Who hasn't heard of the famed Bejaan Darwala and his solid reputation in the world of astrology? His accurate predictions on major events of the world have been published across the globe. In India itself, he has been in the forefront in popularizing pocket-sized horoscope books. These sell about a lakh of copies every year. Currently, his writings in publication are star signs and numerology. Bejaan Darwala represents India on major astrology conferences throughout the world. Now, the same reputed Bejaan Darwala brings to you your horoscope. Those born between October 24 and November 22. Your characteristics. The sign of the investigator, the mystic, governs the private parts. Traits? Intense, vindictive, full of stamina, sarcastic, ***y, shrewd. The base and the noble, passionate, determined, independent, energetic and violent. Planetary ruler, Mars. ***, sin and salvation are the three keys to your sun sign. Yours is clearly a high-powered sign, having two very distinct symbols, the scorpion and the eagle. The Jewish astrologers of golden days refer to it as above, so below. They meant that the basest and the noblest of men were to be found in your sign. Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac, has much to do with regeneration, finance, spiritualism and violence. There will be pulls in contrary directions at the same time, and the intensity with which you live could bring matters to a boil. Yours is a sign of turmoil, though I must say that you hide your emotions well. Essentially adventurous, you are a born leader. It is absolutely certain that you will carve out a distinct path for yourself. Being fearless and staminal to a very high degree, you will succeed in crushing oppositions, at times ruthlessly and callously. You can't help it, you are made that way. So no guilt feelings, please. It will be difficult to deceive you on account of your suspicious and investigatory nature. You will smell a rat with dead accuracy. You will come down on your foes hard and straight and flat. To your friends, you will be loyal, expecting in turn total dedication. Fancied injury to your pride could put you off. You could sulk like a child. Don't. But there are very definite self-destructive influences in your nature, and these have to be guarded against. Some of these are pride, suspicion, intolerance, persecution mania. *** and spiritualism between them could drive you half crazy. Why not face it, that you have enormous erotic drives and hungers? At the same time, the desire to fathom the mysteries of nature and the spirit to drive you on without rest or release. Not till you have achieved self-mastery, the hidden meaning of your sign, will you be happy and at peace. Try not to be devious, furtive or secretive. Come out clean. With your mind power and intuition, you could outthink many others. A supreme tactician, you could make it real hot for your adversary. And on the spiritual plane, yours is the sign of the master, the adept. Secret doctrines, the occult, spiritualism have an innate appeal for you. With your amazing will power and persistence, you could fathom it. So go ahead. Modern astrologers also consider your sign as that of the healer or the physician. You have the qualities of a required good physician, namely, quiet, controlled power, confidence and an instinctive understanding of diseases. Death could fascinate you to such an extent that suicide and murder could hold you in a morbid spell. Fits of gloom and melancholia are a marked feature of Scorpios. While you'll find the career best suited for you later on, I'd like to add here that you'd do wonderfully well in work connected with biology, engineering, films, genetics and physics. Other areas are accountancy, banking, insurance, stock brokerage, handling the work of financial corporations, public funds, the money of your mate or partner. Dramatic ability and flair will be pronounced. Your positive qualities. Tremendous will power, self-confidence, magnetism, robust outlook, pioneering spirit, great energy and force, subtle and diplomatic, masterful, shrewd, courageous and resourceful. Your negative qualities. Possessive, jealous, dominating, cunning, ruthless, violent, suspicious and proud. Your deacons. By this time you know quite a bit about yourself, yet you can never know enough. To enable you to know a little more about yourself, we'll see what your deacon has to say about you. Just for your information and curiosity, 30 degrees make a sign. Since there are 12 signs, the degrees will be 360. Every sign can be further divided into three parts or deacons, each of 10 degrees. Therefore, though all born during October 24 and November 22 are Scorpios, the traits will vary. If you were born between October 24 and November 1, you come under the first deacon. In other words, it would make you a double Scorpio, as the ruler of this deacon is also Mars. All the characteristics and tendencies mentioned earlier should apply to you. If you were born between November 2 and November 11, you come under the second deacon. The ruler of this deacon is Jupiter, though some assign it to Neptune. Yes, your dreams will come true and your ambitions realized. You will sacrifice your all for a cause and generations to come will not forget you. You are innately artistic and romantic. With you, it will be a cause or nothing by half. You will go the whole hog or have nothing to do with it. Loyalty and hard work and a stroke of luck will bring you to the top. If you were born between November 12 and November 22, you come under the third deacon. The ruler of this deacon is the Moon. This is an excellent deacon for publicity boosts, journeys, international collaborations. The snag is that you must learn to be consistent. Do not vacillate and give way to depression and melancholia. You wish to be free and to make others free too. You stand squarely for what is right and valid. Your career and profession, physician, actor, chemist, detective, undertaker, servant, linguist, psychiatrist, spiritualist, military leader, pioneer. You can easily see from it that occupations which require investigation have been emphasized. That's your forte. You Scorpios make excellent hypnotists and surgeons. Yes, you could also handle high finance and be in your element as a spy or a diplomat or an industrialist dealing in metals and or liquids. The scope is wide. Underwater diver, frogman, naval captain are other typical Scorpio occupations. Scorpios are hard workers and their sense of purpose in life makes them serious in their approach to a career. They have the ability to study hard during training, whether at university or college or in some form of apprenticeship or articles. Their determination, whatever their level of intelligence or type of job, should help them to make good progress. However, they must feel that their work is important. They hate trivialities. Scorpios have excellent business sense and will be happy in insurance, the stock exchange or working for any large business concern. They are great researchers and have the ability to bring out into the open that which is concealed and many Scorpios are compulsively drawn to criminal investigation and the police force. Very often, they find themselves fighting their own kind, for some Scorpio traits can be expressed negatively through crime. We can of course take this theme further, for the spying profession seems to hold everything that a Scorpio needs for a satisfactory life. In addition to the attractions already mentioned, there is danger, extreme danger, which is just what Scorpio will thrive on. Although he is not reckless or foolhardy, he will be immensely stimulated by the idea of living on a razor's edge. The Scorpio would make an excellent psychiatrist or analyst. He is able to reveal and disentangle the complexities of the human mind. He can also turn his attention profitably to surgery, which he will perform with infinite delicate skill. It is perhaps in this profession that the Scorpio is really at his best, using all his powerful qualities to the utmost. The Scorpio not only likes administering discipline, but responds to it himself. It is however, the discipline of action, of additional work and of expanded energy, not the discipline of restriction, confinement or repression. He makes an ideal soldier, for he is so tough and such a strong personality that even if he advances in the ranks, which is very likely, he will inflict a strict discipline on himself to lead by example, as he would say. Nevertheless, his motivations are not always so straightforward. He may inflict discipline because of his own masochistic liking for it. Both the Army and Navy are excellent for Scorpio. In choosing a career, Scorpio must at all times remember his need to stretch himself to the limit. Your Relationships Scorpio to Scorpio Extremely stimulating Both are intense and fierce Excellent for man-woman Ideal *** intimacy, which is very important Try not to burn the other out Scorpio to Sagittarius Successful and happy Both are champions for health and outdoor life ***ually well-mated But Scorpio must try to be less possessive Scorpio to Capricorn A chancy relationship Inhibited Capricorn might find Scorpio too much But Scorpio is a steadying force for Capricorn Scorpio to Pisces Yes a good relationship Both would understand each other well Scorpio stimulates Pisces and Pisces finds an ideal image in Scorpio Scorpio to Aries Except for ego clashes, and these will be head-on, it is an interesting relationship. Either they make it in a big way, or they don't Both are dominant Scorpio to Taurus A fine relationship Taurus gives a boost to Scorpio feelings and pride Both can make plenty of money and have fun in bed Scorpio to Gemini Annoying Gemini would go off at a tangent and rouse the devil in Scorpio Scorpio could make Gemini pay dearly for this It is not a tangible relationship Scorpio to Cancer High-powered They could be great lovers The best combination would be a Scorpio husband and a Cancer wife Cancer would be sympathetic and understanding Both would make a good home Scorpio to Leo Watch out! Sparks will fly ***ually and professionally, however, it is ideal Scorpio to Virgo Let Scorpio lead in a big way here Scorpio could activate Virgo in all directions which would be excellent Stability is assured Scorpio to Libra Unhappy Libra's refined nature and tastes would be under the Scorpio lash Libra would retaliate or sulk Your romance and marriage This is where you excel A great lover and a romantic one, you could sweep the other person off his or her feet Your love of life will be so ardent sometimes that your beloved or lover might imagine you to be a stud bull or a stallion You might switch on your love from time to time But should the other person match your physical ardour all the way, it could be a very satisfying relationship I am afraid you won't have many scruples in *** All's fair game to you The Scorpio is also very demanding in *** and love play Since your sign is also the eagle, you are sometimes capable of platonic love But this in the long run could be irksome and trying Your interest and talent for the arts should make you mighty attractive and glamorous And with it goes a strong physique Understand Scorpio that your combative as well as mating instinct is exceptionally strong With it goes a lot of aggressiveness and egotism and ruthlessness The *** fires burn fiercely bright and are not to be denied This might make you a great lover, but not an ideal wife or husband You are protective and a good provider, but see that jealousy and possessiveness do not ruin a marriage Scorpios are sensualists, and if the mate can't keep up pace, it is just bad luck Scorpios will find their pleasures elsewhere With their innate magnetism, this is easy The biggest plus point is that you are a domestic creature You do wish to marry and have a home To establish and ensure it, you could willingly sacrifice much Given a good home, your marriage will be for keeps But it would be best for your mate to wink away your temporary indiscretions and affairs Modern astrologers believe that you could be difficult to live with This final verdict could rest on the assessment of your individual horoscope But this I do know Do not expect your mate to be strong and efficient Don't unduly stern with your marriage partner See that you do not hurt beyond repair by unkind words and cruel actions You as a friend There's an explosive element here, pure dynamite, if you ask me However good a friend you may be, and you are good, do not be secretive and wear a mask Yes, you are discriminative in friendship, and psychologically speaking, a disturbed family background, sometimes tragically so, is responsible for it In friendships, you are intensely loyal Though you do and can appear detached, you are ultra-sensitive, especially in matters of pride and self-respect You are little too overbearing, never a very happy ground for a stable friendship Secrets will be well kept Do not attach too much importance to minor lapses on the part of friends You could be betrayed, resulting in a complete severing of all ties You as a father When a Scorpio becomes a father, he will feel a burst of pride and will throw himself ardently into his new role Later on, he should take care that he is not too strict He has this tendency, and a sensitive child, perhaps a girl, could become rather afraid of him He may find this difficult to believe, for he probably feels that his bark is worse than his bite In reality, though, this may not be strictly true The Scorpio father will be equally strict with his sons, but they will probably be quite tough in their own ways and could well thrive on a direct, straightforward approach The Scorpio father will plan marvellous outings from time to time, and these will help to make him popular with his children But tolerance is one important lesson all Scorpios have to learn when they become fathers You as a mother The Scorpio mother will probably throw herself as passionately into the idea of motherhood as she entered her husband's arms on their wedding night She will, in most cases, be a very good mother Strictness may be a problem with her, as with the Scorpio father, but her maternal pride may help her to keep a balance She could, at times, become rather too demanding On the other hand, Scorpio's great energy and flair for enjoying life will give the children plenty of splendid memories as they grow older Whether the family is rich or poor, time must be made for fun Scorpios tend to be fixed in their opinions Scorpio parents must resolve rarely to do something about the generation gap, or it could cause difficulties Your body, health and beauty scope Your physical structure A strong constitution with phenomenal stamina I've noticed that some are very wiry, other muscular The features are heavy You can tell a Scorpio from his walk He or she walks with a swing The lips and the eyes, which are magnificent, are the other giveaway Scorpio features The trunk is longer than the limbs The facial lines are very strong The tone is strong, the voice husky Some might call it physically attractive, almost hypnotic The hands exude power The fingertips are generally square The Scorpio neck is short and strong Scorpios perspire freely Your health The *** organs, troth, tonsils are the sensitive health areas Scorpios are short of breath In fact, quite a few have breathing troubles Your cell salt is calcium sulphate used in the repair of tissues The lack of it leads to respiratory handicaps Boils, eliminative disturbance, gum infections are other Scorpio health zones which require care Your beauty scope Beauty with Scorpio mixes or rather merges with that elusive quality called personality The color for Scorpio is scarlet It goes with your total self Yes, Scorpios walk with a swing And that's where *** appeal comes in very positively The eyes are magnificent Play them up by eye shadow, mascara, even false eyelashes In addition, the voice is husky, often hypnotic But Scorpios perspire freely And therefore, a strong scent is a must Straightly and straight eyebrows are often a Scorpio characteristic The mouth firmly set shows character, so never appear grim The neck is short and strong No jewellery there, please The hands exude power And the fingertips are square Astrologers are pretty well agreed on a Scorpio diet It should be figs, onions, asparagus, mustard, greens, cauliflower, coconut, radishes, black cherries, lean meat, fish and lobsters Flowers and herbs associated with your sign are geranium, honeysuckle, thistle and witch hazel Your habits You are fond of luxurious living The beauty is that you can get over your habits by your tremendous willpower Drugs and drinks should be avoided at all costs Health-seeking habits are predominant Do not carry a good thing to excess and ruin it Your worries Whatever be your worries, take immediate action as your inbuilt nature demands it You must have your comforts Emotional upsets could set you off balance as intensity is the keynote to your character Occupational matters could be another source of worry Yes, religion and a philosophical outlook could be released as well as a solace All about your luck Take chances, it is good for you The simple reason is that you are adventurous and your sign is that of legacies, secrets, sudden and mysterious gains You could also gain through partnerships and hidden treasures No kidding Take an insurance policy, you'll never regret it Your lucky day Tuesday Your lucky numbers The 9 series i.e. 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72 and so on Your lucky colour Scarlet, red, rust Your lucky flowers Geranium, honeysuckle, thistle and witch hazel Your lucky stone, bloodstone Your talisman, gold initial Well-known Scorpios Jawaharlal Nehru, 14th November, 1889 Dr. Salim Ali, 12th November, 1896 Frank Moraes, 12th November, 1907 Homi Bhabha, 30th October, 1909 Raja Rao, 21st November, 1909 Indira Gandhi, 19th November, 1917 Shah of Iran, 26th October, 1919 Vijay Raghav Rao, 3rd November, 1925 Richard Burton, 10th November, 1925 Mihir Sen, 16th November, 1928 Michael Collins, 31st October, 1930 Prince Charles, 14th November, 1948 Charles de Gaulle, 22nd November, 1890 Meenu Massani, 20th November, 1905