By Len Wallick
Today the Sun conjoins with Vesta in Scorpio. That will be our primary topic. Not so long ago we had a pretty respectable stellium in that fixed water sign, but it flew apart pretty quickly, for the most part.
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Mars conjoined Venus in early October to start the whole party. Then Mars picked up Eros and left its home sign early via the back door. Some host. Sure, the red planet avoided the fixed water traffic, but only to find that Sagittarius is at least as congested and considerably hotter.
After its second rendezvous with Mars in successive signs, Venus stationed for a rare retrograde. After that it greeted Mercury, Vesta and the Sun on their way in to Scorpio, even as Venus was on its way out through the front door. Over this last weekend it returned to Libra where it will reprise its status of resident ruler until the end of November.
Yesterday, Mercury joined Mars in the mysterious cauldron of mutable fire. It was on a quest to re-define its role in Sagittarius as Venus did in Scorpio. That leaves the Sun and Vesta wasting no time, alone and together on the same day. For most planets and both luminaries, the time in Scorpio is a fertile period of discovery. It is a revelation and reconciliation of that which does not fit comfortably — in need of integration to be and remain whole.