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pg=PA67 The Mystery Teaching of the Bible] Cosimo, Inc., 2005, p. 67 ♦ ''"The Man or angel (Aquarius, the water bearer) is Reuben ('unstable as water'), while the Eagle (Aquila) is a substitute for Scorpio, the serpent. There was a Jewish tradition that from the tribe of Dan (Scorpio) was to come the anti-Messiah; hence the substitution for Scorpio of Aquila, which although it lies outside the circle of the Zodiac, rises at the same time as Scorpio and may therefore be substituted for it."'' |
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| Zodiac symbol | Scorpion |
| Duration (tropical, western) | October 23 – November 22 (2025, UT1)[1] |
| Constellation | Scorpius |
| Zodiac element | Water |
| Zodiac quality | Fixed |
| Sign ruler | Pluto |
| Detriment | Venus |
| Exaltation | Uranus |
| Fall | Moon |
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Scorpio (♏) (Template:Lang-gr, Skorpios; Template:Lang-lat) is the eighth astrological sign in the Zodiac. It spans the 210-240th degree of the zodiac, between 207.25 and 234.75 degree of celestial longitude, an area which the Sun transits on average between October 23 and November 22 each year, linked to the constellation of Scorpius.
In sidereal astrology, the sun currently transits the constellation of Scorpius from November 16 to December 15 (approximately).
The sigil ♏ stands for the Latin name of the 8th house, with which Scorpio is associated—Mors ("Death").[2]
An individual born under the influence of Scorpio may be called a Scorpio or a Scorpian.[3]
Associations
Before the discovery of Pluto in 1930, the planetary ruler of Scorpio was Mars,[4] but modern astrologers tend to use Pluto as the sole ruler.[5]
In Ancient Egypt, Scorpio was known as the Serpent;[6] in Ancient Israel, as the Eagle.[7][8]
Alpha Scorpii is Antares (Template:Lang-gr),[9] which implies that Scorpio is the antithesis of Aries—the name of the 1st house, with which Aries is associated, is "Life", while the name of the 8th house, with which Scorpio is associated, is "Death".
The Lamb (Aries) and the Serpent (Scorpio) represent the head (alpha) and the tail/penis (omega) of the solar year.
The sun becomes born as Aries/Lamb (Ares/Christ) at the point of the vernal equinox, then dies on a cross (i.e., crosses the celestial equator downwardly) at the point of the autumnal equinox and descends to the netherworld, turning into Scorpio/Serpent (Antares[9]/Antichrist[8]):
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life."
—John 3:14–15 English Standard Version
The head of the wild and woolly Lamb is highly bilateral and symbolizes the mutual incoherence (struggle) of the opposites (Polemos). In the linearized body of the Serpent, bilaterality is subdued—the opposites are collimated (reconciled) into a coherent flow (Logos). The Serpent is looped on itself, which symbolizes self-consciousness and eternal recurrence.
References
- ^ Astronomical Applications Department 2011.
- ^ Needleman, Jacob ♦ The Sword of Gnosis Arkana, 1986, p. 222
- ^ Oxford Dictionaries. "Scorpio". Definition. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ Heindel, p. 81.
- ^ Gettings, Fred ♦ The Arkana Dictionary of Astrology Penguin Books, 1985, p. 432 ♦ "The tendency in modern times (mainly as a result of the work being done to classify the workings of the so-called new planets, and in some cases because of what might be termed as 'bureaucratic aesthetics'), has been to eliminate completely the last vestiges of the dual rulership which lay at the basis of the Ptolemaic system."
- ^ Zodiac The Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911 ♦ "A Serpent was the Egyptian equivalent of Scorpio."
- ^ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland v. 16, Cambridge University Press, 1834, p. 112 ♦ "Sir W. Drummond, in his Œdipus Judaicus, p. 126, says that the Jews substituted the eagle for the scorpion, the latter being a sign accursed."
- ^ a b Grove, Daisy E. ♦ The Mystery Teaching of the Bible Cosimo, Inc., 2005, p. 67 ♦ "The Man or angel (Aquarius, the water bearer) is Reuben ('unstable as water'), while the Eagle (Aquila) is a substitute for Scorpio, the serpent. There was a Jewish tradition that from the tribe of Dan (Scorpio) was to come the anti-Messiah; hence the substitution for Scorpio of Aquila, which although it lies outside the circle of the Zodiac, rises at the same time as Scorpio and may therefore be substituted for it."
- ^ a b Gettings, Fred ♦ The Arkana Dictionary of Astrology Penguin Books, 1985, p. 24 ♦ "Antares: Sometimes called Antar, in confusion with a literary hero (see Allen), the modern name is said to be derived from its red colour, in that it was rival even of the planet Mars—the Greek, anti-Ares."
Sources
- Heindel, Max (1919), Simplified Scientific Astrology: A Complete Textbook on the Art of Erecting a Horoscope, with Philosophic Encyclopedia and Tables of Planetary Hours (4 ed.), Rosicrucian Fellowship, OCLC 36106074
