The Scorpio new moon on the 8th gives a view of the next lunar month ahead and resets the Scorpio parts of our lives. Under the auspices of this moon, Mars and Venus join hands on the 9th, the lovers finally on the same team, sowing seeds of purpose together, so starkly different from their quarrel during October’s Libra new moon. It bodes well for collaboration during difficult circumstances.
On Friday the 13th, both Venus and Mercury station direct and end their retrogrades. Their synchronicity is significant, as it winds down related storylines and divides the month in two. Venus moves forward from her home sign of Libra, while Mercury integrates the secret workings of Scorpio. Their purposes renewed, communication, values and relationships should begin to move forward with increasing efficiency.
The drama shifts to the pileup of Mars, Jupiter and the South Node. Mars is the personal will, Jupiter expands and supports whatever is in contact with it and the South Node siphons old material away. Mars in Leo is easy to interpret—the brazen hero—while Jupiter and the South Node are tricky to guess at because they represent fundamentally opposite processes. Jupiter creates more, while the South Node reduces whatever it touches. It’s like the dentist pouring water in and sucking it out of your mouth at the same time. Whatever Mars is doing, it is likely to change things fast. Expect these shifts from the 11th–16th.
The sun wrestles with the Mars-Jupiter-South Node story from the 17th–19th, a week where we integrate that experience into our overall purpose and life focus.
