Scorpio Compatibility: Who Is Scorpio Compatible With?
Tradition: Western astrology. A tradition, not a forecast. Astrologers read it this way; the evidence does not.
By Suraj Giri · Reviewer for this method: not yet appointed (see our editorial policy)
In Western astrology, Scorpio is rated highest with Cancer and Pisces (a strong match, 8 of 8 points) and lowest with Leo and Aquarius (a challenging match, 1 of 8). The list below ranks all eleven other signs; the same-sign pair is noted under it.
Scorpio compatibility on this site means one sign scored against the other eleven, each pairing with a verdict page of its own. To check Scorpio against any other sign, open the zodiac compatibility calculator. Every row of the list below opens one of those pages. Virgo and Scorpio, for example, is a good match at 5 of 8 on our scoring, and the full reading sits on Virgo and Scorpio.
How compatible is Scorpio with each zodiac sign?
| Rank | Pair | Verdict | Points | Elements | Aspect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scorpio and Cancer | strong match | 8 of 8 | same element | trine, 120 degrees |
| 2 | Scorpio and Pisces | strong match | 8 of 8 | same element | trine, 120 degrees |
| 3 | Scorpio and Virgo | good match | 5 of 8 | paired elements | sextile, 60 degrees |
| 4 | Scorpio and Capricorn | good match | 5 of 8 | paired elements | sextile, 60 degrees |
| 5 | Scorpio and Taurus | mixed | 4 of 8 | paired elements | opposition, 180 degrees |
| 6 | Scorpio and Aries | takes adjustment | 2 of 8 | unpaired elements | quincunx, 150 degrees |
| 7 | Scorpio and Gemini | takes adjustment | 2 of 8 | unpaired elements | quincunx, 150 degrees |
| 8 | Scorpio and Libra | takes adjustment | 2 of 8 | unpaired elements | semisextile, 30 degrees |
| 9 | Scorpio and Sagittarius | takes adjustment | 2 of 8 | unpaired elements | semisextile, 30 degrees |
| 10 | Scorpio and Leo | challenging | 1 of 8 | unpaired elements | square, 90 degrees |
| 11 | Scorpio and Aquarius | challenging | 1 of 8 | unpaired elements | square, 90 degrees |
The same sign: Scorpio and Scorpio reads as good match, 5 of 8, a conjunction. Points: aspect up to 5, elements up to 2, modality 1. Ties keep wheel order.
The top of that table is held by the other two water signs, a trine away from Scorpio. A trine with a shared element is the only combination that reaches 8: 5 points for the aspect, 2 for the element, 1 for the modality. The bottom two, on 1 point, sit a square away, the angle astrologers read as friction. Between them come two sextiles on 5, one opposition on 4, and four signs on 2, where the tradition reads adjusting rather than arguing. What it means is limited on purpose: these are three traditional readings added up, not a forecast about anybody.
What is a Scorpios best love match?
The tradition's best match for Scorpio is Cancer and Pisces: a strong match at 8 of 8 points, same element, trine.
Two signs share the top of our scoring for Scorpio. The tradition offers no rule that ranks one above the other.
- Cancer, 8 of 8: water meeting water at the angle astrologers call the easiest of the five majors (same element, trine).
- Pisces, also 8 of 8: the third water sign, the same trine measured the other way round the wheel (same element, trine).
- Virgo, 5 of 8: earth holds water in the old pairing, and a sextile reads as friendly rather than automatic (paired elements, sextile).
- Capricorn, also 5 of 8: the second earth sign, scoring on the same two counts (paired elements, sextile).
Water with water and water with earth are the only element pairings that earn points for Scorpio. That is why the four best love matches for Scorpio are two water signs and two earth signs.
Which signs are the worst match for Scorpio?
The lowest ratings for Scorpio are Leo and Aquarius: a challenging match at 1 of 8, unpaired elements, square. A low rating is the tradition's reading of two sun signs, not a fact about two people.
The challenging matches for Scorpio are level with each other. One angle explains both.
- Leo, 1 of 8: two fixed signs whose elements are not paired, three signs apart, which is the square (unpaired elements, square).
- Aquarius, also 1 of 8, the same square counted from the other direction (unpaired elements, square).
- Taurus is higher, on 4 of 8, an opposition rather than a square, and it belongs to the middle of the table.
Leo, Aquarius and Taurus are the other three fixed signs. Two fixed signs together forfeit the modality point, which is why Scorpio's own modality clusters at the low end. A low rating describes how easily two styles fit, not what either person is like. It reads the same whichever of the pair is the Scorpio.
Who is the best match for a Scorpio woman?
The ranking does not move for a Scorpio woman: Cancer and Pisces stay at the top, because our scoring compares two signs and takes no other input. There is no gender field in it. The question does change the emphasis. Scorpio is the fixed sign of the water trio, and the tradition reads fixed water as the one that holds a position rather than shifting with the weather. The reading is the same for a Scorpio woman as for any Scorpio.
Who is the best match for a Scorpio man?
The ranking does not move for a Scorpio man either, and Cancer and Pisces head it for the same reason. The useful angle here is the ruler. Scorpio is ruled by Pluto, traditionally by Mars, one of three signs the tradition gives two rulers, because Pluto was only discovered in 1930. Mars also rules Aries, which sits on 2 of 8 in the table above, so a shared ruler colours a reading and adds no points to it.
How is Scorpio in love, friendship and marriage?
The three readings run on the same eleven scores. The tradition takes the element as temperament, the aspect as how easy the angle is, and the modality as the question of pace over years rather than weeks.
Scorpio in love
For love the tradition rates Scorpio highest with Cancer, Pisces, Virgo and Capricorn: the 4 pairings that reach a good or strong match on the points above.
Scorpio in friendship
The signs that share Scorpio's element, water, sit in a trine (Cancer and Pisces), which the tradition reads as the easiest company; the two sextiles (Virgo and Capricorn) read as easy and friendly.
Scorpio in marriage
For the long run the tradition looks at modality: Scorpio is a fixed sign, so a partner of another modality scores the modality point (8 of the eleven). Scorpio runs October 23 to November 21 and is ruled by Pluto (traditionally Mars).
What does Scorpio need in love?
Scorpio needs depth and a partner who stays, in the tradition's reading, because Scorpio is a water sign, fixed by mode, ruled by Pluto and traditionally by Mars. Water is read for feeling, fixed for holding a course, and those two rulers for intensity and drive. Those are the facts the scoring compares, which is why they sit behind the whole ranking rather than beside it.
Which signs are the best friends for Scorpio?
Cancer and Pisces keep the easiest company with Scorpio, and Virgo and Capricorn follow them.
- Cancer reads the room the same way Scorpio does, because both are water (trine).
- Pisces closes the water trio, reached by the same trine from the far side (trine).
- Virgo and Capricorn bring earth, the element the convention pairs with water, and a sextile reads as friendly (sextile).
The general rules of who gets on with whom are a wider question than one sign hub answers.
Who do Scorpios usually marry?
The tradition names Cancer and Pisces first, then Virgo and Capricorn, which is the order the scoring already gives. Over a long marriage astrologers weigh modality above element, because modality describes pace. Scorpio is fixed, so a cardinal or a mutable partner takes the modality point while another fixed sign does not. Love compatibility read this way is a comment on two styles, never a claim about anybody's marriage, and no page here can tell anyone who to marry.
The date range above is the one most calendars use rather than a hard boundary. The Sun's entry into a sign moves by up to a day with the year and the time zone. A birthday on either edge can belong to the sign next door. Every sign has a best and a worst match in the tradition. The ranking for all twelve at once sits in best, worst and soulmate matches by sign. Scorpio compatibility, as this page scores it, goes no further than the sun sign.
How we calculate it
- The distance between the two signs on the wheel gives the aspect: the same sign, one sign apart, and so on to opposite signs. A trine scores 5, a conjunction, sextile or opposition 3, anything else 1.
- The elements are compared. The same element adds 2. Fire with air, or earth with water, adds 1.
- The modalities are compared. Different modalities add 1.
- The total, out of 8, sets the band. The points table is our proposal and is waiting for an astrologer's review.
The full rule, in plain words and in pseudocode, is on the methodology page.
Sources
- Astrological sign (Wikipedia): Modality table; classical and modern rulers
- Zodiac signs (Astrology.com): Modality and ruler per sign; the date table
- Sign rulerships (Cafe Astrology): Traditional against modern rulerships
- Astrological aspect (Wikipedia): Degrees; major and minor aspects
- Aspects in astrology (Cafe Astrology): How each aspect is read
- Zodiac (Wikipedia): The sun-sign date ranges and the note that they vary slightly by year