Why You Can’t Quit Them (And How To Let Go), Based On Your Zodiac + Tarot

ARIES

Your Card: The World, reversed

The reversal of The World is telling you that you need to accept the disappointment and cut your losses. You’re holding on to something that you should be letting go. Pulling this card is a sign that it’s not meant to be. You keep beating a dead horse because you feel like there’s more you can do to repair things between you or get them to change their minds about committing to you. You don’t want to take the L, Aries. But you only lose when you stay in something that isn’t aligned with your higher purpose. The first step in letting go is realizing that you’ve given it all you’ve got. Nothing is going to change, Aries. 

TAURUS

Your Card:  The Star

You can’t stop thinking about how things were at the beginning, when you were just discovering each other and falling in love. The reason you can’t let go is because you keep hoping things will go back to being how they were early on in the relationship. You are deluding yourself that it will all come back—the hope, the passion, the excitement, the possibility, and the love. Taurus, you have to accept that your relationship has gone cold. There is no reviving it. History isn’t enough to sustain the connection. 

GEMINI

Your Card: Two of Wands, reversed

Gemini you can’t let this person go because you can’t let go of the future you once believed you would share together. You committed to this person because you saw a lasting potential. Truly, you believed them to be the one. You’re having trouble grieving the relationship you thought you were building. You’ve gone through wonderful and difficult times and have grown together, but now you must admit that it was always destined to come to an end. The longer you hang on, the more your chances decrease of finding who is truly meant for you. 

CANCER

Your Card:  Two of Swords, reversed

The reversal of the Two of Swords shows that you’re avoiding something major in your relationship. You’re in a serious state of denial, Cancer. You don’t want to accept that it’s time to end your relationship. It’s filling you with anxiety and dread. Deep down you’re afraid of what going back to zero would mean. You don’t want to start over again, learn how to date, or talk to new people. Are you really willing to sacrifice joy and fulfillment for familiarity? You need to just rip off the band-aid. 

LEO

Your Card: Nine of Cups, reversed

What the reversal of the Nine of Cups shows is that you’re not in a good place in your relationship. For some time now it has been mired in letdowns and disappointments, not necessarily big ones, but enough to make you realize something is missing in your relationship. The reason you won’t let go is because your partner ticks off all your boxes and looks incredibly good on paper. Do you really want to stay with someone you don’t truly love? The first step in letting go is admitting to yourself that your partner will never emotionally fulfill you. You can find the deep emotional connection you crave—it’s just not with them. 

VIRGO

Your Card: Ten of Wands, reversed 

You have a hard time quitting them because you crave their emotional support—emotional support that they’re not actually providing you. Right now you’re clinging on to hope that things will go back to how they felt in the beginning, but you’re not missing what once was, but what you always wished it could be. The first step in releasing this love is accepting that this isn’t someone who will ever fulfill your emotional needs. You deserve a true partnership where you both give and take. You deserve someone who finds it easy to be vulnerable with you and who you feel safe being vulnerable with. 

LIBRA

Your Card: Eight of Wands, reversed

You’re hanging on to this person because you keep hoping that you will progress into the next stage of your relationship, or that your situationship will actually turn into one. The reversal of the Eight of Wands shows that you’re simply not aligned, whether that be in your expectations, desires, feelings, or compatibility. You need to let it go. It would be wise for you to go no contact with this person, otherwise they will just pull you back in. You deserve the relationship of your dreams and you’re never going to get with them. 

SCORPIO

Your Card: Ten of Cups

You’re having a hard time letting go of this person because they provide you with the support, stability, comfort, and security that you’ve always desired. This is someone you can rely on to always be there for you unconditionally and to never hurt you. All they want to do is make you happy. But the romantic love, on your part, is non-existent. You must realize that staying with them is doing them a disservice. They deserve to be with someone who is in love with them, Scorpio, just like you deserve to be with someone you’re in love with. Safety and passion can co-exist. Don’t let your past emotional wounds get in the way of your future, and theirs. Let them go and be honest. 

SAGITTARIUS

Your Card: Two of Pentacles

The reason you can’t quit this person has nothing to do with emotional attachment. The two of you share a lot of responsibilities. You’re tied together domestically, financially, and possibly in your careers and family life. This person also has made it a habit to always prioritize you, and that can be a hard thing to say goodbye to. 

CAPRICORN

Your Card: Knight of Swords

You can’t quit this person because they’re the driven, ambitious, and focused partner that you always dreamed of having. They’re assertive, quick-witted, and resourceful. With them the life you’ve always wanted seems possible. But are they emotionally fulfilling you, Capricorn? The first step in letting go is being honest with yourself and asking yourself the tough questions. Is material and financial security more important than love? Would you rather have a partner that ticks off all your boxes or one you feel passionately about? 

AQUARIUS

Your Card: Four of Pentacles

The reason you can’t quit them is out of sheer possessiveness and jealousy. You don’t want to see them with another person, plain and simple. You’re also afraid of going through the process of opening yourself up emotionally to another person. The thought of starting from zero scares you. You need to let them go, Aquarius, and that may involve confronting past emotional wounds that make you so afraid of vulnerability. You’ve been projecting past heartache onto this relationship, and you’ll have the same insecurities in the next if you don’t deal with unprocessed emotions and trauma. 

PISCES

Your Card: The Chariot

You can quit them because of your history. You two have been through so much together. You’ve seen each other at your absolute worst and lifted each other through the lowest and darkest moments. You need to realize that history isn’t enough to hold two people together. Sometimes relationships run their course, and yours has. Deep down you know this. It no longer feels right. Are you truly willing to sacrifice the future in the name of the past? Honor the love you once shared and release them. You both deserve to find your true soulmates.