It’s a matter of days. Right now as I type this, my progressed Moon is lumbering at 29°53 Scorpio. Come the weekend, another 2.5 year cycle of my life will begin. Just as it happened many times before. I’ve been waiting for this moment, even anticipating this transition, for months. Not because the past two years and a half have been particularly terrible — in fact, if you’re reading this because you have googled ‘what happens when the progressed Moon enters Scorpio’ or something along these lines expecting grueling tales of loss and tragedy, let me start by saying that nothing of this sort happened.
I didn’t obviously die, nor wish to, nor has anyone I care about had terrible things happening to them (which was definitely a possibility, considering that I’m based in one of the countries that have been hit the worst by the recent COVID-19 outbreak). If anything, I have never felt more alive, resilient and determined to make it through. And this comes from someone who did have a deathwish and perhaps more than one and more than a wish, long ago. As my progressed Moon hangs by a thread in the last degree of Scorpio and prepares to cross over into Sagittarius, I am acknowledging that, like many other things I have outgrown, that too is a thing of the past. Buried, forever, albeit not forgotten and bound to haunt me for a long time still.
And yet, there was death. In some form or another. Death of things I thought I couldn’t live without. Death of the person I thought I was. Death of the parts of me that were keen on putting up with bullshit — mine and others’. Also death of the parts of me that would have been the death of me. Prior to my progressed Moon entering Scorpio, I was afraid to own my power and act like the person I had become, even after having survived a string of harrowing Pluto transits. I was reluctant to take the risks I needed to take in order to become my own person, fully and unapologetically. In many ways, I was still standing in my own way, hesitant to harness my potency and fortitude into life-changing and life-affirming decisions.
My Moon progressing into Scorpio changed all of that.
I was also someone who didn’t have the slightest idea of how it feels like to be loved unconditionally and chosen day after day by a partner. I thought of myself as someone unlovable, someone that would never be chosen and cherished and celebrated by somebody else. That, too, changed, and, surprisingly, finding myself in a relationship with a partner — a Scorpio — who was eager to offer me steadfast loyalty and unwavering commitment made me realize that, in fact, I do not need to be in a relationship in order to feel fulfilled. Having my Moon, Sun, Mercury and Vesta in Libra, this was a major breakthrough for me.
My own body transformed, too. A few months prior my progressed Moon’s entrance into Scorpio, I was finally diagnosed with stage 3 Endometriosis, after a couple years of chronic, confusing, often disabling pelvic pain. Exactly one month after the progressed Moon changed signs, I underwent the first surgery of my life. As of now, I am contemplating the decision of having a hysterectomy.
This, too, is a huge deal, for someone who used to see motherhood as a major, defining cornerstone of her existence. That version of me died, as well. It was a peaceful and merciful death. It was either her, or me and my desire for freedom, individuation and emancipation — not to mention, for a pain-free life.
That’s a situation in which you might find yourself often, while your progressed Moon transits the sign of Scorpio. Kill or be killed. Smash the molds you no longer fit into, exterminate the parasitic entities that feed off your energy, or become the empty shell of who you were. Exorcise the demons that possess you, or get dragged to hell. Grow bravely and dauntlessly, or wither. This is not even a hyperbole — Scorpio is just that radical.
But fret not. In the face of intemperate metamorphosis, you will almost forget how fear feels like.
In fact, one very disturbing thing I should perhaps mention is that, throughout the past two years and a half, my emotions ran so deep, that I could barely access them (I remember asking myself on a number of occasions, ‘Is this how natal Scorpio Moon folks feel all the time?’). I understand it’s because I didn’t need them. As a Cancer rising person, I have allowed my own emotions to hold me back far too many times. All of a sudden, I was uncomfortable with my own emotional displays. I remember a couple instances in which I caught myself almost crying about things that were actually causing me emotional distress, and telling myself ‘not now’. It felt almost gross to cry because of personal reasons. I would almost say the Progressed Moon in Scorpio toughened me up.
When our progressed Moon is found in the sign of Scorpio, we are pushed to address our own emotional baggage and deal with the emotional patterns that kept us blocked.
One funny and almost paradoxical side-effect of this emotional constipation of sorts is that I would burst into tears at the drop of a hat, mostly as a result to external stimuli. Like movies, songs, videos of cats being reunited with their owners, or anything that showed the slightest hint of other people’s feelings.
Thing is, if your Moon is progressing into Scorpio, you will be extremely sensitive to other people’s energy. This progressed Moon comes with a built-in bullshit detector, too. It was during this time that I became increasingly critical of New Age truisms and the way they are often used as spiritual bypassing tactics, started to identify as a feminist — not exactly the fun kind —, and made it a point to unpack my privilege and unlearn the traces of colonialist, white supremacist narratives that were informing my practice and my craft.
Becoming comfortable with feelings of discomfort comes with the Progressed Scorpio Moon territory.
The Progressed Scorpio Moon is a psychopomp that shows us to our personal Purgatory, our inner Shadow Realm, bringing us face to face with the darker half of ourselves. With our best keep secrets. We are therefore able to tie up loose ends with our past, with the buried sense of shame that dwells within, and set those secrets free. The chains of guilt, remorse and obsession dissolve. We realize we’ve been in charge all along. Only that, this time, we’re ready to act like it. (It should come as no surprise that, while my progressed Moon was transiting the sign of Scorpio, I also quit my 9-to-5 job, cold turkey, to focus on becoming a self-employed translator and astrologer, something the old me would not have had the guts to do).
We befriend our rage. We take back the dusk and the gloom and destruction and blood and fire. We accept all of it as part of who we are. And from that place of acceptance, of rejecting any dichotomy that pits so-called low-vibrational emotions against love and light, of choosing to be whole rather than being palatable, comes power.
It’s not been easy or fun, but it’s been necessary and empowering. And I’m ready to take that power with me towards distant horizons. I am ready for this phase of my life to come full circle. I’m ready to stop digging and start expanding.
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Thanks for sharing your intimacy, your confessions are inspiring and uplifting. Very powerful assemblage of words, that is.
Thank you so much, Julien. ♥ I’m glad you appreciated the post!
Thanks for your post, Cristina!
As my Moon starts progressing through Scorpio, it was really helpful and I feel positive about it.
Garjan, I’m so glad to hear about that! 🙂
Hi,
This is a great article. I have my progressed moon currently in Scorpio 12 degrees transiting through my 4th house.
The start was very hard I left an unfulfilling relationship 4 months prior to my progression, went vegetarian month before and then vegan pretty much straight after. The first degrees were quite transformative and hard but now that I have learned to accept change I am having another spiritual awakening and I feel more free and time goes a lot quicker and flows easier as I don’t try to fight the changes. Accepting this metamorphism has been the best thing, I have had out of body experiences as well as financial gains, home gains and overall great experience. Change is good for us and we should not fight it.
Thank you for posting this article as it has helped with what is to come at the end of the progression. I know it will probably be more intense but I know I will be ready to let go of any remaining baggage I have left 🙂 I will definitely be checking your page out more often.
Cindy, thank you for sharing your experience! It’s true — a progressed Moon in Scorpio definitely helps us getting comfortable with change, and with the idea of dropping deadweight, so to speak. Sending you loving, healing energies for the remainder of your Scorpio Moon journey. Please feel free to come back anytime. 🙂
Wonderful, the way you put words to the sometimes indefinable feelings and drives that come with scorpio energy.
“My emotions ran so deep, that I could barely access them.” Yup, bingo.
I myself have a Natal Scorpio moon, along with Libra Sun & Cancer Ascendant..
Thank you, Charlene! I’m amazed at how similar our charts are, minus the natal Moon, but it’s good to know you found this post relatable.
Thank you for sharing the essence of this portion of your your journey. What a chapter… you are a warrior and I honor you.
Currently my progressed moon is in Libra… it’s been an interesting time which will conclude in 6 weeks. I can feel the shift already.
The natal placement of my moon (4th house) is in Scorpio… so I’m curiously cautious about what having my progressed moon here will produce. As you know, any time we have double the same energy in any part of our chart, the more intense it can become. Add that to me being born on the full moon (conjunct Neptune) and you can understand why I’m looking ahead. The progressed moon will be opposite my MC and Venus conjunct my Taurus Sun during this period… which is another reason I am doing my best to look out ahead and prepare.
It is my belief that the Universe loves us and brings us everything we need to learn our lessons. It’s up to us how easy or difficult we choose to walk the lessons. I choose ease and comfort, to be aware, open and walk gently into who I am to become. It has taken this Taurus almost 53 years to embrace change… I’m not going back!
Thanks again for sharing a piece of your story. May you enjoy a smooth ride through Sagittarius.
In Gratitude & Anticipation,
Jacki
Jacki, loved reading your comment. Wishing you a safe, healing sailing through the still waters of Scorpio, too. ♥♥
Thank you for sharing. I am so excited! I am about to enter progressed moon in Scorpio from libra and I’m excited to go inwards. I was a little nervous bad things would happen (thinking the worst) but this makes me feel optimistic for some deep rebirth of self and is it weird to say I’m excited to be more emotional? I’ve already gotten some glimpses of this this past year and I’m ready for more. Appreciate the insight and I hope my experience is as transformative as yours!
Thank you for your comment, Taylor! I’m sure it will be. Scorpio never leaves us the way it found us, I think. 🙂
Thank you for this amazing read! I am halfway through my libra progressed moon. In preparation, I have been searching for someone who has been the Scorpio progressed moon who has not had a horrible experience. Do you think that you were already prepared to deal with the Scorpio progressed moon prior to entering? The reason why I ask is because now that I have read what you went through I feel that the universe is setting me up for this next transit. As an Aries I was a little pissed that I had to go through the Libra progressed moon because I wasn’t in a place in my life where I felt I wanted to be people focused. But it has been completely different. I have experienced a reup within all the Venusian energies. My creativity has been blown out the water and it’s raining ideas everywhere. I also dealt with the Capricorn planets in my 8th house in 2020. With Pluto lingering around squaring my sun until 2022…I’m being forced to…how did you say it…a “Kill or be Killed” transformation. I am digging through the power/control issues in my life as well as releasing what no longer serves me. I am restructuring myself while I am healing. It’s been liberating! With Uranus transiting my 12th house, I am being forced to face & change the parts of me that I’ve hid from or ignored. Literally recently my body said no more! The holds & the pain of the past can no longer be my A story. (Physically my body has had enough.) Instead of ruminating on how my experiences made me who I am not, I’ve decided to focus on my my B story… “Who I am after it all.” After reading this..it gives me hope that not only will I be changed, I will be free.
Thanks you again,
Bri
Bri, thank you so much for your comment. I’m always happy to learn that somehow my posts are useful!
As for your question:
Do you think that you were already prepared to deal with the Scorpio progressed moon prior to entering?
I do think there were inklings and nudges, yes. Come to think of it, looking back, it almost felt like being Persephone amidst the flowers, a moment before being abducted to the Underworld by Hades. But hey, there truly is freedom on the other side of it. Sending you love!
Oh my goodness Christina. This is crazy because for some reason today I just decided to look up my progressed chart and I noticed that my PR moon was at exactly 29° , right before my birthday month . What you said here completely resonated with me , especially when you mentioned even the smallest things like sad music would make me burst into tears . I’m also about to go to the drs to get my temporal arteritis checked after a couple of year of suffering from it , I just it works. I just wanna thank you for not taking a gun and ending it somehow because if it weren’t for you and this message of yours I wouldn’t have still been blind as to why my life was all gloomy and sad . Thank you .
Tshedza, I’m so glad you found your way to this post and I’m even happier to learn that your progressed Moon is about to cross over into Sag. Please let me tell you, you deserve to be here. <3