Scorpio

Ruler – Mars/Pluto; water element, fixed, yin

Scorpio the Scorpion is a powerful yet quiet sign that’s capable of great achievements as well as great tragedies. Scorpio explores the depths of the human mind and emotions and is gifted with a strong ability for lengthy research, exploration and personal transformation. It’s a sign that seeks stability through long-term relationships and romantic devotion and financial security through hard work and shrewd money management and acquisitions. 

Venus is in detriment and the Moon is in fall in Scorpio. Challenges for the sign include learning to heal from emotional wounds without becoming bitter, controlling the impulse to strike back from perceived offenses, and releasing the old to embrace the new.