Scorpio Lesson Numero Uno

Scorpios are so giving and have untapped resources of giving for the ones we love. In my experience, there really is nothing we won't do nor obstacle we won't forge through for our loved ones. We will protect you and give your our world.

Where we are lacking, I believe, is in the receiving. I don't believe we naturally receive love openly. It's not a coincidence that "surrendering" is our life's lesson. Let me explain.

I'm going to be very general, obviously, but we say we "give" 100% and that we are "all in." But if you think about your life, were you all in on receiving the love given to you or have you found yourself managing and filtering the love given? Think about that. Why is this, you might ask? Because it is in the receiving where the real vulnerability presents itself. It's easy to give, give, give.

Not every sign nor person is like this. And I am sure that many Scorpios have been in a relationship which was all give on your side and all take on the other. We are pretty much legendary for that--let's be real. Giving is our fallback position. Giving can be "controlled" by us, right, Stingers?

But we cannot control what others give, so we tend to filter the love we receive probably as a self-protection measure if you think about it. Truly opening your heart to receiving every bit of the love given is an act of faith. It really is. I'm not saying Scorpios won't have experienced pure receiving at any point but it's not a fallback position for us.

All I'm saying is if we so proudly proclaim "I'm all in" shouldn't all in include "all in on receiving the love given" as well?

What do you think?

This reminds me of something I read in an article on square-signs compatibility (specifically scorpio and aquarius. It actually states quite the opposite, let me paste it in here:

Ironically, Scorpio doesn’t realize it has such a powerful ego (the same thing it usually accuses Leo of flaunting) until it has to deal with the Water Bearer. Unlike Scorpio, Aquarius is an altruistic sign that rarely covets what others possess, unless it’s an awesome IQ—although not even that, since Aquarius knows it was already born wildly brilliant!
The contrast of temperaments found here is such that Scorpio actually starts to feel itself to be the greedy one who selfishly demands a lot from others. It’s almost insatiable when it comes to feeding its emotional hunger. Yet hanging around transpersonal Aquarius makes the self-conscious Scorpion worry that it truly is more of a taker than a giver—more an energy-sucking black hole of obsessive need. (from: https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2035)

I'm with a scorpio, and can approve of both what you say and what the article states. He can be incredibly selfless to the people he loves, which is what I've always admired him for. And yet, his ego and obsessive needs and demands have already put me in positions where I thought to myself, that I really hope that one day he's gonna appreciate all I've done and been through for him. In this relationship, I also found myself becoming much more altruistic and "giving" in that sense, than I thought of myself, and maybe than is healthy for me. I hope we will balance out somewhen.

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This reminds me of something I read in an article on square-signs compatibility (specifically scorpio and aquarius. It actually states quite the opposite, let me paste it in here:

Ironically, Scorpio doesn’t realize it has such a powerful ego (the same thing it usually accuses Leo of flaunting) until it has to deal with the Water Bearer. Unlike Scorpio, Aquarius is an altruistic sign that rarely covets what others possess, unless it’s an awesome IQ—although not even that, since Aquarius knows it was already born wildly brilliant! The contrast of temperaments found here is such that Scorpio actually starts to feel itself to be the greedy one who selfishly demands a lot from others. It’s almost insatiable when it comes to feeding its emotional hunger. Yet hanging around transpersonal Aquarius makes the self-conscious Scorpion worry that it truly is more of a taker than a giver—more an energy-sucking black hole of obsessive need. (from: https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2035)

I'm with a scorpio, and can approve of both what you say and what the article states. He can be incredibly selfless to the people he loves, which is what I've always admired him for. And yet, his ego and obsessive needs and demands have already put me in positions where I thought to myself, that I really hope that one day he's gonna appreciate all I've done and been through for him. In this relationship, I also found myself becoming much more altruistic and "giving" in that sense, than I thought of myself, and maybe than is healthy for me. I hope we will balance out somewhen.

here is the rest of the quote, it got cut off for some reason:

The contrast of temperaments found here is such that Scorpio actually starts to feel itself to be the greedy one who selfishly demands a lot from others. It’s almost insatiable when it comes to feeding its emotional hunger. Yet hanging around transpersonal Aquarius makes the self-conscious Scorpion worry that it truly is more of a taker than a giver—more an energy-sucking black hole of obsessive need.