Imagine. You’re in your home. Out of nowhere, a scary, faceless, mad person is beating on the doors.
It wants in. Fear takes over. Are the doors strong enough to keep it out? Will it try to get at me through the windows? Can I think and act fast enough to save my life? This inner dialogue went round and round— making the fear worse.
This dream was one of many I had back in 2015. In the non-dream space, that was a period of a lot of change. I moved five times that year and I believe these dreams were a way for me to process my fears around my precarious situation safely. I had no control and needed to surrender to whatever change landed in front of me.
Fear and change are an odd couple. Yet, joined at the hip. If you want to change, expect fear to come along. If you’re feeling fearful, see changes are around. Uninvited, they want into the illusion of whatever safe place you’ve outgrown. Fear and change are just part of the process.
This week (astrologically), here is where fear and change may show up for you:
Scorpio Season
The Sun moving through Scorpio is a deep rich season of transformation, magic, and relaxed inhibitions.
With the Earth’s relationship to the Sun, in the northern hemisphere, we’re in mid-autumn. Libra season initiated changes that are advanced and maintained during the Sun’s reign in Scorpio.
This fixed-water sign (traditionally ruled by Mars), archetypally represented by the Detective, Sorcerer, and Hypnotist. Each, in its own way, requires being in the present moment. No matter how intense things may get, there is no hiding in the past or the future during Scorpio season. If you know a person with a Scorpio Sun, you’ve already experienced their uncanny ability to see right through any situation.
This season also reminds us of the preciousness of life and of our limited time here. As nature begins to pull away, consider what’s most important to you in preparation for winter. The best way to access this information is through intense emotional encounters. Emotions are an important indicator of what we do want and what we don’t want. In other words, they communicate our boundaries to ourselves and others.
Venus connects to Jupiter and Neptune
Venus in Sagittarius and Jupiter in Aquarius forms a harmonious trine this week to support all things truth and freedom. Like it or not, these are subjective concepts, so be conscious of your interpretation of truth and freedom. This energy will magnetize you to a group or situation that will prove challenging to seek other perspectives. Is this echo chamber truly where you belong? There are no “right” answers.
When Venus squares Neptune retrograde in Pisces, our nervous system takes a hit. Neptune will be opening you up to feel all the feels, something the energy of Venus in Sagittarius wants to resist. Excitement and tears are an odd mix, so are gratitude and loss. But this is the energy for this week, and it is helping us connect more to what we truly value.
Mars enters Scorpio
After a month and a half in exile, opposite a sign it rules, today Mars enters its home territory in Scorpio. Here, Mars can do all its Martian things. Initiate, confront, protect, fight, research, fornicate, rage, and pioneer.
In Scorpio, Mars’ energy is channeled into emotional intensity, exposing secrets and confronting the taboo. This energy supports: research projects, exploration of magic and the esoteric traditions, addressing complex feelings such as jealousy in psychotherapy or getting involved in causes that protect the most vulnerable from abuse.
When Mars in Scorpio doesn’t have an issue to explore, an existential crisis may develop. Allow Mars in Scorpio to help you discover meaning even in the darkest parts of human existence.
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