How You Find Success Vs. How You Deal With Failure, According To Your Zodiac

Scorpio: You find success in personal growth and emotional stability vs. Failure can either rock you to your core or give you the boost that you need

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Life comes with both successes and failures. The good and the bad. While we need failure in order to appreciate success, failure in itself still sucks. Read on to discover how you find success vs. how you deal with failure, according to your Zodiac:

Aries

(March 21-April 19)

How You Find Success: You find success by living your truth and excelling in your element. As an Aries, you find success when you are unapologetically yourself and you stay true to the things that inspire you. For you, success is unwavering support from others and a staunch belief in yourself.

How You Deal With Failure: As an Aries, you do not handle failure well. You are bold, competitive, and proud. Therefore, accepting failure isn’t always easy. Instead of getting all fired up, work to learn from your failures instead of taking them so personally.

Taurus

(April 20-May 20)

How You Find Success: You find success in the status and comfort of your life. To you, a successful person has a collection of beautiful and prized things. You find success in this presentation and the divine beauty of living a safe and cozy life.

How You Deal With Failure: As a Taurus, you can be incredibly stubborn and set in your ways. Failure often arises when you are unwilling to reach a compromise. At times, you deal with failure by closing yourself off even more. Failure can consume you, if you let it.

Gemini

(May 21-June 20)

How You Find Success: You find success in fun and fantastic stories. You define success by the memories you make and experiences you have. As a Gemini, you follow fun wherever it goes. Living a life full of fun, curiosity, and adventure is the greatest form of success in your book.

How You Deal With Failure: As a Gemini, you tend to look on the bright side and focus on opportunities for fun and happiness. When you are met with failure, you are usually not defeated. You constantly rebound and move forward with your life.

Cancer

(June 21-July 22)

How You Find Success: You find success in cultivating and nurturing the close relationships around you. While you are a bit private at first, you are one of the most loving signs in the Zodiac. You measure success in the love and depth you feel with those around you.

How You Deal With Failure: You do not deal with failure well. When you are met with failure, you tend to emotionally and physically close yourself off. As a Cancer, you get incredibly stuck in your own head. Your feelings become torn apart by failure as you tirelessly work to rediscover your emotional equilibrium.

Leo

(July 23-August 24)

How You Find Success: You find success in improving and boosting your leadership and self image. As a Leo, you are an innovative and creative leader. At times, you are bit of a know-it-all, but that’s only because you have the confidence and pride to back it up. You find success in having the knowledge that others value your opinion and the strength to know that your advice is worth following.

How You Deal With Failure: As a Leo, you don’t deal with failure well, but it also does not take you a long time to bounce back from failure. You endlessly believe in yourself, which manages to pull you through ups and downs.

Virgo

(August 23-September 22)

How You Find Success: You find success in using your skills to please others. You are a superstar and constantly impress others with your organization and dedication. While you aren’t necessarily a people pleaser, you find success in proving to others that you can get the job done. Your ability to meticulously plan and strategize brings you immense feelings of success once you accomplish whatever goal you set out for yourself.

How You Deal With Failure: As a Virgo, you out of all the Zodiac signs do not take failure well. Due to the fact so much of your planning is so carefully strategized, you fall apart when it falls apart. While there is no doubt you will pick yourself up, you are often very impacted by the onset of failure.

Libra

(September 23-October 22)

How You Find Success: For you, success is measured by how you make others feel and how they make you feel in return. As a Libra, you are not only incredibly friendly and warm, but you are charming as well. Success for you is built on the triumph of many friends and the unforgettable memories you make together.

How You Deal With Failure: As a Libra, you deal with failure the same way you deal with having many friends. You make it work. While not all moments of failure are easy to overcome, you have plenty of outlets in your life to try something new and reorient yourself.

Scorpio

(October 23-November 21)

How You Find Success: As a Scorpio, you find success in personal growth and emotional stability. You like to feel that you are constantly expanding your appreciation and understanding of the world and you also like to feel that your emotions are balanced and healthy. Success for you is living the most authentic and true life possible.

How You Deal With Failure: Failure can either rock you to your core or give you the boost that you need. As a Scorpio, you are an incredibly confusing creature. You can be all over the place or simply be cool and collected. For you, dealing with failure can be based by your mood and perspective.

Sagittarius

(November 22-December 21)

How You Find Success: You find success in the way that you make yourself and others feel. Success for you is living a life that is playful, fun, and light-hearted. In all that you do, you prioritize these sentiments. As a Sagittarius, you find success in adding joy and laughter to the lives of others.

How You Deal With Failure: Failure does not swallow you whole. As a Sagittarius, you have a forever young mindset. You aren’t afraid to laugh off a mistake or shake things off when they don’t go your way. Due to your ability to focus on the positives of life, failures don’t seem to suffocate your existence.

Capricorn

(December 22-January 19)

How You Find Success: You are driven by success. As a Capricorn, you find success in any area you can. Whether that be work, relationships, or outside activities, success is something you always are eager to acquire.

How You Deal With Failure: As a Capricorn, wealth and success are two of your most prized desires. When you are met with failure, it can be beyond hard for you to pick yourself back up as you do not experience it often. While your pursuit of success is endless, failure can set you back further than you would like to admit.

Aquarius

(January 20-February 18)

How You Find Success: As an Aquarius, you find success in the knowledge you acquire. Feeling like you have mastered something or understood something complex are the types of success you desire.

How You Deal With Failure: Your ambitions for knowledge and for growth prevent you from fearing failure. As an Aquarius, you perceive failure as yet another learning opportunity. You grow from your mistakes and use failure to your benefit.

Pisces

(February 19-March 20)

How You Find Success: You find success in living out the creative vision that you have set for yourself. As a Pisces, you are inspired by your own introspection and beliefs. You set goals for yourself and you find success in giving life to the ideas in your head.

How You Deal With Failure: You take failure very personally at times, because you perceive it as an attack on your abilities. While you creative mind will never let you be forever blocked by failure, you have moments when failure stunts your ability to move forward. Thought Catalog Logo Mark


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January Nelson

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January Nelson is a writer, editor, and dreamer. She writes about astrology, games, love, relationships, and entertainment. January graduated with an English and Literature degree from Columbia University.