Scorpio (वृश्चिक)

Scorpio, the sign whose name itself represents its energy, is related to transformation after the process of metaphorical birth and death. It’s deceiving in nature like the scorpion’s tail and has the curiosity to know what is hidden or buried. It has lordship over Mars and focuses on latent energy, the passive energy used as a means to destroy to build and transform into something new. Scorpio has cruelty in nature, where imagination fades, giving way to sudden anger, and so the Moon debilitates here. Scorpio is great at finding out what cannot be seen with the naked eye.

The end part of Vishakha transforms a person into a being with no care at all for anything, moving towards moksha in life. Here, Jupiter’s energy can also act in expanding the cruelty in the individual. Anuradha nakshatra (Saturn) creates chaos due to too many relationships with people and a lack of knowledge in maintaining them, where the combined energy of Mars and Saturn creates mental chaos for the person. The most successful energy of Scorpio comes from the nakshatra Jyestha (Mercury), combining with Scorpio’s ruler Mars, giving way to great power and reputation through tact and cleverness. It is also considered the sign of occult science, giving way to the knowledge of astrology and other secret sciences through which one can attain spiritual wisdom.