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"Scorpio-Sun Pisces-Ascendant Cancer-Moon SCORPIO TRAITS AND THEMES As the Earth passes into fall and then winter, we make our descent into Pluto's underworld represented by the Scorpio archetype and the eighth house or death, transformation
"Scorpio-Sun Pisces-Ascendant Cancer-Moon SCORPIO TRAITS AND THEMES As the Earth passes into fall and then winter, we make our descent into Pluto's underworld represented by the Scorpio archetype and the eighth house or death, transformation and rebirth. When we enter Scorpio territory, we leave behind Libra's quiet, calm equanimity and serenity. Scorpio (the second water sign) hangs out in the turbulent murky waters of the emotions and the unconscious. Scorpio is secretive, withdrawn and inward, and also a brave soul. Scorpio is vulnerable to doubts, depressive moods and obsessive-compulsiv e behaviors. At the low end, Scorpio is cynical, negative, devious, suspicious, deceitful, controlling and manipulative. At the high end, Scorpio is about psychological transformation, resurrection, enlightenment and immortality. Scorpios have depth, an uncanny instinctual awareness and psychic abilities. They can attune to the unconscious and intuitively pick up on things without knowing where the information came from. Scorpio takes life seriously. Nothing is frivolous. At some level, Scorpio knows that there is much accumulated karma to be resolved this life time and is committed to the clean up task.*(4) Scorpio knows that dedication and commitment are required to transform habits and to release imprints that have been with us for lifetimes. INTERNAL TRANSFORMATION When we are deep into the Scorpio leg of our journey, we are subjected to disruptive transitions and profound transformation. Scorpio territory is not a comfort zone. But if we are willing to be authentic, it is a power zone. In this arena we learn how to access and use our soul power that is embodied in our emotions. The transformative alchemy happens deep within us. It often transpires in the context of intimate relationships. In our Scorpio phase of development, our negative emotions are exposed. We are obliged to learn how to be in touch with the energy of fear, anger, rage, aggression and sadness. Our lesson is to embrace these primal emotional energies and to transmute them to their higher expressions. We are drawn to spiritual practices that involve Tantra or sacred sexuality and the activation of the Kundalini. SCORPIO'S HIDDEN TERRITORY Scorpio is a mysterious and individualistic sign. Scorpio symbolizes a hiding place, a cavity, or a hole where something precious is hidden. It represents a deep opening to the power center of the Earth and an access route to the psyche of the soul. Anatomically Scorpio is associated with the genitals and the anus. When properly activated and managed, the Scorpio archetype leads to the unfoldment of charismatic, mystical and psychic powers. Misuse of these powers, i.e. black magic, emotional and sexual abuse, and illegal activities can get us into deep trouble. The Scorpio impulse causes us to experience both inner and outer conflict, chaos and upheaval. This is not because it is inherently negative energy. It is because this energy churns within us, creating turmoil and upset until it is activated and consciously available to use for the evolutionary unfoldment of ourselves and others. When this power is denied or suppressed, it internalizes and externalizes in disruptive and destructive ways. It can manifest as vindictiveness, revengefulness and selfishness. Scorpio is motivated by its deep internal struggle to befriend and to creatively use this powerful energy of the soul. The strength of this energy gives us determination, tenacity and imponderable depth. These attributes reflect the fact that Scorpio is a fixed sign. Despite that fact that it is the main archetype of death and rebirth, it holds on and resists change. But its fixity also helps it consolidate, focus and fight until the battle is won. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCORPIO'S ARDUOUS PATH OF PURIFICATION Scorpio represents our active quest to explore the inner depths of our being in order to access our latent potentials. In Scorpio, our inner emotional turmoil is too much to ignore. Nothing external can pacify the inner churning or satisfy our longing. The outcome of the internal war that ensues is uncertain. We can find poisonous venom and use it to destroy ourselves and others. And we can find divine nectar and use it to liberate ourselves and inspire others. Scorpio's quest is to find a precious hidden jewel. Scorpio's story is about the trials that we must go through to uncover it. Our struggles focus on releasing ourselves from unconscious emotional programming, accumulated from this and previous lifetimes. The Scorpio impulse embodies the restless urge to traverse the seven chakras up from the base of the spine to the crown where individual consciousness is merged with universal consciousness, where our Self merges with the One. The Scorpio path is not easy. Spiritual discipline is required to undergo the purification necessary to open the way to liberation. This is a difficult path where we encounter frustrations, disappointments and suffering. The urge for spiritual freedom drives Scorpio to do what it takes to cleanse and spiritualize its mental, emotional and physical bodies. Scorpio knows that it is under intense pressure that we crystallize our being into an awakened state. Scorpio delivers us to the realm of the occult. The Scorpio influence reveals the mystical power that is concealed within our physical vehicle. The Scorpio path is about unveiling our hidden subjective reality or the vital energy of our emotions and our soul. The end goal of the churning of the cosmic ocean within us is to release the divine nectar of immortality. Once this nectar flows, our consciousness awakens. The once hidden truth of cosmic unity is revealed to us. We are no longer possessed by ignorance. The Light of our Soul guides our way home. LIBERATING OUR SOUL POTENTIAL Scorpio represents the movement toward and liberation of the soul power concealed within us. Our emotional, mental and material attachments must give way to find soul consciousness. Our limited ego-self must die, so that our cosmic Self may be born. Scorpio reveals our divine potential and our capacity to expand beyond our limited perceptions of who we are conditioned to believe we are. When we realize that we are more than our appearance, thoughts and personality, we desire to find our essential nature and to experience the essence of our soul. As our understanding of and reaction to physical reality shifts, we begin to recognize the latent possibilities of our soul. We desire to experience more profound aspects of ourselves and to develop our hidden powers. The reorientation of our life toward spiritual goals brings with it many human challenges. As the nature of our quest shifts, our life intensifies. Necessary readjustments disturb the equilibrium in relationships, career, health and other life situations. Our new spiritual direction requires new alignments. Emotional conflicts arise. Psychological problems are exposed. Physical circumstances and relationships change. Conscious awakening can be scary, disturbing, revealing and profound. INNER ALCHEMY For Scorpio, the emotional body is our alchemical laboratory. The air signs and Virgo fight primarily mental battles. Scorpio's struggles play out in the solar plexus and the belly - in the passionate emotions, in the depths of the instincts, in our sensual desires and sexual drives. Both Pluto and Mars influence Scorpio. Pluto is the lord of the underworld and rules the unconscious, which is the home of our deep emotional programming and attachments, obsessive-compulsiv e tendencies and our instinctual drives. We bring many of these from our past lives and re-live them until we are able to release them by bringing them into consciousness. Mars energy motivates us to take positive action. Aries Mars is outspoken, direct and aggressive. Mars associated with Scorpio is more akin to retrograde Mars. Scorpio Mars is our inner warrior who takes a stand against negative patterns, ideas and moods. Scorpio Mars is more subtle and inward. Its fighting spirit is devoted to the daunting task of empowering the Self by liberating us from limited ego perceptions of self, selfish and destructive motives and debilitating imprints. Our evolutionary transformation requires deep psychological growth and personality re-formation that reflects our soulful Self. The inner alchemy necessary to achieve this level of transformation requires a focused will that is capable of shifting our focus from darkness to Light. Scorpio is brave enough to undertake this task. HOW WE USE EMOTIONAL ENERGY Immature Scorpio in controlled by its negative emotions. It can get very depressed and despondent. And it can use its emotional energy to focus on betrayal, revenge, and getting even. It is obsessed, inflexible, and narrow minded. Scorpio and Pluto taunt us until we become conscious of the karmic futility of repeating the same patterns and fighting the same battles with the same people for yet another lifetime. Letting go of our self-destructive habits is not easy, but it must be done to achieve the freedom that our soul desires and deserves! Our primary Scorpio LESSON is about developing a relationship with our emotional body. How we deal with unconscious emotional energies plays a pivotal role in whether we regress or progress this lifetime. To evolve we must deal with our own karma and shadow and not use our emotional energy to fight vindictive or 'righteous' outer battles. We have to meet the real enemy, which we find within ourselves. Lovingly embraced, our emotions help us discover our soul. SCORPIO/PLUTO FATE Where Pluto and Scorpio reside in our natal chart, we are drawn to our inescapable fate. Our Scorpio demons include the hounding fixations of what we think we must have and the frustrated desires that keep us endlessly tormented. Our attempts to deny or kill these demons just causes them to multiply. The only solution is to patiently and lovingly bring them into the light of consciousness. But we have to do more than identify our demons. We have to stop feeding them. We have to quit dwelling on our obsessions and brooding over our wounds. We have to replace them with something else that fills our needs in a more positive way. Identifying and satisfying our deepest soul needs is an essential Scorpio lesson. Until our soul needs are fulfilled, the nagging compulsions and unsettling feelings are not going to go away. The serious, honest Scorpio archetype makes sure we LEARN to distinguish between basic soulful needs and immature neediness. SCORPIO/PLUTO THEMES MUST BE MADE CONSCIOUS Our inner Scorpio/Pluto voices determine our happiness and ""have the power to make us miserable. Even if we succeed in the other eleven Houses of the chart, but we fail in Pluto's House spiritually, psychologically or financially, the unconscious keeps reminding us"" of our failures. *(5) Pluto in the seventh house will remind us relationship issues. Pluto in the tenth will hound us about our career. Pluto in the first house aims its criticism at self concept. Pluto in the second house wants to be financially free. But don't worry, wherever Pluto resides and wherever Scorpio rules, our inner voices will surface to consciousness. After we have made ourselves miserable enough, we will listen below the screaming voice to uncover the real message of our soul. Instead of blaming fate, others or God, we will empower this voice to serve, rather than sabotage us. LESSONS OF PATIENCE, TRUST AND ACCEPTING DIVINE TIMING Our heroic ego desires to be free and to achieve its destiny goals set out in our Mars, Pluto and Scorpio houses. In the arenas where Pluto and Scorpio reside, we are first required to face and liberate our deep emotions (obviously a progressive, long term, and never ending project!) As we do so, our magnetic ability to attract increases, and we are able to better serve others in these areas of life. For Scorpio, ""Talking doesn't cook the rice."" (Tibetan saying) *Devil For Scorpio, talking about problems often feeds its emotional fires. Scorpio knows that we communicate and develop a relationship with our emotions through non-verbal feeling, not through mental dialogue or analysis. Emotions must be felt in our body, especially in the solar plexus and belly. Scorpio also knows that breakthroughs in consciousness are nothing that anyone else can do for us. We do our own inner alchemical work at our on speed and in our own way. Scorpio may seem to hold things inside, but this is part of its awakening process. Scorpio's secretiveness comes from being protective of its deep emotions and from honoring the personal nature of its psychological release work. When Pluto and Scorpio are involved, our evolutionary unfoldment is slow going. Our Scorpio journey obliges us to deal with our deep emotions, which is never a quick and easy endeavor. We are released from our inner struggles by gradually LETTING GO of our own pain and resistances. Letting go is not necessarily a consciously willed process, although we must usually become conscious of what we are holding on to. Emotional empowerment involves getting in touch with, learning to work with, and releasing primal emotional energy. During this intense inner process, we have to learn to BE PATIENT, to wait for and to TRUST DIVINE TIMING. When we have adequately prepared ourselves to use our soul energy productively, the Divine schedule allows a release. We experience the joy of profound transformation and are unleashed to manifest the next stage of our destiny. Despite our sincere inner work, when these profound inner shifts happen, it feels like Divine Grace. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
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