How Your Body Reacts When You're Overly Stressed Out, According To Your Zodiac Sign
Stress can sneak up on you.
What stresses you out most? Stress happens to every person on the planet, and what you consider stressful involves unique characteristics you were born with found in your zodiac sign.
Not only that, some planetary energy shifts may impact how you respond to stress on any given day, at least, that's what astrology says.
It's a given, stressful situations are never planned but just inevitable in life. Overwhelm can happen at work: your boss assigns you a project, then another one, then another one. Oh, also could you write up all those reports by tomorrow? One hundred percent a stress starter.
It can happen at home: You're working on some home improvement on the bathroom when all of the sudden a pipe burst. The bathroom floods and you are standing in a man-made lake in your own house. Stress sandwich right there. You won't know when it strikes. You only know that it's coming.
It can happen in relationships: perhaps you and your beau have an anniversary coming up. You mark the day but it somehow slips your mind. When you get home and walk into a candlelit dinner and a beautifully wrapped present your heart drops. You forgot to even get a card. Stress city, population one.
Yes, we would all love to be as calm as Buddha for the rest of our lives but life is just not that easy. The curve balls we all get thrown every day is not something that can always be dodged.
Some people look to their horoscope, zodiac sign or ancient astrology to understand why their relationship has problems, so why not when you experience stress? If your zodiac sign and traits change with the flux of planet movement, wouldn't that impact any other situation or human relationship? Yes.
When we get stressed out we change in a way. Some of our worst qualities can be highlighted and magnified. We may even act completely different for a few days because of it.
There are ways that are more recommendable to treat stress than others. But that doesn't mean it's easy to think with a clear head and implement them. Every person has a different reaction to stress or anxiety. There are some negative characteristics when it comes to stress that we want to ignore.
Looking into astrology and your horoscope can help determine what signs you may choose to overlook when you are stressed the F out. Check out the list below to see what exactly your sign may be ignoring.
ARIES (March 21- April 19)
An Aries will get stressed out and get moody. They try to ignore the inevitable mood swings that happen. But it's hard to ignore when they are happy at breakfast but by the time they finish their eggs they are just plain angry.
They a yo-yo of emotions when they feel a lot of stress and it is hard to keep up. Pretty soon they will have to realize that they need to get a handle on their stress if they want to remain sane. The yo-yo will need to get the string cut.
TAURUS (April 20- May 20)
A Taurus can handle stress by being very uncompromising. They are always a bit stubborn but they will become almost unbearable when very stressed. They will not be faltered. It doesn't matter if every fact and bit of evidence points to them being wrong they are insistent on the fact that they are in the right.
The need for that validation can be tiring. They try their very best to ignore it. A Taurus will need to be conscious of this because being a stubborn bull just to be stubborn is not always a good look.
GEMINI (May 21- June 20)
A Gemini will become very nervous when they get to a stressed out breaking point. The nervous energy they feel overtakes their mind. Instead of being their normal selves they become very fearful.
This feeling of nervousness they feel when stressed definitely begins to take a toll on them. A Gemini will need to try to not ignore their nervous gut feelings. Instead, they should face them head on and know they are just a mere side effect from being stressed out.
CANCER (June 21- July 22)
A Cancer will become increasingly sensitive when stressed out. Anything that maybe didn't bother them before now will set them into a tailspin of hurt emotions. A small joke at their expense will seem like a personal and vindictive jab.
They try their best to not let this sensitivity get to them. But pretending it's not there does not help after a while. A Cancer should remember that when stressed our emotions aren't always the most reasonable.
LEO (July 23- August 22)
A Leo will become lethargic and a bit of a couch potato when stressed out. When they are overwhelmed they will shirk their responsibilities. If anything was time sensitive they no longer care.
They need to decompress and to do that they hide away in their blankets. A Leo will need to not overlook this quality. When stressed its okay to take a breather. But not if the breather is 24 hours a day.
VIRGO (August 23- September 22)
A Virgo will be hypercritical if they have reached their limit stress-wise. They may not even notice it at first but their analytical behavior is magnified. Everyone is doing everything wrong in their book. Mistakes to them are highlighted.
They are vocal with their criticism. A Virgo will need to eventually realize what they are doing. Being that hypercritical will become a little too much for other people.
LIBRA (September 23- October 22)
A Libra will fall into the bad habit of the self-pity rollercoaster when they are stressed and become depressed. They are the victim in an intense soap opera of their own life. And they let everyone know it. They will talk more and more about their problems and blame the world.
If they ignore this quality for too long it can be bad. Everyone will want to change the channel of that soap opera.
SCORPIO (October 23- November 21)
When stressed out a Scorpio will be a bit explosive. It may take a bit of time but eventually, they will burst like a like a balloon with too much air in it. They become so irritable that they always seem to be a ticking time bomb when they are that stressed.
They can ignore their unruly temper and high heart rate, but it is not a good idea. A Scorpio should ask for help instead. Handling the stress on their own is not a good idea in the least.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22- December 21)
A Sagittarius will become impatient when they are stressed out. Their optimistic and free-spirited nature is altered. Instead of taking life as it comes each day they feel like everything that happens is an inconvenience.
Traffic, long lines, waiting on a call will send them into a tailspin of impatience. They try their best to ignore it but eventually they need to face the facts. Their impatience needs to end if they want to end their stress.
CAPRICORN (December 22- January 19)
A Capricorn is normally prepared. But when stressed out they feel like they can't be, because they expect the worst. It's an automatic reaction to them when they get to that stress point. Every situation is already a loss and bad when they are in that mode.
Nothing is positive and they can feel like its meaningless. It's important for a Capricorn to recognize this if they want to snap out of that cycle. Bad things will happen whether we expect it or not. So might as well just roll with the punches as they come.
AQUARIUS (January 20- February 18)
An Aquarius will run as fast as they can when they are stressed. Away from their emotions that is. If they could physically extract them and put them in a box they would. In their head, they ignore any emotion that is too much for them to handle.
When they feel that way everything is just a lot of them. They are pros at ignoring feelings and don't see a problem with it. They will eventually need to if they want to clear all that stress away.
PISCES (February 19- March 20)
A Pisces chooses to handle stress through indulgence. A whole box of donuts or an extensive online shopping bout for purses seems to be the cure right? Nope, wrong. And it's even worse if their stress binging involves things like alcohol or caffeine, which can be dangerous.
A Pisces needs to be conscious of those habits if they want to be able to overcome their stress. If they don't their bank account will go down and their sugar level probably up (too many donuts may not seem like it but eventually they are a bad idea).
Molly Given is a writer and lover of all things to do with mystery and magic in life. When she's not writing her fingers off she can be found planning her next adventure in a new part of the world.