As with all the signs, the best clues to the formation of Scorpio’s archetype are found in the season it presides over. As the Sun moves into Scorpio, there is a collective turning inward as ancestral memories tug at our consciousness and let us know the agricultural year is ending in the Northern Hemisphere.
There is no denying that Scorpio season is a time between the worlds, a liminal place both physically and metaphorically, as we turn toward the Final Harvest of Samhain. Scorpio is a fixed water sign, meaning that it is a sign that takes place in the heart of a season (in this case, autumn) and resonates with the intuitive, flowing undercurrents of the water element. The archetype of Scorpio is associated with the deepest mysteries of life: birth, sex, death, rebirth, and transformation. Scorpio is connected to the idea of the mythical phoenix rising time and again from its own ashes. Scorpio season invites all of us to shed old skins, dig deep, and release whatever patterns are keeping us from growing. We then have the opportunity for rebirth, to come up on the other side, regenerated and reborn. Look to your chart to see where Scorpio is for you. This will show you the life area where you will likely experience your most profound transformation, healing, and regeneration in this lifetime.
The Scorpio archetype asks us to embrace the shadow, to move into it, not only shining a light on our deepest wounds and fears, but also recovering our forgotten talents, desires, and soul treasure. Scorpio is aligned with the goddesses that are associated with the sacred dark, such as Persephone, the Morrigan, Cerridwen, Kali, and Inanna. Each of these deities has wisdom to share with us that can only come from digging in the dirt with our own hands and surrendering to the sometimes messy, cathartic process of release and rebirth. Like the goddess Inanna, Scorpio keeps one ear open always to the Great Below and is attuned to that which is relegated to the shadows, hidden, or shrouded in mystery. Scorpio is drawn to depth psychology, shamanism, magick, medicine, and healing. It should come as no surprise that the midwife, the sacred prostitute, and the death doula are each symbolically associated with Scorpio.
Scorpio is intrinsically connected to the idea of compost, alchemizing what some might consider waste materials into the rich, fertile creative potential of the psyche. If we reflect on the time of year that this sign embodies, this is just what is happening in the natural world as well. Scorpio is also associated with death and grieving, whether that be the death of a part of ourselves, a relationship that we know it is time to release, or remembering a loved one that is no longer on this plane. Scorpio wisdom asks us to open and surrender, because it’s futile to fight when it’s time for something to die—it is simply another part of the cycle. Scorpio knows that no new life can come unless we willingly enter the sacred dark and allow ourselves to be transformed.
As Scorpio is associated with the planet Pluto and traditionally with the planet Mars, its archetype also resonates with the deeper nuances of sexuality and power. Scorpio is also deeply passionate and highly sexual, but, again, this is not always obvious. Although her journey to self-knowledge is often through exploration of the sexual, it is often connected more to a personal process of transformation than promiscuity. Taboos of all kinds, but particularly those of a sexual nature, attract Scorpio, as they are a means to understand the layers beneath the façades of personality and society, as well as her own responses to the shadow side of human nature. Scorpio understands intuitively that where something is taboo, the question of power is at hand—who has it and who wants it—and she is driven to untangle and understand the various psychological games at play. To Scorpio, knowledge truly is power.
The Scorpio Woman
Scorpio is a psychologically complex woman whose desire above all else is to pierce the veil of illusion and get to the truth at the heart of any matter. Intriguing, usually self-confident, and emotionally intense, the Scorpio woman often gives off a subtle air of mystery. And when her passions are stirred, she is focused, strong willed, driven, and not afraid to show her teeth. Although some are daunted by her intensity, once you have her trust, Scorpio will have your back if she considers you worthy of her respect.
When a Scorpio woman commits, she cares deeply. She is emotionally courageous and demands complete honesty and loyalty from her loved ones. She is also keenly perceptive and knows intuitively that all humans are capable of a great range of behaviors. Because she understands the nuances of human psychology, she will usually be able to summon compassion for you if you come clean about your own underside. However, if you do manage to fool her and she finds out later that you have skeletons in your closet, forgiveness for this kind of transgression comes hard to this woman, if ever. In her mind, this constitutes one of the very worst kinds of betrayal, and even if she does eventually find it in her heart to forgive you, she will always keep one eye open for any hint of future deceit on your part. Contrary to popular belief, Scorpio women are not simply suspicious. In her mind, she is not being suspicious; she is being savvy. She is being strategic. It all comes down to self-protection.
We cannot talk about the Scorpio woman without talking about sex. Much has been written of Scorpio’s sexual prowess: the very embodiment of seething sexuality wearing the cloak of the seductive femme fatale. The popular conception that Scorpio is a raving nymphomaniac who will jump into bed with just anyone is usually far from reality. Although this sign is associated with sex, it does not follow that Scorpio women are indiscriminate. To Scorpio, sex is one of the great mysteries of life and a means for self-exploration. Sex can be an integral part of her spiritual path and a channel for connecting with the sacred. Tantric practices often resonate deeply with the Scorpio woman. Tantra is a Sanskrit word that can be translated roughly as “woven together” and suggests a weaving of the spiritual and the mundane, of bodies and souls. The focus of deepening intimacy and increasing potent sexual energy is highly attractive to Scorpio. Another sexual area of inquiry that some Scorpio women are drawn to is BDSM and other forms of kink. The complexity of power dynamics that can be present in BDSM can be enticing to the Scorpio woman, as she is drawn to delving into the deeper layers of the psychology of sexual exploration. She is also sometimes drawn to what some would consider the shadow aspects of sex.
For some Scorpio women, early life experiences have acquainted her with the darker side of human sexuality, which can produce a variety of effects. Some Scorpio women harden themselves, setting up a barricade between themselves and the outside world. But for all its brooding intensity and whip-cracking bravado, Scorpio is a water sign, and like the other water signs, Scorpios are emotional creatures at heart who yearn for connection at the soul level. The hardest Scorpio women are usually those who have been hurt the deepest early on in their life’s journey. Some respond to the deep wounds inflicted on them by trying to control their own desires and manipulate the desires of others. For them, sex becomes a battleground of wills.
The evolved Scorpio woman learns what she wants and, perhaps more importantly, what she doesn’t want. She has developed healthy boundaries that enhance her life rather than restrict it. She has come to know that her wounds can be healed and that she can also heal through her connection to her sexuality.
Sometimes it takes many years for the Scorpio woman to come to a place of healing. She realizes that the price of forsaking the balm of true intimacy comes at too high a cost and that the split between her body and her spirit has left her fragmented. But the rewards of wholeness are so great that, little by little, she will emerge from the ashes of her old life and do what Scorpio does best: regenerate.
Many healing modalities seem to be tailor-made for Scorpio issues. It’s not always easy being queen of the underworld. Among the many options, acceptance and commitment therapy is a healing therapy that addresses many Scorpio challenges, which can include trust issues, forgiveness, the need to control, anxiety, and letting go. Scorpio can also benefit from a regular practice of mindfulness meditation and yoga. Journaling and seeking ways to reframe her stories in an archetypal light can also be useful. Additionally, Scorpio can find the peace she craves and the balance she seeks by drawing on the qualities of her opposite sign, Taurus—consciously finding ways to get out of her head and into her body more often. Ecstatic dance, drumming, massage, creating art, and other earthy, body-centered practices can be very helpful in bringing Scorpio back to center.
In relationships, Scorpio wants nothing less than to plumb the depths of her own and her partner’s soul—to find the meaning of life, death, and transformation. Consequently, the thought of sex as a mere distraction will often usually leave her as cold and remote as a mountain lake in November. At its best, Scorpio sexuality is intense, ardent, and transformative at a soul level. It is a path to the numinous realm of sex magick, a sacred threshold to individuation.
Because she has the propensity to view sexuality as a profound exchange of energy, the Scorpio woman will sometimes choose periods of celibacy. This will usually happen when she is in a descent phase: she may be experiencing a time of emotional upheaval, undergoing an important transition, or in a state of deep personal transformation. She intuitively understands the potential power of sex and the intense psychic energies it can unleash. Much like when a snake sheds its skin, the Scorpio woman has a deep need for privacy and knows when the time has come to seek solitude, sexually and otherwise.
You will find many Scorpio women working in careers assisting others in navigating the real-life underworlds of addiction, depression, and mental illness. Like the goddesses who made the descent to the underworld, she herself has often experienced times when she made a descent and found her way back up to the topside world to share the wisdom she has accrued. Remember that one of this sign’s symbols is the phoenix, the mythological bird that dies and rises again from its own ashes, and death and regeneration are at the heart of the Scorpio archetype. Scorpio does not tend to be squeamish about death, and some find fulfilling careers in the death and dying industry as a coroner, mortician, funeral director, natural burial advocate, death midwife, or hospice worker. Scorpio’s connection to human sexuality would make her a brilliant sex therapist, sexologist, or sex educator. Her penchant for delving into the psychology of others could lead her to a career in psychology, psychiatry, or hypnotherapy. Alternately, her natural enthusiasm for digging deep could be channeled into working in the field of geology and mining or as an archaeologist, forensics specialist, investigative journalist, researcher, or private investigator. Scorpio’s cool demeanor under pressure and her propensity to be drawn to crisis would make her a great first responder or an indispensable member of an emergency medical team. Her sharp attention to detail and her willingness to work tirelessly until she uncovers the truth would make her a brilliant litigator. Scorpio would also be in her element as a shrewd market analyst, stock broker, or investment banker.
Guiding Goddess Archetype: Inanna
Inanna is a Sumerian goddess whose stories come to us from the ancient land of Mesopotamia and who embodies many of the qualities of the Scorpio archetype. She was an immensely powerful goddess known as the Queen of Heaven and Earth, and she presided over love, sexuality, and war. In one of her two main myths, The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi, we see a fiercely sensual goddess who owns the power of her sexuality in one of the steamiest pieces of ancient erotica ever written. In Sumerian myth, Inanna is connected to the planet Venus. Her journey to the underworld and back is reflected by the transits of Venus in the sky, where it sets in the west as the evening star and then rises again in the east as the morning star, completely disappearing and then reappearing in the heavens. When the planet is invisible, it is said Inanna is in the underworld. Inanna’s main myth is The Descent of the Goddess, which describes her perilous journey to the underworld and back. The tale is deftly woven with Scorpio imagery. The mysterious opening lines immediately capture the reader’s attention:
From the Great Above she opened her ear to the Great Below
From the Great Above the goddess opened her ear to the Great Below
From the Great Above Inanna opened her ear to the Great Below 34
Translators and scholars Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer explain that “in Sumerian, the words for ear and wisdom are the same.” 35 Inanna, the great Queen of Heaven and Earth, becomes receptive to the call of something outside her experience, and is called to seek the wisdom of the “Great Below,” or the underworld. The story of Inanna’s descent to the underworld is at least five thousand years old, and it carries much symbolic insight not only for the Scorpio woman, but for any woman who finds herself in a time of descent. Inanna resolves that she must make a pilgrimage to the land of the dead, but before she embarks on her quest, she prepares herself by dressing for the journey, donning seven protective talismans that symbolize her status as queen of her own realms:
On her head she wears the shugurra, the crown of the steppe.
Across her forehead her dark locks of hair are carefully arranged.
Around her neck she wears the small lapis beads.
Her body is wrapped with the royal robe.
Her eyes are daubed with the ointment called,
“Let him come, let him come!”
Around her chest she wears the breastplate called “Come, man, come!”
On her wrist she wears the gold ring.
In her hand she carries the lapis measuring rod and line.36
Inanna sets out on the road with her faithful servant, Ninshubur, at her side, instructing her to appeal to the gods for help should she not return in due time. As she approaches the first of seven gates that guard the entrance to the underworld, the guardian, Neti, stops her in her tracks and demands that she relinquish her crown before she can enter. At each successive gate, she is stripped of an article of power—and of the protection it confers—until she kneels, “naked and bowed low,” 37 before her dark sister, Ereshkigal, Queen of the Underworld.
Ereshkigal is not happy that her sister has entered her realm uninvited; she “fastened on Inanna the eye of death” and hangs her on a peg.38 For three days and three nights Inanna hangs on the hook like rotting meat. Her faithful friend Ninshubur sounds the alarm when her mistress doesn’t return, beating the drum and tearing at her face and clothes in mourning. She approaches the gods for assistance as she was instructed, but one by one they turn her away, exclaiming that Inanna got what she deserved. Finally, the god Enki shows concern for Inanna and, from the tip of his fingernail, conjures two creatures to help bring Inanna back from the land of the dead. These beings descend unnoticed into the underworld and find Ereshkigal in the throes of labor. They sympathize with her pain, and, in gratitude for their compassion, she grants them whatever they wish. They reject her offerings of a field filled with grain and a full river and ask instead for the corpse rotting on the peg. Ereshkigal acquiesces, and the creatures sprinkle Inanna with the food and water of life, thus reviving her.
On her way back to the land of the living, Inanna is accompanied by demons of the underworld who must bring back a substitute, for no one escapes the underworld without providing a sacrifice in return. The first person they encounter is loyal Ninshubur, but Inanna refuses to sacrifice her. It is obvious that Ninshubur is truly in mourning. Each person they find is deeply distressed over the death of Inanna, and she forbids their being taken in her stead. Finally, they come to the palace, where her consort Dumuzi sits proudly on her throne, bedecked in jewels, enjoying his lofty position and clearly not mourning the loss of his wife.
“Him!” she cries. “He is the one who shall go down in my place!” The demons pounce on arrogant Dumuzi and drag him away as sacrifice to Ereshkigal.
The descent and the return are at the heart of the story of Inanna. Symbolically, it signifies a woman’s journey into the shadow aspects of herself in order to come face to face with the powerful wisdom that has been disowned or otherwise banished to the unconscious. Journeying into the underworld and coming back up regenerated and whole can involve the shedding of outworn personas, relationships, or self-images that are no longer viable in our lives. Going into the sacred dark can sometimes unearth powerful sadness and anger that we thought was long buried. When Ereshkigal is writhing with birth pangs and the creatures sympathize with her pain, she is finally heard and her feelings are validated. In other words, the shadow has been recognized and integrated.
However, before rebirth can occur, a sacrifice must be made. The sacrifice is something that does not support us—whatever (or whomever) doesn’t have our back. In the myth, it is Inanna’s consort Dumuzi who must be released as sacrifice. He may have once served an important role in her life, but now she can see clearly that he no longer has her best interests at heart. When Inanna resurfaces, she has become tempered. She has gone through the darkest night of the soul without the comfort and protection of the seven talismans. And so it often is when we ourselves go through a dark night of the soul. The things that identify us in our everyday lives—careers, education, youth, beauty—lose their significance. The only way to enter the underworld is “naked and bowed low.” It is only then that we can be receptive to the hidden wisdom and the transformation that may follow.
There are virtually countless similar interpretations of The Descent of the Goddess, as this myth has become a popular motif both in Jungian and Pagan circles. If you are interested in learning more about the descent of Inanna, I recommend the book Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women by Sylvia Brinton Perera.
Pathworking: The Descent and the Return
Tonight is the long-awaited night of your initiation into the mysteries of the goddess Inanna. The excitement rises like a tide within, but you also fight to contain the anxiety that threatens to overtake you. If it hadn’t been for one of her priestesses coming across you in the market, bruised and broken, running from the brothel your family threw you into when they discovered your “impurity,” you would never have found your way here. But the instant Anahita laid her eyes on you, she recognized you as belonging to the great goddess Inanna and brought you back with her to the temple, where kind hands bathed you and gently dressed your wounds, mending not only your body but, in time, your spirit.
That was many moons ago, and what a joy it was to finally find a family that accepted you, a family of women who embraced you as one of their own! Inside the sanctity of the temple, you were sheltered, protected, and welcomed. The outside world and its betrayals seemed very distant inside the perfumed courtyards of Inanna’s sanctuary. Of course, there was hard work too. You learned the duties of the novice under the ever-watchful eyes of the elder priestesses: tending her sacred flame and learning to quiet your thoughts in order to go within and hear the voice of the goddess. You also learned one of the most important parts of being a priestess of Inanna: to honor your sensuality as a divine gift. They showed you how to move your hips in sinuous circles, feeling the ancient power of the feminine awakening deep in your sacral chakra, building in intensity and then pulsing through your body in waves of ecstasy as you felt yourself opening to your sensuality and connecting to the infinite wellspring of your own creative power as a woman. Although at times you struggled with the discipline it took to learn the rites, your favorite duty was assisting the priestesses with their preparations to honor Inanna as the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Among your tasks was grinding kohl for the smoldering eyeliner that would transform the women you worked alongside each day into the living image of the goddess herself. How exotic they were! Their beauty and embodied sensuality hypnotized you. Like glorious, otherworldly creatures, they swayed and undulated to the throbbing beat of the drums, eyelids lowering as they slipped into the trance that aligned them with the goddess.
Although you don’t feel quite ready, the time has finally come for your own initiation. In the last rays of the setting Sun, a new acolyte comes to you, her head lowered respectfully in silence as she leads you to the baths. There you are bathed and anointed in oils of frankincense, cedar, and myrrh. You are then carefully dressed in the ritual finery you yourself have helped the senior priestesses with so many times, and a necklace of brilliant blue lapis lazuli is placed at your throat, the center of speaking your truth. You are then led down a darkened passageway, flickering candles in wall sconces casting dancing shadows along the way. The ominous, far-off sound of drums beating a slow and insistent rhythm makes the hair on your arms stand up. You become aware that the passageway is beginning to descend. You catch a glimpse of yourself in a mirror and gasp. The woman before you is the image of Inanna, resplendent in diaphanous saffron and shimmering white silk.
You come to a doorway blocked by a fearsome guardian who will not allow you to pass until you remove your gossamer veil. You bow your head and offer the veil, and the guardian takes it and steps aside. The passage becomes steeper, spiraling down as you descend ever deeper into the secret heart of the temple. You make out a shadowy outline ahead of you, and soon you are approaching another threshold. A second guardian blocks your way and demands that you surrender the lapis necklace you are wearing. At each threshold, one after another, you are stopped and required to give up a piece of the finery that identifies you as a novice priestess. You find yourself in utter darkness, naked and shivering.
Suddenly, you realize a shadowy female figure is materializing before you. You recognize the entity as Ereshkigal, Inanna’s underworld sister. As her features begin to take shape, a strange realization dawns on you: it is like looking in a mirror, and indeed, Ereshkigal is the mirror image of the Queen of Heaven. She fixes you with an unwavering gaze and says, “Symbols of status, power, and wealth have no value here in the underworld. What do you offer me as sacrifice?”
For a long moment you are silent.
Take a slow, deep breath and allow yourself to reflect. Name three things you have learned during a time of personal darkness, things you could not have learned any other way. Perhaps you learned how much inner strength you have. Maybe you learned to define your personal boundaries and stand up for yourself, or you came to a place where acceptance of a painful situation was the first step to freedom. Everyone has their own unique initiation in the underworld. Take a deep breath and make your offering to Ereshkigal.
Ereshkigal holds you in her gaze for a moment that seems to last an eternity. Then her face transforms into an expression of wise compassion. “Go with my blessing. You have been harrowed, deepened, and reborn. You have descended into the heart of darkness and survived. May you emerge tempered, to share the wisdom you have found in the darkest nights of your soul,” she says. She places something in your hand; it might be a symbol, a message, an object, or an image. Her visage fades slowly away.
From far off, you sense rather than see a brightening in the dark. You turn toward it and make your way in its direction. With each step you feel a growing sense of strength and confidence and a deep inner calm. You passed the test. You are Priestess. The other priestesses joyfully welcome you as you step into the light of the rising Sun to the triumphant sounds of drumming, sistrums, and singing. You open your hand in the brilliant light and see what you have been given as a symbol of your initiation, which you will take with you as a talisman into your new chapter.
Ritual: Release and Renewal
At its core, Scorpio is about death and rebirth. It is about shedding our old skins and letting go of what no longer serves us. Scorpio wisdom knows exactly what is required and does not fear the dark, for it knows innately that there lies our greatest healing. Do this ritual when you feel you must release something that is keeping you stuck. The best time to do this ritual is during the waning or dark of the Moon, when the Moon is in Scorpio, or at Samhain.
You Will Need:
Small black candle
Heatproof dish or shell
Paper
Pen
Sage for smudging
Small green candle
Indoor or outdoor plant
Smudge and clear your space, and ground and center in your preferred way. Light the black candle. Take a minute to acknowledge the sacred that is woven into the descents you have undergone—the betrayals and deep losses, the disappointments and heartaches you have experienced. Perhaps you may even now be in a descent.
Write these initiations on a piece of paper in as much or as little detail as you wish. Consider all the ways you have been tempered through the dark times in your life.
When you are ready to release the pain, resentment, anger, or grief you have been carrying, touch the paper to the candle’s flame and burn it safely in the heatproof dish. Watch as the fire consumes that which it is time to let go of. Feel yourself becoming lighter, stronger, and wiser as the cleansing flames transform. Reflect on the gifts that have come to you through the difficult steps on your journey.
Ground and center yourself again. Smudge your working area.
Remember, one of Scorpio’s symbols is the phoenix rising from its ashes. Take the ashes and either bury them somewhere away from your yard or, better, take them to a river or to the ocean when the tide is going out, to be carried away by the current.
On the following New Moon, take the green candle—the color of new growth—light it, and place it in the plant. On a piece of paper, write all the new intentions you would like to put forward. When you are done, mulch the paper carrying your intentions into the earth of your plant. Visualize your intentions becoming part of the new growth of the plant, being carried out to manifestation in your new chapter.
Allow the candle to burn out safely while you meditate on the intentions of growth that you have set into motion.
Ritual: Dancing in the Temple of the Queen of Heaven
Inanna’s Incense
3 parts frankincense
2 parts myrrh
7 drops cedar essential oil
A few dried rose petals
1 tiny pinch cinnamon
Several drops of wine
¼ tsp. honey
Dancing in the Temple of the Queen of Heaven
Kohl
Inanna’s Incense or spikenard oil
Candles
Music (try slow belly dancing percussion)
Inanna is intimately connected with the sensual expression of the sacred feminine and with owning and celebrating our sexuality. We are bombarded on a regular basis with cultural messages that say we need to look and behave in societally prescribed ways to be validated as sensual or sexual beings. Inanna stands for being proud of our bodies and our own brand of sensuality in whatever package we come in. In my more than two decades as a professional dancer in my early life, I did a variation of the following meditation before every show. I called it “getting into the zone.” This meditation is designed for you to connect deeply with your sensual body or as preparation for lovemaking.
Wear something comfortable that you can move in freely, such as yoga clothes. Consecrate your space by burning some spikenard oil or Inanna’s Incense. Set up your altar to Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth. (Refer to the correspondences at the end of the chapter for altar ideas.) Light a candle and dedicate the flame to her.
Ground and center yourself, and take some time to connect with and tune in to Inanna. Play some slow drumming music, belly dance music, or 5Rhythms. Allow yourself to begin to shift consciousness and get into a light trance state.
Prepare yourself. Outline your eyes with kohl. Do this mindfully and with utmost reverence. If you wish to apply more adornments or makeup, you can do this now. Self-adornment is an activity sacred to Inanna.
Look into the mirror and affirm that you are Goddess. You might feel strange doing this at first; it can be unnerving to speak to your own reflection. Stay with it—it gets easier with practice.
Begin doing some slow, gentle, succulent stretches with the music. Feel the power and glory of your female body, the body of the goddess. Affirm that you are beautiful. Run your hands over your body and give yourself permission to be bold in your self-appreciation. This is the time to banish any negative self-talk. You are an expression of the goddess, and it is her that you are praising. Be extravagant!
Slowly stand up and allow your body to sway to the cadence of the drums. Visualize yourself a priestess of the goddess Inanna. You are offering your womanly beauty and sensuality to her. Arise and feel the rhythm in your hips; practice rocking back and forth into your hips, and then try a figure eight. Let the music take you ever deeper into a trance state, until your movement becomes one with the beat of the drums. Slowly raise your arms in honor of Inanna, welcoming her to your dance. Do not edit your movement. There is no wrong or right way to dance for the Queen of Heaven. Your unique way is exactly what she requires. Allow her to guide your movement. You are raising energy. Try not to stop until you reach that ecstatic moment when you feel yourself become the dance. Feel your beauty and power as a woman, a being made to create, love, and celebrate the dance that is life.
Give thanks to Inanna for being able to freely delight in the joy of your body and feminine gifts. Focus and ground the energy through self-pleasure or lovemaking.
Scorpio Correspondences
Astrological Dates: October 23 through November 21
Sabbat: Samhain
Scorpio Goddess Archetypes: Inanna, Ereshkigal, Kali, the Morrigan, Ishtar, Persephone, Hecate, Cerridwen, Amokye, Ammut, Selkhet, Mary Magdalene, Green Tara
House: Eighth
Element: Water
Mode: Fixed
Planet: Mars (traditional), Pluto (modern)
Colors: Black, deep red
Crystals: Charoite, iolite, labradorite, lapis lazuli, moldavite, pietersite, obsidian
Essential Oils: Patchouli, spikenard, frankincense, myrrh, cedar
Parts of the Body: Sexual/reproductive organs