The Sun enters the sign of Scorpio on October 22nd at 8:54 a.m., Mountain Time. Scorpio is a water sign and is associated with powerful Pluto. Scorpio is passionate, intense, focused, deep, private and sneaky. Typical Scorpio occupations include being a private investigator, archeologist, pathologist, psychiatrist and insurance adjuster. Your Scorpio friend can be a confidante because he or she will never share your secrets with anyone.
In addition to the Sun in Scorpio, there are a lot of planets in water signs this month. I don’t usually include an astrology chart, but I am with this article because of the unusual nature of this planetary configuration. This is the chart for the time the Sun enters Scorpio. What absolutely dominates is the huge Grand Trine in water signs, incorporating a full half of the solar system.
After Saturn and Neptune’s brief visit into Aries, they have both now retrograded back into watery Pisces. They are both trine to Jupiter in Cancer and will remain so from September 2025 until January 2026. This month Mars and Mercury in Scorpio are turning that trine into an extraordinary Grand Trine. With so many planets in water signs, we will all be feeling our emotions in a very strong way. Trusting your intuition, hunches and inner desires is crucial. Allow your creativity to shine any way you can. Write, draw, sing, dance and wear your heart on your sleeve. Meditate, and do spiritual rituals. This is a good time to add a water feature or fountain to your home but beware of plumbing issues. Give a lot of hugs to yourself, as well as to others. Feel deeply, and you will be in the flow with this watery phase.
Hey, why not throw a Mercury Retrograde into this pool of water? Mercury turns retrograde from November 10th – 28th. Yes, Mercury is in Scorpio for most of the retrograde and joins that juicy water Grand Trine. Make sure no misunderstandings occur, especially around emotions.
Regarding the visible planets, we can see planets in both the predawn and evening skies. Venus and Jupiter are visible before dawn and are very bright before sunrise. Mars has gotten lost in the glow of the Sun in the evening sky. Bye Mars. But Saturn can be seen in the eastern sky after sunset. Saturn isn’t the easiest planet to spot, so you might want to have an app like SkyMap to help you.
See you next in Sagittarius