Scorpio Energy
Scorpio is the eleventh sign of the zodiac. The body parts associated with Scorpio are the pelvis, pelvic floor, groin, and tailbone, along with the reproductive and elimination systems. Scorpio’s energetic signatures include transformation, intensity, trust, and letting go. People with their Sun in Scorpio often feel things deeply, are fiercely loyal, and can hold on tightly to people, roles, and old stories long after they have outgrown them. Core Theme: Learn to let go of what no longer serves you, trust the process of transformation, and notice how your body releases tension when you stop holding on.
Body parts: pelvis, pelvic floor, groin, tailbone (sacrum and coccyx)
Organs: reproductive organs, bladder, colon (elimination)
Energetic themes: transformation, trust, intensity, letting go.
Over the years, here are some of my observations about the pelvis and pelvic floor:
- The pelvis sits at the base of the spine and correlates with our identity and sense of self.
- Pelvic pain often shows up when we are not staying true to ourselves, or when we allow someone else to override our inner knowing.
- The tailbone can become painful when other people’s opinions challenge our truth, and when we beat ourselves up for wanting something different.
- The reproductive and elimination organs reflect our ability to create something new and to release what we no longer need.
- Holding on to guilt, obligation, or a role we have outgrown can show up as tension in the hips and pelvis.
- The right side of the body tends to reflect giving and doing; the left side reflects receiving.
- Tightness in the pelvis can also be a sign that you are upleveling your foundation, and a signal to trust the change you are making.
The following excerpt from my book, Infinite Body Wisdom, illustrates the energetic themes of the Scorpio season:
Stella Learns to Let Go
Indeed, your body is infinitely wise in its ability to get your attention, especially when you’ve not been true to yourself! One practice member, Stella, created a multitude of bodily conditions, most in response to harsh judgments about what she was, or wasn’t, doing. These judgments were accompanied by misplaced guilt. Stella had respiratory problems, pain in her feet and hands, chest pains, and anxiety. She constantly went to medical doctors to find out what was wrong with her, and new diagnoses were constantly being suggested, but the bottom line was always the same: “We don’t know.”
Stella was very inconsistent with her care. Every time she returned it was in the wake of some jazzy diagnosis that stymied her doctors. Stella would ask me, “Why are my feet sore? Why do I have cramping in my legs that wake me up at night? I feel so off balance, and I even have pains in my legs when I walk! Will my anxiety ever go away? I sure don’t want to be dependent on anxiety meds for the rest of my life!” When I asked what was going on in her life, there was always something giving Stella grief.
For instance, she’d had a big disagreement with a friend she was going on a trip with and was worried about how to proceed with this friend. The tension manifested as pain on the left side of her lower back and as stiffness in her neck, also on the left-hand side. Once Stella woke up to what was causing her stress, the pain decreased dramatically, and after the adjustment her body relaxed noticeably. Soon after, informed by her newfound awareness, Stella became clear on what action to take.
Another time Stella came in she was having pain in her right hip and pelvis, especially upon waking up in the morning. Eager to get to the bottom of things, Stella shared, “My son, who is forty-five and still living at home with me, does nothing but watch television, play computer games, and complain. When I ask him to help me with household chores, he always has a ready excuse. I am literally at my wit’s end and want to get him out of the house, but I feel bad at the thought of kicking him out. He’s a good kid and has just come upon some hard times, and that’s why he’s living with me again.” This time I asked Stella, “What do you see as the benefit to your son if you kicked him out of the house?” Stella immediately responded, “Oh, there’d be no benefit at all! He’d be homeless, and what would he do? He might hate me for doing this to him.” I gently began suggesting to Stella some of the likely benefits, such as, “It will get your son to take responsibility for himself and take action — that’s a benefit. He won’t have you bitching at him anymore to do chores. And it will give him the opportunity and motivation to find what he really wants to do.” At this, Stella’s imagination went into high gear. “Yes, and he will have his freedom, he will get a job, along with his own apartment.” After a while, I could see Stella’s body relaxing. Soon after her adjustment, she was no longer in any pain but the ball was now in her court.
How Can This Apply to You?
Have you ever been in a quandary about dealing with a particular family member? Have you ever found yourself enabling a loved one or feeling unappreciated, only to have guilt trips piled upon you when you tried to change things? If you have, write down all the accrued benefits to your loved one and yourself for having said “No.” Take this time to see how your “tough love” would benefit this person as opposed to how they might suffer. Doing so balances your perception and gives you the necessary courage and conviction to say no.
What I have realized is that until you balance your past experiences, you carry them on your shoulders like a brick-filled backpack, or they lodge in various parts of your body. Whenever you encounter a similar situation that resonates with this old emotional energy, you add another layer of protection and place this experience atop your other emotional baggage. Again, I want to make it clear that this energetic baggage is comprised of both the positive and negative experiences you perceived at the time. You just associated that experience with a particular emotion that could not be processed and thus became attached. How does a heavy backpack feel after you’ve hiked up a hill for an hour? In very short order, the backpack feels much heavier, and it takes more energy and stamina to keep trekking on. Can you see how carrying your unbalanced, emotional load can become a huge burden over time?