4 Zodiacs Who Need To Get Their Heart Broken Before They Can Truly Heal

Breakups are messy. Even if you come out relatively unscathed, your ex still left their mark on your heart. You might be jaded now, or wary of new people, or even more open to your next love. And if it was a rough breakup, you’ll probably be recovering for months. While just the mere action of a breakup is enough for some zodiac signs to heal, that’s not the case for everyone. For these four zodiac signs, they need a big heartbreak to finally get over whatever is holding them back. Are you one of these signs that need to get heart broken in order to heal?

Aries

You’re often the one doing the dumping, breaking hearts instead of getting your heart broken. In the rare instance when you’ve been the one dumped, you handle it really well. You move on so fast that some people in your life might question whether you’ve even fully grasped the breakup to begin with. Because you’re always moving on to the next thing, you haven’t been through the visceral life-shattering moments that others have. It won’t be until you’ve had your heart truly broken that you’ll finally have a chance to heal into a better and more beautifully flawed person.

Cancer

You’re the one who always seems to be hung up on an ex. It may not be your most recently ended relationship, but an old wound that has yet to heal. Whatever the case, you’re still thinking and talking about that past lover, either as the one who got away or as the bastard who broke your heart. But a truly broken heart would rise from the ashes, rather than dwelling on the past. Until you get your heart truly broken, you’ll be forever attaching your past to your present. Stop holding yourself back and start living.

Leo

You try to live the “fake it until you make it,” adage. Every time you go through a breakup, you’re pretending that everything’s fine. You might be out on the town with your besties that same night or already hooking up with something new to get it out of your system. Truth is, you’re just skipping the heartbreak entirely, rather than going through it. While that may feel like a good thing at the time, it’ll hold you back in the long run. Your next big heartbreak, let yourself feel everything. Hold space for the sorrow so that you can finally heal.

Scorpio

For you, the breakup won’t feel final unless you go full scorched-Earth. There will be no friendship with your ex if they’ve broken your heart. You won’t be following them on social media or attending events where they might show up. Blocking them on everything is always at the top of your post-breakup to-do list. For you, the only way you can get over an ex, to truly heal after the breakup, is to live that broken-hearted life. You sink into the pain so you can finally heal.