Confessions of a libra

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07.05.25

The Scorpio gaze is both pain and pleasure. With Pluto the god of the underworld as the Scorpion’s ruler; Scorpios are dripping in sexy, danger-filled allure. I have been prey and I have been predator to the whims of Scorpionic energy. Many Librans feel this way, despite the surface-level incompatibility. That is because with our proximity on the zodiac, we may have Scorpio placements ourselves that attract this energy or beacons it forward. The Libra-Scorpio connection is one that feels deeply forbidden. For those who aren’t frightened by depth or taboo it can be extremely enticing, and in some way liberating. For when the lion falls in love with the lamb, the lamb submits in reverence.

Once upon a time, the sign Libra existed as a part of Scorpio. Libra was seen as ‘claws of the Scorpion’. Over time, as cultures evolved and astrology evolved from star-based to season-based, Libra became her own sign. For the uninitiated, Libra is the sign of; balance, diplomacy and partnerships. While Scorpio is the sign of depth, taboo and sex. These are only surface level descriptors for something that is deep and intriguing. With that groundwork complete, I welcome you to the confessions of a libra. I welcome you into my psyche for here you can observe through my eyes and experiences, the sacred world of forbidden pleasures.

When a Scorpio man stares into my eyes it’s whole galaxies that reflect back at me. I am swallowed whole into a new land of possibility. The whole world disappears and I cannot even remember myself. When a Scorpio looks into your eyes and you stare back unafraid, it can be deliciously disarming. When a Scorpio realises that you see them, this can be the beginning of a dance. A dance you can never prepare for. A dance that was never on your terms. A dance that spins you round and round, leaving you breathless. Leaving you dizzy on the fumes of desire. A lot more communication happens between the words. A lot more conversations are being had not by mouths but by equal scrutiny. It is not uncommon to be seen by a Scorpio and feel that he has touched the very depth of your soul. That you have been unmasked quicker than you can say your own name.

Ever the tortured soul, he is a master of games and manipulation. Yet he achieves this while being and posturing as the consummate gentleman. A principled man. So in love with control and obsession to his own detriment. He teases and he tests you. He needs to know your loyalty. He needs to know that you would strip yourself down to your most vulnerable in front him, while he decides whether to keep withholding. He only allows you to see what he wants, when he wants. There is complete unspoken dominance. Yet the Scorpio man is a soft romantic. Often bullied by other men in childhood or even well into adulthood. Yet, like the Aquarius man, he takes pride in his difference.

Those feminine traits that repel other men, are the very traits that pull a Libran woman. For who could deny the allure of a man who speaks in a soft tone, responds to the micro-expressions in your body language, serenades you while holding the most titillating eye contact and reads you his poetry with shaking hands. Meeting a soul as this is akin to finding the cutest injured animal. It rouses within an urge to protect, to make space for and to love with equal intensity.

In the presence of a Scorpio man your nerves feel like a live wire in your body. Every touch of breeze on your skin is heightened. The looks are searing, the touches are hungry. It’s almost laughable how they can manage to be so vulnerable yet have locked away a deep basement of secrets, never to be revealed. Who can ever truly know the depth of a Scorpio except himself? I come close only because you cannot hide things from a Priestess. To know a Scorpio is to accept that you only know what they allow and never more than that. For if you try to poke and prod, you risk retreat or you risk the Scorpio stinger. It’s almost a sick punishment to be with someone as complex, but it is that very layered complexity that calls to souls like mine.

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If Scorpio is the private investigator, then I am right along there with them. Where Scorpios dig because they must have the upper hand, Libra digs to understand. We both want to penetrate the psyche, with different goals. Librans want to know their friends, their lovers and their partners in their totality. For balance requires that everything be placed on the table and judged accordingly. How can I truly love without understanding the depths of you? Librans are very fond of outcasts, strange people and strong personalities. We can learn to strengthen ourselves through these very avenues. Scorpios while magnetic and alluring, have felt like outcasts especially in their own families. This is the sign of the black sheep.

Tradition be damned, the story of a Libra and a Scorpio is that of star crossed lovers. Libran women while presenting as very feminine have a very masculine intellect. This is at first alluring, until the Scorpio realises that she is as formidable as he. An iron fist in a velvet glove. Unlike the Pisces woman who would submit to a Scorpio willingly, with all their walls down, a Libra woman submits playfully and with flexibility. Once the scales stray too far in one direction causing imbalance, once she realises that she has given where he has restrained, the spell begins to break. This presents an ache so deep it can be hard to navigate.

We are lover girls at heart, us Libra women. We understand our charms but crave to be seen as deeper than our social graces and aesthetics. We crave most of all to find an equal. Intellectually, romantically, physically and spiritually. An evolved Scorpio wants to merge souls with their lover, to feel an undying loyalty, to be transformed like a phoenix through love and the most sacred eroticism. She’ll teach him to calm his storm and he will teach her to dive without fear. I always tell myself, I’ll never do it again. Fall into the arms of another Scorpio man. Fall for his withholding charms. Still, we find each other like opposing poles. Reaching, dreaming and craving the biggest transformation of our lives.