Astrology in October 2012 - The Sun Enters Scorpio, Illuminating the Lessons of 2012

by Robert Wilkinson

The Sun leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on Monday, Oct 22 at 5:14 pm PDT, October 23 at 1:14 am Greenwich. From now till then is extraordinarily important.

The reason today and tomorrow are so important is that the Sun is now in the last degree of Libra. This is the exact degree where Saturn went stationary retrograde in February 2012. We have all been led throughout the entire year to some form of philosophical completion, a new way of understanding things, and finished paying some heavy dues. These have prepared us for a re-magnetization already underway with Saturn in Scorpio.

So today we get to see the light of philosophical completion, and how we’ve integrated the lessons since January 2012 into the light of clear understanding about who we are right now as a matured Being. This is the Light of the end of that task. More insights and rewards coming around November 20-22.

As the Sun enters Scorpio, it immediately forms a trine to Neptune at 1 Pisces at the “Cusp of the Age,” followed by a conjunction to Saturn. You can bet this will bring many to a critical reorientation, a new dedication or loyalty, and a sense of getting out beyond the known and familiar. More about the concept of “the Cusp of the Age” at the bottom of this article.

From one point of view, this conjunction sets pulses in motion over the next year involving our Spirit leading our mind toward our Soul in virgin fields. The synthetic understanding comes from, and results in, a wider view of the interrelatedness of things once lesser approaches are transcended.

The emergent Saturn in Scorpio structures will now be vitalized for the next year. This begins a clean out, a clear out, a purification, a purging, a letting go, a deeper communion with experience, and a more determined focus. The voids we create by letting go allows us to attract what is more appropriate to our evolved state in the future. And given the spread of the planets right now, it shouldn’t take long. There a link to an article about Saturn in Scorpio at the bottom of this one.

With this Sun conjunct Saturn, action is front and center for the next year, and since that conjunction falls at 3 Scorpio, expect some form of “community action” involving building structures that foster community values. Wherever you have early Scorpio, you’ll intuitively know what needs to be eliminated, and where the regenerative focus needs to be. Find the right “crucible,” or “container of personality,” and you’ll do just fine.

An article that explains more about “The Cusp of the Age,” with internal links to other relevant articles:

New Moon in Libra Part 1 – What’s Happening in October-November 2012

For more about Saturn in Scorpio:

Astrology in 2012-2013-2014 – Saturn in Scorpio

© Copyright 2012 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[AceStar]

good insight Robert :)
Good luck my brother

[Deb Marcoux]

Robert, it never fails to amaze me how you can be right on the money with your insights. Yesterday and new paradigm slid right into my awareness. It made me feel that we're all teetering on some very exciting times ahead.

[Trinity]

Thank-you Robert. I totally felt this morning what Deb has said about the New Paradigm. I have just written in my journal that this morning I feel extraordinarily cleared, refreshed and renewed. I feel like a new person, and as though something must have been resolved in my sleep as I have no other explanation for it. I feel capable of conquering easily new psychic territory. Saturn transitting my 12th. house.

[Julia]

I've only recently discovered your wonderful pages and really enjoy your wisdom. I have had an extraordinary year which has placed me firmly in a strong community (now to find a community building!), but I have a small worry about the yod on 21st Decmber. I have Mars at 8 degrees of Gemini (in 12th house - Sun conjunct ascendant at 18 degrees gemini) at the point of the yod where Jupiter will be. I'm not sure what to expect (if anything) or how to handle it. Any comments will be gratefully received.

[Robert]

Hi all - Thanks for checking in and all your kind words. I am experiencing a subtle but very vast shift in the magnetics of the larger energy field. Saturn trine Neptune? Those who are on a practice seem to be quickening. Get focused and laser like in your responses and figure out "the order of priority." I'll explain more in an article about "order of priority" since it's part of what we're all learning to implement and master.

Hi Julia - Welcome to the Cosmic Cantina!! Glad you found this gentle community as part of your quest for community. You seem to be doing well. As for that Yod created by Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto, it's not good to worry about things that can't be solved by your worrying.;-) Jupiter is showing your Mars function a greater, more adaptable way of exerting yourself. Jupiter moving through your 12th can be a very good thing, and as it conjuncts your Sun and Asc, you're getting prepped for a new adventure in consciousness next Spring.

You got the first pass over your Mars and for all practical purposes your Sun and Asc from June through early October. Now you get to review, or get a return for the next few months before picking it all back up in early 2013, completing the old Jupiter cycle and opening a new one.

Jupiter in the 12th can bring rewards and protection. I have an article about the 12th house in the archives. Use the site google box at the top right to find it. It can help you understand the positives about the 12th house.

I will be writing about that Yod in the next few weeks. I also have articles about Yods in the archives you may want to check out. They explain how they work. Of some note is that December Yod is the precursor for interlocking Yods in late March 2013, with Saturn in Scorpio sextile Pluto in Capricorn double quincunx Jupiter in Gemini (like the December Yod) but also Jupiter sextile Uranus in Aries double quincunx Saturn. That will be particularly powerful due to Mars conjunct Uranus, followed immediately by Venus and the Sun moving through the Yod zone. Expect some dramatic "expansion through sacrifice" events. At least Mercury will be a harmonizing factor.

[Mary]

"once lesser approaches are transcended" Soooo busted. I'm struggling with my better angels because I know the correct approach is "be nice to everybody," but I don't want to be nice to people who've not been nice to me in the past. One part of my mind is saying "tsk, tsk" and the other part is saying "but, but!"