Let’s talk grudges, what inspires them and who maintains them. As a Taurus I keep a large garden of grievances, watered routinely with fresh spit and lingering spite.
As Sighard Neckel notes in his article “Grudge: the emotional side of resentment,” grudge is a word whose very sound conjures its sentiments. “Its tonality reminds us of natural phenomena like rolling thunder and heat lightning. It is a warning,” says Neckel. “Plasma physics recognizes the roar of thunder as a harbinger of a sudden rise in temperature that charges matter and changes it into a different state of aggregation. The rumbling that gives the rising thunder its dark, dull, sinister sound is an internally smoldering state that bodes ill.”
In a surprise to no one, Neckel is himself a Scorpio.
All signs are capable of holding a grudge, of conjuring the charge and change of thunder and occupying that smoldering state of ill will but one among us takes the cake, or axe as it were, for holding hard and tight to residual resentment.
In terms of modality, fixed signs are inclined towards the art of the grudge; looking at you Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. As signs who fall in the middle of a season they are tasked with digging in and stabilizing the energy of it. This quality makes fixed signs consistent, dedicated and loyal. It also makes them absolutely obstinate and prone to holding tight; to people, beliefs, hates, habits, possessions, pride etc.
Scorpios are the type to seduce your parents and compromise your credit.
SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21)
Watch your back and smell the wrath because Scorpio is a fixed water sign. Deeply emotional, it holds tight to what it feels and if that feeling is bitter resentment, heaven help you. Examples of grudge holding luminaries with Scorpio placements include Bette Davis (Scorpio rising), Taylor ‘Bad Blood’ Swift (Scorpio Mars) and Kris Jenner (Scorpio sun) and Dennis ‘ban you from my funeral’ Hopper (Scorpio rising).
Scorpios despise dishonesty, smell inauthenticity and are naturally suspicious of everyone they meet. On the rare occasion a small door of vulnerability cracks open and they place faith in another person they do so despite the violent protest of every single cell in their being. If said friend/lover/business partner/hair stylist betrays, offends or disappoints them, their ire is amplified as the act confirms their deep belief that they can’t trust anyone, ever.
Scorpions are masters of the long game who are willing to harm themselves if it means getting even with an enemy. Apropos of this, they are represented by an animal that would rather sting itself to death than accept defeat. Spiteful to the last, Malachy McCourt’s famous words of caution, “Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die,” will not dissuade a Scorpion.
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As the grudge holding champion of the zodiac, Scorpio will never forgive or let you forget.
Scorpio rules the eighth house of sex, secrets, death, other people’s money and transformation through trauma. They experience betrayal as a matter of life and death, and thusly, their grudges go deep and revenge means burying the other person alive in a shallow grave, literally or metaphorically. Consequently, Scorpio takes top billing for most vengeful zodiac sign.
To return to our Scorpio scholar Sighard Neckel, “In German the word for grudge isGrollen...Grollstands for secret, entrenched animosity or concealed hatred, and a suppressed displeasure that is prevented from turning outward by internal or external resistance. It corresponds to the English ‘grudge’ or ‘rancor’.” As a feminine AKA internally directed sign with a hard on for secrets, Scorpionic grudges are characterized by their cloak and dagger approach.
It may manifest as a systematic severance or a subtle campaign to destroy the other person. When wronged, Scorpios are the type to seduce your parents and compromise your credit. As the grudge holding champion of the zodiac, Scorpio will never forgive or let you forget. As the most powerful sign in the zodiac their grudge can be felt on a psychic level, your ears will burn, your palms will sweat and you will rue the mothertrucking day.
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AstrologerReda Wigleresearches and irreverently reports back on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience. She is also an accomplished writer who has profiled a variety of artists and performers, as well as extensively chronicled her experiences while traveling. Among the many intriguing topics she has tackled are cemetery etiquette, her love for dive bars, Cuban Airbnbs, a “girls guide” to strip clubs and the “weirdest” foods available abroad.
