I figured since I have a Scorpio moon being squared by transiting Neptune, Chiron and Jupiter, my venus and the progressed sun in the 8th house being electrified by Uranus, along with my progressed moon traveling (grudgingly) through the 8th house (yikes!), I am throroughly qualified to share some insights about this deep and mysterious fellow of the zodiac.Scorpio usually gets a bad rap...and somtimes rightfully so. Scorpios can be obsessive, cunning, resentful, manipulative, grudge-holding, over-sexed, intense, controlling and downright nasty. That is the un-evolved side of scorpio. All to often we forget about the higher side of this sign; passionate, analytical, deep, spiritual, compassionate, loyal, transformative, strong, intuitive, magnetic and deeply loving. Many born under this influence are gifted healers, on all levels.
If anyone has nine lives, its a scorpio. These people have a knack for plunging the depths of the human condition, swimming through the emotional morass of suffering and emerging from it totally and completely transformed, like a phoenix rising from the ashes. This is the evolutionary intent for those with scorpio or pluto strongly emphasized in their birth charts. They always end up emerging victorious from situations that could easily kill weaker souls, and what doesn't kill a scorpio really does make them that much stronger.
Within the field of psychology, it is understood that human behavior is motivated by deeply hidden unconscious material, and with scorpio this material revolves around rejection and abandonment issues in the early life or past lives. That is why scorpios SOMETIMES act as they do...not to be bastards, but because the deep woundings of the past simmer just below the surface, and they are afraid to feel the pain yet again. Thus, scorpios will isolate themselves, seduce, cut people off, act cold, try and control people or situations, manipulate, cling to tightly, etc, etc. They only have one thing in mind and that is to keep the pain from rejection, loss, and abandonment at arms length, in fact their whole lives are about "dodging" this potential pain. Ironically, they always attract these types of situations, and the reason is to purge the toxic emotions from the past and to be re-born a new person...stronger...evolved...higher.
The astrological symbol for scorpio, with its arrow pointing upwards and out, symbolizes penetration. Scorpios have a yearning to penetrate the depths of everything, including the subconscious self, and this is part of the destiny and purpose. Not for the sake of it, but to gain a deeper awareness of the self and its wounds, and to transform itself from wounding experiences. That gut wrenching love relationship where we have been abandoned once again, or any other loss for that matter, allows for a total and complete release of all the emotional states that come with the abandonment - the tears, and rage, the fears, the resentment, etc. Through this experience, we are likely to question why we have allowed another person to make us to feel this way? We have put so much emphasis and importance onto this person that when they are gone, we fall apart. The resolution to this is to look towards the oppostite polarity. The opposite polarity of scorpio is taurus, and taurus asks us to be self-sufficient, to find our self-worth and to rely on our own inner resources (like self-love). When we integrate the taurus polarity into our being, we strike a balance to all the scorpio merging with others unhealthfully.
Taurus helps a scorpio to learn about self-containment, self-love and self worth. It wants us to build up our inner reserves and resources first, and then merge with another human being healthfully and in a balanced way. Scorpio and the 8th house (when operating on a higher plane) rules true spiritual partnerships, very deep and intense, where 2 souls come together, each separate, yet whole within themselves and combine their powers to create something magnificent and powerful together. This can only happen after much deep psychological house cleaning is undertaken. Furthermore, this polarity is not just about relationships and loss of loved ones, but also has to do with money, resources and physical assets, both ours and others. Here is where we learn to balance supporting ourselves and allowing others to support us, monetarily and emotionally.
This is a deeply complex sign of the zodiac that needs a greater depth of understanding. Once we begin to understand its purpose and evolutionary intent, we can start to heal the wounds of the past and build something new within us, a solid sense of self and strength that we can share with others. So lets go easy on our fellow scorpios...they are only looking for love and to belong. Isn't that what were all in search of after all....
