They are creepy, creepy and mysterious. I’m sure you know them. They have visited you at home on your TV and you may have seen them in the cinema as well. They are The Addams Family. So what do they have to do with astrology? The characteristics of the planets and the signs of the zodiac can be easily learned by examining the archetypes that embody them. Archetypes can be found in mythological tales and in our pop culture figures. Often a planet’s transit makes me think of a modern day character in a book or TV show who embodies the qualities of that planet and sign. The current transit of Venus and Mars in Scorpio immediately makes me think of The Addams Family, particularly Morticia as Venus and Gomez as Mars.

Scorpio rules the eighth house of the birth chart. In traditional astrology, the eighth house has to do with the occult, metaphysics, the paranormal, sex, death, taxes, and inheritance. Scorpio is ruled by Pluto. The characteristics attributed to Pluto are intensity, power, destruction, resurrection and transformation. A spooky ancestral house decorated with the macabre and mysterious, housing a family possessing intense passions and morbid tendencies who live on unlimited wealth hidden in the basement is the most perfect example of Scorpio 8th house symbolism I can imagine.

The Addams Family movie was released to the public on November 22, 1991, under the appropriately Scorpio influence of transiting Sun, Mars, and Pluto in, you guessed it, Scorpio! I’m sure the transits of those planets in the sign of Scorpio increased the popularity of the film and the audience’s enjoyment of the actors’ portrayal of the creepy family that so many love. Not every movie based on popular TV shows lives up to the hype, but I know The Addams Family lived up to mine. Raúl Julia and Anjelica Houston were wonderfully cast as Gomez and Morticia. I’ve seen the movie a few times over the years when I wanted to set the Scorpio mood for the Halloween season.

Mars is a planet of action and physical vitality. It is a masculine planet and represents sexual energy in matters of love. When Mars is in the fixed water sign of Scorpio, passions can run deep and both lust and anger can flare up dramatically. Mars in Scorpio may have its own moral code of conduct and rules to live by. When someone breaks those rules, it’s an invitation to take action. When Mars in Scorpio believes in something or someone, they believe to the end and can be completely devastated if they are deceived or betrayed. In the movie The Addams Family, Gomez is completely convinced that Fester is his long-lost brother; he cannot afford to believe otherwise. When Gomez is playing with swords, visiting her basement full of money, smashing model trains, or succumbing to Morticia’s icy charms, he’s embodying the essence of Mars in Scorpio. Obsession is a Mars in Scorpio quality and Gomez is obsessed with his family. Most of all, he is obsessed with Morticia. As he watches her sleep, he says, “Look at her. I’d die for her. I’d kill for her. Either way, what bliss!”

Venus is a planet of physical comfort, beauty, and pleasure. It is a feminine planet and represents affection in matters of love. Scorpio is an intensely emotional water sign that struggles with exposure and control issues. In love and in all relationships, Scorpio prefers to have the upper hand and to know more about the other than he is willing to share about himself until he feels it is safe to do so. Venus in Scorpio can be jealous, protective, intensely loyal, and reserved. Clandestine romance, love triangles, and unrequited love are negative relationship patterns that stem from Scorpio’s fear of exposure and intimacy. These three types of relationship have distance and a lack of total participation as their core. Sometimes Venus in Scorpio takes the all-or-nothing approach: if Venus in Scorpio can’t have exactly who she wants, she won’t have anyone. Yes, for all the reputation Scorpio has as the sexiest sign in the zodiac, they can actually seem pretty cold on the surface. Despite her minimal outward display of emotion, Morticia radiates a deep passion, carefully tucked into her tight dress and her graceful control. Morticia is the coolest woman and owns herself. She is also a perfect example of social etiquette, which Venus in Scorpio values. Her manners are impeccable and she considers the needs of others, even if her values ​​are a bit skewed, such as when she warns her mother: “Shut up, mom! It’s for charity! Widows and orphans We need more of them.”

Of the twelve signs of the zodiac, Scorpio is the only sign that has clearly different characteristics between the sexes. Scorpio women are more comfortable in the realm of emotions than Scorpio men. They are better able to contain sensitive emotions when they choose not to express them. Not all Scorpio men can reconcile the softness and sensitivity of Scorpio feminine water energy with the stereotypical strong and dangerous Scorpio bad boy image they think they should project. When a Scorpio man feels too much emotion, he may release it in the form of anger rather than risk appearing vulnerable. Many Scorpio women are the coolest, most easygoing ladies you’ll ever meet. They prefer to wait and watch and patiently attract others through intention, like a spider in a web. Much like Morticia, the less they talk, the more they seem to say, especially with those expressive eyes. A Scorpio woman has powerful family instincts. Morticia walks and talks to Fester through the family graveyard to impress on him the importance of her family’s history. A female scorpion is such a good mother that she can take care of scorpion babies that do not belong to her. A Scorpio mother can be protective, but she rarely stifles her children. Although she may have her own strict Scorpio rules, she encourages her children to be strong and think for themselves. There’s a scene I love in the movie The Addams Family where Wednesday, stalking Pugsley with a knife, walks past Morticia at the kitchen table. Morticia stops Wednesday and asks, “Is that for your brother? I don’t think so.” She frees Wednesday from the knife, but gives him a much larger and deadlier looking weapon. That is empowering! It may seem like Morticia isn’t aware of her children, but she doesn’t miss much. Venus in Scorpio is receptive, intuitive, and capable of knowing what others are thinking or feeling.

For an in-depth astrology lesson on Venus and Mars in Scorpio, watch the movie The Addams Family and pay special attention to the patriarch, Gomez Addams, and matriarch, Morticia Addams. Together, they show us the masculine qualities of Mars in Scorpio and the feminine qualities of Venus in Scorpio: two halves of one passionate whole. Gomez asks, “Are you unhappy, dear?” Morticia replies, “I am very unhappy, my love.”