It puts the lotion in the container for the lotion

It's pretty easy to get fixated on what sun sign you are, especially if you know that specific birthdate = specific sun sign. I'll say this a million times, but I’ve never identified with my sun sign much. When other people would talk about it, I could basically squint and see what they meant, but when I learned my rising sign and the fact that I have entirely too much Saturn/Capricorn energy, things started adding up. So knowing what energy you're truly working with beyond your sun sign can lead to some revelations. With that in mind, I want to talk about a few stereotypes just for fun.

Virgo vs. Pisces
Virgo loves a container, and cleanliness and orderliness. When they're stressed, they clean. When they're happy, they also clean. You can just see it on their faces: the sense of confidence and accomplishment that comes from having everything in its proper place. I can’t overstate their love for little containers for specific things. Also, last week, a Virgo walked by me with Windex and a towel in hand, telling me "I don't like the way the cleaner cleans the microwave so I'm re-doing it."

Pisces energy, on the other hand (is chaotic), will use containers to hold *stuff* and will clean things to their own standard, whatever that standard is. Like, a pencil case would be for whatever you can reasonably shove in there, not just pencils. It seems wild to the untrained eye, but often the Pisces energy owner will know exactly what's in the pile of papers and magazines and in what order (so touch the pile at your own risk). It just makes Virgo's eye twitch if they have to stare at it for too long. It would be fun in some respects to watch a Virgo-Pisces battle over organization, because it would be a battle that Virgo is always losing. (“Why are there STICKS OF GUM in the PENCIL CASE???!”)

I was talking to someone with Virgo energy who told me that they got frustrated with someone else's disorder in their car and cleaned it out for them. I said "I imagine a circuit frying in your head and you just taking over." Their silence told me I was correct. Then, two hours later, I got in their car and looked down: next to me was a little wicker basket full of golf balls (they're an avid golfer). And chaotic me thought about adding a second item to the basket, but I’m not a cruel person.

A Gemini who doesn't talk
A refresher: Mercury and Venus can't be far away from the sun in anyone's chart, because those two planets are closer to the sun than we are, so from our perspective, Mercury has to be within about 30 degrees of the sun, and Venus is 45. So a Gemini sun could reasonably have Mercury in Taurus, Gemini, or Cancer, but that's it. They could have Venus in Aries - Leo, but that's it.

But it's a little disconcerting to encounter a Gemini who's hanging back in a group discussion, and just sort of watching people. I know one who's notoriously reserved, which makes no sense until you find out that they have Mercury, the moon, and Saturn all in Taurus. Translation: they'll talk to you if and when they're good and comfortable. However, in my head, I think to myself "they're a fucking GEMINI. They've got to talk!" So I made it my personal mission to get them talking, which is a stop-start endeavor, and in every conversation we start over again. (I have a similar personal mission to befriend an aloof desk clerk at my gym. I go on friendship campaigns a lot, often targeting curmudgeons. I like a challenge, I guess?)

Sideways Aries
Another fun fact: if you’re NOT a Leo, check the traditional plantary ruler of your sun sign (traditional = Scorpio is Mars, Aquarius is Saturn, Pisces is Jupiter) by house and sign location for more info on how you’re going to behave. (If you are a Leo, the sun is in its own sign, so shine on, baby.) I know multiple Aries who do not come directly at you, which is Aries’ whole thing. Why? Partial answer: planets in Pisces, which is as indirect as it gets. Second partial answer: their Mars (ruler of Aries) is in a water sign, and Mars in water signs is indirect as shit. Now, don’t get me wrong, they still display Aries tendencies, but the methodology is sometimes bananas: “Just when they don’t expect it, WHAM!” Normally you know where you stand with the Mars-ruled, but put that Mars in a water sign and suddenly you’re doing mind puzzles. Another problem with Mars-in-water people is that by the time they show anger, they’re furious, where a regular Aries will just yell at you at the first perceived sleight and be done with it. Find that Mars and know what kind of Aries you're dealing with.

Not your average Cancer
I know a lot of Cancers who have their sun opposed by Neptune and therefore trine Pluto. These are people born in the 80s and 90s, when Pluto was in Scorpio and Neptune was in Capricorn. The sun-Neptune opposition can give them selfless qualities for days, and the Pluto trine makes them detective/psychologists. So to call these guys “Cancers” and leave it at that is unfair. These are a special sub series of Cancer suns, who will love their mom and need to be fed and snuggled appropriately, but will verbally eviscerate you if provoked OR give you the last of their money because they think you need it more than they do. They're very sweet and very spiky all at once.