First, there's a typo in my last post~! I meant to say that I still don't think we're beautiful as a group... ^^;;
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1. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder..." (common proverb);
2. "The Eyes are the Scouts of the Heart..." (ancient troubadour song).
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I agree that eyes play a very important part in how a person looks, and not everyone has the same definition of what beauty is. But you know, I was talking about this in the scorpio moon tribe group; I didn't see what was so special about the scorpio eyes (including mine). We constantly read that we have the "death glare, intense brooding eyes, etc.," but when I actually took the time and looked at them, I didn't find them that special... but maybe that's just a matter of preference speaking..., but whatever people seem to see, is it really because we see it, or is it because someone says we have it, we want to have it, so we think and believe we have it?

I know that some people can see "inner beauty" and some cannot; I am one of those who cannot until I get to know the person, and as my opinion changes, so does how they look in my eyes. But I'm still using the word "Beautiful" in a purely outer shell situations, first views, etc.

I thought this post was all about pure vanity; the need to glorify one as being attractive because they have such "aura"... or something. Interestingly, I don't have any scorpio rising/moon friends, so if there was such a thing, I've never felt it. I don't know if my friends feel it from me, but I can assure you I've never been able to experience all these "scorpio magic" everyone seems to be totally into except the occasional depression stemming from thinking too much.

Naturally, anyone would want perfect proportion; we're wired to like symmetry and the "phi" proportions. How many of us though, can seriously raise our hands and claim that we have that? Furthermore, I think astrofaces show people, mostly unaltered, what these signs actually look like (not the hollywood stuff where everyone primp themselves up with a million dollars), and I don't think we should just blame it on some "bad aspects" for them not looking "beautiful", I think it's more of "wake up and smell the coffee" situation.

As for "beautiful face, overall dignified countenance, with not-shallow/boring personality to boot --> most people's goal!", is it really what most people strive for? I mean, when you look around you, do people truly seem to seek both, or are they only focusing on one or the other? When one has a beautiful face, things are given easily to them, and it's very difficult for them to develop this "dignified countenance". Look at Hollywood in all its gilded glamour; there are beautiful people there, but I don't think we could ever identify them as having dignity, well, at least most of them. But they are beautiful; people love to look at them on the big screen because they are beautiful. That is their redeeming quality. I don't think scorpio personalities attract people purely through our "face"...

I definitely do have respect for those who are beautiful both inside and out, but achieving that is extremely difficult and at least from what I've seen, most people are more than happy to be attractive outside, so they can receive all the special treatments and perks that come with it, and they stop there.

By not being "beautiful" and by accepting the fact that I might as well work on my inside because my outside shell ain't so hot, I can focus on things that actually matter.

I don't think not being beautiful is bad per se, and I don't think we should be so obsessed about it (I'm frankly a bit annoyed with all those people who have nothing substantial to add to their lives than the amount of make-up they have or designer clothes although I definitely am also learning to do make-up so I don't look like a teenager), but I liked scorpio people at least because I thought we didn't focus so much on our outer shells and focused on what was more important, like being ourselves and scaring the $hit out of anyone who doesn't have a brain... but maybe I was wrong, and we're just as vain as everyone else.

Everyone wants to feel special, and everyone is obsessed with beauty to some extent-it's human nature, to breed with beautiful people and produce beautiful children who will have higher chance of spreading the genes; they have beautiful eyes, they have a beautiful smile, etc... when we're all really just fitting ourselves into a societal structure anyways and are being perfectly normal. Isn't it more exciting to say that we're not beautiful and we're proud of it? That we don't care about what society deems as beautiful, and that we don't fit in that box? Doesn't that make someone feel more special? ... maybe it's my hippie Aquarius talking...

For example, I don't attract people to me like all you other scorpios seem to do; I have to really work at it to become friends with people, and I change my manners and demeanor so I would be more "pleasant to be around". I gained networking skills, social skills, and everything not because people were attracted to me, but because I had to actively work to achieve it. Not being beautiful means things aren't handed to me on a silver platter, but because it's not given to me and I need to work for it, I value it more.

I can't be vain because I know my vanity would not really be supported by some sort of verifying evidence (unless I was talking with my mom). Blame my Aquarius Stellium, but I just can't be that confident about my looks as being "beautiful" when I don't have the evidence that supports such claims.

Again, I'm purely basing this on my experiences for supporting evidence, and maybe I'm wrong to think that we as a group are not beautiful, but since I'm the only scorpio rising & moon I know, it's rather difficult to just agree.

:in self-glorifying, vain Scorpio tone: "I guess that makes me more Scorpio Riser than you."

hahaha

No seriously, I guess I love to read about Pluto - I found this by typing "Pluto self-destruction," or variations of that phrase.