ARIES: no one wants to be friends with a bully; putting others down to make yourself look bigger will leave you alone at the top. Don’t expect anyone to forgive you for the damage you do. They’re not obligated to.

TAURUS: the earth tries to take care of you, but humanity doesn’t bother. Don’t expect to be able to rely on the kindness of strangers forever; you’re going to have to fight for yourself sooner or later.

GEMINI: actions only speak louder than words when you take action. Don’t expect them not to listen to you when everything you give them is strictly verbal; they have nothing else to know you by. Make it count.

CANCER: you tell them to treat you like an adult, but then you say you want to be taken care of like a child. Don’t expect anyone else to pick for you; decide for yourself whether you are strong or small.

LEO: begging or forcing others to submit to or adore you makes you look pathetic, not powerful. Don’t expect them to bend to your will when your will is constantly bending over backwards in search of a mere throne.

VIRGO: in your pursuit of perfection, you are throwing everything else away. Don’t expect anybody to follow you down that straight & narrow path, and don’t expect not to feel empty when you reach the end with nothing but your ideals.

LIBRA: when you invent a new face for yourself everyday, your real one disappears. Don’t expect the masks to make you feel like you belong, because if anything, they just create more people for you not to fit in with.

SCORPIO: if you hide in the shadows forever, you’ll always be in the dark. Don’t expect anyone else to dive down there with you, and don’t tell me you’re never going to want them to. You will.

SAGITTARIUS: being honest does not always mean you’re telling the truth. Don’t expect other people to swallow your bluntness without questioning where those words came from, and don’t expect them not to find out.

CAPRICORN: if you never let any warmth in, you will always feel cold. Don’t expect their love to be as persistent as your walls are impenetrable; don’t expect anyone to continue to give it to you when you won’t even look at it.

AQUARIUS: your morals aren’t almighty, and your experience isn’t universal. Don’t expect everyone to follow in your footsteps when they don’t know where you’ve been, and you’re not even sure where you’re going.

PISCES: if you ask someone to share their pain with you, they will. Don’t expect them to apologize for bruising your sensitive heart when you’re the one who opened it up and you’re the one who said you were strong enough.