Is love in the stars for you? Bitter single person Bridget Callahan has the answers!
Capricorns are driven people. Driven to be intellectual snobs. Driven to be exclusive. Driven to be in control of their situation, even if that means staying in their house every day playing computer games because its the only thing they are good at, and if they leave the house they might have to experience this thing called an emotion, which frankly they don’t see the point of. They love to talk to you if you’re smart, but only as long as you don’t admit to knowing more than them. If you don’t meet their standards, then they will probably still sleep with you, but will not call you in the morning and probably won’t enjoy it anyway. They like trench coats, IT jobs, and symmetrical pictures of nature. If you meet a Capricorn with excellent social skills, it probably means they make a lot more money than you.
Aquarius likes to be thought of as unique. You know what’s not unique? Telling everyone how unique you are. If you tell me that you are “crazy and weird,” then you’re probably neither of those things. Unless while you tell me this, you are also juggling stray cats and wearing a caftan you knitted to symbolize world drought. In other words, Aquarius tries too hard. They are most likely to try and change the world, and most likely to drive everyone crazy by preaching about veganism and alien encounters. They infest non-profits and college activism groups like pesky squirrels. I suspect most of them are bipolar, since a disproportionate amount of them claim to have conversations with angels. Also, what is a water bearer? ‘Cause to me that reads slave.
Pisces are sluts. Seriously, any Pisces will sleep with you. If you’re into anal, go out with a Pisces. They will totally fall in love with you though. Sweet, darling, slutty Pisces.
Aries are totally adventurous, and will do most anything. Whether or not its dangerous. Need someone to walk into a den of badgers? Call an Aries. Need someone to hang from an airplane over the Andes and lure condors with chum? Call an Aries. Some people think this stupid, careless, reckless. After all, who does dumb shit like scuba diving under the Artic shelf? Whatever, you don’t even know what living is. Aries write a lot of survival guides, and frankly, if there is an apocalypse, you should get one on your side. Aries are physically incapable of becoming zombies. In fact, we should be farming them for anti-zombie stem cells.
Once upon a time, you used to date this guy who seemed totally calm and collected, had a good job, a house, was unflinchingly loyal and paid your car bills and stuff. Then he went on your facebook, saw how many guy friends you had, and suddenly he was suspicious of everything you were doing. Who was that on the phone? Why can’t you come over tonight? When you asked him what the hell was up, he wouldn’t tell you. Instead, he just made sad puppy dog eyes at you. Eventually he got really defensive at everything, started snapping anytime you disagreed about something, and started drinking a lot. He was a Taurus. You dumped him for a Pisces.
No matter how awesome that collage you made for their birthday is, a Gemini will still think they are more creative than you. Don’t worry about trying to make plans with them either, because Geminis are notorious for not calling you for months, then all of a sudden totally having to see you on this specific day at this specific time, and if you don’t do it then, you may never see or hear from them again. Not because they don’t like you. They are just too busy being awesome. Geminis are great for doing drugs with, as long as you catch them on the upside of their monthly mood cycle. Otherwise it’s kind of depressing. And they sort of become addicts. Which is more depressing.
Do you like watching a woman cry? Do you like watching her cry because you did something conceptually hurtful, even though no solid action took place? Do you have a pressing need to take care of someone, manage their budget, comfort them when they get irrationally insecure, and put up with their entertainment demands even though you’re footing the bill because she is too busy writing her novel to go to work? Does her having big tits and giving good blowjobs, plus being really fun to drink with, make up for all of that? Then call me.
Leos get hurt just as easily as Cancers, only they’re too proud to actually say anything about it. It’s sweet, until they get super passive-aggressive. They try to be steady, not cause a fuss, but if you step on them, they get totally irrationally angry. Leos hold a grudge like nobody’s business. Well, I mean, technically it should be their business. If only there was a way to profit off hating people, places, and things. I wonder what the quantity of Leos on staff at Fox News is? As long as you stay on their good side, then they’re great friends. But good luck with that. It’s a minefield. Start with never ever telling them what to do. Send them to Africa to travel down the Congo and find a crazy man.
When I asked my friends to contribute lists of their perfect mates, the first 2 who responded were Virgos, because they already had lists made, which they kept in their wallets. Their houses are always clean. Their bank accounts are always in order. They are disgustingly perfect and well balanced. Virgos should probably run the world, but if you tell them I said that I’ll deny it. They are good friends to have, but they are always asking you to go out which can be frustrating, since their budgets are like a well oiled machine and yours is closer to an ’85 Chevy that needs a transmission flush. If a Virgo falls in love with you, you should probably shut the fuck up and consider yourself lucky. If your Virgo is a girl, she’s probably vegan. If it’s a guy, he belongs to a gym. Seriously, they will make you doubt your self-worth.
Libras are totally delusional. They are all born thinking that they are destined to live some special grand life, and when that doesn’t happen, they start irrationally grabbing onto anything that can cover up their mediocrity and give them the appearance of individuality. This makes them lots of fun, because they really, really want to seem fun. It also makes them the worst flirts ever, because they’ll try to seem popular and in demand and adored. If you want to love a Libra, be prepared to deny reality often, and agree with them about how awful everyone else is except them. Also be prepared to be dumped when the next new thing comes along that’s shinier than you. Libras are like ravens, constantly swooping off path for bits of tinfoil to help them pretend their nest is silver.
Scorpios are assholes. But if you like someone dominating every aspect of your life, and dictating what you think and who your friends are and what kind of politics you have, then hey. They’re good in the sack, and they are right about things 100% of the time, as long as your definition of “right” is “complete and total confidence that this is true”. They’re sort of like the military version of Pisces. A Scorpio would totally murder a Pisces, and get away with it. If you want to murder someone and get away with it, call a Scorpio. If you need a short man to lead your army across Europe, call a Scorpio.
I love scorpios SO MUCH.
The worst thing you can do to a Sag is tell them they have to do something because they are “supposed to.” However, if you give them a reason to “want to,” then they are on it. They are the nice versions of Capricorns. But if you dropped a Sag and Cap somewhere deep in the woods, and told them to kill each other, my money’s on the Cap because they usually own guns.
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Hogwash, my ass! This shit is so on point. Even about my sign! Lmao. #CAPRICORN
What a bunch of hogwash. How could anyone still believe this crap in 2016?
Hahaha, Libra we live to dream big it doesn’t mean we are unaware of what is reality or imaginary. So we don’t dump people we can’t stand liars tho. The thing is that we like partnership and if people aren’t ready to commit then how the hell you gonna stay with that person.
Hey Bridget, if you’re down I’m happy to go out drinking about generally making fools of ourselves while getting to know each other. I’d call, but… that link doesn’t work, and I don’t think your number would be there if it did.
CSM
Why is the Taurus one so lame? The entire thing is about an ex-boyfriend. I don’t have. Any ex-boyfriends (or girlfriends) so it is completely pointless. The other signs were about the sign’s personality not some ambiguous “ex”.
I want that art – does anyone know where to buy it?
Nice. It has some difficulty to read the Zodiac signs in clockwise direction.
Dammit! I’m a Cancer and this is nearly identical to my current situation. Sometimes I hate being a Cancer and just want to be an Asshole like a Scorp. (joking of course) 😉
scorpion’s description is totally wrong and of libran’s too, they are nothing like what is written. Virgos are not perfect and balanced, instead libran’s are. virgos are mostly confused. And Scorpions do not dominate, I can tell from the experience. In fact they give u space to choose things according to u. I can agree to some of Leo’s description.
Agreed. I am a scorpio, and self-determination is practically my religion. My self-determination and the ability of others to carve their own path. I am definitely fierce and like transformative (perhaps even cathartic) experience, am always exploring new things, and probably stirred up my past partners’ bees too much at times… pushing them to have other perspectives or to own their choices. I was just dating a virgo who is uptight, anal about having a clean house, and about having his finances in order. Plus he made me feel like ‘not enough’ for not being an athlete that he puts… Read more »
Only thing I would add is Aquarians being extremely passive aggressive and very comfortable with lying. Inconsistent with their lies too. Tell one person one thing and another person another thing, regarding the same topic. Gets really confusing. Don’t know how they keep up on their lies. Oh and Sags will also lead you into battle without fear. Kind of like Aries. They don’t do it for the risk like Aries though. And yes Caps are not good at emotions . . . they do let anger slip out and even adoration, but not love. Cancers are usually willing to… Read more »
I’m a scorpio and think you’re hilarious and wish you lived in Portland.
As a Cancer, this was hilarious.
Ok…I’m a Libra and I am totally NOT like that. I am loyal to a fault. And when I’m in love other men don’t exist. Perhaps Libra women should be re-evaluated.
You should always take into account your other signs (sun sign moon sign and ascendant) it would be silly to say you fit into just one singular catagory :p
I Agree with Melissa. I am a libran female and your description is totally wrong. I am also extremely loyal. We are the sign of love, relationships and matrimony among other things.
thought the article was very funny – enjoyed it immensely, however, astrology is more complicated than described above – but had lots of fun reading it. Oh and as a cap I am going to have to look into obtaining a gun I suppose!!! LOL although my cancer moon might object!!
OMG, Nailed it! I had a Taurus – exactly as you described. Then found my Pisces man. But slutty Pisces bailed out after a few years. So, Bridget, I’m dying to know, what’s next for me?!
A couple of my favorite newspaper column astrologers, Rob Breszney and Sue Marshall, both of whom I met, admitted that they never actually did charts. Shocking!
All the normal astrological Capricorn women I know are overly emotional. And clingy as hell. And all the Pisces I know enjoy sexual promiscuity. Even though I’m an astrological Aquarius I actually fit the Capricorn and Sagittarius aspects of this article. “Driven to be in control of their situation, even if that means staying in their house every day playing computer games because its the only thing they are good at, and if they leave the house they might have to experience this thing called an emotion, which frankly they don’t see the point of.” “If you don’t meet their… Read more »
Dead-on about Sagittarius. LOL! We have issues with authority…
Bitter and single…What a surprise! Two great tastes that seem to go great together.
I’m lovin’ that yummy aftertaste of bile and vinegar from kissing a Bitter Batchelorette. Makes you want to come back for more.
Nevertheless, this tin-foil-hat wearin’ Libra (I’ve made my peace with the Libran paradox of ‘specialness’) thinks you’re a hoot and looks forward to reading more of your writing.
Thanks for writing a funny article. Ha ha. Is to laugh. (Seriously, very funny.)
I am Scorpio and not an asshole 🙂
Sun Scorpio people are really cool. They often come off as shrewd card-player types, though. They may be the hardest to read of all signs. For my money, Leos (generous egotists) and Aries (impulsive adventurers) are more likely to come off as assholes (at least at first.) But the journey in life is often thought to be from one’s Moon to one’s Sun. So I may have started off as emotionally Scorpionian (Moon) but am becoming respectable and predictable (Taurus Sun.) Scorpio Moons are much more silly and more promiscuous than Scorpio Suns (who hate being observed serving their desires,… Read more »
Sidereal astrologers have this type of scientific orientation (I and most other astrologers are not siderealists.) Most astrologers are tropicalists. Tropicalism is more or less a Jungian orientation, where the planets are thought to be like Jung’s symbolic complexes in the personality. Siderealists, by contrast, believe that “rays” emminate from the stars and influence our behavior directly. Because all the planets are taken into account; as well as houses, aspects, etc; the holistic picture is incredibly layered. Some tropicalists, though, can do exactly as you say, accurately naming a sign, or resecting a birthtime (rising sign) accurately when it isn’t,… Read more »
I pretended I didn’t know when my birthday was and read all the entries. Four different signs described me quite well. Ooh, maybe I have a multifaceted soul and I have more than one birthday? Perhaps I’ve been different signs in previous lives and I’m actually channeling people born at several different times of year? Intriguing….
I find it strangely fascinating that you have all these divisions of dogma and trivial differences in your imaginary discipline.
Most positivist science has similar features. 🙂
Yes, it rally is quite cute how you imitate the grownups.
Well, it’s usually pretty clear when someone is doing heavy projection. There’s always that burst of anger as they reject part of themselves hey don’t like. I wish you well on your quest for maturity.
“Tropicalism is more or less a Jungian orientation, where the planets are thought to be like Jung’s symbolic complexes in the personality.” So is sidereal astrology, Jungian that is. The difference is that siderealists account for the actual positions of the signs on the ecliptic, rather than using the seasonal equinoxes as point of reference. In other words, they just match the archetypes to the signs and use different labels. That leads to the key difference between the two; that Siderealists match those archetypical motives directly to the stories of the myths and physical meaning of the symbols themselves, rather… Read more »
as a Leo, completely and utterly offended.
If astrology really is reliably predictable, I should be able to tell you what I’m like and then from that you can tell me what my birthday is. Somehow that’s not how it works, though, is it? If the characteristics match up with the signs, then the charts should work both ways. I could tell you things about my personality, and astrology would probably guess 3-4 signs for me. Or, if it’s truly accurate, then anyone with an incorrect birth certificate could be immediately spotted. If your parents are lying to you about when your birthday really is (because the… Read more »
astrology can tell them when they were born – it is called rectifying – astrolab has a program calle jigsaw that does that very thing – give them 3 important dates in your chart and it will tell you when you were born. Some astrologers who are very gifted can even tell you what kind of friends you have by just reading your chart. I am an astrologer but it is a hobby not a profession, so I do not know half of what I could, but I find it fascinating and the posts above were just fun – loved… Read more »
Yes, professional astrologers do in fact do this all the time. It’s almost a litmus test. You haven’t heard about or tried it then? It’s kind of hard to enter into a debate with absolutely no exposure to the subject at any depth and come off as credible..
I’ve been doing full charts since the 1960s. They seem to be much more accurate than the Meyers-Briggs, say. Great hooks for intuition in any case.