Starcodes Nov 12, 2021 Heather Roan Robbins

Find a creative use for stubbornness this week, because we will be channeling mules. The motivating planets- Sun, Mercury, and Mars- all deep, easily-entrenched Scorpio, oppose change-making Uranus in Taurus and square Saturn in Aquarius.

These are all fixed signs. Fixed signs dwell in the middle of each season, a time when there is no doubt what season it is. Fixed signs hold the center post, help us hold our ground and persevere. They act like the cornstarch and water mix we played with as a child, a substance which- when you pour it- acts like a liquid, but suddenly becomes a solid when you push it. This week, we can share ideas, pose a mystery, engage curiosity to pour our thinking and open minds. Just don’t bother trying to push or press anyone. Use this general stubbornness to perseverate, hold ground, and see any project through to completion.

Even our moods can be stubborn. Scorpio can go deep and get stuck in the caverns within, so if we don’t like our mood, we can pose a question rather than try to push ourselves and tell ourselves to buck up and deal. Focus on an interesting mystery or look for an answer to a specific problem to use that stubborn focus and break out of the corners.

Friday and Saturday can leave us awash with feelings, our sharp minds activate when our emotions are engaged but otherwise can drift and feel squishy under…