Mother-Moon-Astrology: Scorpio Themes

Those with Moon-Pluto in the chart, Moon in Scorpio or Moon in the 8th house, have great intensity of feeling, survival instincts and need to merge emotionally with others. The relationship with mother may be one of considerable emotional depth and there are powerful feelings surrounding a care-taker. A Scorpionic mother may have been emotionally demanding, over possessive, obsessive and power-hungry. Through nurturing, bonding, comfort and protection, the feeling life (Moon) is coloured by intrusive, dark and threatening forces. The parent may love to stir up trouble in the family and the home life may have been difficult and fraught with intense emotional outbursts, moreover, she may have felt that she had to control everyone. In addition, she may have a tendency towards depression and brooding over past hurts.

“ The overly “pre-occupied mother-the type who cannot relinquish her own fusion with the child - may be portrayed in the child’s birth chart by difficult configurations of the Moon with Neptune or Pluto, or with the Moon, Neptune, or Pluto located at the Midheaven and/or in the 10th house. This may sometimes reflect a mother whose own personality is unformed, and who finds meaning through merging with, and living through, her offspring.” By Liz Greene, The Astrological Neptune

A Plutonian child may have faced the premature realities of death, abuse, jealousy, violence and destructiveness in early childhood. In turn, these early feelings have a profound impact on feelings about intimacy and family. Sometimes sexuality and money are linked and the child often learns what lies beneath the surface of life. Sometimes Moon-Pluto aspects signify the death of mother or loss of someone in the environment, and the parent fell into deep mourning. The Moon relates to the body and perhaps she had feminine problems to do with the organs, womb, breasts, menstruation, pregnancy, hysterectomy, etc. Hidden problems in the body may have been diagnosed.

The Moon in Scorpio, Moon in 8th house and Moon-Pluto aspects are watery combinations and so the issues of boundaries are very important. Sometimes the mother can be found invading the child’s space, and constantly analyzing his or her motives and emotions, so privacy issues may arise. The individual may have been subjected and exposed to emotional-blackmail, intimidation, smothering, manipulation and threatening behaviour. With a powerful Scorpionic Moon she may have even been prone to threats of suicide or other self-destructive and underhanded strategies.

Consequently the child was never allowed to feel-safe and so they learned how to guard their feelings. Furthermore, this person is careful not to show any emotional weakness. Sometimes there are skeletons in the family closet and a deep dark secret - alcoholism, violence, sexual abuse, disablement, criminal activity, or something less dramatic - that was kept hidden. Sometimes the mother was going through some sort of crisis when the child was born.

“Moon-Pluto mother-love may be devouring and manipulative although often it is subtle and covert. However, in extreme cases if the combination is strong, the devouring quality of the mother can indeed make her something of a wicked witch or vampire, a mother that sucks the life out of the child and thus is obsessively protective. Sometimes the parental figure is the grandparent, usually a grandmother and where it isn’t, this suffocating history still often has its roots in the patriarchal line.” By Sue Tompkins, Aspects in Astrology

More positively, there may be an extremely close emotional bond built on loyalty and commitment. The mother may be good with resources, and other people’s finances. Furthermore she is deeply passionate about loved ones and about living a full-life of intense feeling. Perhaps she was attracted to the hidden or the occult, psychology, healing, and anything to do with discovering and enhancing inner-strength through growth-promoting areas. The mother may have possessed tremendous stamina and strength in the face of crisis. When forced to rely on her survival instincts and powerful insights throughout life, she may have faced dark, difficult and traumatic challenges. Usually there are powerful emotional convictions and perceptiveness present. The native has learned from mother how to use power and control wisely, in order to gain self-mastery. Scorpio placements develop focus, determination and psychological self-awareness. Much of the emotional energy may also be used to protect the child and this type of plutonian mother shows a love that is deep, strong, committed and unwavering.