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Astrological forecast for Sun in Scorpio
Oct 23 through Nov 22
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If we are owning our evolved selves, we will recognize that we are standing on the shoulders of giants - those souls who have come before us and inspired us to become who we are today. If we can turn this current Mercury retrograde into a source of strength - by thinking way outside the box (and eventually knowing that there is no box!) - we'll begin to realize (to make real) that we have become the giants that our inspirational forebears had urged us to become. We'll then begin to know that we have become our own giants - the giants of the here and now - and that in the here-and-now moments of today and tomorrow, we get the chance to stand on our own shoulders.
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This is called evolving - moving forward and blazing new trails into uncharted territory - with only an occasional look backward (with a smile!) to see how far we've come, and to briefly touch base with our past inspirations for further guidance. And hopefully, we learn how to inspire each other to greater heights of awareness.
The Emperor card of the tarot is in our sights this month, and we get a few rare opportunities to figure out who the true Emperor is. Us as individuals - our evolved selves - or someone else as usurpers to our own thrones. The choice is always ours, within each and every here-and-now moment, to move forward, own our evolved selves, and become our own Emperors.
The planetary ownership of the Emperor card would ordinarily be argued for either Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn. However, Mars is slowing down to move retrograde exactly November 14 while Mercury is still within it's retrograde shadow. We'll be monitoring Mars as he goes nappy-time, and give our inner warriors a chance to reflect on the various wars within ourselves, and heal our sundry battle scars. We'll also be getting a better idea of who on the global stage is working for world peace, and who is working their inner Mars' incorrectly.
Meanwhile, the Good Professor Saturn is loitering around the karmic classroom of the collective South Node, and about to move retrograde himself. Saturn is busy preparing his karmic syllabus to teach us many more lessons about why we're all here, a Karma 101 for Freshmen, and a Karma 801 for Graduate studies - a five-year course for the serious student. Graduation ceremonies are scheduled for 2012, coinciding with the end of the Mayan calendar.
This leaves Jupiter in his ruling sign Sagittarius as the Emperor - the Emperor within each of us - our birthright of being the evolved Emperor of our own lives. Unlike the Scorpio overdose of last year at this time, this Sun in Scorpio is relatively clean and open-ended, with abundant opportunities to look elsewhere for inspiration, like Jupiter in his ruling sign for instance.
Scorpio was traditionally ruled by Mars until Pluto was discovered in 1930, in the midst of some of the most intense global power struggles, that eventually led to the even worsening power grabs of World War 2. The ancient myth of Pluto has him ruling the Underworld, and all that lies beneath, including the riches of oil and minerals (coal and uranium for example), as well as the birth/death/rebirth cycles of karma.
Do we really need more power struggles regarding oil, and other exhaustible resources of energy these days? Do we need to repeat the same conditions that existed before 1930? Do we have a choice? YES! In the past 77 years, Scorpio, for the collective inner warrior Mars, has been supplanted and progressed (evolved) by the much broader karmic questions that Pluto presents, as the ruler of why we fight in the first place. For Scorpio, this rulership shift has changed the "fly or fry" mentality of Mars into the "why do we need to see life as merely 'fly or fry?' Isn't there a better way to behave?" Yup, and in this regard, Pluto rocks!
Halloween is the essence of Scorpio - a time when the veil is thinnest - and representations of the "living dead" (the Underworld that Pluto rules) wander our streets asking us the trick-or-treat questions of karmic law, either figuratively or literally. Are we tricking ourselves with delusions of past errors and terrors, and worn-out ways of thinking, or are we treating ourselves to a greater understanding and knowledge of such things, and hopefully moving well beyond these questions that keep us locked into our unevolved selves?
The Sun moving into Scorpio finds a retrograde Mercury swinging back over the Sun, a potentially intense time for surreal confusion among the unaware. Mercury turned retrograde the second week of October, and the usual warnings went out to pay better attention while driving, operating or (not) buying electronic devices, and to think twice about making any major life decisions. This one is slightly different as Mercury started off retrograde in Scorpio, slipping back into Libra October 24 before turning direct again November 1 (EDT).
Mercury stops to move direct just as the veil is at its' extra crispiest, so some folks might be flailing about searching for the celebrated Libran balance. Venus rules Libra, and has recently moved out of her retrograde shadow. She'll be moving into Libra on November 8, so some folks might be needing this extra time to find their way. Steer clear of folks who aren't working this correctly.
The Full Moon of October 26 (EDT) is special in this regard for a variety of reasons. First because Lady Luna is at perigree - closest to the Earth - and at her fullest and brightest. This is the middle of three "Super Moons" of relatively equal brilliance, similar to last month's Full Moon on September 26, and next month's on November 24, shortly after the Sun enters Sagittarius.
Second, the Full Moon of October 26 is trine both Saturn and Pluto, reminding us of the fading Saturn/Pluto trine of this past August. This past Summer was a signal to release the energetic of the Saturn/Neptune opposition - at least a year-long process of rewiring our connection with our inner divinity. The previous Saturn/Pluto trine was in 1997 (remember peace and prosperity?), with the midpoint occurring during the Saturn/Pluto oppositions of 2001 - 2003 (9/11, the oxymoronic "holy wars," etc.). It's time to release those energetics as well.
Thirdly, this Full Moon of October 26 occurs just a few dozen hours before Pluto officially makes his third and final pass of the galactic center. This event will crystallize - or fall completely apart (the choice is ours!!!) - in December as Jupiter meets up with Pluto less than two and a half degrees from the enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy that lies beyond. This will be a once in a lifetime global energetic - a rare opportunity to completely align our selves with our source. It would be very wise to utilize these times correctly, that is, unless we enjoy having instant karma moments thrust upon us. Those should arrive in spades when Jupiter moves into Saturn-ruled Capricorn in December, and Pluto follows a month later.
The previous Jupiter/Pluto meeting was in Pluto's turf (Scorpio) in 1994, and this upcoming Jupiter/Pluto summit is in Jupiter's ruling sign Sagittarius. Jupiter/Pluto in "scary" Scorpio helped to launch the fear-driven careers of hate radio jocks, and other fear-mongering "news" pundits. The next few months will expose which Emperor has no clothes, so check your coats of false ego at the door.
The past sixteen months hasn't been an easy stretch for many people, as discarding outmoded spiritual paradigms can be stressful at best, and painful at worst. The astrological reasons for this shifting might seem complex, but is actually very simple as I hope to point out: If not, I always welcome questions.
Allowing for an 8° orb of influence (close enough for the casual observer), there are currently no planets opposing spiritual Neptune, for the first time since June 22, 2006. That's when much of this process began, and the first week of October was when we "should" have been aware it was all over. If we were approaching or surpassing success with this, we should have received a tap on the shoulder from our friends on the other side saying "Good job!", or getting some other form of encouragement. If not, it's never too late! Each moment offers a multitude of here-and-now opportunities to make it all real! Please read on.
For the unaware person, any planet opposing Neptune can expose the improper, inappropriate, and/or misguided spiritual workings of whichever planet is doing the opposing. For instance, warrior Mars first began approaching opposition with Neptune within 8° of exact at the Summer Solstice of June 2006. Things began to unravel for the hypocritical (a dysfunctional Mars) branches of the extremist wings of the "chicken hawks" of fundamentalism.
Next, the Good Professor Saturn began his year-long opposition to Neptune, exposing the lethal dangers of religious (Neptune) extremism (dysfunctional Saturn) everywhere else, and forced many people to wake up to the threat of global (Neptune) warming, despite what the anti scientific "authorities" (a dysfunctional Saturn) were espousing. Denial isn't a river in Egypt.
Next, Venus picked up the opposition energetic to Neptune this past June, just as Saturn was concluding his opposition to Neptune. Venus then began her retrograde cycle back and forth, moving direct and away from 8° opposition exactly on October 4, and rejoined Saturn at the collective (Mean) South Node on October 13 at 5° Virgo. Finally, the Moon moved into opposition to Neptune (within 8°) October 5 th and 6 th , and the New Moon of October 11 added an exclamation point to the whole thing.
And now, Mars slows down to move retrograde in emotional Cancer exactly on November 14, but this energetic has been steadily building since the Sun has entered Scorpio on October 23. Basically, our planet friends have been telling us to lay down our weapons, and throw all of our efforts into the peaceful activities of saving our own planet from ourselves. It's really that simple.
The usual suspects ("them") will be trying to expand their War on Terra, but now that there are no planets opposing spiritual Neptune, the usual suspects SHOULD become increasingly glaring examples of how not to express the will of the Universe - the exalted wills of their own souls. Generating bad karma has become way too simple and easy for "them" and their greed-burdened allies. It's really that simple as well.
As the Sun moves into Scorpio, Venus swings into opposition with Uranus (Prometheus) and begins to write the prologue for the astrological event of 2008, Saturn's first exact opposition to Prometheus. Venus' introduction to the Saturn/Prometheus oppositions (a roughly three-year process) reads like the Wiccan invocation of "first harm none." The Princess of Peace is urging us to operate our lives out of love and compassion for the peaceful Promethean revolution we can create in the next few years.
Venus moves into her ruling sign Libra on November 8, and the New Moon of November 9 (at 18° Scorpio) would be a good time to work some serious woo-woo in this regard, as these events precede the Mars retrograde by just a few days. The Sabian symbol (1) for 18° Scorpio ("The exalted feeling of a work well done and a truly consummated life") echoes our inner Emperor's desire to own our evolved selves. Mars is station-retrograde (dead in the air) at 13° Cancer at this New Moon ("The power of the will in shaping character"), and once again we will be forced to deal with the content of our character.
The key word here is "will," as in "free-will." Free-will is our birthright, and we can shape our character any way we wish. An Emperor costume would make for an appropriate Halloween "as within, so without" statement, no? Mars moving retrograde is an admonition for us to be sure that we don't become tyrants, and anyone acting like a monomaniac is clearly not working this energetic correctly.
The Sun/Moon (and Juno) conjunction of November 9 is one-third of a watery grand trine with Mars (in Cancer) and Prometheus (in Pisces), with a kite anchor/focus of a retrograde Ceres opposed the New Moon. Neglected (retrograde) Earth Mother Ceres sits halfway between the deer-in-the-headlights Mars and creative Prometheus for the duration of the month. With any luck, there will be increased pressure to end the War on Terra, and a retrograde Mars is the signal to lay down our wasteful weapons.
Prometheus is essentially dead in the air all month, and will be turning direct as the Sun enters Sagittarius. This positive development should help to germinate the inventive seeds within the creative class for the first half of 2008.
Let's get down to business, shall we fellow Emperors?
(1) The Sabian symbols are from Dane Rudhyar's "An Astrological Mandala."
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