Symbolic task, virtue, or lesson from the Creator: Given the power of transformation, tasked with confronting life's mysteries, symbolizing passion, depth, and resilience.
The Death and Rebirth (The Occultist, The Alchemist)
♏ Glyph Meaning:
- The letter “M” with a tail pointing upward, representing transmutation and rebirth.
- The tail is also a serpent's sting, symbolizing the kundalini awakening.
Symbol: The Scorpion, The Phoenix, The Serpent, The Eagle
- The Scorpion represents the lower self—instinct, survival, and hidden desires.
- The Serpent represents transformation and the awakening of hidden power.
- The Eagle represents transcendence and the ability to see the truth from above.
- The Phoenix represents the full alchemical rebirth—death and resurrection.
Esoteric Meaning
- Scorpio governs the alchemical Nigredo (Blackening), the descent into the shadow.
- Ruled by Mars & Pluto, it is the mystic's path of initiation—conquering fear, death, and ego.
- The Serpent Power (Kundalini) awakens in Scorpio, unleashing deep alchemy and sexual transmutation.
Lesson of Scorpio:
The soul must undergo death to be reborn, mastering the secrets of the unseen.
The Scorpio must become masters of own their shadows, their own darkness, in order to own this Plutonian energy. Otherwise, their unowned darkness chases them down, bringing chaos, destruction, drama and despair into their lives.