VALENTINE'S DAY GUIDES FOR THE ZODIAC SIGNS

Flora for the Zodiac

The signs as various myths and legends surrounding the origin/creation of certain flowers (not the flowers directly associated with each zodiac sign).

ARIES // Amaryllis (Greek) – A love struck maiden longed for the handsome Alteo, but he was cold to her. In a desperate gesture, she pierced her heart with a golden arrow and walked to visit him every day. On the thirteenth day, beautiful scarlet flowers bloomed along the path from every drop of her blood. Alteo fell in love with her, and her heart was healed.

TAURUS // Rose (Greek) – Chloris, the goddess of flowers, found one of her beautiful nymphs dead in the woods. She cried, and turned body into a flower. She asked her husband Zephyr, the wind, to blow the clouds away so Apollo could shower her in sunlight. Dionysus added nectar for fragrance, and Aphrodite added pure beauty, then named it for her son, Eros, and hailed her the “Queen of Flowers”.

GEMINI // Foxglove (Celtic) – Foxgloves from “Folks Glove”, as in fairy folk. Fairies would hide in the bell blossoms and wear them as petticoats, caps and gloves. If you pluck the foxglove, it angered them and they may play tricks in revenge! Fairies would give the flowers to foxes so they wouldn’t get caught raiding chicken coupes. With the magic gloves on, they could steal eggs without making a sound.

CANCER // Pārijāta (Hindu) – Pārijāta was a princess who fell in love with the sun god, Surya. However, he left her for another. When he deserted her, the princess became hopeless and committed suicide. From her ashes grew a tree. Unable to stand the sight of the lover who broke her heart, the flowers only bloom at night under the eyes of the moon, and she sheds them like tear-drops before the sun rises.

LEO // Sunflower (Greek) – The nymph Clythia was in love with the God of the Sun, Apollo, but he shunned her and courted a princess. Jealous Clythia told the king who, furious at the princess, buried her alive. Saddened, Apollo went back to heavens without a word. She lay on the ground distraught for nine days, watching him, hoping for a single glance. Clythia wasted away and became a flower, whose petals still follow his chariot across the sky each day, waiting for forgiveness.

VIRGO // Aster (Greek) – When the god Jupiter decided to flood the earth to destroy the men constantly at war, the goddess Astraea was so upset she asked to be turned into a star. Her wish was granted, but when the flood waters receded she wept for the loss of lives. As her tears turned to stardust and fell to earth, the beautiful aster flower sprung wherever they landed.

LIBRA // Anemone (Greek) – Chloris, the goddess of flowers, was married to Zephyr, the god of the west wind. Zephyr fell in love with a beautiful nymph that served Chloris named Anemone. Jealous and angry, the goddess banished her to keep them apart, and Anemone died of a broken heart. Zephyr resurrected her as a flower. She withers every winter but returns every spring to greet Zephyr with open petals.

SCORPIO // Peony (Chinese) – Queen Wu was disheartened to see only winter jasmine in her garden. She wrote a poem to the goddess of flowers asking her to make everything bloom that night instead of waiting for spring. The next morning, all flowers flourished except the peony, which refused to bloom out of season. She was offended and banished it. Once gone, it bloomed beautifully. Furious, she ordered it to be burned – however the next year, the burnt peony grew back. With black petals.

SAGITTARIUS // Pa'u-o-Hi'iaka (Hawaiian) – When Hi'iaka, the goddess of island nature, was a baby her older sister, the Volcano goddess Pele, left her on the beach while she went fishing. Due to a storm, Pele was gone for a very long time. When she returned, she found flowering vines had grown over the baby to shield her from the sun. Hi'iaka now wears them as a skirt to protect her on adventures and in the forests.

CAPRICORN // Aconite (Greek) – As one of his twelve labors, the hero Hercules was sent to fetch the three-headed dog Cerberus from the underworld. With the help of Persephone, he was successful. The spittle of the beast dripped upon the rocky earth, and from it sprang the first aconite plant. The purple wolfsbane flowers are elegant, but it’s leaves and roots are deathly poisonous.

AQUARIUS // Iris (Greek) – The goddess Iris would bring messages to the gods across the sky, appearing to mortals as a rainbow. She acted as the link between the heavens and earth, where she left irises of many colors, the three upright petals symbolizing hope, valor, and wisdom. If purple Irises were planted over the graves of women, it would summon the Goddess, who would guide the dead in their journey.

PISCES // Water Lily (Brazilian) – When the moon goddess, Jaci, hid behind the mountains, she’d take beautiful girls with her and turn them into stars. Naiá, a girl who loved the goddess, dreamt of becoming a star, so she roamed the mountains every night. While resting by the lake, she saw the moon’s reflection, dove into the water and drowned. To reward Naiá for her sacrifice, Jaci turned her into a star different from all the others – the star of the waters.

Sadness expressions of the Zodiac Signs

Aries : Rage, impulsivity and failure to get worked up about the things they normally do, oppositional but with less verve and energy

Taurus : Isolation, binge eating and lethargy, a sense of ‘me against the world’, less patience, easier to enrage

Gemini : Silence, nerves, over thinking, easily distractible and seems ‘elsewhere’; they are fairly intolerable to sadness they tend to detach/dissociate from feelings after a short while

Cancer : Teariness, neediness, isolation, binge eating, crying after insignificant events, stomach aches, a feeling of separation from everyone around them

Leo : Obvious displays of stress, they become like a wound up string and as if they are on the brink of a nervous break down. Short tempered and needy (only around close friends/family) and become martyred

Virgo: Isolation, heightened compulsions (cleaning, washing hands more etc;), unresponsive in conversations, at time blunt and more oppositional Libra : General feeling of instability/moodiness, reduced urge to socialize/be with friends, hopelessness, a feeling of being disliked/rejected by everyone, you can sense them ‘trying’ to be happy and keep composed

Scorpio : Isolation, opposition, hostility and violent mood swings. Intense melancholy with at times delusions and paranoia. Thoughts even scary to them, a sense of ‘me against the world’.

Sagittarius : Lethargy, escapism (substance use etc;), uncharacteristically more serious and tense, less tolerance, feelings of worry when thinking into the future

Capricorn : Demotivation, lethargy, hopelessness, over thinking, they seem tense and ‘overly alert’, hyper vigilant, force themselves to ‘go through the motions’, nothing impresses them

Aquarius : Uneasy, harder to ‘reach’; as if they are far away. Silence, isolation, detachment, even though they try to appear happy. Distracted

Pisces : Teariness, anxiety, isolation, when they feel sadness they tend to feel ‘all at once’, nerves, obsessive/ruminating thinking, remembering everything bad that ever happened to them, crying over insignificant events

More Fun Zodiac Facts Here

THE SIGNS AS WIKI-HOW ARTICLES

Aries: How to clean your dishwasher with kool-aid

Taurus: How to accept that your computer is slow

Gemini: How to feel a guy's muscle without looking gay

Cancer: How to act shy so that people think you are cool and you will be the best

Leo: How to wake up from the American Dream

Virgo: How to take a shower smoothly

Libra: How to practice nudism in your room without anyone knowing

Scorpio: How to become a civil war corpse

Sagittarius: How to win an argument when you know you are wrong

Capricorn: How to be inspired by Michelle Obama

Aquarius: How to overthrow the patriarchy

Pisces: How to overcome anxiety naturally with foods

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types of magic the signs use as wizards

Aries: Metamorphosis

Taurus: Nature healing magic

Gemini: Illusion

Cancer: Healing waters and potions

Leo: Fire magic

Virgo: Telekinesis

Libra: Karma magic

Scorpio: Blood magic

Sagittarius: Fireballs

Capricorn: Invisibility

Aquarius: Speed of light

Pisces: Frost magic

The Signs + Nightmares

Aries: Being told by different people that they love that they don't matter.

Taurus: Being chased in a white room by something dark and ominous.

Gemini: Seeing the people they love be hurt and having to try and rescue them somehow.

Cancer: Trying to reach someone who's calling for them but they can't move their legs.

Leo: Just loud noises and dark colors with no sense or reason.

Virgo: Being trapped underwater and drowning very slow.

Libra: The classic naked-on-stage dream.

Scorpio: Being murdered brutally and waking up once they die.

Sagittarius: Being trapped inside of a house of mirrors with no way out.

Capricorn: A normal dream but they realize that they're dreaming and can't wake up.

Aquarius: There is a monster breathing down their back but whenever they turn around it's gone.

Pisces: Their best friend is missing.

THE SIGNS AS BONES CHARACTERS

Temperance "Bones" Brennan: Virgo

Agent Seeley Booth: Leo

Jack Hodgins: Taurus

Zack Addy: Gemini

Angela Montenegro: Aquarius

Daniel Goodman: Capricorn

the signs as different smells

aries: burning butter

taurus: pineapples

gemini: fruit loops

cancer: rain

leo: coffee

virgo: salty ocean breeze

libra: fresh laundry

scorpio: hot soup

sagittarius: orange juice

capricorn: sunblock

aquarius: lavender

pisces: jasmine

earthling v alien

earthling: libra, leo, aries, capricorn, cancer, scorpio, gemini

alien: aquarius, pisces, sagittarius, taurus, virgo

THE SIGNS AS BONES CHARACTERS

Temperance "Bones" Brennan: Virgo

Agent Seeley Booth: Leo

Jack Hodgins: Aquarius

Zack Addy: Cancer

Angela Montenegro: Libra

Daniel Goodman: Capricorn

Lance Sweets: Gemini

Cam Saroyan: Capricorn

Caroline Julian: Taurus

Daisy Wick: Pisces

Finn Abernathy: Scorpio