Scorpions are symbols of protection, transformation, independence, solitude, intelligence, power, death and rebirth, and power. Because scorpions are known to use their stingers for both protection and hunting, and are usually on the defensive, they’ve come to represent the ability to safeguard oneself. ~ AI Overview
As we trudge into the murky, deep, still waters of Scorpio season, intuition becomes sharper, sight extends beyond the eyes, and senses begin to tune into everything unseen. This is the time to trust in your emotions, gut instincts, and insights that seem to come from out of nowhere.
Sun Enters Scorpio on October 23, 2025
Scorpio Season 2025 begins with a Scorpio stellium (Sun, Moon Mercury, Mars, and Lilith.) This is a gang of Scorpio planets working together that are all emotionally intense, curious, investigative, suspicious, intuitive, fascinated with the dark, as well as probing into the hidden and the unseen. While all of this can lead to trouble, finding the answers can be worthwhile.
Welcome to Scorpio Season 2025, a time of heightened instincts for sensing danger. This is genuine awareness, not paranoia.
As the Sun enters Scorpio it makes a disconcerting quincunx to Uranus in Gemini, a challenging square to Pluto in Aquarius and joins the Moon, Mercury, Mars and Lillith, already in Scorpio (ruled by Pluto, now in Aquarius.) Jupiter is in Cancer, and Neptune and Saturn are in Pisces. (water, water everywhere!) Also note the Yod – Finger of Fate – formation (Scorpio Sun quincunx Uranus in Gemini and Neptune Rx in Pisces.
This makes for a sloshy, disorienting, stressful, fateful, and emotionally intense beginning to Scorpio Season 2025.
Sabian Symbol Message for the Sun’s yearly entrance into Scorpio
Scorpio 1 (0° – 1°)
A crowded sightseeing bus on a city street. ~ Rudhyar
CURIOSITY
Possibly the defining characteristic of our species, curiosity is what makes us expansive and therefore inventive and pioneering.
“We move away from our beloved past motivated by curiosity for greater experience”
We humans are never content to accept the status quo; we have an inbuilt appetite for expanding our range and depth of experience and a curiosity for new information and feelings. This is the driving force that motivates us to travel and see what achievements others have to show, perhaps in the form of creative works, technology, or simply lifestyle. It is fundamentally tied in with our urge towards self-realization.
Mercury Enters Sagittarius
Mercury in Sagittarius is the professor, the preacher and the “long winded” talker. Think opinionated, passionate with a tendency toward exaggeration. Still, in Sagittarius Mercury optimistically voices its unwavering beliefs with fervent conviction.
On October 29, 2025 Mercury enters Sagittarius, opposes Uranus in Gemini and sextiles Pluto in Aquarius. Expect mental restlessness, anxiety, and sudden flashes of insight and unique ideas. It will take mental discipline in order to avoid anxiety from over thinking.
As Mercury settles into Sagittarius, mental energy transitions from private and strategic to saying what you think, asking questions and looking toward the big picture and future possibilities.
Mercury will be in Sagittarius from October 29th until November 18th then later, due to its retrograde cycle, from December 11, 2025 to January 1, 2026.
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Moving On
Over the next few days Venus in Libra will square Jupiter in Cancer, and quincunx Saturn Rx in Pisces. Then on the 4th Mars conjoins Mercury in Sagittarius. During this time understanding on a deep emotional level is likely to overwhelm peaceful diplomacy. As thoughts, talk, and actions unite expect aggressive verbal attacks as people become more outspoken and unafraid to forcefully express their beliefs and opinions.
A Testy Taurus Full Moon ~ November 5, 2025
At the Taurus Full Moon it’s time to focus on peace, tranquility, and stability in the outer world, which won’t be easy to achieve this year. Why? Because Mars in Sagittarius (conjunct Mercury) is exactly opposite Uranus Rx in Gemini, trine Neptune, and sextile Pluto. This 2025 Taurus Full Moon offers the stubbornness, courage and assertiveness to let go of values and beliefs that have become restrictive and self-limiting. Expect conflict, volatility, confusion, and sudden changes.
The Sabian Symbol Message for 2025’s Taurus Full Moon
Taurus 14 (13°- 14°)
On the beach, children play while shellfish grope at the edge of the water. ~ Rudhyar
SELF-DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PLAY
There is wisdom in finding a balance between work and play
“Self-sponsored emergence within a community setting
“We emerge from an unconscious form towards full awareness through self-discovery and attending to our own self-centred interests. This is often better done playfully on the threshold between ‘sea’ and ‘land’ – that is, half way between animal and adult, half unconscious and half awake – as we are when playing as children at the beach.
Venus Enters Scorpio
On November 6th as Venus enters Scorpio and squares Pluto, power struggles are on the agenda that will bring power imbalances to the surface, particularly regarding betrayal.
“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it destroys not only our trust in others, but our trust in ourselves. It makes us doubt our own judgment, our own worth, our own ability to discern what is true and what is false.” ~ Unknown
Back to the Past
Humanity must sometimes revisit and confront the past to gain the clarity needed for future progress. As Uranus Rx returns to Taurus, and Mercury and Jupiter station retrograde, expect sudden insights and the need to release what no longer serves you.
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values – that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Uranus Retrograde Enters Taurus
On November 8th Uranus Rx reenters Taurus and on February 4, 2026 stations direct and moves once again into Gemini on April 26, 2026 where it will stay until August 2032.
This is the “final act” for Uranus in Taurus, a time to review and gain clarity regarding the material world, security, finances, and values. It’s time for a reevaluation of what truly matters, both personally and globally.
Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius
On November 9th Mercury stations RX in Sagittarius and will be Rx in Sagittarius until November 29th. This time is meant for reflecting on and clarifying your beliefs, opinions, and philosophies … and being open to change.
Jupiter Retrograde in Cancer
On November 11th Jupiter stations RX in Cancer and will be retrograde until March 11, 2026. Jupiter Rx in Cancer encourages introspection focused on personal philosophies, beliefs and opinions.
Mercury Rx conjunct Mars
When Mercury Rx conjuncts Mars in Sagittarius on November 12th, Mercury seems to be asking Mars to search for the truth.
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
Scorpio New Moon: November 20, 2025
Mercury Rx, once again in Scorpio, is cazimi on the Sun during 2025’s Scorpio New Moon. This Scorpio New Moon with Mercury Rx cazimi strengthens the “intense emotional focus” and increases the clarity and wisdom found in 2025’s Scorpio New Moon. Also note the powerful Scorpio stellium opposite Uranus Rx in Taurus and the Grand Water Trine to Neptune Rx in Pisces and Jupiter Rx in Cancer.
The Sabian Symbol Message for 2025’s Scorpio New Moon
Scorpio 29 (28° – 29°)
An Indian woman pleading to the chief for the lives of her children. ~ Rudhyar
PRAYER AS A FORCE THAT BRINGS PEACE
When our instincts get the better of us and our behavior goes outside acceptable limits we must find a way to centre in peace
“Intense emotional focus”
We are both soul and ego and the image of soul as mother, and ego as unruly sons, is a helpful insight. The wildness of ego has an unsettling effect upon the community and will be checked for the sake of collective harmony. The chief represents the power of social censure. The mother’s intercession to the chief on her children’s behalf equates to soul activity moderating ego-centred behaviours. Prayer is such a process – the intercession of soul’s love to moderate unbridled passions.
Again, water water everywhere, and a prayerful ending to Scorpio Season 2025.
When the Sun enters Sagittarius on November 22,2025, it’s time to RISE.
Survive and Rise
Note: Katy Perry, born on October 25, 1984, at 7:58 AM in Santa Barbara, California, could be a Scorpio Stellium poster child; her Ascendant, Sun, Moon, Mercury, Saturn, and Pluto are all in Scorpio.