Scorpio through the Houses

Posted on 9 Feb 2010 by in Signs through the Houses, Zodiac Signs • 41 Comments

Scorpio in the 1st house

intense blue eyesA steady unbreakable gaze. The winner of a staring contest. Boring holes through the back of people’s heads with your eyes. Liking to give off an impression of being intense. A passionate approach to life. A person who likes to cause extreme reactions in others through their personal appearance: sometimes making extreme faces, other times showing no expression at all. Hiding all clues to the inner self through the outer mask. A person who actually, physically, hides. A person who does not like having photos taken. A person who seeks an outer, physical transformation. A person who is obsessed with her own appearance. A person whose presence exudes sexuality. Intense presence. Sexual presence. A person who approaches life in a paranoid and suspicious way. A person who has an intensely healing presence. Making people feel uncomfortable. A person who doesn’t know how to relax. A person who likes to cause extreme reactions in others through his appearance. Physical extremist. Wanting to be seen as intense, passionate and sexual. Liking to be in control of surroundings. Wanting to be in control of the way you are perceived. An approach to life that is all or nothing. Resentment and bitterness toward life. Wanting to look like a spy, detective, investigator or sex siren. Liking to look dead. Goths. Heavy metal enthusiasts. (Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Ed Norton, Bjork, Beyonce, Grace Kelly, Gwen Stefani, Jim Carrey, Prince, Megan Fox, Marquis de Sade, Abraham Lincoln, Robin Williams, Vin Diesel, JK Rowling, Sid Vicious, Edgar Allan Poe, and David Lynch)

Scorpio in the 2nd house

Intense feelings about money. A love / hate relationship with money. An intense interest in personal finance and personal financial security. Intensely possessive of personal finances. Jealous when other people have more financial freedom. Valuing intensity, passion, eroticism and sexuality. Valuing suspicion and being secretive. Secretive about personal finances. Hiding money. Money under the mattress. A complete overhaul of your belongings from time to time. Finding value in extremes. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Liking to own things that cause extreme reactions in others. Collecting items associated with death: funerary masks, mortician’s tools, bones, teeth, etc… Collecting items associated with the occult. Collecting erotica. Collecting sex toys. Earning a living through sexual activities. Earning a living through activities associated with death or the occult. Earning a living through the healing arts. Collecting deadly instruments in general. Collecting lingerie. Feeling resentful and bitter about money or having to earn a living. Causing extreme financial situations in your life. Being transformed by an abundance or lack of money. All or nothing financial decisions. Financial security is a life or death matter. Secret collections. Hiding collections. Sex is a survival need. Passion and intensity are survival needs. Complex survival needs. (Jennifer Lopez, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mahatma Gandhi, Britney Spears, Adolphe Hitler, Halle Berry, Bill Clinton, Frank Sinatra, and Roman Polanski)

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  • Anonymous

    Cool :) My Scorp MC is one of my fave chart areas! Oh it has its downfalls with the parental obviously and the freaky people that you meet AND the intensity can be tiring at times BUT it is an uber cool MC that I would not change for a second! Great post xo

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      The Scorpio MC is a very cool MC- trying, but cool :D

      btw, do you have Capricorn rising?

      • Anonymous

        No, I have Aqua rise, Nep is in the 10th though, square the rise! Why? you have me intrigued now Ms Michelle :P

        • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

          Oh, this is going to be disappointing…I was just wondering whether you had all fixed angles, or whether you had intercepted signs/houses. Nothing that intriguing :/

          • Anonymous

            ahhh! no, no exciting interceptions :)

    • Anany83

      me too
      have you found your  true purpose of your life?

  • Watergirl

    Scorpio in the 8th. Very interesting post Michelle–are you just brainstorming, how are you coming up with these?

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      I’m referring to keywords from a variety of sources- mainly Astrology for Yourself by Demetra George and Douglas Bloch- and I’m looking for connections among the celebrities mentioned by Astrotheme as having those placements. I’m also keeping in mind people I know in real life who have these placements- in an attempt to keep the descriptions grounded in reality.

      • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

        Adding…my answer to your question has been bothering for the entire two hours that I’ve been at the gym…

        I’ve been referencing exactly 4 books:

        Astrology for Yourself by Demetra George and Douglas Bloch
        Astrology for Women by Jessica Adams
        New Moon Astrology by Jan Spiller
        Horoscope Symbols by Robert Hand

        I wanted to use Steven Forrest’s “Inner Sky” too but I don’t own it and the library hasn’t had it in over 2 months.

        I’m going to edit that post, “Note about the Last Two Posts,” to add my references and then link it to all of the “Through the Houses” posts to be clear.

  • Christine

    Woo-hoo! Scorpio ruling the 2nd. I have a Pluto/Lilith/Juno stellium (is it still considered a stellium even though Lilith + Juno aren’t planets?) in Scorpio all sitting on the 1st/2nd house cusp.

    I’m not very good at keeping money in my pocket, but I do feel pretty extreme about having a job that lets me make enough of it. When I was seven or eight, I used to keep money hidden under the mattress and I used to steal my parents’ loose change. I always prepare double or even triple the amount of money I feel I’m going to need when I’m going somwhere. I think Scorpio ruling the 2nd could also mean, “Wanting to be more than financially secure because you were once poor.”

    “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” — Sometimes I feel like if you keep something long enough, it will become valuable. Other times I feel like I just want to heartlessly through away everything I own. Maybe that is the effect of Pluto — wanting to transform my possessions.

    I don’t really collect anything. I do value intensity, passion, eroticism, and sexuality. I’m uniquely interested in people making a living through sexual activities. I’m interested in erotica. No matter how little money I have, I always know how much I have in the bank, I always know how much I owe my credit card companies. I don’t like people knowing how much money I deposit, how much money I withdraw from the ATM. My mom threatens every now and again to get ahold of my bank account, just so she can keep track of my money flow, and it just makes me feel really paranoid. Ha, it’s not like I have anything to hide about my money, but it just makes me feel uneasy!

    I like your descriptions a lot because your understanding of the different houses are very psychological. Like, the second house isn’t just the house of possessions — stuff you have — but it’s also a house that tells you how you feel secure, about your self-esteem, where you find self-worth.

    • Christine

      Also, I think this kind of relates… I kind of like listening to songs that make me think about sex, or about having sex. I like music with lots of mood. I think about songs that would be good for having sex and kind of have a mental list of songs I’d like to do the dirty to.Thinking about this, what about the connections with art (Taurus) and sex (Scorpio)? Maybe Scorpio ruling the 2nd is seeing art in sex and valuing sex in art? Thinking about myself, I do gravitate toward pretty powerfully images of sex in art and literature — sex and the macabre for me. But, I don’t know, sex draws pretty strong reactions from everybody.

      • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

        I’m really not sure where to place music. I’ve wanted to mention music several times while writing this series, but I don’t know where to put it. I think that the 2nd does not relate to art the way that Taurus does. I’m still trying to come to an understanding of Pluto in the 2nd house that really works for me. If you have Scorpio in the 2nd and you value sexuality then it makes sense that as a Taurus Sun you would incorporate those values into your art work.

        • Christine

          Maybe Music can be a 5th house thing? I feel like the fifth house is a little more lighthearted than the 2nd house and is better suited for the arts and music. I’m having trouble separating the houses from the signs that rule them. I don’t really think of Leo when I think of Music. And I couldn’t really see the connection with Scorpio ruling the fifth and… music or the arts in the wider sense. I could understand Scorpio ruling the fifth wantingto created things that were related to sex, death, or the occult — but not really necessarily being drawn to them. I hope that makes sense.

          • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

            I want to do a deeper study of the house positions of musicians. I’ve found that quite a few well-known music artists have a packed 7th house- of all things. But, it seems that many of those 7th house people are more like performers than strict musicians. I also wonder what the difference is between people like Miles Davis and people like David Bowie and then people like Mariah Carey: Miles plays but he doesn’t sing, Bowie sings and puts on a show, Mariah sings but can she play an instrument? I think these details may point out the differences among people with 5th house or 7th and 10th house influences, and also among people with Taurus v. Leo v. Pisces influences.

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      Other times I feel like I just want to heartlessly through away everything I own. Maybe that is the effect of Pluto — wanting to transform my possessions.
      That is the way that I feel with Pluto in the 2nd house. My mom also has Pluto in the 2nd so I was thinking about her too.

      What’s interesting is that in doing these descriptions I’ve begun to realize how much the second sign in the house has an influence over the house. So, while I have Libra on the 2nd house cusp, Scorpio occupies a tiny piece at the end, and I actually referenced my some of my own habits for this description.

      • Christine

        Interesting! I had thought about that a long time before too. But I never know what traits to attribute to what aspects/houses/etc. Do you think that’s an idea that you could write a whole post about? I’d love to read it! :D

        • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

          I’ve actually been thinking about doing just that. I thought it would be good to do it before I finish this series too.

          • Christine

            Michelle, I just remembered you have Pluto in the 2nd. Couldn’t that be the reason why you relate to a lot of Scorpio on the 2nd cusp things?

            • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

              Probably. I want to write another post about the differences between signs, planets and houses.

  • Anonymous

    Scorpio in the 10th, but I have a late Libra MC. Pluto & Mars conjunct in Scorpio 10th house. I’m in school to be a healer ( acupuncturist & herbalist) getting to stick people with needles & create formulas/potions feels very Scorpio, lol. I don’t know how people really see me, I have a fair amount of 12th house, Neptune & Sag action to hide the intensity.

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      That sounds like a fantastic career for Mars-Pluto in Scorpio in the 10th. Even if you’re able to hide your intensity people probably still pick up on the relentlessness of your Mars-Pluto aspect (especially in Scorpio).

      Someone recently asked me if I’d considered taking up acupuncture- I have a partile Mars-Pluto square (they don’t know that though).

  • Anonymous

    I found your description of Scorpio on the 5th right on! I have an empty 5th house with Pluto conjunct my IC (Pluto at 1 Libra but conjunct my IC at 27 Virgo.) I like to write about my sexual adventures– actually I like to write about everything I do, but I take special pleasure in writing about taboo subjects. The only reason I haven’t been posting much on my Tumblr lately is that I’ve been a little too busy actually having sex, though! :p

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      lol…good for you ;D Just be careful.

  • Christine

    Also, something happened to me today that made me think of Scorpio on the 2nd house cusp. I can’t believe this happened the day after I read this. I ran into someone who went to my high school who currently works at a home shopping network that sells sex toys. Before I was aware of this, I told him I was looking for a job. He told me he would try to “arrange” something for me. I’d probably do secretarial work.

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      Very interesting :)

  • http://thelionandthelightningbolt.blogspot.com/ susannah

    I found this very interesting as it threw up things I hadn’t considered the significance of before. I have Scorpio (intercepted) in the 6th house and also neptune there too. I have been vegan for for about 27 years now and at first it was considered extreme by family and friends etc. I am also very interested in health and nutrition and have a dramatic reaction (scorpio) to drugs (medicine) I am very sensitive to their effects (neptune) – I also have an intense (scorpio) bond with my pets. I am also very comfortable working with people undergoing transformations (I also have venus conjunct pluto in virgo). Mmm this has been very enlightening and given me lots of food for thought about an area of my chart I haven’t explored in this way before – Thanks Michelle! :-)

    (Also, my Scorpio is intercepted in my 6th house and I realise I am not really too familiar about the effects of an intercepted sign – can anybody give me some pointers.?)

    • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

      I really liked reading about your 6th house connections. Thank you for reading my blog Susannah.

      I’ve read various theories about intercepted signs. The way I see it, it’s like the sign is landlocked and has no ports of its own. The intercepted sign has difficulty expressing itself because it’s dependent on the sign on the cusp of the house and the planetary ruler of the sign on the cusp of the house and must send its message through them. The effect of the intercepted sign stifles the planets caught in the interception as well. It seems that many people become more acquainted with the energy of the intercepted sign (and planets) as they get older- usually because of aspects by transit or progression. In some way (not exactly, or entirely) I see some similarities between having intercepted planets and having planets in the 12th house.

  • http://thelionandthelightningbolt.blogspot.com/ susannah

    Thanks for that.
    Mmm, so I have Libra on the cusp of my Scorpio intercepted 6th house – Libra’s ruler venus is conjunct Scorpios ruler Pluto in my chart (in virgo) – interesting and more food for thought! Thanks Michelle. :-)

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  • Wg.

    Interesting article, thanks Michelle. I try not to get into dark stuff, but it's all cool to read. (Scorpio 8th house)

  • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

    How do you think your Scorpio 8th house works for you?

  • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

    How do you think your Scorpio 8th house works for you?

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  • Dove

    I have Scorpio in the 6th and 7th… Wow, amazing. Laughed (indicating truthy-ness, ha) at the very first sentence, “Strong opinions about food.” Yuh-huh :) … My young life was consumed with an obsession with food, diet — was anorexic for over a decade. Thankfully, many of the “challenging” energies of my chart have been overcome or have become more balanced.

    If I ever marry, he’d definitely have to be a shaman kind of a guy. I’ve had more than one “intuitive” see a “healer” energy in me. The symbolism of snake has come to me poignantly in dreams and physical reality. I dream of manifesting an awesome home in the woods where I have pets like a crow, wolf…

    I’m finding I have a lot of “death” or transformation energy in my chart. Like I indicated in the comment I just made under your Capricorn post, I see my animal totems in these elaborations. My two main totems, Owl and Crow, death/transformation symbolism for both of them. When the Universe opened up this metaphysical “world” to me, I had three different employers in the course of three years. Each of them felt compelled to share with me bizarre tales of a close friend or relative who had been…well…wishing I had a euphemism for murdered… I’m guessing people just somehow sense this “connection” I seem to have to the “other side” or this death/transformation energy. Note, these employers hadn’t a clue about my metaphysical interests or inclinations.

    Admittedly, my life in general has been pretty “bizarre.” I feel lucky to have so much activity in my 5th house, it seems to balance it all out (or helps a great deal), lighten some of that heavy energy (also have Saturn singleton…been reading about it this morning, yikes). Most importantly, I think my 5th house “party” of planets (ha) gives me an awesome sense of humor — I don’t think I would have survived this far without it :)

    Dove

  • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

    What do you mean by “in the abstract?”

    • Mert

      well i dont really do my religious duty this is why i said that

      • Mert

        it just writes “Muslim” in the religious part of my certificate of birth

      • http://astrofix.net/ Michelle

        oh

  • Michelle

    Thank you for sharing your perspective, Stawr :)

  • AriesGirl

    Scorpio rules my 3rd house, and Pluto is right there too… it quinqux both my Sun and my Gemini MC.  Im fascinated /obsessed by the media and by communication  in general. I was journalist, and I also write blogs, and I enjoy/want to be influencial through my articles. Writing is sooo important to me, but so as collecting infos about a lot of things! I need sooo much mental stimulation…

    • Michelle

      Do you find yourself in petty power struggles with grocery clerks and postal workers?