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My family spoiled me and my siblings where they could. My dad was abusive though, and my mother and I did not get along as I grew up and was emotionally distant. I had difficulty growing up and feeling like I could fit in, ever. I was always called dramatic. Family drama and family responsibilities were always thrust onto me since a young age and money has been a stressor since high school. That’s most likely due more maybe to the south node in the 4H.
Leo moon, Scorpio rising, Virgo sun with Chiron in the 1H and Lilith (highly doubt Lilith matters but there ya go).
I was well off financially (not mega rich but never went hungry). but I had difficult childhood in other aspects because I was too sensitive and my parents were constantly fighting/screaming. Also had strained relationship with mom and dad wasn’t around most of the week
Fellow Scorpio rising - my parents fought/screamed at each other mostly, too. That’s majority what I remember of my childhood. I also remember a vivid day my mom took me and my siblings for a drive somewhere bc my parents got into such a bad fight. Being older now, I always wonder why they hadn’t divorced.
Wonder how this applies to intercepted houses, I’m a Scorpio rising with a Pisces IC, i had a mainly good childhood but was often misunderstood and had conflict extended family
Focusing on what zodiac sign your rising sign or Ascendant is in is a terrible indicator of one's childhood.
There are many many factors in your chart to consider.
There isn't one singular thing that talks about childhood basically the natal chart tells an entire story about you and your development and your challenges.
My mom is having an on going schizophrenic psychosis with a touch of borderline since I was 9/10 ish years old. They weren't the perfect parents before that, quite inconsistent with mixed messages in my upbringin.
And my dad has been a choleric alcoholic while he had to raise me and my 2 brothers alone while running after emotionally unstable women and moving homes just to accomodate them. I had to grow up very fast.
Now I'm 22 and have battles with my own mental health.
I am Scorpio rising in the 28.08th degree.
Scorpio Asc but from the outside looking in, I had an ideal childhood. I had two quirky parents who didn’t understand me, mother tried to be emotionally manipulative and father was somewhat detached but prone to explosively angry moments. I did feel loved and appreciate the stability the provided until it became suffocating.
Scorpio rising here! Yes, I had it bad within my childhood and continue to do so as I live with them at 24 currently. I grew up in an abusive household watching my dad mainly stir up all kinds of issues with the family, he’s a narcissist so it doesn’t surprise me. Both of my parents married each other, without ever having any chemistry nor love with one another. It’s a difficult marriage. My dad is a huge cheater, liar and he’s done so much in the household. I wasn’t taught much growing up in the household, I had to teach myself most things. I wasn’t picked on in school but as a homosexual, I got verbally abused by my entire family a lot. I’ve always had a roof over my head and I was mostly fed, which I’m grateful for.
I’ve never had true friendships and never dated anyone, I live the lone wolf lifestyle.
At 18, I suffered a physical trauma that would change the rest of my life. I’m chronically suffering gastrointestinal diseases and chronic pains. I’ve always wanted to move out and move to a big city, for better opportunities. With these health issues, it prevents it a ton. I’m developing OCD episodes, it’s not too bad but I’m losing hope. I have a sister who also has an ascendant in Scorpio but I don’t think she had it as hard as I did. Partially, but not entirely. She married at 26. My twin brother is a Libra Ascendant, he’s living an easier life, we’ve got the same chronic health issues but he’s in a secure career, working with a passion. I’m not too optimistic with my life, or my future in general. I’m keeping an eye out but not anticipating joy as I used to. Life will be okay, things will get better but there’s no way my life will be the same way as it was before the physical trauma.
I’m remain living with my parents that don’t understand what I want in life. I’m the scapegoat for many issues, the black sheep of the family and the misfit. I’ve only had one job and that job I was forced to quit as I got bullied and sexually harassed at 20. I’ve moved on from my first and former job since but I don’t consider working a blue collar job again, it’s just not for me. Despite, my parents not understanding it.
It's true for me. And I am a Scorpio rising. A very difficult and traumatic childhood on many levels... and it's still very much at play today, as an adult, causing me a lot of problems in various areas of my life, and it's infuriating.😓
TL;DR When it was good it was goood, when it was bad, it was baaaad. Most of my trauma actually came from people who didn't really know me (people as school, teachers) and because I was still young and didn't really know myself, I let those people tell me how I should feel about myself. Which makes sense ig, it is the ascendant (ie, what people see, first impressions, vibes etc)
Tau sun/Scorp Asc.
I have undiagnosed ADHD which let to a lot of trauma related to my academic life. I was smart but would have bouts of extreme executive dysfunction which led to a lot of antagonizing from my teachers and a lot of bullying from my peers. Had very few friends, and the ones who I did hang out with would disrespect me everyday as a joke. I'm pretty suspicious of people in general as an adult but thankfully I have met a few real ones.
My dads an aquarius and mom's a scorpio. At home we discussed a lot of politics and social issues, ideas. The family dynamic was very off beat too, I come from a pretty conservative asian country where freelancing/remote work if you have a family is frowned upon, but my dad mostly did just that, so my mom was the primary caregiver and breadwinner. Always knew my family dynamic was very different from other kids because I'd sometimes go to their houses and see just how dependent their mothers were on their fathers. My mom was and still is a boss lady lol
we also kept to ourselves a lot, there was a sort of comfortable distance/mutual respect for each others boundaries which is also very rare in my culture. growing up, I was shocked to hear that some of my friends parents go through their phones or just enter their rooms without knocking or asking first.
8H Cancer Moon & Gemini Mercury, Scorpio ASC.
Both parents are mentally ill (father w/ narcissism, mother w/ bipolar) with a plethora of unresolved trauma. Neither wanted me for genuine reasons. Resulted in having been emotional and mental abused, neglected, and the list goes on.
Parents have money but grew up not being showed or provided with it. Some point had to fight them to pay for my education until I graduate. Very traumatized but working my ass off to heal it.
Immediately left and moved abroad 🙃
my friend has. she had a terrible childhood her mother physically abused her so bad he whole body is full of scars. She's still the most amazing person.
I am Scorpio rising and we were not poor at all lol. However my mum is mentally ill and so is one of my brothers. She also had addiction issues. I was very neglected.
I'm 30 and crying in my bed after a sleepless night, thinking about the period when I was 13. Of courses it was difficult and I'm still getting over it.
Taurus Sun Scorpio Rising Pluto Scorpio and Mars 8th house. My childhood was definitely difficult with emotional and physical abuse as well as neglect. Always felt out of place with the rest of my family and the world
I feel like Capricorn risings and Scorpio risings never catch a break in life. Being ruled by a malefic is hard. Just wanted to say, I hear you guys in the comments. 💔
I’m a Scorpio rising with cancer sun, moon, mercury in 8th house. My upbringing was plagued by cycles of addiction and abuse. I am the oldest of 5 (different moms except for one, who was adopted in the millennium scoop). My mom died of a fentanyl overdose a few years ago, my dad a recovering alcoholic. Both of them tauruses, mom had Aries moon, dad has Leo moon. Both of them have spent a lot of my childhood in jail and prison.
My parents also had hard childhoods and weren’t ready to be parents when they had me. I feel terribly responsible for breaking cycles in my family. My parents never took responsibility for their actions and how they affect their kids, whereas I feel like everything as a parent is a result of my actions. Trying to do right by these kids with no role models or support is hard.
This makes me so sad as a mom of a Scorpio rising. His dad is an alcoholic that has caused a horrible amount of trauma. It will haunt me and certainly my children
I'm a Leo Rising, and I grew up in extreme poverty , I was also a child beggar, and had to work and take care of sick adults ever since I was a teen. I have Pluto 4th House, Mars 12th house, Neptune and Uranus 6th House, Saturn in Taurus.
In me and my sister's case, it's true. We had very traumatic childhoods. But I have a friend who is about 10 years younger than me who is a Scorpio rising, and in his case, just the opposite. He was very coddled and pampered as a child. He grew up well to do with a nanny and maid. He never had to learn how to clean or cook. Unlike me and my sister where we had to learn to clean and cook from a very young age.
Ik my heart is breaking for Scorpio risings. I love Scorpios so this hurts (gem sun) my son is perfect with his Libra sun, cancer moon Scorpio rising ✨️
Glad to know your childhood wasn’t traumatizing, I am sure there is so much more to this than this one placement; as a parent I am using astrology as a tool to help me raise my son the best I can. Thank you for your reply :)
Yes, traumatizing childhood. A mother with a victim complex and drinking issues who would trauma dump on me and have big fights with me since I was 6. Narcissistic father who was not emotionally present at all in my life, invaded my privacy in many ways (was very controlling), and made me have severe trust issues from a young age, verbally abusive when things were bad. Got bullied in middle school, that was the cherry on top (which was the start of my bpd), then on kept being the black sheep throughout all my school years until high school when I was starting to get sexualized by everyone and fake rumours were spread about me due to loads of people just simply being bothered by my presence and my way of being. Then on my mental health kept on declining as years passed, I attempted s*icide a few times in my teenage years (also first time when I was 10).
Long story short, I ‘parentified’ myself my entire childhood and teenage years, I’ve never felt like I had a mom nor a dad in my life as they had been completely emotionally absent all throughout my life. Since I was a child I’ve learned how to depend on myself and be there for myself when times were the toughest (constant panic attacks, anxiety, SH, scide attempts and so on). I perceive my childhood home as a constant emotional warzone with my parents, fights, distance, detachment (LOADS of it) and very unconventional - that pretty much sums up all that aquarius energy on the IC :), as well as my mars and uranus in 4th lol.
Absolutely, I am stronger than ever and feel the most alive than I’d ever been this year. The past 3 years had been hell for me and thought I wouldn’t make it out alive (8th house profection year included). I’m on medication now, quit therapy, and constantly apply everything I’ve learned in my day to day life. This year has been extremely introspective and did lots of shadow work around my childhood trauma. I forgave my parents, you cannot change the past. life goes on without you anyway so you have to keep up with it.
I’ve got many plans in regards to my future that are currently blooming. My (unsolicited) advice for anyone going through a shitty time is: feel it, deeply, go through it, experience every emotion, but don’t stagnate on them and know that it WILL get better (even though it seems like it won’t), a bit of hope goes a long way, and you will come out of it with a meaningful lesson learned about that time which atm you won’t be aware of it, but in time when you’ll look back at it will be crystal clear how much you’ve grown since:).
I had a horrific childhood. Pisces sun and Scorpio rising. The list is long. Mother had mental health issues and father was a drunk and womanizer. I was sexually abused before the age of six by two family members. We constantly moved . Chaos at home . I learned to take care of myself by the time I was six . I’m 54 now. I was extremely codependent. All my relationships were with narcissistic men. I didn’t even begin to heal until I turned 40. Ifinastopped obsessi
I'm a Pisces Sun and Scorpio rising also. I'm 45 and it seems like we had similar childhoods. Life was a lot easier to handle once I reached my early 40's. Have you noticed a major difference being in your 50's?
Each decade of life seems to bring different challenges. Life doesn’t get easier but faith and inner strength replace fear and unconscious responses. When you’ve been at rock bottom, it’s all uphill from there. My biggest opponent is myself. Still making progress. Some days are great and some days we just get through. Aging has its own new fresh set of daily surprises. I struggle with self care. Eating healthy, exercising and getting enough sleep. Discipline is my current life focus.
Trigger warning, molestation.
Scorpio asc., sun in the VIIIth, Pluto on station (in Virgo, XIth, in stellium with Uranus, Jupiter & South Node).
I was brutally raped/sodomized multiple times at the age of 2 by my paternal grandfather who died unexpectedly when I was 3. My mental health is good now for the first time in my life but my physical condition is really bad, in a wheelchair etc.
Interestingly enough, he and his son, my father (a Saint) both had Aquarius suns about 10⁰ apart and both had Scorpio asc., 20 1/2 minutes apart. Interesting synchronicity.
ETA: Gemini sun, Cap moon (my dad also had Cap moon, same house & degree).
I'm so sorry, this genuinely made my head hurt to read. It pains me we have to exist with such disgusting human being capable of such ugliness. I'm glad he's dead and hope it was as painful as possible
Scorpio rising conjunct Pluto in the first house
Yes and no. I was the youngest of four, by 5,8,and 9 years. I was the favorite. I was the “golden child”. But my family was dysfunctional. I just didn’t get the worst of it. I had a hard childhood health wise I suppose. Severe asthma.
All my siblings left home by the time they were 15-16. And my mom and dad divorced a few years prior to that. My mom remarried someone 20 years older who was a dry drunk, and dickhead to us both. My mom started taking prescriptions opioids during the height of the opioid crisis to mask the emotional pain she felt. She was also emotionally immature and abusive Bc of the addiction and I became the scapegoat, the truth teller and the golden child.
But I was never sexually abused, I was rarely bullied, I liked school, I was fairly smart and liked sports. I had some very loyal friends. I had a very nice boyfriend in high school and never drank or did drugs and got decent grades.
Life has always been a bit more chaotic than some people around me, but I’ve always been blessed to have a few good people around me to support me. I’ve always felt very loved.
Scorpio rising, Scorpio moon, Leo sun. My childhood sucked. Mother died, evil stepmother, hit the streets at 11, on my way to reform school at 14 for being an incorrigible gang leader. Last full grade completed 7th. My childhood sucked. But like Scorpio Phoenix, I managed to rise above it. About to retire after 30 years as an attorney for the Federal government. Yes, my childhood sucked but it made me who I am. If you are Scorpio rising, you are blessed because you can go to the darkside, make it work and come back into the light.
Scorpio rising and yes, pretty rough! However, I have a Gemini stellium in the 8th house and I was the oldest of four kids, so I’m sure that had more to do with it than my rising sign.
Scorpio rising here, and though I’ve had personal challenges with abandonment, anxiety, depression, ADHD (female, diagnosed in mid-40s (54 now)), I enjoyed a middle-class, stable upbringing. My younger brother is also adopted, and our parents are still married, celebrating 59 years this August. I can’t speak to anyone else’s situation, or other Scorpio risings; just myself. So, lifestyle or socioeconomic status-wise, I didn’t grow up in poverty. We weren’t given everything, but we had our basic needs met and then some (annual vacations, parents paid for my private college education (I contributed my summer work earnings and had a small scholarship), school shopping every August, close-knit extended family, no one on drugs or in prison etc).
That all said, I did struggle with interpersonal relationships. I didn’t have many or really any friends or friendships that lasted when transitioning from elementary to middle school then to high school. I was academically gifted, a nerd, and socially awkward. I was very depressed in high school but being raised Gen X, we were told to suck it up and go play in traffic. Mental health? What’s that? Lot of emotional unavailability. My parents, I think, are late silent generation folks and no one talked about their problems, feelings, etc. I’ve carried that into my adulthood but have worked on myself a lot. Anyway … sorry if I rambled or over shared. It’s an ADHD characteristic, apparently! Have a blessed day, everyone 🙏
Is it this hardship at maintaining friendship a Scorpio rising thing? Like we have some kind a beef with people 😶😶 happened to me a lot, lots of people leaving my life or watching me weirdly as I was strongly misunderstood. I also have ADHD and am mentally unstable.
Scorpio rising, Aquarius sun and moon - not a bad childhood at all close knit middle class family, never struggled. Before I was leaving for college my parents started having relationship issues and somehow I was always caught in the middle of the two of them. It resulted in my dad ending his life, my mom will never be the same and essentially my entire family has been ripped apart, no one speaks or gets along. It’s really sad how things came to this. But childhood, no, it was great and I miss those times dearly.
Generally, no. My family was lower middle class, so we didn’t have a lot or got to take fancy vacations but we had a home, food on the table, and enough clothes. It was a pretty simple childhood. Relationally, I do feel like I was the odd one out in my family though, as I don’t really share any interests with them so our family outings were never super fun for me. I did also feel distant from them as my parents weren’t emotionally available while enforcing fairly strict traditional Christian rules. And I’m the oldest so my rules were stricter than my siblings. I’m now also pretty certain I’m on the autism spectrum so that could’ve exacerbated some of the emotional responses I had towards them.
my childhood was supposed to be difficult. born to a mother with drug and mental health struggles. 6 siblings in unfortunate circumstances as well. was left in hospital at birth. adopted at 6 months and have had a decent life since. did not find out this til adulthood but that’s another story. could be a movie actually lol. had ups and downs for sure, clashed with my mom a lot, but have always had a roof and food and love.
Same, my parents fought and often times violently, holes in the wall and broken vases etc. I moved around a lot but saw other relatives fighting in front of me. Picked on a lot as a kid, fought twice, and almost ended up in a lot of fights.
Older neighborhood kids would target us and call us racial slurs etc. My guard was always up pretty early on, I used to pack a knife or screwdriver with me to school in case some punks tried to come at me.
These days I’m past all that trauma, my family is close now. But instinctually I’m always watching the room and can never have my back to anything in case shit pops off.
poverty when i was a kid and even now tbh. parents used to have fights and would regularly blame me, despite being a young child who didn’t know any better. a lot has changed, but i feel disconnected from them tbh
Yep somewhat. I was a sensible child and always felt like my emotional needs were never met. First born water baby to two immature fire signs. Always told "Because I said so." when I would ask "why?"
yeah home life wasn’t great as a kid, parents had pretty violent fights and i felt pretty disconnected from them as a kid. i feel like i’ve also been left with a lot of burden growing up, not feeling full autonomy or support regarding my career path, extracurriculars, or even hobbies. they are immigrants, and a lot of their money is invested into me. my car’s paid for by them, they don’t charge me rent or bills, and they’re paying my tuition. in turn, they have no retirement savings, so in a way these are investments in my future, and theirs as well. so yeah, it’s rough. i love my parents, but they’re not people i have much faith in or people i look to rely on very much.
I never talk about my father although I think I should switch the record and start talking about him but ommit mentioning my mother now. It's never easy.
Wow you’re good! Just checked and yes, I do have Scorpio in my 4th house. How did you know?! Yea Scorpio energy is too intense for me and indeed my childhood was pretty intense. Learned to be independent and resourceful tho from a young age, always thought that was my Aries Sun nature but maybe Scorpio placement here also helped
I knew from using Whole Sign houses! As a Leo rising, Scorpio will always be on your 4th house cusp :)
I would agree that it was probably a mix of both
My mother was mentally ill, with borderline personality disorder and my father was an alcoholic. My childhood was difficult. Domestic violence was a common occurrence.
Aquarius on the IC is interesting because I spent a lot of time at my grandmother's house who was an Aquarius sun. Her house was my safe haven.
This is my exact scenario! Alcoholic father and BPD mother. Often I wonder if my alcoholic abusive father made my mother BPD. You’re Scorpio Rising? Turns out my Scorpio is in 4th House (family home life). I’m a Leo Rising tho
Yeah I am Scorpio rising with Leo sun.
It was opposite with my parents. I think my borderline mom made my dad an alcoholic. But maybe they were both making each other crazy.
I’m sorry. My theory is that my parents likely had their own psychiatric tendencies that only got worse during their toxic relationship. They should have divorced, but it was not possible due to generational/cultural stigma.
Same. My parents did divorce when I was 20 years old. My father passed away last year. I am not angry with him anymore. I am not really angry at my mom either but sad that we can't have a healthy relationship.
yes, my father was and still is a crack addict and my mother was an alcoholic who has recovered. They both enabled each other, it was a VERY domestic relationship they had in my childhood. I am now learning how to cope and heal from things at 23y/o. I also dealt with having to be the “middle man” in arguments between them and was emotionally abused and never able to show or express emotion appropriately because of that. It also doesn’t mix well with my Aries Moon lol
Scorpio Sun and Rising
With Capricorn moon.
Yes. Childhood to then life. It was my normal and I don't think about how different it was from others, because it was my "normal".
Woof yeah. Materially taken care of but mom was not affectionate and talked so much crap on my dad. Dad was very aggressive and talked crap on my mom. Consistently put on diets and berated for my body. Berated for my attention span and quirks (diagnosed adhd and autism). Twas rough.
yes in some ways, always materially taken care of even if it wasnt the best food/housing and there was struggle. id say the most difficult thing was my parents relationship to us and eachother. i dont view myself as someone who has parents like others may. was atleast one if them physically there? sure. was that person vengeful, angry, jealous, and extremely hard ti get along with? yup. the other one was in and out and has no back bone or paternal instincts. just two emotionally stunted adults who i feel i have outgrown in every aspect.
Same. My parents fought all the time, partied, and pretty much ignored me so I raised myself and I’ve never had a good relationship with them. It’s funny bc now that I’m an adult, I don’t view them as my “parents” but more as peers. We have very little in common and I understand that they were super young when they had me (15/17) so I try to give them grace but it’s hard when I’m so damn angry all the time bc they are still emotionally immature.
No shit. Even I question myself where I could have gotten my emotional strength most of the time, feels like my entire life has all been a big lie but also a fucking miracle
Scorpio sun, rising, Mercury, Venus, and Pluto, all in 1H or 12H. | I didn't have a difficult childhood necessarily, but I witnessed a lot of drama between my parents, and my mom emotional dumped on me. Mom is a Pisces sun, Libra moon, and Scorpio rising and would also agree she had a good childhood, but there was familial drama around.
I think the truth is, when you pull the layers back, many people experienced difficulties growing up. Some had it pretty bad. Others had it all right but were fuckshit-adjacent.
I’m a Scorpio rising, Scorpio sun, and Virgo moon.
I don’t think I had the worst childhood, but I don’t think it was good and I’d like to do better for my kids. I had the essentials like food and a bed to sleep in but everything else was a mess.
My boyfriend however had the worst childhood I’ve ever heard of. Still has the physical scars to prove it. He’s a Capricorn but I can’t think of what other signs are in his chart.
Scorpio rising, Libra sun, Libra moon. My childhood was awful, something I wouldn't wish on most people. It's taken years to recover from the trauma, and I'm not fully healed yet. Cut contact with my immediate family. So in my experience, yes. My childhood was extremely difficult.
Scorpio rising, Leo sun, Virgo moon. I had a pretty happy childhood. It was always very clear my parents loved me. We were poor when I was really little but upper middle class by the time I was in high school. My dad did have a bad temper but it was mostly directed at others, probably because I was a people pleaser and tried to be perfect. I was also bullied from middle school on. I still think I had it better than most.
That's why I think these generalizations aren't really that helpful for specifics like childhood. It depends on the planets and the aspects. Even with appearance, which I find tends to be more accurate, you will have variances within the same rising sign.
Gotchaaaa, thank you for clarifying! My chart says the ascendant is Virgo, so I guess this doesn’t apply to me (although I did have a rough childhood lol!). Thank you for your help! ☺️
Scorpio rising, Leo sun. My parents and I moved to another country when I was young. Parents never adjusted to the new country and culture, mom was very depressed. We struggled with poverty and some health issues with my dad. Felt very alone and isolated from the rest of our family. I Learned how to turn off emotions when I was very young because I couldn’t bear giving my parents one more thing to worry about (my emotional well being). Started having panic attacks very young as a result of it.
My oldest son is a Scorpio rising with Leo sun and Leo moon. His childhood is difficult. He has ASD, ADHD, and ODD with an intellectual disability. Everything is hard for him. He has violent tendencies. I do my best but raising him is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
I will say though that I don’t think this is solely because of his Scorpio Ascendent. A lot of Millennial Scorpio risings will have Pluto in their 1st house. This much more describes their childhood trauma as opposed to the rising.
Scorpio rising here, Taurus sun, Leo moon. Youngest of 4, dad was a stranger to me, who eventually left the family to marry someone 20 yrs his junior. It was pretty clear he had no interest in being a parent.
Mom had to return to school, obtain a teaching certificate, run the farm, and raise us kids. It was devastating to her. Small community, lotsa gossip, lots of shame. Back in those days, it was a woman’s fault if she lost her husband.
I’ve done a lot of work on generational shame. It goes way back in my family, not just mom, but grandmothers & great grandmothers and even great great grandmothers.
Scorpio rising, Pluto in the first house and extremely difficult childhood and grew up middle class then poverty after my parents split. Dad was abusive to my mom. My mom turned me and my sibling against one another and basically had no childhood. Both parents are narcissists and I basically escaped my hometown by being homeless in my car with two kids couch surfing up and down the east coast until I got stable. That placement along with astrocartography being crappy was hard. But life changed tremendously when I moved to my Venus MC and purely good energy surrounding it.
I did not grow up in poverty, but my childhood could definitely be considered difficult.
My grandparents ended up having to take custody of me at the age of 2, and subsequently adopt me, because my birth parents were both addicts. My grandmother who raised me (I actually call her mom, my birth mother was not involved in my life at all after the adoption) is an abusive narcissist and we have a very toxic love/hate relationship. We get along better when we love each other from a distance. My birth mother and I reconciled a couple years ago and sort of have a relationship now, but it is very strained. My dad tried to be involved as much as he could, but spent a lot of time in active addiction and in prison during my childhood. He did really well for awhile but during his very last relapse (while I was in high school) he ended up sustaining a traumatic brain injury. He’s been in a nursing home ever since due to the fact that he now has the mind of a child and requires round-the-clock care.
Long story short, I ended up becoming what I once hated. I developed a serious addiction to opiates and cocaine at 19 and did not get clean until I was 26. I still carry some guilt for not being able to fully avoid the family curse. I still carry a lot of addictive tendencies that manifest in other areas of my life, drugs have just caused me so much anguish that I choose not to use them anymore.
I was definitely the black sheep of the family, but was well loved. My mom is a Scorpio, so maybe that helped us to connect. The hardest thing I feel about being a Scorpio rising, is I always learn things the hard way. I'm a Taurus Sun, so change is hard for me, but totally necessary (and going to happen whether I want it or not, thx Scorpio rising)
Yes it was terrible. My son is also Scorpio rising. I think he has a great childhood. But he is autistic and has trouble at school and doing certain activities.
All of the scorpio risings I know well, (my mother, my best friend of 20+ years and my current bf) all grew up with just their mothers. Father was never in the picture, and their dads all struggled with addiction (1 died, 1 is alive and a drug dealer, one is recovered and their relationship is healing). My nephew was born a scorpio rising and his dad (my brother) has been in and out of prison/jail and isn’t in his life consistently at the moment. Definitely a theme
Scorpio rising here, was raised by my grandparents (dad’s side) due to both of my parents being addicts. Dad spent a lot of time in prison during my childhood. Grandma is abusive and a narcissist, papa is a wonderful human being who didn’t intervene much because he got abused by her just as much as I was. Reading these comments is crazy, there are so many common themes!
I'm a scorpio rising with pluto in my 2nd house and mars in my 11th and my childhood was rough and lonely. I was raised by a single mom for the first few years (my bio dad was an addict who was in and out of jail and never wanted me) and we lived in low income housing. My mom worked very hard to make sure I always had my material needs met but there was a lot of emotional neglect between us, partly due to her age (she was only 18) and partly due to her own unaddressed trauma and mental health issues, I was abused by other adults in my life without my mom's knowledge, then she met my step dad who helped us level up to a working class income status. I'm not close with him either however. I also experienced a ton of bullying and social isolation throughout my school years which eventually led to me falling into severe depression and addiction issues which took most of my teenage years to resolve.
It's wild to see the similarities between my own life story and that of other scorpio risings!
My bestie is a Scorpio rising, and sun and he had a very difficult childhood and a mother that was horrible to him and his sisters. His dad was also a screw up.
The Scorpio risings that I know did have tough childhoods, same for 1H Plutos.
And all the Hades moons (Moon-Pluto or Scorpio or 8H moons) have issues with the mother specifically, growing up.
Late-degree scorpio rising here with an IC in pisces. Was my upbringing easy? No, but I never lacked necessities. I grew up working class with an emotionally abusive father who spent most of my childhood incarcerated, but my mom did her best. I've grown up to having a postgraduate degree from an elite institution and I'm now fulfilling the career I had been aiming for since my early 20s (I'm now in my early 30s). Life could be better, but it's far from the worst.
I have a Scorpio rising, my husband Scorpio moon - we both had difficult childhoods, especially him. HOWEVER, I wonder if that's not just a function of the society we live in and how much we still have to grow as a human race? Also, as a Scorpio ascendant with mars in 8th house, some of the worst times in my life gave birth to the best things in my life currently as an adult... Scorpio phoenix rising! There are pros and cons to everything, even suffering 😇😇😇
I'm a better, more compassionate human being because of my shitty childhood.
My demographic (White, older American cisgender heteronormative male of Christian heritage) votes Republican.
Not me. Because I finally figured out that no one picks their parents or where they're born or how they're treated once they're born. It's all just the luck of the draw. So therefore, a society rich in resources like ours has a responsibility to care for those who experienced the same bad run of luck foisted upon me.
So I'm a Democrat. A proud liberal Democrat. And when questioned, I get to tell my story why
I didn't grow up in poverty (my family is working class but we owned our home and always had food and clean clothes. We didn't go on fancy vacations, but we usually went camping every summer and always had new supplies for the upcoming school year), but I did experience a lottttt of inner turmoil in my childhood. I was bullied very badly for being a racial minority in my white hometown, and it caused me to become very closed off and angry at the world for many years. I also didn't grow up around much family, the family that we did have was small and distant - these days it's actually non-existent. I kept it all bottled up inside, so I used to question if the emotional pain even counted for anything, but I think it does. I was extremely miserable the entire time I was in school and it wasn't until I went to college that things started to improve
ETA: I also had undiagnosed ADHD and would have wild mood swings sometimes
My youngest is 12 and he is Scorpio rising. Preverbal level 3 autism, bites self, didn’t take to potty training, hypersensitive to the sounds of others. I’d say his childhood is difficult… he doesn’t know we are living in poverty though. I’m a cap stellium and Tetris the hell out of our resources.
Lol I’m a Scorpio rising, my sister was a Scorpio sun, my mom was a narcissistic Pisces, and my dad was a disaffected Virgo who didn’t want to deal with any intense parenting because he never got over having 2 daughters instead of 2 sons. Difficult, and I have nothing to do with any of them any more.
I'm also a Scorpio rising with Saturn in my 4th house Pisces! How is your Saturn return going? I lost the last small bit of my family (my mom and sister stopped talking to me after an argument) and my dad died last year right at the beginning of my return. So I have no family now at all basically
Interesting. I did know I was loved and I was provided for financially but we all were undiagnosed ADHD so no filters, rage and wild emotions, sensitivity, and lack of emotional regulation generally set a dysfunctional foundation with lots of screaming matches. I also was the much younger child with three older siblings who were all in high school at the same time. My parents had foreign exchange students too and also took in a previously abused foster teen who ended up using, manipulating, and stealing from my family for years. My siblings were all arrested at various times, got involved with alcohol and drugs to varying degrees, one was even involved in. fatal car accident, and various other forms of trauma and legal issues. My poor parents.
I guess you can say that it was difficult, my family had always favored my older sister in everything. Growing up I have always experienced negligence especially with my mom, she is as mentally unstable as I am right now or more, as for my father he’s focuses more on my younger siblings. As a kid, my father’s side of the family had bullied me for looking chubby and brown skinned, they never realized I was just a kid. I used to dress up a lot, but it will always end by being compared to my older sister, for which they always say is the prettiest. No matter what the case is I will always be compared to my older sister till now. They only pay attention to me when I have high grades and school related awards.
Not a Scorpio rising, but I went to school with one and went on a few dates with him. He would talk about how growing up was tough, he said his father walked out on his family for another woman and then he grew to develop some bad habits like getting into trouble with the law, hanging out with the wrong ppl & taking drugs/alcohol at a very young age.
Yes I’m a Scorpio rising and I would say times were tough with family… but as anyone who is Pluto dominant or has Pluto significant influences in their chart, there’s a lot that has been suppressed and that exists beneath the surface that one may not realize how deep the trauma/difficulties experienced were.
It was tough! We weren’t poor but a lot family trauma and arguments in the home. Chaos and a lack of communication/ closeness. Nothing was filtered for me as a kid. I witnessed everything from a very young age and that instilled fear in me over like bills and money.
There were great moments but when I think of my childhood I just remember praying to be older.
My feeling is, YOU decide whether your life has been happy or not, including your childhood. My father was a real pain, and I bitch about it to my brother occasionally, but I learned to stand up to him and anyone else; that's why I am who I am. My son is scorpio rising and like anyone he's had his disappointments; medical problems, romance that didn't work out, but that's life. If you asked him if he had a difficult childhood he'd say definitely not. My daughter has a scorpio moon. Same.
This. A lot of these comments are only reinforcing my point that got downvotes. I know people of all ascendants with horrific childhoods, depending on how old a person is, they have had more time to process it. The younger you are, the more painful it likely is. The more you've had time to work through it, the more it would seem like it doesn't effect you as much. Scorpio rising is an expert in complaining though I've noticed, they are usually a bit colicky as babies, perhaps they are picking up on the way others react to them, until they learn to soothe themselves. It's my favorite ascendant actually.
Agreed. When I was a teenager I thought I had it so bad because my dad has very protective and had a bad temper. Now that I’m in my forties and have learned about other families I realize how blessed I was. My parents deeply loved me and did their best. I never lacked for anything and they made a point of making great memories with us. Most of all though my family has my back no matter what and that is a foundation that’s hard to beat. Yeah they might give me shit if I’m not doing as well as I could but they will never turn their backs on me and are always there with whatever I need.
You mean my other signs? I do think they balance well, virgo moon helps me logically deal with my emotions, I'm great at self analyzing, and my Leo sun helps me to be optimistic and enjoy the lighter side of life.
My husband is a scorpio sun, aries rising, and virgo moon and I think that's a decent balance too.
This soothed me as the parent of a Scorpio rising. I just want the best for my kid (and any future ones) and I would be so sad if they grew up to say their childhood sucked!!!
I know a Libra sun with Scorpio rising who LOVES her mother, she's got a pretty great mom, but she also has a traumatic past that she tends to not really even talk about or let effect her. She has a moon in Leo as well and not many aspects to Scorpio that benefit it. Meaning that if you have enough energy to balance Scorpio out, it can give you a more positive outlook on things.
My baby is a Libra sun, Cap moon, and Scorpio rising! Was the person you know’s past traumatic because of stuff besides her mom? Not trying to be nosy, just a little confused by your wording since she has a good relationship with her mom.
Yes her dad had some issues, she's had other crappy things happen to her but she is very well rounded. Could be that her sun sitting in the 12th house locks her in to deep Libra state/outlook.
I am a Scorpio rising with 1H Pluto & I have a daughter that is Libra Sun, Taurus Moon & Scorpio Rising! She’s my second born and I only want the best for her😭❤️ My first baby is Cancer Sun, Cancer Moon & Libra Rising. We’re very loving towards our daughters and don’t know why there are so many negative comments about Scorpio Rising. I myself have had a lot of bad experience especially in childhood due to my parents’ divorce & family drama, but looking back now during my first Saturn return I’d say I had a great childhood full of love & care.
i tend to notice scorpio moons or risings usually had some childhood difficulty involving parents or emotional abuse. unfortunately, many have bad relationships with their mothers from the ones i’ve met/seen.
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Yeeesssss it was weird af and very difficult. Both parents were very distant physically and emotionally
very damn difficult.. i dont have many good moments
My family spoiled me and my siblings where they could. My dad was abusive though, and my mother and I did not get along as I grew up and was emotionally distant. I had difficulty growing up and feeling like I could fit in, ever. I was always called dramatic. Family drama and family responsibilities were always thrust onto me since a young age and money has been a stressor since high school. That’s most likely due more maybe to the south node in the 4H. Leo moon, Scorpio rising, Virgo sun with Chiron in the 1H and Lilith (highly doubt Lilith matters but there ya go).
Yes. I experienced some of the more negative delineations for my rising and a Chiron in cancer in the 8th house.
Yes
I didn’t see it like that at the time but looking back yes it was hard.
I was well off financially (not mega rich but never went hungry). but I had difficult childhood in other aspects because I was too sensitive and my parents were constantly fighting/screaming. Also had strained relationship with mom and dad wasn’t around most of the week
Fellow Scorpio rising - my parents fought/screamed at each other mostly, too. That’s majority what I remember of my childhood. I also remember a vivid day my mom took me and my siblings for a drive somewhere bc my parents got into such a bad fight. Being older now, I always wonder why they hadn’t divorced.
I had a hard childhood.
Wonder how this applies to intercepted houses, I’m a Scorpio rising with a Pisces IC, i had a mainly good childhood but was often misunderstood and had conflict extended family
Scorpio rising 🙌 not the worst at all but definitely experienced certain traumas along the way, addiction, abuse etc.
Focusing on what zodiac sign your rising sign or Ascendant is in is a terrible indicator of one's childhood. There are many many factors in your chart to consider.
Interesting! Which aspects talk about childhood?
There isn't one singular thing that talks about childhood basically the natal chart tells an entire story about you and your development and your challenges.
My mom is having an on going schizophrenic psychosis with a touch of borderline since I was 9/10 ish years old. They weren't the perfect parents before that, quite inconsistent with mixed messages in my upbringin. And my dad has been a choleric alcoholic while he had to raise me and my 2 brothers alone while running after emotionally unstable women and moving homes just to accomodate them. I had to grow up very fast. Now I'm 22 and have battles with my own mental health. I am Scorpio rising in the 28.08th degree.
Scorpio Asc but from the outside looking in, I had an ideal childhood. I had two quirky parents who didn’t understand me, mother tried to be emotionally manipulative and father was somewhat detached but prone to explosively angry moments. I did feel loved and appreciate the stability the provided until it became suffocating.
Scorpio rising here! Yes, I had it bad within my childhood and continue to do so as I live with them at 24 currently. I grew up in an abusive household watching my dad mainly stir up all kinds of issues with the family, he’s a narcissist so it doesn’t surprise me. Both of my parents married each other, without ever having any chemistry nor love with one another. It’s a difficult marriage. My dad is a huge cheater, liar and he’s done so much in the household. I wasn’t taught much growing up in the household, I had to teach myself most things. I wasn’t picked on in school but as a homosexual, I got verbally abused by my entire family a lot. I’ve always had a roof over my head and I was mostly fed, which I’m grateful for. I’ve never had true friendships and never dated anyone, I live the lone wolf lifestyle. At 18, I suffered a physical trauma that would change the rest of my life. I’m chronically suffering gastrointestinal diseases and chronic pains. I’ve always wanted to move out and move to a big city, for better opportunities. With these health issues, it prevents it a ton. I’m developing OCD episodes, it’s not too bad but I’m losing hope. I have a sister who also has an ascendant in Scorpio but I don’t think she had it as hard as I did. Partially, but not entirely. She married at 26. My twin brother is a Libra Ascendant, he’s living an easier life, we’ve got the same chronic health issues but he’s in a secure career, working with a passion. I’m not too optimistic with my life, or my future in general. I’m keeping an eye out but not anticipating joy as I used to. Life will be okay, things will get better but there’s no way my life will be the same way as it was before the physical trauma. I’m remain living with my parents that don’t understand what I want in life. I’m the scapegoat for many issues, the black sheep of the family and the misfit. I’ve only had one job and that job I was forced to quit as I got bullied and sexually harassed at 20. I’ve moved on from my first and former job since but I don’t consider working a blue collar job again, it’s just not for me. Despite, my parents not understanding it.
It's true for me. And I am a Scorpio rising. A very difficult and traumatic childhood on many levels... and it's still very much at play today, as an adult, causing me a lot of problems in various areas of my life, and it's infuriating.😓
TL;DR When it was good it was goood, when it was bad, it was baaaad. Most of my trauma actually came from people who didn't really know me (people as school, teachers) and because I was still young and didn't really know myself, I let those people tell me how I should feel about myself. Which makes sense ig, it is the ascendant (ie, what people see, first impressions, vibes etc) Tau sun/Scorp Asc. I have undiagnosed ADHD which let to a lot of trauma related to my academic life. I was smart but would have bouts of extreme executive dysfunction which led to a lot of antagonizing from my teachers and a lot of bullying from my peers. Had very few friends, and the ones who I did hang out with would disrespect me everyday as a joke. I'm pretty suspicious of people in general as an adult but thankfully I have met a few real ones. My dads an aquarius and mom's a scorpio. At home we discussed a lot of politics and social issues, ideas. The family dynamic was very off beat too, I come from a pretty conservative asian country where freelancing/remote work if you have a family is frowned upon, but my dad mostly did just that, so my mom was the primary caregiver and breadwinner. Always knew my family dynamic was very different from other kids because I'd sometimes go to their houses and see just how dependent their mothers were on their fathers. My mom was and still is a boss lady lol we also kept to ourselves a lot, there was a sort of comfortable distance/mutual respect for each others boundaries which is also very rare in my culture. growing up, I was shocked to hear that some of my friends parents go through their phones or just enter their rooms without knocking or asking first.
8H Cancer Moon & Gemini Mercury, Scorpio ASC. Both parents are mentally ill (father w/ narcissism, mother w/ bipolar) with a plethora of unresolved trauma. Neither wanted me for genuine reasons. Resulted in having been emotional and mental abused, neglected, and the list goes on. Parents have money but grew up not being showed or provided with it. Some point had to fight them to pay for my education until I graduate. Very traumatized but working my ass off to heal it. Immediately left and moved abroad 🙃
my friend has. she had a terrible childhood her mother physically abused her so bad he whole body is full of scars. She's still the most amazing person.
I am Scorpio rising and we were not poor at all lol. However my mum is mentally ill and so is one of my brothers. She also had addiction issues. I was very neglected.
Sounds similar to my story as well.
Extremely
Leo risings have it hard too
I'm 30 and crying in my bed after a sleepless night, thinking about the period when I was 13. Of courses it was difficult and I'm still getting over it.
Taurus Sun Scorpio Rising Pluto Scorpio and Mars 8th house. My childhood was definitely difficult with emotional and physical abuse as well as neglect. Always felt out of place with the rest of my family and the world
I'm Scorpio rising and didn't grow up in poverty and neither did my friend who is also one but we did have extremely difficult childhoods.
My dad was a scorpio rising and grew up in poverty.
I feel like Capricorn risings and Scorpio risings never catch a break in life. Being ruled by a malefic is hard. Just wanted to say, I hear you guys in the comments. 💔
I’m a Scorpio rising with cancer sun, moon, mercury in 8th house. My upbringing was plagued by cycles of addiction and abuse. I am the oldest of 5 (different moms except for one, who was adopted in the millennium scoop). My mom died of a fentanyl overdose a few years ago, my dad a recovering alcoholic. Both of them tauruses, mom had Aries moon, dad has Leo moon. Both of them have spent a lot of my childhood in jail and prison. My parents also had hard childhoods and weren’t ready to be parents when they had me. I feel terribly responsible for breaking cycles in my family. My parents never took responsibility for their actions and how they affect their kids, whereas I feel like everything as a parent is a result of my actions. Trying to do right by these kids with no role models or support is hard.
This makes me so sad as a mom of a Scorpio rising. His dad is an alcoholic that has caused a horrible amount of trauma. It will haunt me and certainly my children
Yes. It was very hard. Full of emotional neglect and bullying.
In this day & age… every rising sign had a difficult childhood
Fr Libra rising and childhood wasn’t easy but also had a Aquarius moon to
I'm a Leo Rising, and I grew up in extreme poverty , I was also a child beggar, and had to work and take care of sick adults ever since I was a teen. I have Pluto 4th House, Mars 12th house, Neptune and Uranus 6th House, Saturn in Taurus.
My dad is a Scorpio Rising, he also grew up poor and had to work from a very young age, he was also beaten up by his dad.
Pisces IC - Yes, Very. Still Dealing With The Effects Of It To This Day.
In me and my sister's case, it's true. We had very traumatic childhoods. But I have a friend who is about 10 years younger than me who is a Scorpio rising, and in his case, just the opposite. He was very coddled and pampered as a child. He grew up well to do with a nanny and maid. He never had to learn how to clean or cook. Unlike me and my sister where we had to learn to clean and cook from a very young age.
Not me reading through the comments as I watch my 4 month old sleep who has Scorpio rising in his chart 😭 Sorry you all have been let down before 💜
My 4 month old son also has a Scorpio rising😭😭
Oh my goodness 😭 what is his sun sign?
Aries! What about you?
I love that for him, my son was born right before! He is a pisces :)
Lucky!! I was hoping he’d be a Pisces 🤣 congrats 🥰
It happens ! Congrats to you also 🥰
Ik my heart is breaking for Scorpio risings. I love Scorpios so this hurts (gem sun) my son is perfect with his Libra sun, cancer moon Scorpio rising ✨️
Imnscorpio rising and would not call my childhood traumatizing. Hope that’s reassuring
Glad to know your childhood wasn’t traumatizing, I am sure there is so much more to this than this one placement; as a parent I am using astrology as a tool to help me raise my son the best I can. Thank you for your reply :)
Yes, traumatizing childhood. A mother with a victim complex and drinking issues who would trauma dump on me and have big fights with me since I was 6. Narcissistic father who was not emotionally present at all in my life, invaded my privacy in many ways (was very controlling), and made me have severe trust issues from a young age, verbally abusive when things were bad. Got bullied in middle school, that was the cherry on top (which was the start of my bpd), then on kept being the black sheep throughout all my school years until high school when I was starting to get sexualized by everyone and fake rumours were spread about me due to loads of people just simply being bothered by my presence and my way of being. Then on my mental health kept on declining as years passed, I attempted s*icide a few times in my teenage years (also first time when I was 10). Long story short, I ‘parentified’ myself my entire childhood and teenage years, I’ve never felt like I had a mom nor a dad in my life as they had been completely emotionally absent all throughout my life. Since I was a child I’ve learned how to depend on myself and be there for myself when times were the toughest (constant panic attacks, anxiety, SH, scide attempts and so on). I perceive my childhood home as a constant emotional warzone with my parents, fights, distance, detachment (LOADS of it) and very unconventional - that pretty much sums up all that aquarius energy on the IC :), as well as my mars and uranus in 4th lol.
I am so sorry that all of this happened to you. I can relate to the most of it, in different ways. I hope you are sleeping well when times get hard ❤️
Absolutely, I am stronger than ever and feel the most alive than I’d ever been this year. The past 3 years had been hell for me and thought I wouldn’t make it out alive (8th house profection year included). I’m on medication now, quit therapy, and constantly apply everything I’ve learned in my day to day life. This year has been extremely introspective and did lots of shadow work around my childhood trauma. I forgave my parents, you cannot change the past. life goes on without you anyway so you have to keep up with it. I’ve got many plans in regards to my future that are currently blooming. My (unsolicited) advice for anyone going through a shitty time is: feel it, deeply, go through it, experience every emotion, but don’t stagnate on them and know that it WILL get better (even though it seems like it won’t), a bit of hope goes a long way, and you will come out of it with a meaningful lesson learned about that time which atm you won’t be aware of it, but in time when you’ll look back at it will be crystal clear how much you’ve grown since:).
Wow you just put it into words 🥺
I had a horrific childhood. Pisces sun and Scorpio rising. The list is long. Mother had mental health issues and father was a drunk and womanizer. I was sexually abused before the age of six by two family members. We constantly moved . Chaos at home . I learned to take care of myself by the time I was six . I’m 54 now. I was extremely codependent. All my relationships were with narcissistic men. I didn’t even begin to heal until I turned 40. Ifinastopped obsessi
I'm a Pisces Sun and Scorpio rising also. I'm 45 and it seems like we had similar childhoods. Life was a lot easier to handle once I reached my early 40's. Have you noticed a major difference being in your 50's?
Each decade of life seems to bring different challenges. Life doesn’t get easier but faith and inner strength replace fear and unconscious responses. When you’ve been at rock bottom, it’s all uphill from there. My biggest opponent is myself. Still making progress. Some days are great and some days we just get through. Aging has its own new fresh set of daily surprises. I struggle with self care. Eating healthy, exercising and getting enough sleep. Discipline is my current life focus.
This is true! Renewal seems to be the going theme in my life. And you're so right! Life truly is full of surprises.
Trigger warning, molestation. Scorpio asc., sun in the VIIIth, Pluto on station (in Virgo, XIth, in stellium with Uranus, Jupiter & South Node). I was brutally raped/sodomized multiple times at the age of 2 by my paternal grandfather who died unexpectedly when I was 3. My mental health is good now for the first time in my life but my physical condition is really bad, in a wheelchair etc. Interestingly enough, he and his son, my father (a Saint) both had Aquarius suns about 10⁰ apart and both had Scorpio asc., 20 1/2 minutes apart. Interesting synchronicity. ETA: Gemini sun, Cap moon (my dad also had Cap moon, same house & degree).
I'm so sorry, this genuinely made my head hurt to read. It pains me we have to exist with such disgusting human being capable of such ugliness. I'm glad he's dead and hope it was as painful as possible
Wow!!
Yes. Scorpio rising, scorpio moon, Pluto conjunct. I definitely had a tougher childhood than majority of my friends
Scorpio rising conjunct Pluto in the first house Yes and no. I was the youngest of four, by 5,8,and 9 years. I was the favorite. I was the “golden child”. But my family was dysfunctional. I just didn’t get the worst of it. I had a hard childhood health wise I suppose. Severe asthma. All my siblings left home by the time they were 15-16. And my mom and dad divorced a few years prior to that. My mom remarried someone 20 years older who was a dry drunk, and dickhead to us both. My mom started taking prescriptions opioids during the height of the opioid crisis to mask the emotional pain she felt. She was also emotionally immature and abusive Bc of the addiction and I became the scapegoat, the truth teller and the golden child. But I was never sexually abused, I was rarely bullied, I liked school, I was fairly smart and liked sports. I had some very loyal friends. I had a very nice boyfriend in high school and never drank or did drugs and got decent grades. Life has always been a bit more chaotic than some people around me, but I’ve always been blessed to have a few good people around me to support me. I’ve always felt very loved.
Scorpio rising, Scorpio moon, Leo sun. My childhood sucked. Mother died, evil stepmother, hit the streets at 11, on my way to reform school at 14 for being an incorrigible gang leader. Last full grade completed 7th. My childhood sucked. But like Scorpio Phoenix, I managed to rise above it. About to retire after 30 years as an attorney for the Federal government. Yes, my childhood sucked but it made me who I am. If you are Scorpio rising, you are blessed because you can go to the darkside, make it work and come back into the light.
Such a knack for leadership and connection to public life like a real Leo! I'm a Leo and strongly wanna be a singer/actress 😀😀
Yes.
Scorpio rising and yes, pretty rough! However, I have a Gemini stellium in the 8th house and I was the oldest of four kids, so I’m sure that had more to do with it than my rising sign.
Scorpio rising here, and though I’ve had personal challenges with abandonment, anxiety, depression, ADHD (female, diagnosed in mid-40s (54 now)), I enjoyed a middle-class, stable upbringing. My younger brother is also adopted, and our parents are still married, celebrating 59 years this August. I can’t speak to anyone else’s situation, or other Scorpio risings; just myself. So, lifestyle or socioeconomic status-wise, I didn’t grow up in poverty. We weren’t given everything, but we had our basic needs met and then some (annual vacations, parents paid for my private college education (I contributed my summer work earnings and had a small scholarship), school shopping every August, close-knit extended family, no one on drugs or in prison etc). That all said, I did struggle with interpersonal relationships. I didn’t have many or really any friends or friendships that lasted when transitioning from elementary to middle school then to high school. I was academically gifted, a nerd, and socially awkward. I was very depressed in high school but being raised Gen X, we were told to suck it up and go play in traffic. Mental health? What’s that? Lot of emotional unavailability. My parents, I think, are late silent generation folks and no one talked about their problems, feelings, etc. I’ve carried that into my adulthood but have worked on myself a lot. Anyway … sorry if I rambled or over shared. It’s an ADHD characteristic, apparently! Have a blessed day, everyone 🙏
Is it this hardship at maintaining friendship a Scorpio rising thing? Like we have some kind a beef with people 😶😶 happened to me a lot, lots of people leaving my life or watching me weirdly as I was strongly misunderstood. I also have ADHD and am mentally unstable.
Scorpio rising, Aquarius sun and moon - not a bad childhood at all close knit middle class family, never struggled. Before I was leaving for college my parents started having relationship issues and somehow I was always caught in the middle of the two of them. It resulted in my dad ending his life, my mom will never be the same and essentially my entire family has been ripped apart, no one speaks or gets along. It’s really sad how things came to this. But childhood, no, it was great and I miss those times dearly.
Generally, no. My family was lower middle class, so we didn’t have a lot or got to take fancy vacations but we had a home, food on the table, and enough clothes. It was a pretty simple childhood. Relationally, I do feel like I was the odd one out in my family though, as I don’t really share any interests with them so our family outings were never super fun for me. I did also feel distant from them as my parents weren’t emotionally available while enforcing fairly strict traditional Christian rules. And I’m the oldest so my rules were stricter than my siblings. I’m now also pretty certain I’m on the autism spectrum so that could’ve exacerbated some of the emotional responses I had towards them.
Yes
my childhood was supposed to be difficult. born to a mother with drug and mental health struggles. 6 siblings in unfortunate circumstances as well. was left in hospital at birth. adopted at 6 months and have had a decent life since. did not find out this til adulthood but that’s another story. could be a movie actually lol. had ups and downs for sure, clashed with my mom a lot, but have always had a roof and food and love.
Same, my parents fought and often times violently, holes in the wall and broken vases etc. I moved around a lot but saw other relatives fighting in front of me. Picked on a lot as a kid, fought twice, and almost ended up in a lot of fights. Older neighborhood kids would target us and call us racial slurs etc. My guard was always up pretty early on, I used to pack a knife or screwdriver with me to school in case some punks tried to come at me. These days I’m past all that trauma, my family is close now. But instinctually I’m always watching the room and can never have my back to anything in case shit pops off.
poverty when i was a kid and even now tbh. parents used to have fights and would regularly blame me, despite being a young child who didn’t know any better. a lot has changed, but i feel disconnected from them tbh
Same 🙏🏻🙏🏻 it's fucked up and none of it was our fault but it has brought upon is as kids and we gotta somehow throw it out of our system.
I feel like that’s most of us in this generation feeling disconnected from our parents
Yep somewhat. I was a sensible child and always felt like my emotional needs were never met. First born water baby to two immature fire signs. Always told "Because I said so." when I would ask "why?"
yeah home life wasn’t great as a kid, parents had pretty violent fights and i felt pretty disconnected from them as a kid. i feel like i’ve also been left with a lot of burden growing up, not feeling full autonomy or support regarding my career path, extracurriculars, or even hobbies. they are immigrants, and a lot of their money is invested into me. my car’s paid for by them, they don’t charge me rent or bills, and they’re paying my tuition. in turn, they have no retirement savings, so in a way these are investments in my future, and theirs as well. so yeah, it’s rough. i love my parents, but they’re not people i have much faith in or people i look to rely on very much.
I know a Scorpio rising and he wasn’t raised that much by his mother and he never talked about his father.
I never talk about my father although I think I should switch the record and start talking about him but ommit mentioning my mother now. It's never easy.
Yes! In retrospect, I really hated what my child self had to experience growing up. A virtual hug to my fellow Scorpio risings out there. 🥺
My whole life is difficult. Yes.
My husband AND ex husband are both Scorpio rising. And they both had very very difficult childhoods! Including extreme poverty.
I have zero Scorpio in my chart and still had hard childhood (Aries Sun, Leo Rising) 🤷🏻♀️
So the energy of Scorpio is influencing your fourth house of childhood. Scorpio energy is not light hearted or easy so it checks out
Wow you’re good! Just checked and yes, I do have Scorpio in my 4th house. How did you know?! Yea Scorpio energy is too intense for me and indeed my childhood was pretty intense. Learned to be independent and resourceful tho from a young age, always thought that was my Aries Sun nature but maybe Scorpio placement here also helped
I knew from using Whole Sign houses! As a Leo rising, Scorpio will always be on your 4th house cusp :) I would agree that it was probably a mix of both
Leo risings often have a hard childhood (of course every sign can have)
My mother was mentally ill, with borderline personality disorder and my father was an alcoholic. My childhood was difficult. Domestic violence was a common occurrence. Aquarius on the IC is interesting because I spent a lot of time at my grandmother's house who was an Aquarius sun. Her house was my safe haven.
This is my exact scenario! Alcoholic father and BPD mother. Often I wonder if my alcoholic abusive father made my mother BPD. You’re Scorpio Rising? Turns out my Scorpio is in 4th House (family home life). I’m a Leo Rising tho
Yeah I am Scorpio rising with Leo sun. It was opposite with my parents. I think my borderline mom made my dad an alcoholic. But maybe they were both making each other crazy.
I’m sorry. My theory is that my parents likely had their own psychiatric tendencies that only got worse during their toxic relationship. They should have divorced, but it was not possible due to generational/cultural stigma.
Same. My parents did divorce when I was 20 years old. My father passed away last year. I am not angry with him anymore. I am not really angry at my mom either but sad that we can't have a healthy relationship.
yes, my father was and still is a crack addict and my mother was an alcoholic who has recovered. They both enabled each other, it was a VERY domestic relationship they had in my childhood. I am now learning how to cope and heal from things at 23y/o. I also dealt with having to be the “middle man” in arguments between them and was emotionally abused and never able to show or express emotion appropriately because of that. It also doesn’t mix well with my Aries Moon lol
Yes, very - Scorpio rising and pluto 1st. Life is easy now though.
I’m quadruple Scorpio my whole life was hard, but yes specifically my childhood sucked
Scorpio Sun and Rising With Capricorn moon. Yes. Childhood to then life. It was my normal and I don't think about how different it was from others, because it was my "normal".
Yep.
Yes, and still doing some healings rn and transmute all that traumas into love energy
Woof yeah. Materially taken care of but mom was not affectionate and talked so much crap on my dad. Dad was very aggressive and talked crap on my mom. Consistently put on diets and berated for my body. Berated for my attention span and quirks (diagnosed adhd and autism). Twas rough.
Similar.
Are you me? Oh my goodness
I know, right?!
yes in some ways, always materially taken care of even if it wasnt the best food/housing and there was struggle. id say the most difficult thing was my parents relationship to us and eachother. i dont view myself as someone who has parents like others may. was atleast one if them physically there? sure. was that person vengeful, angry, jealous, and extremely hard ti get along with? yup. the other one was in and out and has no back bone or paternal instincts. just two emotionally stunted adults who i feel i have outgrown in every aspect.
Same. My parents fought all the time, partied, and pretty much ignored me so I raised myself and I’ve never had a good relationship with them. It’s funny bc now that I’m an adult, I don’t view them as my “parents” but more as peers. We have very little in common and I understand that they were super young when they had me (15/17) so I try to give them grace but it’s hard when I’m so damn angry all the time bc they are still emotionally immature.
God my parents were dumb
Scorpio moon 4th house here - and YUP to a T
I cackled hard cuz you painted almost the same replica of my life. 🤝
that scorp rising life ❤️🩹 lol it’s tough but feel like i have the mental and emotional strength to deal with it atp
No shit. Even I question myself where I could have gotten my emotional strength most of the time, feels like my entire life has all been a big lie but also a fucking miracle
Rising Scorpio and still in therapy ✌🏻
Same here! 129 hours and counting…
Yes but I also have a 4h stellium.
Yah I feel like 4th house would be a stronger indicator than the rising sign.
Scorpio sun, rising, Mercury, Venus, and Pluto, all in 1H or 12H. | I didn't have a difficult childhood necessarily, but I witnessed a lot of drama between my parents, and my mom emotional dumped on me. Mom is a Pisces sun, Libra moon, and Scorpio rising and would also agree she had a good childhood, but there was familial drama around. I think the truth is, when you pull the layers back, many people experienced difficulties growing up. Some had it pretty bad. Others had it all right but were fuckshit-adjacent.
Scorpio 7th house and Pluto in my 8th house😭 this was definitely my case
I'm a Scorpio rising and I did not. Loving parents and a supportive household. Biggest issue was a few bullies and friends eventually cutting me out.
I’m a Scorpio rising, Scorpio sun, and Virgo moon. I don’t think I had the worst childhood, but I don’t think it was good and I’d like to do better for my kids. I had the essentials like food and a bed to sleep in but everything else was a mess. My boyfriend however had the worst childhood I’ve ever heard of. Still has the physical scars to prove it. He’s a Capricorn but I can’t think of what other signs are in his chart.
Yes, for sure!
Scorpio rising, Libra sun, Libra moon. My childhood was awful, something I wouldn't wish on most people. It's taken years to recover from the trauma, and I'm not fully healed yet. Cut contact with my immediate family. So in my experience, yes. My childhood was extremely difficult.
Scorpio rising, libra Sun and moon, and yep… difficult in all the ways.
Scorpio rising, Leo sun, Virgo moon. I had a pretty happy childhood. It was always very clear my parents loved me. We were poor when I was really little but upper middle class by the time I was in high school. My dad did have a bad temper but it was mostly directed at others, probably because I was a people pleaser and tried to be perfect. I was also bullied from middle school on. I still think I had it better than most.
same big 3 as u - but difficult childhood (relationship with parents)
That's why I think these generalizations aren't really that helpful for specifics like childhood. It depends on the planets and the aspects. Even with appearance, which I find tends to be more accurate, you will have variances within the same rising sign.
100% agree
I’m a Scorpio, but I’m really new to this and not sure what “rising” means - is that something different and how do I know what I am?
Rising is also called ascendant on some charts. You need your birth time and location to get a full chart, but there are lots of free charts online!
Gotchaaaa, thank you for clarifying! My chart says the ascendant is Virgo, so I guess this doesn’t apply to me (although I did have a rough childhood lol!). Thank you for your help! ☺️
Scorpio rising, Leo sun. My parents and I moved to another country when I was young. Parents never adjusted to the new country and culture, mom was very depressed. We struggled with poverty and some health issues with my dad. Felt very alone and isolated from the rest of our family. I Learned how to turn off emotions when I was very young because I couldn’t bear giving my parents one more thing to worry about (my emotional well being). Started having panic attacks very young as a result of it.
My oldest son is a Scorpio rising with Leo sun and Leo moon. His childhood is difficult. He has ASD, ADHD, and ODD with an intellectual disability. Everything is hard for him. He has violent tendencies. I do my best but raising him is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I will say though that I don’t think this is solely because of his Scorpio Ascendent. A lot of Millennial Scorpio risings will have Pluto in their 1st house. This much more describes their childhood trauma as opposed to the rising.
I also am a Leo sun, Leo moon and Scorpio rising with Pluto in the 1st house. I also had a difficult childhood. Hang in there it gets better <3
Hey same! My 13yo matches your description. He’s Aqua Sun and Pisces Moon but the rest is right on.
Scorpio rising here, Taurus sun, Leo moon. Youngest of 4, dad was a stranger to me, who eventually left the family to marry someone 20 yrs his junior. It was pretty clear he had no interest in being a parent. Mom had to return to school, obtain a teaching certificate, run the farm, and raise us kids. It was devastating to her. Small community, lotsa gossip, lots of shame. Back in those days, it was a woman’s fault if she lost her husband. I’ve done a lot of work on generational shame. It goes way back in my family, not just mom, but grandmothers & great grandmothers and even great great grandmothers.
Scorpio rising, Pluto in the first house and extremely difficult childhood and grew up middle class then poverty after my parents split. Dad was abusive to my mom. My mom turned me and my sibling against one another and basically had no childhood. Both parents are narcissists and I basically escaped my hometown by being homeless in my car with two kids couch surfing up and down the east coast until I got stable. That placement along with astrocartography being crappy was hard. But life changed tremendously when I moved to my Venus MC and purely good energy surrounding it.
Im a scorpio rising and pluto in 1H, yes its very difficult emotionally, mentally & physically
I did not grow up in poverty, but my childhood could definitely be considered difficult. My grandparents ended up having to take custody of me at the age of 2, and subsequently adopt me, because my birth parents were both addicts. My grandmother who raised me (I actually call her mom, my birth mother was not involved in my life at all after the adoption) is an abusive narcissist and we have a very toxic love/hate relationship. We get along better when we love each other from a distance. My birth mother and I reconciled a couple years ago and sort of have a relationship now, but it is very strained. My dad tried to be involved as much as he could, but spent a lot of time in active addiction and in prison during my childhood. He did really well for awhile but during his very last relapse (while I was in high school) he ended up sustaining a traumatic brain injury. He’s been in a nursing home ever since due to the fact that he now has the mind of a child and requires round-the-clock care. Long story short, I ended up becoming what I once hated. I developed a serious addiction to opiates and cocaine at 19 and did not get clean until I was 26. I still carry some guilt for not being able to fully avoid the family curse. I still carry a lot of addictive tendencies that manifest in other areas of my life, drugs have just caused me so much anguish that I choose not to use them anymore.
I was definitely the black sheep of the family, but was well loved. My mom is a Scorpio, so maybe that helped us to connect. The hardest thing I feel about being a Scorpio rising, is I always learn things the hard way. I'm a Taurus Sun, so change is hard for me, but totally necessary (and going to happen whether I want it or not, thx Scorpio rising)
Yes it was terrible. My son is also Scorpio rising. I think he has a great childhood. But he is autistic and has trouble at school and doing certain activities.
All of the scorpio risings I know well, (my mother, my best friend of 20+ years and my current bf) all grew up with just their mothers. Father was never in the picture, and their dads all struggled with addiction (1 died, 1 is alive and a drug dealer, one is recovered and their relationship is healing). My nephew was born a scorpio rising and his dad (my brother) has been in and out of prison/jail and isn’t in his life consistently at the moment. Definitely a theme
Scorpio rising here raised by a single mom!
So interesting! My boyfriend is a Scorpio rising and grew up only with his mom
Scorpio rising here, was raised by my grandparents (dad’s side) due to both of my parents being addicts. Dad spent a lot of time in prison during my childhood. Grandma is abusive and a narcissist, papa is a wonderful human being who didn’t intervene much because he got abused by her just as much as I was. Reading these comments is crazy, there are so many common themes!
I'm a scorpio rising with pluto in my 2nd house and mars in my 11th and my childhood was rough and lonely. I was raised by a single mom for the first few years (my bio dad was an addict who was in and out of jail and never wanted me) and we lived in low income housing. My mom worked very hard to make sure I always had my material needs met but there was a lot of emotional neglect between us, partly due to her age (she was only 18) and partly due to her own unaddressed trauma and mental health issues, I was abused by other adults in my life without my mom's knowledge, then she met my step dad who helped us level up to a working class income status. I'm not close with him either however. I also experienced a ton of bullying and social isolation throughout my school years which eventually led to me falling into severe depression and addiction issues which took most of my teenage years to resolve. It's wild to see the similarities between my own life story and that of other scorpio risings!
My bestie is a Scorpio rising, and sun and he had a very difficult childhood and a mother that was horrible to him and his sisters. His dad was also a screw up.
The Scorpio risings that I know did have tough childhoods, same for 1H Plutos. And all the Hades moons (Moon-Pluto or Scorpio or 8H moons) have issues with the mother specifically, growing up.
Late-degree scorpio rising here with an IC in pisces. Was my upbringing easy? No, but I never lacked necessities. I grew up working class with an emotionally abusive father who spent most of my childhood incarcerated, but my mom did her best. I've grown up to having a postgraduate degree from an elite institution and I'm now fulfilling the career I had been aiming for since my early 20s (I'm now in my early 30s). Life could be better, but it's far from the worst.
Checks out. I’m a Scorpio rising and my childhood was bad. Family divided and disconnected. I want nothing to do with them.
I have a Scorpio rising, my husband Scorpio moon - we both had difficult childhoods, especially him. HOWEVER, I wonder if that's not just a function of the society we live in and how much we still have to grow as a human race? Also, as a Scorpio ascendant with mars in 8th house, some of the worst times in my life gave birth to the best things in my life currently as an adult... Scorpio phoenix rising! There are pros and cons to everything, even suffering 😇😇😇
I'm a better, more compassionate human being because of my shitty childhood. My demographic (White, older American cisgender heteronormative male of Christian heritage) votes Republican. Not me. Because I finally figured out that no one picks their parents or where they're born or how they're treated once they're born. It's all just the luck of the draw. So therefore, a society rich in resources like ours has a responsibility to care for those who experienced the same bad run of luck foisted upon me. So I'm a Democrat. A proud liberal Democrat. And when questioned, I get to tell my story why
I didn't grow up in poverty (my family is working class but we owned our home and always had food and clean clothes. We didn't go on fancy vacations, but we usually went camping every summer and always had new supplies for the upcoming school year), but I did experience a lottttt of inner turmoil in my childhood. I was bullied very badly for being a racial minority in my white hometown, and it caused me to become very closed off and angry at the world for many years. I also didn't grow up around much family, the family that we did have was small and distant - these days it's actually non-existent. I kept it all bottled up inside, so I used to question if the emotional pain even counted for anything, but I think it does. I was extremely miserable the entire time I was in school and it wasn't until I went to college that things started to improve ETA: I also had undiagnosed ADHD and would have wild mood swings sometimes
Lmfao yes absolutely. It was very hard
My youngest is 12 and he is Scorpio rising. Preverbal level 3 autism, bites self, didn’t take to potty training, hypersensitive to the sounds of others. I’d say his childhood is difficult… he doesn’t know we are living in poverty though. I’m a cap stellium and Tetris the hell out of our resources.
Interesting!! I'm a 8h stellium with ADHD and Autism! I wonder what the connection would be….
His stellium is Aries 5H /6H, fiery indeed
Oh my gosh!! My niece is also autistic, and is also a 5h stellium in Aries
Hmm intriguing
I got into astrology to better understand my 2 children that do not speak.
Scorpio rising I say yes it was
Lol I’m a Scorpio rising, my sister was a Scorpio sun, my mom was a narcissistic Pisces, and my dad was a disaffected Virgo who didn’t want to deal with any intense parenting because he never got over having 2 daughters instead of 2 sons. Difficult, and I have nothing to do with any of them any more.
I am Scorpio rising and my parents were very good, nor were we poor. I was well looked after.
Same here! Only issue was my dad, but I also have my Pisces Saturn in the 4th house.
I'm also a Scorpio rising with Saturn in my 4th house Pisces! How is your Saturn return going? I lost the last small bit of my family (my mom and sister stopped talking to me after an argument) and my dad died last year right at the beginning of my return. So I have no family now at all basically
Interesting. I did know I was loved and I was provided for financially but we all were undiagnosed ADHD so no filters, rage and wild emotions, sensitivity, and lack of emotional regulation generally set a dysfunctional foundation with lots of screaming matches. I also was the much younger child with three older siblings who were all in high school at the same time. My parents had foreign exchange students too and also took in a previously abused foster teen who ended up using, manipulating, and stealing from my family for years. My siblings were all arrested at various times, got involved with alcohol and drugs to varying degrees, one was even involved in. fatal car accident, and various other forms of trauma and legal issues. My poor parents.
I guess you can say that it was difficult, my family had always favored my older sister in everything. Growing up I have always experienced negligence especially with my mom, she is as mentally unstable as I am right now or more, as for my father he’s focuses more on my younger siblings. As a kid, my father’s side of the family had bullied me for looking chubby and brown skinned, they never realized I was just a kid. I used to dress up a lot, but it will always end by being compared to my older sister, for which they always say is the prettiest. No matter what the case is I will always be compared to my older sister till now. They only pay attention to me when I have high grades and school related awards.
Not a Scorpio rising, but I went to school with one and went on a few dates with him. He would talk about how growing up was tough, he said his father walked out on his family for another woman and then he grew to develop some bad habits like getting into trouble with the law, hanging out with the wrong ppl & taking drugs/alcohol at a very young age.
Yes I’m a Scorpio rising and I would say times were tough with family… but as anyone who is Pluto dominant or has Pluto significant influences in their chart, there’s a lot that has been suppressed and that exists beneath the surface that one may not realize how deep the trauma/difficulties experienced were.
It was tough! We weren’t poor but a lot family trauma and arguments in the home. Chaos and a lack of communication/ closeness. Nothing was filtered for me as a kid. I witnessed everything from a very young age and that instilled fear in me over like bills and money. There were great moments but when I think of my childhood I just remember praying to be older.
Yup, checks out… still have a tumultuous albeit non existent relationship with my mom currently in my 30s
My feeling is, YOU decide whether your life has been happy or not, including your childhood. My father was a real pain, and I bitch about it to my brother occasionally, but I learned to stand up to him and anyone else; that's why I am who I am. My son is scorpio rising and like anyone he's had his disappointments; medical problems, romance that didn't work out, but that's life. If you asked him if he had a difficult childhood he'd say definitely not. My daughter has a scorpio moon. Same.
This. A lot of these comments are only reinforcing my point that got downvotes. I know people of all ascendants with horrific childhoods, depending on how old a person is, they have had more time to process it. The younger you are, the more painful it likely is. The more you've had time to work through it, the more it would seem like it doesn't effect you as much. Scorpio rising is an expert in complaining though I've noticed, they are usually a bit colicky as babies, perhaps they are picking up on the way others react to them, until they learn to soothe themselves. It's my favorite ascendant actually.
Agreed. When I was a teenager I thought I had it so bad because my dad has very protective and had a bad temper. Now that I’m in my forties and have learned about other families I realize how blessed I was. My parents deeply loved me and did their best. I never lacked for anything and they made a point of making great memories with us. Most of all though my family has my back no matter what and that is a foundation that’s hard to beat. Yeah they might give me shit if I’m not doing as well as I could but they will never turn their backs on me and are always there with whatever I need.
You're very blessed indeed. Are you Scorpio rising?
Yes Scorpio rising Leo sun Virgo moon.
Yes this would be a good example of being able to balance out the Scorpio so it doesn't consume.
You mean my other signs? I do think they balance well, virgo moon helps me logically deal with my emotions, I'm great at self analyzing, and my Leo sun helps me to be optimistic and enjoy the lighter side of life. My husband is a scorpio sun, aries rising, and virgo moon and I think that's a decent balance too.
My wife and daughter are aries rising, my son scorpio rising and my daughter scorpio moon. They can definitely be exasperating at times, but worth it!
This soothed me as the parent of a Scorpio rising. I just want the best for my kid (and any future ones) and I would be so sad if they grew up to say their childhood sucked!!!
I know a Libra sun with Scorpio rising who LOVES her mother, she's got a pretty great mom, but she also has a traumatic past that she tends to not really even talk about or let effect her. She has a moon in Leo as well and not many aspects to Scorpio that benefit it. Meaning that if you have enough energy to balance Scorpio out, it can give you a more positive outlook on things.
My baby is a Libra sun, Cap moon, and Scorpio rising! Was the person you know’s past traumatic because of stuff besides her mom? Not trying to be nosy, just a little confused by your wording since she has a good relationship with her mom.
Yes her dad had some issues, she's had other crappy things happen to her but she is very well rounded. Could be that her sun sitting in the 12th house locks her in to deep Libra state/outlook.
I am a Scorpio rising with 1H Pluto & I have a daughter that is Libra Sun, Taurus Moon & Scorpio Rising! She’s my second born and I only want the best for her😭❤️ My first baby is Cancer Sun, Cancer Moon & Libra Rising. We’re very loving towards our daughters and don’t know why there are so many negative comments about Scorpio Rising. I myself have had a lot of bad experience especially in childhood due to my parents’ divorce & family drama, but looking back now during my first Saturn return I’d say I had a great childhood full of love & care.
Absolutely. Agree 100%.
It was really, really not okay.
very
i tend to notice scorpio moons or risings usually had some childhood difficulty involving parents or emotional abuse. unfortunately, many have bad relationships with their mothers from the ones i’ve met/seen.