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SCORPIO MONSTERS Daily Astrology Mon 19th Oct Venus in Scorpio exactly squares Moon-Pluto in Aquarius. Venus continues her retrograde motion, which in the sign of Scorpio is essentially purging and purifying. The exact square is a trigger for underlying healing processes that may have been going on for a long time. We often do not know what is sorting itself in us, until after the event. Some area of life just does not work very well, and we may just carry on like that for the rest of our lives. Most people don't change very much. They may just think that their difficulties are how life is, and probably blame other people. But if you own your difficulties, and sit with them, a gradual underlying alchemy can occur, that may be imperceptible. And then you get a day like this, where it can all shift. Pay attention to your dreams. Venus in Scorpio puts the focus on relationships. Men and women all have monsters in them. We need the monsters for self-protection. But they can also destroy. This is shadow territory. You encounter your own shadow through the monster in your partners. When one person nags another, that is the monster at work. Men don't like to think of women as monsters. And women have been trained nowadays to be too ready to see men as monsters. Venus retrograde means look back at your life in this respect. How have you dealt with the monster in the Other? And how has your monster behaved? Own your monster, and do not trust anyone who cannot own theirs, for it will come out in unpleasant ways. If a woman can't say no, beware. If a man can't own his rage, beware. You don't want a relationship where you put up with all sorts of stuff, as if that is good as it gets, and besides you don't want the time you've put in to have been wasted, as you see it. If you are putting up with underlying difficulties and reservations, then you are in the grip of their monster and your monster. It is a two-way thing. Addressing it is a great opportunity for transforming your whole life, for these things go deep. Today's astrology is just right for entering this underworld and for bringing change. The Moon-Pluto sign of Aquarius, an Air sign, gives the ability to stand back from the Scorpionic murk and to weigh the evidence objectively. The sign of Aquarius also gives the ability to break the 'rules', the unconscious deal about who you are that governs most relationships. In this way relationships, though their activation of the shadow, became a gateway to consciousness, to owning your life at a deep emotional level. It's not usually pretty. But don't let that stop you.