The Sad Bible Verse Every Zodiac Needs As Winter Approaches

In a world where wisdom is in short supply, there’s nothing wrong with grabbing fistfuls of common sense wherever you can find it. Although it may seem as if astrology and Christianity are mutually exclusive belief systems, both have persisted for thousands of years because they provide hope for those who feel hopeless.

As the third chapter of the Old Testament book Ecclesiastes says, “For everything there is a season.” The warm months are when we turn outward socially and head outside to bask in the sunshine. The cold months are when we are forced inside and quietly turn inward to reflect on our place in the universe.

And just as there’s a season for everything, here’s a sad Bible for each zodiac sign to ponder during winter’s thudding deadness and mournful wistfulness. But if winter gets you down, you need to remember that this, too, shall pass.

Aries

Genesis 8:22 — “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”

Meaning: Despite the fact that the bold and gregarious Aries would like to pretend that life progresses in a linear fashion much like a sprinter runs straight toward their goal, the depressing truth is that life operates more like a hamster on a wheel, running fast and going nowhere. The languorous glory days of summer, full of sunshine and recreation, will now be replaced by the dead of winter, where we mostly huddle inside for warmth and are forced to reflect on the depressing fact that rather than going forward, life merely goes around and around in circles.

Taurus

Psalm 88:18 — “You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.”

Meaning: Ruled by the moon, the Bull is familiar with winter’s brutally short days and painfully long nights. However, the isolation and stoicism that winter forces upon us run counter to the good part about being a child of the moon, which is Taurus’s lust for beauty and indulgence. Springtime and summer are the seasons for carnality and romance, but it’s hard to feel sensuous when your teeth are chattering and you’re bundled up in thermal underwear, woolen slippers, and a ski cap.

Gemini

Isaiah 21:11 — “Morning comes but also night. If you want to know if the night has passed, come back tomorrow.”

Meaning: This quote is uttered by a watchman in exile. Like the Gemini personality, it unveils a duality or sad paradox that is innate in all hope. When will dawn break and the sun rise? We ask those who protect us from danger. The answer is this: Although the danger may seem to be gone for now, just as day inevitably turns into night, the danger will certainly come back.

Cancer

Psalm 147:16-17 — “He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes. He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?”

Meaning: The dates that define Cancer’s reign (June 21-July 22) begin on the first day of summer and extend through the fiery furnace of July. It’s when flowers are in full bloom and things are fully alive. Then, as winter sets in and we are forced to huddle indoors away from the cruel, biting winds, we turn toward the wall and watch the shadows from a lone candle flickering. Finally, when it seems as if all hope is lost, comes the Psalm’s next verse: “He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.”

Leo

Ecclesiastes 1:18 — “For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.”

Meaning: What could be sadder for a fire sign ruled by the sun and symbolized by the Lion than to be forced to curl up in their den and shiver through a seemingly endless bloc of frigid temperatures and darkness? It’s the same dichotomy as outlined in Ecclesiastes: Wisdom and knowledge get replaced by sorrow and grief just like summer’s verdant lawns and warm sunsets give way to winter’s icy roads and bone-chilling winds.

Virgo

Isaiah 53:3 — “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”

Meaning: This famous passage from Isaiah is commonly thought to be a prophecy about the persecution of Jesus Christ, who according to the Bible is the only perfect person who ever lived. Virgos are known for their meticulous attention to detail and relentless perfectionist drive, only to find themselves misunderstood and underappreciated in a world that seems to value laziness and groupthink over valor and discipline.

Libra

Jeremiah 17:9 — “The heart is deceitful above all things.” 

Meaning: As a sign known for putting fairness above all other things, Libras repeatedly find their hopes dashed, their dreams shattered, and their hearts crushed when they realize that so many people in this world are scheming, conniving, back-stabbing liars who put their personal welfare above the truth.Amid the howling void and numbing coldness that is winter, Libras are reminded once again how difficult it is to have standards when you’re surrounded by phonies.

Scorpio

Job 1:20-21 — “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart.”

Meaning: Scorpios are the most emotionally dark of all the signs, the most obsessed with death and despair, and this verse perfectly encapsulates their nihilistic worldview: You come into the world naked, and you also leave it naked. All of your efforts, your joys, your tears, your hopes, your nightmares, and your dreams—all of the striving of a lifetime—bring you back to exactly where you started.

Sagittarius

Jeremiah 8:20 — “The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.”

Meaning: Although Sags lean toward optimism, curiosity, and adventurousness, people who are born between November 22 and December 21 (the first day of winter) can’t help but feel a tinge of melancholy to see the leaves fall, the plants die, the days shorten, and the animals crawl quietly into hibernation. It’s quite possible that the three holidays that usher us into the winter season—Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas—were timed so that they serve as an emotional buffer for the vast dead stretch of cold and darkness that follow them.

Capricorn

Jeremiah 2:5 — “What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.”

Meaning: We often chase after things that don’t matter and then end up feeling empty ourselves. This is especially true for hard-working Capricorns. Whether it’s working too much or investing too much in a toxic relationship, if our underlying purpose for life is not aligned with something healthy, we find ourselves feeling empty and hopeless amidst the void of the universe.

Aquarius

Luke 23:31 — “For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Meaning: The Aquarius personality is often detached and focused on the big picture. As such, suffering and dystopian times invoke contemplation in the Aquarian mind. This realist quote from Jesus is a perfect meditation on the nature of collapse, asking us to ponder: If humankind is so treacherous even in good times, what is the full scope of that treachery once everything fully collapses? Jesus says further: “Stop weeping for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’”

Pisces

Deuteronomy 32:52 — “You will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”

Meaning: This has to be one of the saddest verses in the Old Testament. The context is what makes it such a powerful blow. Moses spent his whole life trying to accomplish his divine mission, the amount of sacrifices he made is immeasurable, yet at the finish line, he is denied entry into the promised land. What are we to make of this? Even the best of us are always granted granted the serenity for which we labored.