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The Zodiacal Sign Scorpio
Pluto and Mars-ruled
Oct.24-Nov.22nd
Quality Fixed
Element Water
Key word:
INTENSITY
I Desire -
Transformation
Stones Opal, Topaz
Flower Calendula
Symbols
Scorpio, Sacred Serpent. Eagle, Phoenix
Mysterious Zodiacal Scorpio-
With the intense and truth-exposing sting,
Housed in times past with Planet Mars, - but Oh!
Did choose to dwell in Pluto’s gloomy wing.
Desirous much to leave the god of war,
And to be to the glum realm transferred,
Preferring healing herbs and ointment jar
And surgeon’s scalpel to the Martian sword.
The Scorpio is of Water Element,
Her task,- to work in fonts and wells profound,
Drive cleansing water gushing forth to lend
Its potent healing power from the ground.
The most intensive sign of the roundel,-
Scorp boldly entered the most somber zone,
Deep underground in Pluto-Hades hell
To meet King Hades and Queen Persephone.
Determined, forceful and intuitive,
Exciting and magnetic Scorpio is,
With passions flaming high she will achieve
Success in most exacting ministries.
Dare not impugn her honor, hurt her pride,
She'll keep you in her eyes alike a sleuth,
And follow you and suddenly decide
To pluck your feathers and then fry the goose.
Outside composure is deceptive, she
Displays a placid calm exterior,
But seething inside with intensity--
Harnessed aggression - man should not ignore.
In classical design vestigial
The Cadduceus, doctors' stern baton-
The emblem so familiar to us all-
Physicians’ signal rod - the Scorpion.
Her Quality is “Fixed“ - firm as cement-
Her Energy is feminine,- the YIN-
Is focused and of purposeful intent,-
Joins magnetism to self-discipline.
Topaz - her Stone - Chrysanthemum her flower-
INTENSITY is Scorpio’s second name,
Determination, passion and will power
Prod her to reach her goal and win her game.
A "Super Scorpio" * held in its grip,
And cut the fatal trapping quick and clean,
Then brought to surface high a sunken ship,
And freed the crew of the doomed sub-marine.
As “Fixed” a sign she has ability
To overcome obstacles in her way,
And turn desires to reality
Without ungainly hassle nor delay.
Beware! dare not to ever mess with her,
Aflame when vexed,- she is so passionate,
And idle flattery will not deter,
Her sting when pointless cracks importunate.
Intuitive,- she does hypothesize,
Will listen, but herself is reticent,
Spots crooks like a detective in disguise,
But longs intensely for the transcendent.
The Scorpio-Phoenix-Eagle mystical,
Did give to Moses glorious victory,
When in the wilderness he held up tall
The Serpent “Wisdom” to the enemy.
But Christian folk designed the Scorpion
As phoenix risen, and then taking flight,
As Scorpio-winged Eagle of St. John
Who spoke - intense - and soared into the light.
Best wishes to all Scorpians!
© Elizabeth Dandy
*This refers to the marvellous rescue of the Russian sailers ensnared beneath the sea and rescued with the help of a Superscropio around August 17/05
