SCORPIO HOROSCOPE

You're entering an extraordinary time of year. It lasts for a little over five weeks, and you could make a lot of headway as long as you manage your anxieties and redirect your insecurities. So much depends on making friends with those who once barred your way. Nothing changes people's minds like success, and yours has certainly converted critics and naysayers. They are on your side — and whether they like it or not doesn't really matter, because what matters most is that their fortunes are now intertwined with yours. Ironically, they will protect and support you in ways that trusted allies never could or would.

The Mars/Uranus square on February 27th is going to make you feel like a loose cannon firing off charges in all directions. Your problem stems from racing to the rescue of someone in trouble. Being a loyal Scorpio, you tried to help this person out but now find yourself being blamed for making matters worse. Never the self-sacrificing type, you'll probably wind up giving this person a piece of your mind along with everyone else involved in the debacle. The scene won't be pretty, but people will get over it. In the future, let this serve as a reminder that no good deed goes unpunished.

Developments close to home on February 17th will rock your world, but this will be for the better rather than the worse. For months you've been stubbornly clinging to a hope or wish that's been holding you back. Part of you knew that it wouldn't materialize, but another part of you was also more than happy to use this as an excuse to put aspirations on the back burner — hence life in limbo. It's never pleasant to experience a top-to-bottom shakedown initiated by a Solar Eclipse in Aquarius, but what you get as a result is freedom and a whole new lease on life.

Co-workers, clients, and even your boss will be treating you like their personal confessor this week. They’ll be sharing doubts, confiding their misgivings, and divulging some sensitive information. It will be tempting to chime in with some criticisms of your own—especially when they talk about faults that you yourself have accused them of—but don’t. They trust you and really feel like they can open up to you, and that’s the highest compliment that anyone can hope to be paid. Trust that they are working things out for themselves and will come to the conclusions you want them to come to on their own.

Uranus coming out of retrograde on February 3rd resuscitates matters that had been put on the backburner. You've no choice but to address them. Yet what's nice about the timing is that it's given you and the other party a cooling off period so you can reflect on what you each want. Things were quite tense when Uranus reversed direction last September and now it feels like you can have the discussion that would have been impossible back then. Chances are you'll pick up right where you left off – arguing – but given a few days you'll see the conversation become more conciliatory and supportive.

A matter close to home requires your full attention this week. This could be a property concern, something to do with a loved one, or a fundamental decision that has a lasting impact. This won't come as a great surprise. In fact, you've been anxious about it for weeks, but now that it's here you'll find that you're ready to deal with it. Your two Ruling Planets, Mars and Pluto, at the nadir of your solar chart, show that they're solidly in your corner. It's funny how the planets that presage a rough passage are also the same ones that help you get through it.

Mars enters that part of your solar chart that pertains to hearth and home on January 23rd. This will transform that once-peaceful sanctuary of yours into an occupied territory for the next 5½ weeks. Expect to be on call to put out fires between unforgiving family members, demanding in-laws, and even outraged pets. It will feel as if everyone decided to have their meltdowns all at the same time. And guess what? They did! Thankfully, you were born under a zodiac sign that comes to life in a crisis. If anyone can save the day while putting people in their place — it's you.

People don't always fall in love at first sight. Sometimes it takes months—maybe even years—to see that the person you've chosen is the right one for you. This is something that will be uppermost in mind as Venus, the Sun, Mercury, and Mars form their last sextile to Saturn in Pisces and trine to Uranus in Taurus between now and January 20th. And if you're one of those Scorpios who hasn't found their soulmate? Then this will be a time to revisit that idea. It may seem too late to contemplate such a thing, but the planets show you're ready to try again.

Ruling Planet Mars cazimi on January 10th shows that you have the advantage in a negotiation, the ability to name your price, or the upper hand over an opponent. Scorpios are often portrayed as heartless in moments like these, but nothing could be further from the truth. If anything you're apt to be more merciful than merciless because you understand both the harm and the good that Mars can do. Obviously you'll take what's yours, but you won't take anything more than that. This self-restraint signals to people your full control of the situation and gets them to think twice about messing with you again.

They say you can’t make more without spending more and that’s something you need to think about this week. You’ve been riding a wave of success recently thanks to an increase in customers or an uptick in demand. This increase is so substantial that you may need to reinvest in your business just to keep up. Maybe you have to update equipment, expand operations, or simply upgrade your look. But the cost of doing this will be steep which begs the question: is it worth it? Yes. Because even if the current wave of success passes there’s bound to be another one right behind it.