Week Vibes for May 12, 2025
This week starts with an ending, and ends with a beginning. And, y'know, we love a dialectic, but it's never that simple.
A Scorpio full moon has lots to say to begin with—we've gotten to the bottom of an emotional well, and now it's time to pull up the bucket. This full moon, exact on Monday 5/12 at 9:55 AM PST, also involves Uranus—the sun is approaching a conjunction with the patron planet of table-flipping, which will be exact later in the week but is only 5° away at the moment of the full moon. So we've gotten to the bottom of an emotional well, and maybe, when we bring up that bucket, we're going to be inspired (or compelled) to do something different with the somatic data that the contents provide.
We've got some potentially crunchy-but-ultimately-gracious support for this transformative vibe from Jupiter in Gemini and Chiron in Aries. The planet of abundance and the wounded healer are just over a degree away from an exact sextile with each other (coming up on 5/18!), amplifying the focus on any pain or trauma response patterns that we're holding—which, yeah, might activate some hurt, but in a way that ultimately lubricates integration and may even lead to some relief. This Jupiter-Chiron sextile forms the base of a triangular aspect pattern known as a yod, with the moon as the apex. The apex of a yod illuminates the path toward the synthesis of the energies of the two planets at the base.
So.
This Scorpio full moon reflects the closing of a chapter in the way we handle our emotional processing. We're headed into fresh territory, and our realtime somatic experience will light our way. It's time to flex that growing self-trust muscle.
And while that full moon is happening, Mercury squares Pluto. It may feel challenging and also profoundly important to put shareable words to what you're experiencing right now, but give yourself whatever grace you can. What does patience with yourself look like in this moment?
Later in the week, the sun conjoins Uranus on Saturday at 4:32 PM PST, and Mercury squares Mars shortly after. We may encounter a fresh perspective on our healing curriculum or experience of embodiment—perhaps from an unexpected source. Be gentle with yourself.
Take a moment on Saturday to reflect back on your experience around the time of Monday's full moon. What themes are still active? What has changed for you since?