inspiration for the journey through Scorpio season

Art by Melissa Vincent You may be blind to the very thing that will make your life feel worth living. You may be gullible, taking in the world’s insidious lessons in superficial satisfaction.  Therefore, you have to dig deeper.  Discover who you are and who you want to be.  Don’t be dissuaded from […]

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October 20th, 2019: Venus Sextile Saturn

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  • Venus in Scorpio sextile Saturn in Capricorn (14°)

Today’s quietly powerful influence is excellent for major commitments in a relationship, financial or self-esteem issue. Venus in Scorpio it is about total love and intimacy or profound self-esteem. Saturn solidifies this with gentle reassurance that the love is real, the resources are secure or the values are on target.

This is about the deepest possible commitment to yourself or another that is expressed with subdued confidence-there’s no drama, only an intensive confirmation of what’s valuable. Even if some some things still remain hidden, this aspect says you can trust that you’re on solid ground.

October 20th, 2019: Venus Sextile Saturn

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  • Venus in Scorpio sextile Saturn in Capricorn (14°)

Today’s quietly powerful influence is excellent for major commitments in a relationship, financial or self-esteem issue. Venus in Scorpio it is about total love and intimacy or profound self-esteem. Saturn solidifies this with gentle reassurance that the love is real, the resources are secure or the values are on target.

This is about the deepest possible commitment to yourself or another that is expressed with subdued confidence-there’s no drama, only an intensive confirmation of what’s valuable. Even if some some things still remain hidden, this aspect says you can trust that you’re on solid ground.

The Fifth Sacred Thing and Water Wars

In 1993 Starhawk, an early spokesperson for the neo-pagan movement, wrote a book called The Fifth Sacred Thing.  In this post-apocalyptic novel, set in San Francisco, a theocratic dictatorship has seized all of the assets of the earth: air, food and water, and is the sole source of pharmaceutical antidotes for the ecological poisons they […]

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October 19th, 2019: Mercury Sextile Pluto

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  • Mercury in Scorpio sextile Pluto in Capricorn (20°)

Scorpio is ruled by Pluto, so today’s aspect (while gentle) gives an extra shot of depth and intensity to Mercury. As Pluto purges what’s beneath the structure, the truths are put into words.

Excellent for saying something that’s honest but potentially uncomfortable, because the information can be delivered in a way that does not jar the listener. Words will pack a quiet punch-carefully targeted observations will have maximum impact, and you won’t need to raise your voice. Also good for gradually investigating secrets-you can slowly but relentlessly work your way down through the layers.. 

Pay attention to whispered insights-this aspect allows you to “see” in the dark and understand what’s normally obscured. But the insight will be a hint, rather than a flash.

And this is only the beginning, because the aspect repeats two more times:

  • November 9th: 20° (Mercury RX)

  • November 20th: 21° (Mercury direct)