
set a table with plates orofferings or a spot, some sort
of intentional space to inviteand welcome our dead or our past
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beloved to sit and commune withus in a meal.
And during that meal, you saynothing.
This is an old ritual that hasinspired some modern ways of
honoring and celebratingSamhain.
And we can really draw on thatfor inspiration for full moon
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and Scorpio.
especially because we're gettingready to enter into Gemini
season very soon, my friends.
The chitter chatter is coming.
There is going to be plenty tothink and say and speak and
interact with and communicatewith and express through our
words and through our airelement.
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And full moon in Scorpio is deepin the heart of Taurus season,
deep in the belly of so muchfire energy, so much natural
intensity.
One of the best ways you canexperience this is by letting
yourself go really, reallysilent and simply be and observe
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and follow what you're naturallyguided to do.
This is an excellent week forkeeping your eyes open and
paying attention to the symbolsand signs that the universe is
offering you.
Take them, write them down,speak them to an open-minded
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spiritual friend.
If you're in that witch school,post about that in our student
lounge.
The signs and the symbols or thenumbers or these feelings you've
been getting.
Or maybe there's been a smellthat's been coming to you over
and over again.
Or a song that keeps gettingstuck in your head.
Pay attention to them.
Write them down.
Talk about them with somebody.
Share them.
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Listen to those stories ofothers right now.
That's a wonderful way to honorsilence is by listening.
That can be listening to yourspirit guides in the universe
and that can be listening toothers around you.
This is a very, very profoundfull moon.
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It's not an eclipse.
You know, there's always a wayto look at every full moon, but
especially full moon in Scorpio.
There's always a way to look atthis in a really dark, doomy,
negative way.
And I'm not sure exactly whatyou'll hear about this full moon
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in other astrological circlesthis week.
But here I invite you to createeven just three minutes of
silent, intentional silence.
presence and being withintensity, being with intense
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fire and intense emotion,letting yourself channel that
and breathe in it and throughit.
Let yourself visualize itclosing or dissipating, like I
said.
And then let yourself moveforward from that space, staying
as open as you can to themessages from the universe.
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Because again, Inspiration issuch a natural byproduct of
letting ourself really alignwith and be present in such
creative energy that fire is andthat water is and that they
really bring together amidstthis beautiful overarching earth
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season of Taurus season.
And I strongly, strongly feelthis, like this beautiful, it's
like this beautiful, sacredpreparation work we're doing
almost.
Getting ready to head mindfullyinto Gemini season, where again,
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the volume and the chatter andthe interaction is going to
naturally be turned up.
So I'm just feeling this fullmoon on such a deep, deep level.
Spiritual level, if you can'ttell.
I would love to just directlychannel this into our card
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reading and see what our cardshave to say and offer us this
week in response to and insupport of our full moon in
Scorpio.
So take a moment to take acouple of really intentional
deep breaths here.
Fill yourself up withrefreshing, natural rejuvenation
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from the universe.
Exhale any excess and anythingthat you're just really not
needing right now in thismoment.
And when you're ready, you canopen yourself up to any
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guidance, any insight, anymessages that you may be needing
or seeking at this time.
Okay, my friend, I kind of seewhy we're avoiding some
intensity right now.
We're having some deep fearscome up.
There's some deep, almost, Iwould say, kind of guilt and
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regret coming up right now.
I pulled the five of swords, the10 of cups reversed, and Knight
of Pentacles reversed.
We'll go into our Spirit AlliesOracle card in just a moment.
And if you are subscribed to myemail list, you are able to see
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the imagery of this reading aswell.
But this is definitely lendingitself to some intensity, that's
for sure.
Five of Swords is reallybringing in this major, major
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conflict.
Fight, battle, might even feellike war, competition, some sort
of confrontation, anything ofthese natures that especially
has felt like it has just gottenout of hand.
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This can be a current issue andscenario for some of us, but for
others of us, I am getting thisreally, really, really strong
indicator, just like right atthe top of my gut, that this is
potentially a past situationthat there's a lot of deep inner
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regret about.
And that's where this reversed10 of 10, cups and reverse
knight of pentacles is comingthrough, which is reading deep
fears and guilt and stronginsecurity, feeling really,
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really insecure with oneself andhow the journey is was handled.
And it really feels like this issomething happening within a lot
of us.
For some of us, for sure, thisis going to be something that
someone witnessed and someoneoutside of themselves.
But for a lot of us, this iscoming through me so strong
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right now that this is verystrongly related to some sort of
past event, past experience thatyou never quite felt all the way
right about.
And you can get around, you canget on board enough to
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understand like, you know, yeah,I didn't know much better back
then.
And I know I was doing the bestI can, you know, all these
things that we remind ourselvesin healing and these healing
tools that are offered to us.
But sometimes the things that wedo and choices we've made or
things that have happened andthat we've been through are so
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misaligned with the choices thatwe make now in spite of the
reasons that we make them now.
And it can feel almostimpossible to offer ourselves
any form of understanding orforgiveness.
And so I wonder if this readingis offering to us Maybe as you
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are sitting in any type ofintentional intensity with this
Scorpio full moon, potentiallyinviting the energy of
self-forgiveness to join you.
Asking your guides, your spiritteam to bring and help promote
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within you feelings of and theenergy of self-forgiveness.
Or maybe, again, depending onyour unique situation and what
this is tying to for you,forgiveness in general.
So this is really, sorry, I justwhacked the mic.
Although you might not hearthat.
Jared will probably have editedthat out.
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So our spirit allies card thatcame through is from the, let's
see here.
the suit of goddess allies.
And we are offered the thirdcard in this suit, Cleopatra.
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And her affirmation is, myfeminine energy makes me strong.
Cleopatra was known for hercleverness, beauty, and
intelligence.
She was well-educated and isbelieved to have spoken a dozen
different languages.
Connections were also madebetween Cleopatra and the
goddess Isis during the time ofancient Egypt.
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Cleopatra is an embodiment ofdivine feminine energy and the
power that comes with that.
There is feminine energy withineach of us and it can be seen in
the concept of yin and yang andcountless others.
The power that lies with divinefemininity is graceful,
beautiful, nurturing, andcompassionate.
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Cleopatra reminds you to not letothers underestimate you or the
power of the divine feminine.
Practice embodying the goddesswithin you when you are
searching for an extra boost ofconfidence.
And the journal prompt is, howcould I have fun exploring my
divine feminine energy and innergoddess?
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And guess what?
All of this, all four of thesecards coming together brings to
me in a big metaphorical imagein response to this.
Fulman and Scorpio andeverything we've been talking
about today.
Restoring the heart of Te Fitiin Moana.
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So number one, if you haven'tseen Moana, please do.
Get on Disney Plus or asksomebody to borrow their Disney
Plus or turn into a dreadedpirate Roberts.
But watch Moana if you haven'tseen it.
If you have seen Moana, maybewatch it again.
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I instantly, while I'm readingthrough this Cleopatra card, I
was thinking of Teca, this demonof fire, right?
As told in the story ofdestruction and what happens
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when one person dies is willingto look deep enough within the
fire demon, restore the heart,and reveal earth goddess Tafiti.
So Taurean.
So Scorpionic.
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And really a beautiful summaryof how to move through this
reading.
Maybe look at yourself.
as the demon of fire.
And remember and remind yourselfthat that might just be this
outer shell that we ourselvesand so many others have just
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gotten used to seeing us for orseeing ourselves as.
And maybe be willing to look waydeeper than that and choose love
and choose compassion Reach inand, you know, the symbol of
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restoring the heart is reachingout and connecting.
That's the metaphor there.
And what happens from that?
The rebirth and the healing andtherefore the abundance, right?
And the fertility that comesfrom that.
This is intense energy, right?
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A fixed full moon always is.
And again, this one has plentyof emphasis on intense fire and
water and just big feeling ingeneral.
It might be coming up within youand feeling like impossible for
you to even begin thinking youcan access, process through,
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express anything.
accept, surrender to, embrace,any of these things.
It might feel absolutelyimpossible.
And creating that space andholding that space, being
present in and just sitting withthe intensity, that's exactly
what Milana does in that part.
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Oh my God, please go watch it.
Even if you need to just goYouTube that one part, honestly.
It's such a good metaphor forthis.
And for this full moon.
I love archetypes.
This is such a magical moon dayepisode.
Oh my God.
It feels so freaking good.
to be back with all of you.
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I do want to take a moment tothank our episode sponsor, of
course, Podzilla Productions.
This is my husband, Jared'spodcast editing and production
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It is why that which podcast hasalways had such nice sounding
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so that you can get back tofocusing I think that I am going
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to really punctuate what I wasable to channel for you here
today by going and doing thispodcast.
myself right now so that youknow that by the time you've
listened to this, that your hosthere, your spiritual bestie has
already done her version or afraction of this ritual as well.
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I'm going to hold some space andsit in and be present with
intensity.
I'm going to let it fully comeup and I am going to turn that
inner demon of fire and restorethe heart.
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Reach out and connect.
Offer love and compassion.
This is a really, really, reallybeautiful way to enter into what
is naturally such...
like a high time of thinking andmental processing that Gemini
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season naturally will be.
And what a beautiful way to kindof unpack some of that before
heading into that.
I just, again, I really see alot of the advice and the
message of this full moon energyis utilizing these final weeks,
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these final days of Taurusseason energy for that, for
transitioning into these moreand more intense seasons that,
you know, summer really is.
This is a high, active, andintense, energetic time.
It is life-giving to so, so manyof us.
And it can be, we can access somuch more of its potential when
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we, you know, kind of go into itreally mindfully like this by
doing this kind of sacred work,um, before we even step into it.
So thank you, neighbor, forspending some of your time with
me this week and today.
I'm so grateful for you and ourenergy together.
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And I am sending you all of mylove.
I'm reaching out, restoring theheart within you, my friend.
And I can feel it coming rightback at me.
Make sure...
that you're out there, you know,staying safe and you're letting
yourself have lots and lots offun.
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And of course, stay magical, myfriend.
you know about my YouTubechannel, head over to That Witch
Next Door on YouTube and hitsubscribe and you can watch the
podcast live.
Well, it's not live, but it isvideo and you do get to see me
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and it really does kind of feellike we're hanging out.
You can also follow me onInstagram at thatwitch.nextdoor
as well as threads at the sameusername.
I'm also over on TikTok,Facebook, and even Pinterest.
Yes, my millennial heart is notThanks again, neighbor.
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And I'll see you next time.
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