Scorpio 007

Video Transcript: This entry comes from The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols by Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant. Many Africans use a euphemism for the scorpion since, like the hyena, the insect is evil and to use its true name would be to release its powers against oneself. Is this why then the card that corresponds with Scorpio, the Death card, is a lot of times unnamed and you won’t see a name or title on the card? Is it because you don’t want to invoke death by saying it’s name? I don’t know, something to think about. According to a Malian legend, the scorpion said: I am neither an elemental spirit nor a demon. I am a creature which brings death to whoever touches me. I have two horns (or claws) and a tail which I brandish. My claws are called savagery and hate and the dagger in my tail is called the avenging stabber. I give birth only once. Pregnancy, a sign of increase among all other creatures is for me the signal of forthcoming death. I saw this death after birth myth repeated several times in my books but I couldn’t verify it at all online. Either way I think it’s curious given the true nature of Scorpio.