Sign of the zodiacKeyword: "I desire"11 Signature slots
Scorpio is the Scorpion, Fixed Water ruled by Mars and, in modern astrology, Pluto: depth, intensity, secrets, and transformation through death and rebirth. It rules the season when the year decays. In the Arkedalia its Prime Element is Dark.
Work with Scorpio for
- Transformation and rebirth
- Protection and counter-magic
- Uncovering secrets
- Shadow work and banishing
Working with Scorpio
Work with Scorpio on a Tuesday or at the dark moon. Write what must end on paper, then burn it safely in a fireproof dish and bury the ash. Scorpio magic works by letting something die so something else can live.
The Signature
What to reach for
★ = Signature pickChosen from the traditions below
Explore deeper: what each tradition says
| Attribute | Tradition | Says |
|---|---|---|
| Element | Common practice | Water |
| Modality | Common practice | Fixed |
| Ruling planet | Common practice | Pluto |
| Traditional astrology | Mars | |
| In detriment here | Traditional astrology | Venus |
| In fall here | Traditional astrology | Moon |
| Magical intent | Common practice | Transformation, Power, Regeneration, Banishing |
| Day | Common practice | Tuesday |
| Metal | Common practice | Iron |
| Color | Common practice | Black, Crimson |
| Color, King scale | Golden Dawn | Green blue |
| Color, Queen scale | Golden Dawn | Dull brown |
| Color, Emperor scale | Golden Dawn | Very dark brown |
| Color, Empress scale | Golden Dawn | Livid indigo brown |
| Stone | Common practice | Obsidian, Garnet, Topaz, Malachite |
| Golden Dawn | Snakestone | |
| Plant | Agrippa | Scorpion-grass |
| Common practice | Basil, Wormwood, Patchouli | |
| Golden Dawn | Cactus | |
| Perfume | Common practice | Myrrh, Patchouli |
| Golden Dawn | Siamese Benzoin, Opoponax | |
| Animal | Agrippa | Scorpion |
| Golden Dawn | Scorpion, Beetle, Lobster, Wolf | |
| Body | Common practice | Reproductive Organs |
| Tarot card | Golden Dawn | Death |
| Minor arcana | Golden Dawn | Knight of Wands, Five of Cups, Six of Cups, Seven of Cups, King of Cups |
| Hebrew letter | Golden Dawn | Nun |
| Early Kabbalah (Sepher Yetzirah) | Nun | |
| Angel of the sign | Agrippa | Barbiel |
| Apostle | Agrippa | Philip |
| Tribe of Israel | Agrippa | Benjamin |
| Evangelist | Christian mysticism | John the Evangelist |
| Place on the Tree | Golden Dawn | Path 24 |
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