While I am not an ardent advocate of gambling (unless I’m the one that’s doing it), this could be one of those fated full moons for you. Buy a lotto ticket. Enter a raffle. If you’re going to Vegas, don’t be shy. Double down with gusto. When it comes to your heart, you can take some risks there as well, but only if you’re not attached to losing it to someone that might have the goods to make you see your life in a completely different. In any case, you’re playing with house money on this full moon. Just let it roll baby!

You’re being sucked out of your cloistered cave by the bounty and the beauty of the flesh. This is not a bad thing. Trust me. But beyond the contact and spark of skin on skin, there is a deeper reality, a deep and sacred place where you can experience a sense of oneness that is anything but the loss of self — it’s an opening, a portal to a greater dimension of being that allows you to have a profoundly expansive experience when it comes to consummating your relationship in the temple of the body. This is a profound time for Scorpios that are interested in the magic of tantric opening. With Venus and Mars opposing your Sun, you are challenged to go beyond your psychic mooring when it comes to sexuality within relationship. You are pulled beyond the erotic fantasy that usually pulls you in this direction.

Are you ready to surrender? Are you ready to lose control and let the experience take you and guide you? In order to do so, you’ll have to release the strings around your heart and cut the cords of your emotional past, because this opening, this opportunity has nothing to do with the past–It’s new, fresh and challenges you to go further than ever before. You’re drawn to the beauty of the rose, but you must descend beyond the silky flesh of it’s petals in order to taste the sweetness of it’s nectar, then travel even deeper into the very stem itself, all the way into it’s roots and connection with the source of all life. Are you ready?

One of my favorite characters in all of history is Rasputin. In fact, it was a name that an old friend of mine tagged me with back in the nineties (in a loving way of course). I was always fascinated by his inability to play by the rules and grab hold of a nation’s imagination with a mesmeric quality. In death, his supernatural reputation grew even larger. Had Rasputin been all that, he would have seen the fall of The Czars with graphic clarity and kept Peter home with his troops to fend off The Bolsheviks. But he didn’t and we know the tragic end of that story. In reality, he was a really lousy person and an even worse prophet. During this full moon phase there is something very Rasputin-like about you. Not only can you win friends and influence people, you could take over a whole city given the right technology. But, are you prepared to be responsibile for your thoughts and actions? Can you see deeply enough into your own future to create it at the highest and best levels for all involved? If not, remember that without Rasputin there would have likely not been communism and the cold war as a result. Feel the power, but use it very, very wisely.

Relationships rise to the surface and their importance reminds you that you need others to stay connected and ground to life on this planet. You might be able to project out into relatedness with your brilliant mind, but then push comes to shove it’s small things like hugs, phone calls and consistency that gives you some much needed emotional rescue. While you begin to have these realizations, come June, it will go from an imperative to a potential obsession.

This is uncharted territory for a cool scorpion like you, but some form of surrender is essential for you to fully realize how much you need a partner in your life to supply you with comfort, cushion, compassion and containment. While you begin to ramp up some serious energy around connecting and re-connecting, you cannot disregard what’s happening with your chosen profession right now. It’s critical that you put as much energy as you can into getting things done. Whatever it is that you do, cover as much ground as possible and claim your accountability in the process. There is no one else left to blame if you do not take advantage of the momentous momentum that can help you get things done.

The harder, you work and the more focus you generate, you’ll attract some admirers and support in that magnetic way that you can. Just make sure that you get some rest while you’re burning the candle at both ends. Mercury is aiding you in this focused intent until the 7th, when it’s backward motion causes you to doubt your recent acquisitions and gains. While you might want to revise a few things, don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.

If music be the food of love, then play on! During this full moon cycle, that should be your mantra. Drop anything edgy and aggressive and surrender to the sweet harmony of sound. As a Scorpio rising with a fondness for music that’s on the dark end of the spectrum, I would rarely prescribe anything outside of a minor chord for you. But during this full moon, I would recommend that you listen to these three records; Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys) Skylarking (XTC) and The Monkees Greatest Hits. The harmonies and pure pop structures of those tunes will tame your DNA, if only for a brief fortnight or so, but the results could have ramifications for a very long time to come.

You’ll have to start dealing with some relationship issues by mid-month, something you know that you’ve been putting off for quite sometime…but I wouldn’t stress too much about it until after the 22nd. When you do stare them down, it’s important to use your penetrating insight on yourself as much as you use it on the “other.” No one is better than finding fault, real, genuine, fault than you, and having the ability to speak it, even in occasionally unflattering fashion. But can you do that with yourself and still be gentle with yourself, based on what you find? It’s a question that would be helpful for you to think about, since you have a few weeks before you have to stare down some of these issues. Until then, you can sharpen your axe. Get clear on what you want in your life in terms of health and healthy vocation. Strip away things that can weigh you down with physical and psychic baggage. You have a lot of energy in this area and will have for the next couple of months.

Self-improvement is a key theme for you and take it on with a sense of urgency and you’ll have the opportunity to recreate how you look and feel in almost no time at all. Go find a Taurus and you’ll have a workout buddy. Go find Virgo and you’ll have a personal trainer. Endurance, stamina, drive, these are all things to be cultivated now. Think long term, big picture, especially as it relates to what you do in this world. During the downturn, many people will have a chance to re-create themselves and you will likely lead the way in the months ahead. Venus gets you back in touch with the romantic side of you nature. The sweet, soft-spoken and tender you. The one who finds the absolute perfect flower, pens the soulful poem, writes the sweet ballad…you know that person, don’t you? Well if you have lost touch with him or her, you get your chance to be re-aquainted mid-month. Don’t miss out on the opportunity.

Your Kosmic hero for the month? Batman!

While Libra takes a hit behind the scenes, your personal affronts during this full moon, are well, much more personal. No friend (yourself included) can live up to the expectations that we have for one another and yet, there are some levels of integrity and character that cannot be compromised in the realm of friendship. Betrayal is a them that runs deep through the life of a Scorpio and the most challenging aspect to this is separating what you know, from what you think you know. Scorpio’s have x-ray vision when it comes to dealing with others and it is not always a pleasant gift to own, especially when only a smattering of info is available and the blanks are then filled in, occasionally erroneously. Your challenge during this moon is to make sure you’ve got your facts when dealing with your closest friends and their as well as yours, harsh assessments of one another. This connects to a higher level of your trust and faith in the world at large. Don’t let the frailties of one person set back your trust in the rest of us. We need you.

While in deep water, it behooves one to learn how to swim. This old axiom is something you have learned ever since you emerged from the warmth of the amniotic pool. In March, you’re the diver leading us down into the depths of places where we’d rather not go, but your mission is to make some sort of document, a statement of your current state of intensity. Get creative and take risks when it comes to expressing the scope and breadth of your depth. Your acts of creativity will lead to new connections and links between your heart and your mind.

We are always evolving, with ability to create new neural networks and pathways of consciousness and right now, even you might be able to surprise what you draw out of the deep trenches of your psyche. Do not underestimate this at this time as it has a direct relationship on both your emotional life and your path of work and service, which is looking a lot less friendly and familiar these days. By dialoging with and co-creating with our inner processes, we bring spirit into matter and there are those that will notice your efforts. This is key for you, because it is rare that you allow yourself to be truly seen and noticed and yet, your most private and primary aspects of self are revealed to others as a result.

As you go through some real soul searching regarding who you are, what you do, how you love, who loves you back and especially how you love yourself, your ability to bring your reveries, nightmares and revelations into form means everything.

If you think that the unsteady tides of the workplace have made you just a little nauseous, go look for a life preserver, because this week, the seas go from choppy to tsunami. I mean this both metaphorically and practically. If you feel like you’re in a position to lose your job, waste no time and look around you for a lifeline. It’s out there and you, more than almost any other sign, has the connections and the network that you have been quietly, circumspectly acquiring. It’s time to tap those connections now. If for some reason you cannot jump ship and must be prepared to go down with it, you have a specialized type of knowledge that will allow you to find gainful and rewarding work when the storm clears and the waters return to a more placid state. In deep, water, learn to dive.

If there was ever a time for you to create a new home life, well, there would be no other time better than now. All of this crazy, Aquarian energy has you restless as hell and the normal, day-to-day trials and tribulations of domesticity are making you scramble to find the button to blow the escape hatch. Even if you are somewhat content, but more than occasionally dissatisfied, Aquarius is going to blow a major wind through your home life. When I say major, we’re gale force buddy. So you either have to batten down the hatches or prepare to move on, once the walls of separation have been blown down.

You might have to start thinking about living in a shared household, or perhaps, even an intentional community. Perhaps due to your financial situation, you have to open your home to renters and thus alter the fabric of your family life. Or maybe the values that you once thought you shared with another are completely irrelevant now and you need to figure out if you can still co-habitate with the person(s) that you live with. You’re not one to take these things lightly, nor lying down and in fact you might be very, very resistant to the changes now taking place. I would advocate that you do your very, very, best to surrender and consign yourself to the fires of transformation. You’ve done it before–many times. By this time next year, you will be involved in a place with a person that is so attuned with the mystica elements of day-to-day life and if you’re very skilled at navigating this chapter of your life, that person will be you.

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Your life takes on a symbolic nature this weekend that is so powerful, that distinguishing the real from the unreal is going to take a little effort on your part, When reality, dreams and synchronicities all bleed together, you’re going to have to figure out what’s meaningful, more than what’s real and since that is a totally subjective call, I’d almost say you’re on your own–but you’re not. If you should venture out tonight on the biggest, brightest, closest and most powerful of full moons, you’ll meet fellow travelers that will help you make sense of it all. Pay very, very close attention to your dreams. There’s a mystery about who you are in relation to a greater family of all things, which will become much clearer if you can remember and grasp all the intricate details.

Jupiter has presents for everyone, even if they have a problem with receiving. Know what I mean? Much like Taurus, you had a major year in 2008, learning about the power of communication, writing and even magic. I have no doubt that you might have even had a psychic breakthrough or two, something of note, even for seasoned esper like yourself. I hope you wrote it all down, because 2009 will be nothing at all like 2008 and that’s okay. Jupiter in Aquarius opens you up to new possibilities as to what you might consider home. This year, Scorpions will look at everything in living situations from adding roommates to help pay the mortgage, to actually eyeballing alternative communities as a new place to live and grow. I see more adventurous Scorps traveling to places like Costa Rica, Canada, Eastern Europe and South America in search of new possibilities regarding home. If you decide to stay put, look into solar energy and green materials to take your home into the 21st century. Think esthetics and self-sufficiency.

If you can bridge the world between substance and subsistence you could very well create new models of living for the rest of us. Hook up with a Virgo and the two of you could transform core levels of Maslow’s heirarchy. Work on your dream domicile this year, because in 2010, you’ll be bringing home dream lovers to share the special place you’ve created, inside and out.

This Mercury retrograde, you need to make sure that your modes of transportation are running to the best of their abilities and strangely enough, this includes bicycles. Make sure that chain is oiled, those brakes calibrated and those tires filled and taut. Make sure you carry a spare and light up for any night time rides. Oh yeah, don’t forget your helmet either.

Your peak months in 2009 are: January, March, April, July, August, September and November.

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Dreams will play a powerful role for you and you should not discount any insight or breakthrough that comes to you during this lunar phase. In fact, if you are a writer/creative type, one that dabbles in fiction or screenplays, this moon could be your muse, but only, only if you don’t sleep on your dreams. How’s that for a koan? Appease the muse by turning your lunar revelations into a story of some sort. You’re playing the role of sangoma or griot and your dreams have value for others in your tribe. Dream, transcribe, keep the magic alive and honor the non-linearity of the events as they unfold around, you even if they occur during your waking moments and with eyes wide shut, navigate the surreal and share it with the rest of us.

You and Pisces benefit greatly from Uranus’ return to a forward motion in Pisces. Since it’s been in Pisces, you have undergone a creative metamorphisis of monumental proportion. Uranus in Pisces has moved you to see the world in extraordinary ways, especially as it relates to a childlike innocence with the world. Perhaps it even coincided with the arrival of a child in your life. Now, as Uranus gains momentum again, some of the creative blocks and challenges that have you have been struggling with, whether over resources or time begin to lift. Conditions are fomenting and coming together for positive change in your creative life. Think back upon the times when you were young, when impossibility was a notion unheard of as a child and that when you focused on something happening, and somehow, magically it could. I’m not asking you to traffic in puerile wish fulfillment and yet, there is something to be learned from that backward glance into the possibility that existed before your social conditioning told you, “no.” Somewhere back there, there is a vibration, a pitch, a feeling, a knowing, all of which is connected to joy and the deeply pervasive feeling of contentment when one gets what one wants and it is solely achieved through the act of organic affirmation. With the holidays upon us, what is your greatest wish for yourself? Invoke a state of innocence and make it come true.

There are some oppositions that in the right context really work and I believe that Scorpio/Taurus can be one of them. With all of the heavy scorpionic energy funneling into your identity you are a force to be reckoned with right now. Magnetic, powerful, insightful, you seem to be tapped into some very powerful currents running through your life. The full moon in Taurus is always a challenge for you in some ways, a reminder that you are not solely in control, especially when it comes to relationships. The Taurus full moon urges you to surrender, let go and let the power of the feminine into your control driven trajectory. It challenges your vulnerability, softness, receptivity and ability to let go, to let the greater good/God in and remind you that no matter how much juju your throwing down, that ultimately, there’s always more, more powerful and more about the other than it is about you. Surrender to the softness and tenderness without giving yourself away.

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Whenever I think of you this month, I get an image of Bill from True Blood, lying peacefully in his coffin, in the basement of his old southern manse. You’re at rest with yourself and the conflicts of this world, unlike so many other signs right now. You understand that beneath chaos and turmoil of this world and it’s ways, there is an eternal hum, a pulse that oscillates between life and death like inhalation and exhalation. In the midst of madness you understand the cycles of becoming and passing and you do not fear the future because of your long view into eternity itself. Maybe this is why we find you so spooky and yet so sexy. Your aphrodisiac is the cool detachment you’ve achieved through the alchemy of loss. It’s your turn to shine this month with an otherworldly glow that emanates from an ancient source.

Like “The Crab” this major opposition is not as challenging for you as it is for other signs. In fact the energy is downright up your alley. With Uranus getting kinky in your house of love and Saturn getting stern in your house of friendship, your biggest challenge is to how far you want to go and with whom. If I could suggest one birthday gift you could give to yourself, it would be to take a little holiday with a group of like minded souls for some serious adventures in tantric relating. You’ll be amazed by the depth and profundity that you’ll experience with others, enough so that some of the relationships that you form will last a lifetime. Pluto slides into your house of communication and short travels. If you think that you had glimpses and tastes of what it’s like to be intuitive and psychic, boys and girls, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Be prepared to have a hotline to your higher self.

The eighties song for the soundtrack of your life in November; Frankie Goes To Hollywood, “Relax, (Don’t Do It).”

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The power of Mars is making you fierce, Venus adds magnetism and charm and The Aries Full Moon is firing your sense of purpose like no other time. As the moon settles into your house of service, Mercury and The Sun are linked up to the celestial hotline, sending you all kinds of clues as to why you are here and what you’re supposed to be doing with your life as it unfolds against the chaos of the crashing economy. You’re a force to be reckoned with and now, you are learning at a quantum level what’s important to you and how to hold onto it in way that others can model in their own way. Your time is now.

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Watch out. Scorpio is plugged in ready to rumble. With Mars in your first house, you are a force to be reckoned with. With Venus also in your sign throughout much of the month, you’re also irresistible. Can one person handle such powerful magnetism? No problem. With The Sun and Mercury in Libra, while you are channeling the forces of nature, you’re also spending time alone, going within, seeking to find that still, small, voice that is your vital connection to your higher self. Towards the end of the month, Mars shifts gears and forces you to take another look at how you can expand the concept of resources, both internal and external. The upcoming Full Moon will literally blow your mind, so be prepared and get ready for a date with destiny, lining up your own solar return and magic in November, where we’ll look to you for answers, clues and keys to greater understanding when it comes to the big picture. Pluto is going to be your ally for the next 16 years, supporting all of the difficult internal work that you’ve been plugging away at. Your time is coming.

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Another water baby rejoices as the tides turn in their direction. You are magical and magnetic under this mystical moon. I would advise to search out episode one of HBO’s new series, True Blood, a cross between “Interview With A Vampire” and “Northern Exposure.” The show takes place in the hot and steamy Bayou, where a relationship is developing between a 188 year-old, pale and sexy vampire named “Bill” and spunky empathy named “Sookie.” I would place my humble monthly earnings from this column that you will relate to either character intensely over the next 48 hours. Sink your teeth into the experience that life is offering you with delight abandon and most importantly, love.

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While Libra has to fight others advances off with a stick, you dear old Scorpion are pondering what it would be like to have someone know you from the inside of your cells out. An inner dialog regarding the entire concept of soul mates will be a constant theme for you. Even though you might be in a relationship currently, I would bet that you are not seen, nor felt at a level of depth that you crave. You are being forced to look at what it would be like to share your heart and soul with someone that could travel into the shadows of your fears, the depth of your desires and the redemption of your pain. You know where I am going next, don’t you? Of course you do. How much of those inner states are you truly aware of and ready to embrace? Own every single thread that you think comprises your heart of darkness and you might meet a stranger that’s been waiting for you for an eternity. Sometimes a reflection is just a reflection and others, it’s a portal to another dimension. When you encounter it fully, you’ll know whether it’s just another set of lessons or a whole new book of magic.

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You and cancer share a similar path on this full moon and while Cancer’s mission is to explore their legacy in the most cosmic proportion that they can achieve, yours is much more personal, especially when it comes to mothers and the concept of mother for you. This is not the easiest of full moons as you bristle against others expectations and wishes. You might even be forced into service this weekend to deal with your own or someone else’s mother. I have one word for you, “detachment.” You can step back and realize, that while unresolved issues regarding mothers, including guilt and abandonment, might trigger you you have the unique opportunity to heal these rifts as well through the conscious application of compassion and forgiveness. Don’t be afraid to reach out to friends for support this weekend. They’ll be a real help.

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Early August pushes the occasionally retiring scorpion into the limelight. The mantle of leadership is place upon your shoulders and you are ready to seize the moment, whether it’s at the workplace, or simply in your own life. A moment is coming where you will have the opportunity to be the power, not just the power behind the throne. You have been preparing for this experience, so don’t shy away from it when it crosses your path. The only caveat that I would share with you is that having all that power can be very intoxicating, especially when someone wants to “give it to you.” Just keep in mind that you are a steward, a channel for the power to flow through. Hold onto it and you’ll cut off the flow. Keep the current open and it will get even more powerful. The real questions are: How much can you handle? How much can you give away?

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I think one of the best matches for coupling in the zodiac is Scorpio and Capricorn. Both signs intimately understand power and allow themselves to open up to levels of deep authenticity. Scorpio can receive the molded and formal intensity of Capricorn with it’s seemingly unending depth and Cap can allow Scorpio to go into some fairly taboo places without judgment. This full moon encourages you to speak or write your truth in ways that other people get to listen in on the intense dynamics of your psyche. Mercury in Cancer trines your natal Sun and gives you another layer of depth to immerse yourself in. Capture it in words and you’ll be surprised by what comes through you. There is a golden opportunity to open your channel to amazing forces this weekend, don’t be afraid of the possibilities that can arise out of the permission you give to yourself.

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The energy of Cancer soothes your restless soul and July offers you the promise of healing and regeneration. When the darkness of the new moon descends on your house of higher consciousness, you’ll have access to answers for questions you’ve had for quite sometime. These are big pieces that allow you to see parts of the whole that had been hidden and obscured from you for years, probably due to your upbringing. Unlike the often shocking energy of revelation that comes at the hands of Uranus, these secretes revealed also heal. Venus moving into your tenth house of career at the end of the month puts the normally secretive Scorp in the spotlight for all to see. Don’t be afraid to grace us with your deep insight when that time comes.

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Getting a better handle on your finances is critical during the full moon. While you may want to indulge and spend on a whim, you might have second thoughts, even buyer’s remorse not long after the fact. Use your head when it comes to money right now and invest something that will give you long term benefits, like a gym membership, some exercise equipment for the home, a self-defense course or an adventure based getaway that builds skills while also getting you into shape. Channel the archer and fix your eyes on the target of your manifestations with precision and clarity. You’ll get what you want if you can practice a little delayed gratification.

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