more on Scorpio

Scorpio doesn't get enough credit. There's something so furtive about planets in this sign in a natal chart. One of the greatest pieces of planets in Scorpio is the willingness to face everything. A planet in Scorpio won't shy away from exposing a shadow in order to see the rawness behind it.

For examples sake; have you ever had a cold sore? If you've ever had one, you know how it feels to want to hide out completely until that sucker is gone. The thought of exposing it to the light for all to see is nauseating. But Scorpio will want to see it, point it out, look at it under fluorescent light and watch intently to know just exactly how that nausea feels. At best, Scorpio has a deep sense of empathy for the discomfort of exposure and admiration for courage in the revelation. At worst, you're being manipulated into exposing something for the sheer power they have over you and your weakness.

This double edged quality is exactly why Scorpio has the reputation it has. If you fear exposure, if you wear a facade, if you hide, they will know. That kind of intense quiet knowledge is treacherous if you'd rather not be found out to others or yourself for that matter. This level of knowing is absolutely necessary to growth on the Earth plane. To be able to look at yourself naked in the mirror without adjusting to the light to make things more beautiful; you gain the strength to accomplish anything you set out to. Or you see what you've let yourself become and access the formidable will power to change.

There's a little bit of Scorpio energy in all of us. Some more than others, but wherever it is, the opportunity to really reach into the center of the Earth and grab a fist full of worms and draw them to your face for a close look at the beauty within the disgusting is exactly what this world needs! If we are to learn the true powers of empathy and fully living to aspire to a better world, we have to see everything with fearless eyes and be willing to hold that steady impenetrable gaze and let the world know that we saw it. No matter how hideous, we accept it and draw real, deep and true energy from it to rise up and manifest a more authentic and palpable self.

See Venus in Scorpio for a creative representation...