I’ve got a secret.
And it's a remarkably juicy one, too. I promise I’ll tell you one day if and when the time is just right, and until then you’ll be joining me in this ever so scintillating sensation of aggravated anticipation. It’s not that I don’t want to show you my hand; it’s just that I haven’t finished drawing all the cards yet, and I most definitely do not want to leave us both hovering in the ignominy of incompletion.
While we wait, I’d love to ask you what it feels like to know that I’m holding something back (and please trust me when I assure you that I am). Does it captivate your curiosity, or does it leave you crashed out in the cold? Do you covet my candor, or do you find merriment in the mystery? Do you dismiss me as a dawdling dolt, or do you dare to dance with me in the dark?
It feels like I’ve spent my whole Scorpio life studying secrets, and somehow I’ve never stopped to appreciate the emotions they engender until now. I will not pretend that I’ve never used secrecy as a means to less than noble ends, for I can readily recall the ways I used illicit information as social currency in high school. Equally, I have come to appreciate that secrecy plays a vital role in a compassionate society. I remember the calls I answered on a suicide hotline, and I know that those conversations would never have happened without ironclad confidentiality.
So perhaps secrets aren’t inherently good or bad; maybe that part comes from our own motivation when we choose how to use them. Are you keeping a secret to keep something or someone safe, or are you keeping a secret to wield power over a sticky situation? In other words: does your secrecy enrich the world, or does it only enrich you?
It is, as always, no accident that I find myself scrutinizing secrecy. Mercury and the Sun both moved into Scorpio this week, where they join the sign’s ruler Mars in its most furtive lair. Our language-loving cosmic messenger Mercury falls unsettlingly silent in Scorpio as it shifts into black-box processing, which means that you won’t ever see the manifold machinations behind its piercingly precise perceptions. This time around, Mercury will be shrouded in sunlight for its entire journey through Scorpio and remain invisible to the eye until it emerges as a more reflective-minded evening star in mid-November. Mercury is also currently hot on the heels of a similarly sequestered Mars, and these two together love nothing more than finding words that cut right to the hidden heart of the matter.
And so we find ourselves waiting for mail from a Mercury that is obscured from view, operating well below the surface level, and reluctant to share without thinking things through thoroughly first. This is the perfect recipe for a sensational secret, and our mission is to figure out what’s cooking. So as you breathe in that sweet smell of sanctuary, allow me to offer you four black pearls of well worn wisdom from my life experience as a Mercury in Scorpio native:
Secrets are magnetic: When you know more than your audience, it’s easy to hold their gaze. So if you want to attract someone’s attention, promise a show filled with secrets.
Secrets build bonds: Vulnerability loves company, and deep disclosure can make for fantastically fast friendship. So if you want to feel close to someone, let them in on a secret.
Secrets incubate growth: Some transitions are so profoundly personal that they need a special place in our heart until they’re ready to be born. So if you’re making room inside for big change, protect it with a secret.
Secrets invite the unknown: It is humbling to accept that we can’t see the full picture, and this awakens the mystery within. So if you want to expand someone’s horizons, tell them you’re keeping a secret.
Mercury will be skulking through Scorpio until November 10, and during this time I invite you to consider how secrets can serve you and yours. For my part, I want you to know that I am keeping my secret with love for the world and everyone in it (including you, and also me). Maybe this is exactly what Scorpio season gives us all permission to do, and I trust that our secrets will emerge exactly as they need to. Truth really does take time.
I’ll write more over the next few weeks as the Sun dives down into Scorpio’s still waters, and I share some insight on working with Scorpio energy in this week’s video forecast below. Scorpio is widely regarded as a place where we can go to transmute trapped emotional energy, so I also welcome you to join me and my friend/ fellow coach Kelly for an hour on Thursday, November 9 at 11:00 am EST/ 4:00 pm BST for a free session to release your fears about climate change and rediscover the hope for our future that flows below. Scroll down for full details; there’s no need to register in advance. 🌍
And for all the Londoners out there, I’ve got something special brewing for the Mars cazimi in Scorpio on Saturday, November 18. Consider yourself invited to join me and mind/ body coach Anthea for an evening of nocturnal magic to unwrap your soul’s desire. We’ll purify and strengthen our motivation with Mars, and we’ll open our hearts with a cacao ceremony. Register here; full details below. 🍫
In the meantime, I wish you a luscious Lunar Eclipse and a hair-raising Halloween - and please raise a glass for me on Wednesday as I celebrate another year here on Spaceship Earth. 🦂
Love,
Patrick
Climate Change Calm: Finding the Hope Below
Thursday, November 9th:
8 am - 9 am PST / 11 am - 12 pm EST / 4 pm - 5 pm London / 5 pm - 6pm Europe
Wondering how we can possibly move forward in a world so filled with fear about our future? Join me and my friend/ coaching colleague Kelly to free trapped emotional energy and release limiting beliefs about where we are headed on this wonderful planet we call home. We'll find more hope and calm within, and we'll offer heart healing to the Earth and each other. It's free to join and there's no need to register in advance, so please share with anyone you think might benefit.
Join live on the day with this Zoom link
In-person Immersion Ritual with Mars & Cacao
Sunday, November 18th: 7 - 9 pm, Three Age Moon, London NW5 1BX
Ready for a daringly deep dive into your soul’s most burning desire? Join me and my friend/ colleague Anthea for an evening of Nocturnal Magic with Mars & Cacao. You'll learn to focus like never before, and you'll feel the support from Our Universe as you open to receive unconditional love. We'll harness the ancient power of the Mars cazimi (kah-zee-mee), a rare and special moment when Mars passes through the divine heart of the Sun. With this year's cazimi in stormy Scorpio, we are called to purify and strengthen our very motivation to live. We'll work with cacao to open our hearts, and we'll cultivate alignment across our mind, body and spirit.
Weekly Forecast
This week we jam about tomorrow’s Lunar Eclipse in Taurus - the last in a two year cycle, talk about the promise and peril of a sharp tongue with Mercury and Mars in Scorpio, and start feeling into the spiritual discipline that Saturn in Pisces is calling us towards.
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