OCTOBER 2006 to NOVEMBER 2007

The upcoming forecast year will be a creative, yet periodically challenging one for Scorpios. The year 2007 is full of changes for you, especially for your career and your home front. For starters, in November, transit Jupiter will exit your Sun sign where it has been since late 2005, and will enter Sagittarius, the sign it naturally rules. This will have a beneficial effect on your earned income. Transit Saturn in Leo and transit Neptune in Aquarius form a tension-filled opposition aspect twice in 2007, first in February and then again in June; those of you born in the last ten degrees of Scorpio will need to balance the contradictory energies of Saturn-Neptune opposition. Finally, late in your forecast year, transit Saturn will be leaving Leo, where it has been squaring your Scorpio Sun since July 2005. In September it will enter the sign of Virgo, where it will form a more favorable sextile aspect with your natal Sun.
Transiting Pluto is nearing the end of its long transit through Sagittarius, where it has transformed your personal values and attitudes toward money, your body and the tangible world in general. You will continue to struggle with some of these same issues throughout your forecast year, re-defining what you think you need to survive. Over the course of Pluto’s transit in Sagittarius, you also may have altered the way you earn your living. The year 2007 will see you settling into these life changes and digesting their transformative effects on your values.

Transit Neptune in Aquarius will continue to square your Sun throughout this forecast year. The main areas of your life affected by this transit are your home and inner life. Neptune has been presenting you Scorpio natives with the opportunity to dissolve conditioned emotional habits which are no longer conducive to your present-day needs. Some of these patterns were formed in your early environment and developed by you in response to your family’s style of nurturing. As an alchemical response, you may want to periodically clear the “vibes” in your house by adding new art, utilizing feng-shui, or smudging. Your intuition is also very strong right now and because of this sensitivity, you need to be more selective about what and who you allow into your home. Scorpios born between November 9th and November 14th are particularly sensitive to Neptune’s influence this year.

Uranus in Pisces is in a transiting trine aspect with your natal Sun in Scorpio. Uranus is all about the creative breakthroughs you can have in your life if you open yourself up to new ideas that stimulate the mind and shake up your predictable way of doing things. As a Fixed sign, you Scorpios will often resist any change that makes you feel out of control, but you also harbor a deep need for periodic life overhauls, and this transit can help! Pure fun and creativity are beckoning you, and new romantic relationships or interesting speculative ventures can help you to get your life on track with something different. Positive opportunities can also develop for you in cyberspace and building your own website can be an option now.

Saturn will be transiting through Leo for most of this forecast period where it forms a difficult square aspect with your natal Sun in Scorpio. This transit may coincide with serious efforts from you to manifest solid and lasting results in your career. While you may be working hard and getting things done, make sure you are careful to do things one step at a time without cutting corners -- for your actions are highly visible and subject to criticism now. Scorpios born between November 9th and 21st will be put to Saturn’s tests throughout 2007. People with birthdays from November 11th through November 14th should also be aware of the difficult Saturn/Neptune opposition which is exact twice this year: February 28th and again on June 25th. For you Scorpios, the balancing act we all maintain between public and private, career and home may need extra careful attention. Are you devoting so much to one that the other goes begging? But there will be relief soon – transit Saturn will exit Leo on September 2, 2007 and enter the sign of Virgo, where it will exert a much more favorable influence on your natal Sun.

Transit Jupiter has been in your sign since November 2005, and during this time you may have found yourself reaping some very hard-earned rewards for past efforts. Jupiter is also the planet of opportunity, thus you should take some time to stop and consider what options have opened up for you in this past year. You will want to ride the coattails of these new interests right into 2007, because on November 23, 2006 transit Jupiter will enter Sagittarius, the sign it rules. While Jupiter is in this sign it will exert an effect on your monetary situation while simultaneously uplifting your personal feelings of self-worth and values. The word “philanthropy” comes to mind here, and you can develop some over the next year, giving of your time , your energy , and your love to the people in your life and the institutions that you value.

Your solar aspects in the next year are definitely a mixed bag, with the challenging transits slightly out-weighing the supportive ones. Your most powerful months for high physical energy and effective self projection are at the beginning of your forecast year, when domestic and/or family issues may occupy your attention into early 2007. Creative and romantic issues take precedence by the middle of the year. Your most challenging periods during this forecast year will be early spring and mid-summer.

Between October 23rd and November 16th the personal planets (Mercury, Venus and Mars) will join Jupiter in your Sun sign. This remarkable planetary line-up in Scorpio emphasizes a need to apply yourself to a goal that involves personal improvement or enlightened self-interest. Your state of mind is one of focused intensity -- something which as a Scorpio you know quite well. Transit Venus in Scorpio can help you rid yourself of bad habits, while transit Mars in Scorpio helps in the execution of your agendas. Your image may be due for an overhaul and with Mercury retrograde from October 28th until November 17th perhaps you are thinking it’s time for a wardrobe or hairstyle update. However you may wish to wait until Mercury’s turns direct to make any new purchases reflecting your desires.

Jupiter leaves your sign and enters Sagittarius on November 23rd when you can expect some enhancements to your financial prospects! Just don’t let Jupiter’s famous largesse and ease prompt you to overindulge with the approach of the holidays, maxing out your credit and depleting your checking account! On December 10th transit Venus enters Capricorn making a helpful sextile to your Sun. This transit augers more favorable relations with siblings and neighbors, and is amplified by transit Mercury’s entry into Capricorn, a sign of responsibility and tradition, on December 27th.

Early in 2007 you will find that your focus is concentrated on home and family issues. Then transit Venus enters Aquarius on January 4th, followed by transit Mercury on January 15th. As both these planets now square your natal Sun, situations may arise within your home which require you to find new and innovative solutions to handle them effectively. The need for sudden computer and electrical system repairs may now occupy your time. Your mental energy and application is strong however with the movement of Mars into Capricorn from January 16th to February 24th. As this transit sextiles your Sun, you effectively attract the support that you need to further professional goals and find ways to get the job done.

In February, the transits will help you find what you love to do and do it! Mercury is in Pisces starting February 2nd, but then retrogrades on February 13th and finally ends the month by traveling back into Aquarius on February 26th. Your social affairs are affected by this Mercury retrograde, and when you encounter the postponements of fun plans with friends or lovers, use the time to reignite the interest in past creative projects that you’ve left incomplete. Ideas may arise now though tapping into a non-linear, intuitive outlook. Venus is also in Pisces through February 21st, forming a protective trine aspect with your natal Sun. It follows that activities like playing and listening to your favorite music, visiting a popular art exhibits, or simply helping a friend in need can give you great satisfaction at this time.

On February 28th, the Saturn-Neptune opposition forms again in square aspect with your Sun. For you Scorpios, especially those of you born between November 11th and November 14th, it will pay to be aware of the delicate interrelationship that exists between your worldly career activities and what you keep hidden and personal. Make sure that nothing in your private life has become so chaotic that it threatens to affect your professional reputation. This opposition will repeat again on June 25th, 2007.

As you approach spring, the conditions get temporarily more challenging for Scorpios. Mercury stations direct in Aquarius, and you begin to clarify communications involving your home or possibly a parent. But transit Mars, also in Aquarius throughout February in square to your Sun, can signify an impulsive need to change something in your home no longer to your liking. On March 18th Venus enters Taurus, forming a stressful opposition aspect with your natal Sun. This could bring up power issues in your relationships related to money or someone’s possessiveness. In fact, in late March you may feel the need to get to the core of a problem that’s been brewing for a while. Your sense of urgency is seen in the Grand Cross of planets (transiting Venus, Mars, Saturn, and Neptune) in the Fixed signs, all involving your Sun by square or opposition. Whatever the situation is, digging your heels in even further may only exacerbate the problem, and you may need to pepper your approach with more flexibility.

In early April things settle down a bit and remain relatively calm through late spring. Transit Mars enters Pisces on April 6th which allows your creative, fun side to emerge a bit more. If you have younger children, they may seem a little more demanding or restless at this time. May also has Venus transiting Cancer joined by Mercury in Cancer beginning May 29th. Late in May into mid-June is one of the best times for Scorpios to travel. If you have the means this is the time to take a cruise or visit the Caribbean. However transit Mercury in Cancer turns retrograde on June 15th, so try to accomplish what you can prior to then.
June of 2007 begins another demanding period for you Scorpio natives. Transit Venus enters the sign of Leo on June 5th, forming a difficult square with your natal Sun and focusing attention on your working relationships. Your leadership ability and capacity to produce big results may be on display for all to see. While this might understandably create some pressure on you, it can also see you revealing a flair for effective manage¬ment. Transiting Mars in Taurus between June 24 and August 6 also brings partners to the forefront. You will have to watch potentially intractable attitudes on both your parts and be willing to come to a more peaceful state of balance and compromise.

On July 14th Venus enters Virgo where it forms a positive sextile aspect with your natal Sun. This Venus transit emphasizes your need to provide practical service to friends and/or groups. Yet, on July 27th, Venus turns retrograde in this Earth sign, and you may begin an inner evaluation -- questioning yourself about these very same people and organizations. Try not to let too much criticism of self or others stall important long-term progress. On August 8th Venus (still retrograde) slides backward into Leo, and you now feel the same need to step back to evaluate social and financial situations in your career. If business and money are a little slow through August, it may be time to rework some of your operating procedures. When transit Venus finally turns direct on September 7th you will have a better idea on what you need.

Saturn’s entry into the sign of Virgo occurs on September 2, 2007, and instead of learning Saturn’s difficult lessons, as you did when transit Saturn was in Leo, you can finally begin to reap some of the rewards for the efforts you made. For you Scorpios, transit Saturn in Virgo is now asking you to build stronger connections with those of like mind and spirit. Your often unyielding levels of commitment could now be used well in ecological, health, or community service work.

As your forecast year comes to a close, the planetary conditions are mostly helpful, although transit Mercury is retrograde in your home sign of Scorpio starting October 11th. This Mercury retrograde period, coming so close to your Solar return, brings you back to care for your own self and body’s need -- and. with the outer planet emphasis finally off the Fixed signs, you can move into your next forecast year taking advantage of the past year’s hard work.