Horns high and defiance nigh, the last supermoon of the year is upon us.On Friday, November 15th, the full beaver moon will rise at 24 degrees in the fixed earth sign of Taurus.
The blessed bull moon will appear up to 14% bigger and brighter — all the better to see the stark lines of our failures and majesties, folks.The moon will reach peak illumination at 4:28 p.m.ET, but we will all feel the effects of this lunation through November 19th.
Read on to learn more.The full moon is the halfway point in the moon’s lunar cycle when tides and emotions ride high.
There is no hiding under a full moon, as its light reflects what can no longer be ignored or endured.On Friday, the moon in Taurus will oppose the sun in Scorpio.Zodiac polarities, Scorpio and Taurus, are both fixed signs that go hard and hold on tight.
Themes for this lunation include power, intimacy, resources, release, and self-rescue.Taurus rules the throat and is associated with consumption and the tangible, in all its glorious forms.
In contrast and complement, Scorpio rules the bowels and the genitals and is associated with expulsion and release — power in all of its expressions.This is the axis of life and death, sustenance and survival, what feeds us and what feeds from us.As Sarah Faith Gottesdiener eloquently explains, “After too long spent in one state, without compost-without death, we forget our true natures and become stagnant.We are nature, and nature is meant to change.
The seasons shift, animals and plants adapt, and ecosystems rely on decay. So do we.”The moon is exalted in Taurus, where it can claim comfort and return to stasis through pleasure.This position offers support and consistency in an increasingly unhinged world.
The moon in Taurus reminds us that no matter where lightning strikes or how unbearable the act of being becomes, we can return to the earthly anchor of the body and the promise of a fallow field.This full moon will be in conjunction with Uranus, our ...