November starts with five planets in retrograde, and begs the question, what are you choosing this month, what are you reviewing, reclaiming, and then meeting with conscious awareness?  Scorpio demands this reflection, so that we bring the hidden and more subtle subconscious to consciousness, where Mars, Jupiter and the South Node in Leo, demand you are held accountable for what you bring to the party.

4th November: Mercury Cazimi @ 12’ Scorpio as Mars Enters Shadow Zone in Leo

If you felt the August eclipse powerfully, Mars is about to reignite those sensations again on the 4th November.  This time around we are meant to take some kind of responsibility, to know that we are the active agents here, we are the creators of our reality.

October is all about Venus Retrograde in Scorpio: the temptress descends to the underworld to find out what is stuck and needs transforming.  She has to reevaluate situations to dead off those that don’t pay, and tend to those that have the potential to blossom, even in a month with five planets in retrograde.

3rd October: Venus Retrograde @ 8’ Scorpio

The temptress, or feminine sexual power (think of it what you will), has been suppressed and shunned in our world for eons.  So when Venus retrogrades in Scorpio, we get to see what happens to the oppressed collective, as well as our own personal shadow.  Deep shame is buried here along with dark misgivings and of course this attracts other entities, as like attracts like.

September’s Virgo season is checking the list to see if you are not on it (not whether you have been bad) as the chaos of Uranus going retrograde is a chance to go AWOL, or enjoy Neptune’s spiritual quest at the Aries Full Moon.

1st September: Cancer Mars Square Aries Saturn Rx @ 13’

You are allowed to sulk on the first day of September, and you do not need to explain or give a reason.  Mars in Cancer still has so much work to do in the next month, clearing out any emotional backlog.  Mars’ square to Saturn is the switch that can release any old ties or binds to past events that you’ve been pondering on for far too long.  You might squirm at the letting go, but it has to be done.