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
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of being withdrawn from the center of activity, yet those who know them will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 spirituall
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.
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