Scorpio is the eighth Sign of the Zodiac. After Libra's intellectual exploration of other people, Scorpio's interest is in discovering other people's emotions and how they respond to the world around them.
Scorpio is the Sign of Sex and Death - the beginning and ending of things, and they explore these ideas from an emotional standpoint. People born under this Sign are investigative and probing, often strongly intuitive and penetrating. As the eighth Sign, Scorpio also rules the eighth House: the House of Sex.
The Astrological Symbol of Scorpio is the Scorpion. Like the mythical Scorpion, people born under this Sign tend to be strong-willed and wary of being controlled by others. At times they can be self-destructive, like the Scorpion who kills itself rather than letting someone else kill it. They are very determined, and once they've made up their minds they are unlikely to change them. They tend to be stubborn, refusing to give up when others have long since gotten bored and abandoned a project, and getting things done when no one else thought it possible. In this way, Scorpio exemplifies the Fixed Quality assigned to it. They are one of the Power Signs (the others being Taurus, Leo and Aquarius).
Scorpio's tend to have their own agenda, and work intensely to achieve their desires. People who wish to change a Scorpio's mind often have trouble because they can never be sure what their motivation is; Scorpio's are too complex and sometimes secretive to be understood easily.
Within the Zodiac, Scorpio is opposite Taurus, the Sign of Possessions. While both Signs can be possessive, Taurus is concerned with personal property and Scorpio tends to be about community resources and group investments. They are very resourceful and self-confident.
Scorpio is ruled by the Planets Mars and Pluto. In ancient Roman mythology, Mars (and his Greek equivalent, Ares) was the God of War, and ancient astrologers assigned both Aries and Scorpio to this Planet.Pluto (and his Greek equivalent, Hades) was the God of the Underworld, and when the Planet Pluto was discovered early in the 20th Century astrologers assigned Scorpio to this Planet. Under Mars' influence, Scorpio is the behind-the-scenes tactician while Aries is on the front lines. Scorpio's modern ruler, Pluto, represents Death and Endings; it's the Sign of rebirth and regeneration. When the Scorpion loses its tail, it regenerates a new stinger, and Scorpio's can be reborn the same way after they suffer losses. In addition, Pluto is a strong Planet. It teaches a valuable lesson: while Scorpio has a tendency to be possessive, Pluto pulls things away.
The Element associated with Scorpio is Water. Water Signs are emotional: they tend to respond to the world through emotion, rather than physical action, practicality, or intellect. Scorpio's motto could be "still water runs deep." They may repress their emotions, but underneath they are lusty and perceptive. At times, though, Scorpio's water can be stagnant, depending on whether they use their energy in a positive or negative way. They may be vengeful or vindictive and unable to get past personal slights.
Scorpio's are motivated and loyal, but they are often misunderstood and people may see them as dictatorial or sarcastic. If they have an ulterior motive, they can be overbearing, but in a subtle, sly, or manipulative way.
Scorpio's are both mystical and scientific, a combination that makes them very aware of what is happening around them; they are a Sign of great depth. If they aren't careful, though, their passionate nature may lead them into self-indulgence or compulsion.
The myth of the Phoenix is strongly associated with the Sign of Scorpio. The Phoenix is regenerated from the ashes of its death, and it rises into the sky, reborn. The most highly evolved Scorpio's aspire to be the Phoenix or Eagle, rising above the ordinary world and into something extraordinary. Suspicion and jealousy can pull them down, but passion and awareness can help them rise above this. In their leisure time, Scorpio's enjoy competition and challenge. They aren't satisfied with moving along at half speed or lowering their abilities to allow people with lesser skills to beat them. They enjoy difficult pursuits that challenge them to excel, and they refuse to settle for being anything less than the best.
In love relationships, Scorpio is caring, devoted, and possessive. Scorpio rules the reproductive organs. People born under Scorpio may be more susceptible to infections and fevers than people of other Signs.
Scorpio's colors are powerful and strident, like Scorpions: black and red. The great strength of the Scorpio-born is in their determination to see things through to the end. They refuse to allow boredom to turn them away from projects, and they are committed to accomplishing what they set out to do. Their passion and strength makes them one of the most powerful characters of the Zodiac
THE MYTH OF SCORPIO:
This constellation is intimately connected with the constellation Orion. According to the myths, this giant creature was sent by the gods to chase and kill the great hero, which is why you'll never see them in the sky together.
PERSONALITY: The passionate scorpion is just full of secrets, but those tempers can smolder. Your water-oriented sign rules secrets, sex, and observation.
The Scorpio Woman
The Scorpio woman has great charm, allure, and inner strength, and is able to overcome most any obstacle in life. She comes across as self-confident and self-possessed and men are drawn to her for that reason. There is a mysterious quality about the Scorpio woman, because she is intensely private, discrete and secretive. Soon she will learn everything about you, but later you will realize that she hasn't given you many details about herself - that's Scorpio's natural reticence.
Finally, the operative word to best understand your Scorpio lover is "passion." One Scorpio once said to me that passion was the single most important ingredient in life, that is, to be passionate about one's loved ones, one's career, one's lifestyle, for without passion, what kind of life would we have in the end? Well said!
Your Challenge
Your Scorpio beauty is attracted to power, so if you have it, you are ahead of the game. Your other challenge will be that this lady has a mind of her own, so if you think you can tame her, forget it.
How To Handle Her
Her highly intuitive nature makes her a mind reader extraordinaire, so don't try to hide anything from her. If you are trying to impress her with power you don't have, her Pluto-ruled nature will sense it like a homing device. (Certainly you don't want to activate her seek and destroy mechanism.) In love and friendship, she is true-blue loyal and will expect the same from you. If you show her the slightest reason to distrust you, however, she will never forgive you. On the other hand, treat her well and she will reward you for the rest of your life. Home and family are regarded as sacred, and Scorpio will defend and support her man to the ends of the earth. Like Leo women, Scorpio women are into control, and with her magnetic, femme fatale powers, she will soon have the upper hand. After all, who could resist her famous Scorpion gaze, those memorable bedroom eyes?
Things To Do, Gifts To Buy
If you take your Scorpio beloved out for dinner, make it a private little dark rendezvous, overlooking water if possible or better yet, as a guest on a private yacht (preferably yours). The Scorpion woman will always be understated with her powerful sexuality--she doesn't need to flaunt it, it exudes naturally. In her dress, she is very careful about her accessories, buying only the finest shoes and handbags, and if she needs one, an elegant leather brief case. She knows these accessories punctuate her entire look and impart a feeling of true elegance. Get her quality things made out of leather (down, boy, not those things). If treating her to perfume, get her a modern oriental or something of musk and subtly sexual.
While the Scorpio woman is always a lady in public, she loves being her man's fantasy woman in the bedroom. Buy her some new lingerie in of her most flattering tones: maroon, eggplant or a black. Elegant French and Italian imported lingerie will impress her so buy her a demi-cup push up bra, tiny, sheer g-string bikini and elegant garter belt, complete with a pair of black seamed stockings. She may also be amused and aroused by a lavishly illustrated photography book by Helmut Newton or Doris Kloster If you get lucky, she may want to experiment a little by lap dancing for you and you alone.
This sign rules detective work, so plan a mystery for her. She has a rich imagination and this should work whether you've known her a month or a decade. Tell her to meet you in the most elegant hotel bar in town. When you spot her, stand at the other end of the bar and have the waiter send over a glass of champagne and a note from you. By now the suggestive nature of your behavior will have the staff murmuring and staring and it will begin to turn her on tremendously. After the second or third drink, send her the key to your room in a small envelope. (Book their best suite ahead of time and stock it with roses) When she's pocketed the key, have her meet you by the elevator. Ride up alone, pushing her against the back wall of the elevator and tell her in great detail what you have planned. Show her the silk ribbons you've tucked into your breast pocket. Scorpio is intrigued by bondage. Although she will try her hardest not to show it, she will be aching for you to begin. She won't forget this mystery, and neither will you!
SCORPIO & ARIES: You make a hot combination in bed.
SCORPIO & TAURUS: You both value long-term unions and will to work at it
SCORPIO & GEMINI: The Illusive, fickle Gemini will drive you to distraction.
SCORPIO & CANCER: Cancers are attracted to your strong, demanding ways.
SCORPIO & LEO: This connection can lead to crimes of passion.
SCORPIO & VIRGO: The Virgoan has difficulties with your sexual leanings.
SCORPIO & LIBRA: You would likely end up spying on this social butterfly.
SCORPIO & SCORPIO: Sexually compatible but suspicion will be a problem
SCORPIO & SAGITTARIUS: This alliance is a waste of time for both parties.
SCORPIO & CAPRICORN: Mentally and physically you match up well
SCORPIO & AQUARIUS: Why bother. Your values and lifestyle are too different.
SCORPIO & PISCES: This is not bad. Truly an erotic sexual combination.
Scorpio is often the most misunderstood sign of the zodiac. Since their sign is the sex sign people often mistake Scorpio's passion for only sexual passion. Since it is said Scorpio is intense and honest, people often shy away from them because they are afraid they will be burned. Even if the Scorpio you happen to meet is a master of hiding her personality, look into her eyes and if you feel like she's reading your soul you can be pretty sure she's a Scorpion.
Another clue is that she is a self-assured person. Scorpions know who they are and what they are and they can't be persuaded that the way they are isn't the right way. Because they are so self-assured Scorpions will give you unfailingly honest answers. If you want the naked truth ask your Scorpio friend. The answer may hurt but you know that you've been told the way it is.
Don't think because of this that Scorpios are full of bad news and criticism. If they think you're good at something they'll be just as quick to tell you that. When you've made a friend with a Scorpio you've made one for life, unless you cross her down the road that is. She'll pay back every kindness you give her and if you watch carefully you'll catch her doing the same for other people she thinks deserving.
But be careful, a Scorpio never forgets a wrongdoing. If they live up to the potential of their sign, they just write the person out of their life, but many Scorpios hold a grudge that can last a lifetime and will reciprocate any wrongdoing with double action. Though some Scorpio women don't look quite like this, you can bet that they will have some intriguing qualities. If she doesn't catch you with her eyes or her passionate manner, you are probably attracted to her will or charisma. Whatever a man could want, the Scorpion woman has got it, unless of course you want the average. The "average" Scorpio woman is far from average.
If you can't handle this don't even bother to get involved with a Scorpio woman. She will burn you and you'll be hurting for a long time afterwards. She has to win, and doubly so when she feels she has been wronged.
She won't choose her friends or lovers lightly; they have to measure up to her high standards. Once you are assured of her love don't worry that it will stray. As long as you are faithful and keep her happy a Scorpio will almost never betray you for physical promiscuity, so don't bother to get jealous; she will most likely shrug your protestations off as silly. On the other hand, don't even give her the suspicion that you are unfaithful to her.
Scorpio women are hard to live with for most. They expect you to see them exactly as they see the world and most of us just don't do that. But don't despair, if you and a Scorpio hook up for life, you will have a wonderful adventure and the kind of love and devotion that many can only dream about
How to Identify a Scorpio:
Don't even bother trying to identify a Scorpio. If a Scorpion is attracted to you, they will search you out. Your first hint will be the pair of hypnotic eyes that scrutinize you from head to toe. The Scorpio will then decide whether you will be accepted or rejected. Flirting is useless with a Scorpio. Scorpion's want and demand loyalty, devotion and true passion.
How to Talk to a Scorpio: Be totally up front and honest when you meet a Scorpio, as they loathe deception. Treat them with the respect that is deserved and expected by a Scorpio and you will have a devoted friend and lover for life. In later years, when you tell the story of your relationship, you may think that you were instrumental in finding such a catch but truth be known, it was you who was caught by the Scorpio.
Famous Scorpio Personalities: Grace Kelly, Boris Becker, Tatum O'Neal, Winona Ryder, Roseanne and Demi Moore.
In health matters, Scorpio's are known for tremendous endurance and great powers of recovery. They take great pride in the amount of time they can go without sleep. When they do become ill, no patient is more trying or more bothersome than a Scorpio. They continually question and argue doctor's orders for they put no faith in anyone over themselves. Scorpio rules the genital area and infections in this area are usually above average. They are also prone to bladder trouble.
What Makes You Happy: Give Scorpio a mystery to be solved, gossip to share, or praise for sexual prowess to make them smile. They enjoy the respect of loved ones and appreciate people who will listen to their opinions and applaud their successes. Scorpio's love planning surprise parties, sitting around a fire at Christmas with the family and trying exotic foods.
Affirmation: Each day I am more patient and trusting with others.
Meditation: The greatest battles are fought within ones self.
Advice: Change is not always good or desired by others. Do not act hastily, find the right time. Listen carefully to the wishes of others. Learn to give up in order to get.
Quality - Fixed - Fixed signs are stubborn, determined, tenacious, strong-willed, intense, reliable and unmoving. Your tendency is to hold on to what you have and resist change.
Element - Water - Can be sensitive, kind, protective, artistic, caring, sacrificial, supportive, intuitive or grasping, over emotional, controlling, addictive, lacking in standards or morals, untidy, dreamy, destructive.
Ruler - Pluto - Ruler of the underworld. Pluto reveals that which has been hidden as well as atomic power, birth and death, and group processes.
Scorpio is involved in a dynamic, which calls upon the most elemental forces in nature. A sign of great intensity, Scorpio sees into the depths of life's processes, for better or worse. In this stage of the zodiacal cycle, life must recreate itself. Out of the powerful interpenetration of darkness and light, new life will triumphantly emerge.
The realm of procreation involves humans with fathomless instinctual forces which can be chaotic, uncivilized. And yet thus the species ensures its continuance, and individuals gain wisdom and insight. After the social niceties of Libra, we come to the naked psychological encounters of Scorpio, abandoning our polite personas and becoming inextricably intertwined with others. We allow their power to penetrate us. Scorpio's ruler is Pluto, and under his influence we come to understand Persephone, drawn into the underworld where elemental forces preside, and all the rules are different.
Scorpio is a deeply self-contained sign, with a calm exterior, a penetrating gaze, and a cool yet compassionate manner. The inner workings of Scorpio are liable to remain secret until they are ready to reveal them to you. Eventually, however, Scorpio needs to probe the depths of their own and others' psychological processes with those they trust. They may draw you into a discussion of your deepest, darkest secrets before you know it, for Scorpio is not shocked by human nature, and they are forever studying its manifestations. Scorpio has a false reputation for being sexually excessive. While they need to experience surrender and transcendence, unless they are power-hungry they are no philanderers. For like the other water signs, Scorpio is vulnerable, within their tough psychological armor.
Scorpio is involved with power in a fashion similar to Taurus. Yet where Taurus works through the material plane, Scorpio sees beyond appearances and encounters their fears and power issues directly. Very elemental energies are at work in Scorpio, and they are almost driven to discover the full extent of them at certain times in their life. They may find self-destructive, manipulative, or egotistical tendencies in themselves (or others, whom they examine with their X-ray vision). Scorpio seems to face a choice: They either become a Faustian character, exchanging their soul for an amoral power trip, or they gain true wisdom, and soars calmly in the heights, having mastered themselves.
Death and rebirth, degeneration and regeneration - these are the themes that Scorpio will encounter. Scorpio ideally learns how to regenerate and purify themselves, and may have to recreate their life or selves several times over in the process. Scorpios are adept healers and counselors once they have confronted their own depths, and possess a great capacity to help and advise others. Though they may occasionally be gloomy, it is inspiring to see Scorpio perform their inner alchemy, and bring themselves, time and again from the darkness into the light.
Sometimes-paradoxical questions, which will be important to Scorpio's long-term development, are:
"How can I acknowledge the extent of my powers without being controlled by them or controlling others?"
"How can I overcome my emotional or psychological darkness in order to bring light to the world?"
"How can I align myself with the forces of "coming to be and passing away?"
More about Scorpio: General Symbols: The Scorpion, Eagle, Serpent, Phoenix, Dove Birthstones: Topaz, Opal Lucky Numbers: 8, 17, 26, 35, 44, 53 Colors: Red, Crimson, Maroon Compatible signs: Capricorn, Pisces, Cancer, Virgo
Dates: Oct. 24 - Nov. 21
According to the ancients, there are many variations of Homo Scorpius. This is testimonial to your well-recognized complexity. The scorpion symbolizes a hotheaded warrior who is violently passionate, bluntly sarcastic, egotistical, controlling and manipulative. The soaring eagle symbolizes the calm but intense, focused, determined, intuitive and perceptive Scorpio who often develops healing, clairvoyant, and counseling abilities. The sacred serpent, an Egyptian emblem of cosmic wisdom, was grounded in earthly reality, but penetrated the higher levels of consciousness. The serpent periodically sheds outworn habits, beliefs, and illusions to facilitate growth through rebirth. The phoenix is the confident, courageous, positive transformer that transcends the personal ego. The sympathetic, generous dove, a natural healer, is infused with love, which it transmits to others.
Your keyword is TRANSFORMATION. You likely will experience all the traits of your sign's varied symbols to some extent through the psychological death and regeneration process. Contrasts and extremes of virtue and vice are imbedded in every Scorpio, waiting for employment or transcendence. It can be a difficult journey or a blissful one depending on your choices. There's no middle-of-the-road playing around with you. Your feelings are very strong and unyielding, and you can be extremely sensitive and willful. It would be good for you to work at being co-operative.
More about Scorpio: Love You are secretive and don't establish bonds until you're sure of others' trustworthiness. Then, you loosen up and reveal your keen insight and fine sense of humor. You approach love emotionally and dream of fairy tale romance. You want to be with someone who's artistic, spiritual, inspiring, helpful, peaceful, idealistic, refined and perceptive. You might meet your type in the theatre, museums, night-clubs, hospitals, prisons, chemical labs, spiritualistic churches, at sea, the beach, the pool, dance events, aquariums, gas stations, film or photography studios, retreats, or even in shoe stores.
More about Scorpio: Work You can be a good organizer and leader, because you enjoy pioneering new projects, have the foresight to make long-range plans and can direct them to the finish. Patience, tolerance and compassion are the keys to your success. You could find satisfying work in the martial arts, police force, armed forces, surgery, dentistry, alternative healing, psychic counseling, psychiatry and mechanics. Working in the entertainment industry could provide an excellent outlet for your creative or artistic abilities.
More about Scorpio: Health Inner conflict can get you down psychologically and physically. If you suppress upsetting personal issues, they can build up and become toxic to your psyche and body. That could affect your reproductive organs, digestive system and head area, including the eyes and sinuses. Find outlets to release tension and renew your spirit. Music, dance, exercise, yoga, meditation, acupuncture and nature visits, especially to the ocean, can help alleviate internal chaos and restore your physical equilibrium. When you feel like withdrawing, some emotional turmoil deep within probably needs to be addressed and worked out of your system. It may be time to shed your skin.
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