posted July 02, 2005 05:34 AM              

(Answer: could be anything!!)

Do they mean: agreement...disagreement...simply no need to react...the ability to see both points of view...or self-control?

I find them a little unnerving because I like people to react - especially when I'm really full-on and enthusiastic...and I wonder, what's up?

For example: I will say s/th, Scorpio will react, but once they've "said their piece", they don't seem to need to say any more. It's interesting, because I'm not used to it! It needs some sort of a mind-shift on my behalf. I would like to be able to at least partly understand it.

LOL

AT

posted July 02, 2005 08:32 AM            

"Do they mean: agreement...disagreement...simply no need to react...the ability to see both points of view...or self-control?"

i think it's actually a combination of all of those options. usually in an argument or discussion, once ive said my part and gotten my point across i have nothing else to say. so i just don't even if the next statement is something i dont agree with, i just choose silence, cuz the other person already knows where i stand and what i think so whats the point dragging on it any further?...idk i think its a control thing. just another way of proving to myself ive got control of this conversation, even i don't. i also tend to grow quiet when i get ****** ...not annoyed but like mad. i just kind of grow quiet and seethe. it helps analyze the situation so i can plot my next move. idk. for me silence is power...

im very scorpionic (sun/merc/venus/pluto), i alllways understand what i do but i just dont always know why i do it...

posted July 02, 2005 10:55 AM              

I don't mind...just as long as I understand why...!

posted July 02, 2005 12:13 PM            

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i alllways understand what i do but i just dont always know why i do it...

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scorpios demystified .
very frankly , i don't know why scorps are considerd to be so mystical . ummm , thier silence is mystical at times but i dont think there is any thing else . i have always found them to be more open , more respecting and more sentimental than cancers . i dont if i feel so just b'cos , i get along very easily with them .

tell u a story ,

posted July 02, 2005 12:19 PM            

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For me, the silence is my way of saying I dnt agree with u, I'm sticking to my opinion and there's nothing you can do abt it(I also have a Taurus Moon)!

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posted July 02, 2005 06:04 PM              

But, if you are not listening to our silences, you are not listening.
Our choice not to say the obvious,
the "appropriate", the controversial,
or the superficial thing,
is just as important as what we do choose to say.

For instance,
if you say, "Steve.... Steve...."
and I dont answer "yes?",
it may be because I am right next to you,
and I obviously heard you address me,
and I am clearly going to hear what you have to say next, whether or not I bother to further disturb the silence with a superfluous "yes?".

Now, I realize that having told you this,
I am likely to be derided.

Perhaps I should be silent?
Let you go on about your all important business?
Very well then.
Don't mind me.

posted July 02, 2005 07:44 PM              

My Scorpio friend and sister in law gets quiet when she is: tired, ticked off or depressed. Also all my Scorpios are loathe to blabber. When I compare them to my Aries friends...whoah big difference. LOL

posted July 03, 2005 12:03 AM              

But, for me, I usually get silent when tired, annoyed or very very close to losing my temper... the silence helps me to focus and get a grip on my over-whelming emotions. Hey, it sure aint easy appearing calm and serene when one's a live bubbling volcano inside.

I reckon the wisest course would be to allow ur scorpio and dont begrudge them their silence.. truly, we need the quiet from time to time.

When really upset,it is probably a blessing that the scorpio prefers silence, and thus spares u her/his intense 'strike u in the heart' fury. After all, we all know that once the moment of anger has passed, we will be able to see things clearer, and less hurtful words would have been said/remembered.

So, yea.. sometimes Silence is Golden.

Peace & Love,

posted July 03, 2005 02:35 AM              

Me and my boyfriend are both scorpios.And boy we do have our share of silent wars!

I used to think that it's just him who goes into these spells of silence every now and then but i was in for a surprise when i got to know that even i drive him up the wall by getting silent...However i dont do that deliberately...perhaps that's why i never realized that i use my silences so often until he pointed it out to me!He says he is afraid of my silences now...

posted July 03, 2005 03:33 AM              

They're smart little buggers (Huh, Pix?). They know... feel things. They know the game, so to speak.

If you're looking for a reaction, a Scorp isn't the one that's going to give it to you.

As far as the "once they've said their piece" thing... I can identify with that. I tend to be that way. I always assumed it was something I picked up from my Scorp mother, but later (in therapy) found it is actually a one of the text book characteristics for histrionic personality disorder. Naturally, there are varying degrees. Some people are much worse than others... but if you pay attention, the people who say their piece and are done with it tend to lean toward the histrionic type (I know I can be a little Drama Queen ).

posted July 03, 2005 06:00 AM            

Similarities in Scorp and Taurus that come to mind is the fact that they are both fixed, so if that silence grew out of the fixed nature of the sign I think they might be similar.

posted July 03, 2005 09:26 AM              

I agree with everyone, i think it is about control. I know when someone is enthusiastic about something i feel compelled to keep my reaction to an absolute minimum. Unless they reach me on a gut level then it's usually because they are being passionate and intense not enthusiatic. There is definetly a difference between them. Then i will become more interested in what they are talking about and become just as intense about it.

posted July 03, 2005 11:57 AM              

I go silent due to a mixture of things..being hurt/feeling as though I have nothing left to say to the person and they no longer deserve my attention and to some extent also just to put an end to it because the other person can't hold a one sided argument forever.

Aside from arguments I also go silent when I'm with a guy I'm in love with or at least like a lot. My Pluto's in the 5th, house of love and fun..astrologically that might be why

posted July 03, 2005 04:19 PM              

Thanks for the further interpretations of "silence" and the reassurance that it need not necessarily be a personal thing...liked your explanation, HSC. It's not that I am intolerant...I an just unused to it...and it intrigues me...and I would prefer to view it in a positive light, rather than a negative one.

*passionate and intense not enthusiastic* - Okay, I have spotted, and am mindful of, the difference.

posted July 03, 2005 07:06 PM              

Ariestiger: So, the silence is a good thing.

Angela

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