A scorpio normally relinquishes control , pettiness when he truly cherishes another human. He / She will be his authentic self. No mind games , no testing , just pure intensity.

It needs to be said that for the scorpio person this is incredibly hard. So in his / her point of view he just granted you something very precious.

When he withdraws is just him / her taking back what is his / her power for something you took for granted.

From here it depends on the person. Some come back explain themselves , some will feel slighted and have fun playing you back just to teach you something they think you should be aware or feel the same thing , some will simply give you the silent treatment , some will simply let it go if they think nothing good can come of it.

And like Elsa said some will protect themselves , and that sometimes in extreme cases where the scorpio thinks he / she cherished the person too much might just kill the person metaphorically and live on. And expect the person to come back but they won't go back to them.

Even then once trust is broken its never the same.

source , : I'm a scorpio sun , venus , jupiter , pluto myself. Mercury 8th house too.

yes the time a Scorpio sun withdrew form me was when he did not wanted me to get hurt but still l was like WTF !!! HEllo can l please decide this for myself ?? of l wil get hurt or not

my scorpio moon was in turmoil by this so l found a way to bypass it please!!! argh! l do not want to go have to go through the turmoil of having someone leave me!

my reaction at times can be this is so overwhelming l really feel like desolving and l withdraw but l can not keep it for long

anyhow l think we all withdraw at times for self protection  or just because you do not want someone in your life anymore there are so many reasons people will withdraw, fear can be another thing...

Does this apply to Scorpio Moons? And if they run into problems, doesn't it help to try to deal with them head on if they care about someone? Maybe a period of isolation, but then go face the problem?

Asking because I know a Pisces Sun / Scorpio Moon who runs from problems alllll the time. She says she wishes people could just see what was in her head because she can't say it out loud. She'd rather float through awkward situations than deal with them.

My partner has a Scorpio Sun and he withdraws when he's hurt or angry. He refuses to speak. I'm used to it now but in the beginning it was very strange.

Also knew a man with Venus in Scorpio who does this too. Libra Sun. He will cut off all communication when hurt. He will refuse to talk, even to make eye contact. It is frustrating.

I once read, that happiness is light as a feather and I always have this in the back of my mind. I do have a lot of experience with scorpios and I noticed that if they care deeply about you they can’t withdraw for long. If they do they simply didn’t found something to fight about.

Once withdrawn, the one thing that will bring Scorpio back to you is if you past the test. A fight is rarely just ever a simple fight with Scorpio ..