Scorpio
(The Scorpion)
October 24 to November 22
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of being withdrawn from the center of activity,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".
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.
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