The Sun entered Scorpio yesterday Oct 23.
It’s very easy to see when we are in the season of Scorpio. Today I had to run out and bring in my plants before they expired. I walked to the store and felt the crunch of dead leaves under my feet and then I saw skulls hanging on the walls as part of the Halloween costumes. Scorpio season is the time when things die. It tells us a lot about the Scorpio archetype. These people instinctively know that things have to be destroyed before they can be reborn. They know how to deal with the dark side. That is why many psychotherapists and hypnotherapists have Scorpio or Pluto prominent in their charts. I imagine when clients go to see a counselor they may try to put on their best face in an effort not to appear too insane. But it is very hard to fool a Scorpio as they can see right through us which can be very irritating when they are your friends or family. They can help you let go of difficult patters in your life and help you transform to a healthier level
Scorpio is the strongest and most determined sign and is built for emotional endurance. They can easily resist outside influences and are not easily swayed by other people. They like to go their own way and make up their own minds. This tendency to stand firm makes them loyal friends but dangerous and unforgiving enemies. The most painful time in Scorpio’s life is when they realize that the urge to maintain control over outer circumstances no longer works. Dependencies, beliefs, and superstitions built around past experiences or a desire for power must be confronted. They must let go of the past. Elimination, regeneration, and sacrifice are the tests to help them transform. Scorpios are here for inner work, for regeneration and transformation of the Self in order for them to live out their purpose; to heal others.
Pluto the ruler of Scorpio rules death and rebirth. Death and rebirth is the theme in their life and it can be applied to material things, to people or to events in their life. I have a Scorpio/Pluto client who supervises tearing down old hotels and rebuilding them. Another one buys antiques and strips them down and refinishes them.
The symbols for Scorpio show the remarkable ability of Scorpios to transform themselves. The first symbol is the Scorpion, which means that an un-evolved Scorpio can be very dangerous and will take revenge if you cross them. The second is the snake which shows that Scorpios are able to shed their skin and renew themselves. The third symbol is the Phoenix who sails above all the problems in their world
You are a Scorpio archetype if you have the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus or Mars in Scorpio and/or any of the above planets in a challenging (Conjunct, Square, Opposition) aspect to Pluto in your natal chart.
SCORPIO
Water Element – Soulful, emotional experiences
Fixed Mode – Concentrated energy
Hero Type -- Reluctant hero, introverted style
Archetypes: The Detective, The Sorcerer, The Therapist
Because of the complex nature of Scorpio, you get two stories. One is about the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, sensuality, fertility, procreation, and also of war. (She sounds like Scorpio, doesn’t she?) The other is Baba Yaga, a fairy tale character from Russia and Eastern Europe.
Myth: Inanna and Ereshkigal. Inanna, the goddess of heaven, was very beautiful and lived on the surface of the earth. She had a wicked sister, Ereshkigal, in the underworld, When Ereshkigal’s husband died, Inanna wishes to attend the funeral, but she is warned not to go down to the underworld. Inanna goes but tells her maidservant that if she is not back within three days, to send someone to get her. Inanna has to go through seven gates in the underworld. At each gate, she has to strip something off that she is wearing. She arrives naked in front of Ereshkigal and bows before her. Ereshkigal kills Inanna and hangs her on a meat hook to rot. When Inanna does not return after three days, the maidservant goes to Inanna’s husband but he says, “I can't do anything, I am not powerful enough.” Then the servant goes to Enki who is androgynous--tough but yielding, the god of water and wisdom. Enki takes dirt from his fingernails and makes figures, which are called the mourners, and he sends them to Ereshkigal. Everyone laughs that he is sending these itty bitty creatures to deal with the powerful Ereshkigal. They are so small they slip into the underworld unseen. They walk past Inanna who is hanging on the wall. They go to Ereshkigal and sit with her while she complains and mourns. They mirror what she is feeling. They give her time and space to mourn. After this, Ereshkigal is so pleased she offers to do them a favor. They ask for Inanna back, and she agrees. Inanna comes to life and returns to the surface of the earth. Ereshkigal tells Inanna that she has to replace herself in the underworld and she picks her husband because he would not help her.
Scorpio Traits: Part of Scorpio wants to stay on the surface of things. Scorpios can live in their heads, but their real fate is to deal with the underworld, taboo subjects in our society--the unconscious shadow material. Their gift is to help others deal with this material, whether it is grief counseling or psychotherapy. Scorpios understand that you must go down before you go up and that real transformation requires this journey. It is important for Scorpios to be prepared and to keep their heads when they make the journey. They understand that we all need to go deep into ourselves and strip ourselves of our baggage--our ego, our career, and identity--for the purpose of true transformation. We must honor this powerful force that strips us. Something must die for us to be reborn. Scorpios have great depth and healing energy. The traditional masculine energy is no help in dealing with the underworld. After they have made their own underworld journey, Scorpios can start their real healing, and can help others. They can be firm in meting out justice.
Primary Goal: Transformation of oneself and others
Question: Who or what should I transform? How shall I use power
Fairy Tale - BABA YAGA
Baba Yaga is a character in fairy tales in Russia and Eastern Europe. She guides lost souls and is sought for her wisdom. (Does a guiding lost soul sound familiar to you Scorpio?)
In Russian tales, Baba Yaga is portrayed as a hag who drives about in a mortar beating it with a pestle and sweeping up her tracks with a broom so that you can’t tell which way she has gone. She lives in a log cabin that moves around on a pair of dancing chicken legs. Seeking out her aid is usually portrayed as a dangerous act.
Baba Yaga lives in a cabin deep in the forest. The fence around it is made out of bones with skulls on top of it. Baba Yaga is the Slavic version of Kali the goddess of death. You enter the hut looking for truth, for wisdom but Baba Yaga may eat you.. She is a fearsome, wild creature. She is above all powerful, and to be feared and respected.
One of the stories of Baba Yaga is about three little children on a journey who stop at Baba Yaga’s hut. Baba Yaga asks each of the children why they are taking the journey. The first one answers “I am taking the journey for others”. She promptly eats him. The second one says “I have come of my own accord”, and she eats him too. The third one says “I came on my own errand, but also because of others, but most of all because Baba Yaga is here and because of the forest and something I have forgotten and I really don’t know why I took the journey and stopped here”. Baba Yaga looks at her for a moment and says 'You'll do,' and shows her into the hut.
Scorpio Traits: They do well living alone in their own homes. Scorpios can be fierce. They can be firm in meting out justice. They want to only work with those who realized they don’t know everything and are ready to learn
Janet Kane
Archetypal Astrologer