Step up and shout out, folks, the Full Flower Moon in Scorpio is upon us.

On May 12, 2025, at 12:56 PM EST, the Full Flower Moon will rise in the intense sign of Scorpio. Known for its associations with themes of death and rebirth, intimacy, underlying truths, power, and the balance between control and letting go, Scorpio is a powerful zodiac representation.

Full Moon May 2025

This moon is particularly significant because it reaches its peak at 22 degrees in Scorpio. This degree, often referred to as the “assassin’s degree,” carries an intense energy that suggests a pivotal decision—survive or perish—and is linked to important karmic duties and commitments.

But what needs to be slain or consumed is not another person but another version of ourselves.

Accompanying this is Pluto, the planet connected with hidden depths, which is retrograde in Aquarius. This combination with the potent Scorpio moon is designed to challenge us, urging us to confront areas in our lives where we feel blocked or stagnant and guiding us towards potential pathways for transformation.

Onward and through..

Remember my babies, that those born with Scorpio moons have the powerful ability to rengenerate, and the divine capacity to alchemize pain into purpose, and we are all gifted with that medicine during this lunation.

What is a Flower Moon

The full moon in Scorpio will directly oppose Uranus in Taurus, a planet known as “The Great Awakener” for its capacity to disrupt, destroy, liberate, and cast us out and anew.

This Uranian influence could unceremoniously edge us to burn the boats of before, choose freedom over fear, and courage over comfort.

Also, in the interest of public health and as the brilliant astrologer Evan Nathaniel Grim notes, this is the full moon when folks are most likely to catch an STI or an unwanted pregnancy.

Look alive, wrap it up, and don’t let your great awakening be a rash.

Full Flower Moon

During the full moon, Mercury in Taurus will form a tense square with Pluto.

Mercury is the mind and its expressions, and Pluto is the buried, the exiled, and the subconscious, in kind and not so kind; this aspect gives rise to triggering conversations and erratic behaviors.

Rest assured, though, whatever comes up (Pluto) and is let out (Mercury) is actually in service of improved stability and increased abundance (Taurus).

Fall apart to come together, so to speak.

Full moons are always about release and revelation, but as Taurus/Scorpio is the axis of the possessive/obsessive, and form(Taurus)/transform (Scorpio), there’s added impetus to let go, break free, and let others be. 

If Taurus is the sun drunk surface, Scorpio is the truth that comes from the bottom up. Artist and activist Keith Haring, himself a Taurus sun with a Scorpio moon, embodies this axis with the belief:

“I am a necessary part of an important search to which there is no end.”

Here’s to that ceaseless seeking.

Flower Moon meaning

As per the Farmer’s Almanac, the Algonquin people called May’s full moon the Flower Moon, a reference to the boom of blooms that carpeted North America in late spring.

Other names for this moon include the Leaf Budding Moon, marking the awakening of flora and fauna as the weather warms, and the Planting Moon, denoting the time when seeds should be sown for the summer to come. The Cree called this month’s moon the Egg Laying Moon and Frog Moon, while the Oglala knew it as Moon of the Shedding Ponies.

From flowers to ponies, seeds to eggs, all names reflect the promise of vitality and the power of changing forms.

In reference to the Flower Moon falling in the sign of rot and renewal, it becomes a symbol for what can flourish when we turn over the soil of ourselves.

How will the full moon in Scorpio affect my zodiac sign?

Because this full moon falls in a fixed axis, those with personal planets in the fixed signs: looking at you, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, and specifically those with placements between 18 to 26 degrees, will feel the effects of this lunation most acutely.

To determine how this full moon will express itself in your life, look to the house within your birth chart ruled by Scorpio.

When is the next full moon?

The next full moon will be the Full Strawberry Moon in Sagittarius, rising on Wednesday, June 11th, and peaking around 3:44 a.m.

Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture, and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.