“At critical junctures, outer trouble and the inner need to grow conspire to set each of us on a path of awakening and initiation.” Michael Meade
Lorna Bevan – This week- with a Scorpio New Moon and Warrior Mars opposing ruthless Pluto, both co-rulers of Scorpio- was never going to be light hearted or superficial.
It opens on October 28th with Venus conjunct the karmic Great Attractor – strapline:” On the Wavelength of the Voice of God”- in a T Square to Saturn in Pisces and Jupiter in Gemini. Saturn restricts whilst Jupiter expands; Saturn upholds the rule of law while Jupiter in two-faced Gemini has a field day seeding untruths, misinformation, and hyperbole.
On the 30th, as Mercury in Scorpio opposes volatile Uranus in late Taurus, expect events to rapidly turn unpredictable.
The New Moon at 9° Scorpio on November 1 2024 makes only one significant aspect – to Lord of Time and Karma Saturn in fellow Water sign Pisces. It’s time to get serious about self-mastery. Scorpio is ruled by both Mars and Pluto, so issues connected to intimacy, control, power, money, and sharing will be on the agenda. Saturn is slowing to turn Direct on November 15th at the Taurus Full Moon- now is the time to get your act together by making inner and outer housekeeping and clearing a priority.
A Volcanic Surge of Primal Energy
On November 3rd, Mars enters Leo and immediately opposes Pluto– arguably one of the most intense and powerful, dynamic transits of 2024. Increasing the intensity, this is not a one-off event, as Mars turns retrograde on December 6th, re-triggering Pluto twice more. This combination of pure Yang Warrior energy and ruthless Pluto operating under the radar has the potential for explosive force and violence. Expect the war in the Middle East to intensify.
At an individual level, a volcanic surge of unprocessed, unconscious material is rising to the surface like fiery lava-after all, we are in Pluto’s Burning Fields.
(If you have planets or angles between 28 Capricorn-2 Aquarius/28 Cancer- 2 Leo or anything at those degrees regardless of sign, don’t try to repress the primal rage. Allow it to flow through you and channel it into physical activity.)
This Burning is the Doorway ….
♦ befriend yourself
♦ assume your needs are reasonable and that your feelings are signals of something important
♦ be kind to yourself and give yourself a break
♦ absorb nourishment, not poison
♦ find your own grit in your own time
♦ be resilient and anti-fragile
♦ learn how to see in the dark and be in difficult situations, allowing the change that is working its way through you.
There are signs, symbols, and guidance all around and inside you, but their appearance is governed by a timeline written somewhere else….
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SF Source Lorna Bevan Oct 2024