There’s something to be said for the way the stars aligned when you were born. It can provide a blueprint for your personality type and what you’re drawn to in relationships. Here’s how your zodiac sign can set the tone for your love language and what you want and need most in a partner and a happy relationship.
1. Aries: Plenty of Excitement and Affection
Aries is passionate, impulsive, and headstrong. If you’re an Aries, you’ll need a partner who’s capable of keeping up with you and your thirst for life. Impulsive and action-oriented, you’re drawn to someone who is not afraid to take risks and who’s ready to go somewhere at a moment’s notice. You’re a no-BS kind of person and expect that same energy from your partner as well. So they will need to be fun, loyal, honest, and give you lots of love and attention.
2. Taurus: A Grounded Stable Love
Taurus loves creature comforts and thrives on structure and stability. They tend to be homebodies, and they will work hard so they can enjoy the finer things in life, like great food, fancy clothes, beautiful art, and home decor. A Taurean appreciates nothing more than being able to relax with their S.O. Their partner needs to be dependable, nurturing, and loyal. Your love language falls under the category “acts of service, ” so you want someone who knows how to make a home out of a house and will greet you after a long day with a delicious home-cooked meal.
3. Gemini: Lots of Socializing and Conversation
Geminis need a social partner who likes to have fun and indulge in fast, exciting conversations. You also need someone who will go home and gossip with you after social gatherings. A Geminis doesn’t want to be too tired down, so you’ll need to let them have their freedom and also be completely transparent. They want honesty and adventure in equal measure.
4. Cancer: A Deep Emotional Bond
Cancer is one of the most sensitive and emotional signs of the zodiac, so they need a partner who can make them feel heard and secure. They need someone who will not hurt their feelings, accept their moods, and honor their deep feelings. A Cancer feels happiest and most secure at home, so you might also need to be a bit of a homebody.
5. Leo: A Confident Hype-Man
Leos are dynamic creatures – ambitious, powerful, and equal parts confident and insecure. If you’re a Leo, you’ll need a partner who is the ultimate hype man and also knows how to have fun. You can’t be held back, so your other half has to be someone who supports your ambitions and dotes on you while also allowing you to fly free.
6. Virgo: Someone Perfect and Committed
Virgo needs a partner who loves them unconditionally and wants to create the perfect future. Virgos are perfectionists and hyper-critical, especially of themselves and their partners. If you’re a Virgo, you need an S.O. that reminds you you’re loved and accepted no matter what. As meticulous planners, you need to feel secure in your future together, and once you do, you want a ride-or-die by your side.
7. Libra: A Gentle Compassionate Mate
Libras are attracted to people who share the same values. They love beautiful things and rich experiences, and you will need to be able to hold a thoughtful, compelling, one-on-one conversation with them. If you’re a Libra, you’ll need someone who is kind, compassionate, and attentive. You don’t love the spotlight, but you need to be seen. Libras are very gentle and loving partners, and they need a relationship that feels harmonious and balanced.
8. Scorpio: Intensity and Lots of Passion
Scorpios are touchy – they need someone who can handle their intensity but won’t bring the drama. A Scorpio’s lover needs to know how to walk a fine line and allow them to be a little mysterious and secretive. If you’re a Scorpio, you need a partner who knows when to give you the passion and fieriness you crave but knows how and when to give you space to cool off.
9. Sagittarius: Adventure and Freedom
Sagittarius need plenty of freedom and adventure to soothe their restless souls. They can take an unconventional and a little non-committal approach to love and relationships and need a partner that won’t limit them or hold them back. If you’re a Sagittarius, you need a partner who will travel with you and also allow you to embark on plenty of solo trips.
10. Capricorn: Reliability and Goal-Oriented
Capricorns are serious about their careers and emotions, and relationships can play second fiddle to this. They prefer to play the field until they’re established in their careers and feel secure enough to support their partner. They value respect, reliability, and partners who have their own dreams and goals. If you’re a Capricorn, you need a partner who is loyal, dependable, and focused; you can’t handle someone who’s flakey or wishy-washy.
11. Aquarius: Playful and Intellectual
A strong mental connection and a love of trying new things are top priorities for an Aquarian’s partner. Aquarius love sharing their knowledge and unconventional ideas and need an S.O. who can spar with them intellectually. If you’re an Aquarius, you’re most likely pretty quirky and need a partner who will celebrate your weirdness and give you space to innovate and dream up big ideas.
12. Pisces: A Fellow Hopeless Romantic
Pisces are sensitive, emotional, and deeply romantic. They need a partner who gives them the freedom to be themselves and allows them to drift off into their dreamy imagination. They’re highly creative, and trying to control one just won’t work. If you’re a Pisces, you’ll want someone who supports your wildest dreams and gives you plenty of love, attention, and affection. Hollywood rom-com style.