Full Moon in Taurus or Scorpio

The Moon is exalted in Taurus. A Purnima Moon in Taurus is therefore both bright and exalted, and the Sun stands in Scorpio, the opposite sign. This is the strongest ordinary version of a full Moon by sign dignity. Taurus holds Krittika's close, Rohini, and the start of Mrigashira, so the nakshatra, and with it the opening dasha, still depends on which slice of Taurus the Moon occupies. Rohini's lord is the Moon. Mrigashira's lord is Mars. The exaltation is shared. The mahadasha is not.

In a kendra or trikona this Moon supports the mind, the mother, and public ease. In a dusthana the dignity remains, and the house topics remain difficult.

The Moon is debilitated in Scorpio. A Purnima Moon in Scorpio is bright and debilitated at once, with the Sun in Taurus. Brightness does not cancel debilitation. The mind is intense, private, and easily pulled into crisis themes, because Scorpio is Mars's sign and the Moon is out of dignity there.

Scorpio contains Vishakha's end, Anuradha, and Jyeshtha. A full Moon in Anuradha opens under Saturn, because Anuradha's nakshatra lord is Saturn. A full Moon in Jyeshtha opens under Mercury. Calling both of them simply a full Moon erases the period that will actually run.

If the chart is a Purnima birth, ask three further questions. Which sign, Taurus or another, holds the Moon? Is that sign a kendra from the lagna? Is the Moon alone, or with Rahu or Ketu? A nodal conjunction is an eclipse picture and it overrides the compliment people pay to fullness.

The lagna is independent. A Taurus full Moon can rise as any lagna, depending on the hour. The emotional gift of exaltation and the life direction of the lagna lord are two judgments.