Yours is the 8th sign of the natural zodiac. The 8th house represents the constant struggle between our soul or our inner self, which is the thesis and everything external to our soul which is the antithesis. The result and purpose of this struggle is to create a pure soul that is free from all external trappings and desires. This is the reason the 8th house on one hand stands for all our repressed desires and subconscious, and on the other hand it represents a free liberated soul or salvation. This is why it represents death also. This struggle is very intense and it goes on every moment of our existence.

Pursuit of sensual pleasure and salvation
Scorpion personalities have the most intense personality among all the zodiac signs. The symbol of the sign is a Scorpion, with its bitter and clinging sting. Mars is the ruler of this sign and the nature of the scorpion people is to cling to one idea or an action with the Martian tenacity. The energy of Mars here is purely potential energy and it does not manifest externally representing the intense inner struggle mentioned above. With this perspective in mind, let us examine which are the pursuits that Scorpions will cling to most during the year 2001. Pursuit of sensual pleasure and salvation are the two pursuits that Scorpions will cling to during 2001. Pursuit of vocation and wealth will take a back seat in their lives during 2001.

Your primary concern is no longer setting up goals in life or to decide the ways and means by which you can accomplish your goals. You have already identified that you have a definite road map to follow. Your main concern is how do you fulfill your intense desires i.e. the pursuit of sensual pleasures. At the same time how do you liberate yourself from those intense passion and desires i.e. the pursuit of salvation. Do you take a path of intense consumption, or do you take a path of intense self-repression. This is the real question in front of you during 2001. Each one of you has to discover the middle path or the golden mean in your life.

Feeling of liberation of inner self prevails
Let us now examine, what the role of the planets in your search for the golden mean in the year 2001 are. Till April 2001, Saturn will oppose your Sun sign, representing the climax of this struggle that had began in your life 2 1/2 years back. After April 2001, ceasefire will be declared and your soul represented by your sign will get some relief, Saturn will now move into Gemini, which is the 8th house from your zodiac sign.

Saturn will now help you to create that sense of detachment or feeling of liberation within your inner self. When Saturn becomes favourable, the great benefic Jupiter cannot be far behind. On 14th July, Jupiter will enter your 9th house, the house of fortune and destiny.

Strike perfect harmony

The combined orchestra of Saturn and Jupiter can only take you to the pursuit of salvation and that is the message for you for the second half of the year. Pursuit of salvation is not an esoteric ritual, it means, that you will be able to resolve the intense conflict within yourself and you will be able to strike the perfect harmony between your mind, body and spirit.
Sun is the ruling planet for most of the year for Scorpion and it passes its baton to Venus for the next year on your birth month. Sun represents the soul and this year is really about your soul and how it unfolds different perceptions for you as the months go by. The story of Venus is something I will tackle in your next year's prediction. From November 9, 2001 to December 2, 2001 Venus will dance in your Sun sign. It is now you can look forward to love, romance, and marriage, magic, occult and psychic perceptions. The year-end will be very eventful as if all the colours of rainbow will strike your life all at once.


Month-by-Month Outlook
JANUARY
Key Focus: Meditation, domestic bliss, detachment After reading this, you will get into a deep soul searching. This will bring a sense of detachment in you and in January, you will analyse your life and the events that have unfolded in the past with a sense of detachment. You will be like an external observer examining and dissecting the life of somebody else. On the mundane plane, some of you may go on a vacation for soul, a pilgrimage. I will not be surprised if some Scorpion leave their present country and go off on a long overseas assignment, the pain of separation not withstanding.
FEBRUARY
Key Focus: Professional duties, responsibilities, relationship with spouse You will achieve a remarkable improvement in your relationship front. Whether it is in your private life or it is in your professional life. Whether this brings improvement in professional life or vice versa I cannot say, but there will be substantial improvement in both fronts. In the financial front there will be stability. You will make long term plans for financial security on a realistic basis. You will find greater domestic peace and happiness.
MARCH
Key Focus: Children, love, romance, creativity There is going to be distinct improvement in your creativity. You will start looking seriously at the quality of your efforts. Quality of efforts depends on your focus and creativity. Both of these needed your attention and needed enhancement. Your creativity index was negative during last two months. Once you are creative in your efforts, then return on investment is far higher. A minimum effort produces the maximum result. The results may not be still up to your expectation but at least a beginning will be made. Once your creative index goes high, you put your best foot forward in everything that you do. The world also starts recognizing your new potential. Do not neglect your domestic front and do not take your relationship for granted either.
APRIL
Key Focus: Profession, finance Your ability to handle opposition and difficulties in you daily duties and responsibilities will be severely challenged. You must keep up your efforts. The good news is that your level of self-confidence still remains high. Do not let go your efforts, otherwise there may be setbacks in your professional and financial losses. Your creativity index is negative which makes you lose focus and then your efforts become unproductive.
MAY
Key Focus: Finance, creativity Your creativity index is still at a very low level. However, your ability to handle opposition will improve this month. Astrological signatures for the financial front are still negative. However, your efforts have improved. The question is whether this quantitative improvement can bring about qualitative improvement or not. But it will certainly make positive impact on the professional front as well as in the relationship front during this month. Risk of unexpected losses still remains high. The greatest caution in the financial front is advised.
JUNE
Key Focus: Finance, destiny Fortune, is once again smiling at you. Lady luck is again at your beck and call. You will be able to reverse the negative trend in your financial front. The astrological signatures are definitely promising positive credit balance. The level of confidence has increased tremendously and that is the headline news for the month. Creative index is still negative but it is about to reverse its trend.
JULY
Key Focus: The wining streak begins, fulfillment of desire Your long cherished dreams will come true during this month particularly in terms of material reward and financial recognition. Your lucky period begins and from now on you are going to be a winner all the way. The headline news is your creative index is now positive. Time has now come for minimum efforts and maximum gain. The next four months are positive in every aspect of your life.
AUGUST
Key Focus: Profession and relationship As already mentioned it is positive in every aspect of life. The question really is whether you will be able to use these favourable signatures to the best of your advantage or not. However, I have to still declare the winners of the month. The winners of this month for you will be your vocation and relationship. Pursuit of spirituality will be a close second.
SEPTEMBER
Key Focus: Relationship, spirituality You are concerned with relationship at a much deeper level. You are no longer the body merchant. Relationships at the level of physical senses are no longer meaningful. Your soul is seeking other souls. This union is possible only when you perceive the unity in one and all. Before that, you must liberate yourself from the desires of physical senses. Such a detachment can only bring the unity between souls that you are seeking. This is your path to spirituality and salvation and your journey begins now - the journey to experience the unknown.
OCTOBER
Key Focus: Harmony, peace and happiness You are about to master the law of least efforts. When your mind, body and spirit are in harmony with each other, the least effort on your part will be producing the maximum effort. It will have its obvious impact in every aspect of your life. A promotion, a travel, a pilgrimage, a union between souls all are possible. Before the Sun hands over its baton to Venus as mentioned earlier, he is preparing you. You are his nomination to win the Oscar of the zodiac drama festival in the year 2001. October is the Oscar night.
NOVEMBER
Key Focus: Fun and games, love and romance With Venus comes Cupid. With Cupid comes love and romance. Your creative index is highest during this month. This makes you dashing and simply irresistible. Venus is dancing in your sign. Life will be one great party. Unexpected love, unexpected money, unexpected opportunity thy name is 'November' for Scorpions. You are going to encash all the IOUs that you have collected so far from your past good karma.
DECEMBER
Key Focus: Family, home and the unknown As the year comes to an end, you will seek roots and go back to basics. Home, partnership and vocation are the three foundations on which you have built your castle. You are in harmony within yourself and also with the world outside. However, there is a fourth dimension, but it is still unknown. You will end the year with sadness inside yourself. You are sad because you feel you have lost something but you cannot fathom and that is the unknown factor.

CONCLUSION
In the beginning I spoke about the intense inner struggle that the Scorpion will go through. It is the struggle between desire and liberation from desire. This struggle never ends as long as life goes on. At each phase, something is lost and something is redeemed. The end of the year is only the end of one phase. It is not the end of the journey. Scorpios, you begin your journey once again.

Important Dates

Aspect Date(s) ± 7 days Overall peace, prosperity and happiness 1st January 2001
4th June2001
30th June2001
23rd October 2001
16th December2001
Love, romance & marriage 29th January 2001
7th March 2001
1st July 2001
25th October 2001,
11th December 2001
Overseas travel/ assignment 14th May 2001,
22nd May 2001,
20th July 2001,
8th November 2001,
25th December 2001



This is the month-by-month outlook for you for 2001