Sun Into Scorpio 2014 Edition
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Hello, Happy Birthday to all of our Scorpio friends and readers. The Sun is about to enter the dark, daunting and transformative realms
of astrology’s fixed water sign. Scorpio is passionate, intense and deeply emotional, so the journey through this transit can feel a little challenging. But remember, the planets are here to offer celestial support, give us time frames and reflect our divinity back to us.
Within a few weeks of Saturn’s entrance into Scorpio in 2012 and during that year's Sun through Scorpio cycle, Hurricane Sandy occurred. Now as
Saturn prepares to hit the most extreme degrees of Scorpio and the Sun is set to roll through the sign again, we are seeing the Ebola virus (spread through fluids) hit North America. As this is an important story, I decided to look into the connections between Saturn and Ebola and to look back to Saturn’s last Scorpio transit, from 1983-85. There are definitely correlations with the AIDS/HIV crisis. I’ll be talking about those, and the upcoming cycle in general, with Kristy
Ayala on her radio show this Wednesday at 11:00 PST. We invite you to tune in live or catch the rebroadcast at your convenience. In the meantime, this month’s article with all of the details is included below. |
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Carnelian
Carnelian clears negative thought patterns and restores your radiance, vitality, and enthusiasm to their optimal capacity.
THE MEANING BEHIND THE CARD
Your spirit is coming back to life, and you are ready to live with great presence. Known for its motivational abilities, carnelian gets your blood flowing, clears mental
cobwebs, and infuses your being with natural effervescence. Also known as the artist’s stone, carnelian also inspires courage, creativity, and clarity. Coupled with positive affirmations, this crystal restores and builds optimism, opens you up to new levels of awareness and inspiration, and helps you see the many blessings and opportunities that are available to you.
TOOLBOX
Charge it. Placing a piece of carnelian in your hand for this
exercise is ideal, but holding an image of it in your mind also works. Begin at your base chakra, and working your way upward, charge each chakra. Allow this life-giving energy to flow into each of your seven energy centers until you feel your blood pumping. Repeat this exercise daily until you wake up excited about your life and all its wondrous possibilities.
AFFIRMATION
I am enthusiastic about life, and look forward to the gifts I receive each
day.
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Sun Into Scorpio 2014: Rolling In The Deep
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When the Sun changes signs, we can count on Mercury and Venus being amongst its closest traveling companions. That’s because Mercury and Venus are
the planets nearest to the Sun, so the three bodies travel is close proximity. That being said, this year’s solar entrance into Scorpio is unusual. When the Sun moves into the fixed water sign on October 23rd, it will be accompanied by Venus, a new Scorpio moon and solar eclipse. Along with Saturn, the Sun, Venus and new moon form a brief stellium. A stellium is a grouping of four or more planets in one sign, a condition that amplifies the themes inherent in that
sign. In the case of Scorpio, these include emotional intensity, death and regeneration, sex, ritual and purification. This dramatic start marks the beginning of a cycle that will include a second eight-day-long stellium in November and the start of Saturn’s foray into the late, and most extreme, degrees of Scorpio. Saturn has not traversed this terrain for nearly 30 years. Add some mutual reception to potent Pluto, and the Scorpio cycle ahead promises to be an interesting
one.
Saturn represents the karmic lessons we signed up for, the soul agreements we made prior to this incarnation. When we’re living in accord with them, Saturn’s presence may only need to iron out a few wrinkles. When we’ve lost touch with them, the wakeup calls sound like fire alarms and life as we know it is severely disrupted. After all Saturn, the Universal taskmaster, is the planet charged
with keeping us track and on time. Since October 2012 Saturn has been moving through Scorpio, a transit that will be complete in September of 2015. During the unfolding Sun through Scorpio cycle, Saturn will move from 22 to 26 degrees, and during the following Sun through Sagittarius cycle it will move from 26-29 degrees. The consensus in astrology is that as the planets move through the later degrees of each sign, from 20-29 degrees, the characteristics of that sign become
their most pronounced.
Saturn And Ebola
When Saturn initially passed 20 degrees of Scorpio late last December, the number of infections and deaths from the Ebola virus was in the low hundreds. As Saturn forged its way to 23 degrees, before turning retrograde on March 2nd, the number of deaths and infections steadily rose. While
Saturn was in that retrograde (moving backward), the world outside of west Africa largely ignored the spreading outbreak. On July 20th Saturn stationed at 16 degrees and began moving forward, and on September 26th it reached 20 degrees for the second time. Four days later Thomas Eric Duncan became the first patient in the United States to be diagnosed with the disease. On October 27th Saturn will cross the 23 degree mark, moving beyond the point at had gotten to in March
before turning retrograde. Astrologically, this means that we are moving into uncharted territory. Comparison’s are being made between Ebola and AIDS/HIV. Both are transmitted via bodily fluids, and like AIDS/HIV in its early stages, Ebola is presently lethal in most cases. Saturn’s last Scorpio transit was from August 1983 through November of 1985, with its critical 20-29 degree period beginning in late 1984.
During that transit, Saturn first hit 22 degrees of Scorpio on December 5, 1984. Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS/HIV that month. During its
1985 retrograde, Saturn moved back to the earliest minutes of 22 degrees on June 29th. A formal request to re-admit White to school was submitted on June 30th. Saturn remained in Scorpio until November 17th, and on the 25th, with Saturn at 1 degree of Sagittarius, an Indiana Department of Education officer ruled that White must be allowed to attend school. White was the teenaged hemophiliac who contracted the AIDS/HIV virus through a blood transfusion, and who was subsequently
banned from attending his local middle school. People on his newspaper delivery route canceled their subscriptions for hear of becoming infected, 151 of his 360 classmates stayed home when he was readmitted to school, and a bullet was fired into his living room. His case ultimately inspired international compassion, and he became a celebrated spokesman for the disease until his death in April of 1990. Now Saturn is poised to journey through the late degrees of Scorpio for the
first time since then. If the previous generation left a template for the current outbreak, it was given by White’s mother who said this in a The New York Times interview.
"Ryan always said, 'I'm just like everyone else with AIDS, no matter how I got it.' And he would never have lived as long as he did without the gay community. The people we knew in New York made sure we knew about the latest
treatments way before we would have known in Indiana. I hear mothers today say they're not gonna work with no gay community on anything. Well, if it comes to your son's life, you better start changing your heart and your attitude around.”
Whether or not we have a pandemic is not the point. Saturn is asking what lessons we learned from the last crisis. When studying the correlation between AIDS/HIV
and astrology, most astrologers would correctly point to another, and far greater factor, Pluto. It was in Scorpio from 1983 until 1995. Presently Pluto, the planet of evolution, is in mutual reception to Saturn. Mutual Reception means that two planets are in each other’s signs of rulership. In this case, Saturn rules Capricorn where Pluto is and Pluto rules Scorpio where Saturn is. Under this condition, the two planets share characteristics and work toward
corresponding purposes. Capricorn deals with institutions, government and systems, and similarly Saturn is the planet of structure, order and discipline. Scorpio is associated with loss, power and metamorphosis, and Pluto is the planet of death, change and transformation. However the Ebola outbreak plays out, we’re already seeing a coalescing of these energies as NGOs, the UN and governments stridently work to find solutions. On a personal level, this mutual reception
gives us the opportunity to apply form and structure to goals and objectives. It’s also working to weed out the things in our lives that are out of sync with our life purpose. Though Saturn and Pluto have been in mutual reception since 2012, during this Sun through Scorpio cycle, all of the personal planets will strengthen it, bringing its influence closer to home. On October 26th Mars will move into Capricorn, fueling Pluto, and on November 8th Mercury will move into Scorpio,
joining Venus and supporting Saturn.
Mercury’s entrance into Scorpio forms the cycle’s second stellium. This one will last until the 16th when Venus heads into Sagittarius. On the dark side, Scorpio is associated with secrecy, envy, obsession and deceit. During this stellium, we are being asked to examine our darkest fears and to pay careful attention each time an emotional button is
pushed. Scorpio is astrology’s shaman, and its hallmark is honesty. What is repressed cannot heal, and this eight-day period gives us time to look inward, trace emotions back to their origins and release unhealthy patterns they’ve encoded. Mars will encourage us to face our shadows, fears and true desires. Prayer, journaling and meditation are ways to work through this celestial purification zone. Saturn will depart from Scorpio on December 23rd of this year,
return from June 16th through September 18, 2015, and then leave for another 29 and a half years. This is the last time when the Sun and Saturn will connect until then. Shortly before his untimely death, Dallas native Stevie Ray Vaughan recorded his last studio album. The project gave him the chance to fulfill a long-held wish to work with his older brother Jimmie. Their track “Tick Tock” has a title befitting Saturn and a message hauntingly relevant to the challenges
before us.
As this newsletter is a celebration of the celestial, I’m delighted to share this photo with
friend, colleague and astrology writer Julia Stonestreet Smith. At the Equinox I had a chance to visit with her in beautiful Santa Fe. She’s amazing, and a hugger! If you are interested in locational astrology, talk to her. A few years back I had a reading with her. Based only on my birth chart and places I had lived, she pulled up information that was quite simply mind-blowing. And I’m not easily impressed. If you are considering a move, thinking about
a trip or just wondering if you are living in a place suited to you, I highly recommend a reading with Julia. Aside from all that, it was inspiring to connect, share and heal. Thank you as always for subscribing. The Scorpio cycle ahead is a strong one, as will be the Sag one following it. That one contains our next Pluto/Uranus square. That said, remember
that you are always loved and that you are love. See you when those unicorns come to town.
With love,
Elizabeth Ps: You can always read the newsletter in your favorite brewer by clicking here
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