Today is Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. The Moon is in Leo all day, and is conjunct Mars, suggesting some combination of anger, passion or creativity. Be aware of being angry at women, or your mom. Tomorrow morning it enters Virgo and makes a conjunction to self-critical Transpluto, newly in that sign. Keep an eye on your thoughts — especially if you did, in fact, get angry at your mom — and learn what you can without beating yourself up. The week’s big news is that the Sun enters Scorpio this Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2:30 pm EDT. We all know the Scorpio stereotypes: intense, mysterious, emotional, sexual, vindictive when crossed. But as with most things, reality is more complex and nuanced than a series of catch phrases; and this Scorpio season is a powerful one.
For one thing, the planets that were all clustered in Libra are making their way into Scorpio, one by one (although Saturn will hang back in Libra for another year). They won’t cluster up in quite the same way as they just did, since Venus and Mercury are already halfway through the sign and the Sun and Juno are just arriving. But as each one enters Scorpio, it makes a trine to Chiron in Pisces and then opposes Jupiter in Taurus. This means we can track the themes of healing, sex, money and our values as they shift planetary nuance in these weeks. In particular, an astrologer named Willow, of Willow’s Web Astrology, notes that this means the theme of valuing (Taurus) and undervaluing of our soul energy (Scorpio) is prominent.
Undervaluing something powerful can lead to difficulty down the road; far better to understand the power early on, so one can use it responsibly and creatively. Frances Sakoian and Louis S. Acker have this to say about Scorpio in The Astrologer’s Handbook: “Because Scorpios act with all their power, it is of utmost importance that they set out on the proper course from the start. They never deal with life superficially, and whatever they become involved with is generally of serious consequence. Sometimes their desire to do everything perfectly makes them unable to delegate responsibility, so they overwork themselves, seeking perfection in all details.”