I always thought tattoos were cool and wanted one as long as I can remember.  It was always just a cost factor; somehow I always found something else to spend my money on - bills, traveling, partying, etc.  In some ways it was a good thing because I probably would have wound up with something that I outgrew or didn’t have a lot of personal meaning to me.  I decided on the scorpion design in combination with the zodiac symbol for Scorpio about five years before a couple of my friends - Mike and

I guess what my tattoo means to me is I truly identify myself with my zodiac sun sign of Scorpio.   I just think that it is cool that your zodiac sign is set by the time of year - which could also be described position of earth in relationship to the sun - at the time of your birth.  I find it very real that the time of year you were born influences some traits of the type of person that you are now and how you relate to the world.

There is an intensity of purpose in Scorpio, who approaches life with total commitment, or not at all.  Their deep sensitivity makes them the most loyal friend or the most treacherous of enemies.  When they harness their abundant energy constructively, self-confidence tempered with shrewdness provides Scorpio to excel at whatever they undertake. 

Scorpio is insightful and philosophical.  Through its powerful personal magnetism, Scorpio draws people and opportunities to itself.  Scorpio teaches us that the Dark and the Light both exist.  One is part of the other.  Our path is to bring Light into darkness, to expose, not deny.  To embrace, not condemn.  To accept, not judge.  Scorpio knows that acceptance of the present moment is the secret to knowledge.

The Scorpion represents this sign’s need to transform its dark brooding power through symbolic death and rebirth. The Scorpion pulls us deep inside ourselves so that we can examine our subconscious programming and limiting beliefs.  We must disentangle ourselves to set ourselves free.