Happy New Moon in Scorpio! Happy solar eclipse! The new moon solar eclipse is exact at 7:50 am EST on November 3, 2013, 11 degrees of Scorpio. This is the time of the year when we not only plant our seeds in support of transformation, deep psychological healing, and healthy sexuality, but also when we start a new chapter in our relationship with our shadow self — the rejected self that we project onto others. While Scorpio is a sign with a notorious reputation, what it is trying to teach us is that true transformation occurs when we own our dark as well as our light.

First, I just need to say wow. The eclipse chart is spectacular. Not only does it come right on the heels of the fourth Uranus/Pluto square, but almost every planet is at 9-13 degrees. If Jupiter was a little earlier in Cancer, it would form a rare grand sextile pattern. What’s even more intriguing is that the eclipse forms a tight conjunction with the North Node, Saturn, and Mercury. Wow. It’s as if one door closes for good as another opens.

After this eclipse there’s something we can’t return to — some old way of living or thinking whose time has come. It can be unnerving as Saturn in Scorpio, much like the archetype of the Grim Reaper or the death card in the tarot, has such a sense of finality and surrender to it. And if we look at Mercury as a symbol of the karmic journey through duality, the conjunction brings a long running narrative to a close. Full stop. There’s no going back.

I think we’ve been sensing this ending for the last week. Coupled with the Uranus/Pluto square, people have been on edge, knowing that there is no choice but to leap. So where are you leaping? What have you been putting off? What old karmic cycle are you ready to end once and for all? Feel like you’ve been putting out fires for the last two weeks? That’s because you had a lot of loose ends to tie up before this eclipse.

With such a heavy emphasis on Scorpio, we’re shedding our skin with this eclipse. Scorpio can manifest in two ways — either as the destroyer or as the transformer. So ask yourself, how do you want to take this energy forward in your life? Are you ready to be the transformer?

The conjunctions to the North Node launch us forward. Prepare to move ahead with something in your life, especially if you have a natal planet between 9 and 13 degrees Scorpio. The sextiles from Pluto and Mars provide much needed support. We’ve worked so hard that we’re ready. Time to end a karmic cycle so a new one can begin.

The next two weeks should be interesting. A door will open.

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