4 Zodiacs Who Are In Their Tortured Poet Era

“All’s fair in love and poetry,” Taylor Swift wrote in the recent announcement of her 11th studio album, titled The Tortured Poets Department. Some will relate to this quote more than others, because they understand that some of the best creative inspiration comes from delving into their own emotional landscape—the things that hurt them, the people that left them, the moments that kept them up at night. In fact, these four zodiacs might relate to these words a little too closely right now—welcome to the tortured poet era.

Pisces

You can’t talk about tortured poets without talking about Pisces, whose deep emotions inform some of their best work. They aren’t afraid to explore (and even romanticize) their own melancholy or express their greatest truths—and hurts—to the world, so long as they can hide behind the pen. While they may not care much for standing in the spotlight, they want nothing more than to share their words with like-minded people, because in helping people feel less alone in their turmoil, Pisces feels less alone, too.

Virgo

Virgo is pretty good at making themselves appear put-together in the public eye, but give them a pen and paper and watch their inner world come to life before you. They have a tendency to overthink everything in their life, and because of that, they’re able to reflect deeply on their memories and emotions, creating a stunning and heart-wrenching account that others can relate to deeply. They aren’t afraid to tell you exactly what happened and how it changed them—after all, all’s fair in love and poetry.

Libra

Libra loves beautiful things, and while they may not necessarily romanticize their heartbreak like other zodiacs have a tendency to, they still manage to find the beauty in even the worst situations. This is a zodiac sign that’s in love with love, and that bleeds into their creative expression and the way they view the world around them. That being said, their diplomatic nature allows them to identify and accept the injustices and hardships in life, and instead of stilting their creative process, they allow it to influence their work—as every great tortured poet does.

Sagittarius

Sagittarius wants to explore every avenue life has to offer—the good, sure, but also the bad. While they generally try to avoid pain and would rather lean into their “good vibes only” mantra, what they’ll rarely admit to anyone is that they understand heartbreak just as intimately as everyone else. Oftentimes, they’ll approach this hurt from the perspective of an intellectual, choosing to dissect it and transform it into something they deem is more interesting. It is their ability to look at their pain from an objective point of view that gives them the ability to turn it into something that transcends themselves.