Tag: Scorpio

Why Paisley?

FABRIC BY JANNASALAKDESIGNSOK – some of you have wondered what the paisley connection is with the November horoscopes. It’s just this in my tiny mind. Paisley =  fertility = Scorpio. Paisley pattern, which originates in South or Central Asi…

Why Paisley?

FABRIC BY JANNASALAKDESIGNSOK – some of you have wondered what the paisley connection is with the November horoscopes. It’s just this in my tiny mind. Paisley =  fertility = Scorpio. Paisley pattern, which originates in South or Central Asi…

Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate: Sagittarius RisingHappy Birthday (and RIP, natürlich) Burt Lancaster, superstar Scorp. Was there ever a more robust yet complex specimen of manhood.Born 2 November 1913: Scorpio Sun (water), Capricorn Moon (earth), Sagittarius Risi…

Dracula: Scorpio perchance?

To celebrate Halloween, I’m revisiting a post I wrote a while ago about vampires and squid and stuff.To find out if Dracula was a Scorpio or just a very confused Taurus click here. 

Half in Love with Easeful Death

Sylvia Plath was not the only poet born under Scorpio to be drawn to death’s glamour (see my previous post).Here is an extract from Ode To A Nightingale by John Keats (born October 30)….Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love…

Heavy Halloween Magic: Influences For October 31st

This Halloween the planets will be spinning some heavy magic. The Moon will be in ancestral Capricorn, totally appropriate when you think of Samhain (the Wiccan Sabbat observed on this date) as a festival to honour departed loved ones. The … Cont…

Death: A Most Authentic Experience

Autumn, A Wood Path Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)It’s Sylvia Plath’s birthday: Sun Scorpio, Moon Libra, Aquarius Rising.(b. October 27, 1932) A real Scorpio has to find the authentic experience. A real Scorpio has to dive deep and…

Taking out the Trash: New Moon in Scorpio

We have a New Moon on Thursday morning (Sydney time), this time in Scorpio.
That means that the next couple of days we are in the dark, or balsamic phase of the Moon. The time of the month we finish off, pack away, banish the banishables. Seriously, is…

New Moon in Scorpio: The Banquet

The Scorpio season teaches us that life, like a temperamental lover, sometimes likes to test our commitment by showing us its ugly side. It’s easy to love life when it is kind to us, when it makes sense and makes us feel good. But can we love it when it is harsh and disappointing and determined to break our hearts? Scorpio answers, “Yes.”