Tomorrow afternoon Venus enters Scorpio where she will remain until 10/07. Here we see the herald of this upcoming Mercury retrograde cycle and the deep nadir of retrograde season. Pack your scuba gear, shit is about to go deep.
How deep do you like to go? How deep do your Others like to go? Are you in alignment? Or are you on opposite ends of the spectrum? Your answers to this may give you insight into how to approach the next 4-6 weeks as we navigate these tumultuous currents.
Scorpio is the ruler of the deep as our fixed water sign. It is the missing bit of the puzzle from our year-long squares with Saturn in Aquarius, Uranus in Taurus, and our everything else during Leo season. Remember Leo season? Remember the slight reprieve we got at the beginning of Virgo season.
That reprieve ends today.
There is no sugar coating it – 2021 was not designed to be a comforting or comfortable year. I say designed because there is an elegance to the interweaving of our planets – over and over again they grind us down remove what we’ve been holding on to – we silly humans who would rather die for a principle (literally – anti-vaxxers in the US this very moment) than change.
Sometimes planets creep from sign to sign without so much as a whimper – this shift into Scorpionic energy will likely be palpable. Venus immediately squares off with retrograde Saturn in Aquarius which reactivates our pesky Immovable Force Paradox. Something is stuck and we are about to have a lot of feelings about it.
A LOT OF FEELINGS
They may start out below the surface. Expect to feel more but talk about it less. Mercury is already in their shadow* and all of our outer planets plus Chiron are retrograde; attention is likely being pulled inward. Something may be coming up for re-evaluation – especially involving Saturnian long-term things like jobs, homeownership, marriage, or anything that you need to sign a contract for.
Watch out for low vibe Scorpio habits around emotional manipulation and entanglement. Emotional but sometimes a bit stunted, Scorpio is prone to taking what they love in pulling in down with them into their Plutonian deeps. Watch out if you’re prone to that certain type of emotional stranglehold – especially if your Others have put up boundaries about it in the past.
Venus in Scorpio doesn’t mind the pressure of retrograde Saturn in Aquarius. It’s us humans who have to remember what underwater pressure can do to our fragile bodies (and psyches). This may be a month where you have to step away from that rabbit hole. Where, if you are prone to emotional dysregulation, your emotions are not your friends. You may need to consciously choose to swim up rather than down.
Expect red flags and long nights. Expect to cry it out. Venus in Scorpio needs a good pressure release more than she would ever admit to – what does that look like for you?
The square between Venus and Saturn goes exact on 9/17 – this is one of the series of pressure points we’ll experience as the Sun and Mercury later follow during Scorpio season. Stay aware of what is coming up – we’ll see these lessons arise again later this year.
Venus then opposes Uranus in Taurus on 9/22 on the Autumnal Equinox. Be especially aware of emotional tidal waves during this time and around the Pisces full moon two days earlier on 9/20.
In its higher form, Scorpio is a very transformative sign. The big flex during this transit is to use your emotions without abusing them. Emotions aren’t states of being, they are signals. Nobody knows how to better navigate the emotional signals to get to the root of a situation than a Scorpio. That line of study, when done soundly and with good support, is very in tune with the square between Saturn and Uranus. You may not be able to act on it, but this is a great planning stage for how to execute the change in your own life.
Lastly, beware that too calm Scorpionic lake. Thar lies sea monsters – right out of an old horror movie. Resist that urge to hold on too tight, stop checking…you need to let it go so it can grow.
*reminder: Mercury retrogrades on 9/27