Ruler: Mars

October 23 — November 21

Metal: Iron

In the body, Scorpio corresponds to the nose, colon, and sex organs. Physical ailments associated with Scorpio include kidney stones, appendicitis, hernias, and sexually transmitted infections.
Scorpio corresponds to death, rebirth, regeneration, reincarnation, reproduction, sense of smell, transformation, tariffs, taxes, legacies, and the menstrual cycle.
Scorpio is a Fixed Water Sign and is associated with stagnant bodies of water.

Professionals affiliated with Scorpio include bill collectors, butchers, coroners, detectives, embalmers, insurance agents, magicians, pall bearers, pharmacists, psychiatrists, researchers, salespeople, sorcerers, spies, surgeons, undertakers, vice cops, and witches.
Many Scorpio domains involve death—including cemeteries, cesspools, funeral homes, graveyards, morgues, garbage dumps, tarpits, and slaughterhouses. Other Scorpio environments involve illness or releasing of bodily fluids, as in apothecaries, bathrooms, drug stores, sewers.
Precious gems corresponding to Scorpio are topaz, lodestones, and bloodstones.
Flora associated with Scorpio are poisonous plants. Fauna associated with Scorpio are crustaceans like scorpions or reptiles, especially snakes. The higher expressions of Scorpio are symbolized by the eagle and phoenix.
Geographical locations corresponding to Scorpio include Algeria, Bavaria, Catalonia, Judea, Korea, Morocco, Norway, Paraguay, Syria, and Washington D.C.
To learn more about the dates of Scorpio, and the controversy surrounding the alleged thirteenth sign Ophiuchus, read my article Is Ophiuchus the 13th Zodiac Sign?
Read my article Aries Correspondences to learn about Aries, the other Mars-ruled sign.