The Ballad of Aries and Scorpio

You've heard me speak of a number of legendary positive matches on the synastry board before. Now how about one of the all-time worst match ups... unless you are looking for a war. If you want a war, this would be one hell of a good match up.

Wanna see a good Texas death match inside a steel cage? Just select one choice example of the Aries clan and one choice example of the Scorpio clan and lock them in. You'll see a bloody piece of sport alright. Of all the legendary enemies in synastry, none can match Aries vs. Scorpio.

Aries is a masculine fire sign, full of Yang energy. It is the Cardinal sign that leads of the spring, meaning this dude has to be the leader, and a hell of a war chief he is. If you don't believe me, consult with Peyton Manning or Bill Bellichick. You'll never find an angrier, more bellicose, more pugnacious and belligerent fellow. They are quick to anger, and quick to forget about it... after hitting you in the jugular with a sticking knife. Understand that, metaphorically speaking, Aries is the god of war. This guy thrives on crushing and conquering his enemies.

Scorpio is a feminine water sign, full of Yin energy. It is fixed sign, located in the middle of fall. We know this season as shake-out season in football. Scorpio tends to be quite and secretive, but they are nasty on the inside. They are given to massive internal emotional disruptions and waves of passion that they don't show. They nurture a grudge for a long time before exploding on you in a fit of rage. They don't forget wrongs done to them until they have their revenge. Then they rejoice. The vengeance of the Scorpion is a hell of thing. Despite the fact that Scorpio is not a Cardinal sign, Scorpio is an ultra-control freak. Scorpio wants to run things, despite a lack of leadership potential, all else being equal.

When you put the two of them together you get a 150 degree angle. This is called an inconjunct or broken angle. These two have absolutely nothing in common outside of a high sex drive. Fire and Water don't mix. In the Zodiac, masculine and feminine signs do not mix well. There may be a powerful physical attraction between an Aries and a Scorpio, but they will fail to blend well. The Cardinal nature of Aries doesn't go over well with Scorpio, and neither do the bellicose tendencies. These two have a strong tendency to wake up the worst in each other.

According to myth, Achilles was Aries and Hector was a Scorpio. We all know how that one turned out. They fought the hell out of each other, and Achilles slew Hector. According to the legend, he was the only warrior in the world great enough to do the job on Hector. Nobody else could.

In love, the famous duo of John Wayne Bobbitt (3/23/1967) and Lorena Bobbit (10/31/1970) were an Aries and Scorpio couple. He did what many Aries men do to their wives: He fucked around on her a lot. Like most Scorpio women, she built up to a seething level of rage and cut his penis off. The revenge of the Scorpion is a hell of a thing.

I wouldn't be surprise to discover that this latest case of penis cutting involves another Aries and Scorpio couple.

I know of only one moderately happy and moderately successful Aries & Scorpio pair. That is Peyton Manning and Reggie Wayne. Believe me, these two don't sleep together. Further, they had to work hard on it. It works because they are both dedicated pros. I don't think their natural synastry is all that great. They are not purported to be buddy-buddy either. It works out because this is a highly professional partnership with some boundaries.

The damn thing is that I seem to prefer the Aries over the Scorpio. My Neptune is in Scorpio, but this not a personal planet. My South Node is Scorpio, meaning I am supposed to forsake all things Scorpio in this lifetime. I have a very significant presence of Aries in my chart, including the Moon, Fortuna and Pallas Athena.

According to Sirus, my highest possible romantic match up is versus 4/13/1979 Aries woman. I am intensely skeptical of this calculation; so much so that I am writing my own synastry engine right now to disprove this notion. Still, I can't deny that I seem to get along better with the Aries clan than the Scorpio clan. This is not normal for a Virgo. Typically, Virgos are supposed to get along very well with Scorpio. Not me baby.

Top Aries scores 537 points. Top Scorpio scores 328. It's a 199 point ass-whupping. Although, I am skeptical of the notion that Aries is top-gun overall in my life, I don't doubt they outscore Scorpio by 199 points. My own synastry engine is more about proving that Dave's Taurus and Capricorn scores are vastly better than Sirus says they are.

I have to be brutally honest with you folks for one second: at this stage of the game my worst enemy in life is a Scorpio, and she is waking up Aries the war god. The situation has reached the stage where I am prepared to leave the company I have worked for for the past four years. I need to do this before I explode.

I often question why the two of us hate each other so well. Virgo and Scorpio are supposed to be well disposed towards each other under normal circumstances. There are a plethora of real world reasons why there is a strong hatred here. Still, I have ignored real-world reasons for war before. This one seems to wake up the very worst in me. I can't help but think it is something metaphysical or karmic. Achilles wants to slay Hector.

The better angels of my Virgo nature are restraining the three Aries and two Leo elements of my chart, but they are getting plenty tired, and the god of war is getting ready to bust his rusty cage and run. He's got two fire lions who like to rip shit up running behind him. Don't bet on these guy to lose either. Cry "havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war.

I don't ever recall having a war with an Aries. I haven't had many enemies or wars in my life, but never with an Aries. I usually get along fairly well with them, although we rarely close. The exception would be dear old mom. We are close. I was once head-over-heals in love with an Aries girl back in 1996. I though she was the one. It probably would have worked out if it hadn't been for religion. Still, I can see now that it would have been a bumpy ride.

Perhaps there is something to the Vedic notion that the Moon is more important than the Sun in the individual's chart. Perhaps I am lot more Aries than I think I am.

The first day of spring means it's Aries season

For those who don't know, March 20th is the Vernal or Spring Equinox. This means that tomorrow is the first day of Spring. Traditionally, the Equinox means that we have exactly 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. This 'taint necessarily so. It depends on your north/south Latitude. For instance, in my Dad's home city of Quito Ecuador, they always have 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. The city sits directly on the Earth's equator.

Now we have dreaded Aries season. Traditionally, this has not been a bad time for me. Aside from some spring allergies, this is usually a good time of year, pre-occupied by the NFL Draft. We will see the birthdays of a large number of NFL Greats not the least of whom are John Madden, Bill Bellichick, Peyton Manning, and the Rams' own Chris Long. There are many others.

This year, I am wary. In theory, my hottest sexual/romantic match is an Aries woman, born on 4/13/1979. We have an insane 538 score together. There are reasons for this. My moon is in Aries. My Venus and Mars are in Leo. There is plenty of fire under my hood. I am somewhat concerned that I might meet this 32 year old whirling dervish sometime in the next 60 days.

My physical transformation is proceeding pretty well. My weight is down to 284, which may not impress, but this does not tell the whole story. My lean mass has not only held, it has increased somewhat. According to the latest composition tests, I have 191 pounds of lean mass.

This surprised my doctors somethin' fierce. They expected losses of lean muscle and bone density. So far, it's going the other way. This is a testimony to how hard I am working now on various and sundry workout gear.

My buddy Gabriel was rather stunned when he saw me this past Saturday morning. He hadn't seen me since before the surgery. He said I look a hell of a lot different. I guess loosing 47 pounds of pure fat while putting 1 pound of lean on will do that to you.

So what if I were to run into an available instance of Ms. 4/13/1979 around and about her 32nd birthday? I shutter to think...

Earth and Fire do not mix well. In particularly, Virgo and Aries are a poor match. Aries is know for its temper. Believe me, I know. My mom is an Aries and she had the ability to explode. Unfortunately, I do too, and I detest it with a passion. You see, Virgo men (and women) simply will not put up with high intensity emotional outbursts, tantrums, drama, venting matches, etc. In a perfect world, there would be none of that. Utterly inferior people cannot contain or control their emotions. We won't have it. We just don't put up with it.

We like to be calm, cool, collected, dispassionate, reasoned, analytical, sensible, logical, pragmatic. This is in keeping with our Mercurial nature. Whilst on the topic of Mercury, it would seem that we Virgo men have the reputation for being Mercurial in another way: We are world class dumpers. A chick can be in with us solid, and one temper tantrum later, she is out. I mean all the way out. Forget about it. Done and done. I told you, we just won't put up with that shit.

There are other reasons. Aries is the sign of the War Chieftain. They make good football coaches because they can be extremely bossy. Aries women often wind up wearing the pants in the family. Some Virgos like to be dominated. Not me baby. I won't have it. I simply will not put up with that shit.

Aries tend to be wild and passionate folk. They are aggressive, with a fairly instant ignition when it comes to sex drive. Virgo is not like that. Consider the hermit and the virgin imagery. We cautious, careful, conservative. We don't jump quick. We need time to consider the ramifications of hanging around with an Aries, pardon the pun. We take awhile to make up our minds.

There are other factors at play.

I have been attracted to several Aries women in my lifetime. There was a big one named Michelle in 1996. No good has ever come of it. There were a significant number of negative consequences resulting from each of these cases. Looking back on it, the best thing I can say about these happenings is that they were monumental wastes of time, energy, talent, money and effort. Squandered effort.

With that said, you may understand why I am negative to ambivalent about meeting up with a 4/13/1979 female in this season. In a best case scenario, it would be another quick failure with a lot of negatives flowing out of it. In a worst case scenario, it would become something semi-long term that is poorly conceived and doomed from inception. There you would find much wasted time effort and distraction from real and achievable goals. With a score of 538, I am inclined to think it would be the worst case scenario.

It's cool to have an Aries buddy, or an Aries next to you on the D-Line, but a wife? That is a Ram of a different color.

The Synastry Files IV, The Rams love me back

So, I finally purchase my copy of Sirius 1.1. For those who don't know, Sirius is purportedly the next-generation product that followed Kepler. Kepler is now outdated, in the EOL (End of Life) category. They still sell it, but it is not their flagship product. Sirius does not look like a 100% do-over product. It certainly looks a lot like Kepler, but oh-well...

I have had some considerable fun with the new (old?) product. Using Match Maker, I have ground out over 2,000 comparisons between theoretical dates and my own natal chart. Of course, the term theoretical date is an odd one. These dates did occur in history, and we can say with something approaching metaphysical certainty that baby girls were born on all of these days. I call them theoretical dates because I know of no specific individual who was born on these dates.

If we look at the top 50 scores on my leader board, we will find an Aries with a score of 530 for Romantic and Sexual Attraction. This edges out La-La (my theoretical Pisces) by some 2 points. I have code-named this female Fire-Ewe. Fire Ewe was born on 04/13/1979, and is just about 31 years old now.

The problem is that Fire Ewe can't compete on other scores. We have a good problem solving score of 206, and we have a good shared creativity score of 152. That's it. The rest of the scores are average. There is nothing average about La-La's scores.

Still, I am impressed by how Aries took-command of the leader board. It is impressive to see so many high scores among Aries females. I guess the Rams love me back, after all.

I was also amazed by my scores versus Aquarius. Aquarius leaped over Libra by a considerable margin, and I didn't think that was going to happen. How about my poor scores versus Capricorn, and less-than-amazing scores versus Taurus? I don't have a single hot Capricorn score until the year 1992. Yep, that's right. There is an 18 year old Capricorn girl somewhere in Los Angeles packing a huge 409 score versus me. That's every daddy's nightmare.

This once again proves that I am a very weird Virgo. Virgo is not supposed to do well versus Aquarius and we are supposed to do great versus Capricorn. Not this Virgo. Quite frankly, my top Aquarius has dramatically better scores (overall) than Fire Ewe, and vastly better than most Capricorns. There are many similar findings with the the lesser Aquarius scores. Based on scores alone, the Aquarians look like damn fine choices.

The Pisces, Virgos, Leos, and several other good signs are not yet included here. Still, we know from previous research that there is are Pisces with better overall-scores. Soon they will be included, and we will have a more complete look at the picture.

1. 530 Aries 19790413 Los Angele
2. 522 Aries 19790412 Los Angele
3. 492 Aries 19790414 Los Angele
4. 463 Aries 19790411 Los Angele
5. 447 Aquarius 19800131 Los Ang
6. 432 Aquarius 19800130 Los Ang
7. 409 Aries 19790415 Los Angele
8. 409 Capricorn 19920115 Los An
9. 409 Aquarius 19800201 Los Ang
10. 401 Aries 19790410 Los Angele
11. 377 Capricorn 19920116
12. 373 Sagittarius 19801209 Los
13. 371 Aquarius 19880213 Los Ang
14. 369 Libra 19801020 Los Angele
15. 367 Taurus 19820424 Los Angel
16. 359 Aquarius 19800129 Los Ang
17. 358 Capricorn 19920113 Los An
18. 356 Aries 19790409 Los Angele
19. 354 Libra 19810930 Los Angele
20. 352 Aquarius 19880214 Los Ang
21. 350 Aries 19700407 Los Angele
22. 350 Aquarius 19720131 Los Ang
23. 349 Aries 19860417 Los Angele
24. 343 Aries 19800324 Los Angele
25. 340 Libra 19810928 Los Angele
26. 339 Aries 19700406 Los Angele
27. 338 Sagittarius 19841213 Los
28. 338 Aries 19800323 Los Angele
29. 337 Scorpio 19791026 Los Ange
30. 337 Aquarius 19880212 Los Ang
31. 336 Aquarius 19720130 Los Ang
32. 334 Sagittarius 19801208 Los
33. 333 Aquarius 19800202 Los Ang
34. 331 Capricorn 19920117 Los An
35. 330 Aquarius 19810126 Los Ang
36. 328 Scorpio 19781105 Los Ange
37. 328 Aquarius 19880215 Los Ang
38. 327 Aquarius 19720201 Los Ang
39. 326 Sagittarius 19801210 Los
40. 326 Aries 19790416 Los Angele
41. 322 Sagittarius 19841214 Los
42. 321 Aries 19860418 Los Angele
43. 317 Aries 19860416 Los Angele
44. 317 Aries 19790408 Los Angele
45. 316 Aries 19800322 Los Angele
46. 315 Sagittarius 19841212 Los
47. 315 Capricorn 19830109 Los An
48. 309 Scorpio 19791119 Los Ange
49. 309 Aquarius 19660123 Los Ang
50. 309 Aquarius 19660122 Los Ang