You're loyal and protective of each other, so stay off each other's sacred turf and respect your differences. Practical Taurus will pull Scorpio out of depressive slumps, and Scorpio will help Taurus look below the surface to see hidden motivations and agendas. The Bull's earthy nature can be grounding for watery Scorpio, whose emotions can warp his perspective. You'll give each other the attentive listening both of you crave. You're equally intense about your beliefs and passions, and sex is a lusty, no-holds-barred affair. You both love music, food and sensual delights. If you can avoid arousing the sleeping dragon in each other, there's plenty of rich material here. Better yet, you'll need to be extremely self-aware and conscious of your personal power. If ever a couple needed a prenup, it's you. This inflexibility can lead to serious power struggles and enmity that burns bright after the relationship ends. Taurus and Scorpio are both 'fixed' signs, gifted at perseverance and holding your ground, terrible at adapting to other people's personalities. Differences can be a turn-on for some signs, but for this pair, they're often a deal breaker. It's like two mafia kingpins trying to rule the same territory: it works as long as you're loyal, but cross each other and you're getting whacked. Taurus is the bossy Bull, and Scorpio rules power and control. You're opposite signs who can fall into a real love-hate dynamic, mainly since you both like to run the show. In a sense, you both live by the credo 'What's mine is mine what's yours is mine.' Who will refill the coffers once you empty them? SCORPIO + TAURUS (April 20 - May 20) Scorpio is the sign that rules other people's resources-his karmic job is to create wealth from another man's pocket. One way in which you're alike? You're both hyper-sensitized to abandonment, and may even shun each other in a self-protection paradox: 'Go away before you leave me.' (This tactic only guarantees another hot reunion tryst.) Selfishness can also be this couple's downfall. Jealous Scorpio will need to stop Google-stalking Aries and hiring private detectives whenever the independent Ram goes out for a beer with friends. Aries will need to temper the raw desire, or at least mask it to avoid overwhelming Scorpio. Aries energy is consuming, which leaves Scorpio weak-kneed but scared. When Aries reaches out his grasping hand, Scorpio's first instinct is to jump back, which wounds the sensitive Ram. Here's the fundamental challenge: Aries takes withholding Scorpio takes away.

However, this match can only last if Scorpio has evolved from a ground-dwelling, vengeful scorpion into an elevated 'eagle' state. When mixed with Aries' concentrated fire-power, you stir up quite the hydroelectric charge. No sign is as darkly intense as watery Scorpio. Not that either of you is afraid of such things.

Fierce physical attraction draws your signs together, but it's a game of sexual gunpowder and erotic explosives. Aries' ruler, passionate Mars, also wields minor command over Scorpio (whose main overlord is Pluto).

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