Today is Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. The waning Moon begins the day in Virgo and enters Libra at 11:50 am EDT, on its way to the Scorpio New Moon on Wednesday. The Sun moved into Scorpio yesterday just after 2:30 pm EDT, so we start the workweek with solar energy in a new flavor.
While the week’s aspects present opportunity for inner and outer conflict, there are openings to other possibilities. It’s helpful to look at astrology as presenting choices, which may occur on what you can think of as layers of experience. If we go a little deeper, we get to another layer. For example, the Sun is now trine Chiron in Pisces, opening up the flow of energy between these two planets and signs.
That flow might be healing energy, in the form of an emotional flow. Barbara Hand Clow writes that “Chiron aspecting the Sun sets up a dynamic of knowing who we are with the soul in the body, and this spiritual fusion does not develop without service to others.” This is especially true with Chiron in Pisces, a service-oriented sign. In particular, Sun-Chiron-Pisces has creative flair. Remember, artists serve people! Also, note that Sun-Chiron can be about father. Involving the water signs, that means the emotional nature of men and the emotional needs or consequences of creative action. It’s a ‘be aware for opportunities’ kind of thing. The men you now meet may go beyond your notion of men in the past, especially your father.
The rest of the week is marked mainly by inner planet aspects involving Mars, the traditional ruler of Scorpio. Two of our personal planets in Scorpio, Venus and Mercury, are squaring the third this week — Mars (which is placed in Leo). This is, among other things, about understanding the psychology of desire, on the emotional and mental levels. With that Leo Mars, there is something about defining ourselves by what we want — and then assessing the results of that. We have an image of leveraging ourselves through some sort of transformation between our female and male aspects, plus that space within that seemingly has no gender (Mercury). Scorpio energy is powerful and Leo is fiery, so expect your emotions and drive to need some sort of outlet as you investigate. (Cue Sun trine Chiron: a creative outlet, or gentle emotional expression, for example.)