Aries
Aries, you become an adversary whenever you first encounter forces that challenge your own. It’s not called meeting your game for free. The first part of love you will experience is seeing your reflection in another person. It is the foil that reveals all your faults and shortcomings. Your natural reaction is to create competition without discomfort—and it makes Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe shiver. What you don’t realize is that this competition brings out the best in both of you. That’s all en garde he sees as a real threat a playful invitation to growth.
Taurus
You stubbornly resist your feelings when love does not involve small figures on paper, Taurus. You will come up with any excuse to support the argument made in your head. It’s not the right time, these are not the right circumstances, it’s not the person you had in mind. You will stand up on your soapbox and let the world know you don’t care while every inch of you screams “i want you” in. Your biggest obstacle is giving yourself permission to feel what you feel without giving explanations to the world or even yourself.
Gemini
You put people in neat little boxes to distance yourself from love, Gemini. If you can’t differentiate between that cute new co-worker as a “partner” and the dreamy artist you met last weekend as a “friend of whom” or the barista who designed a Pinterest wedding mood board as “the person-who-makes-your-coffee-every-morning,” everything and everyone will stay in their lane. Because you are afraid of what will happen if one of these people you have turned into a label wants to approach you and say something to him. you.
Cancer
Cancer, you will lend someone something precious like it’s no big deal while everyone stares in shock. It could be your favorite book, that high school shirt your sibling knows you shouldn’t touch, a pair of designer sunglasses you’ve been saving, or something as simple as your chapstick. You won’t even think twice about it, but the damage (read: act of love) will be done. You will be trusting this person with something important to you, you want to do something good for them, give them special access to special treatment, because even though they are the last to notice, they are a VIP in your life now.
Leo
You’ll start inviting them everywhere, Leo. At every big event, it’s common to hang out with all your groups of friends, even family parties. Everyone around you will notice your new arm candy, while you just insist that you’re having fun. Group settings allow you to keep any real intimacy until you’re ready to admit you’re not just playing host. You want this person around more than anyone and enjoy their company in a way that none of your other relationships can. You are afraid to destroy something that you cannot find a replacement for.
Virgo
You won’t have nice things to say about them, Virgo, and you won’t be able to stop singing their praises. No one is usually unscathed by your sharp tongue and blunt honesty—unless they’re strangers or dating. The whole world hears how you see it: plain and simple. You don’t go well, it takes a lot to impress you, and when someone is up to the challenge, you give them the credit they deserve. Sometimes it just takes a second for it to click that what you see as the perfect person is the perfect you.
Libra
It will start innocently enough, Libra. You will watch the movie they tell you about. Listen to a playlist of all their favorite songs. Next you read their favorite book, and before you know it you’re deep into season 9 of X files struggling to finish, wondering why David Duchovny had to destroy everyone. But you’re still missing the plot here, Libra, like the main characters of this ’90s television show you’d have stopped watching long ago if it weren’t for madly in love and too shy to do anything about it.
Scorpio
You will try and save their day, Scorpio. Went to work without their wallet? Food delivery is on the way. Do they have migraines? He’s really good at head rubbing. Are you coming down with a cold? You’ll be done with Gatorade and soup by 20. You will become very defensive when anyone suggests that there is more to your good Samaritan act than meets the eye. You will stand for it so that you will be raised well, but the truth is that you have taken this person down. Part of you wants to be responsible for them, to care for them in the most intimate ways.
Sagittarius
You will be serious, Sagittarius. You’ll still be a shameless flirt, but you’ll tone down the teasing and disgust and let your softer side shine through. You create a safe space for both of you to feel free to open up. You want to find great pieces, stories about things that make them cry and make them smile, and that doesn’t happen when you’re busy making snaps of your favorite celebrities. You’ll insist you know them, but sometimes you won’t know all the reasons you like someone before you do.
Capricorn
You’ll put in a lot of effort, Capricorn, before you even realize you’re doing it. Maybe it starts as a long-haul flight you take in a car or plane every month. Maybe you see someone with a busy schedule, which requires you to jump through hoops to keep the programs coming whenever they become available. He is patient, loyal, and persistent, everything a partner should be, before there are any strings attached. You’re doing the heavy lifting without realizing what you’re laying the foundation on, but when you do, you’ll appreciate the support provided by the foundation you’ve built.
Aquarius
You will invite them to some important place with you, Aquarius. It could be a museum you’ve been wanting to visit or a trip you’ve been wanting to take. You will think it is automatic, but somewhere in your mind you already know that you are ready to spend a long time together. That this is the person you might be stuck in a car or a room or an elevator with and still have the time of your life. For whatever reason, your brain hasn’t fully formed the synapse that connects the idea that this person is good company with the fact that they are the love of your life.
Pisces
You will tell them your dreams, Pisces. Everything. The weird ones you have every night will go into the morning text that you just sent, and the big ones, the most important ones in your life, the way you want everything to work. You will destroy the dreams that you are afraid to admit to yourself. The ones you think are completely impossible but can’t hope for anyway. For whatever reason, you don’t realize that this person is a yes and a world inside your head. Are you bringing out your ideas and incorporating their desires and fears into this story in the hope that it will be one you share together.
