Fire on the fuel

A quick note for the end of this week: Mercury and Mars will be conjunct (together) in Scorpio, opposite Jupiter in Taurus. This combination is dead serious and it doesn't mince words. So: diatribes of realness. You may be on the receiving end of one, or you may be the person ranting, because there are almost always two people involved in an opposition, or it could be two groups. Jupiter in Taurus is a more cautious Jupiter, and it also likes the finer things in life, as well as being comfortable. Scorpio's emotional and usually the "I said what I said" type. Any combination of Jupiter and Mars can mean big Mars activity because Jupiter expands everything it touches, but Mercury's involved, and that's why I'm thinking it's verbal.

Either way, we are looking at metaphorical volcanoes erupting. When Scorpio goes off, people with other dispositions say "that came out of nowhere." No it didn't. Scorpio's a lot of things, but it takes a great deal of pressure to cause it to go off on someone. And sometimes, the only thing that gets through to other people is yelling at them to get their heads out of their asses. It'll be pretty clear which side of the fence you're on with the following diagnostic: are you offended? Or are you the one who is seeing the whites of someone's eyes while you are yelling at them?

In a more drastic but still-illustrative example: imagine a hostage negotiation in which the Scorpio person took hostages to demonstrate that they're serious but the Jupiter person is (a terrible negotiator and) optimistic it'll all work out. That's a mismatch. Maybe that's insensitive given the situation in Israel/Gaza, but when writing this I actually had that in mind in the first place. Do not provoke people with Scorpio energy to show you how serious they are unless you really want to know. Ever!

Personally, I plan to use the mental energy because I will need my brain to be working fast, so if you need to act fast, think fast, or talk fast, this is the sky for you. Catch up on all your correspondence this weekend, but be aware that you may be telling the truth that others are not prepared to hear.

Alternately, I can see this energy used for endless errand running to support someone else, or reorganizing by throwing out everything you own. Try not to go overboard.