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Stef Schwartz recently asked on twitter if she is the only Scorpio on the Autostraddle staff (she’s not). This tweet gave birth to this very Autostraddle Plus post where we share with you, our devoted A+ family, all of our signs. I only knew a few people’s signs before we started, but now that this list is complete, I realize how much it explains… everything.

We all know you’ve been wondering what signs all your Autostraddle favorites are. Maybe you want to see how compatible you are with us? Maybe you want to see how compatible we are with each other? Nah, you’re cool, that’s creeper stuff! (No, actually, if you ship me with anyone else on the team please let me know. You know, what the heck, actually please send me all your Autostraddle Staff ships and fanfic).

Without any further ado, here’s a breakdown of the Autostraddle staff by sign. Everyone’s chosen a photo they feel represents them at their Most Zodiac.

Fire Signs

Mey, Trans Editor/Bruja/Me: Sagittarius, Aquarius Rising, Venus in Scorpio

It took me a long time to embrace my sign, but when I started getting into witchy stuff, I realized how perfect it was for me. I’m an optimist, a charmer, I love adventures and showing people how amazing the world is, I’m bad with money, I’m often irresponsible, but usually fun. And having my Venus in Scorpio is maybe the thing that makes the most sense in the history of my life? When I fall in love (romantically or platonically) I fall head over heels, I get jealous and needy and emotional and always, always, always on fire. Basically I’m these signs to a T. I love being a Sagittarius, a lot of my favorite people are Sagittarians, and I can’t even remember what it felt like to not strongly identify with my sign. I also need to give a special shout out to Cecelia, one of the loves of my life, and a fellow Sagittarian, who has taught me so much about astrology and my sign and how to love being a Sagittarius.

Carmen, Straddleverse Director/Feminism Editor/#SelfSabotageSummer Role Model: A Motherf*cking Leo

I remember when I was a kid I was obsessed with astrology, and especially with my sign, and my mom bought me a book about Leos and I read it cover-to-cover and closed it and thought “that’s who I wanna be when I grow up.” Smart! Passionate! Broken inside and too proud to show it! Irresistible! Unique! Seen! The envy of all other human beings! A show-stopper! No, actually: A show-stealer! Self-aware to a point where it becomes debilitating! So good at projecting overconfidence that nobody picks up on the bit! (To that younger me, I have but one thing to say: That’s who you became when you grew up.)

Honestly, the biggest regret I have in this life is that I’m not a Leo three times, so I just ignore my moon and rising signs as self-care because I don’t believe in them as deeply. I identify very much so with being a Leo, and only have more and more as I’ve come into myself over the years. The more I follow my Leo desires, the happier I am. I like absolutely running shit and showing up everyone else and, unrelated but related, talking about myself, and that makes me good at my job and that makes me happy. I like being inspired by the people I’m surrounded by so now I sometimes look around and realize my crew is a ragtag group of successful, creative, amazing misfits and that makes me happy. I like being the star of my own fucking reality show so I keep everyone else’s secrets and tell mine instead and make scenes and spill tea and that makes me happy. I’ve tried the alternatives, y’know. I’ve tried keeping quiet, laying low, being invisible, fitting into a cookie cutter someone else put on me, and I was bad at that shit. But I’m really good at acting like a celebrity in public and being better than everyone else, so.

Also, fun story: Someone once called me when they figured out there was a “thirteenth sign” to tell me I was no longer a Leo, I was a Cancer, and I sobbed in public.

Maddie, Staff Writer/Tender & Kind Award Winner: Aries, Virgo Rising, Capricorn Moon

I live in West Philly where, if you want to follow ~60% of conversations, you at least need to know your sun and rising signs. So I finally looked up my whole chart, which is now bookmarked in my “being a person” folder right between “10 Epic Hiking Spots in PA” and “9 Steps for coming out to your healthcare provider.” I’m pretty into being a Virgo rising, my Capricorn moon is extremely accurate, and I’m finally leaning into being an Aries despite a lifelong inability to connect with most Aries stuff. Plus, whenever I read Chani I usually cry a little bit.

Rachel, Managing Editor/Most Accomplished Witch of Her Age: Leo, Virgo Rising, Libra Moon, Venus in Cancer

I don’t think I’m very Leo-ish — I get uncomfortable with attention and I don’t think anyone has ever described me as lighting up a room, which is fine with me. It’s true that I am pretty loyal and passionate, I guess, and also the golden lion filter on Snapchat (which I think of as the Leo filter) looks great on me. On the days when I believe in astrology I tell myself my sun sign is balanced out by having Virgo rising, and that the combination of the two means I channel passion and (constructive) bossiness into my work rather than social interaction, and that a Leo’s classic desire to be center of attention translates into my desire to be recognized for my work and getting acknowledged for all the nitpicky and arguably unnecessary Virgo-ish planning and organization I do. I don’t really know what Venus in Cancer means but I assume it is the reason that I, like Maddie, cry when I read Chani.

Ashley, Staff Writer/I Just Met Her, But I Already Like Her and Her Twitter: I’m a Sagittarius, Scorpio Rising, Aries Moon, Venus in Sagittarius––it’s a mess!

I can’t say that I’ve fully embraced my sign. I am definitely an imperfect, impulsive, grudge-holding, crush-obsessed combination of my natal chart’s key traits, but I mostly focus on wrangling all of these fire signs so I don’t destroy everything in my path. My Scorpio Ascendant provides some relief from the constant need to DO something, but as any Scorpio knows, it can also my Fire signs burn brighter.

Yvonne, Senior Editor/La Reina/Winner: Best Lipstick: Sagittarius, Capricorn Rising, Scorpio Moon, Venus in Capricorn

When I was 12, my gifted and talented teacher made us do a project all about ourselves and that’s when I learned a lot of cool things about myself. I figured out that I was a Sagittarius and that my name Yvonne meant “archer.” And my mind was blown, y’all. (Actually, I’m still amazed by this fact.) I was like it was written in the stars, I was born to be Yvonne and be fucking awesome. I always felt connected to my astrological sign and thought it was so me: adventurous, intellectual, independent, philosophical. But as I grew older and read different horoscopes, I felt sort of like a weird ass Sagittarius — like the exception to the rule or something. I didn’t feel fiery or spontaneous or reckless. It wasn’t till I was talking to Cecelia at the airport waiting to go up a mountain that I realized there’s more to my astrological chart that can explain why I didn’t feel like a model Sagittarius! I recently looked up my astrological chart and things are starting to make sense — like my Capricorn rising. I didn’t realize how much Capricorn I have in me but it’s true! I’m super ambitious, determined and practical. I’m still learning how this works in conjunction with my Sun sign but I can say for certain I contain multitudes and I’m excited to discover more about myself through astrology.

Heather, Senior Editor/Literal Human Angel/Greatest Person on Earth/I Love Her: Sagittarius, Hufflepuff rising

I don’t really identify with my sign. From everything I’ve read, Sagittariuses are impulsive extroverts who love change and engage in generally fiery behavior with other generally fiery people. That is sort of the opposite of my thing, which is calmness and quietness a having a few intimate relationships (preferably that I can engage in one-on-one or in very small groups). I like stability and I like commitment and I like sitting still and just thinking a lot. Probably the thing that scares me most about being a Sagittarius is the thought of other Sagittariuses going like, “ONE OF US! ONE OF US!” and dragging me off into the night for some kind of seven-day rager in the woods where everyone talks the whole time and even maybe fights a little bit about a sensitive topic and some feelings get hurt and there’s dancing and no one sleeps and the music is loud and there’s no ice for my water. Or like maybe not even any clean water at all because no one planned for it! And when the raging Sagittariuses do sleep, they pile up like some kittens, right on top of each other, and they start talking just as soon as they wake up. I do relate to many of the common Sagittarius weaknesses Google lists for me, and realizing I am those things has made me more mindful of them and has also encouraged me to try to stop it! The real whole piercing truth of who I am is an INFJ Hufflepuff. (Except for with Mey. Mey brings out the Sagittarius in me.)

Cecelia, Staff Writer/My Witchbride/Amazing Singer/Queer Femme Idol/Brilliant Shining Star of the Universe:

Here’s the thing: all of my planets are in Sagittarius. We’re talking Sun, Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury, the whole enchilada. Everything Heather just described? Yeah, I’m that specific nightmare. (But I would never kidnap you, Heather, and I will do my best to make sure other fellow-Sagittarius-folk express our admiration for you from a respectful distance and quietly after 10pm). It definitely feels like a gift and a curse to be this Sagittarius-packed. On the one hand, it gives me the power to be an archetypical shooting star in someone’s life, like a spark of inspiration that lights someone up for just a moment, leaving them with a hopeful revelation or newfound faith in the world. But the manic-pixie-dream-Sagittarius thing gets old, and I’m jealous of earth signs and water signs for having skills that I don’t, like being able to simply chill and enjoy something stable and emotionally fulfilling. This is why I’m so into Taurus right now, because they’re teaching me the skills I lack the most, like commitment and follow-through. Some people call these skills “boring,” but I call them “very necessary if you want to contribute to society, so thank you for leading the way by example, Taurus.” Also shoutout to my Capricorn rising for helping me get serious about being serious.

Earth Signs

Cee, Technical Director/Possibly From the Future??: Capricorn Sun, Capricorn Moon, Capricorn Rising, Sagittarius Mercury, Scorpio Venus, Capricorn Mars (the rest don’t really matter right?)

I’ve got a hell of a lot of Capricorn in my chart and it looks weird because everything’s all squished up in the top left corner. The description of me on that site is extremely accurate.

Laura M., Staff Writer/Always Makes Me Smile (Or Cry if She’s Doing the Staff Reading): Capricorn.

I don’t know what that means! Is that on brand for Capricorns? Are other people interacting with me through the lens of me being a Capricorn? Would I relate to being my sign if I knew what it meant? I do not know.

Nikki, Intern/Hardest Worker Under the Sun Taurus Sun, Aquarius Rising, Leo Moon

I think my title says it all. I for sure identify with my Taurus sign. I’m hardworking, dependable, people can count on me. I used to have a hard time accepting the ways of the Taurus. I always thought it sounded so boring. I have come to terms with it! I’m the one people can count on when they need it and nothing makes me happier. Also, I know the bad wrap Taurus gets from material possessions but I’m here to say: I JUST LIKE THINGS TO LOOK NICE. It doesn’t have to be like 1 million dollars I just want the colors to go together and I want to sit and look at it while I eat a slice of pie. And then nap after all my work is done. Is that wrong? NO. It’s not.

Maree, Staff Writer/Empress of Antarctica: Taurus, Sagittarius Rising, Leo Moon

I’ve always mostly identified with my sign, especially since people I’ve just met have often said, “Yeah DUH” after I’ve told them I’m a Taurus. (Essentially I think that means I’m loud and stubborn?) Also the stereotype of Taruses is that we are materialistic and love basking in the lap of luxury, and I will freely admit that I would choose nice shoes and a fancy bath and a glass of champagne over, like, camping any day.

Bren, Editorial Assistant/Queen of My Heart: Virgo

I mean I’m a Virgo, but I have no idea what that is supposed to mean about me or anything. And I don’t know what my sun or my moon is or what’s rising or falling. Basically, I’m pretty stupid about this stuff.

Carrie, Staff Writer/Look At That Face/I Think She’s Hiding Something Because She’s Too Darn Delightful: Virgo Sun, Leo Rising, Libra Moon

I was supposed to be a Scorpio, then decided to get a two-month head start AND arrive precisely at 4:44 AM, both of which are Peak Virgo moves. It’s impossible for me to imagine being any other sign. I feel like we get a bad rap, but the thing I love about Virgos is also the part I identify with most: our unquenchable desire to help other people. I’m constantly asking myself how I can do the most good and striving to act accordingly. My favorite feelings are productivity and being of service. I make my bed every single day. Peak. Virgo.

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Carolyn, NSFW Editor/2 Cool 2 Sexy: Virgo sun, Virgo rising, Leo moon

I always felt vaguely embarrassed about being a Virgo, because we’re just the clean ones, right? I’m not that clean — I spent three hours scrubbing the bathroom grout this morning but a truly clean person wouldn’t have let it get like that in the first place. Like Carrie I make my bed every day but if you don’t use hospital corners does it really count? Also ugh, “the virgin,” really? (My Venus is in Leo.) The dialogue around having a Virgo sun sign also never totally fit, until I learned about the rest of my astrological chart which is weirdly specific and accurate (down to things like “she will certainly marry a foreigner, or go to live abroad permanently and set up home there,” which I did) and now I’m into it. I am exacting, thorough, self-effacing, (I want to put “intelligent” here but see previous), shy, mostly only content when I have either a lot of work or a project on which to focus and also I just want to feel useful all the time.

Regarding my moon in Leo, at first I thought “ugh really?” and then I looked at the proportion of my wardrobe that’s bodysuits and mesh and gold glitter (Venus in Leo strikes again) and also at how I will only show undignified emotions in private and don’t mind being the centre of attention but also only in private and am very bossy (until I’m not) and, um, maybe it fits.

Crystal, HR Director/My Favorite Quiet Person/Best Thing About Australia: Capricorn or maybe Aquarius

I’m not sure whether I should be embarrassed to admit that I know very little about astrology. Everyone on social media seems to be very in touch with their sign and I’m not even sure what mine is. Sometimes its (Jan 20) listed on horoscopes as Capricorn and other times, Aquarius. (I’m told knowing my birth time would help determine this but TBC). I’m very Capricorn in the sense that I’m extremely practical and tend to have a “can do” attitude about most things. But also, I have a very creative job and I’m super independent and I don’t rush into sharing my feelings, ever, which I believe are all traits of the Aquarius peoples.

KaeLyn, Staff Writer/My Queer Baby Sister/Mama T-Rex: Capricorn-ish

Because I’m adopted and my birth wasn’t documented, my birthday is most likely an estimate and I don’t know my birth time to figure out my full chart. I feel like I’m, like, a half-cap, which sounds like something obnoxious you could order at Starbucks. I’m very cap in that I’m overly ambitious about life and work and I’m super stubborn, but I also have a streak of the idealist and dreamer in me and I’m a perpetual procrastinator. I’m definitely not an introvert, a pessimist, or a traditionalist. My strongest romantic relationships have been with Scorpios and Pisces, so that’s very on-brand. I’m really into Scorpios—the more intense and moody and emotionally damaged the better.

Audrey, Staff Writer/Dreamboat Superstar/Flower Prince: Excessively Capricorn with rising Scorpio

All the ways in which I am Very Capricorn are also the reasons I have never been very interested in astrology. My ingrained love of logic, stubborness, and insistence on being in charge of my own destiny are very at odds with horoscope reading (And also with Christianity — I guess I could only choose one intellectual inconsistency). I also always felt that too many Capricorn traits, like introversion and intense realism, didn’t resonate with me. But I feel like the fact that I am a rising Scorpio, which I never knew until Maddie pulled my chart, does help reconcile some of that.

Chelsey, Editorial Assistant/Way Too Cute For Real Life: Capricorn sun, Pisces moon, Capricorn rising. I AM VERY CAPRICORN.

I have always seriously identified with my sign, as the most capricious little human you will ever meet. I remember always feeling at odds with myself growing up because I felt like my emotions and reactions to thing were so wildly different to my friends aka WHY DID I FEEL SO MUCH ALL THE TIME. When I discovered astrology and more in-depth details about my sign, I remember feeling so understood. I printed out the webpage I found on Capricorns and highlighted my favorite parts, I showed all my friends so they could better understand me (I swear I am less dramatic now) and kept it with me at all times so I could read it when I felt out of sorts. There were definitely parts of it that I felt like didn’t fit — probably because I was too young to know what I wanted to do with my life or how I would find my place in the world as a human and a professional and a person in a relationship. Now that I am more grown, I feel myself fitting into different aspects of the sign. I also am more understanding of my Pisces side, as I grow up and become more social, despite my introversion.

Air Signs

Riese, CEO/Co-Founder/Editor in Chief/History Maker: Virgo/Libra Cusp, Libra Sun, Leo Moon, Libra Mercury, Scorpio Venus, Leo Mars

Firstly, how the hell does “laziness” keep coming up in my chart? Yo, I am many things, but lazy is not one of them. I wish I was lazy. I’m exhausted! Anyhow, these things are true: I’m hard-working and introspective and crave alone-time but too much alone-time (aka “identifying too much with my inner world”) turns me into a very happy human but also a total misanthrope. I like surrounding myself with beautiful things/people. I love to connect people to each other who I think should be connected to each other. I’m not necessarily outgoing unless I’m comfortable (or drunk, but that’s not in the birth chart) in which case I gravitate towards the “center of attention” to the degree where my desire to please/amuse the crowd often lapses into “saying things I definitely shouldn’t” and “exaggerating like a motherfucker.” I’ve been known to play fast/loose with the truth in my quest for peace and balance — it’s true that I’m not two-faced, I’m just responding to each in kind and giving both sides equal consideration! I think what they’re really getting at here is that sometimes I edit my posts after publishing them ‘cause it’s so easy for me to be like “oh wait, no, that person is right! NO THAT PERSON IS RIGHT. AGH YOU’RE ALL SO VALID! WHAT IS TRUTH???!!!” Also I’m creative and original. I’m bossy but I seek partnerships (I’ve always been drawn to leadership positions but am helpless without a #2). I have an “inner mission to set things right” and I “generally like to oversee the goings-on in [my] little circle.” The Venus stuff feels good, like I’m passionate, okay. “Mars in Leo” is nonsense though, I’m bad at sports and animals. “Uranus in Scorpio” is excellent. I do indeed enjoy “innovative” and “taboo” “sexual matters” and drugs and also “respect cravings of all kinds.” See if you read one of these things long enough, you can find enough things on it that feel true. Although I guess this chart blows the Virgo/Libra cusp thing out of the water, it appears there’s not a shred of Virgo anywhere in my soft not-lazy soul. Also I am not charming, I reject that news.

Laneia, Executive Editor/RBFGOAT: Aquarius sun, Aquarius rising, Aries moon

I don’t like to talk about my sign with strangers because I’m exactly everything that a February 8 person is said to be, so if someone knows my birthday, they already know too much. Here’s the truth though, ok? I identify with my sun sign like it’s my actual name; like if you’re under water at midnight and say “Laneia,” it translates directly to “Aquarius” and then a star probably shoots across the sky and a tiny linnea flower blooms in the forest. I don’t remember a time before I knew I was an Aquarius, or before I was reading about it and my ruling planets and feeling very validated when classmates repeatedly insisted that I was the weirdest person they knew, because I never felt normal or even real in the same ways they all seemed to be, and the books agreed — Aquarians were free-thinking, open-minded, empathetic, intelligent originals — and I admired all of those things. What I didn’t realize then was that Aquarians are also made up of conflicting extremes that make no damn sense: I’m a codependent loner; I’m telepathic but I usually tamp it down because it scares me; I’m extremely open-minded but also a stubborn bridge burner; I’m really fucking smart but not doing anything about it; I hate myself but I also think that I’m truly amazing; I detest routines, even the good ones, even though they’re the thing I probably need most. So now balance is the thing I’m looking for — learning how much water to pour out and how much to keep inside, and when — and I’m still relying on my sign to help me through it. My greatest fears have always been heights, not listening to my intuition, wasting time, and Scorpios. I’m still learning to accept my Aries moon.

Kayla, Staff Writer/Have You Seen Those Eyebrows?: Extremely Gemini, Leo Rising, Taurus Moon

I am a Gemini who loves being a Gemini. In fact, my instagram bio is merely “IM A GEMINI” followed by 14 exclamation points. I have always strongly identified with my fellow Geminis Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Gemini season was always a very productive time of year during my Tinder days. Now, I am in a beautiful relationship with a Taurus, and every book we’ve ever consulted has informed us that we make very good business partners. We do indeed get a lot of business done, if you know what I mean. Anyway, Gem4Life xoxo.

Sarah, Design & Business Director/The Freshman 15 (bc she’s new and she’s a 15/10 in every category): Gemini, Virgo Rising, Aries Moon

I’ve always identified with my sign in a big way–I am a restless traveler who is always looking for a new, novel way to upend the stability in my life. Truly the thing that makes me the happiest is being able to explore–a new city, a new vocation, someone else’s brain–I want to be on to the next thing right now! Why am I still writing this?! I have a bajillion other things to throw myself into today! I’m changeable and open to possibilities, which also means if you tell me about something you’re going through I’ll more likely than not find a way that you’re right––I can see many points-of-views as valid and that lens helps me view the world in an open way. If you date me, you’ll probably get frustrated with my attention span–I am constantly moving and I want the world to move with me. I’ll probably grab you by the hand and drag you with me, but you have to come! Now! Lez go to Iceland!

Ali, Geekery Editor/Fancy Pants/Gemini: Gemini and Gemini rising

It’s a wonder anyone will put up with me. I do relate a bit to my sign, but sometimes I feel more grounded than it seems like I ought to be.

Alaina, Staff Writer/Dazzling Princex From Another Galaxy: Gemini sun, Aries moon, Virgo rising

I like to pretend that I know a LOT more about what being a gemini means, BUT I do know that geminis are anti-figures of power, which makes sense because I got suspended and put in detention so much in middle school! I also cry whenever my horoscope tells me and my other Gemini kin to work on vulnerability. Like, wow, okay, just read me at 7:15 in the morning, no big deal. Also, the floaty thing…I can’t imagine staying anywhere for longer than 5 years; it makes me itch. This Aries moon thing is exciting because my one really good friend who is an Aries is a radical queer mama who is so bullheaded and sticks to her guns no matter what, and I do hope there’s a little bit of that inside of me.

Water Signs

Stef, Music Editor/Vapid Fluff Editor/Cutest Monster on Earth/Saved My Life: Scorpio as fuck, sorry, Aquarius moon, Capricorn rising

Nobody in the history of the world has ever been more Scorpio than me and I’m so sorry I’m like this but I can’t help it. Scorpios are moody, intense and very sexual, which sounds interesting in theory but is a lot to deal with in reality. I could try to spin this positively — I’m not obsessive, I’m detail-oriented!!! — but really, I wouldn’t wish Scorpio brain on anyone. Everyone who dates me eventually tells me it’s exhausting being the object of my deeply creepy focus. I’m so sorry. Wanna make out?

Erin, Staff Writer/Coolest Kid in School/I Wanna Be Like Her: Pisces, Leo Rising, Gemini Moon

I will say this about me being a Pisces: people who are very into astrology and pride themselves on being able to guess someone’s sign in like three guesses have never once guessed Pisces, and seem almost personally attacked when I tell them.

I’ve never connected with Pisces being the sign of the “daydreamer,” but then again I did have an imaginary friend for a good portion of my childhood. Shout out to Binga and all my other Pisces, which is apparently no one else here on staff!

Intern Raquel, Intern/Mysterious Stranger: Scorpio sun, Virgo rising, Scorpio moon, Venus in Libra (yikes amiright)

One time at a bar a cute girl who was flirting with me physically backed away when I told her I was a Scorpio. I had just found out that information and had no idea what it meant and was really taken aback! Since then, this has happened several times, like they suddenly found out I’m a murderer. Plus I’m a double scorp so I suppose that’s doubly bad? Cool.

No one ever guesses I’m a Scorpio, probably because my virgo rising makes me seem measured, intelligent, and normal. Then they date me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyway!

Things I relate to about being a Scorpio: Too many emotions | Get my heart broken every time (is this a scorpio thing or is this supposed to go the other way around?) | Think too much / still waters run deep or whatever | Overly sensitive | ? ? | has been considered Too Much | Mostly wears black | Constantly in metaphorical or physical transit

Things I don’t relate to about being a Scorpio: Manipulative | Ambitious | Unyielding | Vindictive | Decisive | Persuasive | Evil? | Powerful?? | Creepy? | Dark? | Vampires??

No idea what it means to have my Venus in Libra but I guess it’s nice there’s balance somewhere in there.

Hey, Straddlers: What’s YOUR sign?

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