The Zodiac Sign of Scorpio

Starting with Aries in March, Scorpio is the seventh sign of the zodiac. Those who are born from approximately October 23 to November 21 (depending upon the year) are born under the sign of Scorpio. Scorpio is a Water sign. It is also a Fixed sign, meaning that people born under this sign excel and maintaining a steady situation and have endurance.

The element associated with Scorpio is Water, and alongside Cancer and Pisces, it forms the Water triplicity. (The Water Triplicity is one of four elemental triplicities in the zodiac, with the other three being Fire, Earth, and Air.)
Scoprio is the only sign of the zodiac that actually has three symbols; the scorpion, the eagle and the pheonix. The scorpion is the primary symbol representing intensity, transformation, and protection. The eagle represents vision, power, and the ability to rise above situations with clarity. And lastly, the phoenix signifying rebirth, renewal, and the ability to rise from challenges. Some view these signs as an evolutionary path for Scorpios; the scorpion being it’s base form, the Eagle a higher perspective, and then the Phoenix as ultimate transformation.

ELEMENT: Water, Emotional and Intuitive
KEY PHRASE: “I Transform”
NEED: The need for deep involvements and intense transformations
PLANETS: Ruler: Mars/Pluto, Detriment: Venus, Exaltation: Uranus
MODALITY: Fixed
POLARITY: Passive
OPPOSITE SIGN: Taurus
HOUSE: 8th House of shared resources, financial, sexual, emotional and psychological intimate relationships
SYMBOL: Scorpion, Eagle, Pheonix
CRYSTAL: Malachite and Aquamarin
BIRTHSTONE: Topaz
ESSENTIAL OILS: Frankincense and Lavendar
PATH ON THE TREE OF LIFE: Path 24, The Child of the Great Transformers, the Lord of the Gate of Death
TAROT: Key 13 - Death
HEBREW LETTER: Nun; fish, simple letter: Movement
ALCHEMICAL OPERATION: Separation
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Desirable: Energy, Action, Positiveness, fearlessness, tenacity, penetration, thoughtfulness, optimism, pleasantness, eloquency, devotion, patience, ambition
Undesirable: Severity, callousness, causicticy, sarcasm, suspicion, destruction, vindictiveness, dogmatism, shrewdness, tyranny, passion

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Libra on the Qabalistic Tree of Life

The Qabalah’s Tree of Life is a glyph that represents, simultaneously, two directions: the flow of the Divine from Above to Below, and the Path of Return to Source, Below to Above, for those on spiritual journeys of enlightenment. It is a glyph that represents all of creation and all the energies of creation.

The Tree of Life is comprised of ten circles called Sephiroth and the 22 paths that connect them. The Paths are subjective, and allocated to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet as well as the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot. The 10 Spheres are objective and are considered emmanations of the Divine. They are allocated to the First Swirlings, the Zodiac, the six visible planets, the Moon and the Earth.

Libra is represented on the Tree of Life through its associated Tarot Card, which is Key 11, The Justice card. The Hebrew letter for this path is Lamed, which means Ox Goad, and can mean “to teach” or “learning through correction.” Its numerical value is 30, it is a simple letter - its “gift” – is Work. Lamed, as “ox goad” has a special relationship with Aleph - “ox”, which is attributed to the Fool card. Together they create “El", one of the names of God. Justice gives course correction and balance to the Fool’s primal force; as Crowley put it, Justice is the Fool’s “dancing partner.” In a perhaps not-so curious coincidence, The Fool is Path 11, whereas Justice is Key 11.

The 22nd Path of Lamed resides in the Ethical Triad of the Higher Self and connects Tiphareth and Geburah. The connection between Geburah (Severity/Mars) and Tipareth (Beauty/Sun) represents the balance between strength and harmony, which are core Libra themes. As we have mentioned before, it is Geburah that provides Justice her Sword, and Tiphareth her Scales. In the Sephir Yetzirah, the 22nd Path is called the “Faithful Intelligence”, and “receives the spiritual influx and distributes it with balance,” symbolizing ethical discernment and cosmic order.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead describes a ceremony called “The Weighing of the Soul.” In this ceremony, deceased enters the Hall of Two Truths to determine if they will be allowed to reincarnate. On a large set of scales, the heart of the deceased is weighed against the feather of Ma’at (the goddess of Truth, Justice and cosmic order.) Anubis administers the test, and Thoth records the results. If the heart is balanced, the Soul is allowed to advance to the Field of Reeds and granted rebirth. If the heart fails the test, the Soul is devoured by the beast Ammit and is considered condemned.

The heart being tested can be seen qabalisticaly as the harsh discipline of Geburah. Ma’at’s feather, symbolizing truth, relates to Tipareth. The balance between them is Path 22, Libra, which unites strength with truth and harmony, synthesizing and creating the ability to discern.

Meditation: The Scales of Ma’at

Purpose: To bring the heart into equilibrium with truth — to feel and experience the psychostasia (weighing of the soul) as an inner alchemy of justice, beauty, and peace.

1. Preparation: Entering the Hall of Two Truths

•    Sit upright, spine aligned like the Tree of Life.
•    Breathe deeply and slowly until your mind becomes calm and lucid.
•    Visualize yourself entering the Hall of Two Truths, the ancient Egyptian temple of judgment.

The air is still. Before you stands Ma’at, radiant and serene, her ostrich feather gleaming with soft light. To your right stands Thoth, the scribe of wisdom; to your left, Anubis, guardian of transitions. As you enter, silently affirm: “I seek balance in the heart of truth.”

2. The Scales Before You

Visualize a great balance scale of gold before you. On the left pan rests your heart, glowing softly with inner warmth. On the right pan rests the Feather of Ma’at, luminous and weightless. At the center, the fulcrum point, is a glowing gold light and represents perfect balance. Sense that this balance represents the Path of Libra, connecting the inner powers of Geburah (Justice) and Tiphareth (Beauty).

3. The Examination of the Heart

Bring your attention softly to your heart center. Feel your breath flowing in and out of this space — steady, calm, kind. Rather than looking for faults or memories, you are simply listening — like hearing the quiet rhythm of truth within.

With each inhale, say inwardly:

“My heart receives light.”

With each exhale:

“My heart releases what no longer serves me.”

If any sensations or feelings arise, acknowledge them lovingly, and set them aside without judgement.
See your heart gradually becoming clear and luminous, its weight equal to that of the feather.

You might sense ease, spaciousness, or even a gentle smile forming in the chest — signs that equilibrium is being restored.

Stay with the rhythm of your breath and the quiet sense of peace that unfolds. There is nothing to fix, only to harmonize.

4. The Balancing

As your inner heart and the feather come into perfect equilibrium, feel the scales hover motionless — a sacred stillness. This is the moment of inner equinox, when the soul stands between night and day, between self and cosmos.

You may feel a gentle pressure or warmth in the chest — the solar flame of Tiphareth awakening.
Stay here for several minutes, breathing in harmony with the image of the scales in balance.

Affirm softly:

“I am aligned with the Order of Ma’at. My heart is light, my mind clear, my soul true.”

5. The Blessing of Ma’at

See Ma’at raise her feather and touch it gently to your forehead and your heart.

A golden radiance flows through you — this is the Faithful Intelligence, the Libra current of divine equilibrium. It calibrates your inner world, restoring beauty, honesty, and serene proportion to your being.

Let the light fill your aura with shimmering gold and pale blue — the colors of Venus and Air — then gradually return to your breath.

6. Completion

When you feel ready, visualize the Hall dissolving into pure light. Bring your awareness back to your body, feeling grounded yet serene. End with gratitude:

“May my heart be as light as the feather of truth. May I act in balance, speak in beauty, and live in harmony.”

The Secret Alchemy of Libra

The Mystery of ALCHEMY

Alchemy is obscure and can be off-putting, with it’s enigmatic and strange imagery and odd terms. However, once it becomes clarified, it is powerful system for spiritual development and manifestation. To provide this clarification is one of the goals of Sacred Circuit.

There are two basic types of Alchemy, spiritual and physical. Spiritual alchemy comprises the bulk of what you find when you search the term online, or browse books on the subject. Spiritual alchemy involves a system of personal refinement and growth; it is highly psychological in this way. Physical alchemy is actual lab work and experiments. Both of these systems include seven “operations” which are loosely based on the planetary and chakra systems. True Alchemists of old advised that integrating both spiritual and physical alchemy was necessary if substantial personal transformation was desired.

There is another more rarely used system of twelve operations, which correspond to the Zodiac. The twelve steps can be seen as a more detailed version of the seven steps, in which some of them have been split, but most are added in. For Hermetic purposes, which integrate Qabalah, Tarot and Astrology with Alchemy, and for use with work with the Astrological signs of the Zodiac, the twelve-operation system is highly effective, and it is what we have embraced here at Sacred Circuit.

The twelve alchemical operations can be seen as a Hermetic roadmap of spiritual transmutation — a journey in which the raw matter of the self, or Lead, is refined into the radiant gold of awakened consciousness. Each operation — Calcination, Congelation, Fixation, Dissolution, Digestion, Distillation, Sublimation, Separation, Incineration, Fermentation, Multiplication and Projection — corresponds to an Astrological sign, and mirrors a stage in the initiate’s inner work — dissolving attachments, purifying desires, and reuniting fragmented aspects of the psyche, all in alignment with the celestial Ecliptic.

This Alchemical-Zodiacal journey is not only about personal growth and spiritual enlightenment, it is also about manifestation. As the soul undergoes inner purification, it evolves to become a more receptive vessel for the Divine to enter into the realm of forms. Through these operations, the practitioner does not simply manifest desires — they come to embody them. Alchemy, Qabalah, Tarot and Astrology together teach that manifestation is not control over reality, but harmony with the Great Work —the Magnum Opus of the Soul.

THE ALCHEMY of the sign of LIBRA

The Alchemical Operation assigned to Virgo is Sublimation. Sublimation is best understood as a distilling process, except with solids. It can be is a process where a material mass is purified to a higher state. It can be expressed in two main ways, first as a material substance turning to gas without a liquid state in between. An example would be dry ice, where the solid turns to a gas and skips the liquid phase, or some Air fresheners, that have to be replaced when the solid mass seemingly evaporates. It can also take place during heating, when a solid mass does turn to liquid, but the steam or smoke produces a powder like substance, which when collected is considered to be the original matter sublimed.

In psychological terms, Sublimation is a type of “purification” that is often represented by an epiphany or other change of mind that happens that often has the characteristic of seemingly “skipping a step” and going straight to the higher knowing or perspective. Or, one can choose to deliberately take a step back and elevate their mind to a broader perspective. This higher more purified state of mind is crucial when discerning truth from deceit or other critical judgements or decisions. Choices and decisions made in a lower confused, cloudy or emotionally-charged state of mind are frought with uncertainty. This is the Justice card, our Lady of Justice who puts the blindfold on in order to actually see.

As we develop our “observer consciousness” within, we are able to witness our emotions and external events without identifying that we are that emotion or event. As we observe the emotions or event from a higher perspective, we alchemically transform or sublimate them into more neutral, less confused state within our minds. By practicing “observer consciousness” can learn to observe thoughts, emotions and energies more neutrally. By practicing this elevated consciousness we gain skills in redirecting discordance or disharmony within the self, and this naturally increases energetic harmony inside and out. Once we distill the inner spirit within, we can begin to sublimate negative energies around us and influence their energetics to be expressed at a higher frequency.

Physically, in our material realm, one way sublimation is used in our daily lives is in a printing process involving “Sublimation Ink.” Sublimation Ink is a special dye that, when heated under pressure, transforms directly from a liquid or solid into a gas, permanently embedding itself into a fabric or a specially coated item. Unlike standard inkjet ink, sublimation ink doesn't sit on the surface of the paper or material but becomes part of the material, resulting in permanent prints that are resistant to fading or washing out. Many of the objects and fabrics we see all around us every day are printed with Sublimation Ink.

Qabalistically, the action of performing the operation of Sublimation resides in the Ethical Triad of the Higher Self. The 22th Path of Key 11, Justice, connects Tiphareth to Geburah. Geburah, the sphere of Mars, provides Justice her Sword. Tiphareth, the sphere of the Sun, provides Justice her Scales.

The Tarot Cards of Libra

The Major Arcana Tarot Card allocated to the sign of Libra is the Justice card. The general meaning of this card is truth, balance, equilibrium and order. Libra is also the sign of partnerships, as it rules the 7th House.
The Minor Arcana Cards of the Two, Three and Four of Swords have less obvious connections to the sign of Libra. Each Suit corresponds to an element, and the Suit of Swords corresponds to the element of Air, the intellectual or mental plane. Since Libra is an Air sign, it corresponds to the Suit of Swords.
When a Decan Wheel is consulted (see image below), the first Decan of Libra is found to correspond to the Two of Swords. The second Decan corresponds to the Three, and the third Decan to the Four. If your Sun sign is Libra, you can determine which minor card is “your” card by seeing where your birthday falls in the chart below. It can be used as an alternate Identifier, or you may contemplate how the card is thematic in your life. Additionally, using the Decan Wheel allows for time to be introduced into readings.

What exactly is a Decan Wheel? A “Decan Wheel” divides a circle, which has 360 degrees, into 36 10-degree segments (“dec” means 10.) Each of these 36 segments correspond to one of the Minor Arcana cards in the Tarot, excluding the Aces and the Court Cards. The 36 segments are grouped into 12 groups of 3. The 12 groups are the Zodiac signs, and the 3 within those groups are the Cardinal (1st decan), Fixed (second decan) and Mutable (third decan) sub-aspects of each sign. So for example if your birthday is October 6, your birthday falls within the approximate 10- day segment of the 2nd decan of Libra. This indicates your birthday is a Fixed sub-aspect (the 2nd decan) of a Cardinal sign (Libra), and corresponds to the 3 of Swords. Reflecting on your particular set of aspect & correspondence will undoubtedly inspire insights about yourself and your life.