The Flower Full Moon in Scorpio – 16th May 2022

This bombastic Full Moon in the sign of Scorpio is here to shake things up for everyone! To liven up matters and raise temperatures, as well as eyebrows, it is coinciding with a Lunar Eclipse!

Full moons are usually intense times, but Lunar Eclipses are the same but EXTRA stronger! Be sure to expect some random changes in behaviour, revealing revelations and lots and lots of home truth drama!

This Full Moon in May is also known as a Flower Moon. It all begins on the 16th of May 2022, and the Moon will peak at around 05:14 am UK time. Read on below!

A Flower Moon

There are countless wildflowers that bloom in May that give this moon the Flower Moon name. The traditional Full Moon names originated from the northern hemisphere.

For example, many types of anemone, bluebells, wild garlic and violets, to name just a few. It is no wonder that the colourful displays these flowers create in nature have inspired people to name this time after them.

Other names for this brightest Moon are Corn Planting Moon, and Milk Moon (from the Old English name of  Rimilcemona which means Month of Three Milkings, when cows were milked three times a day).

Astrological Influences

This Full Moon is one for revelations, combined with the Lunar Eclipse, it finds itself square with Saturn for some potential home truths to be revealed and exposed!

With Neptune and Mars trine, this enhances the effect of the eclipse to give you that feisty energy that can make you take on and tackle whatever is thrown your way!

That should get that blood pumping! Speaking of which, this Full Moon is also a Blood Moon on account of the Lunar Eclipse effect of turning the moon a dark orange/red colour!

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

The effect of this Lunar Eclipse may make the Moon appear slightly larger than normal in the night sky, depending on where you are in the world.

The umbra and penumbra make up the shadows that appear between the planets when closely aligned. The Umbra is the darkest part and the Penumbra is the partial darkest.

Direct sunlight is blocked by the Earth, and the only light reaching the moon is sunlight refracted by Earth’s atmosphere, which is what produces a reddish colour on the Moon.

Bolder Behavior

This has an effect on our behaviour too. The bolder lunation towards the Full Moon brings in a sharper focus on home, family, as well as love and relationships.

Make sure you don’t wear yourself out with unnecessary discussions that beat around the bush. Confront it straight on! Say what you see is the problem and then get working on a better solution.

This big Lunar Eclipse can point a way forward!

Elements for your Flower Moon

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