Scorpio's Big Bang

A square between Venus and Pluto early this week has the potential to stir up all kinds of relationship drama. There could be power struggles at work, with people trying to break free of limiting visions of what's possible. Venus moves into her sign Libra on the 8th, relaxing on the velvet divan, and spreading good vibes before we're enveloped in lunar darkness on the 9th.

It's a one-way ticket through the dark void of the Scorpio new Moon. Scorpio's energy has a fierce determination to bring hidden potentials into being. In his book, SunShines, Vanity Fair astrologer Michael Lutin calls Scorpio, "whatever it was that decided existence was a darned good thing and caused the Big Bang. Not God, necessarily, but the Force that kicked God into being." This picture was taken of a Live Oak with a lingam base that's heard some of the new Moon intentions of me and my friends. Sometimes we laugh a little, but standing there, we're honoring the male principle and the generative forces of the universe. Consider setting new Moon intentions that you know require a total commitment, but that in its achievement, would represent transforming yourself completely.

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