Explanation Of The Scorpius Constellation

The constellation I’ve decide to go with is the constellation of my birth sign the Scorpius also known as scorpion. I’ve never done much research into my sign, didn’t even know it was a constellation, so I thought that would be interesting to find out more information about it. Scorpius is a sight to see in the star filled sky, with it being the J-shaped with a collection of other stars giving it the Scorpion shape. The collections of stars that make the Scorpius constellation are Antares, Shaula, Lesath and other clusters of stars.

When it’s comes to the myth of Scorpius it is said that Orion and Scorpius were enemies, Scorpius took its mighty stinger and killed Orion. The gods decided for their final resting place to put both Scorpius and Orion, on the opposite sides of the sky. That’s why you never see Scorpius and Orion rise at the same time always when one is up one is down. Scorpius has six months to reign over the sky, and Orion has the other six months to reign as well.
It is said Scorpius was the king of the sky until the other constellations decided to go against him and take a piece of the sky for themselves. The other constellations thought they could do a better job of running the sky. Scorpius was left with the piece of the sky he called home, still plotting to once again to be the only ruler of the