I am not sure where I stand on this issue. HUM Trust! Ok the thought is coming ....
I trust no one with the exception of a few close friends and a few family members. For the most part almost everyone that I have ever trusted always lets me down outside of the few I mentioned. I think I live life now with the understanding that no one can be trusted and I get on with it. With an ABUNDANCE of therapy (on going) I have learned "for myself", or have developed a foresight, that I do not need to trust anyone. I trust myself, am comfortable and confident with myself and who I am. I am able to allow myself to be vulnerable anytime it suits my own needs. I try to remember that what I exhibit of myself will always be exposed to others and am aware of closely monitor what I put forth so therefore I am in control.

Hum, scared of me ... LOL!

@ niche

That sounds so pessimistic. Yet most of what you said is how I go about trust. Rearding my post it was more on an intimate level as I think that's the only level worthy of even trying to trust. Confiding/sharing secrets is an intimate thing but doesn't necessarily equal love n relationships it could be with family or a close friend. Those relationships to me require trust to be considered close. Every other person could just suit a need.

Trust in general is very personal issue.
Sometimes we encounter people who have a very natural way of connecting with us. Understanding without judging. Accepting...loving.
So it only happened to me handful of times in my life and I keep them as friends. But only once fully and blindly trusted. And for the first time I do not regret it....
So there is hope for those with trust issues. Whatever helps....therapy is great niche...

Since I have a lot of strong Scorpio placement friends and family around me.

A lot of them trust their gut feeling who to trust, especially confiding their deepest darkest secrets to.

My reason why they confide in me, has to do with the fact my Libra Pluto/Scorpio Jupiter trines My Pisces Moon, and my Cap Venus. I think I come across as a listener and won't throw my opinion on them.

just my opinion

I have several Scorpio Moons/Scorpio ASC in my life, and they trust me. They aren't testing me (anymore). I've passed. I know when they're observing me, but I just pretend not to notice. lol

Do they actually trust you or are they just testing the water/you?

and if so, why do they do it?

Can you completely trust someone?

Oh baby =)

Here we go

Me, I have MC,Sun,Mercury,Venus,Jupiter,Uranus,Neptune,Pluto all in either Scorpio or the 8th house. Taurus Saturn rx and Aquarius rising Mars with Ceres aspect Scorpio Venus, in a t-square and if you include Lillith Cancer, and Libra Jupiter in a warped grand cross. Aries Moon aspects Scorpio MC,Sun,Mercury,Neptune, and Cancer Lillith in a Grand Trine.

So I have Scorpio.

@Etandetsted

Answer to question one, yes and yes but never just. For me, trust comes in levels, how much can I afford to trust one may not be the same for another, and a little risk to find out if someone can be trusted can be worth it. It also depends on what is being shared.

Why test? Well how do you find out if you can trust someone. I know I have rather good sences for weeding out most of the untrustworthy, but then there are those that may be worth trusting.

Complete trust. I reserve this for the truly truly close people in one's life and perhaps when I find that special someone she may be the one I completely trust. I find that I can trust people to be who they are. So if you know they are really trustworthy it depends on your expectations regarding the trust.

I can trust a small hand full of my family mambers at 99%