Scorpio: Personality and Compatibility
A fixed water sign. Like life sleeping deep underground in late autumn, Scorpio is the mysterious sign that looks into the depths of things.
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- Dates (approx.)
- 24 October – 22 November
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Fixed
- Ruling planet
- Pluto (traditionally Mars)
- Keywords
- depth, insight, transformation
- Body
- Reproductive organs
- Lucky colors
- Deep crimson and black
- Ecliptic longitude
- 210° – 240°
1.The Scorpio personality
Strengths
With outstanding insight and focus, you see things through. You are deeply loyal to those you trust.
Things to watch
You can be jealous and too black-and-white. Secretive, you take time to show your true feelings.
2.Love and work
Love: Once you love, you give everything. You want a deep, intense bond and look for a lifelong partner.
Work: Research, medicine, psychology, finance and investment, investigation and insurance: work that digs deep.
3.Signs that get along with Scorpio
The other water signs (Cancer and Pisces) share your values, while the earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) bring out the best in you.
4.The dates shift a little each year
A sign begins at the moment the sun reaches 210° of ecliptic longitude, so the boundary moves by about a day from year to year. Exact dates in Japan Standard Time:
| Year | Scorpio (JST) |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 18:38 – Nov 21, 2026 |
| 2027 | Oct 24, 2027 0:33 – Nov 21, 2027 |
If you were born on a boundary day, check with the Sun, Moon and Rising sign reading.
5.Not just the Sun sign: the Moon sign too
Horoscope columns use your Sun sign, but the sign the Moon was in when you were born shows your private face and how your feelings move. See also the basics of Western astrology.
6.One sign earlier in Indian astrology
Indian astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, which sits about 24° behind the tropical one, so most people born as Scorpio are Libra there. Read more in What is Indian astrology?