Planets In Scorpio

Planets and points in Scorpio express with intensity, a quality you will recognise if you who have a planet or two (or three) in this sign. If your Ascendant or Midheaven falls in Scorpio, that sign’s qualities will also be familiar to you. Planets and points in Scorpio use that sign’s transformational energy when they express the functions they represent in your birth chart. For example, the Sun in Scorpio will not be experienced in the same way as the Moon, Saturn or the Midheaven (MC) in this sign.

So, what do your natal planets and points represent? The personal planets represent parts of your character that are easily recognisable to you. The Sun signifies your inner self and the Moon your emotional side. Mercury represents your mind, Venus your desire nature and Mars your ability to assert yourself. When they express through Scorpio those areas of your life are experienced intuitively and with determination. Similarly, the Ascendant and Midheaven in this sign indicate that you engage with the world from a place that is both psychologically aware and uncompromising.

The outer planets are less personal in their representation, and Scorpio energy manifests through them in specific ways: through the ‘social planets’, Jupiter and Saturn, Scorpio energy influences your personal growth and development (Jupiter) and your attitudes towards authority and responsibility (Saturn). Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are the ‘generational planets’; by zodiac sign, they affect everyone born at around the same time.

Sun in Scorpio

The Sun represents your core self, so what is the nature of your essential being? Scorpio traits define who you feel yourself to be at a fundamental level. Every Scorpio treads softly, but carries a big stick, a mantra that should be engraved on every Scorpio heart. You’re conscious of your personal power, and you engage purposefully with life, and your radar is always on red alert for those who would do you down. Trust is a major issue; you trust few people, and you must learn to trust your own instincts.

You have an instinct for natural justice and fighting for the underdog. You know when to strike with precision. You know the meaning of absolute power; you spend your life seeking it or challenging those who abuse it. You know how easy it is to inflict pain and to suffer pain – yet you know that suffering is also a catalyst for growth. It must have been a Scorpio who first said, ‘no pain, no gain’, a phrase that gives insight into your mindset and your qualities of endurance. You are capable of great personal transformation; it’s your superpower. Use it well.

Moon in Scorpio

The Moon represents our comfort zone; It’s where we we feel most safe and secure. So, is lunar Scorpio comfortable with intense or extreme emotionalism? For most of us – including many of you with the Moon in this sign – that would feel uncomfortable. Fortunately, your energy is often focused on emotional control; there is little emotion visible on the surface. However, you need emotional intensity: sex, relationships, food, your domestic life, your relationship with your mother – lunar issues are marked by an ‘all or nothing’, passionate, tempestuous or possessive attitude – and that’s okay with you.

That emotional scenario may feel like the antithesis of chilled, but it’s what you need. However, emotional intensity does not make your inner life a soap opera. At home, you prefer things to be done your way, but your real preference is for your private life to be the way you prefer it to be. Your tastes in all things may be extreme, from home decor to the food you eat. You can be emotionally demanding and uncompromising. You love more deeply and passionately than most people. Especially your dog. And when times are tough? You step up to the plate.

Mercury in Scorpio

Mercury in Scorpio communicates and processes information in depth. This is the most secretive sign of the zodiac and you communicate on a ‘need to know’ basis, giving no more information than you think is necessary. Sometimes, even that is too big an ask. You’re not rude, but you can be defensive if you think someone is getting too close to the truth. You’re also a little telepathic sometimes – you know what people are thinking and what’s going to be said before it happens. And you don’t understand why other people aren’t that way too.

Mercury in this sign processes information in silence. You never ‘shoot from the lip’. Your responses to any question are incisive and considered. And remember, not everyone has an ulterior motive when they’re asking your opinion. Like the other water signs, you’re instinctive – you sense what is true and what is not. Your ability to ‘read between the lines’ makes you a great detective, and detection is a gift useful in almost any line of work – especially those where truth and facts matter. And the truth always matters.

Venus in Scorpio

So, here we have the sexiest Venus sign – or so we are told. The truth is more complex; Venus represents what and who you love and whatever gives you pleasure. Scorpio Venus is intense and passionate. It’s those ‘all or nothing’ qualities that make you attractive, and they are the qualities you are attracted towards. You can be hard to handle and you may find your own extreme passions hard to handle too. Your jealousy is easily aroused. Scorpio is transformational: manipulation, betrayal and vengeance can be transformed into true intimacy and trust. It’s likely you’ll experience both of these with Venus in Scorpio.

Venus rules your finances, and this sign is associated with wealth, so are you destined to be a billionaire? That’s unlikely, but with Venus in this sign, you use your intuition to make or save money. You may indulge in the occasional extreme spending spree or other pleasurable indulgence but you’re also capable of extreme denial. You can exercise the self-control and discipline needed to change bad financial habits into good ones. However, no-one will ever know. Except you. You love to keep secrets and you’re intensely private – especially where love, sex and money are concerned.

Mars in Scorpio

Mars in Pluto-ruled Scorpio has the potential to take Mars to some dark places. It’s an intense combination; intensely sexual, intensely secretive, intensely powerful. How can such an intense, brooding force be used a positive and productive manner? Scorpio is transformative; Mars energy expressed through this sign is instinctive, and it’s best directed at difficult situations – and difficult people. Mars in Scorpio has an active sixth sense. Your motivation takes you to the heart of any issue. You approach life without fear.

However, Mars in Scorpio energy can also be used negatively and self destructively. This placement is motivated by power, and everything else is subordinate to that aim. You must win – often at any price. Mars in this sign is driven, but that drive enables you to make a difference. A passion for the dark side may take you into places others would approach with caution – and that includes morally and sexually. Fortunately, you prefer to occupy the moral high ground and you’re as likely to be a sex therapist as a sexual obsessive.

Jupiter in Scorpio

Saturn in Scorpio

Uranus in Scorpio

Uranus entered Scorpio in 1975 and hung around until 1981. Much of what I’m going to say here will resonate with those born with Pluto in Libra, because if you have Uranus in this sign you may also have Pluto in that sign too. The social revolution that hit us at that time came from the arts scene. It came from the underground counter-culture. And when it was out in the open air, it shocked the ‘establishment’ and re-shaped our notions of what was socially acceptable. Uranus in this sign challenges existing power structures and makes them obsolete.

This placement disrupts. The generation born during the Uranus in Scorpio period are now assuming positions of power, and many of them are ‘disruptors’. The question is: is this freedom or anarchy? History reveals that with Uranus in Scorpio, the zeitgeist is ever thus. In the 1890’s this placement marked the end of ‘the gilded age’. Young men born in those years would perish in the carnage of the first World War. Millions of immigrants also came to the US through Ellis Island and had their life chances transformed. Change is deeply radical when Uranus expresses through Scorpio.

Neptune in Scorpio

Neptune was in Scorpio between 1956-1970. What does history tell us about this placement? Occult practices entered the conscious realm. There was a growing appreciation of the spiritual world, yet when Pandora’s box was re-opened many demons were released. Neptune and the sign of Scorpio affect the psyche; becoming spiritually enlightened and psychologically aware is the highest manifestation of this placement. At the other end of the spectrum, we have nervous breakdowns; that’s typical of Neptune in tis sign.

During this time, suicide was decriminalised. Occult practices and awareness of mental health issues became mainstream, but in a Neptunian manner. The arts – predominantly literature and film – saw horror movies and crime thrillers become popular genres, and there were taboo breaking presentations of sexuality and violence. And, of course, that is what Neptune in this sign brings to the table; it dissolves the barriers that prevent us from exploring taboo issues and helps to transform our perceptions. If we see things in a different light, we begin to understand them.

Pluto in Scorpio

Scorpio’s ruling planet was in its own sign from 1983-1995; it may be one of the most transformational placements of all time. This generation was born in a period of relative peace and prosperity, but this is Pluto; how things change. The ‘millennial’ generation will wonder how the relative stability of their early years turned into the politically extreme, financially corrupt, environmentally degraded, militarily dangerous and generally doomed world in which they came of age. This is generation may feel they have nothing to lose.

This generation will soon assume power, and they will be uncompromising when dealing with the errors made by previous generations. Of course, they won’t all be on the same side. It’s easy to forget that. But think about it: extremes mean that no quarter is given. It’s a fight to the death. This generation may have to deal with existential events. That is fundamentally Pluto and Scorpio. To sense danger. To know, instinctively, what must be done to mitigate risk – no matter how hard the task. And they may have to transform seemingly impossible situations.

Scorpio Ascendant (AC)

With a Scorpio Ascendant your entry into the world may have been traumatic. Born during a storm, earthquake or life threatening circumstances? That’s you. Even if your birth was less dramatic, you will have become aware of life’s undercurrents at an early age and adapted your personality to suit your circumstances. This rising sign is often, a master of disguise, because it enables you to use your outer personality as a shield. You may be described as ‘impenetrable’, as you give nothing away. You may be outwardly manipulative or defensive at times.

You approach life with intensity, and you may make and re-make your self-image throughout your life. You express the qualities of your sun sign with intensity and passion, yet you also appear sensitive and empathetic. Your Scorpio ascendant makes you a force to be reckoned with, and you have a charismatic personality that makes people notice you. However, your need for secrecy can make you an unknown quantity; people may find it difficult to know the ‘real’ you.

Scorpio Midheaven (MC)

Scorpio at the Midheaven may seem a daunting prospect, but it shows you have a passionate and intense approach to your career, whatever that career may be. Your public persona is intense, your focus is total, yet that doesn’t make you a ‘difficult work’ colleague – unless your goals and ambitions are threatened. You recognise the importance of taking the team with you (mostly that is) and you gain loyalty by your commanding, powerful presence. Used well, this is a MC that can inspire and transform the lives of others, as well as transforming your own life.

Your career important to you and you’re uncompromising in your approach. Yet, you may change career at least once in your life; even more if you feel it necessary to do so. You’re your own sternest critic, and if you feel that your efforts are not meeting your needs or are going unrewarded, then you will walk away. This is, however, a great MC for people who are involved in crisis management – whether that’s at an interpersonal level or in an emergency situation. You are cool, analytical and get to the heart of the matter. Exposing secrets is your superpower of choice.

Sara Shipman

Sara Shipman is an astrologer and writer. She created Starcrazypie.com in 2020 and writes the content on this site. Sara Shipman is the author of the Predictive Astrology and Real Life Astrology series of astrology books.

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