Much of the first half of this year for you, dear Scorpio, is a re-issue of the last. 2025 gave you a glimpse into what the next few may be. We have been between chapters and now we are starting a new one. While dancing in the unknown is a natural part of your power, the themes of you in community and your deeper sense of belonging continues to permeate. Until 2043, your ruler, Pluto, will churn through Aquarius and already we can see the proliferation of Scorpionic themes at play, power dynamics and privacy in the digital landscape, the manipulation and subterfuge often at play in social media lands, power dynamics within groups and communities. For you this may play out as a longing for community and/or bringing light to the dynamics you find within yours.
"We can see the proliferation of Scorpionic themes at play, power dynamics and privacy in the digital landscape, the manipulation and subterfuge often at play in social media lands, power dynamics within groups and communities."
Come late July, the nodes and their attendant eclipses, will move into the signs of Leo and Aquarius and here the call is towards our genuine expression and walking our own paths, versus playing to the crowd. As a Scorpio, you run so much creative energy and it's incredibly important that you have conscious outlets for your big energy. Being a Scorpio, the more you have noticed and made friends with your own rhythms and seasons, the healthier you are. Scorpio is our natural creation and destruction cycles and so again, with the forthcoming eclipses in Leo and Aquarius (from July 2026 - March 2028) the emphasis is on conscious creation and expression and noticing anywhere you may self-censor and thwart your own energy flow. Take note of where you may build up drama (South Node in Leo) as an unconscious form of creativity.
"Being a Scorpio, the more you have noticed and made friends with your own rhythms and seasons, the healthier you are."
As we move towards your birthday month, things really ramp up. Venus begins retrograding through your sign from October 3, eventually retrograding back into Libra until November 14 and on the same day as the Sun enters your sign, we begin a Mercury retrograde in Scorpio (October 24 - November 13). That’s a lot of reflection energy while the Sun illuminates your sign with consciousness. With Venus we are looking at power dynamics in relating, your relational dynamics overall, evaluating and reflecting on your values, your experience of beauty and intimacy. This will be the third and final Mercury retrograde of the year, with the first two also being in your fellow water signs. This means that your own emotional landscape and inner depths are something to be open and curious to. Here in your sign, there is renewed vitality (due to its connection with the Sun) in excavating and releasing anything that feels heavy, shameful or taboo. You are a natural space holder; it will always be medicinal for you to have people or a person that you deeply trust to be a space holder for you.
Scorpio 2026 words to live by
KNOWING YOUR SEASONS
Want to understand why the zodiac signs are the way they are? Look no further than our comprehensive guide to the personality traits of each zodiac sign. Plus, you can find all the answers to the year ahead in our 2026 astrology forecast.
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