MERCURY IN SCORPIO 22nd October 2023

Mind Probes

Mercury is moving into the watery sign of Scorpio today.

The archetype of Mercury describes how we perceive and process information. How we communicate and think. And also how we learn new skills.

Scorpio as fixed water loves emotional security. Which is why this sign likes to keep their emotions private, only sharing them with a few select people and only after they gained enough trust with them. The water element is about imagination, intuition, and emotions and holds great sensitivity and empathy. The fixed mode describes Scorpio's modus operandi: intense and reserved.

Therefore, we could be more reserved the next couple of weeks, when it comes to communicating our emotions. Intense emotions might occupy our mind.

But our minds might also become very imaginative, and we could find ourselves having more access to intuitive hunches right now. A Scorpio Mercury is one of the best BS radars you can get. This fixed water mind can see straight through any tricks or masks.

The flipside of Mercury in Scorpio is a paranoid mind. Seeing threats that are not real. The Scorpionic mind can become so distrustful, that everyone and everything is potentially the enemy. Something to be aware of, especially in the collective.

One way we could use this energy productively is by intellectually investigating our deepest inner selves. By sending probing questions deep down into our emotional reservoir, collecting valuable data, and bringing it to the surface. It's the perfect time to ask yourself some very uncomfortable questions, to assess your inner landscape:

When sitting all by yourself, what emotions come up? If identifying emotions from scratch is difficult, you could print out a list with challenging emotions, like sadness, anger etc. And then read through the list, ticking off the emotions that resonate with you at that moment. Then go into an investigation: "When did I start feeling this way? Who made me feel this way? What happened that made me feel this way?" Becoming aware of buried emotions is the first step to releasing them.

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