The Moon in Taurus will reach its full phase with the Sun in Scorpio on November 5 at 5:18 a.m. West Coast time. In North American folklore, November’s Full Moon is called the Beaver Moon because industrious creatures are building shelters and stockpiling food for the cold months ahead.
This lunation will also be the biggest and brightest of the “super Moons” of 2025. A super Moon occurs when the Moon is at or near its closest point, in its orbit, to Earth.
In Hellenistic astrology, the Moon is said to be “exalted,” like an honored guest, when passing through the stable earth sign of Taurus. I don’t like to argue with other astrologers about whether ancient astrology’s s system of “dignities and debilities” is worth using now that we moderns are supposedly so much smarter. Suffice it to say that the Moon in astrology represents how one seeks to find security and happiness—and the simple reliability of Taurus is a good fit.
Taurus, as a sign, or style, is like a sturdy hand-knit blanket. Someone whose Moon sign is Taurus might be acquisitively industrious, like a beaver, and/or stubborn as a mule, or immovable like a boulder—to mix too many metaphors.
Our Earth’s Moon is maximally lit up when it arrives precisely at the opposite point, by sign and degree, from where the Sun is, in this case, 13 Scorpio. A motto for Taurus might be something like, “take it easy,” whereas a motto for Scorpio might instead be: “it’s complicated.”
At this time of year, when the Sun is in Scorpio, the leaves and garden debris are rotting and turning into the yucky compost that will help the flowers bloom in about six months, in spring. Much of the ancient symbolism of astrology derives from agricultural metaphors for when it’s good to plant and cultivate something, and when it’s good to just rest, and to seek comfort.
Taurus’ ruling planet is Venus. At the November 5 lunation, Venus will be traveling at the last couple of degrees of Libra, Venus’ other home sign, in air. Libra is the sign of balance in relationships. That’s a useful clue for how to hold one’s energy at this Full Moon opposition between the investigative Scorpio Sun and the laid-back Taurus Moon. Scorpio wants to dig deep. Taurus wants to let things be. Venus’ passage in late degrees of Libra suggests that there’s a way for digging and calm abiding to not be mutually exclusive.
Venus in Libra, the wandering star of the Taurus Full Moon, is currently opposite Chiron (in Aries). Chiron is the minor planet symbolic of wounding, healing, and learning from one’s sorrows. Venus opposite Chiron asks what is to be learned from past and present hurts in all our relations.
At the Full Moon, Venus and Chiron each will form a square to Jupiter in Cancer. This aspect is called a t-square. Symbolically, there’s pressure on the focal planet Jupiter and the themes it conveys. Jupiter represents expanded opportunities for wisdom. Cancer, where Jupiter is traveling this year, is the Great Mother who births and nurtures all. At this Taurus Full Moon, with Jupiter in Cancer, one might remember that the Great Mother takes continual care of all creatures, and that not the least of those who deserve love is one’s self.
Blessings for the Taurus Full Moon!
~ Sara
Sara R. Diamond, an astrologer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a life-long student and practitioner in several esoteric paths. Her style of astrology combines modern-psychological astrology with insights from traditional astrology. Sara is also an estate planning attorney. In addition, she has published four books on right-wing movements in the United States and earned her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. You are invited to contact Sara via her website at www.SaraDiamondAstrology.com.
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