January Horoscope for Scorpio:

Though there's hoopla at the start of a new year, January doesn't go off with a bang. With Mercury in retrograde in deep structure Capricorn, it may feel like a swampy quagmire. The retrograde continues through the 15th, and may test your patience as signals get crossed, and there are delays. Since it's in Capricorn, there may be misunderstandings over issues of grave importance.

Give yourself more time to get places, especially to meetings that involve your livelihood. There may be run-ins with authority, which is a theme throughout 2010. Be careful not to rankle authoritarians, who may already be at their breaking point. It's a great time to incubate ideas, and ponder just how they'd come to pass.

Digging Deep

Mercury comes out of retrograde on the 15th, but answers to the biggest questions will linger into the coming months. Some smaller issues, though can start to be unraveled, and this reveals new ways to manifest your plans. The dark of the Moon is a time of soul mining.

You can commune with spirit and receive answers, especially related to making a living, and developing a more direct relationship to the Earth. It may bring more clarity on your true mission, at this critical juncture for all of humanity. It could involve your instinct for soul-level transformation.

Jupiter in Pisces

This is a sweet gift for you, Scorpio, as lucky Jupiter graces another water sign, Pisces on the 18th. It's the kind of cosmic trine that could make your eyes water. You have greater access to your tender side, which can soften any rough edges in relationships.

It's auspicious for creative work, since it turns your imagination into a private playground. The visual arts, and symbolic language are favored. The richness of being in contact with such depth and breadth spills into all areas of your life.

Experimentation

You get some emotional distance when Venus goes into above-the-matrix Aquarius. It's a great time to enjoy less intense, but stimulating social activities. It's a relief to be part of a clique, rather than isolated, so look for those that spark you.

This is heightened when the Sun moves into electric Aquarius, and being innovative and odd is fully the norm. What seemed bogged down before finds resolution, from this elevated perspective. You may meet unusual people that intrigue you, and activate your joy of discovering what makes people tick.

Big Bangs

There's a Full Moon in Leo on the 30th, and watch out because it's conjunct the firebrand Mars! If you haven't dealt with your control issues in a situation, it could blow up at this time. There may be fisticuffs over whose in charge.

But this can also provoke you into greater heights of self-expression. You may bring what's shadowy in the psyche out as part of your art. Or there could be a magnificent heart healing between you and your love. New relationships that form now could be passionate, and a little bit dangerous, so use your best judgment.

Turn of the Screw

All month, you can continue to toss off excess baggage. You may have to be ruthless in letting go. Frustrations come to a head on January 31st, when Saturn (limits) in Libra (balance) comes into a taut square to Pluto (destruction & rebirth) in Capricorn. You may lose your equilibrium and feel unable to make a correction at this time. But keep in mind, that even as you're feeing it, so too is everyone around you.

Use your practical no-nonsense nature to see what's really going on. You may determine that it's best to hold off on major decisions until there's more stability. Much may be beyond your control, and have to do with the economic realities around you. There's a lot of acceptance this year, of a process that's got it's own timeline. But don't be blind to surprises that come out of the blue, and hasten the pace of change.