The Eagle
October 23rd - November 22nd
ruled by Mars and Pluto
Fixed Water
birthstone: cornelian
key:sex
slogan:"I desire"
Scorpio is the most complex of the zodiac signs. Scorpions are extreme, intense, and passionate.
Their positive qualities are loyalty, willpower, magnetism, gentleness, insight, and amazing self-control. They are resourceful and dedicated.
Their negative traits include ruthlessness, jealousy, vindictiveness, fanaticism, sadism, suspicion, and self-hatred. They are vengeful and fatalistic.
Scorpions have a brooding intensity that sets them apart. They are the most forceful personality of the zodiac, and look it, with strong concentration and piercing eyes. They have a purposeful air, and a strong, intense energy that needs positive direction. Few can withstand their dominant will and powerful magnetism. Their intensity of expression can put fear into the stoutest of hearts.
They have a powerful sexual drive, and are the most passionate sign. They love and hate with such passionate intensity that no one can be indifferent to them. They radiate strength and great power, and often seem like a volcano about to erupt. They can be sexual predators, who use clever ways to trap their victims. Always extreme, they can be deeply caring, and often spend a great deal of energy in pleasuring their partner, but are sexually obsessed, and can be very selfish indeed, having little or no interest in their partner's response or satisfaction.
They do everything with a passion that is envied by others. They are very serious about everything they attempt. Passion is everything, yet they resent needing others to satisfy their desires, often turning to hostility and anger to complain of their loved one. Possessive and jealous, they want everything, but give very little in return. They envy anyone who is more privileged or more talented than themselves.
Much of their passionate energy is devoted to their ambitions, and they are expert at wheeling and dealing in high-powered industry or finance, or keeping and immaculate home.
They are power-mad, and seek security and control over their lives and over others: they will use dishonesty to achieve this, and will take advantage of the weakness of others. They are crafty and cunning, and also very practical, and they delight in outwitting others through cleverness or fear. Their cool intelligence hides a devious nature.
Most of their self-confidence comes from their intuitive faculties, which they often develop to a high degree. They like to delve into the mysteries of life, and are natural detectives: their curiosity is unsatisfied until they have all the information about a person or subject. They remember everything, and will use scraps of information with remorseless cruelty to gain advantage, and to claw their way to the top.
They are profoundly intelligent, and need to find plenty of positive ways to use their highly emotional and physical energy. Otherwise they tend to withdraw and brood.
They can be very one-sided, obsessively following their own instincts. They can be determined too, and won't be budged by anyone from their chosen aim. They can appear confident and successful, but worry inwardly about many things, and especially about themselves. They are great self-improvers, and enjoy looking into the future, as they are fascinated by themselves, by their relationships with others, and by what is going to happen to them. They want to hear the honest truth, warts and all.
Scorpions make loyal friends, but can be difficult to understand, for they are intensely secretive and do not share themselves in an open way. They can be prickly to deal with, but once they have found where to focus their emotions, devotion will flood from them.
However, their jealousy and possessiveness can destroy relationships. They can be suddenly and destructively aggressive - there is a primitive, dark, discordant, chaotic core to their being, bitter and negative, and they can try to possess something happy or pleasurable rather than letting life flow through them - at the moment of possession, the happiness is lost.
There is nothing they enjoy more than quarreling, and they delight in causing trouble, finding this exciting and stimulating. When they vent their anger it is often through sarcasm that goes straight for the jugular. When they lose control they are capable of extreme sadism.
They are obsessive and relentless, and their view of life is often gloomy and constricted view - this makes for a difficult and highly complex character. They can make powerful leaders or arch-criminals.
