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This Autumn, many Scorpios will be making some key life decisions involving where they live, what they do for a living and possibly even whether to have children. Plans or choices you  made back in April will now finally begin to bear fruit, thanks to a set of eclipses in your 5th and 11th houses on the 28th of August and the 11th of September.

Back then, you may have become involved in a new relationship. Half a year later, you may now be ready to make some changes or take things to the next level. A Venus retrograde period which began last month may have prompted you to reassess what you want from relationships as a whole or simply take stock of where things have gotten to in your present love affair.  When it resumes forward motion on the 9th of September, you'll be ready to make some key decisions relating to this relationship. Of course, love affairs may not have been the main focus for you during this period. Instead, a female friend, a group membership or your personal aspirations and career development may have been the source of your preoccupation. Whatever the emphasis, the process remains the same - the Venus retrograde period will have helped you to go back and review or assess the status quo and give you the opportunity to see where changes need to be made.

Back in April, you were also at a key point in the process of making some lifestyle changes, possibly involving a relocation, house move or property investment. However, your ruler, Pluto was retrograde for most of the year which meant that things had to be put on hold while plans were reassessed and certain obstacles slowly removed from your path. Interestingly, Pluto will also resume forward motion in September, the day before Venus does, so clearly the planets are signalling the green light for you. Pluto will do so from the second house of real estate, earned income, personal resources (including skills), self regard and the pursuit of wealth and security. In a number of respects it would seem that it is crunch time.

To help you make these key decisions or take things a step further, is a  lunar eclipse in Pisces on the 28th of August. Shining brightly in your 5th house of creative projects, love affairs, hobbies and children, the Full Moon signals the culmination or conclusion of a cycle in this area of your life. It will be an emotional time when you may feel pulled into two directions. If a relationship has been the focus for you since April, you may now be feeling the need to rejoin society and spend more time with your friends. The balancing act between intimacy with lovers and quality time with friends is often a hard one to strike and you may feel this keenly around this period. You may also be weighing up some advice about a partner from a friend and assessing whether your current love interest is truly  worthy of you. On the other hand, you may discover that you are pregnant or decide that the time is ripe to start a family, which would mean making a serious commitment to your present partner. It would also change your role within society and possibly make you feel that you belong more  - an important 11th house quality.

Alternatively, a creative project might suddenly take on a whole new dimension  - perhaps you will now decide to add a multi-media aspect to it or somehow introduce it to the mass media? If so, a website would be the perfect way to accomplish this, as would a TV documentary. Or you may begin to feel the need for it to be meaningful on a societal level and align yourself with a charity or decide to donate some of the proceeds from an exhibition to a good cause. Another way this may work out is that you get a group or some of your friends involved and your project or hobby now begins to take on a collective air.

Of course involving a group of people, or making a big decision always brings with it its share of problems, chief of which is differing points of view and the odd squabble. Thanks to an opposition between Mercury and Uranus, this situation will no doubt prove to be no exception. If possible, try to refrain from becoming authoritarian and simply shutting down any arguments by making across-the-board decisions in a dictatorial manner - a difficult Mars-Jupiter aspect indicates that you may very well take a hardline stance but this will not go down well and you could end up cutting off your nose to spite your face or suffering an injury or humiliating defeat. I know it might be difficult to take a step back, as the Moon in Pisces will amplify emotions at this time. But if you can, try to assume a slightly more detached perspective and don't allow knee-jerk reactions to blind you to the sense inherent in the criticisms or set-backs that may pop up around about now.

If things should blow up or escalate, or if unexpected hassles should surface, you have two very good days to set things to rights. Firstly, to smooth over fraught relationships or engineer a reconciliation, choose the 5th Of Sept, when Mercury glides into Libra and peace, fairness and harmony fill your thoughts and speech. Mercury placed here also ups the charm factor so between now and the 28th is a great time to put your best foot forward, do some PR, make presentations, have gallery openings etc

The other fab day is the 14th, when the Moon and Pluto meet up for a friendly chat in Libra and Sagittarius. This would be a great day to make emotional changes or doing some home improvement. It is also a great day for improving your diet or instigating a few alterations to your style of family interaction. It is also not a bad day for business and financial affairs so use it in the same way and do some commercial DIY. Another good period for charm, diplomacy and smoking the peace pipe will be between the 12th and 14th of September when the Moon does its monthly pass through the sign of Libra.

Any changes you realise need to be made can be put into action from the New Moon on the 11th, when a solar eclipse in Virgo calls for the start of a new cycle and facilitates the outward expression of your inward feelings regarding friends, groups, aspirations, the media and society, particularly in relation the issues raised at the time of the lunar eclipse.  During this period, you may also have to come to terms with the fallout from some difficult aspects between the Moon, Mars and Uranus. There may disagreements with romantic or business partners about joint finances or business ventures. Also on the 12th, the Moon will make a square to Pluto - not a good day to try and force emotional or domestic issues or deal with a difficult female.

These matters may also rear their ugly heads again on the 19th or 26th, both featuring difficult aspects with Pluto. Around the 19th, there may be power struggles or confrontations relating to lunar eclipse stuff - children, creative projects, love relationships due to a mutable t-square configuration between the Sun, Mars and Pluto. Try to use it to do something amazing instead. And whatever come sup regarding emotions or finances on the 26th can probably be resolved on the 28th so there is no need to panic.

All in all, Scorpio, a busy time with many emotional ups and downs, Just remember that any period of growth and cycle change is usually fraught with a little bit of teething problems and emotional upheaval. However, as you near your birthday month, things will start falling into place.