Tired of being called “too sensitive”, “too empathic”, “too anxious”, “too naive” or simply “too much”? Chances are that you fall among the most emotional zodiac signs. A crucial aspect of our personality, our emotional intelligence is not only responsible for our empathetic and altruistic traits but also plays a role in how we find our way through life. What if we told you your zodiac sign influences your EQ? Below are the eight zodiac signs (ranked) who make the world a little brighter with their unique perspectives.
Cancer
You could be called the mother of the zodiac wheel because of your nurturing nature and deep sense of empathy towards everyone you cross paths with. While you are infamous for your crabbiness, your high EQ makes you loyal to the bone because you would never knowingly put another through something you wouldn’t want to swim through. The flipside? You tend to mull over things until life feels gloomy and dull. Trying to channel your empathy with discernment may be the key that makes life feel happy, bright and balanced once again.
Pisces
In a Pisces’ ideal world, there would be no room for the harsh realities of life and you would do everything in your capacity to shield everyone else from it too. Your strength lies in disconnecting from your reality because it helps you find the light at the end of every tunnel. Just ensure you aren’t so committed to building air castles that you miss laying the foundations right. Using your dreams as fuel to create tangible changes could be the way forward and lessen the impact of heartbreaks along the way.
Taurus and Gemini
Taurus and Gemini are tied at third place in our ranking of the most emotional zodiac signs. Although as a Taurean, you are known for your stubbornness, behind your steely exterior is a highly tuned-in inner child who is not only aware of the subtlest cues that but is also capable of managing them in effective ways when you choose to. Push the wrong buttons and there is the possibility of outrage but keep things flowing and all will be well.
A Gemini’s pendulum-like personality swings between different states of being, allowing you to have an immersive experience of everything you engage with. You can be withdrawn when overwhelmed and exhibit your wild side based on the need of the hour but this is just a guise for your emotional tenacity. You feel and process deeply but take your own time to let it all flow. A turtle in its shell is the perfect metaphor for your soft centre that helps you swim through the currents of life. Your strength is your ability to turn adversity into learning through experience and rational thought.
Scorpio
Your are a water sign and a high EQ therefore comes easily to you. But unlike your fellow water signs, Scorpio, you can reach into the depths of murky emotional waters with your claws and use it to your advantage. It takes a lot to get on your venomous side because you can hold massive space for others in your heart. What would benefit you is a reminder to keep checking in before the dam of your patience and love is ruptured.
Libra
This is one sign most wouldn’t expect to see on this list but that doesn’t change the fact that Librans have a high EQ. While you may be known for your mental pertinacity, your quiet emotional strength is the backbone behind your ability to read situations and people for what they are. So unlike Cancer—who strives to put themselves in others’ shoes—you hold the capacity to perceive emotions for what they are and then transmute them for the greater good of the situation at hand.
Aquarius
Aloofness is wrongly your middle name; it is instead a defence mechanism that keeps you safe during your most vulnerable moments. Your ability to feel so intensely on behalf of others compels you to become a visionary changemaker. You know how to hold emotions and use them to water plants instead of creating destructive tsunamis.
Virgo
A surprise entry! Virgos are known as perfectionists and while this may make you seem ruthless, your inner life comprises myriad colours that rarely ever see the light of day. Behind every “I’m okay” is a silent “I’m-scared-of-being-judged-hence-I-will-manage-it-all-myself”. This makes you an excellent shoulder to lean on. An awareness of not allowing personal high standards to get in the way is the road map to finding an outlet for all those pent-up emotions.
