The focus will probably be more around the base of operations, family members, tribe or within a neighbourhood locally, or over the wires. Property matters may be a feature for some of you. Until midmonth your gaze will tend to be more inwards and you may be pondering and feeling things more deeply at times.

Parents may have an influence, or you may be dipping into your own past experience and seeing parallels in the present. Some of you could be sensing a more ancient, wiser part of yourself. Maybe contemplating traditions or considering a legacy of some kind. However it is for you, emotions might be nearer the surface, meaning this may be when you get to sort out how you are feeling about things close to your heart, so give yourself the space to listen to what your wisdom is telling you.
Mercury is at the root of your Solar chart until midmonth. The indication is that there is much information exchange, movement, travel and discussions, right in your own back yard or related property, family members, or community. It also points to more comings and goings within a locality. Another way it can work is it also means you are working from home and connecting with others over the wires.

So very much centred around the base of operations until midmonth. From midmonth, more entertainment may be had out of daily encounters. Overall, it may mean your creative juices are flowing and you are in an enterprising, enthusiastic mood.

For some of you, there will be more focus upon children, animals or romantic partners. Also your mind may be weighing the pros and cons of taking a gamble of some kind.

Until the 8th things to make you smile will not be far away as Venus in a very playful area which hints that daily encounters are more spontaneous. It may also mean your creative juices are flowing and you are in an enterprising, more enthusiastic mood. Venus here is romantic too and some of you could be sharing admiring glances with another. Or it may mean more laughs and friendly sharing along the way and you might just feel more valued. In general more access to experiences or encounters which are empowering is likely and it is your choice to engage or not. But the opportunities will be there for your inner child to have some fun. And some of you will be interacting with children or animals at this time.

From the 8th teamwork is highlighted and you'll probably be in a co-operative frame of mind wanting to be of practical help and co-ordinate with another's requirements. This could be centred around a friendship or other close relationship - personal or professional. But also you are more likely to have good relations with health-providers, co-workers and anyone providing a service for you. Socializing or a even a romantic encounter could happen with someone in this type of environment.
The group dynamic will be strongly emphasized for several months to come and activities with friends or acquaintances for professional or personal reasons will be highlighted. Physical energy will go into team collaborations, friendships or building new contacts. You could feel overloaded at times with all the stuff you have to do on behalf of others or for a common cause you are supporting. Information technology, networking, and discussion forums are emphasized and so is putting your energies into a bigger project and working with skill or knowledge with or for a group of others. This area is being activated by Mars which will be here for several months to come. In general, new friendships and original approaches will move your life forwards over the coming months. Mars loves to initiate things and tends to take on the role of a leader and so others could be looking to you for direction or you may find yourself volunteered into a more prominent position than you were expecting. Until April Mars will be going retrograde which means it may be hard to get everyone pulling together or you feel that others are holding things up. Remember division leads to weakness. From April things should fall into place or you feel there really is a strength in numbers you may have underestimated previously.
From the 19th there's a lighter, more outgoing, yet still very practical vibration around.

THE SLOWER MOVING PLANETS:

Jupiter is in a 12 month cycle expanding you through close relationships or through interaction with people from a different background or culture to your own. At times this can prove to be quite an eye-opener. Jupiter here will encourage you to take a broader, more philosophical view in close personal or working relationships. You could find yourself being seen as the teacher or guide giving advice to others or helping them with your knowledge and experience as, for them, it gives a very different slant on things. Overall, Jupiter is providing more opportunity for expansion in your life through one-to-one relationships, personal or professional, over these months. So you should plunge into unfamiliar social environments and cast your nets really wide if you are hunting for a mate or teacher/advisor or your ideal business associate or employer. This is a period when you can discover a better outlet or venue to share your knowledge and experience with others. If you work with the public or in one to one situations then you could find your popularity growing over this period.
Until late 2012 Saturn continues to help you come to terms with the past. You may be squaring up to some home truths and perhaps realizing you tend to shoot yourself in the foot at critical moments and you'd better clean up your act. Also, more demand to put yourself out as a support for others in a selfless manner, or beaver away behind the scenes on a project, but this will pay you back a 100 fold in the long-run. Saturn will be affecting Scorpios born around the 20th-21st or with 27-29 degrees rising
Just don't expand too far too fast and keep at least one foot on the ground.
Uranus will be transiting your sector of daily work conditions and health for many years. This is an innovative, alternative vibration which means you could discover new approaches and skills which are not mainstream which can enliven and improve daily tasks and provide a very different kind of service to others. It could also mean more involvement with groups large or small in a working environment. A previous structure may be replaced by a new one and you'll be adapting to a changing and sometimes inspirational environment. Some of you may be working more with groups interested in the off-beat, unconventional or alternative side of things. Also some of you may have to familiarize yourself with very different ways of working or cutting edge technology.

Scorpios born up to the 28th or those with up to 5 degrees of Scorpio rising will feel this influence most strongly this month.

Neptune has been in Aquarius since 1998 sometimes causing uncertainty about where on the map or with whom you belong. There may have been uncertainty around parents or some kind of loss of security. Being on or near water may have felt appealing or making a private retreat or artistic space for yourself. It would have been important to draw a firm line about your private space and not let others tread on that boundary.

Neptune leaves here for good and slides into its home sign Pisces on 4th February. This makes a fab aspect to you Sun sign. Over the year, early Scorpios or Scorpio rising will feel the pull to speculate on an outside chance, take a gamble or use that personal charisma of yours to attract resources or attention or investment. It could feel like an impossible dream in the beginning but if you make more effort than ever to be realistic and keep at least one foot on the ground then you could be successful. However remember that if it quacks like a duck it probably is a duck, which is great if you are looking for a duck.

It could be that you make your services available to attract interest or funding on behalf of a cause you believe in. You could have more service-orientated involvement with children, young ones, animals or those who need guidance and watching out for. Your imagination is likely to be working at full stretch and a romance could really take off but beware of the rose-tinted spectacles as you are more prone to putting someone on a pedestal! Your sense of using your power to provide fun things for others will be stimulated.

Scorpios born on the 23rd/24th October or on the last day of the sign or with the last degree rising or up to 2 degrees Scorpio rising will feel this influence most this month.

For many years Pluto continues to evolve you through education, communications, including language, travel and media of various kinds. Pluto here will increase your natural intuitive ability too. Scorpios born 29th Oct- 2nd Nov or with 7-11 degrees of Scorpio rising will feel this influence most this month.