The Sun in Scorpio...
The Sun in astrology symbolizes the core essence of who you are -- your individuality and sense of self. It describes what is likely to motivate you, and why. The Sun Sign describes the prime focal point within the personality structure, and is of major importance. Understanding and developing these aspects of the self will help you to develop and expand your sense of being the authentic self you truly wish to be. Understanding the house in which your Sun is found will give even greater detail.
Scorpio: Fixed Water
Ruler: Mars and Pluto
Keywords- Transformation Intensity Purification Sexuality
Positive: Creativity, healing, ability to transform and release, strength of purpose, loyalty, compassion, understanding, focus, determination, inspirational, devoted to Spirit, pure, unfettered, intimate, erotic
Negative- Destroyer, annihilation, selfish, cruel, twisted, barbed, seduces, manipulates, betrays, exposes, vampirism, abuse, attempt to merge, possess and control.
When the Sun is found in the mysterious sign of Scorpio, the emphasis is on the subtle and the profound. Motivated to experience the truth of emotional intensity, Scorpio individuals often have much to learn about the nature of power. You are likely to have an inner need to experience the raw truth about yourself and other people through penetrating deeply down to the core of what really makes you and others tick. This is the sign of desire and psychological motivations, and you are likely, by hook or by crook, to develop an intimate understanding of this area of human experience.
This capacity to penetrate down to the core of human motivation means that you are not likely to mince your words, or avoid facing reality. Your need to get to the core essence of something means that you are likely to prefer dealing with things as they really are. This sign rules matters to do with sexuality, death, birth, destruction, transformation and regeneration. It is also associated with magic and the occult or deep psychological and unconscious forces. You may find yourself drawn toward, or fascinated by, any of these areas of experience. You are prepared to face yourself and others at their most exposed or raw level. Scorpio is associated with emotional intensity, and it is here that this sign gets its reputation for charisma, allure and danger. Others find you provocative when you are simply seeking to face the truth. Your willingness to deal with the essence of things means that you will see through any façade, and will know when deception is afoot. It is very difficult for anyone to pull the wool over your eyes, for you are likely to know what is really motivating someone and why. Because of your capacity to see down to the roots of a matter, you tend to deal with things as they really if, if the mood suits you.
For as much as Scorpios are famed for their intensity, they are also famed for their sting, and learning to deal with the negative and toxic parts of you own nature is an essential part of this willingness to face the truth. Because you deal in power and truth, you know the impact your words can have. They can be used to harm as much as they can be used to heal. Those Scorpios who have not learnt to develop and refine their personalities will use a well-aimed remark to destroy someone else, and will attack others at their weakest and most vulnerable point. Sometimes this is done to see them destroyed. There is an all-or-nothing intensity about this sign that must be handled with care. It is the toxic and non-regenerative aspects of your own nature that will make you strike defensively at others, for you must become aware of your own faults before you can comfortably deal with others. This sign requires you to regenerate your own emotional nature, to look at what is truly motivating you and why, so that you can grow and evolve. You may be prey to intense emotional needs and desires that demand satisfaction. You may seek to control and subtly dominate others in your explorations around the nature of power. You may be drawn to the dark and morbid aspects of life as you are drawn to an encounter with these aspects of yourself. Deborah Houlding explains it like this- For Scorpios who lack conscious direction this can seem an exhaustive ongoing process, a life full of highs and lows, passion and pain, with the zenith and nadir of experience expanding with each successive turn. There is no doubt that this full exposure to experience involves pain, suffering, hardship, distress and agonised emotions. The 'private parts' relate symbolically to the depths of the hidden, unlit realms; where the raw, gritty and disquieting elements of all that is unpleasant and socially unacceptable take place. Most Scorpios have encountered the harsher realities of the world at some level or another, and being fixed in disposition they retain their experiences - even the most in-depth, transpersonal counselling techniques can only help to bring acceptance and understanding, they do not erase the memories. Through Scorpio we are drawn to confronting and conquering such demons, a journey requiring an honest acceptance of how we contribute towards, as well as suffer from, the issues that underlie corrupted patterns of behaviour.[1] Finding and refining the undercurrents in your own nature will purify your interactions with others.
Once this has occurred, you can operate as a powerful force for change in others lives, helping people to transform themselves and their situations. For these reasons many Scorpios seem to be drawn to emergency and crisis situations, where your natural sensitivity to others and ability to respond powerfully in crises finds a natural outlet. You may be privy to the secret lives of others, acting like a vault to hold the information people need to share about themselves when they have nowhere else to turn. You know the power of secrecy, and are likely to be quite private yourself, so you will keep a confidence with great loyalty. Letting others confide in you is a powerful means of helping them to see themselves clearly and to change.
Another aspect of the Scorpio nature involves the management of other people’s resources, either material or financial. This is a very financial sign, and you may have special talents, and interests, in dealing with finances and resource management. You excel at knowing when to go forward and when to pull back, for your intuitive sense of timing is often excellent. You understand that the best form of attack is often defence and can patiently wait for exactly the right moment to act, when other, less tenacious signs, have lost momentum, and so dissipated their potential power and effectiveness. Thus you may be naturally attuned to work in financial and property markets, where the ability to see the true value of something and wield power from behind the scenes is a real asset.
This is a complex sign with many dimensions of expression. Scorpio is unique in that it has three symbols which describe its expression- the scorpion, the eagle and the phoenix. Each of these symbols tells us something about what motivates the Scorpio individual, and what their potential in life might be. When the Sun is found here you have the gift of penetrating to the core essence of experiences, to see things as they truly are. You have the opportunity to offer your truly compassionate and sensitive nature to those who can benefit from the wisdom you have gained from confronting your own inner desires and demons. You can become a powerful agent for transformation and change in others lives as you learn to renew and transform your own nature through constant cycles of crisis and regeneration. True intimacy is your prime objective, and you are likely to seek deep, one-on-one encounters with others where you can safely explore the depth of your emotional nature. This comes about through being truthful with the self.
[1] Houlding, Deborah from The Signs of the Zodiac, www.skyscript.co.uk
