JUPITER IN SCORPIO - A TRUST FALL INTO THE DEPTHS

Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System, and in astrological terms its
positive expression represents expansive energy, faith, hope, teaching and
learning, good fortune, and the exploration of new territory. Some of Jupiters
less savory inclinations include ill-informed notions of grandiosity, excessive
behavior or consumption, or abandoning common sense in the quest for novelty
and excitement. Jupiters orbit around the Sun is approximately 12 years, so that
he spends roughly one year in each sign. From October 10th, 2017 until November
8th, 2018, Jupiter makes his journey through Scorpio, the fixed water sign of
depth, power, sexuality, death, rebirth, mystery and hidden secrets. This is a vitally
important transit, which many astrologers have been writing about.

Jupiters ingress month (time of entering) into Scorpio is accompanied by

conjunctions with both Mercury (on October 18th) and the Sun (on October 26th),
creating a rather impressive splash down, and a resounding ripple that is palpable
in worldly events. We see the #me too movement, referencing the ubiquitous
sexual harassment experienced by nearly all women, exploding on social media
thus revealing the collective pain body, imbalance of power, and distorted sexual
dynamics lurking in the shadows patriarchal society. The trigger point was the
scandal involving director Harvey Weinstein, eventually revealing upwards of 50
women making allegations of sexual harassment, and frequently assault, against
the extremely powerful Hollywood mogul and from what many in the film making
industry are reporting, this violation and subjugation of women is FAR from isolated
to this one man. In politics, George W. Bush (while perhaps an unlikely player on
this stage!) is re-emerging into the public eye, making a statement renouncing the
bigotry, hatred, and cruelty running rampant in the United States. Even an 88-
year-old ex-CIA recruit has surfaced, reportedly claiming to know the truth
about the dark secrets of the JFK assassination. Jupiter magnifies whatever he
touches, and it is no wonder that his presence in the sign of power, secrecy, and
sexuality is shining an unflinching spotlight into the darker corners of the human
psyche, a place where most human society tends to avoid and resist awareness.

Jupiters journey through Scorpio could manifest in each of our individual lives and
spheres in a myriad of ways. Perhaps great fortune and blessings will be
bestowed, along with the difficult trade-off of having to face something within
ourselves that weve continually suppressed because it is so painful to be
with. Healing sexual trauma and coming into greater fluency in sexuality is likely
to be a big theme. Long hidden family secrets or elephants in the room could
suddenly be brought out into the open. You may feel called upon to learn about
mystic arts, or the occult such as astrology, witchcraft, subtle energy work, tarot,
tantra, etc.
In order to expand into new evolutionary territories and ways of being, it may be
necessary to first engage in the process of diving deeply into scary places. We
are being asked to have faith, and fall into the deep waters. We are faced with
a choice: when the ocean of life is pulling us down into the dark depths of our own
psyches, do we fight the current, or do we surrender willingly to the process? In
bringing more of your awareness to these places, you can more deeply know and
embody the truth of your Power in an authentic, aligned, and loving way. Carl
Jung famously wrote What you resist, persists. For when we have an aversion
to something, it is our own resistance to it that re-enforces its presence in our
experience and life circumstance. In this potent and revealing time, may we be
supple, yet courageous. Yielding, yet fierce. May we bring our gentle, loving
awareness to the parts of us that are most afraid, and boldly embrace our faith
in the Great Mystery of our lifes process.