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Scorpio

Also called Scorpio sign

The eighth sign; astrologers associate it with intensity, secrecy and transformation.

Astrologers associate Scorpio with depth, loyalty, control and emotional honesty. Modern astrologers give it Pluto as co-ruler. In the tropical zodiac the Sun is in Scorpio from about 23 October to 21 November, the exact moment varying by a day from year to year.

How it is worked out
Tropical longitude 210° to 240°; element water, modality fixed, polarity yin; traditional ruler Mars, modern ruler Pluto.
  • Kind: Tradition, Interpretation
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: used

Related: Water signs, Fixed signs, Polarity, Zodiac sign, Mars, Pluto, Modern rulership

Written for Cool Moon Facts in its own words. An astrology source documents what astrologers believe or practise; it does not establish that astrology works.

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