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Scorpio is the eighth astrological sign in the Zodiac. It spans the 210–240th degree of the zodiac, between 207.25 and 234.75 degree of celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this area on average from October 23 to November 22, and under the sidereal zodiac, the sun currently transits the constellation of Scorpius from approximately November 16 to December 15. Depending on which zodiac system one uses, an individual born under the influence of Scorpio may be called a Scorpio or a Scorpion.
Scorpio is one of the three zodiac water signs, the others being Cancer and Pisces.
Astrologers believe Scorpios are ruled by their desires, but that their strength is resourcefulness, and that their resourcefulness allows them to control their desires unless they have a plan to achieve them. Scorpios are analytical and meditative, and ponder data to create a realistic plan; self-deception is not something a Scorpio does. The Scorpio is secretive and intense, though their careful approach to planning and action can appear as a lack of intensity. The Scorpio is good at hiding their feelings. A creative dreamer with an original personality and a very vivid imagination. They take things personally, and sometimes their unique personality is not very well received, which makes them feel excluded and misunderstood. Kind and passionate, the Scorpio has an uncontrollable need to please others. Scorpios could always have a great deep discussion with Geminis....
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Scorpio is the eighth astrological sign in the Zodiac. It spans the 210–240th degree of the zodiac, between 207.25 and 234.75 degree of celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this area on average from October 23 to November 22, and under the sidereal zodiac, the sun currently transits the constellation of Scorpius from approximately November 16 to December 15. Depending on which zodiac system one uses, an individual born under the influence of Scorpio may be called a Scorpio or a Scorpion.
Scorpio is one of the three zodiac water signs, the others being Cancer and Pisces.
Astrologers believe Scorpios are ruled by their desires, but that their strength is resourcefulness, and that their resourcefulness allows them to control their desires unless they have a plan to achieve them. Scorpios are analytical and meditative, and ponder data to create a realistic plan; self-deception is not something a Scorpio does. The Scorpio is secretive and intense, though their careful approach to planning and action can appear as a lack of intensity. The Scorpio is good at hiding their feelings. A creative dreamer with an original personality and a very vivid imagination. They take things personally, and sometimes their unique personality is not very well received, which makes them feel excluded and misunderstood. Kind and passionate, the Scorpio has an uncontrollable need to please others. Scorpios could always have a great deep discussion with Geminis....
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The Zodiac, Divided into 12 Star Signs
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Libra, 7th Star Sign, September 23 - October 22
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Sagittarius, 9th Star Sign, November 22 - December 21
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Agrippa, Roman General
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Tiberius, 2nd Roman Emperor
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Vespasian, 9th Roman Emperor
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Domitian, 11th Roman Emperor
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Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
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King Edward III of England
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Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
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Desiderius Erasmus, Prince of the Humanists
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Joanna of Castile, The Mad
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Martin Luther, Initiator Protestant Reformation
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Paracelsus, Father of Toxicology
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Suleiman I, The Magnificent
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Eleanor of Austria
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Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Spain
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Robert Devereux, Favourite of Elizabeth
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Prince Maurice of Orange, Stadholder
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Joost Van Den Vondel, Dutch Poet and Playwright
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Charles I of England, Executed for High Treason
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Otto von Guericke, The Magdeburg Hemispheres, 1654
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Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor
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Paulus Potter, Dutch Painter
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Johannes Vermeer, Dutch Painter
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Edward Colston, English Slave Trader
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William III of Orange, King of England
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Edmond Halley, Astronomer
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Charles II, Last Habsburg King of Spain
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François Couperin, French Composer
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King George II of Great Britain
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Domenico Scarlatti, Italian Composer
Italian composer and keyboard player. Son of the composer Alessandro Scarlatti, he worked as his father's assistant in Naples. By 1705 he was living in Rome. His father subsequently sent him to Venice, where he stayed until about 1708. There he proba... |
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Voltaire, Author and Philosopher
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Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian Polymath
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Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Mathematician
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Captain James Cook, British Navigator, Explorer
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Bougainville, French Admiral & Explorer
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John Adams, 2nd US President, 1797-1801
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William Herschel, Discovered Uranus - 1781
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Charles IV of Spain
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Tipu Sultan, The Tiger of Mysore
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Marie Antoinette, Guillotined 1793
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Louis XVIII of France
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Friedrich Schiller, German Writer
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Georges Danton, French Revolutionary
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Robert Fulton, 1st Practical Submarine
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Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Radetzky March
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Founder Sikh Empire
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Niccolň Paganini, Violinist / Composer
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Louis Daguerre, Daguerreotype - 1839
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John Keats, English Romantic Poet
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James Knox Polk, 11th US President, 1845-1849
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Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology
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Vincenzo Bellini, Italian Opera Composer
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Wilhelm E. Weber, Electromagnetic Telegraph
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Writer
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James A. Garfield, 20th US President, 1881-1881
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Georges Bizet, French Composer
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Georges Bizet, Composer of Opera Carmen
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Claude Monet, Impressionist
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Auguste Rodin, Sculptor
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Edward VII of the United Kingdom
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Bram Stoker, Writer of Dracula
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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Us President, 1901-1909
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Warren G. Harding, 29th US President, 1921-1923
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Madame Curie, Discovery of Radioactivity
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Bingham, Machu Picchu - 1911
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Leon Trotsky, Revolutionary
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Alfred Wegener, Discovery Plate Tectonics
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Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist
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General George S. Patton, USA WW2
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General Montgomery, Britain WW2
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, nicknamed "Monty" and "The Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War.
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Chiang Kai-shek, Opponent of Mao
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Nehru, First Prime Minister of India
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Edwin Hubble, Big Bang Theory
Edwin Powell Hubble was an American astronomer who played a crucial role in establishing the field of extragalactic astronomy and is generally regarded as one of the most important observational cosmologists of the 20th century. Hubble is known for s... |
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Rommel, German Marshal WW2
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel was one of the best known German Field Marshals and commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps in World War II. He is also known by his nickname The Desert Fox (Wüstenfuchs).
In a classic blitzkrieg, Allied forces were com... |
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Goebbels, Hitler's Propaganda Minister
Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels was Adolf Hitler's Propaganda Minister in Nazi Germany. Goebbels was known for his zealous and energetic oratory and virulent anti-Semitism. Following Hitler's death, he served as Chancellor for one day. He then committed sui... |
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René Magritte, Belgian Surrealist Artist
René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for creating a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary objects in an unusual context, his work is known for challenging observers' pr... |
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Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians
Astrid of Sweden was the Queen consort of King Leopold III of the Belgians. She was the third daughter of Prince Carl, Duke of Westrogothia, and his wife Princess Ingeborg of Denmark.
She married Leopold on November 4, 1926, and became Queen of th... |
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McCarthy, Anti-communist Pursuits
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin between 1947 and 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period of extreme anti-communist suspicion inspired by the tensions of the C... |
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Ennio Morricone, Italian Composer
Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player who wrote music in a wide range of styles. Morricone composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works.
His score to The Go... |
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Joe Biden, 46th US President, 2021
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician and the president-elect of the United States. Biden defeated incumbent president Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden served as the 47th vice pres... |
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Rem Koolhaas, Architect
Remment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He is often cited as a representative of deconstructivism... |
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Hillary Clinton, Candidate 45th US President
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician who served as the served as the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, and was the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election, which she... |
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Bill Gates, Founder Microsoft
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. Gates is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with P... |
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Peter Jackson, Director
Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZM is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03) and The Hobbit trilogy (2012–14), both of which are ad... |
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