Sunday, October 26, 2014

Scorpio - The Meaning of the Constellation Scorpio

 

 

When the ancients looked up into the sky, at one of the darkest parts of the Milky Way they saw the shape of a Scorpion, as if emerging from a crack, its stinger raised, ready to attack. In the ancient world it was thought that the dark crack from which the Scorpion was seen to emerge from, was an opening into the Underworld. The Milky Way to the ancients was not just a host of stars, it was the seed ground, where souls originated. It was from the Milky Way that the spirit of man descended into the material realm.

It was said that the Scorpion was placed in the skies as a reward for slaying Orion as he was about to slay Taurus, the Bull. Artemis, who we met in Cancer, was the Goddess of the Moon, a hunter. She had brought the Scorpion out to kill Orion (Scorpio is next to Orion the hunter). Some say that Orion had used unbecoming force against her, others that Orion was killed because he bragged that he was a superior hunter to Artemis. Artemis is a Goddess that protects animals against wanton destruction and condones hunting only for food, not the glory of the hunt. Orion revelled in the glory. Hence, Artemis is the protector of animals and the Goddess that ensures the natural balance in nature. Without Artemis, the animals of the world would not have survived.

This epic battle between Orion and the Scorpion has been played out in the skies of millenniums. When Orion is in the sky the Scorpion is below the horizon. When the Scorpion rises, Orion disappears beneath the earth, to its death.

Of all the stories surrounding Orion the one that gives Scorpio ruler ship over sex and passion, is that of Eos.

In the story of Eos we find an erotic tale. Eos is the goddess of dawn and personifies the concept of promiscuity. It was Eos that brought the rejuvenation of erotic longings at the start of each day. She was to be found in the beds of both men and gods alike. Rosy fingered, her name was called when she rose each day to greet her brother Helios, the Sun. Some say Eos took a liking to Orion. It is said that the reason Artemis sent the Scorpion to kill Orion was that he had pursued one or all of the Pleiades where he intended to violate them.

The Constellation of Scorpio is one of the most beautiful and striking in the heavens. In the heart of Scorpius is a brilliant red star, Antares. In ancient times Scorpio was the largest of the signs, as the Greeks did not recognise Libra as a sign and assigned the stars in the constellation of Libra to the claws of the Scorpion.

As a creature Scorpions live in cracks, crevices, holes, in fact anywhere that is dark, hidden and secluded. They are a nocturnal animal, preferring dark to light. Hence, Scorpio has always been a sign associated with the darker, hidden or secret side of life. Secrecy, evil and the underworld are all associated with Scorpio. Scorpions are one of the most ancient creatures on the planet. Fossils have been found dating back over 400 million years. They are predators who hunt at night and kill with their sting. All species, no matter how mild, can cause terrible pain if they bite, with some species being lethal. It is said that if a Scorpion is surrounded by fire it will even sting itself to death. Like the Crab, Scorpions rely on sensors to detect prey, small hair like organs on their tail, legs and pincers. Like the Crab their first defence is also to hide. Scorpions are not naturally aggressive and attack only in self defence or for food. When mating they perform a dance like ritual called the promenade a deux. The courting couple grip each other with their claws and move backwards and forwards (as if dancing) until a suitable spot is found.

The Scorpion has been central to both death and sexual rituals right back into the deepest past of many cultures, especially the Egyptians.

In terms of symbolism, the Scorpion is a symbol of wisdom, self destruction and death. The Egyptians maintained that when the Sun entered the sign of Scorpio it marked the beginning of a period ruled by Typhon, a destroying demon or devil. It was he that devoured the Sun on its journey into winter.

Even the season of Scorpio personifies this dark aspect. When the Sun passes through the Constellation of Scorpio, the year itself begins its journey into its darkest phase. It is the beginning of the long, dark days of winter.

One aspect of the Scorpion nature is said to be that of self sabotage. There is a story that illustrates this in a light hearted but apt way. The story goes that a Scorpion came to a river, but it was too deep to cross. He asked a frog he saw sitting on the bank to carry him across on his back. The frog said no, you will sting me and I will die. The Scorpion said why would I do that, then I could not get across the river? The frog was convinced, so agreed to carry the Scorpion across the river. Half way across the Scorpion stung the frog. The frog said why did you do that, now we are both going to die. The Scorpion replied I am a Scorpion, I can not help it, it is what I do.

The twelve astrology zodiac signs are as follows:


Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
Sag
Cap
Aquarius
Pisces

Each particular zodiac sign has it's own characteristics. If you click on the sign you can read about some of the traits of that sign. Or order one of our reports and use the power of the planets to your advantage and tap into what should come naturally to you.



Astrology Sun Scopes Week of October 26 Scorpio Season

General for Week Commencing: Monday 27 October 2014

   Aries Monday 27 October 2014  Mar 21 - Apr 19
There are a lot of big changes in the air this week, but the most significant for you has been Mars' return to your career sector over the weekend. This is Mars, your ruling planet's first visit since late 2012 and teaming up with Pluto this puts the planets of war and revolution on the same team for the first time in 2 years. While your annual professional update isn't scheduled to begin until just before Christmas and will run into the early weeks of 2015 this year things are kicking off early, with some real professional momentum able to be gained. At the same time things are starting to come together on the financial front, while there are moves afoot to ensure your relationships continue to remain a priority and that a sense of adventure isn't lost. Life is starting to get busy.
 
   Taurus Monday 27 October 2014  Apr 20 - May 20
There is a new sense of adventure in the air this week that is going to put everything else into perspective, changing the filter that you see life through. It was Mars' return to your sector of travel, adventure, learning and discovery over the weekend that may create a case of Mondayitis as you move into the new week, with Monday being the first full day of a new mission to fuel a passion for adventure and a hunger for life's richer experiences. This comes as you move into one of the most important weeks of the year for relationship matters and thanks to last Friday's solar eclipse there's a call for a fresh start, as you begin to tie up loose ends on the work front. As well as a reminder that it's all about the journey there's also a reminder that life can't be all work and no play.
 
   Gemini Monday 27 October 2014  May 21 - Jun 21
While there are a lot of big shifts this week, with most of the changes having occurred over the weekend, nothing new has come into play. What has changed are the dynamics and intensity of things already in play. As an example, with Pluto in your financial sector since 2008 you'll always have your money hat on, but Mars' return over the weekend has fired up your financial passions and fighting spirit, as well as bringing a new call for action. At the same time while Saturn has been taking work matters a journey for the last 2 years, it was the Sun and Venus' return to your work sector last Friday that brings a new sense of urgency and importance. Even matters of the heart and your relationships, that saw a lot of the intense focus on them ease back, have retained more than enough support.
 
   Cancer Monday 27 October 2014  Jun 22 - Jul 22
While Mars' return to your work sector over the weekend has taken away a lot of the urgent and manic rush on the work front, there are forces in play to ensure you don't drop the ball. This allows you to put work matters on a more manageable path, giving you time to consider your priorities before the pace picks up again in mid November. In the meantime there is an all out effort this week to find a balance between work and play, with matters of the heart fast becoming a priority. Yet it's your relationships that have also received a major boost, thanks to Mars' return to your relationship sector over the weekend. You'll get a sense of what impact this will have on your relationships when the Moon visits midweek, fuelling your emotional responses, passions and fighting spirit.
 
   Leo Monday 27 October 2014  Jul 23 - Aug 22
While the Moon's position in a fun, playful, romantic and creatively charged part of your chart in the early days of the week will make a vain attempt to keep Mars' romantic passions and fighting spirit in play, you've got a real battle on your hands. For while a playful spirit will not only remain important, but thanks to Ceres' return to your romantic and creative sector on Tuesday this will become an important need, the pace picks up dramatically on the work front this week. Monday is Mars' warrior planet of the cosmos first full day back in your work sector and between now and early December will work with Pluto, planet of change and revolution to really heat things up and get things moving. It's up to you to police the right balance between work and play, a balance that works for you.
 
   Virgo Monday 27 October 2014  Aug 23 - Sep 22
At the same time that you're tying up loose ends on the income front, with this an important week for pay talks, discussions, working on a game plan or just getting your head in the game, working with Mercury's smart head for money and 20/20 hindsight, you're also preparing for the ongoing journey. It was last week that the Sun and Venus both left your income sector and with the business end of getting things up to speed over it's now more about the details. In the meantime you've reached an important week for both communication and relationship matters, but especially where they come together. After last Friday's solar eclipse in your communication sector there's a chance for new beginnings, while the doors remain open to the past and second chances on the relationship front.
 
   Libra Monday 27 October 2014  Sep 23 - Oct 23
There is a huge amount of focus on income matters this week, thanks to the Sun and Venus' return to your income sector last Friday and the solar eclipse on the same day, which drew a major new line in the sand. While the Moon has moved on and Mercury, who will bring the smart head for money and 20/20 hindsight needed to bring things home won't return until the end of the week, what you've had a chance to do is draw a line in the sand, putting you in the end game. While you have until Christmas Eve to bring things home already you're setting your priorities and expectations for months, years and decades to come. You've also reached an important week for home and family matters, with communication essential. Something special is developing on the communication and relationship fronts.
 
   Scorpio Monday 27 October 2014  Oct 24 - Nov 21
Your birthday month and new solar year got off with a bang when the Sun not only returned to your sign last Friday, but a solar eclipse just hours later drew a major new line in the sand. By coincidence the same day you moved into this new solar year you also moved into Saturn's final 2 months in your sign and as a journey that began back in 2012 moved into the home straight. This raises the bar and your expectations for the coming year, for you're not just making a commitment to the year ahead, but the rest of your life. While Saturn will return to your sign for a few months in mid 2015 to tie up loose ends, you're in the final months a period of laying down the foundations that the next 30 years of life will rest on. Your heart is having a big say in what you want the future to hold.
 
   Sagittarius Monday 27 October 2014  Nov 22 - Dec 21
While you're in the early days of the month long wind down of your solar year, chances are it's likely to feel like you've already opened your birthday presents and know what's inside, leaving only the mechanics or getting to a point where you're able to officially open them. Mars only left your sign on Sunday, so even before you began to wind down this current solar year and started to line up for a new solar year that begins next month, you've already had a chance to establish what excites you, your passions and your fighting spirit. It's Ceres' return to your sign on Tuesday that gives you a chance to take this to a deeper level, looking at your real needs and priorities across all the currencies in your life. In the meantime it's time to smash some glass ceilings on the income front.
 
   Capricorn Monday 27 October 2014  Dec 22 - Jan 19
The month long wind down for your current solar year won't even begin until later next month and with the Sun not returning to your sign until just before Christmas, you're about 2 months too early to start opening new doors and looking to the future, yet that's exactly what you're doing this week. What is going to make this such a game changer is that your mood is likely to have literally shifted overnight, having come to the end of last week exhausted, spent and wanting nothing more over the weekend than to put out the 'do not disturb' sign. Yet Monday morning is likely to find you invigorated and ready for battle as Mars spends his first full day in your sign. It's time to tie up loose ends on the career front, in what is an important week for personal and professional networking.
 
   Aquarius Monday 27 October 2014  Jan 20 - Feb 18
While there's been little chance to take your professional hat off with Saturn in your career sector since 2012, things became a lot more urgent when the Sun, Venus and Moon not only returned last Friday but triggered a solar eclipse. This has drawn a new line in the sand and while you'll need to wait for Mercury's return later in the week to get your head in the game, this brings you to the point where everything until now has been leading up and everything from now will lead on from. With Saturn now in his final 2 months in your career sector the focus is on bringing things home and putting your professional game on the track you want things to continue one. However life won't be all work and no play, with something special developing on the social and adventurous fronts.
 
   Pisces Monday 27 October 2014  Feb 19 - Mar 20
While Mars' departure from your career sector over the weekend has taken the wind out of your sails there's no danger of losing your professional edge anytime soon. For one thing you'll have the Moon in your career sector during the early days of the week, keeping your professional instincts sharp and eye on the ball as Ceres returns on Tuesday to begin a 3 month mission to redefine your definition of success, something that is critically important considering the major developments over the coming months. In the meantime this will see any professional urgency scale back, allowing you to make the most of what is likely to be a groundbreaking week for personal and professional networking and an exceptional week for keeping the spirit of adventure that came into play over the weekend alive.
 


Monday, October 20, 2014

Sun Sign Libra September 24 - October 23



Libra is the most modern of all signs and did not appear as a separate sign until Roman times. Because of this and a natural Libran drive to form partnerships, Librans can easily lose themselves into relationships. It is this fight against this, which makes them so outwardly independent and resistant to either smothering someone else or to being smothered in return.

There are two major concepts that define all Librans, that of balance and relationships. The constellation of Libra is that of the Scales, ruled by Astrea, goddess of Justice. It is her image that we see outside courthouses, holding a sword in one hand and scales in the other, while blindfolded. Libra is the sign of balance and harmony and when things are not balanced in a Librans life, they have got to move heaven and earth to get into balance or harmony, or they will feel out of sorts. The concepts of fairness, balance and harmony are paramount to all Librans.



Libra is ruled by Venus, goddess of love and in Libra we find the aspect or the side of Venus that binds couples together. While Venus also rules Taurus, in Taurus her focus is on beauty and possessions, in Libra her focus is on the concept of love and relationships and in this position, Venus rules marriages and partnership. It is very rare to find a single Libran and those that you do find, are simply waiting for Mr or Ms Right, for a Libran will not settle for anyone who does not have long term prospects.

Librans take marriage and partnerships, business or personal, very, very seriously.

Although Libra is a new sign, the aspect of Venus that is personified in Libra, can be traced right back to the Creation myths. It was said that during the Creation, Venus was moving through the constellation of the Scales and that it was while moving through here, that she bound human couples together under the yoke of matrimony. Since ancient times, Venus and the Scales have been linked to relationships and marriage and Libra itself, rules the area of our charts that rules marriage and partnership.

The concept of balance and harmony are taken to a deeper level when you realise that the Sun moves into Libra on the autumn/spring equinox, when the days and nights are of equal length. As the first of the autumn triad, Libra is a cardinal sign. A cardinal sign is the first sign of each of the four seasons and cardinal signs are the initiators, the ones with the ideas and who are focused on moving forward. Moving into the autumn triad, Libra is focused on balance and harmony. This comes from an astrological time of year when things had to be carefully measured, weighed and balanced.

With such a balanced mind, a love of beauty and ancient Venus energy in their chart, It is no wonder that Librans are seen so very peaceful. In fact, Librans are the diplomats of the zodiacs, the ones that come in and sort things out for us. As an Air ruled Venus sign, their thoughts tend to focus on the positive and in fact, the whole 60s generation of make love not war, came about because some of the most powerful and influential planets, were moving through Libra at the time. We owe the whole peace movement of the 60s to the massive Libran energy that was around at the time.

Librans carry that with them everywhere they go and are the most peaceful and loving of all the signs. They are not overtly emotional about this and do not necessarily go out hugging trees and kissing everyone they meet, for they are an Air sign, not a Water sign. They simply operate their lives in a very balanced, harmonious way that puts an aura of peace and harmony around them. This is not to say that all Librans are living in a state of balanced harmony, but you can be sure that they are striving for it and will feel out of sorts if they do not have it.

If you want to relax after a busy day, find a Libran and fall under their spell for a while.

Astrology Sun Sign Libra Traits Characteristics

BalancedShallowCharismaticPessimisticEmpatheticHesitant
DiplomaticDetachedUnreliableSelf-indulgentPretentiousRespectful
CharmingIndecisiveLaid-backWelcomingEasygoingFlirtatious
Peace lovingKindGracefulIdealisticAmbassadorialRomantic
TactfulArtisticLikableVainRefinedAccommodating











The twelve astrology zodiac signs are as follows:


Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sag

Cap

Aquarius

Pisces















Each particular zodiac sign has it's own characteristics. If you click on the sign you can read about some of the traits of that sign. Or order one of our reports and use the power of the planets to your advantage and tap into what should come naturally to you.