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Lunar Placement

Last Quarter in Scorpio

Classical astrology meaning for the last quarter when it occurs in Scorpio - a Water Fixed sign ruled by Mars.

At a glance

What last quarter in Scorpio emphasizes

This page combines the lunar phase with a water, fixed sign ruled by Mars, so the doctrine is more specific than a generic phase page.

Current sky

Last Quarter in Pisces

The Moon is not in Last Quarter in Scorpio right now.

Next occurrence

January 29, 2027

Exact astronomical moment: Jan 29, 2027, 10:56 AM UTC

Moon in Scorpio

In Fall

Moon is in fall in Scorpio — deeply debilitated, restrained, and lacking dignity.

Sign profile

Water / Fixed

The Scorpion. Scorpio intensifies, conceals, and endures. It is fixed water, strategic, secretive, and difficult to move once committed.

Visual geometry

Last Quarter in Scorpio

The visual geometry stays fixed by phase, while the sign changes the atmosphere and expression.

270 deg square
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Sun in Aquarius.

Lunar side

Moon in Scorpio during the last quarter.

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Why Scorpio changes this Last Quarter

Scorpio is water and fixed, ruled by Mars. That means the last quarter does not land in an abstract way: it is filtered through the scorpion. scorpio intensifies, conceals, and endures. it is fixed water, strategic, secretive, and difficult to move once committed.

Lunar condition in this sign

The Moon is in fall in Scorpio, so the lunation inherits a more sharply defined lunar condition than it would in a peregrine sign.

Sun-Moon geometry

A last quarter in Scorpio means the Sun is in Aquarius. The page therefore combines the Moon's phase doctrine with the zodiacal atmosphere of Scorpio and the implied solar counter-sign that completes the lunation.

The Last Quarter - Classical Doctrine

The Last Quarter Moon occurs when the Moon reaches 270 deg of elongation from the Sun - the third square in the lunation cycle. The Moon is now waning, decreasing in light and moving back toward the Sun's conjunction. Classical doctrine marks this square as a moment of release, clearing, and preparation for the cycle's end.

The Waning Square

The Last Quarter is geometrically the same as the First Quarter (both are 90 deg from the Sun) but carries entirely different quality. The First Quarter is a waxing crisis demanding action; the Last Quarter is a waning crisis calling for release. Classical doctrine is attentive to the Moon's direction of travel - and at the Last Quarter, the Moon is clearly moving toward the Sun's consuming embrace.

Decreasing in Light

At the Last Quarter, the Moon is decreasing in illumination while locked in a waning square to the Sun. In classical doctrine, that combination weakens its power for fresh beginnings, even while it remains appropriate for completing existing ones and preparing for what comes next.

Moon in Scorpio - Classical Doctrine

When Moon occupies Scorpio, lunar instinct passes through Mars' fixed water and the sign of the Moon's fall. Classical authors therefore treat it as intense, guarded, passionate, and more vulnerable to jealousy, fixation, or emotional extremity.

Element

Water

Modality

Fixed

Ruler

Mars

Classical Sources

Primary-source passages from the Hermetikon archive on the last quarter and Moon in Scorpio.

Cover of A Manual of Astrology

A Manual of Astrology

Raphael (Robert Cross Smith)
1828
"After the full , she begins to decrease gradually, as she moves through the other half of her orbit; and when the eastern half of her only is enlightened, she is said to be in her third quarter"
Page 60Open in Reader
Cover of Tetrabiblos

Tetrabiblos

Claudius Ptolemy
150
"The third part of this consideration appertains to significations applying more minutely, and points out their force or weakness. In this case, the partile configurations of the Sun and Moon, at the intermediate quarters, as well as at the new or full Moon, are to be attentively regarded; since there is a certain variation in the constitution of the atmosphere, which usually commences about three days before, and sometimes, also, about three days after the Moon has equated her course to the Sun"
CHAPTER XIII MODE OF CONSIDERATION FOR PARTICULAR CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHEREOpen in Reader
Cover of Tetrabiblos

Tetrabiblos

Claudius Ptolemy
150
"from her full state to her third quarter she causes dryness; and from her third quarter to her occultation she causes cold"
CHAPTER VIII THE INFLUENCE OF POSITION WITH REGARD TO THE SUNOpen in Reader
Cover of Astrology for All

Astrology for All

Alan Leo (William Frederick Allan)
1899
"THE MOON IN SCORPIO. ☽ in ♏. This lunar position makes those born under it very firm and determined, self-reliant and assured, well able to stand alone"
Page 85Open in Reader
Cover of Clavis Astrologiae Elimata

Clavis Astrologiae Elimata

Henry Coley
1669
"The Moon in Scorpio , represents an ill shaped Person, thick and short, fleshy, and of a very Obscure Complexion, a sad brown, or black Hair; and in fine a very ill disposition’d Creature, and rarely qualified with any good humours, a sottish, malicious, treacherous Person naturally, unless Aleviated with good Education or the Moon be in some good Aspect of the Fortunes; if a Female, she rarely lives free from severe censure, and not without desert except (as I said before) the Moon be befriended by some benevolent Configuration of good Planets"
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Cover of The Science of Numerology

The Science of Numerology

Sepharial (Walter Gorn Old)
1912
"The German Emperor, Wilhelm II., was born on 27th January, 1859, and we then find the Moon in Scorpio, which according to our scheme is ruled by the planet Mars. The Kaiser is therefore a martial subject, and this planet is found to be associated with the Self-regarding Faculties"
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Sources on Last Quarter in Scorpio

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Last Quarter in Scorpio - FAQ

What does Last Quarter in Scorpio mean in astrology?

The Last Quarter in Scorpio combines the last quarter's the moon stands in its third square to the sun, now waning and decreasing in light with the qualities of Scorpio - a Water Fixed sign ruled by Mars. When Moon occupies Scorpio, lunar instinct passes through Mars' fixed water and the sign of the Moon's fall. Classical authors therefore treat it as intense, guarded, passionate, and more vulnerable to jealousy, fixation, or emotional extremity.

When is the next Last Quarter in Scorpio?

The next Last Quarter in Scorpio occurs on January 29, 2027.

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