This one makes me shudder just to think about it. Whoa. This is another relationship that could be very, very good or very, very bad. There is an intensity about both these signs that is almost palpable and when you get them together there’s no telling what the result might be. It could be like mixing chlorine bleach and ammonia or conversely a proprietary blend of find wines. But you can bet it ain’t gonna be bland and ain’t gonna be neutral, not when Mars and Pluto get together.

Mars is about aggression and Pluto is about power. The Ram may be a Cardinal sign, but the Scorpion in his or her Fixed glory, may fail to notice that. They want what they want and have a remarkable amount of tenacity and disregard for the facts while attaining it. The Fire/Water element here may skip the simmer stage and go straight to all the lethality of an exploding boiler. Scorpio may be a Water sign, thus quite sensitive and emotional, but look out for those defensive snaps of that toxic tail! Aries may have met its match here, someone impervious to the famous head butt and capable of retaliating in an equally vicious and deadly way.

At this point it’s worth taking a look at the natural Houses these two hail from. Aries is master of the 1^st House of personality, a.k.a. Ego. Whoever invented the saying "It’s all about me" was probably an Aries, or at the least, another Fire sign. They like competition, but only when they’re assured of winning. Scorpio, on the other hand, is native to the 8^th House of sex, death and other people’s money. They have a seductive sensuality that emanates from them like radiation. This is quite likely to attract the Ram, at least at first, since they are pretty highly sexed as well. Death is part of life, so we won’t go into that here other than to say that Pluto and 8^th House elements in your Charts and with respect to Transits are likely to be involved with anything that has to do with death, whether accidents, inheritances or anything like that. Pluto transits were in effect for all three major NASA accidents, as pointed out in my article on that subject. What will get really interesting between these two is the "other people’s money" part.

Aries likes to be in charge and protect lesser species. Of course that’s the Ram’s first mistake, thinking that Scorpio is a lesser species. That delusion could cause Aries to discover that they’re really no more than a sheep with horns. Scorpio likes money and everything it can buy, particularly power. And if it’s someone else’s money, all the better. Now on the positive side, if these two are in business together and working as a team, this can bode well for finding appropriate investors. If they’re not on the same side, then Aries needs to guard his bank account and guard it well. Scorpios are the financial schemers of the Universe and why not shop at home?

All of this is not to say this is a bad match. Let’s just say it’s a dynamic duo of stellar proportions and both sides need to be aware of what they’re getting into, especially the Ram. Many a sheep has been surprised by being taken out by a scorpion out in plain sight while roaming in the desert. Trust me.