Written by Lisa E Z
immerman
The final week of the Sun in Scorpio marks a transitional, introspective phase colored by six retrograde planets, urging you to reassess long-held ideas, beliefs and communications in order to decide what’s viable and what to discard on your journey forward.
Integration is occurring on multiple levels, as our landscape shifts dramatically and our energetic bodies, minds and emotional bodies are in flux seeking to stabilize. We have five planets in sensitive water signs, highlighting flow, as we’re being guided by intuition and feelings.
We are also inching toward a deeper shift as Mercury Retrograde prepares to re-enter Scorpio, inviting us to dive beneath the surface to recover hidden info and reclaim buried aspects of Self. Themes of truth, a new reality, personal responsibility and emotional clarity arise as the slow-moving outer planets, along with Mercury, nudge you into a subtle realignment of deeper patterns.
Nov 17 – Sun trine Jupiter and Sun trine Saturn. The Grand Trine in water signs activates the potential for direction and purpose, constructive, harmonious flow and practical actions. Good timing. Jupiter promotes faith and inspiration, a bigger picture, and it can give you the confidence to stretch beyond old paradigms and programming. Saturn demands restraint, solid structures and strategic steps that create progress with a solid plan. The Sun in powerful Scorpio can give you the focus to utilize this feeling energy to integrate old limitations and evolve your intentions.
Nov 17 – Mercury Retrograde sextile Pluto. This is the second meeting of three (Oct 29, Dec 10) for this pair. Skip the superficial. This can be a continuing exploration/conversation, going deeper each time, which has a profound impact on you. It can be an epiphany or transformation via problem-solving. Your evolving “Voice” may create impact in your world, your community or the larger stage. This supports research, detective work, bypassing the noise to get to the core of the matter.
Pluto’s intuitive gifts are potent, reading the room, sensing hidden agendas and knowing what to share and what to withhold for best effect. When you need to focus and be tuned in, this is the best—and with the Grand Trine in Water, there’s abundant flow to harmonize this powerful, intense energy.
Nov 18 – Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio. Now Mercury is back in deep-feeling, intuitive Scorpio and it will be bringing up what needs to be seen, learned and revealed—maybe on a personal level for you, but surely on a global level for the collective. Stay tuned…
Nov 19 – New Moon in Scorpio @ 10:47pm PST / Nov 20 @ 1:47am EST. The New Moon is the time for new beginnings—whether you pursue a dream, goal, idea, plan or project. Set your intention and place your attention on what you want to grow or create and ride the wave as you allow the Lunar energy to support you. Utilize the spirit of regeneration to create a breakthrough.
Scorpio rules metamorphosis by deconstructing what’s no longer sustainable and the rebirth creates a “cosmic upgrade.” The ultimate result is transcendence over old, stale non-working patterns, structures and relationships. Emotions are intensified and your desires are strong, so check your motives before you act: are you in integrity, seeking to contribute or are you operating from ego-driven, fear-based, self-serving desires? You should be able to feel the difference.
Watch for obsessive thinking that can blind you to the big picture. Examine your current choices and make decisions with consciousness from your Higher Self. This is real empowerment. Consider what you can release to support stepping into your power.
Projection is a Scorpio domain, ruled by the unconscious. Know that behaviors that bother you in others are showing up for you to explore within yourself. Don’t miss the opportunity to evolve, awaken and to integrate unconscious beliefs by living in judgment of others, no matter how it’s disguised (caring, analysis, being right, etc.).
Those who are in their power have no need to dominate or control; they feel safe and secure knowing that they are operating in integrity, aligned with the Greater Good. It takes courage to let go of the familiar and step into the void until the next step or way of being is revealed, which is part of the process of transformation.
Trust in the cycles of life, knowing that whatever comes up that is uncomfortable or dark has come up to be recognized and healed, released and integrated.
This New Moon at 28º Scorpio conjoins Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio, so your thinking, communications and what’s hidden are in the mix of this new beginning. Seeds are being planted. Step into your Authority and deliberately plant yours by creating intentions and actions to support your intentions.
Mercury, The Sun and Moon are part of a Kite configuration—trine Jupiter and trine Saturn (this is the flowy part that is creative, intuitive, emotional and supportive). But radical Uranus, the Great Awakener, is opposing the Sun, Moon and Mercury, shaking up the experience.
This is a new beginning with a twist; a powerful New Moon that will not allow you to be complacent and stick with the status quo. The unexpected is likely, which may be personal or global, but it will take out what is stale and needs to go. But remember, there’s plenty of support to ease the shift.
Mercury conjunct the Sun during the New Moon offers access to Divine Wisdom and Guidance, you may have a flash of insight or a sudden understanding where you had been unclear. It’s new info delivered with grace to support you. What a gift. Even if it’s shocking, wait and see how it ultimately serves you and the Greater Good.
So that’s a lot of transformational potential that is available and on the way. No matter where you are on your path of evolution, there is something waiting for you to create and discover. Make it a meaningful journey and be willing to be surprised. Trust your inner guidance and raise your frequency for the best possible experience.
I am always grateful for your presence on our journey together. 🌷
“Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, you must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life.” ~ Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey
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“What seems to be a dead end may be an arrow pointing you in an unexpected direction. ~ Bashar
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“The key is not effort but insight. Not struggle but a shift in approach.” ~ Price Pritchett
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“The more you learn to operate in the world based on trust in your intuition, the stronger your channel will be.” ~ Shakti Gawain
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Lisa E Zimmerman is an Intuitive Astrologer, Transformational Coach and Creator of Awakened Life Retreats, helping seekers discover who they came here to be and how to create an evolving, empowered and meaningful life. It is a joyful, heartfelt journey. www.soullevelsolutions.com ❤️