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SCORPIO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scorpio mean? 

SCORPIO (noun)
  The noun SCORPIO has 3 senses:

1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpioplay

2. a large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittariusplay

3. the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21play

  Familiarity information: SCORPIO used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCORPIO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Scorpio; Scorpion

Hypernyms ("Scorpio" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Domain category:

astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Scorpio; Scorpius

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Meronyms (members of "Scorpio"):

Antares (the brightest star in Scorpius)

Holonyms ("Scorpio" is a part of...):

zodiac (a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Scorpio; Scorpio the Scorpion; Scorpion

Instance hypernyms:

house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)


 Context examples 


All month, Mars will circulate in Scorpio, so that ensures you will be working hard in December.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mars will be in Scorpio all month, which means you will be filled with energy, courage, and drive.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you have no partner, Mars in Scorpio will be busy in your fifth house of new love, true love for the first time in two years.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The transiting moon will be in Scorpio, a sexy, loving place for the moon to be.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You are doing so well, dear Scorpio!

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mars, the sexy energy planet, is in Scorpio, lighting your house of new love, true love.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mars will be in Scorpio all month, giving you presence and magnetism at holiday parties.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Finally, if you have a planet in Virgo, Capricorn, Taurus, Pisces, Scorpio, or Cancer at 20 degrees, plus or minus five degrees, you will also benefit from this glorious full moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You are proving you are a major force of nature, dear Scorpio.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

After Mars moves out of your eighth house of other people’s money, it will move into Scorpio from November 18 to January 3.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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