Zodiac Sign · Certain
Scorpio
Scorpio in the twelve-sign tropical zodiac.
Profile research status
This stable record is still in evidence review. Its current identity, cultural scope, image, and direct source records are available here; a complete history, myth, worship, iconography, relationship, and reception profile is not yet claimed.
Direct connections and evidence
Explicit Source
plant under Scorpio
1 attestation · high confidence
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book OneBook One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress · Renaissance Europe, c. 1533 · Renaissance Europe · Book Book One · Chapter XXXII · Section What things are under the signs, the fixed stars, and their images · Page 107-109 · Table The twelve signs and their plants
Modern Convention
modern co-ruler of Scorpio
Modern Western astrology commonly adds Pluto to Scorpio's co-rulership while Mars remains the traditional ruler in the classical source layer.
3 attestations · high confidence
- Astrodienst Astrowiki editors, PlutoAstrowiki reference page, accessed 2026-08-26 · Astrodienst · Twentieth- and twenty-first-century modern astrology · English-language modern astrology · Section Rulerships
- Stephanie Clement, Encyclopedia Term: PlutoLlewellyn Encyclopedia entry from What Astrology Can Do for You, accessed 2026-08-26 · Llewellyn Worldwide · Twentieth- and twenty-first-century modern astrology · English-language modern astrology · Section Definition
- Alan Oken with Chris Brennan, The Life and Work of Astrologer Alan OkenHuman transcript of episode 223; recorded September 18, released September 24, transcript released December 7, 2019 · The Astrology Podcast · Twentieth- and twenty-first-century modern astrology · English-language modern astrology · Section Rulers of the Horoscope and modern/traditional rulerships discussion · Entry Alan Oken paragraph beginning “I use both the traditional rulers and the ‘new’ rulers”
Explicit Source
traditional ruler of Scorpio
Classical domicile rulership recorded directly from Ptolemy; later and modern co-rulership layers remain separate.
1 attestation · high confidence
- Claudius Ptolemy; J. M. Ashmand, translator, Tetrabiblos; or, QuadripartiteW. Foulsham 1900 printing of Ashmand’s 1822 English version · Project Gutenberg · Second century CE · Roman Egypt · Book Book I · Chapter Chapter XX — The Houses of the Planets · Section The Houses of the Planets · Page 28–29
Reviewed sources
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book One (1898)Book One, English edition based on the 1651 J. F. translation · Library of Congress
- Astrodienst Astrowiki editors, PlutoAstrowiki reference page, accessed 2026-08-26 · Astrodienst
- Stephanie Clement, Encyclopedia Term: PlutoLlewellyn Encyclopedia entry from What Astrology Can Do for You, accessed 2026-08-26 · Llewellyn Worldwide
- Claudius Ptolemy; J. M. Ashmand, translator, Tetrabiblos; or, Quadripartite (1900)W. Foulsham 1900 printing of Ashmand’s 1822 English version · Project Gutenberg
- Alan Oken with Chris Brennan, The Life and Work of Astrologer Alan Oken (2019)The Astrology Podcast episode 223, human transcript · The Astrology Podcast