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Scorpio

Scorpio

18 5.8
A group of stars in the sky that form a scorpion shape between Libra and Sagittarius
  • proper noun
  • /ˈskɔrpiˌoʊ/
translation icon : constelación de escorpio
  • Tuesday's (new moon) total solar eclipse in Scorpio drops a veil of mystery over our world.
  • Scorpio sign
  • Scorpio constellation
  • Moon in Scorpio

Examples

  • Your house is in Scorpio.

  • I say this because the last degrees of Scorpio have this quality.

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  • It's the main star in the Scorpio constellation.

  • I looked down and saw the long string of stars that made up the constellation Scorpio.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • In midweek, the planet Venus moves into Scorpio, your opposite sign.

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  • I'm a Scorpio.

  • Kane says he is a Scorpio who enjoys puppies, rainbows, and walks on the beach.

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  • Natives of Scorpio.

  • The chariot whirled past constellations, narrowly missing the pinchers of Scorpio and the arrow of Sagittarius.

  • People born under the sign of Scorpio are often described as passionate and intense.

Synonyms

Scorpius
vsScorpio
10 8.4

A large star group of the zodiac that looks like a scorpion

is defined mainly as the eighth zodiac sign rather than the image of an animal

Compounds

A star sign for people born from about October 23 to November 21 shown as a scorpion

Surface Forms

Scorpio main

Etymology

Scorpio is the name of a constellation and comes from the same old word that means 'scorpion' and is the same root as English scorpion. Long ago people saw a scorpion shape in the stars, so the constellation Scorpio stands for the scorpion and sits between Libra and Sagittarius.