Zodiac sign · element: Water · quality: fixed
Sign: Scorpio
Scorpio is a sign of water and depth. The tradition sees in it intensity, loyalty and the need to reach the core of things.
Strength
You are not afraid of what is difficult and hidden, and you can stay with someone when others leave.
Cost
Depth has its price. Your trust may be given slowly and withdrawn quickly.
Element: Water
Water is feeling, intuition and closeness. Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces belong to it.
Quality: fixed
The fixed quality is endurance. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius stand in the middle of the seasons, and the tradition links them with persistence.
Planets in this sign
Sun
The tradition links the Sun in Scorpio with an intense identity, focused on depth and on the truth hidden under the surface. Your strength may show up in situations others back away from.
Moon
The tradition links the Moon in Scorpio with deep, intense feelings that are often kept hidden. You may trust slowly, and once you do, without reservation.
Mercury
The tradition links Mercury in Scorpio with a probing mind that looks for what is hidden between the words. You may ask the question others would rather avoid.
Venus
The tradition links Venus in Scorpio with intense affection that wants the whole truth about the other person. Closeness may be all or nothing for you.
Mars
The tradition links Mars in Scorpio with a focused, persistent will that does not give up easily. You may keep a chosen goal to yourself and pursue it to the end.
Jupiter
The tradition links Jupiter in Scorpio with growth through depth, the courage to look at hard things, and transformation. Your wisdom may be born from what others would rather leave unspoken.
Saturn
The tradition links Saturn in Scorpio with perseverance in hard matters and caution in trust. Control may give you calm, and handing it over may take a long time.
Uranus
The tradition reads Uranus in Scorpio as a generational theme: uncovering what is hidden and transformation through crisis. You may not be afraid to tear down what is no longer alive.
Neptune
The tradition reads Neptune in Scorpio as a generational theme: a fascination with the secret, the forbidden and the deep. You may be drawn to what lies beneath the surface of things.
Pluto
Pluto in Scorpio stands in its own sign. The tradition reads it as the theme of a generation unafraid of what is hidden, intense and irreversible.