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Astrology for Healing and Transformation with Katie Sweetman
Welcome to Scorpio Season! The Sun arrives in the 8th sign of the zodiac and we naturally turn our attention to themes of intimacy, vulnerability, and trust — life’s deeper emotional material. Scorpio also straddles the divide between life and death, this world and the next.
Although we’re wrapping up Libra Season, the Sun moving into Scorpio on October 23, we just had a Libra New Moon, which will create some complexities in the coming weeks. Scorpio has depth to Libra’s surface, an emotionally intensity to its polite charm.
Happy Libra New Moon! This is the time in the lunar calendar when we turn our attention to connection. Our experiences over the coming four weeks will be all about relationship and how we treat others.
We’re on the cusp of a new lunar month. And while the Libra Moon usually prefers sweetness and partnership, we’ve got a couple of prickly connections to Pluto and Uranus in the mix. Translation, our interactions may be charged or confrontational.
What’s secret, taboo, or intimate? Mercury moves into Scorpio and we’re more likely to divulge, especially as Mercury and Jupiter meet. On the flip side, Mercury can be obsessive in Scorpio. We’re tenaciously getting to the bottom of a mystery, even if it’s uncomfortable.
We’re wrapping up the lunar month, one that began back on September 20. During the last four weeks we were asked to clean up. Today’s Virgo Moon is a check in on our progress. What still needs to be tidied up? Organized? Or tossed out?
After four weeks of tidying up and falling in love with the details, Venus prepares to leave Virgo. Truthfully, Venus isn’t super comfortable in Virgo, having to learn the quiet pleasure of service versus adoration. But, come tomorrow, Venus is back home in Libra.
Venus and Mars rounding out their time in Virgo and we’re getting a push from the cosmos to clean, organize, and tend to the details of daily life. Mars in Virgo, in particular, is a drive for perfection. Venus in Virgo, on the other hand, finds beauty in order.
Time for a reality check courtesy of Mars square Saturn. Have we taken care of all the details? Are staying on top of our health? Are we doing our work? Don’t forget your to-do list today and, more importantly, don’t push your limits.
Jupiter, the planet of new horizons and worldly experiences, moves into Scorpio for a year long visit. As the teacher and explorer, Jupiter will take us through Scorpio’s deep emotional waters to discover the hidden riches in the most intimate spaces of our lives.
After a year long trip through Libra, Jupiter moves onto edgy Scorpio, the sign of wealth, intimacy, and trust. If Jupiter is the planet of exploration, then we’re moving through Scorpio’s darker emotional themes over the coming year.
The Sun makes one of its four yearly contacts to Pluto today and one of our scheduled check ins with our shadow. Pay attention to themes that come up today, especially in conversation. It reveals something deeper that you’re working to transmute.