♏ Scorpio

Scorpio is the depths of the zodiac — intense, penetrating and unafraid of the dark. It seeks the truth beneath, and is remade by what it faces.

Scorpio at a glance

• DatesOctober 23 – November 21
• ElementWater
• ModalityFixed
• Ruling planetPluto (traditionally Mars)
• PolarityNegative
• ArchetypeThe Alchemist / The Detective

What Scorpio is like

Scorpio is traditionally associated with intensity, depth, power, transformation, secrecy, passion, control. As a fixed water sign, it moves through the world in its own distinct way. A planet in Scorpio takes on this flavour — it expresses itself with Scorpio's pace and priorities. In the body it's linked to the reproductive and eliminative organs.

Scorpio also touches

intimacy, sex, death & rebirth, power, secrets, the occult, obsession, crisis, shared resources.

A question to sit with

What truth are you circling that you already know?