Q 01/05

Scorpio is the zodiac's eighth sign, counting from which sign?

A) Capricorn

B) Aries

C) Pisces

D) Leo

Answer · why

B) Aries

Aries: the count starts at the March equinox, the moment the Sun enters Aries, rather than at the new year in January, and that puts Scorpio eighth of...

Q 02/05

What is the classical ruling planet of Scorpio?

A) Saturn

B) Mars

C) The Sun

D) Mercury

Answer · why

B) Mars

Mars: classical astrology gave the war god's planet two signs to rule, and Scorpio gained a second ruler only after telescopes had added new planets t...

Q 03/05

Which body do modern astrologers assign as Scorpio's ruler?

A) Pluto

B) Ceres

C) Neptune

D) Uranus

Answer · why

A) Pluto

Astrologers kept Pluto in charge even after astronomers demoted it to a dwarf planet in 2006.

Q 04/05

Scorpio belongs to which element?

A) Air

B) Water

C) Earth

D) Fire

Answer · why

B) Water

Scorpio is a Water sign, sharing that element with Cancer and Pisces; the three Water signs are the ones astrology links to emotion and intuition.

Q 05/05

What is Scorpio's modality?

A) Cardinal

B) Fixed

C) Angular

D) Mutable

Answer · why

B) Fixed

Scorpio's modality is Fixed, the quality given to the four signs that fall in the middle of a season; Scorpio holds mid-autumn in the northern hemisph...