I have always had this dark side (star wars LOL). And it comes out when I feel sarcastic, moody and skeptical and gun people   down with brutal (honest?) remarks. I try to stop myself but it seems to have a life of its own. . After awhile, it seems to go away and I am all sugar and spice again. My hubby can't make out what to do with me at times.
Those "surround yourself with a white light" exercise don't seems to work for me .
Do other scorpions have this period of moodiness?

I would call that PMS, which can come 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after your menstral cycle OR I would watch the phases of the moon. 3 days before and 3 days after the full moon can make a lot of people do things they don't "normally" do on a day-to-day basis. Even some headaches, migraines and body aches have been reported happening more often or stronger during the full moon phases.
Whatever affects you, there are other, more effective techniques than the one you mentioned. Try to find a relaxation workshop or group to go to and practice their techniques until they work. Not all of them have immediate results.
Hope it works.

Yes, regrettably. It takes a pretty strong person to tolerate and forgive some of the stuff I say. It all seems to be the truth at the time, but it's usually and unfairly harsh, or overly intense truth,  but uneccesarily negative rant. It comes from being hurt and having fear of that hurt repeating, at least for me.  The scorpion sting is no joke or exageration.

I see we are born in the same year and your birthday is just one day earlier than mine.
So we have both Rooster and Scorpion trait which is unfortunately brutally frank honesty and we can be very secretive (I like to call it my CIA mode).
I know what you mean about hurtful retort although it is the truth. It somehow came out much more hurtful the way we phrase it than with any other sign. The tongue-whip.   . Deadly! LOL
But there is no second guessing our absolute loyalty and faithfulness.
Great to see you in MB.

warmest regards,
Roz

I did not notice that we share the same birth date year and are one day apart. I'm sure that contributes to our similar intensity. I tend to be very sensitive about my privacy and keep some personal matters, opinions and interests completely out of view of anyone that I consider outside my precious inner circle. So that's probably similar to being secretive. For example, people I am aquainted with but aren't close friends have no idea what my politics, religious views, ambitions are and rarely, unless I'm in a very public relationship, do they know who I am seeing.

The Scorpio loyalty can be a disadvantage when it comes time to see a person for what they are and recognize the impact on you. The people I'm loyal to tend to be placed on a pedestal and no one had better say anything bad about them, long past time to bring them back down to earth.