Tonight is the Scorpio Full Moon, exact at 8:58 pm EDT (00:58 UTC). This is one of the two annual Full Moons across the Taurus-Scorpio axis (the other occurs in the fall), which I describe in more detail in tonight’s edition of Planet Waves FM.

The Full Moon implies the integration of an axis of the zodiac; in this case, Taurus and Scorpio. Yet tonight’s Full Moon is square the lunar nodes in Leo and Aquarius, making it energetically similar to an eclipse. Though I don’t understand it, the “Moon wobble” effect has been noted when the Sun squares the nodes (if anyone is tracking that phenomenon, I would love to hear from you).

Full Moon over Grandville, Michigan. Photo by Rachel Kramer.

At minimum, tonight’s Full Moon is midway between the eclipses of this past February and this coming August.

The Sun square the Nodes is a turning point, particularly when the Sun rules one of them (the North Node, in Leo). This is a caution against skipping steps in your process. You will know that you’re skipping steps when you find yourself back where you started, seemingly having made little or no progress.

So take the time to take each step consciously and carefully.

With this Full Moon, we leave some unusually rough astrology behind us: the Mercury retrograde with its Mars-Saturn conjunction; Mars conjunct Pluto; Mercury making many aspects to Capricorn planets; and several other wrinkles.

Chiron has begun its nine-year trek across Aries, and Uranus is about to begin its seven-year trek across Taurus (more on that soon). We are in a watershed moment on many accounts, and tonight’s Full Moon is a reminder of that, an energetic boost; something to add to the momentum.