Around the skeleton, a scorpion begins the evolutionary journey into a fish, then a snake, and then an eagle. This opposite connotation, which is typical of the Tarot, is also expressed by the fact that the skeleton is black rather than white like real bones, and that it's moving and alive, not crumbling into a heap of dust. Scorpio is the sign of both death and rebirth, and also where the secrets of sexuality are experienced and explored. By considering the Death card we can get a clear picture of what conscious sexuality really offers us, and why it's such an embattled and terrifying subject for so many people. The Death card is powerful.
Sex is powerful.
We hardly know what to do with real power in our hands, and there is tremendous temptation to abuse it. If you're wondering what sex and death really have in common, as I did for many years, the keyword is surrender . This can be the surrender to love or passion, to loss of love, or to death. Often, it is the surrender to awareness itself and what we need to do as a result of it. Sex activates all these processes, and extends biological life.