You and Scorpio Man
Women sense in him a magnetic life force, and sexuality is only one part of this magnetism. He projects an aura of mystery and power, of a disturbing, unpredictable, thoroughly masculine presence. One reason Scorpio has such a bad press is that the flaws in his character show up more in his love life than in any other area. Nothing brings out the extremes to which his nature is subject as much as sex.
He has so much energy and passion you’ll have no trouble seducing him—if that’s all you want. What is harder is to form a relationship with him. This is not because he doesn’t want a relationship, for it is, in fact, exactly what he does want. He is an intensely sensitive man who can be easily hurt and who often feels lonely and unfulfilled. The problem is that jealousies and unexpressed angers are very difficult to live with. He has the most indefensible defenses in the zodiac. And the one thing he will never let you see is his vulnerable side. He will never allow a woman to dominate him. If he chooses, he can keep a woman dangling on his string as long as he wants her. When he cuts her loose, no matter how ruthless the parting may be, he’ll be surprised if she shows any rancor. He’s the only one who has a right to be vindictive.
In matters of love he always knows the cost of what he wants to the last decimal point. If the cost is too high—emotionally, financially, or otherwise—he won’t haggle. He’ll simply walk away.
The Scorpio man is secretive and hard to fathom, although he often appears likeable, affable, and easygoing. What you see on the surface is what he wants you to see. But even when he’s being most amiable, and he can be, there’s a simmering danger to this man.
He is aware of how attractive he is to women and makes the most of it. In his approach to lovemaking he plans his moves carefully, not wasting time but never appearing to be in haste. He is direct and forceful, and there aren’t too many women around who can avoid responding to his uncomplicated physical passion. He brings out the full sensual potential in any woman with whom he’s having an intimate relationship. One of the things that makes him really unique as a lover is that he truly understands a woman’s needs and, if he is not threatened, will try to meet them.
This vigorous, virile male can be a lot to handle, but Scorpio man makes a woman feel like she’s the best female she can be.
How to Attract Scorpio
Scorpios are noted for their unpredictability, but here are a few general rules that may serve as a guide.
Listen to a Scorpio carefully with full attention. There’s no way of faking it. Scorpios always know when you’re pretending, and that will be the end before there’s even a beginning.
Remember an overriding Scorpio trait: curiosity. Never tell a Scorpio that something happened without including the how or why. If you leave that out, you’ll be classified as either dull or superficial. Neither type gets far with persons born under this sign.
They enjoy most forms of recreation, particularly water sports. If you’re the type who likes a day at the beach or to be out on a fishing boat or to take a waterskiing lesson, you and Scorpio will have that much in common. Scorpios also enjoy parties, social affairs, charity bazaars, and places where they can associate with successful people.
If you get into an argument (and you shouldn’t with anyone born under this sign), please remember to be respectful. Scorpios are proud, serious, and don’t believe that any of their opinions should be trifled with, even good-humoredly.
Scorpio’s Amorous Combinations
SCORPIO AND ARIES The initial attraction is strong. Sexually, Aries is more imaginative and more willing to experiment, but Scorpio’s smoldering desires prove a fair match. Trouble looms in other areas, though. Both are selfish and both want to make the decisions. There is a basic clash of wills because Aries wants to dominate and Scorpio wants to control. Scorpio’s secretive and brooding nature frustrates open, impulsive Aries. Aries is freedom-loving, outgoing, and flirtatious, and this enrages possessive, jealous Scorpio. Temperamental differences undermine the sexual rapport.
SCORPIO AND TAURUS Taurus has the stamina and the desire to satisfy Scorpio in the bedroom. But what will this passionate pair do with the other twenty-three and a half hours in the day? Both are very jealous and stubborn. The difference between these two is that Taurus wants to own a lover, like a valuable object, and Scorpio tries to possess in an emotional sense. Though they share an affinity for finances, Scorpio is thrifty and spurns laziness, whereas Taurus likes to spend on creature comforts. Scorpio is willful, Taurus is obstinate, and both want to be the captain of what may turn out to be a sinking ship.
SCORPIO AND GEMINI Scorpio is drawn to Gemini’s vivacity, and Scorpio’s complex personality fascinates curious Gemini. For a time Gemini is also intrigued by Scorpio’s unceasing sexual demands. But Gemini is too changeable and inconstant for intense Scorpio, who needs and demands total commitment. Restless Gemini has a strong penchant for independence, while Scorpio wants to dominate and possess. Scorpio is basically a loner; Gemini likes to glitter in social settings. They’ll have some lively frolics, but all too soon the fun palls—and Gemini starts looking for an exit.
SCORPIO AND CANCER This can be a rewarding combination. Cancer is the passive partner, but there’s plenty of combustible material to catch fire from Scorpio’s abundant passions. The heat in the bedroom will help cool off disputes that can arise between two jealous people. Scorpio offers strength and protectiveness, which is just what clinging, insecure Cancer is looking for. In turn, Cancer is affectionate, generous, loving, and devoted—all that Scorpio wants. These two get along together like bread and jam.
SCORPIO AND LEO Scorpio won’t flatter Leo’s ego or accept Leo’s dominance. Scorpio seeks to plumb the erotic psyche of a lover, whereas Leo looks for a grand romance. Passions and tempers are equally strong on both sides. Fiery Leo is extravagant and likes to live on a majestic scale, but Scorpio disapproves of conspicuousness and waste. There’s a great deal of physical attraction between them, but both are on a very short fuse. Scorpio’s jealousy will probably provide the spark, and when the explosion comes, the sky’s the limit!
SCORPIO AND VIRGO Restrained Virgo has trouble keeping up with highly demonstrative Scorpio and doesn’t understand what all the fuss and bother is about. But there’s a marvelous meeting of minds and a fine mixing of personalities. Both are devoted to family and to financial security. Neither is flighty or superficial; the deep feelings that each harbors lead to a strong commitment and loyalty. They have so much in common that maybe Scorpio won’t mind that Virgo’s passions are more intellectual than physical.
SCORPIO AND LIBRA Scorpio’s unpredictable nature immediately intrigues Libra, who enjoys collecting interesting people. Scorpio satisfies Libra’s need for affection—and then some—and Scorpio’s jealousy will flatter Libra. But Libra is an inconstant flirt, and Scorpio is supersensitive and touchy. Intense Scorpio takes love and commitment seriously; Libra wants a partner to enhance its own image. Libra’s on-again-off-again attitude toward love will frustrate and upset Scorpio. This mating isn’t likely to lead to anything permanent.
SCORPIO AND SCORPIO Plenty of sexual attraction here, but the emotional temperature can’t keep rising forever. These two people who are so much alike understand each other very little. They are highly jealous and demanding. They are so intense that every little storm quickly becomes a hurricane. Both are sulky, brooding, possessive. Both are in a continual struggle to force the other to relinquish control. Something has got to give, and when it does it’s likely to spell The End.
SCORPIO AND SAGITTARIUS Scorpio is tantalized by Sagittarius’s freewheeling, uninhibited style. Scorpio will dominate but can’t keep restless, flighty Sagittarius submissive for long. Sagittarius thinks the accent should be on fun and new adventure; Scorpio wants security and constant loving. Sagittarius is open, talkative, and casual about relationships; Scorpio is reticent, secretive, and very jealous in love. Scorpio wants Sagittarius at home, Sagittarius wants to roam. An
affair without a future.
SCORPIO AND CAPRICORN All of Scorpio’s powerful passions find a welcome here. Scorpio’s volatile emotions tend to open up brooding, inner-directed Capricorn, and the zesty goings-on add savor to a warm emotional relationship. Capricorn even likes Scorpio’s jealousy—for this makes Capricorn feel secure. These two share a sense of purpose: they are ambitious, determined, and serious about responsibility, and as a team have good auguries for financial success. They should have clear sailing.
SCORPIO AND AQUARIUS Scorpio makes heavy emotional demands, but to Aquarius even a love affair is simply another way to broaden its horizons. Scorpio can’t tolerate Aquarius’s independence within a relationship or understand Aquarius’s casual air toward love. Aquarius is altogether too impersonal and has too many outside interests to suit possessive, jealous Scorpio. Scorpio will try to dominate and will be upset by Aquarius’s unpredictable moods and love for freedom. Scorpio wants to stay at home; Aquarius wants to be free to go. And so on—to the finish.
SCORPIO AND PISCES Scorpio’s strength is a perfect bulwark for Pisces’s indecisiveness. In turn, Pisces’s imagination sparks Scorpio’s creativity. Pisces is able to give Scorpio the devotion and admiration it craves, and their mutual fascination with lovemaking provides a fine romantic aura. Pisces’s flair for the bizarre adds spice to Scorpio’s desires, and the intense emotional needs of both signs neatly complement each other. Pisces’s intuitive awareness and Scorpio’s depth of feeling unite in a special closeness. This kind of mating lasts.
SAGITTARIUS
The Amorous Nature
You and Sagittarius Woman
Like all fire sign women (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) she is at her most vibrant when she is in love. She is drawn to the excitement, passion, and sheer adventure of romance. Her attitude toward life is enthusiastic and positive, and being in love intensifies these glowing feelings. Where another woman might walk around in a dreamlike haze, a Sagittarius woman in love positively radiates happiness and energy.
Sagittarius is also the sign of mental exploration. To her, love is not just passion but a challenge. This free spirit finds domesticity boring. She is the perfect playmate but only as long as she finds the game worth playing. She is not one to make the best of a bad bargain. If she is unhappy, she won’t resign herself or compromise or try to work things out. She’ll just walk out.
She can’t take love as seriously as other women do. It’s part of life to her, not the end or the beginning. If she finds a man who’s a real companion, who shares her pleasure in sports and the outdoor life, who likes to travel and hates to be tied down to any one place, then love is a wonderful extra added attraction.
Her exploratory nature may lead her to have a number of early sex experiences, especially the kind that begin quickly in an exotic setting and have a passion-in-the-moment edge (for example, a tryst on a train speeding through Europe, wild sex with a new lover on a beach in Barbados).
She doesn’t always perceive the consequences of romantic entanglements. To her, life means moving forward into the future, and each new love is a learning experience. She doesn’t take into account that when a romance is over it may leave behind a trail of wounded feelings. If an old lover harbors resentment, she is genuinely surprised.
She likes men and enjoys the flirtations and maneuvers of a developing affair. In turn, men like her charming, easygoing manner and her acceptance of what the world is like. Other women may prefer the straight and narrow path, but Sagittarius can’t help wandering over to the primrose path to pluck whatever blooms strike her fancy. When she does find her big romance, however, this is a woman who believes in loyalty to her man. She is a romantic who will marry for love’s sake rather than for money or social position. She wants a true soul-companion.
A sense of humor is one of her nicest traits, and she isn’t interested in a man who lacks a sense of fun. She doesn’t welcome tempestuous, heavy-breathing relationships that put her through an emotional wringer. What she looks for is a lover who can share her sense of adventure. She prefers men who are intellectually stimulating, well read, and well traveled. Sexually, she doesn’t play control games. She wants sex to be truthful, genuine, very romantic, very impulsive.
Basically, Sagittarius woman enjoys life and tries to make sure everyone around her enjoys it too. When this clever, amusing, optimistic, high-spirited woman finally settles down with some lucky man, she’ll be the most delightful companion he can hope to find.
You and Sagittarius Man
This charming lover can be a poor choice as a husband. The symbol of his sign is the Archer, and he is always on the hunt. He likes nothing better than the chase. As the song has it, “When he’s not near the girl he loves, he loves the girl he’s near.”
He’s perfectly sincere when he tells you he loves you. And he will be perfectly sincere when he tells someone else the same thing the next night. Whatever he believes at the moment is true.
The Sagittarian male has a deserved reputation as the Don Juan of the zodiac. This is not because he has an insatiable sexual desire, but because love to him is an elusive adventure, an unexplored path. He is the archetypal footloose and fancy-free lover searching for his feminine ideal. Along the way he manages to garner more than his share of female admirers who can’t help responding to his open, honest, cheerful, intelligent lovemaking. Sagittarius has a captivating sense of humor, and the woman he squires can count on good times.
He’s much more likely to ask you to an informal lunch at an outdoor cafe than to a grand dress-up dinner. This isn’t because he is reluctant to spend money but simply because he prefers the easygoing approach in all things. He hates whatever is artificial, pompous, or pretentious.
If practice made perfect, he’d be the world’s best lover. However, he doesn’t consider love to be an experience anything like the novelists tell it. He is passionate but not intense: His great quality is enthusiasm, a sense of sheer enjoyment. What bothers him is that everyone else seems to take love so seriously. Why can’t everyone be like him—relaxed, buoyant, undemanding?
Very often he isn’t interested in marriage or a long-term relationship. He wants to tarry for the fun and laughter, and move on. Happiness for this man is not a fixed goal, it’s a way of traveling. If you put enough happy days together, you end up with a happy life!
If he’s decided that you’re his kind of woman, don’t be coy. He doesn’t regard a romantic fling as all that important, and he won’t understand if you do. If casual amour isn’t your style, then maybe Sagittarius isn’t for you.
How to Attract Sagittarius
You won’t have trouble striking up a conversation. Sagittarians are interested in almost anything. When they’ve talked themselves out on their favorite subjects, they’ll decide you’re a fascinating conversationalist!
Ask about their work, their friends, books they have read, and their reactions to a current news event. If you happen to like animals or outdoor sports, you are already halfway home with a Sagittarian.
There is a fine line between taking an interest in their interests and prying. Don’t overstep that boundary. Sagit-tarians are very wary of anyone who might be trying to corner them. If talking about generalities gives you the feeling that you’re sliding rapidly over ice, don’t worry. Matters will improve on better acquaintance. You may discover, in fact, that your problem is trying to ignore the direct, sometimes overly frank inquiries that Sagittarians will make. When they get to know you, they like you to share confidences with them or ask for their advice.
Sagittarians like outdoor dates: dancing under the stars, open-air concerts, picnics at the beach, skiing or sailing outings. They usually avoid large parties or too-close quarters because they cannot bear to be hedged in or confined. Never infringe on their freedom. Never let your emotional needs intrude on their private lives. And you’d be wise not to put too much stock in their promises. Their words are writ on water.
Enjoy being with Sagittarius but do
n’t think you’ve signed a lifelong contract, because Sagittarius doesn’t think so. And don’t look back with regret when it’s over. Sagittarius won’t.
Sagittarius’s Amorous Combinations
SAGITTARIUS AND ARIES Both share a similar approach to sex (they make the most of every opportunity). Add to this a mutual love of the outdoors and a fondness for socializing, and you can see why they get along. They’re also intellectually well suited: Both have a wide range of interests and love to talk about them. Sagittarius is more philosophical about problems than Aries, who becomes more personally involved. The one question mark is their combustible temper. Arguments are heated but short-lived, and the making up will be fun. A perfect match.
SAGITTARIUS AND TAURUS Taurus wants to run things, but Sagittarius won’t be controlled. Sagittarius needs change, variety, and adventure. That proves irritating to steady, disciplined, home-loving Taurus. Taurus approves of tried-and-true ways of doing things, but Sagittarius will try anything. Blunt Sagittarius will say what it thinks at the drop of a hat, and that brings Taurus’s temper to a slow simmer. There are also money problems, since Sagittarius gambles today while Taurus hoards for tomorrow. A short future for this pair.
SAGITTARIUS AND GEMINI They’re both restless, adventuresome, imaginative, and fun-loving. No other opposite signs in the zodiac enjoy each other more than these two. There’ll be shooting stars in the bedroom for a while, but when the fireworks fizzle the bickering begins. Both have bright minds, but Sagittarius is outspoken and bossy, while Gemini likes to poke verbal fun. Too rootless and discontent to settle down, they eventually both succumb to the siren call of other interests, other loves. But parting should be amicable.
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