How To Use Scorpio Season To Amp Up The Passion & Intimacy In Your Life

Every 30 days or so, the Sun visits a new zodiac sign. During that "season" you will feel the energy of the prevailing astrological vibe—no matter your Sun sign.

Scorpio is the second of the zodiac's three water signs and part of the "fixed" quality (or triplicity), which includes Taurus, Leo, and Aquarius. These star signs are about security, planting a flag in the turf, and establishing dominance. People born under these signs are often hardworking, stable, and unafraid to take a strong position on issues.

As lighthearted Libra season flutters into the rearview, we dive into the depths of a cosmic cycle colored by extreme passion. No more taking the safe middle ground or avoiding conflict in order to be liked. Scorpio's energy is about zoning in on a target. Think power mergers, strategic alliances, and things that happen behind closed doors.

Details of our private lives are rarely spared in the digital age, but mysterious Scorpio loves to turn up the intrigue factor, cueing us to hold back a little. Take a break from documenting every meaningful moment on social media and let people wonder what you're up to.

Scorpio's erotic powers have become legendary at this point—and this solar season is prime time to unleash your own undercover freak. But this isn't just about a quick shag! Contrary to popular lore, this is the sign of intimacy, merging, and "constant craving," like the song by Scorpio K.D. Lang—it's where two become one, and you can revel in the communion of mind, body, and soul.

During this season, a kiss is never just a kiss. Don't kid yourself into thinking you can keep it casual. Exchanging energy—even a deeply penetrating eye lock—creates an invisible "cord" between two people. Before you gaze into the windows to someone's soul, consider whether or not you really want to find out what's really going on in their inner sanctum. It might be best to look away...and walk away!

Since Scorpio is the sign of both jealousy and transformation, you might explore new thinking about nonmonogamy, Tinder culture, and other of-the-moment topics. You might check out the bold memoir Future Sex by Emily Witt, which details a single woman's foray into sex and sexuality in the Internet age, from Orgasmic Meditation/OM-ing workshops to "Chaturbate," to no-strings hookup attempts with friends. Or tune into Esther Perel's SXSW talk on the future of love, lust, and monogamy.

A higher incarnation of Scorpio is the sharp-eyed eagle, which dives for its prey from the sky and rarely misses its target. This focused solar cycle is great for research or detailed work. What are you eager to learn? Plow through tutorials and watch YouTube videos. During the next four weeks, you'll have the focus you need to master your first guitar chords, edit a music video on an app, or make your first larger-scale macramé wall-hanging.

Some of your basest instincts may come out over the next four weeks: jealousy, possessiveness, competitiveness, paranoia. It doesn't help matters that Scorpio is ruled by hawkish Mars and powermonger Pluto, which can drive up issues of domination and control, or emotional manipulation.

In The Artist's Way, author Julia Cameron suggests viewing jealousy as a "map" pointing to your true desires. It's an intriguing way of looking at it, so don't deny your intensity! And if you feel any shame about your reptilian brain responses, turn to Scorpio Brené Brown for a lesson on vulnerability. The trick is to be like an alchemist during Scorpio season 2020 and transmute negativity from lead into gold.

Scorpio rules "other people's money," meaning this is the time to pool resources. Strategic alliances, and combining your money, talent, time, energy—whatever you have in abundance—will create a mutual win-win.

Scorpio is masterful at refurbishing and remixing—taking the old lead and spinning it into gold, creating something fresh and new. This four-week cycle is meant for reinvention and manifesting, even if you're making something out of "nothing" or turning trash into treasure with savvy upcycling.

Yet another incarnation of Scorpio is symbolized by the golden Phoenix rising from the ashes. This month, you could even rise triumphantly out of something that felt like a loss, a waste of time, or downright apocalyptic. (Hello, 2020?!)

So sure, you might court some deep-pocketed and well-connected investors for your grand ideas, like Scorpio billionaires Laurene Powell Jobs, Wang Jianlin, or Bill Gates. But you could also free-cycle, potluck, crowd-source, and mine the shared economy's treasure trove. No money actually needs to change hands for you to tap into Scorpio season's wealth-building powers.