To teach that love is passion and learn that love is surrender. Traditional Traits 1)Determined and forceful 2)Emotional and intuitive 3)Powerful and passionate 4)Exciting and magnetic 5)Jealous and resentful 6)Compulsive and obsessive 7)Secretive and obstinate Symbol: The Scorpion Element: Water Quality: Fixed Rulers: Pluto, Mars Colour: Deep Red Gemstone: Opal Metal: Steel Keywords: intensively, penetratingly, secretively Scorpians 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 the Scorpian. In conventional social gatherings they are pleasant to be with, thoughtful in conversation, dignified and reserved, yet affable and courteous, and they sometimes possess penetrating eyes which make their shyer companions feel naked and defenceless before them. They may be cool on the surface, but underneath Scorpios are intensely passionate, both physically and emotionally. When love is sweet, they are very loyal, but when things go wrong they may show a sting in their tail. As a Scorpian your sexuality is deep, all-consuming and intense. You seek transformation through the sexual experience, which you never undertake lightly. Ruled by Mars, the god of primitive action and Pluto the lord of the underworld, you mix primal passion with a profound need to uncover the mysteries of life and death, including and especially sexual ones. Scorpio rules the generative organs and so you have no doubt grown up with a heightened sense of the fascination, not to say fear and loathing, with which lesser mortals view sexuality and Scorpio sexuality in particular. You are seen as sexually dynamic, threatening, voracious, insatiable, overwhelming and generally mysterious. This is of course not without foundation and you have been known to take advantage of this fascination, rather like a snake hypnotising a bird before devouring it. However, you fundamentally need to get to the very bottom of everything, so that you may transform and transmute yourself through the harnessing of natural energies. Sexual activity comes naturally, although some seek to repress and transform the sexual scorpion into the eagle of high spirituality. You mix fire with water to create a steamy swamp of overheated passion and desire. Anything is acceptible in your sensual world, for you are interested in the end, not the means. If it blows your mind, or it expands your sexual repertoire, or enables you to exert your dominance, it will be fine by you. Admirers should be ready and willing to be consumed, if they wish to get the best from you. Also, if they are looking for some powerful sexual pleasure, they need look no further. You have a dark and mysterious style which, combined with an irresistible personal magnetism, creates a fascination in members of the opposite sex (and the same sex - or any other sex that happens along). You ooze sexual excitement and require a partner (or partners) who can keep up with your marvellous capacity for taking everything to the limit - and beyond. Scorpio, although a feminine (yin) sign, is ruled by Mars, the warrior god and Pluto, the king of the underworld. This fiercely potent combination creates tensions in your internal balancing mechanism between the male and female polarities. Your emotions run deep and your faculty of intuition is remarkably accurate, so your antennae can prick up and pick out a prospective partner at first sight. You need however to keep a part of yourself private and personal and can react vigorously should anyone have the temerity to trespass in your personal domain. Possessing great self-control, combined with intellectual ability and creativity, you can achieve greatness in your chosen field, but can be unduly domineering in personal relationships, especially should you perceive your partner to be weaker than yourself. Unfortunately, weaker types seem to congregate around you like fragile moths, fatally drawn to the fiery, incandescent flame. 
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