Scorpio
From New Age Village
SCORPIO (THE SCORPION) - October 24 to November 22
- The sign of the Governor or Inspector
- A fixed watery sign. Energetic, independent, passionate, determined, with strong likes and dislikes
- Ruler: Mars
- Gems: topaz, malachite
- Color: deep red
- Metal: steel
- Harmonious for business, marriage, or companionship: Cancer, Pisces
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The Evolved Scorpio
The kingdom of Scorpio is a kingdom of power. His highest achievement is the manifestation of that power in the most gigantic of tasks - absolute self-mastery. The destruction of egotism, the domination of desire, the abolition of everything that can retard his moral, mental, and physical regeneration; the attainment of complete control over the will, intellect, passions, emotions, bodily activities, and psychic faculties - there are, or ought to be, his ambitions, and very frequently, in spite of false starts, failures, and shortcomings, he makes considerable progress on the way to realizing them. Further, he not only desires rapid progress for himself, but craves it also for others, and gives freely of his own magnificent vitality to hasten their development. It is this characteristic that draws so many of this sign into the medical profession, and makes astrologers refer to it as pre-eminently the physician's sign.
When the ideal doctor - who may stand very well for the ideal Scorpionian - enters the sickroom, the first impression he gives is that of power, a quiet, resolute strength and a capacity and determination to overcome suffering, disease, and death. Such a man can impress his will on the most fractious and rebellious of patients.
Scorpionians are generally more or less psychic, but often fail to realize it. They make such exceptionally good use of their sense of perceptions that they attribute their achievements in rapid diagnosis and other kinds of detective work entirely to quickness and accuracy of observation, in which they know that they excel over the majority of men. As a rule, too, their psychism is of a healthy and normal type, and allows its possessors to sense their finer impressions intuitively and without effort, rarely disturbing them by disconcerting and incomprehensible glimpses into the unseen world. Doctors who feel inclined to disclaim such powers should ask themselves candidly how often they have diagnosed a difficult case correctly before definite and recognizable symptoms have appeared, or how often they have had premonitions of sudden summons to cases which, as far as outward knowledge went, seemed independent of their aid; or even been impelled to go to them just in the very nick of time.
Besides striving to conquer death and disease, Scorpionians find intense satisfaction in dominating the forces of nature - for the benefit of mankind. They excel as practical engineers, and long before they have learned to show patience and forbearance, will display these qualities to and admirable extent when called upon to deal with a refractory piece of machinery. Though rarely quite original in their work, they are clever in utilizing other people's ideas of a more daringly inventive turn, apparently finding stimulus and inspiration in the very difficulties that has checkmated their predecessors. Anything that calls for strenuous effort, heroic endurance, and the breaking down of opposition and obstacles is congenial to them. Their analytical methods and power of criticism stand them in good stead in many walks of life, and some do brilliantly at the bar, usually making their way to the front by their success in dealing with criminal cases.
The intense virility of this type naturally makes it somewhat difficult for women born under it to accept the limitations and restrictions imposed by their sex, and most of them regret that they were not born men. The female native has an intense and very natural scorn for the type of woman who shirks matrimony and motherhood, and if cut off from these possibilities herself is often at a loss as to how to employ her energies, for her desire to dominate cannot be altogether held in check.
The power of concentrating on whatever work is taken up makes Scorpionian women the best housekeepers and cooks of all. Every corner in their domain is kept spotless. Dinners are served to the minute, piping hot, and nothing is ever presented burned, or underdone, or otherwise spoiled by careless cookery. Their spring cleaning is their annual holiday. The harder the task, the more these people seem to rise to it.
Love and Friendship
In love and friendship Scorpionians tend to be intense and distinctly exclusive, and are prone to sudden and strong antipathies and likings. They despise gush and sentimentality, dislike demonstration of all kinds, and often find much difficulty in expressing their inner thoughts and feelings even when they desire to do so - which is rarely, for they are taciturn and laconic by nature, and exceedingly reserved. When deeply moved, however, their feelings find utterance, and they are then apt to say more than the occasion might warrant; for the Scorpionian has a sting to its tail. Sometimes, though more or less tongue-tied, they have their pens well under control, and write delightful letters - terse, pungent, and abounding in detail and humor.
Scorpionians - especially the women - are not easily mated, and are apt to prove exacting and quite difficult to live with. Strong and efficient themselves, it is almost impossible for them to make full allowance for the shortcomings of others, or to understand why natures, dispositions, temperaments, and ideals should differ so widely. Geminians are especially trying to their nerves. They mate best among themselves, or with Cancerians, who resemble them in intensity and excel them in sympathy and imagination; for in spite of their passionate tendencies Scorpionians can be unrelentingly stern, especially where principle is involved. They are in little danger of wrecking their lives through rash engagements or hasty and ill-considered marriages; and though their personal magnetism may attract many, especially those of weak or vacillating character, they will probably find no difficulty in administering a rebuff which, in such cases, may be the truest kindness. They very often recognize the future husband or wife at first sight and seldom waver in the matter, though they rarely confide their hopes or intentions to friends or relatives until everything is practically arranged.
Religion
The great masters and founders of religion have been healers, and in early times the offices of pries and physician were one. It is often an eminently devout impulse that carries the Scorpionian into the medical profession. He is seldom an irreligious man, though his uncompromising tendency may make him shock orthodoxy by claiming to be considered so. Further, though he often abandons his childhood faith, he rarely gets quite out of touch with ideas impressed upon him by the teachers and thinkers he reverenced the most during the period of his early manhood, and in later years will surprise the younger generation by the extraordinary rigidity of his beliefs. His chief demand upon dogma is that there should be no sickly sentimentality about it. He prefers it to be bracing and virile in quality.
Literary Style and Religion
The list of Scorpionians who have distinguished themselves in literature is long, and their "hallmark" is strength and vitality of style. One of their characteristics is courage in tackling difficult subjects.
Goethe, Milton, and Victor Hugo (born respectively with the Sun in Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) are three of the intellectual giants born with Scorpio rising. Martin Luther, a great "destroyer and regenerator," was strongly under Scorpio's influence, his horoscope showing it strikingly emphasized by the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn - all in the ninth house, suggesting religion. Goethe has recorded his exact hour - noon - on the authority of his father; so we know that the 17th degree of Scorpio was rising. Milton was born "between six and seven in the morning." Our choice here consequently lies between Scorpio and Sagittarius, and although his biographer thinks that the "half an hour after six" mentioned by our contemporary is "probably correct," the astrologer is impelled to place the event some minutes earlier; for no gleam of true Sagittarian sunshine brightens Milton's personality. The prevailing tone, the characteristic mood and disposition of Milton's mind, even in early youth, consisted, we are told, in a deep and habitual seriousness. His striking qualities were austerity, self-command, and a stoic scorn for temptation. In his earliest poems he chose death for his theme, and he took little part in the amusements of his college companions. The treatment of his chosen theme, Paradise Lost, is in the true Scorpionian vein. He gives to Lucifer - the real hero of the poem - a regal dignity and a tragic beauty, and his oft-quoted exclamation, "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven," is echoed by many a son of this sign.
Martin Luther, in his efforts to reform the Church, swept away the doctrine of purgatory - leaving the trembling soul to chose between the immediate bliss of heaven or the horrors of hell; and implying that the vast majority would be doomed to the latter. Goethe takes his hero through sin and suffering to regions of the blessed, and in his also it is the earlier passages of his poem that are most eagerly and frequently read. Mephistopheles is a more living and quite as famous a creation as Faust himself, and one of the poet's best-known utterances is of the very essence of Scorpionian philosophy, "Entbehren sollst du; sollst entbehren" - a line in which the poet tells us that in this world we must do without - and endure.
It always requires some effort to turn from the pleasant duty of dwelling on the fine qualities of a sign to the ungracious labor of cataloging its weaknesses and defects. All the signs in turn, and often several at once, bring their various forces to bear upon us, so that no one can really congratulate himself on being free from the special failings attributed to any particular one. Whatever we possess in the way of self-control and moral backbone - of ability to stand on our own feet and exercise our own will - we owe to the power of Scorpio manifesting in us.
The Unevolved Scorpio
This type never wavers or wobbles, and whatsoever the Scorpionian's hand finds to do is done with energy and might. Therefore, when he is bad he is thoroughly bad. Experiences which arouse in other types of feelings of mild discontent or half-formed dislike, awaken his breast anger and resentment, fierce rebellion, jealousy, and hate. His passions are stronger than other men's; his courage never fails him, and his will is iron. If he fails to find his way to self-mastery, he may make havoc of his life, developing into the reckless gambler, the insatiable drinker. Apart from the type of Scorpionian sketched above, we find many who are undeniably on the straight road, and yet have a heavier burden of aggressive and unlovable faults to struggle against. It is practically impossible for them to take the second place graciously and contentedly, and their vigilant outlook makes them abnormally and disagreeably quick in detecting the backslidings of their fellow creatures. To discover that others are weaker, more forgetful, or more self-indulgent than themselves feeds their self-esteem, and they hail the exposure of failure or lapse with evident satisfaction that is annoying to witness, and galling to the victim of the moment. A tendency to enjoy seeing their friends and intimates waste their time and energy leads Scorpionian humor to express itself in practical jokes. Even Scorpionians of the primitive type are often attracted to the medical profession, though their motives for entering it are rather mixed, and frequently include a morbid desire to know the worst that can be known of frail and diseased humanity. Drugs, especially poisons, have a curious fascination for them, and they are always in favor of drastic treatment.
It is difficult for primitive female specimens born under this sign to adjust themselves to the conditions and limitations imposed on them by their sex, especially in ill-educated communities. They carry out their allotted tasks carefully enough, working, scrubbing, scouring, and setting in order with fierce energy, and are often held up to admiration by outsiders as model wives and mothers - a verdict which they themselves heartily endorse. One of the peculiar traits that adds much to the difficulty of home life under a Scorpionian's sway is that she - or he - dislikes to acknowledge any inferiority by asking questions, and, is, nevertheless, deeply hurt if left in ignorance of any trivial facts known to other members of the household.
Physical Characteristics
This type is said to have a powerful, muscular, and somewhat thickset frame with dark eyes and strong and rather heavy features. Scorpionians are generally proud of their command of feature and immobility of expression. They rarely give themselves away by flushing, wincing, or starting, however deeply their emotions may be stirred. Their aim is to read everybody else like an open book and remain inscrutable themselves, and their characteristic reserve and psychic intuition make such an ambition easy of attainment.
Health
The ideal Scorpionian has a magnificent physique and phenomenal powers of endurance, and in consequence is frequently tempted to defy the laws of health, indulging in prolonged spurts of excessive work and taking pride in the fact that he can go on without rest, food, or sleep. But when he is ill the Scorpionian is thoroughly ill. A rest cure is the Scorpionian's best remedy, giving the magnificent power of recuperation always associated with this sign a chance to assert itself. But he loves heroic remedies and is seldom content to let well enough alone. In many cases, he is difficult to nurse, because he knows - or thinks he knows - just exactly what the nurse ought to do; and has no hesitation about allowing her to feel that she has failed in her duty.
SUN IN SCORPIO
The Sun in Scorpio gives a firm, determined, and reserved individuality, with an inclination to be dignified, proud, secretive, and full of desire. The individuality may be either well disposed or selfish, according to degree of progress. Scorpio is a sign of strength, independence, and industry.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Aries
This combination gives stubbornness, positiveness, impulsiveness, and sometimes extremes of anger and jealousy. It makes a dogmatic, self-assertive character full of keen likes and dislikes. The passions are often strong. The native has courage, resolution, resourcefulness, and independence, and is sure to make his mark in life in some way. He will probably be known for his strength of character and will. In most cases he will be practical and desirous of bringing all theories to the test of action. The feelings and the intellect may be well developed. The worst defect is a lack of calmness or humility.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Taurus
The lunar tendencies here will reduce some of the positiveness of the Scorpio nature. This combination makes good medical men with a remarkable intuition regarding disease. It also suggests success in business, the nature being firm and determined. In this and other directions he will have a fixed course of life, and will persevere in following it out. He will be unchanging and conservative in most habits and customs, both good and bad. His domestic and social side is well developed; and if planetary positions accord, he will develop artistic, musical, or other cultural interests. He is cheerful, generally good-natured, and fairly fortunate except when "cross-aspects" occur.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Gemini
As a rule, the personality is inclined to extremes and is easily drawn into reckless habits. People born under this combination are clever and shrewd. They make good writers and literary critics. They have invention, wit, pungent sarcasm, and a capacity for sustained intellectual effort. And they could subsist by literature, traveling, clerical or scientific work, or by superintending others in one of these directions.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Cancer
This is a harmonious combination, but those under it are easily led by others into acts of folly. Early marriage is recommended, for the powers of attachments are strong, and the life may be influenced for good. The native has a rather hard and practical nature in things that necessitate his going out into the world and mixing with men, but a kinder and softer side in social matters or family life. If planetary positions harmonize, he will cave considerable business ability; will earn or inherit money or property, and manage it economically.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Leo
This combination inclines the mind to romance, and love affairs of an intensely passionate and emotional nature are apt to result. It gives pride, some arrogance, much love of power, coupled with ardor, imagination, emotion, energy, and ambition. There is some love of grandeur and ostentation, and considerable dramatic feeling. The nature is strong and commanding, firm and self-directed, even when most emotional. It is well able to influence others, and to control, direct, and organize.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Virgo
This is the most critical of the twelve lunar positions. Those born under it are proud, passionate, and liable to sarcasm and bitter speech. They are apt to criticize themselves severely and to be dissatisfied with their own achievements when these fall short of prediction. They make friends among those in humbler positions, and are greatly affected through the death of some particular friend or a subordinate. It is a good combination for a writer, doctor, chemist, or scientist. Females make good nurses.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Libra
This combination gives a tendency to "second sight." There is some inclination toward the mystical, and a love for all that is psychic, romantic, and wonderful, under certain planetary influences there will be no occult ability, but business foresight instead. Under affliction this position can cause an inharmonious marriage or in some cases death of the marriage partner. There is a charitable and benevolent disposition, but under bad aspects the native may suffer from enmity, treachery, and deceit. He has a good and well-meaning nature but sometimes takes the wrong path in life. He is likely to have many friends and will gain by marriage or partnership.
Sun and Moon in Scorpio
This combination gives much independence and self-reliance. Those born under it are inclined to be materialistic. They have the ability to govern others, but there is always a tendency to override, domineer, and master. They are proud and somewhat reserved, yet have a tendency to inquisitiveness. These characteristics vary greatly according to the planetary positions and aspects. If Mars and Saturn are strongest, the native is capable, practical and unyielding. If Jupiter or Venus are strongest, he will have a lively imagination, active emotions, and warm feelings. He generally has much energy and activity, a capable executive nature, and in some cases a firm, decided character with an iron will.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Sagittarius
This combination produces an impulsive and aggressive nature with a tendency to indiscreet and explosive speech. Natives have an innate conservatism combined with progressive ideas. They are busy, practical workers, enthusiastic and ardent for any cause that interests them. Their vitality sometimes leads them to overdo it mentally or physically, and there is terrible anger on occasion. They follow occupations connected with religion, make good soldiers or sailors, or have ability for law or medicine - these tendencies depending upon planetary positions to bring them into prominence.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Capricorn
This intensifies the pride of Scorpio, and gives strong inclinations toward self-indulgence. At the same time there is a great amount of patience, perseverance, and endurance. The combination is apt to give a rather hard nature, with self-will and fixedness of opinion and habit. Natives are somewhat aggressive, alternating at times between extremes of rashness and caution, liberality and thrift. Supported by suitable planetary positions, they may have business and executive ability, financial acuteness, and prudence in investments or in buying and selling. Ambition is combined with determination, and very high attainments are possible.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Aquarius
This combination gives an ability for government jobs and a tendency to mix in large concerns. There is a love of external appearances, wealth and grandeur, but also some love of the occult. It produces liveliness, acuteness, inventiveness, and originality, which, under affliction, may become irritability, nervous worry, or aggressiveness. The native is sometimes opinionated and dogmatic, lacking pliability and adaptability. He may do things in his own way or not all, is apt to have keen likes and dislikes, and makes a faithful friend or an unchanging enemy. He has natural dramatic power and is much attached to home life. He has much strength of will and mental concentration. Death may be comparatively sudden.
Sun in Scorpio and Moon in Pisces
This combination gives a restless and anxious nature. The mind is somewhat mathematically inclined, but there is a tendency toward deception and duplicity. If other planets permit, the native is affectionate, warm-hearted, sympathetic, charitable, benevolent. Under affliction he is apt to be unlucky and constantly thwarted. There is usually more promise than performance. He may benefit by children and friends. This position tends to mysticism and religion. It increases offspring. There are ambition and difficulty in rising to his proper sphere.
FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN WITH THE SUN IN SCORPIO
- Martin Luther: November 10, 1483
- Benvenuto Cellini: November 1, 1500
- Marie Antoinette: November 2, 1755
- Fyodor Dostoevski: October 30, 1821
- Auguste Rodin: November 12, 1840
- King Edward VII: November 9, 1841
- Theodore Roosevelt: October 27, 1858
- Marie Curie: November 7, 1867
- Pablo Picasso: October 25, 1881
- Marianne Moore: November 15, 1887
- Jewaharlal Nehru: November 14, 1889
- Charles de Gaulle: November 22, 1890
- André Malraux: November 3, 1901
- Katharine Hepburn: November 9, 1909
- Dylan Thomas: October 27, 1914
- Jonas Salk: October 28, 1914
- Indira Gandhi: November 19, 1917
- Billy Graham: November 7, 1918
- Richard Burton: November 10, 1925
- Joan Sutherland: November 7, 1918
- Grace Kelly: November 12, 1929
- Mike Nichols: November 6, 1931
- Charles, Prince of Wales: November 14, 1948
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