2019-10-01 Cosmopolitan

ou know

how the FBI

has an entire

team dedi-

cated to psy-

chologically

profiling murder-

ers? Well maybe they

should just use astrol-

ogy instead. It’s

cheaper. And

bizarrely on point.

Let me explain: In

the zodiac, Gemini,

Virgo, Sagittarius,

and Pisces are known

as mutable signs,

meaning they’re

adaptable and franti-

cally indecisive.

They’re like chame-

leons, experiencing

episodic and fre-

quent change

throughout their lives.

Combine that with

these signs’ energies

and personalities

and you’ve got a

recipe for people

living double lives.

No, really....

• Geminis are sym-
  bolized by twins and
  known for having
  multiple sides or
  hidden personalities.
  A charming outer
  persona and a
  darker, disturbed
  inner one? Yup, a
  real possibility.


• Virgos are meticu-
  lous and systematic—
  they live for patterns
  and routine. Serial
  killers tend to commit

characteristic, pre-

dictable behavior pat-

tern. So.

• Sagittariuses are
  charismatic and thrive
  on adventure. It
  makes sense that
  thrill-seeking Sags
  might be more likely
  t o t a ke a c h a n c e o n
  going through with a
  heinous act.


• Pisces are empa-
  thetic, but that empa-
  thy could backfire.
  Since they have the
  ability to feel collec-
  tive pain, they can get
  overwhelmed and turn
  way inward as a cop-
  ing mechanism.

Round up a few of

America’s most notori-

ous serial killers, and

you’ll get: Ted Bundy

(Sagittarius), Jeffrey

Dahmer (Gemini),

John Wayne Gacy

(Pisces), Andrew

Cunanan (Virgo),

“S o n o f S a m” D a v id

Berkowitz (Gemini),

Richard “the Night

Stalker” Ramirez

(Pisces), “Boston

Strangler” Albert

DeSalvo (Virgo),

Randy Kraft (Pisces),

Larry Eyler (Sagittar-

ius), and “BTK” Dennis

Rader (Pisces).

A n d it ’s t r u e t h a t in

comparing some of

these criminals’ birth

charts, patterns

emerge. Bundy,

Cunanan, Ramirez,

and Kraft all share

three key aspects in

their chart: a harsh

Pluto, the planet of

death and repressed

psychological behav-

iors; a soft and sup-

portive one with

Mercury (the planet of

communication); and

a Rising sign that is

conjunct with another

planet.

Translation: Pluto

can bring positive

transformations,

but when poorly

aspected, it can also

cause troubling self-

sabotage—even a

f i xa t io n w it h d e a t h. A

Mercury connection

enhances the gift of

gab, a necessary skill

for luring new victims.

And when any planet

forms an aspect to

yo u r Risin g si g n, i t c a n

amplify that facet of

your personality.

Bundy, for example,

has a Venus in Scor-

pio that forms a stress-

ful square to his Leo

Rising. When Venus,

the planet of love,

forms an unforgiving

aspect like this, there

is a tendency for the

person to struggle

with self-worth and to

act out as a result.

YIKES. But before

you freak out because

you live with a Pisces,

remember that birth

charts are only a map.

Everyone still has the

power to exercise free

will. Plus, “I’m a

Gemini” won’t hold

up in court, so, yeah.

Please don’t kill

anyone.

explanation for

Pluto can bring positive

transformations (yay!) but also

a fixation with death (bye!).

Ifyouneedm

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I’ll

be

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screaming!

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