Sextrology: The Astrology of Sex

Aries Woman

For Aries women, the existential journey lies along the path of least resistance. She is a minimalist of the first order and never crowds her experience with unnecessary obstacles, obligations, drama, or entangling emotional involvements. Single minded in her artistic or professional pursuits, she adopts a definite plan for their achievement, realising success by keeping life simple, easily sacrificing extra luxuries.

Like attracting like, strong lovers are Arie’s physical ideal, providing her with the promise of the rough-and-tumble sex she craves. Still, they should also be the silent type - no amount of prudence in entering in relationship with an overbearing partner can substitute for the wisdom of knowing not to go there in the first place. Indeed, of anybody in the zodiac, male or female, nobody is more blasé toward the notion of permanent relationships than Aries women. But she cannot forgo sex - it must be an almost daily mainstay of her routine.

Taurus Woman

Taurus woman, in every aspect, is a “living doll” - an infinitely fun-loving character who approaches life with an unspoilt, childlike vision and in doing so, she freely spreads joy. Taurus feels it her purpose to create a little bit of heaven here on earth, on one level procuring, and indulging in, as much epicurean delight as she might; while, on another, living as if it were a sacred right to do so.

The simple truth is that Taurus will rarely commit to a lover for the long run, unless they’re stellar in the sack. Money, looks, sense of humour - all such other bulleted points on her checklist go right out of the window if her partner lacks in the lovemaking department. Sex, in and of itself, holds little fascination for the Taurus - it is, however, often a vital component of her all-important journey of feminine self-discovery, a means of giving voice to her individual expression, singing the song of herself.

Gemini Woman

Gemini woman rides a fine line between innate vulnerability and an aggressive need to assert her own agenda, both professionally and in her personal life. She is acutely aware of her feminine wiles, using them to her best advantage, often playing coy or precocious in order to disarm people and gain necessary ground. Gemini is iconic, if not cyclonic: She leaves every circumstance, and indeed every individual, she encounters irrecoverably altered in the wake of her presence.

When it comes to love, Gemini is bound to be star-crossed. Indeed, she is most definitely challenged in affairs of the heart; still, at the same time her experience of love is something many of us can only dream of. Gemini can be a fairly adventurous sexual partner. She will alight upon many acts and positions during a single interlude and when it comes to sex, she actually prefers to be on top, where she can control the pace and positioning. There is always a sense of the Gemini self-pleasuring in bed, as if her partner a mere tool for her own masturbatory masterwork. Gemini will always retain an aspect of wanting to lose herself in sex.

Cancer Woman

Unplugged: Cancer woman is the most emotive in the zodiac. A wellspring of raw feelings, she wears her heart on her sleeve, needing to express her emotions everywhere when others might consider it unwise to do so. Free-form in her approach to life, she goes on gut-instincts, and her actions may seem uncontrolled and irrational.

Cancer provides herself, and indeed her partner, an abundance of erotic experience to choose from. Ironically, she is at once the most experimental and the pickiest of the female signs - that is, there’s nothing she won’t try once, thrice, or more times in this process of defining, for all time, what suits her sexual self. For Cancer, there is no guilt in indulging in even the raunchiest scenarios so long as they don’t conflict with her gut. Only a Cancer female can describe, in mixed company, a night spent with a lover and a double ended dildo without a sniff of shame or irony.

Leo Woman

Leo woman is the prime mover of the zodiac. No other individual possesses her power and determination for achieving goals, sexual or otherwise. Burning with desire, she attacks life, letting nothing stand in the way of her hunt for fulfilment. Incapable of distancing herself from her passions, she embodies the romantic and erotic urges that drive her forward in pursuit of satisfying a constant craving for love and lovemaking.

For the Leo woman great sex must have many peaks and valleys. Not one to ever both with quickies so many other signs enjoy, she won’t get out of bed until she’s sufficiently satisfied, which often means having had more than just the one, or even two, orgasms.

Virgo Woman

And God created woman. Virgo is the definitive earth mother, which, by this very nature, makes her a bundle of contradictions: She is at once an unassuming character and a powerfully feminine force to be reckoned with. Virgo woman is giving and nurturing, but equally reliant on others. Physically, even when she is small of stature, there is something of the brick house about her, with dramatic curves and generous cushions in all the right places.

To experience the full pleasure of sex with the Virgo female, a lover must possess a heroic degree of staying power. Being result-oriented will get them nowhere. With her, it’s all about enjoying the process, building excitement, giving and taking in equal measure - the sign of Virgo, after all, represents mutuality. Still, the sexual experience must be powered by love. Virgo can reciprocate in her signature extraordinary way if that physical intelligence tells her a partner is deeply into her, literally and figuratively. Her perfect mate is someone who, unlike those people who bolted when faced with obvious emotional depth, welcomes so unfathomable a female as she.

Libra Woman

Libra woman is the zodiac’s activist: The most principled person on the astrological wheel, she can’t separate herself from her lofty convictions. To her, the world requires a redesign. If she perceives a wrong, she must strive to right it; the realm of human justice is her special domain.

Libra is confident in her sexual performance, aware that she possesses expert talents. Oral sex to her is a province, and being on the giving end is, well, a heady power trip for her. It is particularly a Libra-female’s fantasy to render a lover helpless, toying with their orgasm, bringing them to the brink, only to beg and leave them whining for a finish. At this type of teasing foreplay, and screwing too, she is intuitive, economic with her movements, imaginatively mixing speeds, pressures and positions.

Scorpio Woman

Nobody has a higher opinion of herself than the Scorpio woman. Too self-possessed to struggle, Scorpio achieves her ambitions by amassing supporters who pave the way, if not roll out the red carpet, for her. She oozes feminine allure and foreboding egotism in equal measure, bidding would-be mates to ‘come hither,’ but to do so at their own peril.

If any woman knows what she’s made of sexually, it’s Scorpio. Sex is irrational, its natural workings not easily fitting into a pretty picture of idealised thought and higher love. As with all life’s mysteries, Scorpio has a far better grip on sex than the rest of us. Scorpio follows her nose, which may explain whey there isn’t any one ‘type’ of lover she fancies. She trusts her sixth sense far more than her eyes, and though she appreciates a hot person when she sees one, she is definitely not into lookism. Losing herself so completely in sexual frenzy, Scorpio’s oral skills would put any porn star to shame.

Sagittarius Woman

In life’s right pageant, Sagittarius woman is the contestant most likely to walk away with the crown. A radiant, regal figure, she presides over experience, exuding an air of deservedness directed toward all that she desires. To her, the world is an abundant place where she can reach out and grab all she envisions.

Whether in business or in the bedroom, Sag’s modus operandi is to make others feel empowered, often through simple flattery, which, experience tells her, turns people to putty in her hands. Sag’s favourite position is on top, riding her lover to orgasm. She enjoys being orally stimulated, although it’s not a fixation, and she doesn’t much relish reciprocation. Just as in business, she’s the consummate delegator in the bedroom, constantly giving her partner hints if not outright directives on how to drive her pleasure home that much harder. The kinkiest she gets is in her exploration of her exhibitionist tendencies. Indeed, most every Sag enjoys masturbating for her lover far more than she likes to do it alone.

Capricorn Woman

Capricorn woman is a class act. The most self-composed, least showy lady in the zodiac, she is an understatedly elegant character, largely unimpressed by ‘externals’ such as fame, high finances, or family pedigree. Self-respect is of prime importance - largely unswayed by others’ opinions of her, she focuses on cultivating quality of life distinguished by moral courage and a quest for spiritual knowledge.

Capricorn isn’t the kind of woman to opt for a quick roll in the hay - she must share at least some measure of familiarity with a lover. Even if she were to opt for a rare impromptu interlude with, say, some stranger on a train, she would have had to experience an immediate intellectual and, indeed, spiritual connection. She is a fairly conservative sexual character when it comes to her erotic regimen, viewing the intimacy that sex provides as a source of safety and comfort far more than an acrobatic workout or psychological journey.

Aquarius Woman

Aquarius woman is an inspiration. Her natural disposition is to see the joy in every situation, and she’s able to make even the dreariest of events seem like fun. To her the world is painfully beautiful, and she greets every day with an unscripted childlike awe, open to what cheery serendipity might cross her path as she whistles through her routine.

Aquarius loves big, strong bodied lovers, those who look as if they can handle her with just the right amount of roughness. Sex doesn’t need to be meaningful - it is what it is - rather, it’s about pure physical pleasure. Indeed, more than any other female, the Aquarian will boast a so-called goody draw filled with colourful cylindrical objects, tickling devices, dildos, pleasure wands, and the like. Sex is all fun and games for her, and toys tend to work their way into the proceedings between her and her lover.

Pisces Woman

The proverbial Everywoman, Pisces is the culmination, and often chilling compilation, of all the other women who come before her on the astrological wheel. A walking-talking paradox - all virtue and all vice - wrapped up in one deceivingly demure package - she is at once victimised by and victorious over life.

Nowhere is the Pisces’s paradoxical nature more evident than in her sexual behaviour. For such a subjectively fuelled creature, sex, something meant to be so personal an experience, is probably the one thing in life toward which she is wholly objective. Rarely will her urges be so pressing as to rule her. Indeed though, Pisces enjoys eroticism, she is open to activities that might make another woman’s hair curl. She isn’t so much passive, or even receptive, as she is susceptible to the desires of her partner. It’s as if she needs nothing more or less than what’s needed of her by her lover.

*Excerpt from the book ‘Sextrology’, by Starsky & Cox