I also agree it is NOT about power but instead self-preservation.

I do trust many many people but don't believe in absolutes, there is always a margin for error.

Other things on trust;

If one looses trust it is very very very hard for them to attone, not impossible, Betrayal is not taken lightly. But mistakes do happen so again no absolutes.

Also it is a waste of energy trusing people we know not to be trustworthy so if your uncertain if it is real trust or just a test, It light not matter so much as you are trusted at least at some level. Unless you are a bad person and we're feeding you rope to hang yourself, but that's a different story.

If I confide in you it is because I know I can. I have probably already tested the waters and found them to be ok. I don't want to control anyone, at least not consciously. It truly is more out of self preservation for me. Who knows with my placements I *could* be way too open and not care but the moon (yeah, blame the moon) pulls me back and says" nuh uh fire is hot! "

That happened to me yesterday and I pulled back. There is this duality, I really do want to trust and not to care because I have gone through a lot and have a lot to say, but.....there's this part of me that just doesn't want to do that totally,too. Naked,raw,vulnerable is not a good feeling at all for me. And I don't like having to defend my self against assholes if I put myself too much out there. My moon squares Aquarius Jupiter and Mars among some minor afflictions with saturn and pluto.

If a scorpio confide in you.. 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?

As a Scorpio, I'll have to admit it's kind of both... If I feel I can reach out to them, that's the first step toward trust, but what people show on the outside often hides what's inside. So, a little testing might go along with it. Not sure how other Scorps work, but I basically gauge everything I observe, hear, and feel about another person. If I get the slightest warning in my gut, the curtains kind of close. Doesn't mean I'll amputate them completely, but I wouldn't share my life story with them, and that's the truth.

I love Scorpio people ... So intriguing. There are some interesting responses in this thread.

@PsychoScorpio Pessimistic??? Really??? I did not see it that way. I guess from the inside looking out it's just how I keep it real with myself.

@SunnySadge That too. Trusting your gut about someone. Extremely important!

On another note of trust: My BFF and I were just talking about trust and intimate relationships. I think this is what many people experience these days. Many of my friends of all astrological signs have this experience all the time: Meeting someone, getting that feeling, opening up to them, telling them about horrific past experiences with dating and intimacy, them showing their sympathy and empathy, feeling trust growing for them, becoming sexually intimate and growing closer to that person then all of a sudden they start to back off and then disappear.

I guess its just how people roll now. The "Ghosting" era. But it does nothing for one who has trust issues.

I stop sharing anything with anyone who has proven to not be trustworthy...and then I try again. If they continue to leak things...no more sharing. What's the point? I may try to share things to gain trust. Like I will share with you and showing I am putting out trust. It's not about power. If it was I would use what others share with me to my advantage and I don't. Sure I might get angry with someone and divulge something about them because it was messed up and I am hurt, but I don't do it to hold power over them. I had a friend with Saturn in Scorpio who told me all kinds of stuff that was severly personal. Like you would tell a wife. Then he strangled me with it. How? It was all because he was heart sick over someone and I think he just wanted to dig at her because she was seeing other people. And he knew I was in love with him. Then he won her back and amputated me. If I really wanted to be the lowest of low on the Scorpio scale, I could have told her every nasty little thing he said about her and how does she thing he loves her now? That's abuse of trust though...

They would have to trust you in order to confine in you..simple as that. I don't need to test people, it's all about instincts and knowing and if someone gossips in the first place that will also be enough to be weary and careful what is said. Its just a security thing.. I will still talk to people I don't trust but I wont talk about anything personal.