Seriously, What Is the Best Zodiac Sign?

In ELLE’s new column, Ask the AstroTwins, our resident astrologers take on your burning questions about the cosmos. Here, they answer the impossible: Which zodiac sign is truly the greatest of them all?

Which sign is “the best,” you ask? That’s easy: Sagittarius.

Why? Personal bias—it happens to be our sign.

If you’re an Aries or a Leo, you’d loudly protest, inserting your sign into the role of the celestial supreme. Fire signs want to burn the brightest and aren’t afraid of a little healthy competition.

But how long can you hold on to the Best Sign title, o’ incendiary ones? Like hungry flames licking at their next source of fuel, fire signs can burn through relationships. Sadly, if you don’t nurture your fan base, you can’t expect them to keep showing up with applause.

Geminis and Scorpios? You’re proudly the best at many things (wink wink), a few that are legendarily NSFW. Unsurprisingly, you’re also accustomed to people recoiling when you reveal your zodiac details. We agree that it’s completely unfair that a handful of bad actors have scarred your cosmic reputation. Still, who among us hasn’t had a “Conrad” moment with a ghosting Gemini or a seductively unreachable Scorpio, à la Belly in The Summer I Turned Pretty? It’s the inconsistency that stings.

This whole debate over the best sign can change based on the situation. Need to dissect a toxic relationship with a friend who will rub your back and DoorDash your favorite comfort food? No question, Cancer and Taurus, you have that category sewn up.

True, there will be some attachment issues to deal with. Cancer, you need friends to be near-clairvoyant, sensing your micro mood shifts and asking, “Are you okay?” before your emotions gather hurricane-force winds.

And Taurus, how quickly you forget that other signs don’t share your obsession with greeting cards, hostess gifts, and other straight-out-of-charm-school gestures. Reciprocating your steady flow of generosity can be a full-time job that only other bulls manage to crush.

Do responsibilities make you feel like Sisyphus dragging a boulder up that legendary hill? Hi, Virgo. Hi, Capricorn. Your love of project management—and skill with whipping a complex mission into a production so tight it would make The Grammys look amateur—confounds us to this day. That otherworldly skill deserves “the best sign” moniker. But no, no, you wave the title away, committed to modesty and a touch of martyrdom as part of your celestial schtick.

If your idea of “best” is someone who will show up with a bottle of wine and the most all-consuming distraction you never could have dreamed up on your own, Pisces and Libra take the crown. The rosé cork will barely be popped before Pisces gets a text about a DJ from Berlin who’s only playing one show (tonight, of course) or Libra is making dinner reservations, assembling your revenge outfit, and contouring your face to hide the puffiness caused by your tears.

There’s always a shiny object that needs to be chased—somewhere else. That’s where we can’t deny the award-winning powers of Aquarius. You might be the best at stringing us along, Water Bearer, but you keep us endlessly enthralled. In a world where attention spans are a hot commodity, we’ll gladly keep our eyes on whatever you’re up to next.

And maybe that’s the point: Every sign wins the gold medal under the right constellation of circumstances. “Best” is a shifting title, less a verdict than a mirror reflecting what we need in a given moment. The zodiac covers the full spectrum of our humanity, and every sign has a season and a reason to shine the brightest. Yes, we’ll cling to our biases (Sagittarius forever!), but if we’re being completely honest, that could change the minute we’re hungry (Cancer!), tired (Pisces!) or ready for a ride to the airport (Virgo!).