Every week I pull one card from my grandmother’s tarot deck and write about what that card can mean for each sign. But today I want to focus on one sign in particular. Each zodiac sign has specific tarot cards assigned to them. I don’t mean just one card. Every sign has a specific card for them, their ruling planet, and their element. But what do these cards mean? Let’s find out.
Today, we are talking about Scorpio. The feisty sign deserves a little attention from our trusty tarot deck. Last week we listened to a sensual Scorpio playlist. But today, we are going to kick off the season by seeing what the cards have in store for our self-contained yet unrestrained sign.
Scorpio is connected to the Death card. Its ruling planet, Pluto, is connected to the Judgement card. Its ancient ruling planet, Mar, is connected to the Tower card. And its water element is connected to the Cups suit. These cards can hold significance for you if you have Scorpio as your sun, moon, or rising sign. You can check your birth chart here. Now let’s dive in a little deeper and see what these cards mean.
The Cups
Every water sign is connected to the Cups suit. Cups represent harmony and matters of the heart. Though the suit can represent love and friendship also represent peer pressure and hypersensitivity.
A Cup card advises us to lead with our hearts rather than our heads. It reminds us to form emotional attachments with those around us. But it also warns us against codependency and peer pressure.
The Cups speak to Scorpio’s intensely emotional nature. When a Cup card is pulled during a reading it can mean heightened psychic abilities and/or romantic relationships. It can also mean a dissolution or lack of harmony in certain relationships. This is the suit of emotional connection and touches on Scorpio’s zeal and amorous tendencies.
The Tower
Scorpio has two ruling planets, Pluto and Mars. Mars is its ancient ruler, and Pluto is its modern ruler. Since Scorpio has two celestial rulers we are going to discuss the tarot cards for both planets.
The tarot card for Mars is the Tower, the card of liberty and salvation. In my grandmother’s deck, this card is often depicted as a tall grey tower on top of a rocky crag being struck by lightning. A large golden crown falls from the top of the tower as two people, one of them a perceived king or queen, are thrown to the ground.
This card belongs to the Major Arcana, and it is believed that Major cards hold deeper and more specific meanings. This card is often depicted as a tall grey tower on top of a rocky crag being struck by lightning. A large golden crown falls from the top of tower as two people, one of them a perceived king or queen, are thrown to the ground.
This card represents liberation and an end to certain restrictions. When The Tower pops up in a reading, it can mean that it is time to break free from a situation that is holding you back. Mars governs our willfulness, drive, and passion. And this card illustrates Scorpio’s need for adventure and freedom.
Judgement
Scorpio’s modern ruler is Pluto, and the card for Pluto is Judgement. Pluto governs transformation, destruction, and rebirth. And this card represents doubt and discernment. In my grandmother’s deck, it is often depicted as a giant golden-haired angel descending from the heavens playing a gold horn. The horn is adorned with a white flag with a red cross. Below the angel, there are several people rising up from their coffins.
When this card turns up in a reading, it can mean that external forces are causing you to question yourself. It directs Scorpio not to take what they have heard at face value.
This card illustrates Scorpio’s ability to trust their own gut and follow their own path. It can also speak to the fixed water signs’ ability to transform themselves. When this card pops up, it may be telling you that it is time to figuratively banish the old parts of your life that are a source of pain or deception, so that the new parts can thrive. This card wants you to trust your instincts.
Death
The Tarot Card for Scorpio is Death. Don’t freak out, Scorpios! That does not mean you will meet an untimely demise. The Death card simply represents the closing of a chapter of your life. In my grandmother’s deck, the card is depicted as a skeletal knight riding a pale white horse. He holds a black flag with a white rose on it. There are dead and dying people surrounding the horse and rider. The pope, dressed in a gold hat and white robe, bravely stands before him. The sun peeks out of the horizon in the distance.
This card reminds Scorpios that it is best to let the past die. Like the Judgement card, The Death card inspires Scorpio to leave situations that no longer serve them. It may be painful to let go of certain things. But letting go will allow the fixed water sign to set out on new adventures.
There you have it, Scorpio!
An unbridled tarot spread for the zodiac’s liberated lover! Whenever these cards pop up in your reading, know that they may have an extra special message for you. If you draw a card from the Cups suit, know that you are in need of an emotional or physical connection. If you draw the Tower card, know that it is time to liberate yourself from a destructive situation. The Judgement card wants you to trust your built-in B.S. detector. And if the Death card is pulled, know that it is time to leave a painful situation behind.
