8th sign of the zodiac
Polarity: female
Element: water
Quality: fixed
Exaltation: Uranus
Exile: Venus
Fall: Moon
Anatomy: reproductive organs, genitals, colon, rectum
As the eighth sign of the Zodiac, Scorpio symbolizes death, sexuality, transformation and rebirth.
Character traits:
Scorpio belongs to the group of water signs and thus has qualities that are characteristic of this element such as phlegmatic temperament, pronounced inner life, prominent emotionality and sensitivity, pronounced imagination, seclusion, introversion, mysteriousness.
What significantly distinguishes Scorpio from the other two water signs, Cancer and Pisces, is that in Scorpio the two female planets, the Moon and Venus, are in weak dignities, while the ruler of this sign is the planet of a distinctly masculine character, Mars. Therefore, Scorpios are rarely lukewarm, gentle, sweet and vulnerable, but very passionate, magnetic, combative and confrontational.
As a member of the water trinity, Scorpio is an extremely sensitive sign, but above all it is a sign of deep, stormy, passionate, intense emotions. The reason lies partly in the fact that this sign is ruled by Mars and Pluto, the planets of strong passions, but the main reason for this peculiarity is that Scorpio belongs to the group of fixed signs. Since the energy of the fixed signs is turned inwards, when a typical Scorpio member experience any emotion, he tends to became fixated with it, which often lead to obsession and, therefore, intensification of that emotion. For this reason, people born under this sign are capable of loving someone devotedly and deeply, but also, when they feel hatred towards someone, they also hate with dedication and over time intensify their hatred, which then easily turns into contempt. Sometimes, they are capable of loving and hating one and the same person at the same time. So, the tendency of the members of this sign towards jealousy, vindictiveness, hatred, envy, various obsessions, manias and paranoias comes solely from the fact that it is a fixed water sign which is additionally ruled by Mars and Pluto.
Since this sign represents the genitals, understandably, many members of this sign have an extremely strong libido and, therefore, significantly strong sexual drive. While more developed types are able to control and sublimate it, lower types, which are always the majority, are its slaves. While for most other signs sex is more or less a tabu subject, for Scorpio it is not. For them it is as natural as breathing, they always crave it and can’t get enough of it.
Since Scorpio represents survival instinct, members of this sign possess great resilience and strength and are able to endure and survive in the worst circumstances. They love challenges, are drawn to danger and feel most alive and give their best in the most adverse, traumatic, life or death situations.
Members of this sign often show a tendency towards the occult, mysticism, paranormal and are more interested in the hidden face of reality than the external. Characteristic for the members of this sign is that they are very perceptive, intuitive, observant, they see what is hidden underneath the surface. Therefore, they are able to see through other people’s motives, preferences and secrets while are at the same time adept at hiding their own. They are true detectives, so it is not surprising that they can be found in large numbers among inspectors, investigators and psychologists.
As a sign of distinct extremes and contradictions, Scorpio is considered to be a sign in which the energies of construction and destruction collide. That is why this sign is considered to be able to achieve more than any other sign if it focuses its energy on building, but also if it chooses the path of destruction, it can sow evil and destruction more than any other sign.
That is why the suitable symbol of this sign is the river, which is a river only when it moves, when it breaks through obstacles and when it finds its way to the sea. When it stops, when something blocks its path, it then becomes a swamp. On a psychological level, people with a strong emphasis on this sign do their best when they direct and channel their enormous energy in a constructive direction. When they don’t channel it properly, they fill up with various destructive poisons and then become dangerous and hurtful scorpions.
Various meanings:
death, danger, crisis, traumas, murder, killers, combat, passions, wounds, operations, surgeons, amputations, fatalism, nihilism, tragedies, rape, rapists, maniacs, underground, criminal, mafia, accidents, wc, toilet bowl, water supply, sewerage, cemetery, corpses, autopsy, pathologists, funeral, deceased, coffin, obituary, testament, legacy, inspectors, investigators, garbage, garbage collectors, dumps, genitals, sex, lust, pornography, urine, excrement, defecation, syphilis, pollen, childbirth, abortion, stock market, loans, loan sharks, jealousy, envy, hate, contempt, betrayal, obsession, mania, paranoia, destruction, ruin, disintegration, river, swamp, pond, rats, transformation, rebirth…
