Yearly Horoscope: Scorpio – 2020

Since 2008, when Pluto first entered Capricorn (the sign opposite Rogers’ Pluto in Cancer), a tougher, grittier neighborhood has grown up around you. You might live in an older neighborhood where homes are being renovated, and those that aren’t look past their prime. Conversely, you could be living among McMansions on the hillside, feeling the oppression of trying to keep up appearances.

There could be big city hassles you’re dealing with: traffic, noise, obnoxious neighbors, criminal elements and police presence. Even the isolation and unrelenting chores of rural life can present Pluto in Capricorn ordeals.

Pluto’s slow transit of your solar third house has lately been ratcheted up by Saturn, which entered the house in 2017. Over the past year, Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, has come very close to a conjunction with Pluto. You’ve no doubt felt Saturn’s tests and challenges in this area of your life, all to nudge you to make the needed improvements in the ways you communicate and how you engage with your immediate environment.

The affairs of siblings and extended family also might be more pronounced, especially this year. One of them might be going through overwhelming circumstances, which in turn creates a burden for other family members. Conversely, a sib might be trying to “help” you when no help was asked for, with you asking: Who made you the boss of me?

And then there’s your relationship with technology. Keeping up with technology frustrates many a Child of Pluto, not only because the upgrades never stop but because you’re more aware than most that the more you use apps and programs, the more you’re being watched by Big Brother. Maintaining their privacy is a big deal for Children of Pluto, and some wear their Luddite tendencies like a badge of honor.

As Pluto has crossed through your solar third house, letters and phone conversations have been replaced by text messages of acronyms and emojis. Social media is the new way we connect and share news/gossip with one another.

Children of Pluto have a rare ability to see through social media (don’t even get them started on critiquing Tinder profiles). They can feel the pathos beneath the tweet or post. So, while social media is entertaining, they often don’t see the point of it all.

A Jan. 10 lunar eclipse in Cancer (opposite your third house) is followed by Saturn’s exact conjunction of Pluto on Jan. 12, making it one of the most noteworthy planetary events of the year. And as Children of Pluto might say, “there goes the neighborhood!”

Saturn as the authority figure and Pluto as one who looks for hidden motives hint that there more going on in your environment than meets the eye. Maybe there’s a new housing development going in down the street that was under wraps until the public comment period lapsed. Maybe that means additional road projects will tear up your street for months and cost you an assessment besides.

There could be strife, hurt feelings and confrontations with neighbors or extended family over mundane matters such as pending construction projects, house rules, HOA policies, parking enforcement and traffic control.

After the Jan. 12 conjunction, thankfully, you can expect some resolution. Maybe you’ll need to move, or maybe you can stay put and see if things improve as they are projected to. Hint: Saturn usually improves the condition of the house it transits after a period of time.

But this year isn’t all about Pluto and mean streets. Scorpio’s other co-ruler, Mars, joins the party in your solar third house from Feb. 17 through March 31. In Capricorn, Mars is exalted, meaning for six weeks, Mars’s passion and energy can make things happen in a very constructive manner. You’re inclined to use your energy to build or preserve things that can left behind for future generations.

On March 22, Mars forms a conjunction with Jupiter, the planet of higher purpose that also happens to be spending time in your well-occupied third house. Then Mars meets up with your own co-ruler Pluto on March 24. Both transits are bound to be potent and might usher in an announcement for grants and low-interest loans you are eligible for to improve or beautify your own neighborhood or streets.

On March 31, Mars conjuncts Saturn, but surprisingly, not in the sign of Capricorn – rather, in the early minutes (not even a full degree yet) of Aquarius. This also means both planets are putting their toes through the door of your solar Fourth House – which is the house that highlights your actual home, your parents, your roots and especially your father.

This could be a tricky day for Scorpios. Mars is no longer in exaltation in an earth sign but rather in a fixed air sign where he is apt to do the unexpected, including rebel against the rules he was just in charge of upholding. Saturn himself may be out of sorts due to a change of elements. But Saturn also rules Aquarius, and what he says, goes. That may not sit well with you, Scorpio.

And what he is saying to Children of Mars is: “Slow down! Enter quietly and check things out.” It’s as though he grabs ahold of Mars’s shirt as he runs by and holds him back for a second, which throws Mars off balance. This could play out as a differing of opinions between you and a parent or a contractor on how to get work done around the home.

The following week, April 5-7, is a pivotal time for Scorpios. It starts out with co-ruler Pluto meeting up with Jupiter in Capricorn. The converging of these two power players in your solar third suggests a desire to elevate your life right now by embracing the traditional power structure. For example, maybe you wish to represent your neighborhood or district on the city council and want to make a run for office. Or perhaps a sibling or neighbor decides to run, and you’re their campaign manager.

However, it behooves you to check with your partner first.  For about a year now, your partner has been easily worked up over not being made privy to your plans. You used to be able to count on him or her to be solidly supportive, almost to the point of stodginess, but not lately. Since Uranus entered your seventh solar house in the spring of 2019, partnerships and close friendships have tended to be electric and full of surprises.

With Mars squaring Uranus in Taurus on April 7, revelations may come to light that could spark accusations and cause tempers to flare. One of you might even be tempted to pack up and leave home. This square also can point to accidents in the home, so be mindful of what you’re doing.

The remainder of 2020 is basically a cha-cha dance involving your co-rulers. Jupiter reverses course on May 15 in a retrograde (meaning it appears to move backward in the sky). As such, Jupiter will return to Pluto (which is also retrograde) to form a second conjunction on June 30, which allows for more fine-tuning of what was envisioned or undertaken in April.

And just before that conjunction, on June 28, your co-ruler Mars enters the sign he rules, which is Aries. He will stay in this cardinal fire sign and in your solar sixth house of work, health and service for the remainder of the year. As such, you’ll bring energy and enthusiasm to your workplace. You’re apt to coach or nudge co-workers, customers, employees and even employers to get things rolling.

But Mars is also going retrograde this year — on Sept. 10 to be exact, and this is when your upbeat attitude could falter as you start to feel burned out or taken advantage of. It might show up as health concerns or as discord among co-workers. Be careful about raising a ruckus in the workplace during a Mars retrograde as it could result in missteps, accidents and even acts of aggression. Better to call in sick, since you might well be.

Things will look up when Jupiter comes out of retrograde and rejoins Pluto for the final time (in this series) on Nov. 12. With this third pass, you will feel like you’re finally in position to move on the big initiative you proposed in April. It’s now much more in line with reality, which is good because Saturn has returned (briefly) to Capricorn to make certain of it. This time he comes close to Pluto but doesn’t make an exact conjunction. However, you can expect echoes from the January conjunction to reverberate in November.

Mars goes direct on Nov. 14, and you’ll find the work and/or health challenges that cropped up during the retrograde are now more manageable. You better understand what’s expected of you, and the job tensions have eased somewhat.

In December, Jupiter and Saturn join hands and prepare to enter your solar fourth house. On Dec. 21, just as Mars and Saturn did earlier this spring, Jupiter and Saturn conjoin at 0 degrees of Aquarius to mark a new beginning, one that highlights cooperation, innovative problem-solving and forward thinking, especially as it relates to your hearth and home.

The year ends with Mars preparing to leave Aries (which he’ll depart in January 2021 to bring some serious va-va-voom to your house of relationships). Now that most of the traveling dignitaries have left your solar third house, Pluto is the last holdout (he’ll remain there until 2023). With all the intensity of the past year behind him, he may finally enjoy a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

Check back here later in 2020 to see what’s store for your two co-rulers and you.