Ahhh yes, my favorite time of year again. *Stretches out Bat wings* … SCORPIO SEASON! All the good ghoulies are out, and the Sun begins its journey of illuminating that which has been waiting in the shadows, all year long.

In my experience, Scorpio is one of the most understood signs. Above all else, when I share Astrological readings with folks who have Scorpio Suns, their most frequent reflection is how others raise an eyebrow or IMMEDIATELY judge them. It’s so sad to me, that pop-culture Astrology has *quite literally* demonized this sign.

And, I get it. A Fixed Water sign, ruled by Mars? Quite a complicated mixture. Scorpio’s sharp, penetrating gaze + capacity to hold such depth and complexity is a gift many don’t fully understand. Perhaps the Scorpionic willingness to look at that which has been rejected or exiled into the shadows makes folks uncomfortable. Perhaps Scorpio’s comfortability with the taboo confronts other people’s unwillingness to turn towards the full spectrum of what this life experience really asks of us. To hold it all. To LOVE that which lives into the shadows just as much as we love that which finds ease in the daylight.

As a Scorpio Rising person myself, I can attest to the directness of that penetrating gaze causing others to (sometimes) crawl out of their skin. I’ve learned the hard way, many times, that just because REVEALMENT has been good medicine for me, doesn’t always mean others are as ready + willing to turn towards the shadows with such ease. I’m not flexing here — I also recognize that Scorpio energy tends to inhabit the shadowy s**t more than they’re comfortable with the light-hearted + gentle. It’s a careful line to toe.

Two words I think about a LOT with Scorpio, are “revealment” and “penetrating”. Mars rules pointy things, and in Scorpio, that power is pointed downwards. It penetrates deep beneath the surface of our conscious, superficial reality. The function of Scorpio energy in all of our lives is to reveal that which is otherwise concealed into the shadows of the unconscious, on purpose. The point is to set those things free, so they don’t fester + grow into monsters.

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

— Dune, Frank Herbert

All of this to say, Scorpio season is a time when the light of the Sun descends into the shadows of our own personal + collective Underworld, ON PURPOSE. This is a time when the veil is particularly thin, as we are fully inhabiting the dual nature. We all have this capacity, to move between seen + unseen, conscious + unconscious. Scorpio brings it out in us all. It teaches us how to see in the dark.

Look to where Scorpio rules in your Birth Chart. This is where the lantern is guiding you into hidden corners. This is where unconscious material is becoming conscious, transforming from reactive forces into active powers you can engage with + have choice around. This is the true work of Liberation; THE TRUTH SETS US FREE.

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