How Each Zodiac Asks You To Be Their Valentine

Aries

An Aries will beat you, and anyone else, to the punch. While the rest of the world is still in their December post-holiday food coma, they’ll be refreshing a restaurant reservation page at 9 a.m. to be the first one to book a prime seating at that place that just opened to rave reviews. Their credit card will be out and charged for the deposit before they’ve even confirmed you’re available by sending you the calendar invite from whatever app they know like the back of their hand. They’ll laugh at everyone who was left with the 4 p.m. or 10 p.m. slots and those who waited too long to find anything at all, but behind all of that gloating and schadenfreude is the knowledge that this over-the-top behavior reflects their desire to go above and beyond for you. To show you, and everyone else, exactly what you deserve. 

Taurus

A Taurus will casually ask if you can take the second Tuesday of the month off like it’s no big deal and then spill the beans once you’ve taken a look at the calendar (and put two and two together) that they’ve planned a romantic spa day to help combat all that stress you’ve been feeling at work. You might think the itinerary is a little much at first, but any hesitations you express will be quickly dismissed, as will your cost-conscious request to see the bill. They’ll reassure you that everything has been handled, rave about the masseuse and estheticians you’ve been scheduled with, and explain that all you really have to do is show up and enjoy.

Gemini

A Gemini is going to ask you to sync Google calendars weeks in advance, because although their schedule and social life is a never-ending merry-go-round of places to go and people to see, carving out time to dedicate to your romance will be a non-negotiable. They’re the type to give you a long list of options to choose from—a mix of their all-time favorites, recommendations from friends, items on their bucket list—enough to cover all the ways you two could possibly enjoy yourselves. When asked to help you narrow things down, it’s likely they’ll opt for something the both of you have never done before. The goal is always finding opportunities to make memories together.

Cancer

A Cancer will keep things low key. You’ll feel like they’re treating it like any other day, any other plans, but in reality it will be a test. If things are just starting out with your Cancer, this is their opportunity to see how much enthusiasm and effort you’re willing to put into these kinds of milestones. If you’re lucky enough to have built up trust with a cautious Cancer, they’ll be looking for consistency. Will you continue to give importance to youthful traditions or fall into a pattern of complacency? By setting supposedly inexistent expectations for you, they’ll be lowering their chances of being disappointed, but also making it extremely easy for you to pleasantly surprise them. Don’t waste the opportunity, because these won’t be unlimited.

Leo

A Leo will devise a plot to surprise you and catch it all on camera. Maybe they’ll be hiding in your closet with the lights off and pelt you with rose petals while scaring the living hell out of you. Maybe they’ll send a singing telegram to your office in front of your boss. Maybe they’ll trick you into thinking they’ve spontaneously booked a shark excursion without your permission, only to take you to a beach bonfire sunset. No matter what mischief they have planned for you, both your embarrassment and love for each other will be plastered all over the internet so they can show all their followers what a good sport (and a catch) you are.

Virgo

A Virgo will bake you something. Not just “something,” but the most complex thing you’ve ever eaten with a recipe that required them to measure out each ingredient to the gram. Don’t be fooled by how clean their kitchen is when it’s all said and done because this was way harder than they anticipated and almost cost them their sanity. You don’t have to fluff their ego too much or gush over the final result, they just need to be reminded that there is no magic step-by-step recipe for a relationship. Love is all about embracing imperfections. 

Libra

A Libra will improvise all the way up to the day of, but don’t mistake that for lack of effort. Instead of putting too much pressure on a single day in advance, they’ll be paying hyper attention to whatever it is you’ve been missing so that they can present you with the exact thing you need in the perfect moment. If the weather’s been shit and trapped you inside, they’ll whisk you away to a beautiful museum, with images of interesting people and places and things to provide a sense of escape. If you’ve been toiling away at your desk for hours every day, they’ll lay out an outfit for a yoga class that can stretch out all those achy muscles. You’ll feel mentally and physically refreshed by the end of the day, appreciative of their ability to bring balance to your life as well as your relationship.

Scorpio

A Scorpio won’t be a fan of traditions. Anything customary or expected is an instant turn off to them. There’s no room for surprise, and they’d rather expend that effort on something you have no way of seeing coming. But that isn’t to say they’ll leave you out in the cold either. They’ll just show the you the intimacy in the everyday. In your habitual routines and physical closeness. In their consistency and your ability to depend on them. And once the pre-fixe menus are in the trash and flower shipping prices are no longer as expensive as the flowers themselves, they’ll surprise you with a romantic night out, and you’ll thank them for it, because you’ll know these plans come from the heart and not a sense of obligation.

Sagittarius

A Sagittarius will try to recreate a moment that has unique meaning to you alone. A youthful Sag will create something sentimental on a budget, a combination of your favorite creature comforts. Maybe a meal, a song, a foot rub, a pair of pajamas at the foot of the bed. It will be in the small details they’ve listened to and curated over time. And if you give them time to pursue all of their various passions and figure out their path to success, they will spend those years teasing you about something like your love for Emily in Paris while secretly saving to surprise you with a limo at the door, suitcases packed, AirFrance tickets in hand. It will never be about nailing a single holiday, but a story you can tell for the rest of your lives.

Capricorn

A Capricorn will surprise you with a demonstration you never thought them capable of. They have the dedication to put months of effort into learning a new skill to impress you with. What you thought were late nights at the office were really guitar or dance lessons for a surprise serenade or flash mob to shake things up and show you just how fun they can really be. You’ll know you’re a priority when you realize the amount they invested in putting a smile on your face was worth every minute to them. 

Aquarius

An Aquarius will throw you for a loop, because they’re as likely to hand out roses to strangers as they are to present you with a non-traditional display of affection. Whatever wild plans they have in store for you will reflect their modern values and outlook on life. Ever the humanitarian, they may want to invite you to participate in a philanthropic activity instead of a capitalistic ritual. They’ll latch onto a little known fact—that St. Valentine is the patron saint of beekeepers, for example—and ask you to traipse hand in hand through your local bee conservatory because they’ll find nothing as romantic as you overcoming a fear by trusting them.  

Pisces

A Pisces could go one of two ways—if they’re in their feels, they’ll present you with two tickets to the most depressingly romantic movie in theaters, likely with subtitles, so you can lose yourselves in the plot and walk out red eyed and sniffling from the emotional devastation. If they’re lost in fantasy land yet again, they’ll convince you the magic show in that hipster neighborhood isn’t lame, it’s artsy, and has rave reviews to go with it. They’ll show you how to suspend disbelief for the evening and sit back and be astonished. The same way they are by your devotion.