The Scorpion
Traditional
Scorpio Traits
Determined and forceful
Emotional and intuitive
Powerful and passionate
Exciting and magnetic
On the dark side....
Jealous and resentful
Compulsive and obsessive
Secretive and obstinate
Scorpio!
About Your Sign...
Scorpios are the most intense,
profound, powerful characters in the zodiac. Even when they appear
self-controlled and calm there is a seething intensity of emotional
energy under the placid exterior. They are like the volcano not far
under the surface of a calm sea, it may burst into eruption at any
moment. But those of us who are particularly perceptive will be
aware of the harnessed aggression, the immense forcefulness,
magnetic intensity, and often strangely hypnotic personality under
the tranquil, but watchful composure of Scorpio. In conventional
social gatherings they are pleasant to be with, thoughtful in
conversation, dignified, and reserved, yet affable and courteous;
they sometimes possess penetrating eyes which make their shyer
companions feel naked and defenseless before them.
In their everyday behavior they give
the appearance of being withdrawn from the center of activity, yet
those who know them will recognize the watchfulness that is part of
their character. They need great self-discipline, because they are
able to recognize the qualities in themselves that make them
different from other humans, and to know their utterly conventional
natures can be used for great good, or great evil. Their tenacity
and willpower are immense, their depth of character and passionate
conviction overwhelming, yet they are deeply sensitive and easily
moved by their emotions. Their sensitivity, together with a
propensity for extreme likes and dislikes make them easily hurt,
quick to detect insult or injury to themselves (often when none is
intended) and easily aroused to ferocious anger. This may express
itself in such destructive speech or action that they make lifelong
enemies by their outspokenness, for they find it difficult not to be
overly critical of anything or anyone to whom they take a dislike.
They can harness their abundant
energy constructively, tempering their self-confidence with
shrewdness and their ambition with magnanimity toward others
provided they like them. They relate to fellow workers only as
leaders and can be blunt to those they dislike to the point of
cruelty. In fact they are not above expressing vindictiveness in
deliberate cruelty. They are too demanding, too unforgiving of
faults in others, perhaps because they are not aware of the
shortcomings within themselves, and extravagantly express their
self-disgust in unreasonable resentment against their fellows. They
do, however, make excellent friends, provided that their companions
do nothing to impugn the honor of which Scorpios are very jealous.
Part of the negative side of the Scorpio nature is a tendency to
discard friends once they cease to be useful, but the decent native
is aware of, and fights this tendency.
They are fortunate in that their
strong reasoning powers are tempered with imagination and intuition,
and these gifts, together with critical perception and analytical
capacity, can enable the Scorpions to penetrate to profundities
beyond the average. They have a better chance of becoming geniuses
than the natives of any other sign.But charismatic
"twice-born" characters such as they can sink into the
extremes of depravity if they take the wrong path, and the intensity
of their nature exaggerates their harmful tendencies into vices far
greater than the normal. Rebelliousness against all conventions,
political extremism to the point where hatred of the Establishment
makes them utterly unscrupulous terrorists. Brooding resentment,
aggressive and sadistic brutality, total arrogance, morbid jealousy,
extreme volatility of temperament, these are some of their vices. At
the other extreme is the procrastinator, the man or woman who is
capable of so much that they do nothing and become indolent and
self-indulgent, requiring extravagant praise and flattery from those
whom they make their cronies.
Being so gifted, they can find
fulfillment in many employments. Their inner intensity can result in
the ice-cold self-control and detachment of the surgeon, the
concentration of the research scientist, and the heroism of the
soldier. Any profession in which analysis, investigation, research,
dealing with practicalities, and the solving of mysteries are
relevant, can appeal to them. So police and detective work,
espionage and counterespionage, the law, physics or psychology may
attract them, and they can become masters of the written and spoken
word. They may be most persuasive orators and find fulfillment as
diplomats or preachers and, if they make the Church their
profession, their inner intensity can express itself in the
spiritual fervor of the mystic or the thaumaturgy.
Scorpio is the symbol of sex and
Scorpios are passionate lovers, the most sensually energetic of all
the signs. For them, union with the beloved is a sacrament, an
"outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual
grace.". Their overriding urge in loving is to use their power
to penetrate beyond themselves and to lose themselves sexually in
their partners in an almost mystical ecstasy, thus discovering the
meaning of that union which is greater than individuality, and is a
marriage of the spirit as well as of flesh. They are thus capable of
the greatest heights of passionate transport, but debauchery and
perversion are always dangers, and Scorpios can become sadistic
monsters of sensuality and eroticism. Their feelings are so intense
that even when their love is of the highest, and most idealistic
kind, they are nevertheless frequently protagonists in tragic, even
violent romances, "star-crossed lovers".
Possible Health
Concerns...
Scorpio governs the pelvis and
reproductive and urinary systems and its subjects are said to be
prone to ailments of the liver and kidneys, stones and gravel in the
bladder or genitals, and other genital ills such as priapism.
Abscesses, boils, carbuncles, fistulas, piles, ruptures and ulcers
may also affect the Scorpions.
