Scorpio (astrology) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Aries is the first astrological sign in the Zodiac, which spans the zodiac between the zero degree and the 29th degree of celestial longitude. The Sun enters Aries when it reaches the northern vernal equinox, which is usually on March 21 each year, and remains in this sign until around April 20...

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Taurus (astrology)

Taurus is the second astrological sign in the Zodiac, which spans the zodiac between the 30th and 59th degree of celestial longitude. Generally, the Sun transits this area of the zodiac between April 21 to May 21 each year...

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Leo (astrology)

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Scorpio

Scorpio (astrology)

|Infobox align="right" style="border:3px solid white;"||style="text-align: center;"|Scorpio is the eighth astrological sign in the Zodiac, which spans the zodiac between the 210th and 239th degree of celestial longitude. Generally, the Sun transits this area of the zodiac between 24 October and...

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Sagittarius (astrology)

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Scorpio (♏) is the eighth astrological sign

Astrological sign

Astrological signs represent twelve equal segments or divisions of the zodiac. According to astrology, celestial phenomena reflect or govern human activity on the principle of "as above, so below", so that the twelve signs are held to represent twelve basic personality types or characteristic modes...

in the Zodiac

Zodiac

In astronomy, the zodiac is a circle of twelve 30° divisions of celestial longitude which are centred upon the ecliptic: the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year...

, which spans the zodiac between the 210th and 239th degree of celestial longitude. Generally, the Sun

Sun (astrology)

The sun is considered a very important part of astrology. It, as well as the Moon, are the most important of the astrological planets, and the two of them are often referred to as the luminaries. In Greek mythology the sun was represented by Apollo, the god of light, and Helios, the god of the sun...

transits this area of the zodiac between 24 October and 22 November each year (sometimes the dates vary slightly). Individuals born during these dates, whilst the Sun is within this sign are called Scorpios.

As a sun sign

According to Alan Leo

Alan Leo

Alan Leo, born William Frederick Allan, , was a prominent British astrologer, author, publisher and theosophist, and is considered by many to be the father of modern astrology....

, generally considered to be the founder of modern psychological astrology and sun sign astrology

Sun sign astrology

Sun sign astrology is the form of astrology most commonly found in many newspaper and magazine columns. It is a simplified system of astrology which considers only the position of the Sun, which is said to be placed within one of the twelve zodiac signs depending on the month of birth...

, people born with the sun in Scorpio are "very determined, reserved, tenacious and secretive. They are firm and somewhat proud, and capable of unmistakable traits of character that cause them either to be very much disliked. Their somewhat suspicious nature causes them to be distrustful, but amidst all their apparent evil traits of character, they have that grit and backbone which enables them to make higher attainments than those born in the other signs. It has been said "the greater the animal the greater the man," and it may be that in the animal passions there lie the germs of the spiritual force, which, when sent upwards, may achieve great and mighty things. That which seemed latent will and desire in the sign Taurus

Taurus (astrology)

becomes, in this sign, expressed energy. The Scorpio man's desires are potent and charged with the power to attain the object of his desires, but when the desires are subservient to the will, there are none more powerful or determined."

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| Stinger of a scorpion.
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| Negative (feminine/passive): inwardly reflective, introvert.
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Astrology and the classical elements

Astrology has used the concept of classical elements from antiquity up until the present. In Western astrology and Indian astrology four elements are used, namely Fire, Earth, Air and Water.-Western astrology:...

(triplicity

Triplicity

In astrology, a triplicity is a group of three signs belonging to the same element.-Trines:Western astrology assumes that each sign of the same triplicity is 120 degrees apart, forming angles to one another called trines, which are each equivalent to the 360 degrees of the circle divided by three...

)
| Water

Water (classical element)

Water is one of the elements in ancient Greek philosophy, in the Asian Indian system Panchamahabhuta, and in the Chinese cosmological and physiological system Wu Xing...

: sensitivity, feelings, instincts.
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| Fixed

Fixed sign

The four fixed signs of the Zodiac are:*Taurus : - spring in northern hemisphere and autumn in southern hemisphere.*Leo : - summer in northern hemisphere and winter in southern hemisphere....

: the element in its least changeable form - associated with stability or stubbornness.
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| Fruitful: Unless afflicted, Scorpio shows a propensity for large families, many children or easy pregnancy. Scorpio is the least promising of the fruitful (or 'fertile') signs however because where it is afflicted, it can indicate many pregnancies that fail.
Mute (or slow of voice): Scorpio is not known for verbal dexterity, and suffers from an inability to communicate openly and freely.
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Compatibilities

In Synastry, the natives of Scorpio are generally considered to be most compatible with the natives of the other water signs, Cancer

Cancer (astrology)

and Pisces. However, compatibility based on sun-sign alone is considered to be only a very general guideline. The branch of astrology dealing with interpersonal relationships is called Synastry. In this, astrologers analyse the horoscopes of both parties being considered with particular reference to the positions of the Sun

Sun (astrology)

and Moon

Moon (astrology)

The Moon is the Earth's companion satellite. The Moon is large enough for its gravity to affect the Earth, stabilising its orbit and producing the regular ebb and flow of the tides. The Moon is also familiar to us for its different phases, waxing and waning in appearance in an unchanging cycle...

, and Venus and Mars.

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! scope="row" style="text-align: center; width:170px"| High compatibility
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;"| Scorpio
| scope="row" style="text-align: center;"| Cancer, Pisces
| scope="row" style="text-align: center;"| Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
| scope="row" style="text-align: center;"| Aries, Libra, Sagittarius
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Mythology

In Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

Scorpio features in the myth of the the giant hunter Orion

Orion (mythology)

Orion was a giant huntsman in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion....

and the Goddess Artemis. According to the Phenomena of Aratus, Orion was enjoying the slaughter of all manner of beasts when he laid his hands upon Artemis's robes. In anger she proved his vulnerability by rousing the deadly scorpion whose unsuspected bite destroyed the supposedly invicible hunter. The goddess raised the Scorpion to the heavens in gratitude, placing its constellation in opposition to that of Orion. The scorpion and the hunter are thus said to be linked forever in conflict in the sky, so that Orion flees beneath the western descendant

Descendant

Descendant or Descendent may refer to:* Lineal descendant, a blood relative in the direct line of descent** Collateral descendant, a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor...

whenever his murderer rises in the east.

The dates that the Sun traverses the sign of Scorpio according to the Sidereal system are (generally) between 13 November and 14 December each year.

External links

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