Scorpio Horoscope 2024

The season of the Scorpion favors intensity and transformation. Mysterious and powerful, Scorpio thrives in the shadows, forging deep bonds and embracing change with fearless determination, never settling for anything less than the raw, unvarnished truth.

Of course, not all Scorpio seasons are the same. With what astrologers call a "grand water trine" in the mix, the 2024 version is especially emo. To find your way through the shadows, you'll need to let logic be your guide. If you can find any left.

If you want to learn more about what the Zodiac sign Scorpio means in general, check out my post on how to Make the Most of Scorpio Season.

Sun in Scorpio 2024 Horoscope

This year, the Sun enters Scorpio on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:14 p.m. Eastern U.S. and remains there until Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, 2:56 p.m. Eastern U.S.

Here's the solar chart for the 2024 Scorpio ingress:

2024 Solar Ingress into Scorpio Astrological Data

• Time: Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, 6:14 p.m. Eastern U.S.
• Sun’s Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
• Aspects to the Sun: none, shares Scorpio with Mercury
• Location of Sign Ruler: Mars in Cancer (in fall)
• Aspects to the Sign Ruler: Mars opposite Pluto in Capricorn, trine Neptune in Pisces, sextile Uranus in Taurus
• Location of the Moon: Cancer (with Mars), out of bounds
• Aspects to the Moon: Moon trine Mercury in Scorpio and Saturn in Pisces (grand water trine)
• Important Considerations this Month: Pluto re-enters Aquarius Nov. 19)

Sun in Scorpio Forecast 2024

The Sun’s traveling light this year, it’s radiance undiluted by close aspects with other planets. That suggests there’s little reason for strong egos to compromise with others. But, on the flip side, our endevors may lack power or vitality if we insist on going it all alone. However, if your aim is deep self reflection, a little solitude may be exactly what you need.

The Sun may also receive a little help on an inward journey. Mercury’s also hanging out in Scorpio with the Sun. Here, Mercury’s role as psychopomp, the walker between worlds is emphasized. It suggests a time to turn your conscious, thinking mind to the in-between places in your life. Any tool you use to search within – whether through journaling, therapy, dreamwork or something else – will help you make the most of this energy.

Scorpio’s ruler Mars is wrapping up his slog through Cancer. The safety-craving sign isn’t an easy place for the planet that would prefer to be taking risks and slaying dragons. His actions may lean into an aggressive defensive if he fears his home, tribe or “way of life” is threatened. On a personal level, sometimes the best you can do is count to 10, so you can pause before you project your fears onto others.

So “Move fast and bring things,” may become Mars’ motto as he joins the easy alignment of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. In history, it’s rare the three outer planets are so closely aligned (though it has happened several times in the 20th century). It often signals a deep paradigm shift in the collective unconscious. The energy is so subtle, it will take years for it to be felt in everyday life. For now, it’s merely a suggestion of a new possibility. This is especially true in how we relate to the earth and the oceans, given that the planets occupy earth and water signs. But with Mars in the mix, it’s giving these planes a more energized and manifested outlet for their revolutionary zeal. Hang on, this may be a bumpy ride.

An out-of-bounds Moon is keeping Mars company in Cancer. The Crab is the Moon’s own sign, so the Moon gains a little oomph from being on her own turf. But at the same time, the Moon is also soaring high above her normal orbital path; she’s demanding to take a walk on the wild side. And so the Moon may be more likely to join Mars in his zealous pursuit of.. well, whatever he feels like at the moment… than to help him chill and relax.

And the Moon’s also caught up in her own drama, what astrologers call a grand water trine. She’s in harmonious aspects with deep-diving Mercury in Scorpio and dour Saturn in Pisces. Water trines are known for fueling feeling-centered decision-making; it’s all about the Vibe. It’s always a complicated path to walk. We need to honor our soft, squishy bits, true. But their information isn’t always reflective of reality-as-it-is, rather of reality as we wish it were. Alas fact-checking feelings isn’t often a useful tactic; sometimes the best you can do is be still allow a deeper clarity to emerge.

Best Approach to Scorpio Season 2024

That’s a lot of complications to consider. Your best approach to Scorpio season 2024? Being swept up by passion and emotion is certainly in the celestial script this Scorpio season. But what you make of this urge is up to you. Sometimes there are reasons to let go and be carried away, and sometimes you want to sink into that still center and let the waves flow over you.

Whatever you choose, remember that it is a choice. Projecting your fears and reactions onto other is the least evolved way to manage this inflection point. But if you can make space to understand and own your shadowy bits, you may find the silver lining in all things.

(If it helps, consider it one last round of shadow work housekeeping before Pluto returns to Aquarius for the next 20 years, go for it!)

"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."

Nelson Mandela