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4 Zodiacs Who Need To Learn About Themselves Before They Can Find Love

SAGITTARIUS

It’s time to stop labeling Sagittarius as the sign that doesn’t want to get tied down. They have huge golden retriever energy and would love a committed partner to go on adventures with. Their real struggle is that they often can’t figure out what they want and must first clearly lay out for themselves what they don’t want. That phrase, “tied down,” represents conforming and settling for a norm that is everything but fulfilling. Sagittarius often feels like their wandering is really a searching for a something they can’t quantify or describe, but that they know in their heart to exist. It’s a “I’ll know it when I see it” kind of feeling, but it’s less about being in the right place at the right time and more about spending that time looking themselves in the mirror and addressing deeper seated issues. A partner will not fix everything at the wave of a magic wand.

VIRGO

Virgo can critique everyone under the sun and weigh in on everyone else’s love life or relationship problems, but when it comes to their own happiness, it’s the one area of their lives they don’t apply an exorbitant amount of time and attention. A perfectly organized spice rack? Necessary. Manicured resumé? Essential. Curated phone apps by type and usage? Almost as important as breathing. But a Virgo putting themselves out there, or even admitting out loud they want love in their lives? Too embarrassing. Trying too hard. Cheesy. Unrealistic. And on and on until the end of the earth and self-sabotage as we know it. Until a Virgo can admit their own wants and needs to themselves, they’ll never be able to communicate them to a partner. And that’s just table stakes in romance. It’s a shame they take the advanced, gifted, or accelerated path in every other subject matter.

LEO

Leos just here to go with the flow. They want to be paired up when their friends are so they can double date, but as soon as those relationships fizzle out, they need to be single to not miss any of the fun. In short, a Leo is more concerned with fitting in and participating in what others are doing than building a relationship that fits their own wants and needs. Until they really spend some time alone with themselves, and put on some blinders, they’ll never really formulate their own opinions or interests. They’ll never go to a different bar than the regular happy hour hangout. They’ll never choose their own vacation destination. Never read a book that wasn’t chosen by their book club. Without a personality of their own to stand on, whatever chemistry they think they’ve found will merely be based on platitudes and pleasantries. Loving dogs and tacos does not a soulmate make.

PISCES

Pisces just has too much to process. There are a million thoughts and emotions going through their brains at full speed, non-stop, 24/7. Even their dreams are supercharged. It’s an overwhelming overload, and it can honestly get in the way of connecting with another human being in a romantic way. It’s hard to share an experience with someone when you don’t have a full grasp on it yourself. They need that alone time, the journaling, the hours staring off into space pondering life’s deepest mysteries in order to carve out their own world view. Only then can they invite someone to join them there and experience their perspective. They are the one sign who understands how necessary this process is for self-actualization and fulfillment. They’re not rushing to find a partner when they know they’re supposed to be finding themselves.