So Mark – Why The Flame Ringed Scorpion?

Well I’m glad you asked. As you know from previous posts Ayden is Gaelic for “Little Fire”. Well Ayden was born on Nov 13th. Which makes him a Scorpio in the Zodiac. Hey Lindsay.. what’s your favorite number..? “8!!!!” she replies.. well Scorpio is the 8th sign in the zodiac. Here’s a little information about Scorpio’s.

Lord, grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to hide the bodies

of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off.

(Anonymous)

hmmm should I be worried.. this quote was above an article about Scorpio’s…?

Being a water sign, Scorpio is considered highly passionate, imaginative, determined, persevering, inflexible and self-confident.

Traditionally, the planet Mars has been considered to be the ruler of Scorpio, and since its discovery, Pluto has been considered a modern ruler of this sign. Some modern astrologers consider Pluto to be a more appropriate ruler over the sign, citing the reason for Mars having initially ruled the sign being that Pluto had not yet been discovered. In 2006 Pluto was reclassified by astronomers as a “dwarf planet”, and though no longer considered a planet in astronomy, this has not reduced its significance to astrologers as the modern ruler of Scorpio.

As the eighth sign in the zodiac, Scorpio is associated with the astrological house number 8, which is associated with natural Scorpio matters – birth, death, transformation, deeply committed relationships of all kinds, and the occult and psychic matters. 

Scorpio also has associations with three animal symbols: the scorpion, the snake, and the phoenix (Hmm there’s that fire again). Each sign represents different levels of power related to personal strength, individual power, and even intimidation based on cultural associations with these different animals. All three symbols indicate the fierce determination of the Scorpio symbol to triumph over odds and to be ruthless in pursuing goals, traits that are evident in the personality characteristics attributed to Scorpio individuals.

That was taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpio_(astrology)

The Number 13 & other coincidences…

So the number 13 is also an interesting number I can’t seem to get away from. M as in Mark the 13th letter of the alphabet. M is the symbol that represents Scorpio in the Zodiac. We live at number 13. Nov 13th was Ayden’s Birthday. Also weird the night that Ayden was born – I got home from the hospital and was playing my game fallout3 on my Xbox 360. And I has encountered a oddly large number of Giant Scorpions in the game… Usually you see one or two in an area. But there was one after the other… strange I think.