As in, not violently swinging from one extreme to the other?

Interesting question! I know I could use help in this deparment.

Scorpio can look to Taurus by incorporating peaceful benevolence into their psyche. Forgiveness allows Scorpio to let go of damaging concepts.

Scorpio can also look to Sagittarius, who is able to laugh at life's absurdities and roll with the punches. Sagittarius says there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Personally, I get out of my rut by doing things that are mundane or helpful. I'll wash the dishes, I'll call a friend to check on them, I'll hug my son. It helps me take the focus from myself.

ETA: Or I watch dark comedies. A healing balm to my tormented Scorpio :)

A knotty pine box...then reincarnation.

I'm partial to a funeral pyre.

With Mars in Scorpio conjunct South Node, in the t-square with Sun and Moon... I have found balance a bit um... hard to acheive.

Pyres sound good.

I'm getting better at it. But desecent is always part of the process.

Glenn, saying goodbye means saying hello.

Life is never having to say you're sorry...just repent.

LOL Caroline I just saw this thread--I just posted about extremes, too!!

I think Scorpios go from one intensity to the other. That's balance in their eyes.

Funny Dorchid you are a Virgo sun and you said doing the dishes helps you balance, I find doing the dishes or any cleaning makes me MORE angry! Lol I am just a scorp asc though, I like cleaning and I find it peaceful, but when I need balance I go for a run. Yes I am a sag sun. I would suggest reorganize your closet. Seems like something a Scorpio might like to do if they needed balance.

Hmm, good question.  I've blamed my Aries Moon, so I'm at a loss for a good answer.    Up until I finally saw my natal chart, I had no idea and it drove me crazy.

Good question, Caro! 

My answer:  We don't. 

People have always told me I'm an all or nothing type of person. 

Fuck if I know. Certain Scorpios freak me out.

Not sure.  I used to swing back and forth quite a bit but as I get older I gravitate more towards balance.

My Libra stellium (Mars, Venus, Pluto, and Uranus in Libra) help as does my Sag moon (and other 2 planets in Sag).

My sun is the only planet I have in Scorpio.

Vodka.

I've worked really hard to get to this wild extreme, why would I want to go and balance it?

and Sex.

If you're doing Scorpio energy right, there is no "balance".  Sinner or saint, baby - you pick it.  I think the "balance" (if you wanna call it that) is the process of swinging from one pole to the other.

As Isabel Hickey was fond of saying, there are no Scorpios "on the misty flats".

Carrie hit the nail on the head. SEX.

<----- You'll note my halo is askew, aka unbalanced.  That's Scorpio. 

Not Scorpio -----> 

GREAT answers, CArRiE!!!!!!

LMAO @ Joie de Vivre and julianwinter

I just notice a lot of Scorpios who go through so much pain with all these extremes that it's ridiculous to watch. It seems unhealthy.

But you can't enjoy the highs as much if you haven't experienced the worst depths.

It's like breathing to me. 

Lol... ::shakes head::

If anyone figures it out, please let me know!

When you've got Neptune in Scorpio trine a stellium in Pisces... it's escape and merge... what else?

CArRiE!  Sex I can see, but the vodka would probably just make things worse. 

To Joie #6 above...... I'll take that under advisement.

Loooove Julian's answer , but I'd make it several bodies on it. Oh.... and have wieners & marshmallows on several spits near the flames.

lol. as a full mooner id say being less hard on ourselves. and stop expegting life to be perferct

Get a Taurus! (Or Taurus-like person.)

"I just notice a lot of Scorpios who go through so much pain with all these extremes that it's ridiculous to watch. It seems unhealthy."

I notice Aries giving into impulses, it seems unhealthy

I notice Taurus eating an entire bag of chips, it seems unhealthy

I notice Gemini denying something the other one did, it seems unhealthy.

I notice Cancer getting hung up on the past, it seems unhealthy.

I notice Leo seeking attention for self worth, it seems unhealthy.

I notice Virgo let her mind run too hot and end up wetting her pants in my friends back yard because she can't calm down, It seems unhealthy.

I notice Libra lying inert on the couch until someone else enters the room, it seems unhealthy.

I notice Sagittarius smiling in a dung pile. Get out of there you fool and take a shower! It seems unhealthy.

I notice Capricorn blindly adhearing to the rules while the city falls around them, it seems unhealthy.

I notice Aquarius drinking a jar of brine with a cigarette in the bottom, that seems unhealthyesque.

I notice Pisces mixing meds with alcohol, it seems unhealthy.

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Extremes are Scorpios bread and butter. If you don't like it, don't watch.

LOL Nota! *sips brine* too funny XD

LMFAO @ Nota!

Something to consider: Maybe it's not always about finding "middle ground".  Maybe it's about embracing the duality.  Perhaps even if your Libra can't dig it your Gemini can.

But I like my dungheap! 

I think for me it's about finding a hard limit. Ever since I was little, people have expressed their limitations to me, and even projected them onto me. Going to extremes helps determine what is real or true.

Jesus Christ.

I think, if a Scorpio keeps to himself/herself and wants to be extreme, that's nobody else's business

Interesting, InTheDark.

Sorry, was that extreme?

@Nota - love it. LOL.