The solar month of Scorpio (October 23 - November 22) brings the most active month of the calendar year. Three planets (Mercury, Uranus and Neptune) change direction. Mercury's retrograde cycle through Scorpio aspects five planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Neptune and Uranus) three times this fall. We will have a brief few hours from 3:58am to 12:53pm mdt on October 24 (Kim Marie's birthday) with six planets in intense Scorpio - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter.

Willingly or not, confronting the limitations within our soul and metamorphosing to new levels of self-reliance and self-empowerment is the theme this solar month. We will repeatedly face our soul's deepest desire nature, and either decide to let go or re-energize from new depths. We will find our relationships up for renegotiation, with things coming to an end or merging deeper yet on soul levels. The word "boring" will NOT describe the solar month of Scorpio; it will most likely be anything but calm.

Scorpio is the archetype in Evolutionary Astrology where we learn to merge with whatever we perceive we do not yet have and merge and osmosis with it, becoming more in the process. The trick is to then return to a greater level of self-empowerment. Many times however we do not want to let go of what we have merged with, and we become co-dependent upon it. This can then set up those famous Scorpionic confrontations and betrayals of trust, and we find ourselves alone again, searching for Taurean self-reliance. The Evolutionary Astrology mantra for Scorpio is: I metamorphose myself with evolving self-reliance.

Scorpio's planetary ruler is Pluto, which represents the soul itself, and its dual desire nature to both separate and return from that, which created the soul in the first place. This is where Scorpio, the 8th house and Pluto can represent both the best and the worse of anything. This archetype is our separating desires and the separating forces that operate upon us and through us. It is also our returning desires and the returning forces that also operate upon us and through us. In other words, Scorpio, the 8th house and Pluto represent "good and evil" and everything in between. The famous battle of wills comes to mind.

Through the process of evolution, another Scorpio archetype, souls eventually exhaust their separating desires until the desire to return to that, which created us, becomes more and more conscious. It becomes the only desire left in those souls we call avatars. It is the direction we all take, and it happens in very mundane ways, even through the most spiritual paths. Evolutionary Astrology has a common statement: evolution takes place through the emotional body. The end of this Piscean Age finds many souls playing emotional catch up with their mental and spiritual bodies in order to evolve their souls with wholeness.

As we begin the solar month of Scorpio, whatever has been building up in relationship to our resources comes busting to the surface. Our emotions are in our face. We will confront our relationships to money, possessions, our work and creativity, belief systems, friends, family, sexuality and any significant other in our life. It can take effort to remember that our soul desires this turning point that is pushing us to grow. It is evolution. Try as we might to resist, evolving forces are always greater than the forces of resistance. Just look around at nature if you doubt this.

It is usually after a Plutonic eruption that we realize our soul needed this event. Sometimes it takes time to realize the passing storm has brought us to a new level of understanding about ourselves and our relationship to life. All souls desire to be secure, and therefore all souls get to confront the limits of those securities when we become stuck in our growth. We move through insecurity to new levels of inner security, which is called self-reliance or the essence of Taurus, that polar opposite of Scorpio.

Mars is the next planet to enter Scorpio on October 23 for a quick six-week passage until December 5. Mars is known as the conscious desire nature of the soul, versus Pluto representing the mostly unconscious desires of the soul. Mars is the leading edge of our desires, both separating and returning. It is that instinctive desire to act and become.

Mars through Scorpio can push us to confront any limitations of power. This can bring much frustration into our lives, which can actually be motivating. It can create obsessions and compulsions, as we also desire to remain connected to whatever we perceive to be the power in our lives.

With Mars fresh off its bi-annual conjunction to the Sun on October 22/23 at 29/30 degrees Libra, there will be an emphasis on personal relationships and addressing any areas of inequality. All planetary archetypes have a spectrum of experience. Mars can be ready to fly the coop or face our partner wanting to leave. It can force us to new levels of giving and receiving in order to keep our commitment.

The beginning of this solar month will take our most intimate of relationships on their next evolutionary leap of growth. Mars in Scorpio is like the relationship detective that intensely reveals whatever we wish to keep cloaked and protected. Mars wants the bottom line, no games. Unhealthy Mars in Scorpio takes all this into manipulative arenas in hopes of maintaining some type of control over others.

Trust your gut and whatever your emotional body is telling you. If words and actions do not feel like truth, speak up. Mercury in Scorpio asks you to speak your truth, even when it makes you feel vulnerable. Honesty always ends up as a whole lot less work in the long run.

A major lesson for Mars in Scorpio is to stop endless cycles of revenge, especially those that have been taking place for lifetimes. It is one of the hardest things to do - walk away or be still, when the surface looks like we are justified in our actions. How do you get your emotional charges to neutral so you have as much freedom as possible?

Moon is Scorpio over the last two days can add to the picture. The New Moon at 29/20 degrees Libra October 21/22 set a new intent for equality. Now Moon in Scorpio will let us know what that feels like. In other words, we could experience emotional reactions to anything we perceive to be lopsided in our world of giving and receiving with others. Some may experience a deepening of emotional connection with loved ones - this is who I am willing to commit to.

Venus then enters Scorpio on October 24 for a little over three weeks until November 17. Within in 24 hours Venus will over take Mars so needs and desires converge here. Venus is in the opposite sign of its rulership (Taurus) so we can really feel vulnerable over our essential needs. When do I get mine, and what do I have to do to get my needs met? And with Mars in Scorp, me first!

Venus will not get away from the pull of Taurus. This is opportunity to address any area where we feel vulnerable and reach within for a deeper level of self-reliance. Venus in Scorpio is the psychological detective, and cuts to the chase like a laser. Venus perceives whatever is missing and begins the dance of attracting it to us. Add Mars to the picture and hypnotic attractions can explode out of the blue.

Remember that whenever we are attracted to something outside of us, it is because we perceive it to be missing in our life. When this attraction comes through as someone outside of our primary relationship, the hypnotic tug is a message. It is what we need to create in the primary attraction. So many times souls take it as the message of having made the wrong choice in partners so it becomes the reasoning for audios!

In reality, this can easily set us up for another lifetime with both the partner and outside attraction. When attracted to someone outside our primary relationship, a healthier response is to bring the attracting message (i.e. deeper conversations or new activities) into the existing relationship. If our partner is unwilling, or unable, to bring this attraction into the relationship, then we are karmicly free to move on and follow through on the outside attraction.

Scorpio always asks us to look below the surface of everything and find the deeper message. What Venus in Scorpio messages are you receiving about your resources? Where are you afraid? What can you do about it? Whenever we have outside fears, the answer needs to be found within our self.

The deepest Venus in Scorp relationship is with Universal Source itself. Anything else is a substitute. Evolving souls eventually learn that nothing replaces an inner relationship to God/Goddess. When that is activated, every other relationship we pursue takes on new meaning. We no longer project the defacto god/goddess yearning onto another. We find it within and then naturally find it reflected in others. Two self-reliant souls come together creating even more self-reliance. Yes, it can be done.

Venus then conjuncts Mars on October 24/25 at 1/2 degrees Scorpio. Venus and Mars traditionally symbolize the interaction of personal relationships. From our Venus values we become aware of our needs, including our relationship needs. These needs then become the Mars desires we activate and achieve. Now add Scorpio to this picture.

We can go from the extremes of co-dependency that creates all kinds of unhealthy behaviors in order to control or be controlled. We can go to the other end of the spectrum and through self-empowerment create deep soul merging representative of merging with Universal Source itself.

Very few souls realize the act of the unmanifest manifesting is an acting of God/Goddess making love to itself. Venus-Mars in Scorpio can range from sexual taboo and violence to the most sacred act of making love to Universal Source through another human being. Where do you find yourself?

Alone? Every way you love your self is an act of loving Source, and Source loving you. Loneliness is your own lack of loving your self, and many times expecting or wishing for another to be responsible for what is your work - loving your self. Scorpio bottom line here: exposing any Leo or Virgo excuses.

On practical levels, we will find ourselves evaluating all kinds of relationships. What is meeting our needs and what isn't? What needs to change? Who do we need to confront? Who is in our face, confronting us? What relationships may be coming to a natural end, even as we resist?

Relationships are meant to evolve and change. In our soul's desire to be secure, we tend to resist changing our relationships once we find ourselves in them. When our resistance becomes too co-dependent in some way, those famous betrayals of trust happen. We need to own up to our own responsibilities in co-creating these scenarios. We can observe and change ourselves to lessen the need for future repetitions of these feelings of abandonment.

Astrology works via the law of polarity. Taurus self-reliance will always be in Scorpio's face.

Jupiter makes the third and final waxing square to Saturn on October 25 at 23/24 degrees Scorpio-Leo. The first two were December 16, 2005 (10/11 degrees Scorpio-Leo) and June 22, 2006 (9/10 degrees Scorpio-Leo). These aspects were part of a larger picture for Jupiter over the last 12 months of making (three aspects each) waning squares to Neptune, waning trines to Uranus and waning semi-squares to Pluto.

Over the last year, we have had Jupiter in Scorpio surrendering to the three outer planets while being forced to create a new plan of action with Saturn. Insecurity anyone? Many have felt it on collective and individual levels. The world itself is adjusting to the waning Piscean Age, which is refusing to let us remain static, forcing us to let go of old ways. When collective groups feel insecure, individuals must reach for their own security in order to rebuild it on a collective level.

Jupiter in Scorpio has revealed all kinds of vulnerabilities. We have either reached for the past to defend and control our turfs, or, we have looked deeper into our beliefs around these insecurities. We have had to re-evaluate our relationships to others and our resources. We have been examining the beliefs that created these issues. How is this happening for you?

As the inner planets line up in Scorpio this solar month, all our Jupiter in Scorpio beliefs and the limitations they have created come to a head. Wherever we have stuck our head in the sand is crumbling around us like an earthquake. We are exposed. If we can spend a little time with our vulnerabilities, we might learn a few things. What beliefs are no longer working for you? Who and what are forcing you to look at life differently? How is your relationship to resources evolving? Where is your pocketbook? How is your love life changing?

Saturn in Leo teaches us that we are each responsible for our self and our creative expressions in the world. To the degree we independently mature, we can then create community from a sense of freedom. We create what community actually needs versus crying out for attention to be noticed. We lessen the fear of others controlling us. We are in charge of our life. This allows us to then go forward with the Jupiter in Scorpio decisions that are best for us, versus choosing from a sense of fear and co-dependency.

The initiation of this Jupiter-Saturn First Quarter square came from their May 28, 2000 conjunction at 22/23 degrees Taurus. Self-reliance and the ability to create the resources we need have a strong theme in this 20-year Jupiter-Saturn cycle. This last year has brought major tests in meeting our own needs instead of depending upon society to do so. How well are you doing? This is the point to break free from co-dependency upon others as much as possible.

It does not mean isolation. Self-reliant souls can truly merge with others on deep, deep levels. We then metamorphose in whatever ways necessary. This Jupiter-Saturn waxing square will be right in the relationship mix early this solar month, bringing the highs and lows as each of us have energized our lessons. Can you acknowledge creativity in others?

One area of resource lessons is to face reality and live within our means. Credit was popularized with Uranus in Pisces. Here we are one 84-year cycle later, and facing this issue of debt overload. The initiation of this Jupiter-Saturn cycle in Taurus reinforces this lesson. Simplify is a common theme, and naturally leads to more confidence as we reduce our debt load. All these Scorpio must-have resources can have us questioning whether our stuff really makes us feel more secure.

Venus makes a superior conjunction to the Sun on October 27 at 4/5 degrees Scorpio. This is the conjunction where Venus now moves ahead of the Sun for the 9-10 months until its next retrograde cycle. We will continue to delve to the depths of our souls in understanding our relationship needs.

Venus-Sun connections are about self-love and in Scorpio we could go for everything except that. We could find our fears of intimacy exposed so we play unconscious games. It could feel extremely vulnerable to let another get this close to us. We could experience desire to consume or be consumed by another. It can take supreme willpower to avoid manipulations as we realize some of our deepest needs and desires in love. When you are pondering your next step in loving another, ask if you would want the same to come back to you. Act accordingly.

The beginning of this solar month brings major relationship patterns to the surface. It can feel very intense. Good or bad, we will see our relationship energizing reflected back to us. Is it time to bring something to closure? Are you realizing you need to take care of yourself? Is it time for the big commitment? Whatever your next lesson in life is, you can count on being confronted to learn it, no escape.

Mercury then turns stationary retrograde on October 28 at 25/26 degrees Scorpio. The days when Mercury turns retrograde and direct bring frustrations with communications and making connections, and many times just detail overload. This retro cycle will make sure we learn our relationship and resource lessons.

Just as we think some of this Scorpio intensity will wear off, Mercury decides to revisit things. Breathe. Talk long walks. Talk it out, again and again. Any emotions of anger and frustration are messages of where you are facing your limitations of power. It also reveals where you get to reach for your next level of self-empowerment.

Scorpio brings us to the limits of our personal power to teach us how to go beyond. It teaches us what we can control and what we cannot. Who has the right to control another person? Especially if those subtle manipulations are to meet our own needs at the expense of someone else. We may find intense words, as Mercury turns retro, revealing just exactly where we feel this sense of powerlessness. Remember Taurus, I can do it myself. Know that you will have more than one opportunity to work on things over the next month or so.

Twelve hours later Neptune turns stationary direct on October 29 at 17 degrees Aquarius, close enough to feel the square (tension) from stationary Mercury. If we have been in relationship denial, it will be revealed. Neptune turned retrograde last May 22 at 19/20 degrees Aquarius. We have spent the last five months looking for objectivity in our beliefs.

We only have to look around at those whose beliefs differ from ours to recognize how emotional we can be over that which we take as gospel. Good ole Neptune will just come along and dissolve things, leaving us in confusion, hopelessness and depression. Neptune's job is to help us realize the interconnectedness of all living beings on the planet, human and otherwise.

Neptune stationary direct is a time to get our next big ah ha. Mercury retro will either add to more confusion or, enlightenment. Neptune in Aquarius could care less about our emotional upsets. It is just taking away the barriers that separate us from Universal Source. Some may be disappointed if they have put their partners on a pedestal. It can be downright disillusioning to recognize our partner is not perfect. Or worse yet, we may realize that our partner has been deceiving us. The shock of it is meant to move us toward a direct inner connection to God/Goddess. Instead, this month, we may just look for the next soul to project upon.

If we have actively been working to improve our relationship to the Universal One, we may find a deep connection with someone else on the same path. We may find deep emotional bonding from this. Neptune in Aquarius is slowly but surely teaching us that what we put energy into we bring into form. From this we understand we have complete responsibility for our life.

At this point in time, Neptune in Aquarius is waking us up to more natural spiritual laws and principles. Over the last decade Neptune has transited over its own South Node currently in Aquarius. Most souls upon the planet today have deep, unconscious memories of living in more natural times and natural laws. Neptune stationary direct in Aquarius can bring these types of memories to the surface. We can remember what is natural and what is distorted.

This tests how attached (Scorpio) we have become to our human-made (patriarchal) distortions. Where is this happening for you? Do you somehow know that energizing war never leads to peace? It just perpetuates the cycles of revenge. Will we go until there is nothing left of Gaia to fight over? Look at how long this has been going on in the Middle East, known as the cradle of civilization. Civilized?

How is this happening for you personally? What messages are you receiving in regards to your personal cycles of revenge with those who are closest to you? Can you recognize this? What is Neptune in Aquarius popping into your head? Where is your courage to change? Can you detach emotionally in order to quit your cycles of revenge?

Mercury retrograde makes the second of three conjunctions to Jupiter on October 30 at 24/25 degrees Scorpio. The first one was October 22 at 22/23 degrees Scorpio and the last conjunction is December 10 at 3/4 degrees Sagittarius. This is the left brain and right brain syncing up to reach for whole brain.

Our intuition can be razor sharp now. Trust how things feel more than the words that are said. Jupiter can sometimes want to compensate, especially when it realizes how much Scorpio's directness can bite. That is ok. Truth is always easiest in the long run. Trust your gut. Speak your truth, regardless of what anyone else is doing. That way truth comes back to you no matter how much someone else may try to cover up or lie.

Pay attention to the intuitive hits on how to proceed this month. Face your limitations and ask for your best way to metamorphose into your next step of self-reliance. Jupiter is busy this month; bringing forth whatever messages it has before it leaves Scorpio alone for another 12 years.

Jupiter makes only one waning semi-sextile to Pluto on October 31 at 24/25 degrees Scorpio-Sagittarius. Here is a mutual reception between these two planetary archetypes. It is like get down, down, down to the bottom line. Then these two big auras can lighten up. It could be a touchy "trick or treat" day.

If either planet attempts to outfox the other one, it could get real explosive real fast. It is best to just stick with what is honest, and be direct. There can be repeated messages on the need to make our relationships more meaningful. This may help us understand which connections have run their course and are now coming to a close. Remember, our hellos are only as good as our goodbyes. There may be several times this solar month when something is over. Strive for those healthy goodbyes.

Another repeated theme during Sun in Scorpio is sexuality, which can run the gamut from S&M to taboos to what is called sacred sex. Jupiter-Pluto may expose this area in some way. Sexual illusions revealed. Dishonesty dished out comes back sooner or later. What is your intuition letting you know about your sexual relations? The Taurus polarity of self-sex is a natural foundation in loving self.

Humanity has been falsely conditioned to believe that there is somehow a separation of spirit and flesh. The Jupiter-Pluto waning semi-sextile aspect can bring out the ridiculousness of this assumption. If we just ponder all the religions and beliefs with different and opposing dogmas, why should one belief have dominion over the others? As Pluto finishes up in Sag and religious dogmas cling to extremes to resist change, Jupiter in Scorpio may say enough and walk away from religious dictations.

How do you need to trust your own intuition better, especially your emotional messages? Be careful of avoiding your own inner truth and setting yourself up for another plutonic explosion down the road.

Mercury retro makes the second of three waxing squares to Saturn on November 1 at 24 degrees Scorpio-Leo. The first one was October 23 at 23/24 degrees Scorpio-Leo and the last one is December 4 at 25 degrees Scorpio-Leo. Mercury is emphasizing the last Jupiter-Saturn waxing square.

There are so many aspects this month, and so many repeating themes at repeating degrees. No matter how much Scorpio may try to hold up its walls, there is just as much intensity to break through. Mercury in Scorpio relates back to Saturn in Leo with deep emotional messages that can affect us to the core. What about me? What about my needs? Who am I? What am I here for?

Saturn in Leo comes forth in our consciousness with strong "me" messages. Yet somehow, we also realize we do not operate in a vacuum. We get to figure out how to relate to another, interfacing their "me-ness" with ours, their deep emotions with our emotional needs. These Mercury-Saturn waxing squares are the times to talk. We can either consciously make the effort or just let things burst out.

If others are trying to control us, we will want our freedom. The same may come back to us from those we are covertly attempting to manipulate. Saturn in Leo's subjective nature has objectivity lessons, and Mercury in Scorpio can point those lessons out rather directly. Breathe and listen, especially if you desire others to do the same for you.

Venus makes a waning trine to Uranus retrograde on November 1 at 11 degrees Scorpio-Pisces. One-by-one the Scorpio planets will link up with Uranus, who is not known for much subtlety. We can go within and see how the Uranian messages make us feel. Uranus in Pisces is like Neptune in Aquarius (another mutual reception) - both ask us to recognize the energy we put into every area of our life. No more excuses. Whatever we manifest, we have either consciously or unconsciously created, usually both. Form follows energy. If we do not like our world then we must change the way we look at our world.

We must watch out for an emotional pity pot as the inner planets connect to Uranus in Pisces. We must be careful in crying out victimization themes. It then begs us to detach and look at our emotional responsibility in attracting it. This is one of the hardest lessons for Pisces - to become aware of how it is responsible for everything in its life. It is the lesson Pisces must get before it is allowed any peace.

As souls evolve into more and more self-reliance, this same Venus-Uranus aspect can bring beautiful and deep emotional connections with our loved ones. Uranus can have telepathy with Venus, an emotional sync that merges on the deepest levels. We may find the world in love with us. We can find a way to love the world.

The Sun then makes a waning trine to Uranus retro on November 3 at 10/11 degrees Scorpio-Pisces. This will have similar lessons to the Venus-Uranus trine. Scorpio loves to go to the deepest depths, especially emotional ones. These waning trines to Uranus are the only trine energy we will experience this solar month. Make the best of it.

Uranus is only minutes from its stationary direct point on November 19. It is time throughout the rest of solar month for Uranus to bring its liberation messages into consciousness. Any Piscean anger is our message to take responsibility for our lives. You will be given the insight on how you can change things. Be careful of lazy trine energy resisting growth.

The Sun and Uranus naturally oppose each other on the zodiacal wheel, and now they are in harmonious water. This can make for some great clairsentience. How can you take complete responsibility for all you experience in your life? How are you making Scorpio leaps of growth? Uranus can be the great messenger so pay attention to your repeated messages.

The Full Moon of Taurus is November 5 at 13 degrees Scorpio-Taurus. This is the annual Full Moon to reach into the depth of our souls and find our foundations of self-reliance. As the Moon in Taurus opposes Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter in Scorpio in a 30 hour period, we may find ourselves resisting this opportunity in some way. We want to cling to outer securities instead of reaching for our own from within.

Scorpio is the archetype where we recognize those forces of power greater than our own, both positive and negative. It can be a scary place. Yet it is a natural part of life that opens us up to keep growing rather than just going so far and then refusing to budge. The annual Full Moon of Taurus is the great tug-o-war between evolving and remaining stuck.

Because the desire within souls to be secure - and therefore resist change - can be so strong, it can take a power stronger than our self to create change. Then once change does happen, we get to reach within and incorporate a new level of security or self-reliance. If we want to cling to that outside source of power (or perception of more power) too much, it is taken away to enforce the next step of self-reliance.

As fixed signs, both Scorpio and Taurus sooner or later get to realize that change - evolution - is natural law. We merge, evolve and separate; merge, evolve and separate. This Full Moon can help us with this realization. Borrow a Gemini mantra - my foundation is in movement itself.

Venus makes a waning square to Neptune on November 6 at 17 degrees Scorpio-Aquarius. For awhile Venus will lead the way with the inner planet aspects. These two are the lower (Venus) and higher (Neptune) octaves of love. As Venus creates a crisis in consciousness (last quarter square) with Neptune, we will reinforce the message that our relationships must become more and more meaningful to us. Otherwise, we will not find the relationship worth participating in anymore.

Venus-Neptune waning squares are about putting God/Goddess into the relationship. In Scorpio-Aquarius, there is a battle between going deeper yet or detaching from it all. Do we move in closer or walk away? The answers will be unique to each of us and our current situations this solar month. One highlight of fixed signs is that we get repeated messages about change before we make the effort to change. This can help with finding answers. It becomes more and more obvious which direction to go.

Mercury retro then conjuncts Venus on November 7 at 17/18 degrees Scorpio. We only have one Mercury-Venus conjunction with their close cycles to the Sun. Yet all this intense Scorpio energy will almost force us to figure out what our needs in relationships really are. Get in touch with that emotional body - as if you could avoid it these days. Loving your self may be the message here. Deepen your personal relationship to Universal Source and the rest of your relationships issues will be resolved.

The relationship we have with our self is the same relationship we will have with God/Goddess. How you treat yourself is how you perceive God/Goddess to treat you, and vice versa. So, love your self and you are loving G/G. This inner relationship will make you more loving, loved and lovable. Healthy, self-reliant souls radiate magnetic energy that everyone is attracted to.

Mercury retrograde then makes the second of three waning squares to Neptune on November 8 at 17/18 degrees Scorpio-Aquarius. Here is more of this Mercury-Venus surrender to Neptune's lessons. All three Mercury-Neptune waning squares (October 15 and November 28) happen at the same 17/18 degrees Scorpio-Aquarius. It is like Neptune refuses to move until Mercury gets it. Remember Mercury stationary retrograde and Neptune stationary direct at the same time earlier this month?

Again and again Mercury's need to analyze will not be enough with Neptune's omniscience. We must listen to the higher messages coming through. When we are emotionally fractured we can create circular thinking, looking at things the same way again and again. Neptune in Aquarius will come through with shocking answers and events to shake us out of our frozen emotional body.

Evolutionary Astrology cautions us when we want to paint every negative event with a karmic retribution brush. Sometimes it is evolutionary necessity waking us up. This is not uncommon in today's world of avoiding the emotional body. Sometimes we need the emotional shock to get our attention, to get us back in our emotional body.

What are your Mercury and Venus messages about love these days? What are your emotional needs? Neptune in Aquarius will be a repeating drum until you listen. May you hear what you need to hear in order to evolve into deeply loving your self. May you love your self enough to let go of any Scorpionic dysfunctional relating patterns.

Mars makes a waning trine to Uranus retrograde on November 8 at 10/11 degrees Scorpio-Pisces. Mars ironically follows the inner planets through Scorpio, bringing the need to act upon these intense emotions bubbling to the surface. These two guys - Mars and Uranus - can ignite each other quite easily, water or no water, trine or no trine.

Pay attention to your actions. Honesty is the best policy. If your inner voice (Mercury retro in Scorpio) gives you any self-talk, listen. Be careful with anyone promising the moon and stars. We can get swayed by our emotional desires with these two planets and project out what we desire, rather than detaching to see if someone actually walks their talk. We can be co-dependent enough to settle for the games.

The healthy waning trine between Mars and Uranus can be real deep emotional connection to others without feeling trapped, remaining free to be our actual self and allowing others to be free as well. We can let others be in their power without feeling threatened. We can observe and then create this our self. This is rare and takes effort in our world. Yet it is possible.

Mercury retro makes its inferior conjunction to the Sun on the same day, November 8 at 16/17 degrees Scorpio. This is the highlight of the Mercury retrograde cycle. It is a time for mental answers, and emotional ones with this Merc retro cycle. Where is your world at these days? Do you feel good, or do you sense the con artist with Mars-Uranus?

Do some psychological work here. Get to your personal emotional bottom line. Scorpio is one of those signs that prepares for the worst because then we know we can handle whatever comes along. It is not the same as energizing the worst, unless that is what your emotional patterns have been. Then it is time for some Scorpionic leaps of mental growth.

No matter how many times you may have experienced upsets in the past, your point of power is now and how you want to go forward from this reference point. Let Sun-Mercury get to your weakest link emotionally and create some self-reliance. Chances are there is someone in your life pointing out what needs to change. Make the effort to change your mental self-talk, and change the emotional energy that accompanies it.

Louise Hay as a great quote: "Everything I need to know comes to me, and everything I need comes to me in my highest and best time/space sequence." Repeat this day after day, year after year, until it becomes your bottom line reality.

The Sun makes a waning square to Neptune on November 9 at 17/18 degrees Scorpio-Aquarius. All the inner planets are meeting Neptune at its stationary direct point. This is a solar month for deep, spiritual messages from Neptune. Here is the Sun now asking for what makes sense in our life.

We could be getting weary of all this intense emotional energy. Perhaps it is wearing down our walls so that we may hear the still, silent voice from within. This is how God/Goddess will actually speak to us. The whisper so soft we ignore it. Meditation can make this inner voice louder.

God/Goddess, through Neptune, will also just dissolve whatever needs to be released. If we are clinging to any emotional situations that are preventing growth, Sun-Neptune can just take them away, leaving us in a void. When this happens, it is meant to draw us inward. Face your emotional fears and address them up with the words "I want to know Universal Source/God/Goddess." Add emotion to it.

Mercury retrograde makes the second of three conjunctions to Mars on November 11 at 12/13 degrees Scorpio. The first one was September 15 at 4/5 degrees Libra and the last conjunction is December 9 at 2/3 degrees Sagittarius. This is the only planet Mercury's retro cycle will meet three times in different signs.

Throughout the fall Mars will get in touch with its desire nature in relationships, and now Mercury is asking if this is really what Mars wants. If not, what needs to change? There is also strong energy to talk things through before action - we are on the "consider others" side of the zodiac. Still, we may find ourselves heating up from another's actions.

We may find ourselves full of ideas about how we would like to see our relationships evolve. Make an effort to communicate these new directions. If it is too much for the one we would like to change with us, can you go it alone? Are your new evolving desires so strong you must move forward? Be careful of ultimatums. Strive to clearly state your needs, and then meet them your self if necessary. No games, just be honest and act from that foundation. Realize things may change again.

Venus makes a waxing square to Saturn on November 12 at 24/25 degrees Scorpio-Leo. Now Venus will add to this Jupiter-Saturn waxing square still in orb. Venus-Saturn interactions are about self-reliance and self-responsibility. As we figure what our needs are, we must also take responsibility in meeting those needs. We minimize disappointment, and co-dependency, that way.

What relating realities are upon you? Does your reality mesh with your beliefs? If you find any contest of wills over whose needs will be met first, make an effort to take care of your own needs. Even the healthiest of relationships still needs partners to take care of themselves. Then we bond and give as another actually needs, rather than any games to control each other.

Venus in Scorpio must watch manipulations and possessiveness. Saturn in Leo will want to feel free and Venus in Scorpio wants deep commitment. Can we have both? Absolutely! The dual desire nature of souls will finds most want freedom and commitment. It is a personal blend for each relationship.

If you find yourself facing the reality of being alone again, make the effort to love your self as you would desire another to love you. This will also minimize future disappointments because you are not looking for someone to do your own necessary self-love work for you. The more we deeply love ourselves, the stronger we are to say no to unhealthy loving. That creates healthy Venus-Saturn boundaries.

Mercury retro makes the second of three waning trines to Uranus retro on November 13 at 10/11 degrees Scorpio-Pisces. The first aspect was October 10 and the third one is November 22, and both also occur at 10/11 degrees Scorpio-Pisces. Uranus does the same thing as Neptune, turns stationary direct this solar month, standing still and bursting forth with its major "ah haaa's" into our consciousness.

This is the conscious mind (Mercury) and the individuated unconscious mind (Uranus) linking up. It is like Mercury must pay attention to whatever Uranus is releasing up to the surface. Those mental messages are going to have strong emotional themes, and we may not want to take notice. So three times Mercury gets bombarded, perhaps with such emotional intensity our mind goes numb. Pay attention to how you actually feel. That will get your mind reactivated.

Uranian shock and trauma happen when we do not want to keep growing. Surprises can be positive as well with Uranus when we do make the effort to honor our soul's evolution. Mercury and Uranus will both go direct within a few days of each other late this solar month. We may find this waning trine a prelude to what is coming.

Again, our soul's big evolutionary steps do not happen in a vacuum. There are messages along the way. We just need to take notice. Honor your emotional body these days. What is your head telling you about your heart?

Venus makes a conjunction to Jupiter on November 15 at 28/29 degrees Scorpio. As Venus links up to Jupiter we get to align our needs with our evolving beliefs. We choose our belief systems, most of us unconsciously. From those beliefs we create our values. From those values we create our needs, and from those perceived needs the desires we choose to act upon.

Venus and Jupiter are now asking if our needs make sense to us anymore. Do you really need that abusive relationship? Do you really need that expensive possession? What values are you giving to your emotions? Are they attached to the outer world? Do you feel happy? If not, what needs to change?

Jupiter has traveled through Scorpio since October 25, 2005. We are finishing up a long cycle of metamorphosing our beliefs about our emotional natures. We have realized how emotionally attached we are to the beliefs that make us feel secure. We have faced emotional insecurities throughout the last year when our beliefs failed us. Each instance was an opportunity to expand our consciousness into new beliefs, about our self and our relationships to rest of the world.

Now Venus is coming along and energizing new essential needs from these evolving beliefs. Intimate relationships are a big theme. As this solar month draws to a close, we have become intensely aware of our next step to evolve through relationships. Most likely, there are also themes of loving our self better, looking for love less outside and more inside. Then inner naturally reflects outer into healthier and healthier relationships. How does this apply to your world?

The Sun makes a waxing square to Saturn on November 16/17 at 24/25 degrees Scorpio-Leo. We can want to express our self through relationships so strongly we may try to force it to happen. Be careful. Improve your relationship with your self first. Be OK going it alone if that is what it takes to get your needs met.

Other people in our life may feel the same way. Do not make anyone else responsible for you. Parents are naturally responsible for raising children. However, they are attempting to prepare children to make it on their own in the world. We continue to do the same as adults, regardless of how well or rotten of a job we perceive our parents did. Watch out for self-pity trips. It is separating forces attempting to trip you up and keep you co-dependent.

Venus enters Sagittarius on November 17 for three weeks until December 10/11. Whew! The first inner planet to make it through Scorpio, and it feels sooo good. Venus might feel like flying now. Whatever made us think we needed that lousy relationship in the first place? If it is in our world, there was some lesson we needed to learn. Make the effort to get it in order to move on. Most likely we had lessons of more self-reliance in order to say no to unhealthy relating.

Venus in Sag wants freedom again. We all want to feel free enough to explore our evolving needs. Even in committed relationships. Self-reliance creates the ability to allow our partners the freedom to grow as they need to, even if it brings the relationship to a closure. This is a risk we all take.

Strive for more honesty now. Sag is about truth versus lies. If we are facing relationship endings, address the reasons why. This will allow everyone to grow and minimize projecting karma forward to repeat all over again. Any soul can move through this reflection even when the ex-partner is unwilling. If you find yourself attracting the same type of partners over and over again, there is something in you that must change. Inner attracts outer.

As the Mercury retrograde cycle draws to a close in a few hours, Venus in Sagittarius may get the courage to speak up about our evolving needs. Honor those feelings as they arise. Your relationship can be healthier for it in the long run by having the courage to confront your relationship limitations.

Mars makes a waning square to Neptune on November 17 at 17/18 degrees Scorpio-Aquarius. Neptune also deals with the archetype of honesty. As Mercury is standing still to move forward today, we may find relationship dishonesty coming to the surface. Our dishonest actions may be exposed. Pay attention to that inner voice of conscience. Love others as you would like to be loved. Walk away when others are unwilling to do the same for you.

Mars in Scorpio wants control in order to feel secure and may be attempting it on outer levels all month long. Now as it gets to the middle degrees of Scorpio, Neptune in Aquarius gets involved with the consequences of our actions, both positive and negative.

Mars waning square Neptune is surrendering to Universal Source, or letting go and letting God/Goddess. Not from a giving our power away point of view. It is learning to deeply merge with Source itself in whatever ways represent our next step of reunion. When we learn to merge with Universal Source it is actually self-empowering. We link up with natural spiritual laws and principles and become co-creators in the universe. It is a natural source of power.

We may be also learning to accept no substitutes for a direct relationship with God/Goddess itself. If we have been making our human relationships defacto god/goddesses, we may experience deep disappointment here as we realize there are no substitutes. Here is a Mars-Neptune statement: "I will my will divine will."

Mercury turns stationary direct on November 17 at 9/10 degrees Scorpio. It can finally feel like we are about to get some emotional relief. Yet, once again more emotions come busting out to the surface. We can make all kinds of mental connections, understanding how deep our emotional driving force can be. Do the Mercury in Scorpio thing, and play psychological detective to understand your self as deeply as possible.

Then make the effort to understand the people in your life and what makes them tick. We have had all kinds of emotional insecurities revealed this solar month. It has forced us to find the next level of emotional self-reliance. What still needs to be addressed? It can be intense for a few days as Mercury goes direct; however, the energy lends itself to hearing and being heard. Make the communication efforts one more time.

We may find things coming to closure, and we may find things rebirthing. Scorpio is death and rebirth, both figuratively and literally. We have all been metamorphosing ourselves all month long. It is time to understand what it has all been about. Remember to reach for Taurean self-reliance whenever necessary.

If it is time to let go, then let go. Open up to the new. If it is time to rebirth and re-energize then do so. You will know. Find your courage. Make your emotional leaps.

Uranus turns stationary direct on November 19/20 at 10/11 degrees Pisces. The messages and awakenings cannot be ignored. Life is telling us how we need to move forward. The end of the solar month will finish up as strong as the beginning. Uranus direct will be releasing all kinds of information into our consciousness - the past that still needs to be addressed and understood, the present we have been avoiding that is still in our face, and our personal messages on how to move forward.

Pay attention to the repeating visions, thoughts and feelings that pop up on their own. The future-oriented messages bring the blueprint of where we are headed. The more the messages repeat, the more immediate the action we need to take. It can feel quite scary when compared to present reality. Yet somehow we know it is our direction to go.

Mercury, the conscious mind, and Uranus, the unconscious mind, are quite strong the end of the month. Take steps to calm your nervous system. Breathe deep to calm your emotional body. Get some exercise to keep the energy moving. Your soul desires to break free and evolve, regardless of how your mind and body may try to cling to the past. Evolution is natural law and will take place one way or another. You can lessen the cataclysms when you inwardly listen.

These two planets are in orb for weeks, the waning trine that asks us to open up to a deeper relationship to God/Goddess. We can emotionally soar when we do. It is Uranus job to dissolve any areas where we try to remain emotionally stagnant. If you feel depressed and/or confused, it is the sign that you are resisting growth in some way. Ask where.

Uranus stationary direct is meant to help us leap forward. It will push those Scorpionic emotions to the surface one more time. We may find past life memories making their way to the surface, especially those emotional betrayals of trust. Breathe. We can recognize the emotional patterns and make those leaps of consciousness to change things.

The New Moon of Scorpio is November 20 at 28/29 degrees Scorpio. It is quite appropriate for the New Moon to come at the end of this solar month. Now that we have been through our Scorpionic eruptions, we can sense how we need to move forward. This is the annual New Moon to create deep, emotional new beginnings. Any apparent surprises will be understood fairly fast.

The beauty of natural law is that you get as many new beginnings as you need. You get as many chances, and lifetimes, as you need to evolve back to Universal Source. This New Moon can intensify your resolve to evolve. Utilize that will power. Love your self, as deeply as possible.

The ultimate merging this solar month is with God/Goddess. May you be most successful.

Finally, the Sun makes its annual conjunction to Jupiter on November 21 at 29/30 degrees Scorpio. This is also appropriate with the New Moon. This conjunction between Sun and Jupiter initiates a new growth cycle. It initiates a new cycle of evolving our beliefs and acting upon them. Here we are at the end of the solar month of Scorpio, with Jupiter finishing up a 13-month passage through Scorpio.

We can find the wisdom of Scorpio now, the phoenix rising from the ashes to soar again. This is the image to reach for as you evolve through this month. We are ready to initiate new relating patterns from a deeper level of self-reliance. We are ready to take soul mate bonding to a new level. Soul mates desire to evolve their spiritual growth. They are well on the path to reunion with God/Goddess independently. Souls mates come together to further this process along.

Karma is still there between them. However, their love is becoming more and more unconditional, wanting what is best for each of them regardless of where this will take their relationship. They commit without guarantees. They risk loving; knowing that their self-love is strong enough to weather whatever comes along. They love themselves first, as deeply and completely as possible. Inner then reflects outer. This is the true work of Scorpio. May you be most successful.

May God/Goddess bless you through Sun in Scorpio!

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2007-2008 Jupiter aspects to Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto
10-25-06 Jupiter waxing square Saturn, 23/24 Scorpio-Leo (3)
10-31-06 Jupiter waning semi-sextile Pluto, 24/25 Scorpio-Sagittarius (once)
11-23-06 Jupiter enters Sagittarius
01-22-07 Jupiter waning square Uranus, 12/13 Sagittarius-Pisces (1)
03-16-07 Jupiter waxing trine Saturn retro, 19/20 Sagittarius-Leo (1)
05-06-07 Jupiter retro waxing trine Saturn, 18/19 Sagittarius-Leo (2)
05-10-07 Jupiter retro waning square Uranus, 17/18 Sagittarius-Pisces (2)
10-09-07 Jupiter waning square Uranus retro, 15/16 Sagittarius-Pisces (3)
10-29-07 Jupiter waning sextile Neptune retro, 19/20 Sagittarius-Aquarius (once)
12-11-07 Jupiter conjunct Pluto, 28/29 Sagittarius (once)
12-18-07 Jupiter enters Capricorn
01-12-08 Jupiter waning semisquare Neptune, 5/6 Capricorn - 20/21 Aquarius (once)
01-21-08 Jupiter waxing trine Saturn retro, 7/8 Capricorn-Virgo (3)
03-18-08 Jupiter waxing sesquiquadrate Saturn retro, 18/19 Capricorn - 3/4 Virgo (1)
03-28-08 Jupiter waning sextile Uranus, 19/20 Capricorn-Pisces (1)
05-21-08 Jupiter retro waning sextile Uranus, 22/23 Capricorn-Pisces (2)
06-26-08 Jupiter retro waxing sesquiquadrate Saturn, 19/20 Capricorn - 4/5 Virgo (2)
09-08-08 Jupiter waxing trine Saturn, 12/13 Capricorn-Virgo (4)
11-12-08 Jupiter waning sextile Uranus retro, 18/19 Capricorn-Pisces (3)
11-21-08 Jupiter waxing trine Saturn, 20/21 Capricorn-Virgo (5)
11-28-08 Jupiter waning semisextile Neptune, 21/22 Capricorn-Aquarius (once)
01-05-09 Jupiter enters Aquarius
01-12-09 Jupiter waxing semisextile Pluto, 1/2 Aquarius-Capricorn (once)
01-27-09 Jupiter waning semisquare Uranus, 5/6 Aquarius - 20/21 Pisces (once)
01-30-09 Jupiter waxing sesquiquadrate Saturn retro, 5/6 Aquarius - 20/21 Virgo (3)

2007-2010 Saturn aspects to Uranus, Neptune & Pluto
08-31-06 Saturn opposition Neptune retro, 17/18 Leo-Aquarius (1)
02-28-07 Saturn retro opposition Neptune, 20/21 Leo-Aquarius (2)
06-25-07 Saturn opposition Neptune retro, 21/22 Leo-Aquarius (3)
08-06-07 Saturn waning trine Pluto retro, 26/27 Leo-Sagittarius (once)
09-02-07 Saturn enters Virgo
11-04-08 Saturn opposition Uranus retro, 18/19 Virgo-Pisces (1)
02-05-09 Saturn retro opposition Uranus, 20/21 Virgo-Pisces (2)
09-12-09 Saturn waning inconjunct Neptune retro, 24/25 Virgo-Aquarius (1)
09-15-09 Saturn opposition Uranus retro, 24/25 Virgo-Pisces (3)
10-29-09 Saturn enters Libra
11-15-09 Saturn waning square Pluto, 1/2 Libra-Capricorn (1)
01-31-10 Saturn retro waning square Pluto, 4/5 Libra-Capricorn (2)
04-07-10 Saturn retro leaves Libra
04-26-10 Saturn retro opposition Uranus, 28/29 Virgo-Pisces (4)
05-02-10 Saturn retro waning inconjunct Neptune, 28/29 Virgo-Aquarius (2)
06-27-10 Saturn waning inconjunct Neptune retro, 28/29 Virgo-Aquarius (3)
07-21-10 Saturn enters Libra
07-26-10 Saturn opposition Uranus retro, 0/1 Libra-Aries (5)
08-21-10 Saturn waning square Pluto retro, 2/3 Libra-Capricorn (3)

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