"Belly Boarding the Lunar Waves" by Captain Chaos 1997 Scorpio Lunation

New Moon on Oct 31, 1997 @ 8 Scorpio 01 At this New Moon the lights partile conjunct Chiron, semisquare the Venus/Mars conjunction in Sagittarius & square the Jupiter/Uranus conjunction in Aquarius. Looks difficult, doesn't it? The Mars semisqure is the closest aspect to the Sun & Moon. Mars making hard aspects to the Moon is the dominant theme that carries all the way through this cycle. Semisquare at the First Quarter & sesquisquare at both the Full Moon & Last Quarter. So in the realm of ordinary Lunar living, the dominant feeling state is going to be anger. As this is a Scorpio moonth, much of this anger will be covert & will seep out in all sorts of unexpected ways. The symptoms of repressed anger are fantasies of revenge for what's been done to you by offending others, real or imagined. Or at least it's your interpretation. Physical symptoms include headaches arising from the tension in your shoulders & neck from visualising punching the offending other out & doing nothing. Grinding your teeth in your sleep because you have never told them how their behaviour offended you. Extreme symptoms are migraines, repetitive strain injuries & chronic fatigue syndrome. The Jones Sabian Symbol for 9 degrees Scorpio is "Dental Work". How appropriate! Let's not get too metaphysical about this. Open wide, this is for your own good, don't say anything, just drown in the pain. So your throat's swollen, your tonsils have been cut out & your teeth are exploding. Must be a lot of tension in there! Got anything to say? Oh! you believe the stories the medical world tells you? Isn't it about time you took sufficient responsibility for your own life & did your own diagnosis? Still giving away your power to doctor, dentist & pharmaceutical company?? I know it's difficult to be assertive & express how you really feel, especially if the offending others are your parents. Your body may contain years of blocked anger in the cell colloids. This moonth is a great (& for some necessary) time for therapeutic anger release. Underneath your biographical anger is a deeper source of rage. Now we get to the Chiron effect! The deepest rage is about the primary split in your psyche, created thousands of years ago in the evolutionary process, when the development of mind required the suppression of instinct Hey, we're talking core Scorpio stuff here, so tune into the archetype. The Scorpio urge to merge in complete union with another(s) often takes sexual form. Yea, Biology! Perhaps this threatened social cohesion to the extent that the spontaneous sex urge had to be vigorously controlled. In human societies, control usually means suppression, requiring dissociation from the offending impulse. So now we live normal lives containing severe internal dissociation, which really pisses us off & we don't even know why. If you think this is deep diving, listen on. If you go deeper still into your psyche, your unconscious (hey! - then it becomes conscious) - phylogenetically back many millions of years, you can become aware of the gender split, the origin of male & female. This is the core disturbance (dis-ease) that the Scorpio impulse is seeking to root out & repair. No wonder it can't get any satisfaction & is constantly picking off the scabs. Venus is conjunct Mars for the whole of this moonth. This simply accentuates all the issues highlighted above. Venus, the planet of love?? Yuk, yuk! In this case it's more likely to manifest as the planet of hate. This moonths gender wars will probably go down in history as one of the greatest bunfights you will ever remember. Sex is off, homicide is on & let's keep it where it belongs -- in the family. Oh! Saint Diana, save us from ourselves. First Quarter on Nov 8th @ 15 Aquarius 31 Now, of course, the Sun squares the Moon & the Venus/Mars conjunction sits in the middle semisquaring them both. The Moon also conjuncts Jupiter, so there could be some big reactions. The urge to confront old patterns becomes extreme. Agitation time in the domain of peer & parental relationships. Much frustration, anger & the spitting of chips. You might wonder at the many angry people around until you look in the mirror. The aggro could show up strongly on the roads; road rage galore. Now the interesting opportunity is that you can drive along, windows wound up, screaming your head off & no-one notices. Or they think you're just grooving to a grunge band. The Moon/Jupiter/Venus interaction could show up as compulsive eating to push down the rising anger. Many people eat excessively so that their body is busy digesting, using up the energy being released. Bulimia rules OK! It's going to be a difficult time for your same sex parent & opposite sex partner if you don't start to own what's going on inside you. Maybe you could create a safe & ritualised space where you can express your resentment of each other rather than wait till it blows in a destructive fashion. It's actually no-ones fault, it's part of the condition of being human. The vegetarians & their ilk will have a field day during this moonth. "You're always so angry because you eat meat!" Really? You sound like a dentist I once knew. Died of anaemia, or was it castration? Didn't have the balls for the job. Full Moon on Nov 15th @ 22 Taurus 15 A Taurus moon will slow the aggro down a bit. In fact, this full moon is the quietest time of this moonth & the high voltage energy of this cycle can be safely used in sensual or sexual pursuits. A time when the hard wired gender roles can be a safeguard & reassurance. You've got a choice, as always; it just takes a bit more consciousness to see what the options are. You can react to old patterns in human history & hate each other because you're different. Or you can put your differences together & start the old lower chakra jiggle. The Great Mother is still angry at you, yet she has a more important priority & that's to continue the species. You don't have to let on that you're avoiding conception. Oh! really, you need to be wooed? So, get romantic if it's one of your addictions. Playing the boy/girl game will really work here & remember it's just a game that you learnt in your teenage years or earlier. Do the dressups, makeups, trim the hairy regions & use some substance to shut your intellect up for a while. If you can tap the instinctual Taurus/Scorpio levels of your being you can ride the wave of erotic pleasure & maybe not even feel guilty about it - well, until the next day, when you're coming down. Or you might even go for a higher goal & get long term satisfaction. Aim for a tantric interaction. Two (or more) becoming one again; the eagle level of a Scorpio experience. However, this might be too much for your little survival minds to contemplate. Just remember I suggested it. You might need some educational literature for this or at least some appropriate video. Last Quarter on Nov 22nd @ 29 Leo 43 This is a double YUK phase, so it's going to hurt. What's a YUK I hear you ask? Well, you've heard of planetary configurations like T-squares, Grand Trines & Yods. When two planets square each other & a third planet falls on their far direct midpoint, it obviously sesquisquares them both. This configuration, by Galactic agreement, is called a YUK, because it's like that. The Sun/Moon & Saturn Yuk & the Moon/Saturn & Venus (plus Mars - widely) also Yuk. So, you see, a double Yuk. This is a good time to stay in bed with the doona over your head. With the moon in Leo, everyone's going to be shouting, "You can't speak to me like that. Do you know who I am?" Injured pride is going to lie on the ground like community toilets after a twister. If you can laugh, you're going to be hysterical. With Saturn, still retrograde, squaring Venus & Mars, you know everyone hates you & that the answer to any request is -- NO! My only advice is to hide out & avoid any human contact because most people will be looking for someone to blame for how they are feeling. "Hello, how are you?" "Fine thank you!" (Thinks - "Piss off Noddy, you prime jerk!) Thanks for sharing. Anyway, this too will end. Thank the creative force that the irresponsible, drug addicted, loveable, puer season of generosity & horseshit is about to arrive. Can't wait to get out of this septic tank & gallop freely down the corrals of the abattoir.