A Scorpio of Epic Proportions

The regular writing that follows this disclaimer is by Linda Goodman, it comes from a piece she wrote about the compatibility of Libra women and Scorpion men. I read OneFemaleCanuck’s views on the piece, and thought that as a Scorpio male, I should respond to some of the claims made by Linda Goodman in this the religious month of the Scorpions. My own comments are in bold letters.

If you wish to read Linda Goodman’s entire piece, click here since I have omitted much of Goodman’s piece as I only wished to comment on the parts where she talks about Scorpions. Call me self-centred but then again what did you expect? I’m a Scorpio.

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…Scorpio, however, is far from an ‘unsuspecting soul.’ Scorpio invented the word ‘suspicious.’ You don’t fool one easily. Governed by the perceptive Pluto, most Eagles can see straight through the silk and satin of Libra’s wiles and seductions. Libra can trick Scorpio only once, if that often.

(I don't think I am that suspicious, but if Linda Goodman relates it to womanly wiles, than I'll give her the benefit of the doubt if for nothing else than for my own peace of mind.)

…If he [Scorpio] loves her [Libra], he’ll share more of himself with her than he ever will with anyone else, but this doesn’t mean he’ll either invite or permit her to wander around in the more private recesses of his mind, heart or soul. These secret compartments are reserved for himself and his Maker – his God.

(True, not many people really know what I am thinking. Although I have a big enough mouth that those who know me can venture a suitable guess.)

….The retaliatory surprise of a wounded or angered Scorpio can seriously shake her Libran equilibrium. This man is deeply sensitive behind his image of self-sufficiency and confidence.

(True, I think I am a sensitive man, in fact I think I am very sensitive. I think I need a hug right about now actually. I don't actually know what she means by 'retaliatory surprise', but I do know that if pushed to a certain point [which I reach very rarely], I can be a vengeful bastard- a side of me only two people have ever seen and one person shall see when I see him next.)

Scorpio can be intimidating, but a Libra woman is not easily intimidated.

(I think I can be intimidating, true; but, not in the long run. If you get to know me, you know I'm a lovable lug. Right? .... curses on you all!)

…his habit of silently appraising her virtues, when she needs to hear them praised aloud, of being critical in a detached and unemotional way, can trouble her more than he guesses.

(guilty as charged, perhaps not to the extreme that Goodman takes it to, but yes, those faults describe me.)

…The Libra woman will have to call on all her considerable reserves of charm and tact to learn to be tolerant of this man’s dark moods, his long silences. He hasn’t left her, he’s only swimming out a little further from shore than usual into the deeper waters of mediation upon life’s mysteries, and he doesn’t need a bodyguard to float along beside him. He prefers to make nocturnal excursions alone.

(Very true. I like my solitude, I do some of my best work alone. Anyone I do end up with will probably excel at putting up with this side of me.)

…In the beginning, it will cause no small amount of tension between them that he sometimes communicates best with a glance, or perhaps a touch – while she communicates best the way all humans were made to communicate, verbally with sounds called words. A Scorpion, however gregarious he may be regarding other areas of his life, will never find it easy to be excessively verbal when expressing his emotional or sexual or romantic feelings.

(She hit the nail on the head on that point.)

…Her fondness for fun and people and entertaining can be a sticky net for the Scorpio who’s easily lured into losing himself through various escapes, from drinking or the temporary high (or low) of grass, to ever more dangerous artificial stimulation.

(Ok, don't agree with the first part, i.e. the entertaining of people being a 'sticky net' for Scorpions; BUT, everything else in that sentence is true. I mean seriously true.)

…However, an evolved Scorpio male of tenacity and purpose (and there are plenty of these) who can resist such siren songs – and the enlightened, mentally stable, emotionally balanced Libra woman (the kind who far outnumber the Libran party girls) have a solid chance to form a strong association when they fall in love with their heads and hearts in equal measure.

(aha.. so there is hope after all, I think I can and I think currently I am resisting the 'siren songs'.. if it were not so, I'd be in Beirut right now under the influence of many a hallucinogen.)

… The Scorpio man will probably satisfy every sensual and erotic longing, every secret need for affection and fierce devotion the Libra girl has ever dreamed about romantically – except one. He definitely will not recite poetry to her in the middle of their mating – nor will he whisper declarations of his devotion about her during their intimate moments.

(What can I say, the ladies love it.. I give it to them all night hunnh! .. Ok, I'll stop now. But seriously, no poetry just tongue. That's all I'm willing to divulge at this moment. Shit, my mom might be reading this.)

The Rest of Linda Goodman's article is all lovey dovey bullshit, so I'll spare you the crap and end it right here. In closing, let me just say that the lady might be on to something with her rambling. She had me down to a science in almost everything she said about Scorpios. I was sort of taken aback actually. Remember though, this article by Goodman was supposed to analyse the compatibility of Scorpion men and Libra women. So, obviously the things she talked about were in that general vein. These seven paragraphs do not describe me as a person.

However, this exercise does lead to a deeper question that now haunts my mind, is Linda Goodman my mom's pseudonym? Is this why my mom can afford mink coats? Hmm.. this is indeed an issue I must raise at the dinner table. But not tonight, tonight she's making Pulao. No need to induce hatred over a pseudonym either.