First Quarter Moon in Scorpio August 1, 2025

First Quarter Moon in Scorpio
Final Aspect: Libra Moon square Jupiter in Cancer
August 1, 2025

Moon Phase & Sign

First Quarter Moon in Scorpio

The First Quarter Moon invites decision, direction, and movement. Scorpio adds depth, intensity, and emotional truth to this phase of action—it’s a time to stand in your inner power and commit to transformation. This phase asks not for perfection, but for presence—willingness to face resistance and stay in the alchemical process of becoming.

• Element: Water

• Modality: Fixed

• Polarity: Yin

• Dispositor/Ruler: Mars (traditional), Pluto (modern)

Keywords: Depth, transformation, emotional courage, shadow work, energetic boundaries, soul focus

Final Aspect Before Entering Scorpio

Libra Moon square Jupiter in Cancer
Dispositors: Venus (Libra), Moon (Cancer)

Before the Moon enters Scorpio, it makes a square to Jupiter in Cancer—a dynamic and emotionally charged aspect. Libra seeks balance and connection through beauty, grace, and harmony, guided by its ruler Venus, which centers values and relational desires. Jupiter in Cancer expands emotional insight and longing for belonging, held within the nurturing realm of the Moon, its dispositor.

This square tension may surface as emotional overwhelm, indecision, or the urge to appease others at the expense of your own truth. The Venus–Moon undertone highlights the subtle interplay between our inner security (Moon) and the external expression of love or connection (Venus). This aspect encourages honest emotional evaluation—where are you compromising truth for comfort? Where can you expand into more nourishing, soul-aligned connection?

Gifts & Challenges

Gifts

• Scorpio offers emotional tenacity and the courage to face inner truths.

• The Libra–Jupiter square, with Venus and Moon as guides, brings awareness to how we hold and express care, compassion, and values in relationships.

• This dynamic supports choosing deeper intimacy over polite distance.

Challenges

• Inner conflict between emotional needs and external expectations may feel heightened.

• The desire to maintain harmony (Venus in Libra) can clash with emotional self-protection (Moon in Cancer).

• Avoiding discomfort may delay necessary action or confrontation.

Archetypes & Tarot Symbolism

Scorpio Moon

• Archetype: The Alchemist – one who transforms pain into power

• Tarot: Death – a sacred ending that births new life

Libra (Final Aspect)

• Archetype: The Diplomat – one who mediates harmony and fairness

• Tarot: Justice – the truth beneath appearances, choices with consequences

Jupiter in Cancer

• Archetype: The Sage – the expansive nurturer, wisdom through emotion

• Tarot: The Wheel of Fortune – emotional cycles, growth through vulnerability

Dispositors: Venus and Moon

• Venus: The Lover – desires beauty, balance, and mutuality

• Moon: The Mother – emotional wisdom, safety, and intuitive flow

Integration Prompts

• Where am I prioritizing surface peace over emotional truth?

• What relational pattern is ready for transformation?

• How do I balance inner nurturance with external connection?

Practical Tips & Rituals

This lunation invites sacred confrontation—with truth, with self, with what love really asks of us. These practices support your emotional resilience, relational clarity, and soul transformation.

Gemstones

• Black Obsidian – Courage for shadow work and psychic protection

• Rhodonite – Emotional healing in love and self-worth

• Moonstone – Gentle emotional integration and feminine balance

Essential Oils

• Myrrh – Grounding, ancestral clearing, deep soul work

• Rose – Unconditional love, heart soothing, relational opening

• Jasmine – Invoking inner grace, sensual clarity, and romantic healing

Ritual Suggestions

• Create a water altar to honor Venus and the Moon: use rose petals and symbolic art for Venus, silver objects or seashells for the Moon. Place Moonstone and a few drops of Rose or Jasmine oil on a cloth or in a diffuser. Meditate by candlelight, inviting emotional truth to rise gently to the surface.

• Shadow letter release: Write a letter to a part of yourself you've hidden—perhaps a fear, a desire, or a relational truth you’ve avoided. Hold a piece of Black Obsidian while writing to anchor your courage. Before burning or burying the letter, anoint the paper or your hands with Myrrh oil to seal the transformation.

• Mirror ritual for emotional truth: Stand before a mirror holding Rhodonite to your heart. Inhale Jasmine oilfor clarity and speak aloud your unfiltered emotional truth—what you want, what you need, what you’re no longer willing to silence. Let it be heard without judgment.

Affirmation
“I honor my emotional truth. I choose relationships that nourish my soul.”

Journal Prompts

• What value or need am I compromising to keep the peace?

• Where am I ready to be more honest—with myself or someone else?

• How can I nurture myself while still engaging with love and grace?

Personal Reflection – Natal Chart Connection

Where does Scorpio fall in your natal chart? This house marks the life area where transformation and bold action are needed now. Where are you being invited to confront your emotional resistance and grow?

Now, look to where Libra is—what part of your life seeks balance, fairness, or harmony? Finally, check where Cancerlives in your chart. With the Moon square Jupiter in Cancer, you may feel stretched between personal values, emotional needs, and relational growth. Venus and the Moon—the two archetypal feminine forces—point you toward gentle truth and sacred self-care.

Sacred Insight

This lunation is a soul mirror. The Scorpio Moon reveals where emotional intensity is asking to be transmuted into strength. The square between the Libra Moon and Jupiter in Cancer, threaded by Venus and the Moon, uncovers where you’ve traded truth for approval or delayed action for comfort. But within this friction lies opportunity: to reclaim emotional sovereignty, to trust that authenticity is the foundation of real connection, and to grow into a deeper version of yourself. Peace is not the absence of discomfort—it is the presence of truth, held with love.

This Scorpio Moon asks: What truth are you ready to live out loud?

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