The Difference Between Love And Infatuation, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

If you don’t know it already, there is a difference between love and infatuation. Knowing the difference and knowing that there can be a fine line between the two can save you from a lot of heartaches and wasted time and energy.

Infatuation is rooted in passion. It’s about cravings. It really is just about the physical features and surface-level personality traits that make you so engulfed in them. Maybe the sex is great or maybe they’re really funny and you enjoy being around them. If you, at all, feel anxieties or doubts and there’s little to no depth or trust — that’s infatuation.

Love, on the other hand, is deeply personal. It’s an understanding of one another — knowing the good, the bad, the ugly. It’s trust, safety, patience, and friendship. It’s intimacy in its rawest form, both physically and emotionally.

With all that being said, this is the difference between love and infatuation, based on your zodiac sign:

Aries

When you’re in lust, passionate physical intimacy is all it is. You want to have fun with this person — no emotions, no depth, no heart-to-hearts. You don’t care enough about them or this relationship to make it anything more than that.

When you’re in love, you’re quite different. You listen and care more. You motivate them and they motivate you. You realize you want more from them — you want the emotions and the depth, too.

Taurus

Lust lust lust. All you can think about is seduction. You want them and they want you — but only on a physical level. Why? Because you won’t let yourself put down your emotional walls with them. You don’t know if it’s worth it.

When you’re in love, though, you allow yourself to be more vulnerable. Your partner becomes your best friend and your lover. You want to be more than just intimate with them. You want to be deep and personal too.

Gemini

You have a hard time opening up to people. This is why you’d prefer lust and hookups over a serious relationship. When you’re infatuated with someone, you only care about what you can do together. You normally enjoy conversations with people, but not ones that can get deeply personal.

When you’re in love, you don’t mind being burdened or burdening someone with your emotions. You don’t mind the heart-to-hearts — in fact, you welcome them. You care about your partner and their feelings. You allow yourself to be more vulnerable.

Cancer

When you’re infatuated with someone, you’ll keep it — and them — a secret. It’s not that you’re ashamed of them, but rather, you’re just waiting to make sure this could be a real thing and that this is actually what you want.

When you’re in love, you’re the complete opposite. You tell everyone about your relationship. You’re a family-oriented person, so you want to meet your partner’s family and for them to meet yours. You’re all in with them.

Leo

When you’re lusting after someone, you make it pretty clear that that’s all it will be. You try to impress them and hope they do enough to impress you, too. It’s strictly physical. It’s flirty, sensual, and passionate — but that’s all it is.

When you’re in love, it becomes so much more than surface-level attraction. You stop faking it and stop trying to impress them. You are your most authentic self with this person. You’re comfortable and vulnerable with them.

Virgo

You’re quite critical of others, but when it’s strictly physical attraction, you allow yourself to look past their flaws. Let’s be honest — you can’t change them and you don’t like them enough to bother trying to change them.

When you’re in love, however, you don’t hold back from your critiques. This is your way of showing that you care — you want to help them be better. However, you still accept their flaws, and you allow them to see your flaws too.

Libra

You’re typically a hopeless romantic, but when you’re blinded by lust, you don’t even care about the romance. You’ll let yourself be a little shallow. You’ll let yourself only focus on physical intimacy and passion.

When you’re in love, the romantic comes out. You want intimacy on every level — emotionally and physically. You want the balance of lust and love. You accept the flaws of your partner because you know you can’t have a good thing without a little bad (hello, balance).

Scorpio

You can be quite passionate and even more so when you’re infatuated with someone. You want things to be fun and lighthearted — but still intense and passionate. You don’t want to deal with any emotions simply because you don’t know if you even want that yet — or at all.

When you’re in love, you start to open up about your feelings. You’ll be vulnerable. You’ll welcome the heart-to-hearts. You have a passion for physical intimacy and the openness of your feelings.

Sagittarius

You’d rather be physical and passionate as hell with someone — or maybe more than one someone — and won’t leave room for anything else. When it gets close to that, you run away. Lust keeps things casual — no obligations or vulnerability.

When you’re in love, you find yourself trying more. You put an effort in and you find it easier to open up. You’ll start to even understand your partner on more than just a surface level.

Capricorn

When you’re in lust, that’s all it is for you. It’s a surface-level, physical connection. While normally you’d prefer stability, you like this because you don’t have any obligation to be vulnerable with anyone.

When you’re in love, you start to open up. You let yourself be vulnerable only because you see this becoming long-term. It’s more than physical for you now — you start to make plans for the future.

Aquarius

You typically would prefer to keep things casual, which is why you’re often in lust rather than in love. Relationships are meaningful to you, so you won’t settle for just anyone. If you’re lusting after someone, it’s because you don’t see a future with them.

When you’re in love, you’ll know it right away. You just have a sense. You’re vulnerable with them and you let them see parts of you no one else gets to see. You’re talking to them about deeply personal issues because you care enough to do so.

Pisces

When you’re in lust, you’re not really your most authentic self. You’d rather be physical and passionate. Sometimes, you might even put up a front so that you seem more desirable.

When you’re in love, you are your truest self. You share your anxieties, your flaws, your hopes, and dreams. You’re more open — emotionally and physically. You don’t try to hide your emotions from them.