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Rome, as they say, was not built in a day. Nor was it built with runners in mind. While preoccupied with territorial expansion and global domination, the Roman founders neglected laying the groundwork for a good place to get in a good 10K. This is one touch city to run. In order to keep yourself in running shape while you visiting, head to Villa Borghese and run its protected paths. Should you choose to head farther afield, Via Appia Antica is an ancient Roman road you can run all the way to the sea.
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What is the rgb for the 'kongregate red'? I'm trying to match it for my new tab page link that takes me here.
I want to say R: 128, G: 0, B: 0
Does that look about right?
Doing a quick print-screen → Paste into Photoshop with no color correction enabled, I'm getting R: 153, G: 0, B: 0. (H: 0, S: 100%, B: 60%. Or #990000 if either of those help.)
deriaz is correct
Originally posted by Zshadow:I want to say R: 128, G: 0, B: 0
Does that look about right?
Just for knowledge purpose, is that like a code for color?
I don't know the best way to describe RGB, but how I have it in my head:
RGB is a combination of Red ( R ), Green (G), and Blue (B) light that adds together. It's pretty much what makes up electronic device displays, and is the foundation of trichromancy (which is another topic entirely, but it's one way of how the eyes perceive color). The minimum for a value is 0, a red/green/blue with no brightness, which is just black. The maximum is 255?, which is the strongest brightness of that specific color.
So Kongregate's red is a just-over-half-strength brightness red (153/255), since there is no green (0/255) or blue (0/255) added to it. If you have any graphic program on your machine like Paint or Photoshop, you can play around with it in the Color Picker — just start plugging in values under R, G, or B, and see what happens. Or click and drag around a color, watch how the value changes.
Wikipedia's article on the RGB color model might be more helpful than I could be. And apologies if I have any of this typed out wrong. Stating it off the top of my head, haven't really looked at Wikipedia's article too much.
Wow thanks for your help. It makes sense now.
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The Summons that Abides
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust:
His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;
Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;
Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
–Psalm 91:4-6
The last couple of years have been a hard time for my life in the Church; the last several months, particularly hard. A few weeks ago, to my own surprise, I came to the edge of my ability to go on. I broke with certain of my conceptions about the relationship between the norms of the human community and the will of God, telephoned my stake president, and asked to be released from my calling.
Although almost no one there even knows about my current trials with the Church, somehow I just haven't been able to face my own ward. The first week after my break, I stayed home. But I always miss church when I don't go, so the next week, I drove across town to attend a ward where I could be relatively anonymous. I sat in the foyer, which is where I like to sit at church, and I sat alone, which is is how I like to be at church. I went mostly to take the sacrament, which wasn't brought out. I almost left. But I couldn't bring myself to walk out and drive the twenty minutes back home without anything to show for my pains.
The talks were all on the Great Apostasy. There were the liberal quotations from Bruce R. McConkie, the rhapsodies to Luther and Tyndall and Wyclif, and an extended analysis of the Catholic Church's various doctrinal failings. I all but groaned aloud. The casual demolishment of Catholicism's nonsensicalities, the unqualified veneration of the Reformation, the equally unqualified denigration of the dark Dark Ages–it seemed all the evidence that I needed to prove to myself, yet again, that the church is not for me.
At times over the past few months, and especially this past month, when everything connected with church has been so hard, when the endless Relief Society announcements in my inbox look like they came from the Mars of Babyshower Land written in the Greek of Motherese, it's been like watching myself crash down a well whose bottom I cannot see, periodically clanking against the sides as I hurtle into the dark. How far will I go? I've find myself picking up cheddar-beer soup in the grocery store or looking at the array of coffees standing in line for hot chocolate at school and thinking, in self-pity and exhaustion, why not? Who cares? My husband's long gone from the church. I have no children to set an example for. What difference does it make what I do? Why should I try to keep living and living this strange and hopeless Christian life, why should I observe these bizarre customs–the alcohol and coffee prohibitions, the seemingly endless activities and service projects, the funny underwear?
Sitting there in the foyer by myself on that bleak February afternoon, listening to talks I couldn't decide if I believed a word of, I felt the strangest, most unaccountable sense of mercy. There were no answers to the complexities of the Great Apostasy, or to the more pressing, personal complexities of how on earth it is that I am to go on in this Church. There was no sense of clarity about what to do or even what to think. There was just a sense of not being alone in my aloneness, as if some divine, compassionate hand had brushed the tears from my cheek. There were no answers. Only grace.
At moments like that, I recall the scriptures that claim for the quiet voice of God an endurance beyond the heavens and the earth created by its still power, and I remember the voice that calls me, that never ceases to call me beneath the tumult of the world and my daily cares and sins and sorrows, that calls me in the name of Christ. I want to kneel and press my ear to the earth to hear the voice that never ceases beneath it, that indeed founded it, the voice the speaks with the unwavering constancy of song, of a single note sustained and sustained, too deep and piercing for human words. I want to hear that voice with such resolution, such devotion that I cannot waver in any other consideration. I have been so foolish and so wrong. I have mistaken the voices of well-meaning human men and women for the voice of God.
As I try to rebuild my spiritual life from yet another of these inevitable minor crises that constitute a human one, I want to cast away the last shreds of my concerns with what others think of me, with their praise or blame, with the conformity to expectations and the dishonest consent to which I have wrongly believed God has called me. I want to hear true, the truth of God and the truth of my own life with an entirety that disallows every hint of polite and empty lies, of false and timorous conformity. I want to fill my ears with nothing but that voice of fierce truth as it resounds and resounds in my own quailing, human heart.
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I am in a season of peace rather than crisis. And yet even my toenails ache in empathy and understanding — both of the pain and the grace. Once, when I wondered to my journal about my path (STAY!!! or GO!!!), my Inner Voice said, quiet clearly: You, Deborah, are maddeningly absolute. There is an enormous amount of Me between Heaven and Hell. You've only just begun to explore God. Start in your corner of the universe.
There is a Catholic hymn that I love, The Summons. An old Celtic tune (midis are all over the internet, if you want to Google).
"Will you come and follow me if I but call your name?"
When we choose to follow God, we don't usually know where it will take us. That you were able to find such a feeling in the Foyer shows me that God can "move and live and grow in you, and you in Him."
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Grace and the Great Apostasy — what a strange association of personal and institutional concepts. Perhaps next week will bring a nicer selection of topics from the pulpit … although I generally choose my own topic for the meeting by bringing a good book.
For the record, Eve, there should be quotes around everything after the colon — I'm not lecturing you in the last two lines; I'm lecturing me
Eve, I don't think I've read anything as moving and powerful as your post since I read Kiskilili's Journey to Apostacy.
I have heard you comment here and at fMh about the difficulties you feel in your ward. I'm sorry are going through this crisis right now. I understand why you asked to be released (what was your calling?) I've recently realized that my calling has much to do with my view of the church. It's not the way things should be, but as my calling changed from administrative to service, my heart changed a lot, too. It's the first time I really felt like my calling was from God, and I'm grateful to be serving in my calling (that's the first time I've ever felt that way).
I wish I could say as well as you do how much your honesty means to me. It is so hard to find someone who struggles so openly (and perhaps you would say that your open struggle is also an anonymous struggle) with issues that many of us are afraid to admit and explore.
I especially echo the part about rejecting the "polite and empty lies" that make church more of a social club than a place of worship. As I think more about it, I wonder what I have done to contribute to the social club and to detract from worshipping.
Your post holds so much raw self-awareness that is very refreshing. I am so glad that you feel God's presence in the Earth. That is very moving to me.
Thank you for your post. It means a lot to me.
I all but groaned aloud. The casual demolishment of Catholicism's nonsensicalities, the unqualified veneration of the Reformation, the equally unqualified denigration of the dark Dark Ages–
*nods approvingly*
Ah, Eve, this is heartwrenchingly lovely. I appreciate your willingness to express the wringings of your soul–I wish I had your way with words to adequately explain how you have soothed me today. I ache with you and for you and yet feel gratitude for the glimpses beyond the abyss. Thank you.
Eve, thanks for this. How paradoxical! Your effort to write in words, to rationally express, the ineffable, unreasonable voice of God in your heart. And how contradictory! My praise of your resolution to disregard others' praise.
As for the way attending empty meetings fills a need, I wonder if perhaps for some of us alienation and boredom are a sacrament, an alternate channel for the voice of God.
Thank you for this wonderful post. I feel you.
Beautiful post, Eve. You've got a wonderful Melvin-esque rhythm going:
Call me Eve. When everything connected with church has been so hard; when the endless Relief Society announcements in my inbox look like they came from the Mars of Babyshower Land written in the Greek of Motherese; when it's been like watching myself crash down a well whose bottom I cannot see, periodically clanking against the sides as I hurtle into the dark; and especially, when I find myself picking up cheddar-beer soup in the grocery store or looking at the array of coffees standing in line for hot chocolate at school and thinking, in self-pity and exhaustion, why not? Who cares? – then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
I hope that you don't start methodically knocking the hats off of people you pass in the street.
As to your substance – damn. It's a hard post to read, not least because I keep getting stuck on the terrible beauty of the cheddar-beer-soup paragraph.
I'm smiling, happy that you felt peace and grace. I loved your description, and it resonated with me: no answers, only grace. Sometimes that's enough to get us by, as our brains slowly figure out the answers, whatever they are.
And why during the talks about the Great Apostasy? (Awesome timing!) All I can say is that my own experiences like this have shown similar lack of rhyme or reason. Your sister reminded me, once, of the verse that the Spirit "bloweth where it listeth." That's been true for my own life — I can't really control or summon (or in many ways, even understand) these experiences, I can just savor them when they happen.
I'm glad that the Spirit listed in your direction, Eve. Answers and analysis may come later, if ever. The presence or absence of mentally satisfying answers, whether or not they ever come, doesn't change the peace and beauty and grace of those moments when we really connect to the divine.
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to comment, for all of your kind words.
Deborah, I appreciate your perspective, particularly your point about the vast number of possibilities between narrow absolutes (and no worries; you've always struck me as very kind and level-headed. I don't think you could lecture obnoxiously if you tried!).
Ann, thanks for the link, and for your points about the often unexpected ways the summons of God can take us.
Dave, great suggestion about the book. Sometimes having a book with me in church has saved my life. When I'm close to a total meltdown, I've often found Wendell Berry's poetry extremely grounding.
Jessawhy, thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you found my post useful. For what it's worth, one of the realizations I've had repeatedly, forcefully during the last few weeks is just how thoroughly dishonest I've been at church, with myself, with God, with everyone else. Somewhere I got mixed up and started thinking that God was calling me to be polite and mealy-mouthed, to be nice without being good. Somewhere I got the voice of God and the expectations of the community all mixed up. I'm trying now to do some severe untangling.
I was (actually, officially still am!) in the stake Relief Society presidency, the enrichment counselor. What a disaster. I never should have said yes. But that's one of the things I've learned from this whole fiasco–I'll never say yes to a calling like that again without (a) a clear idea of what I'm getting into and (b) a clear confirmation that it's the will of God I get into it.
Brad, thanks for stopping by. I never like to hear any other religion critiqued over the pulpit. Somehow it seems so inconsistent with what I understand to be the spirit of Christianity. (And we Mormons have got weird doctrine and unanswered questions o' plenty–doesn't seem like we should go around looking in other faiths' eyes for motes).
Idahospud, thanks. Sometimes I get those glimpses beyond the abyss, those moments of sheer joy or peace beyond understanding, and I so wish I could keep them in a box for the long, dark stretches we all face from time to time.
RT, I'm intrigued by your suggestion that boredom and alienation can be a sacrament. I think for so long I've thought of alienation as something miserable I'll eventually get past (me, pouting: if God really loved me I wouldn't have to put up with this! Isn't church supposed to be pleasant??? Don't all those investigators in the Ensign stories walk into the chapel and get enveloped by a cloud of instapermajoy?). But your perspective gives me a new way to think about it. Maybe I won't ever stop feeling alienated, like Jacob and Paul (or whoever wrote Hebrews) who speak of being strangers on the earth. Maybe I need to learn to keep finding the voice of God in my alienation.
Tatiana, thanks. I always enjoy reading what you have to say. When I make up my imaginary Bloggernacle ward, you're always someone I imagine sitting in the next pew over. (I recently did this with Lynnette. We decided, I think, that either Wilfred or Jim F. should be the bishop, and I think annegb was RS president. The entire blog of Faith-Promoting Rumor, recently combined with Urban Mormonism, was going to be the Sunday school curriculum committee. They would design and teach all classes. I can't remember where went after that, but Lynnette did nominate me for ward ranter. I told her I'd have stiff competition from the likes of DKL.)
Kaimi, I am laughing so hard tears are pouring down my cheeks. I'm fighting the temptation to print out your version, take it to church tomorrow, march up to the pulpit during testimony meeting, and read it aloud to the startled congregants.
I really liked your post at T&S about finding unexpected peace after a difficult time. Nice to know I'm not alone in this. Thanks for linking to it.
I really identify with this post. I've been having such a hard time with church lately because I feel like I'm just not a part of that little world that has been artificially constructed around "church". I feel guilty that finances, self-esteem, and severe depression are making our family struggle spiritually, and then I get angry for feeling guilty about that. I get angry that I can't go to church without feeling resentful of everyone using fast and testimony meeting to tell about the wonderful new house, new car, new baby, new job, that everyone has, and then can't understand why I don't have time to come to Enrichment and sit around and listen to more of that, because I'm working two jobs.
Thanks for this Eve. My choice to stay or go fluctuates often, and the times when I feel in 'crisis' are emotionally and physically draining. I love the times when I can feel peace. I wish that for all, whose struggles I can so readily indentify with.
Thanks again.
beautifully written. I wish you well in your journey. I find your comments about preferring to attend sacrament meeting in the foyer quite telling. It's as if you are agreeing to go, physically and mentally, on the loosest of standards. There's something other than what's inside the "chapel" that's keeping you in the "building".
There was just a sense of not being alone in my aloneness, as if some divine, compassionate hand had brushed the tears from my cheek. There were no answers. Only grace.
Yes. I know that feeling well–although you articulated it better in this post than I ever have.
I wish I lived close to you so we could chat in person, Eve. You are clearly remarkable.
Needless Thinker, your situation sounds really hard–much harder than mine, quite frankly. I find that Church can be especially tough when I feel so depleted of the very things in which others seem so abundant, so rich. Two jobs, financial problems, depression–ugh. You have my deepest sympathy.
Rebecca–thanks. I'm glad to know that others struggle through these crises as well.
Dando, I appreciate your observations about the foyer and the chapel. It is deeply significant, I'm afraid, and I've been thinking again lately about what it means that I am such a determinedly foyer Mormon. It says some things about me that I'm not very proud of.
Janet, you're so kind, as always. I don't think I'm particularly remarkable–but I'd very much like to chat with you in person someday!


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scorpio cancer compatibility – Is the love match compatible?
The scorpio cancer couple is one of the luckiest people What could be better than a scorpio and cancer compatibility? Here comes two really emotionally intense people, ready to give everything out for love. These people take love seriously and they find the biggest comfort, security and lots of romantic spark when they come together. They are looking for long term relationships and they have found it, finally! You're both highly emotional, passionate, intuitive, empathetic, very possessive, very loyal, and will make the other feel more loved, than in any other combination possible in zodiac.
There's an amazing mystery in these people coming together. One can say they're sooner and later destined to meet once they have some good karma stored up! By the grace of 5-9 sun sign pattern, they are blessed to have a magnetized aura for each other, they could really feel it when they're in close proximity. Scorpio cancer love match is one of those few matches which have the highest possibility of having a soul mate type relationship.
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Cancer Scorpio Love Match
Compatibility for cancer the sign and Scorpio love relationship will be full of passion and romance. Taking decisions from heart is what they'll do. The best way to describe these two very compatible water sign characters is to say, "Get ready to sink or swim!" Cancer Scorpio love relationship possess a tidal wave portion of emotional depth. If they are un-evolved, they'll be crippling along the stream taking each other to the great depths of various addictions and away from spiritual growth, while the evolved ones would be sailing smoothly. The evolved ones would be like being children forever and exploring the world with innocence, excitement, fun and faith in the greater good of the world! The loony humor of the cancer can help scorpio take the rough edge out while the scorpio loving a cancer can help cancer gain confidence and get secured from within. It doesn't matter what they do, they'll always love each other.
The only minor problem would be Scorpio's need of space which can trigger the clinginess of the cancer, this does not have much higher impact once the trust is developed. There could be problems related to money because the cancer wants to play it safe with money matters, while the scorpios need to risk it and earn more. Though there are too many good aspects to counter it. The gift of trust can be easily given by the cancer, only to a scorpio. And the gift of forgiveness never given by the scorpio to anyone else, would be easily given to cancer during any fight. A cancer can understand the scorpion's mask of expression and a scorpio can dwell deeper into a cancer and find compassion, sensitivity and need of security.
Cancer man and Scorpio woman
A cancer and scorpio couple is a soul mate relationship for sure, which just keep getting stronger with time. The cancer male and scorpio female have lots of emotional undercurrents which are easily understood by the other. The jealousy quotient maybe higher in the scorpio woman, which could be easily comforted by the cancer man. The cancer man may need constant inspiration from the scorpio woman. They easily balance the strength and weakness of the other. This is a great match if other planets support it!
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The cancer female and scorpio male is one of the most passionate relationships with lots of emotions flowing freely! It could starts as an on-off relationship but its only a matter of time they both reach the true height of passion and love. The right balance of masculinity and feminine energy. The cancer female finds the security and strength she deeply longs for and the scorpio finds one woman who can make him believe in the good part of life and add compassion to his list of qualities. His jealousy streaks are settled easily by the cancer female, the right combination of love, excitement, passion and fun!
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I love this so true….love my Scorpio man
Yeiiiiiii!!! it said exactly how me and my boyfriend feel for eachother <3 it was love at first sight <3
It 'could' be the best match. I think the analysis is off, honestly. I think it has been for some time. Though I think both signs are compatable, its not because they are the 'best' characeristics of the signs. Scorpios are stereotyped for being domineering, manipulative and emotionally sensitive. Cancers are stereotyped for being passive, manipulative and emotionally sensitive. Those things go together, but they pair together traits that bring 'comfort' and thats about it. I'm not saying those are the only traits of the respective signs that matter, but when it comes to such ideas, people should really broaden their perspectives.
There are a number of other signs that are compatible with water signs. I personally, am not sure that Cancer and Scorpio are best. Cancer does not deal with manipulation and hurt well at all, and Scorpio out of self-protection and sometimes possessiveness, is prone to such. The Cancer will stay, for the sake of stability. But is that truly positive? Is that a match made in heaven? Absolutely not!
Think about, for a bit. There are plenty of other combinations to analyze as well that are just as prone to such criticism. This is one, however, that really gets me going. Some of you astrologers never want to challenge the status quo!
You are absolutely right! I am a cancer woman that is staying "for the sake of stability" with my scorpio man. It is not healthy for me. I have been much more than submissive. I don't know what else to do but, I'm beginning to feel unattracted to my scorpio lover. His harsh words and "tests" are exhausting and hurtful. If this is the most compatible match of the zodiac why is it so difficult? (Mainly because of the Scorpio.) I've learned just to be quiet and not respond to not encourage the argument. But, even being quiet is exhausting. What can I do?
Wow…you (above) took the words right out of my mouth…maybe that's where the maturity comes into play. My Scorpio blamed me for everything that went wrong in the relationship, the word pompous comes to mind. But damn I loved him and wanted it to work sooo bad! Amazing, magnetic chemistry….hmmmm. warmth, passion… And daggers!
I agree. Chemistry between these two signs is very powerful but as the scorpio in the relationship I found the deep waters often put out the fire…so to speak.
I had a very close cancer friend that I am ( and probably always will be) attracted to. Although the attraction/ or magnetic pull is there. I found myself sabotaging the relationship very quickly when we finally got together after 6 years of friendship and what I thought as harmless flertation.
Once the moons had finally alined (or so I had thought) we slept together and I found my cancer man to be in this calm state of mind and not projecting that magnetic pulls so much and me needing reasurance (that never came) that I hadnt just distroyed a great frienship.
To men cancer man is so excepting of scorpio's faults that although they may feel it they dont reasure scorpio when they need it.
My husband is a Scorpio and I'm a Cancer and we love each other VERY much! So true what the analysis says about the Scorpio man and Cancer woman.
absolutely true
hw sweet i m really vry lucky i m a cancerian and my boyfrnd is a scorpion we both luv each other very much and trust each other. But he is really over possesive but i dont have any problem cuz i luv him very much. He is my everything
I couldn't agree more. Im a scorpio and my boyfriend is a cancer and everything stated fits both of us perfectly. We are very much in love, and I wouldn't have it any other way. He is the first relationship I haven't ran from. And after reading this it makes sence to me why for once im not scared.
Im glad he found this and sent it to me. lol
this is soooo true everything that i have read so far.
me and my cancer man definetly had a love from the first week that i had never felt before… always so apprehensive to say that i love something or someone without a precuser, but this was a no holds bar love confession by day what-4? i love all the things that he brings to the table that i find so hard to innately have. perfect match
I just met a guy who is a Scorpio and this fits him to a T. I am a Cancer and we hit it off great when we met last week!
i am a cancer dating a sneaky gemini i am friends with a scorpio who wants to move forward thnks this helped alot
Stay away from the Gemini, they are no good for cancer, I normally don't believe in Horoscopes, but everything has been looking wrong wherever I look on cancer -gemini compatibility, whereas, it is definitely doomed, I lived it.
You were warned !!
Yes Please Cancer away from Gemini .Take our advice. They are just to fast in wanting to sleep with you and want to just have fun instead of getting to know who you really are . They are also fast to judge . Went through it and stopped it quickly . Dont waste your time us Cancers will be the ones to suffer
Oh definetely cancer should not stay with gemini. I had a gemini boyfriend and later on I found out that he was betraying his cancer partner. She came to argue with me but I felt so sorry for myself because I was the naivy one but the bitch to her eyes. In the end of the story she agreed with me that the gemini boyfriend was a dick only!
At the moment I am so in love with a cancer guy but unfortunately we both are married and I so feel he would have been my perfect mate…. We talk about everything, he is a good listenner, he is hot and romantic, what a sin of ours! Forgive-us God!
This makes me wana find a scorpio man
i agree!!!
I know it really does . all this sounds great . but be careful it cant just be any scorpio you have to feel that mysterious feeling
if you're a scorpio, it's easy to get the cancer into bed with you on the first night
The topic mentioned above was incredibly accurate. Me and my present scorpio friend/lover are doing really well with communication, and are completely emotionally and sexually content which makes us more than compatible.
i love my cancer man to pieces <3 i feel so incomplete without him…he is my everythingg
I love my baby & I know we can work any problem out until the day were in the ground. He is my everything!!!!! I hope this is ture forever<3
I just meet a cancer man that helped me in trying to give him a chance
Wow this is so true!! Ive been seeing a Scorpio man now for a few months, and to say fireworks is an understatement!! I know the difference between liking someone, and NEEDING someone!!! Omg its so true – a magnetic aura is exactly it! I know theres a honeymoon period to every relationship, but i just cannot see me not getting butterflies when he pulls up in my driveway, or me not running & jumping on him when he walks in the door!! Hes overseas atm for another 10 excrutiating weeks!!! How will i cope!! :[ Love your site thanks!!
awwww thanks sooo cute .. im soo happy for you. Scorpio & Cancer Best
wow same as i..i also had magical feeling of excitement,magnetism,craziness or whatever..everytime we see each other, we can feel each other that theres really this superb strong between us..OMG..
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The compatibility is serious, but even the best matches in astrology have issues.
To my Cancer brothers and sisters out there, if you look at all the sites and articles detailing this matchup, keep an eye out: most of them will describe how magnetic and powerful and wonderful Scorpio is and how very lost we'd be without them.
They don't go into detail about other things, like how utterly misanthropic they can be. Or how secretive they are even when they demand to know everything about you. Or how bitter and spiteful they become when life doesn't go as planned. Or how readily they attack the things important to you when vaguely upset. Or how demeaning and insulting they become if you dare make a mistake. Or how they try to control your life while adamant that you stay completely out of theirs. Or how quickly they speak ill of you behind your back. Or how ridiculous and humiliated they can make you feel about the things you deeply care about. Or…
I think you get the point. They have a similar list when it comes to our sign, as well. Slow down and look deeper before you get pulled in by that "magnetism". Make sure you've got some common ground you can walk on side by side first, and that the unique beast within is something you feel you can handle – at least on your best days.
If nothing else, remember to show them that they're not the only sign that has a hard time trusting others.
I completely agree ManoftheCrab as I do with all the positive aspects as well. I have never been more in love with my ex-scorpio of 3 years. We were on the verge of marriage, but all the negativities you described (jealousy, being a hipocryte!!,liar,obsessive,possessive,wanting to be more successful than the woman) added to that his ego and never-apologizing and never- fault admitting attitude towards his infidelities (which I thought it was) have finally brought this relationship to an end. I noticed I was being pulled to that 'magnetism' and I had to just 'disappear' whilst living together, just so I could getaway from him. Because i knew if we had continued the passion would get out of hand. I disappeared and left the country leaving no trail behind. He tried reaching me through friends. I showed up after a year. He still 'loved me' and wanted to see me (only for me to find out he was seeing someone else, haha and I felt it and I was testing him this time).He texted me happy birthday this passed June. I gave him no response and I will never EVER talk to him again. That will be his punishment for this life he'll never forget…the funny thing?? I fell for another younger scorpio..we met online. And all of a sudden he disappeared on me eventhough we were supposed to meet after 7 months of cam-chatting LoL. It's been 5 months. No response nothing. (I do believe his aries moon has got something to do with that). Still am thinking of him…and I have no idea whether he'll return, but I'm counting on the scorpio-cancer magnetism and the way their relationship starts "on-and-off" (same way it started with my ex)..what Im trying to say…I'd still would want to try it out with a scorpio because YES…THE MAGNETISM YOU FEEL IS WORTH EVERYTHING-as long as he's loyal. Oh, after my younger scorp disappeared on me yet dated another scorp for a couple months and YES again passion and affection. )
Man…sometimes I feel worthless when I read how 'bad' scrorpios are! I'm a scorpio man and while I can identify with the above negative qualities as well as others who have posted here I must say that there are different levels of scorpio. Us scorps…when on a spitual or self growth path, often move the the Eagle state of our sign. I'm not sure where I am but I can tell you that I am fully aware of the traits mentioned above and now exactly how not to be like that. We aren't destined to be what our sign says…we can grow and move away from it. Our egos attach to those qualities and play them through. Allow your true inner self to be the guide and those negative scorp traits soften very much and at times become a very postive protection against others who don't give a crap. At the end of it, all we want is to be deeply in love as we scorps give our hearts and souls to our partners and an return we simply need that trust so our hearts can soar (leos's take note). How that gets presented is all about the level a scorp is at. Nuff said.
wow, man of the crab, that well and truly summed up my boyfriends bad traits. it is so so true, i absolutely adore him but at times those characteristics can really bring me down and make me think about whether the relationship is worth it. Scorpio's are quite tough on the sensitivity of a cancer, so be sure that you truly know them as a friend before engaging in a loving relationship.
Some of this post I would agree with. I'm a scorpio male and my ex wife was a cancer. The first 5 years were great but I should have know better considering our beginning. I gave my all to the marriage but she had a tendency to cheat so in the end it didn't work. The passion was intense and still is but once you cross a Scorpio it's a grudge that's lasts for life.
damm Cancer you messed up
This is truly real my boo is cancer an im scorpio and this really seems 2 describe us. and it kinda makes me even more secure now. cant no other bitch get at him cuz he wont let em. we've been 2gether 3 years and are engaged and both of us r true 2 each other and have never cheated. we a match made in heaven. What nigga! jealous ass bitches wont leave us da hell alone
Its quite true. I am a Scorpion Woman and it was love at first sight. Before we even spoke to each other I was crazy about him. From the day we have met we have stayed together. There was just something keeping us together. Believe me, sometimes it is so hard not to leave him, because he can be so emotional. But no matter what, we stay together. Without speaking to each other, we understand what the other is feeling and is expecting. I have always thought that there was something bigger than us, keeping us together, because sometimes I really want to beat him to dead. I have never loved someone like I love him.
I am female cancer 46 and met a male scorpio 25, what can you tell me about the age difference in in the two or is there any? He is very interested in me, and has always been attracted to older women, but the age to me might be an issue. We have never met in person, but we seem to get along very well texting, facebook etc….
Man of crab ur speaking the truth about a Scorpio because I am one. But you cancers are not innocent.. Cancers are liars, they always play the "victim" clingy, and some cancers have no ambition and think that their mate should shelter them. They never take responsibility for their actions and they present themselves as someone they are not.
Your being sterotypic . Not all Cancers will be like that . Noones perfect we all know that. If your Cancer messed up then she missed out . But us Cancers are clingy because we fear losing the person we love and it is difficult for us to give someone our full trust but we not all liars. But i will admit being to nice will make us tell little white lies because we hate hurting other ppls feelings. But its because we care and cant blame us for that . and yes we believe our mate should shelter us because we are dependable. and we may present ourselves as someone we are not because thats how we pretect ourselves. We have to learn from past experiences thats how we deal with our sensitivity.
cancers are clingy in the sense that we don't want to be alone. scorpios use cancer's emotions to their advantage and can control cancer easily.
This was so on-point for me! it described me an my man to the T! I am a scorpio and my passion for this mean is unbelievable and everything he does for me is so amazing! Our relationship is so strong it amazies the both of us….i look foward to our future an reading this just made me realize how grateful i am to have him!!
I have a cancer boyfriend and im so in love with him that it hurts to be apart from him. i never feel like there is enough time together but like it that way. i would give him my second last breath, keeping the last only so i can whisper his name goodbye. we are so much alike in the nature we are with the perfect number of differences. he keeps me from wanting to leaving the world completely and be by myself. slowly he brakes down my walls that all Scorpios have.he makes things that scare me okay, like saying i love you or letting someone know your hurt or sad. i push him away a lot because i want him to leave. he is so smart and deep that i feel so unworthy but i wouldn't have it any other way because it makes feel so much more special that someone like him could love someone like me. he is my soul mate and at 11:11 on august 9th 2011 i wished that one day we'll get married so i can be with him forever. he knows how to touch me, but not always when to which i love, and makes me laugh, hes shy but never afraid and i always feel safe when im with him.i don't fear the future when i put him in it. i hate saying it but he needs to know that i only want him for the rest of my life and that i will never change my mind. it actually pains me to say that i need him because i dont like to need anyone…im a Scorpio…but i need you and ive never been so scared to say anything in my life, and that was it. i love you Daniel Cassar your are the perfect and only cancer for this Scorpio ,forever
Creepy how spot on this stuff is(:<3
i love scorpios
That was a pretty amazing post Odessa. It's obvious you guys are head over heels for each other. Good luck to you both.
I hear all this about Cancer/Scorpip compatibiliy. And Im a Cancer woman and i have dealt with a lot of Scorpios but can never quite figure them out and it never worked out. Scorpios are jealous, sneaky, judgemental and very blunt. Where as Cancers are emotional, loyal, accepting and sensitive. And people confuse the fact that 2 signs may be compatible but if someone doesn't want you, than they dont want you. I'm happy now with a Pisces who happens to be a great match for a Cancer.
wow !!!
me an mah bf wre v delightd aftr readin ds…..he s a scorpion n m a cancerian…..n we reely love ech othr alot !
thnx u made us undrstnd ech othr mre….:)))
Cancer is a versatile cardinal sign.
They are intelligent in a very creative way…They have a loony sense of humor…most comedians are cancers…Cancers will protect their family and country…alot of cancers join the marines or the Navy.
A cancer can be the most loyal,truthful,family oriented(groups of friends),money oriented…these people are very deep u just have to find the rite one….and if your cancer isnt actin likke this(if your a scorpio) u can easily bring it out of him.
Only ignorant people underrate cancers/ only special people can understand them and they respect it. 100%
Wow this post is spot on!! I met my cancer husband 23 years ago. I was 16 years old and my cancer man 17. I first saw him at a party and it was love at first site. To date we cannot be apart and our love is as strong as when we first met. He is my soul mate and I dont know what I would do without him!!!
i am a gay cancerian man and my scorpio lives in oregon while i live in north carolina. we have been together for two years now and our love has never faultered cancers dwell within the scorpio's protective traits and scorpio grows from the cancerian depth of emotion. he understands how emotional us cancers can be unlike some other signs that think we are too clingy. anywho he is deffinately my soulmate and i love every single thing about him!
i met this scorpio guy few months ago(im a cancer girl)..got to agree on the intense crazy chemistry! Ive nvr felt anythg like it b4,he understd me so well..when we're together,it's like magical,it felt soooo good..both of us jz can't take our hands off each other,him being so romantic makes me melt n fall deeper into him..he treated me like no other guys did b4..n i like him tooo much within a very short period of time..he said he like me n he is very happy..really thought that me n him can b together..but sumthg happened that got my eyes wide opened!! We had a lil misscommunication n he went dissappear! No nothg from him,n bein a cancer,was worried sick! No reply to my smses n calls.then after 2weeks,he cm back n apologizes.being soft-hearted,i accept his apology n was thinkin things will get better..but i was wrong..he dissappeared for the 2nd time.n i was really hurt..it took me 2weeks to evaluate this relationship wif him scorpio guy,so i ended it.i dont deserve to b treated that way..it is his lost,not mine..n m sure he'll regret doin this to me like he did the 1st time,coz ive done no wrong towards him,all i did was waitin n waitin n waitin n stayin loyal to him :'( wat im tryin to say is that regardless of the strong chemistry, if ur partner x appreciate u.then my advice is to walk away! coz all the pain n tears n heartache is not worth it!
Yes Fe, you did the best thing, I am a Scorpio and fell in love with a Cancer man. The first time we met, if he would have asked me to marry him I would have! I have dated a Scorpio man, and he was a little too "there", after 4 years of dating, we have remained the absolute best of friends, he is my best friend. But I love the Cancer and he says he loves me, sometimes I will have an overwhelming sense of him, and I have to take a deep breath, and the phone will ring and it's him telling me he was thinking about me! We want to melt into each other, and we do.
diamondlass,i hope everythg work out well for u.god bless u n ur cancer man ive moved on but cant seem to erase memories on my ex scorpio guy,he stil very much on my mind..m seeing new man at the moment,but deep inside m worried n scared on the probabilities of me saying yes n melt when my ex scorpio man cm back for the 2nd time..his actions do hv great impact n effects on me..n it's scary..i really wish that things were diff between me n the scorpio guy..but wat's done can't b undone..God bless us all
This Cancer female has had three long term relationships with Scorpio men. For reasons that are beyond reason, I've always felt that I understood Scorpios better than any other sign. Beneath the crusty shell of a Scorp which Cancer crabs have also, lies a deep, true, courageous heart & soul. My current Scorpio guy is pretty evolved and I love him like no other. Although not married, we definitely have a 'til death due us part' relationship, though I highly doubt that even death will sever the bond between us. All that has been said about Scorps and Cancers in these posts ring true. Always go deeper with folks of both of these signs. You'll discover a lot about them and yourselves in the process:)
I don't know what to say..as a Scorpio man the biggest crushes I' ve had were for Taurus; I usually get along very well with people in this sign , but somehow all of them ended up hurting me in unexpected ways!! Some of the nastiest people I dated also happened to be Taurus…so I don't think astrological compatibility is everything but I do think it should be taken into account because most times it DOES matter, and some signs are indeed "more compatible" with eachother.
Now, Scorpio – Cancer, I don't know , never been romantically involved with a Cancer, but I notice I tend to trust people born under this sign. They come across to me as honest, which is something I always look for in everyone. They seem not to dissimulate like most people tend to do, and they say what they think. One of my best friends is a Cancer.
I just met a Cancer I'm attracted to and I did notice similarities in our way of looking at things , so maybe it's a chance to see if this is really a good match…
btw, Scorpio_Scorpio is a big No No!!
This is very interesting to read all of this. I am Scorpio woman with Cancer man. I think any human being in relationship requires patience and understanding to work it out. Physical compatibility and attraction makes most of the part. Love or understanding or attraction alone does not serve the purpose.
With no doubts on faithfulness and the amount of attraction we share, stability to the relationship comes. And this is what we are sharing. There are always arguments when two people live under one roof so reading this post felt so good because this is exactly how we feel for each other but it's not true or realistic that there is romance and ONLY love all the time.
The key to success is 'patience'.
I agree with what one of you said. Patience is indeed the key to success, but not only that, good communication is the key to sustain a happy and healthy relationship. I'm a scorpio woman and I've met a cancer man. It's True that they will tell little white lies not to hurt you, but through talking and asking of that person's honesty, he/she probably won't do it again. It works like this with all relationships, based on star signs or not. You should require a level of maturity in your relationship to deal with these issues, by that, I mean sitting down together and talking about your problems. I do know of a few scorpio men that tend to be judgmental and think only the best of themselves, maybe some women too, but this character trait comes in handy when your cancer feels insecure. It is your job to boost his/her ego, by using your own ability to boost your own. Scorpios are extremely jealous, but this tends to get better as the cancer reassures the scorpio by staying loyal and opening up to each other. Both of these star signs have to come to terms with opening up to each other. If something bothers me, he'll notice it and I'll open up to him, mostly I'll just come out with what is bothering me or upsetting me. You should see him/her as your best friend. I've read a post that said something about a cancer woman that cheated? Most probably the relationship was at its end or maybe you hurt her a lot by using spiteful words and just being a jerk and that caused her to do what she did. I honestly don't see cancerian people as cheaters. People love, especially scorpios, to judge others and not take the responsibility for their own actions. The hardest thing to do, for some of us, is to admit doing wrong and not doing it again* Sure, everyone makes mistakes, but like I said, with good communication, patience (which I do have a lot of for a scorpio woman), comes a healthy relationship. It's true, scorpios tend to cling onto the past, cancer people too, but if you really want to make things work, you'll be the eagle and soar above and beyond the past. Never bring the past into your future. This goes for all the star signs. Online dating sure as hell doesn't count for this. 99% of those people are fake and lie about their birth date, so maybe you weren't even dating a scorpio or a cancer. A relationship could never even work like that, nevermind that, it simply cannot be called a relationship. You need to be with that person to be able to make things work or meet at least. Been there, done that. I personally don't like pisces men, they're a bit unhygienic when it comes to themselves. The women might be the opposite, well, of the people I've known in my life. Getting to my relationship with my cancer man, never, EVER push away a cancer. It's really not worth it. All they try to do is make you feel better and comfort you. What better man would you want on this planet than that?* I love the shyness when it comes to giving him compliments and the way he blushes. No man could ever compare to him. Cancer men are REAL men. They respect women, they care for their women beyond compare and make them feel extraordinarily special by being straight forward about their feelings. Honestly, how many men get out there and confess to a woman how warm their hearts get when they just think about you? Most wouldn't, either they'd think it's not a manly thing to do or they'll be too afraid to open up, expecting the woman to think that they're foolish. Most women want men to open up to them and just for one day make them feel like a woman, make them feel deserved and respected. It's quite true that a scorpio could use words to get a cancer in bed with them, hence them being so cute and gullible at times, but a scorpio wouldn't do it with someone they don't care about or love. We're very, very passionate and intimate when it comes to love. Sure, cancerians might not be the best at this character trait, but then again, we could teach them our ways and when they get used to it, have fun together* Always have a positive outlook on your relationship. There is NO place and time for negativity. It will cost you your relationship, no matter what star sign you are or who you are with. With every scorpio having a slight negative character trait, there comes a cancer who would change that into the most beautiful trait and the other way around. Yes, scorpios are spiteful and can be very destructive, but taking some time to think things over and realising just how much you love the other person, would be your rescue not to do anything that will hurt your cancer. Just be loving and always complimentary. There is no such thing as a perfect relationship, but there is such thing as trying to make it as perfect as you can. Without trying, you can forget about it. Losing a cancerian will definitely cost you. Guaranteed that you won't find someone nearly as flexible and compassionate as them. Usually it would end due to the actions of the scorpio. I wouldn't be surprised, but please do take my advice. If you are religious, pray about it. It really helps. Nothing helps more than prayer.* I for one, am very happy and content with my little crab, and would do anything to protect him from getting hurt, even when I hurt him, I'll apologise and admit that I've done wrong. After that, I'll just spoil him with kisses and love and just make him feel like the luckiest man on earth!* He protects me and he's always there for me. A relationship comes from both sides, not only one. If I were cancer and had to do all the apologising, I would've left. Some scorpios are like that. Very proud, sometimes too proud. This gets you nowhere. Scorpios, don't cut off your nose to spite your face and don't regret something that once made you smile and feel so, so safe. Good luck*


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