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Scorpio personality, love and compatibility The sign that goes deep.

Scorpio is the eighth sign of the zodiac, a fixed water sign ruled by Mars and, in modern astrology, Pluto. It usually runs from 23 October to 21 November. By the zodiac's geometry, its easiest matches are Cancer and Pisces, and its hardest are Leo and Aquarius.

Scorpio people feel intensely, trust slowly and keep their loyalty for the few who earn it. They are the zodiac's most private sign and its most determined.

Dates
23 October to 21 November
Element
Water
Mode
Fixed
Ruler
Mars and Pluto
Symbol
The Scorpion
Opposite
Taurus
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Scorpio on the zodiac wheelScorpio sits at the top of the wheel. Trines, the easiest angle, run to Cancer and Pisces; sextiles to Virgo and Capricorn; squares, the friction, to Leo and Aquarius; and the opposite sign is Taurus.ARITAUGEMCANLEOVIRLIBSCOSAGCAPAQUPIS
Scorpio and the other eleven signs. TrineSextileSquareOpposite

Love

A Scorpio in love wants all of you, or nothing

Scorpio romance is intense and serious. They are drawn to depth, mystery and honesty, and they read people well enough to find a lie quickly. A Scorpio courts carefully, watching whether you keep confidences, before letting you close. Once they do, the connection is emotional, physical and complete.

They expect the same loyalty back. Scorpios test partners, often without meaning to, and betrayal is rarely forgiven. The partners who do well with a Scorpio are open, steady and unafraid of strong feeling, and with them a Scorpio stays for life.

Compatibility

How Scorpio gets on with each of the twelve signs

Scorpio's easiest matches are Cancer and Pisces, the other two water signs, which sit in trine. Virgo and Capricorn, a sextile away, come next. Taurus, directly opposite, is the classic pull of opposites. The hardest angles are the squares to Leo and Aquarius.

  1. CancerTrine, 120°Easy flow

    Cancer's care and Scorpio's loyalty make a protective, emotional couple that understands without being told.

  2. PiscesTrine, 120°Easy flow

    One of the most natural matches Scorpio has. Pisces meets Scorpio's depth without fear, and Scorpio protects Pisces.

  3. VirgoSextile, 60°Open door

    Virgo is discreet and precise, Scorpio private and perceptive. A quietly loyal couple who value honesty and keep each other's secrets.

  4. CapricornSextile, 60°Open door

    A powerful, loyal pairing. Capricorn's ambition and Scorpio's determination build something serious, and both keep their word.

  5. TaurusOpposition, 180°Opposites attract

    The most magnetic match Scorpio has. Taurus offers steadiness and loyalty, Scorpio offers depth, and both are possessive and both stay.

  6. ScorpioSame sign, 0°Mirror

    Two Scorpios understand each other completely and trust each other slowly. Intense, loyal, and dangerous in a quarrel.

  7. LibraSemi-sextile, 30°Neighbours

    Libra's charm draws Scorpio out, and Scorpio's depth fascinates Libra. Scorpio can find Libra's diplomacy evasive.

  8. SagittariusSemi-sextile, 30°Neighbours

    Sagittarius is open and roaming, Scorpio private and committed. Scorpio can feel Sagittarius is too free, and Sagittarius can feel watched.

  9. AriesQuincunx, 150°Adjustment

    Mars rules both in traditional astrology. Aries fights in the open, Scorpio plays the long game: strong attraction and a lot of heat to manage.

  10. GeminiQuincunx, 150°Adjustment

    Gemini's lightness intrigues Scorpio and makes it suspicious. Scorpio wants depth, Gemini wants variety, and trust takes work.

  11. LeoSquare, 90°Friction

    Two strong wills. Leo wants to shine and Scorpio wants control, and the chemistry is as strong as the clashes.

  12. AquariusSquare, 90°Friction

    Two fixed signs who think very differently. Aquarius detaches, Scorpio attaches, and both are stubborn: fascinating and hard.

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Personality

Scorpio trusts slowly and commits completely

Scorpio is a fixed water sign, traditionally ruled by Mars and in modern astrology by Pluto. Scorpios live below the surface: they notice what people hide, remember what they are told, and keep their own inner life under lock. A calm Scorpio face often sits over strong feeling, and people who read a quiet Scorpio as indifferent are usually wrong.

Their intensity is the gift and the problem. When a Scorpio commits to a goal, a person or a grudge, they commit completely, and letting go is hard. Jealousy and control grow where trust is thin. The Scorpios who do best turn that depth toward work that needs it, such as research, healing or crisis, and learn to trust people who have shown they are safe.

CardinalFixedMutable
FireAriesLeoSagittarius
EarthCapricornTaurusVirgo
AirLibraAquariusGemini
WaterCancerScorpioPisces
Scorpio sits where water meets fixed. It shares its element with Cancer and Pisces and its mode with Taurus, Leo and Aquarius.

At their best

Loyal, perceptive, brave, resourceful, discreet, and fiercely protective of the people they love.

Under pressure

Secretive, suspicious, jealous and slow to forgive. A hurt Scorpio goes quiet, and the silence has weight.

What they need

Trust earned over time, privacy, honesty without games, and relationships with real depth.

Scorpio dates

Born on 22, 23 or 24 October? The year decides

Horoscopes round the dates. We measured the moment the Sun entered Scorpio in every year from 1940 to 2030 with Astronomy Engine, the engine behind every Skyprint reading.

The Sun entered Scorpio on

  • 22 October4 of 91 years
  • 23 October75 of 91 years
  • 24 October12 of 91 years

It moved on into Sagittarius on

  • 21 November7 of 91 years
  • 22 November77 of 91 years
  • 23 November7 of 91 years
Dates are in UTC, so your local calendar date can differ by one. If your birthday is one of these days, your birth time and place settle it: check your exact Sun sign, free.

From the book

What the reading says when Scorpio turns up in a chart

Chapter 2Sun in Scorpio

You feel in absolutes and trust in stages.

Nothing about you is casual, even when you act like it is. You watch, you remember, you decide slowly and then completely. Your loyalty, once given, is total, and your judgement, once made, rarely moves.

You are drawn to whatever is hidden: motives, secrets, the real reason. People either leave you early or stay for life.

The intensity is the gift and the tax. It gives you depth nobody else in the room has, and it makes you hard to be close to when you are hurt, because you go silent and you keep score. Choose the ones who can hold intensity without flinching, and give them the thing you find hardest: the benefit of the doubt.

Chapter 3Moon in Scorpio

You need loyalty, proven, and you test for it whether you mean to or not.

You feel everything and show almost nothing. Emotions in you run deep and hot and private, and you trust people in stages, watching to see who stays when it gets difficult. Betrayal is the one thing you do not recover from easily, so you guard the entrance. Once someone is in, they have you completely.

One person who never flinches is worth more to you than a hundred admirers, and you know it. What you can learn is to let people pass the test they do not know they are taking. Say what you need before the silence does it for you. The intimacy you want is on the other side of the sentence you find hardest.

Chapter 6Venus in Scorpio

You love completely or not at all.

Attraction in you is deep, private and absolute. You want intimacy that goes all the way down, and you have no interest in anything casual, however you might pretend. You are loyal to the end and you expect the same, and you test for it, quietly, all the time. The partner who passes has something rare: your whole trust.

The tax is jealousy, control, and a memory that keeps every wound. Learn to let someone love you without surveillance. Venus in Scorpio at its best is the deepest bond in the zodiac; at its worst it is a locked room with two people in it. Leave the door unlocked.

Printed word for word from the Skyprint reading. A chart with the Sun in Scorpio gets the first page. The Moon and Venus pages appear only when those planets were in Scorpio too, and your own chart decides which of the twelve versions you read.
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Questions

Scorpio questions, answered

When are the Scorpio dates?

Scorpio usually runs from 23 October to 21 November. The start moves by a day: between 1940 and 2030 the Sun entered Scorpio on 22 October in 4 years, 23 October in 75 years and 24 October in 12 years, in UTC. If you were born on one of those days, your birth time and place decide your sign.

Who is Scorpio most compatible with?

By the geometry of the zodiac, Scorpio's easiest matches are Cancer and Pisces, the other water signs, followed by Virgo and Capricorn. Taurus, the opposite sign, brings the strongest pull and the most work, and the squares to Leo and Aquarius are the hardest angles. A real match also depends on the Moon, Venus, Mars and rising sign in both charts.

Why are Scorpios so secretive?

Scorpio is a fixed water sign, and astrology reads it as the part of us that guards what matters most. Scorpios share their inner life slowly because they have learned that information given carelessly can be used carelessly. Time and proven discretion open them up.

Are Scorpios jealous?

They can be. Scorpio loves with full commitment and fears losing what it has invested in. The jealousy fades when trust is steady and nothing is hidden, and Scorpios are usually the first to admit they struggle with it.

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All signs and the compatibility chart. How this page was made: Skyprint is built and edited by Khalil Yazouri. The text was drafted with AI assistance. The sign dates were measured with Astronomy Engine for every year from 1940 to 2030, the compatibility follows the angles between the signs, and the sample pages are printed word for word from the reading's own library.