4 Zodiacs Whose Life Purpose Is Endurance

Sociologists routinely invent personality tests to try to simplify our typologies, but only astrologers understand that there are billions of different ways to be a human.

There is more to astrology than just your sun sign, but even without a complete understanding of your birth chart, you can gain significant understanding of your soul’s unique purpose in this lifetime by understanding the modality and element of your sun sign. The sun, after all, is representative of your ego and motivation, the force driving you to complete your soul’s mission.

If you are a fixed sign, you were born right in the heart of either spring, summer, winter, or fall. This midpoint is clear, stable, and easy to observe in the natural world. During these periods, you can expect the weather to be consistent.

The personality of the fixed signs is similarly easy to track and understand. You act as a secure, stabilizing foundation for your friends and family, offering advice that has held true for generations and sticking with tradition over trends. You are almost unendingly patient, willing to put in the time and effort to ensure that your hard work lasts a lifetime—or beyond it. You take the long view on everything, seeing your legacy as more important than momentary, fleeting happiness. In a fast-paced, throwaway culture, you are a breath of fresh air.

Taurus

We can rely on Taurus season to bring all the beauty, joy, and natural color that we all love about springtime. Likewise, we can rely on Taurean people themselves to bring that steady source of order to our world. If you are a Taurus, you are almost certainly obsessed with planting seeds and maintaining roots—literally and figuratively. Your house is likely the safe, comforting haven full of plants and flowers, an oasis from the chaos of the outside world. You may be typecast as stubborn, but it’s only because you’re willing to stay the course, and you don’t like your long-term goals to be interrupted. You know that slow and steady wins the race. As a fixed earth sign, you are cautious with your wealth, your material resources, and the land you are fortunate enough to till. You know it doesn’t belong to you; it belongs to your great-great-great-grandchildren, too.

Leo

Everyone loves Leo season for the excitement and drama it brings. When summer is at its peak, the days are long, and the drinks are flowing—there is a lively and energetic atmosphere in the air. It can be a welcome distraction, but sometimes things can get carried away—as anyone who knows and loves a Leo knows. If you’re a Leo yourself, you know that while you’re capable of fierce and undying loyalty to your loved ones, you’re also guilty of holding a major grudge if you’re wronged. As a fixed fire sign, you don’t like to compete for attention, and when someone won’t give you your moment in the spotlight, you can get intensely stubborn. Your dramatics are a sight to behold, but deep down, you’re soft-hearted and will show up for your friends and family like no one else. Just remember that sometimes you need to admit that the party’s over and it’s time to go home.

Scorpio

During the very middle of spooky season, tensions are high—and not just because you accidentally called forth a dark entity when playing with an old Ouija board. Scorpio season is right in the middle of autumn, when the weather is finally brisk enough to layer up. You basically know what you’re getting. Same with Scorpios themselves. If you’re a Scorpio, you have keen and scarily accurate vibe checks. You see evil plainly and you’re not afraid to look it in the eye. You know exactly how people work, and once someone has betrayed you, you’re unlikely to give them a second chance—unless they really take on the challenge to prove themselves. As a fixed water sign, your manipulative skills come with an emotional and intuitive edge. Take caution, as your words have psychic power.

Aquarius

In the dead of winter comes Aquarius season, a time when most of us are curled up by the fire reading a good book and trying to ignore the snow flying outside. As we’re unable to socialize as much as we might like during this time, our thoughts become more focused on the larger picture: humanity, rather than individual people in our lives. The Aquarius personality is the rarest, as there are so few babies born during this period of time, but if you are an Aquarius, you carry this paradoxical energy with you into your life. While daily household tasks, mundane small talk, and familial conflicts might be disorienting to you, you can talk for hours about the importance of humanitarian aid abroad and the potential of life on other planets. Your mind is stubbornly fixed on the broader universe, occasionally missing the forest for the trees. As a fixed air sign, you are detached from the material world a lot of the time, instead choosing to place your attention on mental activities.