09/02/2026
February 9th, the Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio. This is a potent moment, symbolically dense, transitional, and very much about conscious release before acceleration. The final initiations are here.
The last quarter moon is always a phase of:
• reckoning
• release
• integration
• course-correction
It asks: What cannot come with you into the next cycle?
When this moon is in Scorpio, that question goes deep — into shadow material, emotional residue, power dynamics, grief, desire, fear, and unspoken truths.
Scorpio is:
• death and rebirth
• endings that are irreversible
• emotional honesty
• energetic cords and attachments
• psychic and instinctual intelligence
This is not a gentle “let go.”
It’s a surgical release.
You may notice:
• old emotional patterns resurfacing suddenly
• vivid dreams or memories
• fatigue mixed with intensity
• clarity about what is draining vs. nourishing
• a desire for privacy, truth, or emotional detox
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Standing at the Threshold: Before Eclipse Season
Eclipse seasons accelerate fate and visibility. They amplify whatever is unresolved.
This last quarter moon acts like:
“Clear the underworld before the lights go out.”
Scorpio governs what is hidden. Eclipse energy exposes.
So this moment is a pre-emptive purge — an invitation to consciously release rather than have things ripped away later.
Anything you avoid now may feel louder during eclipses.
Anything you acknowledge now loses its grip.
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Approaching the Year of the Fire Horse
Fire years emphasize:
• action
• courage
• visibility
• ignition
• rapid movement
Fire burns fast — it does not tolerate emotional clutter or unconscious baggage.
Scorpio water + upcoming fire = steam
That can be:
• propulsion
• creative force
• or emotional volatility
This moon helps regulate that by asking:
What emotional fuel do I actually want to burn?
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Shamanic Perspective 🐍
From a shamanic view, this is a psychopomp phase — a time when the veil thins and the soul naturally travels between worlds.
Scorpio aligns with:
• the snake (shedding skins)
• the jaguar (walking between worlds)
• descent journeys
• ancestral and karmic release
This is a death lodge moment:
• not physical death,
• but identity death, emotional death, story death.
Shamanically, you don’t fight this phase — you ritualize it.
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Here are some practical and grounding ways to work with the energies rather than be overwhelmed by them.
1. Name What Is Ending
Scorpio energy demands honesty.
Ask yourself (write it, don’t just think it):
• What am I emotionally attached to that no longer serves me?
• Where am I holding power struggles internally or externally?
• What version of me is already dead but still being carried?
Naming breaks energetic contracts.
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2. Practice Simple Conscious Release Rituals
You don’t need elaborate tools.
• Light a candle (symbol of fire to come)
• Write what you are releasing
• Read it aloud
• Tear it up or burn it safely
Say:
“I release this with respect for what it taught me.”
Scorpio appreciates reverence, not dismissal.
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3. Work With the Body
Scorpio stores energy in:
• hips
• pelvis
• lower back
• gut
Helpful practices:
• slow stretching
• shaking
• breathwork
• water rituals (baths, showers with intention)
Let the body finish what the mind already knows.
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4. Protect Your Energy
This is not a time for over-sharing.
• limit emotional labor
• choose depth over volume
• trust your instincts about people and spaces
Shamanically, this is boundary medicine.
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5. Create, Don’t Suppress
Creative expression is one of the safest channels now:
• art
• journaling
• music
• movement
• visual affirmations
Scorpio doesn’t want positivity — it wants truth alchemized.
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What This Phase Is Preparing You For
This moon is saying:
“Travel light. Fire is coming.”
If you work with it consciously, eclipse season becomes:
• clarifying rather than chaotic
• activating rather than destabilizing
You emerge with:
• cleaner emotional energy
• sharper intuition
• stronger boundaries
• clearer creative force
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Final Anchoring Affirmation
You might like this one for this window:
“I release what has completed its purpose.
I trust the intelligence of endings.
I step forward unburdened.”
