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Scorpio and Scorpio Compatibility in Love and Relationships

Two Scorpios in a relationship are either a fortress or a battlefield. No words are needed between them, but neither can back down first. Everything depends on which of them steps back before a small thing grows into a war.

What draws them together

A Scorpio recognises another Scorpio without explanation. Both sense who in the room is performing, and here for once nobody has to soften a thing or apologise for asking too directly. The questions other people spare each other come up over the second drink, and nobody flinches. There is respect for secrets too: each keeps a locked drawer, and the other never touches it, even though they know exactly what is inside. They have never had that with anyone else, and both know it at once. It is a relief.

Love and intimacy

Passion here is deep and rests on trust rather than fireworks. Scorpios don't touch tentatively: one senses what the other needs before they know it themselves. That same knowledge is a weapon, though. A Scorpio knows where to hit, and in a row lands the blow first time. Jealousy comes from both sides and nobody mentions it. One asks sideways questions, the other answers curtly, and in the evening each lies on their own edge of the bed and both pretend to be asleep.

Everyday life and home

The flat runs on unwritten rules. Money is kept neatly apart, nobody reproaches anybody, yet both know exactly who paid what. Decisions are a silent duel over who gets the last word on furniture, holidays and who is let across the threshold. Usually the one who says it more calmly wins. In a crisis they are unbeatable: when the car dies or a redundancy letter arrives, they stand together and say little. Ordinary peace is harder for them. After a decade, the silence at the table is either companionable or armed, and each can tell which from the way the other puts down a fork.

Where it rubs and how to ease it

Neither will admit being hurt first. Grievances are filed with a date and return in an argument about something else entirely, so a row about socks ends with a memory from last summer. When one Scorpio goes silent, the other goes silent louder. What works is a rule that silence must not last through the night, together with an agreed signal that means "I'm offended, but I want to sort it out": a mug of tea left on the table, say. The first step loses nothing; it only saves the evening.

Scorpio man and Scorpio woman

Both have a habit of reading the other, so they often compete over who sees through whom better. At a party or at the bank they split the roles with one glance. He shouldn't turn her silences into a detective story, and she shouldn't test whether he notices that something is wrong. A question would do.

Keeping it alive

• Choose a sentence either of you may use at any time: "I need a break, but I'm not leaving."
• Ask each other a question the other would never answer unprompted.
• Close the book on old grievances: anything that has not come up again in twelve months is dropped for good.

Scorpio and the other signs

Aries ★★☆☆☆Taurus ★★☆☆☆Gemini ★★★☆☆Cancer ★★★★★Leo ★☆☆☆☆Virgo ★★★★☆Libra ★★★★☆Scorpio ★★★☆☆Sagittarius ★★★★☆Capricorn ★★★★☆Aquarius ★★☆☆☆Pisces ★★★★★

Scorpio and the other signs

Aries ★★☆☆☆Taurus ★★☆☆☆Gemini ★★★☆☆Cancer ★★★★★Leo ★☆☆☆☆Virgo ★★★★☆Libra ★★★★☆Scorpio ★★★☆☆Sagittarius ★★★★☆Capricorn ★★★★☆Aquarius ★★☆☆☆Pisces ★★★★★

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