We’re in for an interesting cycle this coming month as the Sun moves into Scorpio. Much of the energy will draw things outward, as people can become a bit more extroverted, but at the same time, people can keep a lot of things they feel sensitive about to themselves unless they feel truly comfortable with the people they would share with. This cycle can also rile up the passion and fire within people and this intensity can lead people to get over obstacles and reach their goals, but it can also be a detriment at times when people direct it negatively at others.

The underlying factor to this cycle is security. Do you feel secure with your surroundings? If you do, then you can open up, have a good time, utilize the strong drive and motivation to achieve your goals. But if you don’t, then you can be defensive, often launching attacks at people before you think they’ll attack you. It is here where you can waste the energy, or it can even come back to cause problems. So find ways to make yourself feel more secure, be it shoring up your financial situation, keeping close friends around, daily affirmations, whatever you can think up. If this is not an issue, then you are golden.

The first major aspect of the month happens on the 26th when Mercury and Jupiter square each other. Here, you can often be called upon to relay information from one source to another. But what will happen is that you can hear what’s going on from Person A, and on the way to tell Person B, you decide the story needs a bit spicing up. But when you finally tell Person B the story, it doesn’t much resemble what Person A told you in the first place. Other than that, this is a great time to do some learning, but you need to make sure that you aren’t parading yourself around as an expert just because you have a little bit of knowledge in an area.

The 30th gets a little easier as Mercury and Neptune hook up. On this day, you’ll find it’s easy to get right to the point in your conversations. People will make quick connections with you just because you’ll know how to give them that “hook” that captures their interest. This is also a day where you can communicate with people in an unorthodox manner which they might find amusing. While you can be a bit of a goofball, deep down your mind will be a bit sharper here as well, particularly if you have any questions you need explained to you.

Mars forms a trine with Uranus on the 31st and this can create some new situations that get you motivated to go out and succeed. Often this is when a “muse” will come along, driving you to better yourself to increase your hopes of drawing closer to it. The pace of the day can move quickly because you can seek to optimize your time the best you can. Not only that, but a broader view of what’s going on around you can allow you to think of things from different perspectives. This can make it a lot easier to come up with solutions or find understanding in things that might have been keeping you down previously.

An important aspect develops on November 3rd when Venus is stuck in between Saturn and Uranus. Ideas of duty can conflict with those of developing for the better and the way you interact with people can shift power from one side to the other. This is a difficult transit because you are almost assured of alienating someone. It can become evident to you here that the challenges you’re facing aren’t the ones you need to improve your standing, but at the same time you might feel trapped by the comforts or pressures of monetary or relationship consistency.

The 4th is active in its own right as Mars conflicts with Neptune while Mercury moves into Scorpio. Relationships can struggle here because you can place a stronger importance on your beliefs and you might think to hell with anyone who doesn’t agree with them. You can also step on toes to get your way. The best way to succeed here is to try to accomplish as many things individually as you can manage. This way you aren’t swayed too much by the opinions of others and can focus on your own method of solving problems or getting things accomplished.

In addition to that, Mercury enters its Scorpio cycle on this day. There are ups and downs to this cycle. It should help out a bunch in the mental sense; you’ll become a little quicker to come up with concepts and know the right questions to ask. It can also improve the way you do business because you can haggle with the best of them and you’ll have no qualms about walking away if the price isn’t right. At the same time though, others won’t exactly go around describing each other as “warm”. Relationships between people can be more nuts and bolts and if emotions do present themselves, they’ll tend to be of the argumentative sort.

The Sun and Uranus get together on the 10th which should be pretty inspirational. Many of the changes you’ve been putting off can go into effect here. It’s a day when you can discard the worn out excuses and commit to making changes. Due to the nature of this energy, it’s the type of thing where you’re likely to see something impactful that drives you to make a change (as opposed to being driven by a bad personal experience).

Venus is busy on the 12th, first aligning with Pluto, then moving on into Capricorn. The aspect with Pluto can have powerful effects on your personal relationships, especially the romantic ones. There can be an increase in the passion you feel for people, though you expect others to meet you head on in this area. While you are so eager to express love for others, it seems as though you never can get enough (and if you aren’t feeling loved enough you can drift off in search of it here as well). There’s a great desire for equality among people here and you will treat others in a way that you yourself would prefer to be treated.

This gives way to the new Venus cycle which will only further intensify the importance of your relationships in your life. You’ll start to prioritize time with people over other responsibilities. But at the same time, you can become a little too serious in how you spend time with others. Often possessiveness results. In other instances, you may consistently seek to do things you’ve previously enjoyed with others, completely ignoring the possibility that a new experience might turn out to be more fun.

The Sun will have trouble with Neptune on the 13th, which will usually manifest itself through you coming up with unreal visualizations of what’s going on behind the scenes. You might think honest people are out to get you or conversely, that slimeballs intend to do what’s in your best interest. It’s important to be discriminating here or else you might fall into this trap. At the same time, it will be hard to see how you can succeed in the pursuit of some of your goals. Any obstacles you’re currently facing might seem too daunting for you to overcome. You need to dig deep and restore some hope or else you might end up abandoning some very fruitful endeavors.

Mercury and Uranus form a harmonious aspect on the 16th which should improve the depth of a lot of your arguments and statements. The right thing to do will also appear blatantly obvious to you here so if you choose to ignore it, the consequences are solely on you. You might look to take part in activities that are bigger than your own scope of the world, including things that might help those less fortunate than you or those who are unable to speak up for themselves.

Also on the 16th, Mars moves into the sign of Sagittarius. It won’t be as strong here as it has been recently, but can still have some nice effects, particularly when it comes to making your case to others. Your use of logic will be sharper and the confidence behind your arguments will show through in the way you speak to others. Many of your motivations will be to grow and achievement to you will likely be marked off in the skills you are obtaining as opposed to how much money you’re making or how many friends you have hanging around.

The next day, on the 17th, Mercury and Neptune will now conflict. A lot of the action will take place in your mind, where you imagine what you might say to other people in certain theoretical situations. In reality though, these thoughts will never be said and you’ll keep them to yourself. This is all fine and good unless you let an overactive mind drive you to procrastinate, which is possible. This is also a day where you might have a hard time accepting some of the recent events that have happened to you.

The last major aspect of the month has Jupiter and Saturn working together on the 18th. This typically leads to payoffs through hard work and dedication or some type of benchmark achievement that lets you know that your efforts to learn skills or lessons of some sort hasn’t been in vain. Often you’ll notice that the actual rewards you accumulate here don’t mean as much as the realization that you are following a nice, solid path. What you want to do will often sync up with what you need to do as well.

That’s it for this cycle. There’s a good mix of tough and easy transits that should keep you pushing forward, while allowing you time to regroup after facing some challenges. Remember the key is to bolster your feeling of security and if you can do that, things should roll along pretty easily. Best of luck.

Bud