We are all mush inside! We all carry, dwell on, and nurse private fears and anxieties.
Many of these are generated by our own nature, our past, our actions, our circumstances… but perhaps there are some that are linked to our star sign and therefore we share automatically with others from our birth month.
From egalitarian Libra’s worries about decision-making to independent Aquarius steering clear of commitment, a person’s astrological profile can reveal a lot about their inner feelings.
So, read on to find your sign’s greatest fear and, importantly, learn how to address and face it in life.
Aries
Greatest fear: Being found out
You are noisy, bold, confident, and ambitious outwardly. Everyone would say you were a secure and action-orientated person, not afraid of anything or anyone.
Little do they know! All Aries people have a deep inner insecurity, a lurking ‘imposter syndrome’ which whispers to them that they’re not good enough, going to be exposed, and others will realise it was all a show.
Don’t let success go to your head nor failure to your heart, Aries. Take everything on as level-headedly as possible and see the setbacks as valuable experience, and the wins as validation of a good choice.
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Taurus
Greatest fear: Not having security
You are rooted and fixated on your sense of security. You need to feel grounded, safe, covered, backed up, and with excess or surplus resources to spare.
You have tendencies to hoard, scrimp, save, hide, and covet possessions and material wealth. You don’t feel right unless you have surety and certainty for all outcomes.
Don’t put pressure on yourself to have all the answers, do it right first time, or be in control at all times. Take baby leaps. Test your resilience. Take risks. Prove to yourself that if you make a bad choice, doesn’t matter because you can make another one!
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Gemini
Greatest fear: Being trapped
Freedom and independence are your lifeblood. You cannot stand being told what to do, or think, or how to do it.
You don’t like rules, boundaries, constrictions or hierarchies. You want new open road, lots of space, freedom of thinking, and room to move mentally, emotionally, and physically.
This fear of being trapped or thwarted or controlled can make you overly rebellious, aloof, and isolated. People are not the enemy.
Learn to express this fear, talk about it, set boundaries early on, and temper your need for space with your equal need for affection and connection. It’s a balancing act. Learn to do it.
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Cancer
Greatest fear: Rejection
Cancerians are lovers, not fighters. Relationships are your catnip and rule your world. You are a wonderful family member, partner, friend, colleague and neighbour.
You get people and engage at a deeper, empathetic level than most. That’s why, when things go awry, it’s all the more hurtful. Your investment was heartfelt. The rejection hurts deeper than it should and, once experienced, it can make you distrustful and fearful of loving, giving, or trusting that deeply again.
Be cautious, listen to your gut instincts, don’t make excuses for others if there are red flags. Learn to see the signs earlier and withdraw (even if just a little, or temporarily). Learn to protect yourself whilst getting to know people. When you know them well you can go all in.
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Leo
Greatest fear: Making a bad impression
Performance, impressiveness, and charisma are all very important to you. Shining brightly and being admired is your end game in all interactions. You don’t like to be ignored, dismissed, or disapproved of.
You, basically, love to be loved. It makes you popular, successful, and influential… but it also leaves you with a secret fear of not making that good impression and this can make you watchful, jealous, needy and pressurised.
Accept that you won’t always hit the mark, give yourself a 80% score target – and just forget that 20% that misfired. Doesn’t matter. They just weren’t your people.
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Virgo
Greatest fear: Getting it wrong
Your practical, perceptive, super smart nature leads you into the territory of believing you know best (it’s true, you usually do) and being (dare I say) a little pedantic.
You get terribly hung up on details and on being right. You fact check everything, correct people, and are very hard on yourself when you make, inevitable, mistakes. You overthink and worry enormously about the times you get things wrong. You load on the self recriminations.
Virgo. No one is watching, no one cares, no one remembers. Everyone is busy focusing on their own mistakes and experiences. Deconstruct this spotlight syndrome. Acknowledge mistakes and move on fast.
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Libra
Greatest fear: Being forced into a decision
You have an objective, analytical, sharp and forensic mind and it thoroughly enjoys puzzles, complex issues, meaty themes, and problematic situations. You enjoy dissecting the facts, researching the options, weighing up the pros and cons, and then coming to a conclusion… in your own time.
Being pushed, hurried, pressured, or urged to speed up is a great fear and problem for you. The thinking process takes as long as it takes and you will go to enormous lengths to carve space for it, to the frustration of others.
Break your big decisions down into smaller ones. Take the pressure off. Force momentum by tackling things in bite-size chunks (and keep people off your back).
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Scorpio
Greatest fear: Having your secret(s) exposed
Scorpios are secretive. Fact.
You do not enjoy the spotlight being focused on you (although you’re happy to aim it at others, in fact you enjoy finding out all the tea about people you know). The thought of people knowing your business, judging it, discussing it, and coming to false or misrepresented conclusions actually makes you feel queasy. It’s a real fear.
Realise, and come to terms with the fact, that we all talk about each other, we’re social animals and this is human nature. It’s not that personal, it’s just gossip and talk.
Don’t put up your barriers so high that real, genuine, good people can’t get in. Don’t block everyone. Accept that people are nosey, interested, and want to know you. Get over it!
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Sagittarius
Greatest fear: Getting stuck
Sagittarians (a little like Geminis and Aquarians) have a deep-seated fear of being controlled, trapped, or thwarted by another’s power or an authority that they can’t fight back against.
You need open space, freedom, and permission to be yourself authentically and in whatever direction you fancy! This can make you non-committal, restless, dismissive, and irresponsible (at worst) as you fail to show up, lean in, or commit.
Learn to separate genuine long-term objectives and projects which demand sustained attention and presence from the traps and snares of bad habits, stagnant ground or toxic relationships. Don’t see every long-term or demanding role as a negative. You’re missing out on fulfilling your full potential.
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Capricorn
Greatest fear: Failure
Everything with Capricorns is about achievement, success, winning, gaining ground, seeking rewards, and being recognised as the best, the hardest working, the most sound and shrewd.
Enormous parts of your self esteem are based on your standing, and regard, with others. It can make you super sensitive and extremely worried about any slips, mistakes, failures or setbacks. It creates pressure.
Live and learn, Cap. See failure as a lesson and one you can take on board better than anyone- assessing your mistake, taking a life lesson, atoning if needed, and moving on to fix or overcome it. Make failure your new friend and show everyone how it’s best handled.
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Aquarius
Greatest fear: Losing autonomy
You are fixated on freedom, independent thinking, being able to react spontaneously and unpredictably.
It’s your strength to be honest, but it does mean you don’t like having to check in, ask permission, or feel indebted to someone or something else. You just want to live on your own terms and any intrusion into that space makes you feel scared, unsettled, and disgruntled.
Learning to live with others, respect their needs, compromise, come to agreements, and find a middle way are all on your life lesson agenda. It just takes practice.
There’s no escape here unless you want to live alone on an island… maybe you do! Better to come to a compromise sooner than have to apologise and backtrack later.
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Pisces
Greatest fear: Not being loved
Pisceans invest heavily in their relationships and give everything to those they truly treasure. You therefore open your heart to more damage or unfair treatment than most – it’s the price you pay for the depth and intensity of the genuine relationships you lean on and enjoy.
Stop worrying about what might happen. Don’t reopen old wounds, let them heal over. Don’t bring baggage from past traumas into new relationships. You will have to learn to find a balance of give and take in your relationships, of not being taken advantage of whilst still giving what you wish to.
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You deserve the best people. Set yourself that standard in terms of who you focus on! Only the best!
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