What’s Your ‘Sex and the City’ Zodiac Sign?

The very first episode of Sex and the City premiered 20 years ago next month. To mark this auspicious anniversary, ELLE.com is celebrating some of its most ridiculous, memorable and controversial moments—from the fashion to the flings.

Can your zodiac sign step into Carrie’s covetable Manolos? Pass Bunny MacDougal’s white glove test…or maybe suit up like notorious Mr. Big? The AstroTwins pinpoint a Sex and the City alter ego for every star sign.

Aries: Samantha Jones

“Hello, my name is fabulous!” Like powerhouse publicist Samantha Jones, who once introduced herself with that unabashed opener, you’re a supremely confident creature who lives by your own rules. Fierce competitors, Aries will fight through the death-match round to get what you want—whether it’s a poolside lounger at the SoHo House or remission from breast cancer. Bottom line: Aries swagger is the stuff legends are made of. And like Miz Jones, you may be “try sexual,” sampling amour like a never-ending course of amuse-bouche. Once you’ve earned your erotic street cred, you’ll share indiscriminately, bragging loudly about positions and your wildly varied partners who could range from ballers in Armani suits to Worldwide Express delivery guys.

Taurus: Aidan Shaw

Like Carrie’s furniture-designer fiancé, you’re traditional and dependable. Salt-of-the-earth Aidan kept it sweet and simple…but also sensual! Home-cooked meals and country cabins with original wood detailing are total Taurus-bait, especially if you’re enjoying them with your innermost circle and a pure-bred dog. Although your M.O. is usually, “keep calm and carry on,” you have a raging bull living inside you. And if people break your trust or do something you consider unethical…charge! Case in point: When Carrie crept back to Aidan after straying with Big, he shouted, “You broke my heart!” at a decibel level that reverberated from the Upper East Side to the Verrazano Bridge. Of course, he later gave their relationship another shot. Yeah, you can be stubborn, Taurus, but you’re also a softie when it comes to true love.

Gemini: Carrie Bradshaw

In the world of a Gemini, the only thing constant is change. Like SATC centerpiece Carrie Bradshaw, you can be crazy in love one minute, then spilling tea the next. Once you solve your existential crisis—over happy hour cosmos, naturally—you’ll turn your lessons into refrigerator-magnet Tweetables that will probably go viral in less than a day. Your romantic yearnings and OOTDs are equally mercurial. (Will it be Big or The Russian today? A tutu and T-shirt or a no-fail LBD and Louboutins?) As the zodiac’s communicator, you might make your mark as a media maven, wordsmithing into the wee hours of the night. But no matter how you pay the rent on your brownstone studio, like Carrie’s ubiquitous MacBook, your favorite digital device is always close at hand.

Cancer: Trey MacDougal

It’s family first for the zodiac’s caring Crab. Like Trey MacDougal, the chivalrous Park Avenue cardiologist who literally swept Charlotte off her feet, you long to provide a comfortable lifestyle for your loved ones. When walking the aisle, you’ll be outfitted with a family heirloom, like your great-grandmother’s silk train or Trey’s ancestral tartan kilt. But all this closeness can be a double-edged sword, especially where mother figures are concerned. Learning to individuate can be a challenge for your ultra-sentimental sign—and sometimes your downfall. Trey learned this the hard way: Allowing his “smother mother,” Bunny an all-access pass to his marital life led him to divorce court—and might be the cause of his subsequent performance issues. (Cut to Bunny, bearing a basket of muffins, barging in on Charlotte and Trey, mid-coitus.) Paging, Dr. Freud!

Leo: Mr. Big

More, more, more! That’s how luxurious Leos like it. Whether you’re chasing down love in a chauffeured town car or prowling for a business deal like a Serengeti royal, you live life on its most passionate edge. Irresistible charm? You’ve got that dialed in, like John James Preston—A.K.A. Mr. Big. And can we talk about your dramatic flair that can charge a mundane moment with an electrifying frisson? Romance is in your DNA, but it’s anyone’s guess whether you’ll be in hardcore hunter-mode or down to co-hibernate. Alas, it’s that very dichotomy that can cause the Carries in your life to feel “the exquisite pain of wanting someone so unattainable.” Though you might disappear for intermissions, like Big, you usually come back for a second act. Because come on, is it really over when they say it’s over? Don’t think so, kid.

Virgo: Charlotte York

Bring on the prim cardigans, gallerina topknots and Patrician ideals! Whether a hyphenated MacDougal or Goldenblatt, Charlotte York’s discerning ethics are trés Virgo. In the spirit of the zodiac’s most serviceable sign, she’s eternally supportive, counseling her GFs over brunch…or loaning the retail-therapy-depleted Carrie $40,000 for a down payment on her apartment. Despite your hardcore values (can you say, “tradition, tradition?”), you’re also a mutable sign, and thus willing to evolve for the people you adore. To wit, Charlotte adapted into Upper East Side society lady virtues when wedded to Trey, then converted to Judaism for second husband Harry. Health-conscious Virgos also need their routines. Like Charlotte, nothing—not hell, high water or a Viagra-starved hubby—can keep you from your Central Park runs!

Libra: Steve Brady

Sweet amour! Your Venus-ruled sign lives for love—so much so that it can make a permanent puppy out of you, like the hopelessly adoring Steve Brady. Smitten by Miranda, the outer-borough bartender just couldn’t comprehend the fact that she wasn’t interested in a relationship after their presumed one-night stand. With his loping grin and New Yawk patois, Steve knew how to turn on the candy-coated charm and melt resistance: a Libra secret weapon, if ever there were. You’re peaceful and patient, keeping your cool when others get fired up and holding out for the ultimate prize—like that Brooklyn townhouse life Steve ultimately shared with Miranda. Ruled by the scales of justice, the only thing that upsets you is when something seems imbalanced—for example, when the cash-strapped Steve emptied out his savings to pay for an $1800 suit instead of letting Miranda buy it for him.

Scorpio: Bunny MacDougal

Let’s be honest, Scorpio: Even if you’re wearing the crisp white gloves of a Park Avenue society lady, there’s an iron fist housed beneath those satin fingertips. Like the excoriating Bunny MacDougal, all it takes is one disapproving gaze to dress down anyone who threatens your carefully ordered universe. What can you say? You feel a deep sense of protectiveness for your peeps. Some Scorpios are loyal to levels that would make a Medieval knight bow down. With Bunny’s unannounced drop-ins on Charlotte and Trey, and her professed disbelief in boundaries, she found clever (and ever-so-Scorpionic) ways to remain, uh, involved. But is that deep-state level of engagement the healthiest thing, Scorp? Our sources say, “no.” Life might have been easier for Bunny if she backed up and let “the kids” pick out their own mattress and maybe not insist that they decorate their palatial apartment in stuffed mallards.

Sagittarius: Jerry “Smith” Jerrod

Self-sovereign Sagittarians are only capable of creating rules, never following them. Like model-turned-movie-star Jerry “Smith” Jerrod, you live and love freely. Your heart could lead you to a sexy Samantha who, NBD, might be twice your age. On some days, you live for high romance (pan to hand-holder Smith convincing a resistant Samantha to momentarily interlock fingers), but you’re also a passionate paradox. As the zodiac’s nomadic free-spirit, Archers are independent and ambitious, always chasing those goals. Smith’s careerist move from NYC to LA may have put physical distance between him and Samantha, but in true Sagittarius style, he showed up as an unwavering hero in her time of need. Who can forget the moment he picked up a razor and buzzed off his blonde locks in solidarity of Samantha’s cropped ‘do while she underwent chemotherapy?

Capricorn: Miranda Hobbes

Like ambitious attorney Miranda Hobbes, you were born with your eyes on the prize. You won’t stop climbing until you reach the top and make partner. (And even then…) Capable, commanding and in control, you don’t really need people, Capricorn…you just like having good ones around. Love is serious business for you, too. Even if it takes years to confirm, you need to be one-hundred percent sure before you’ll commit to a relationship. Fawning bartender Steve was put through untold hoops—including the birth of their son Brady and his relationship with the far-dimmer Debbie—before Miranda could finally admit that he was The One. Ruled by restrictive Saturn, Caps can default to formalities as a defense—and even go cold when you’re actually scared. (Cut to Miranda’s confession, “I can’t say ‘I love you.’ I can’t. It’s not in my DNA.”) But patience, perseverance, and a partner who’s as persistent as a Golden Retriever have a way of melting your heart.

Aquarius: Stanford Blatch

You’re the ultimate bestie, Aquarius, eternally supportive—without being cloyingly codependent. And when it comes to the mic-drops, no one can touch your humor. You lob your sage advice like a guru and a “comic” rolled into one. Stanford Blatch’s legendary snarkbombs could always shore up a heartbroken Carrie. (To wit, his justification for having three shrinks, “one for when I want to be cuddled, one for when I want tough love and one for when I want to look at a beautiful man.”) As the zodiac’s social butterfly, you hate to miss an event—and you’re down to sip cosmos, morning, noon or night. No matter the invite, odds are good you’ll show up wearing something utterly original or beautifully eccentric. Picture it: Stanford’s statement-making, multi-colored suits complete with pocket squares and bow ties!

Pisces: Aleksandr Petrovsky

Nocturnal, numinous Pisces, if Aleksandr Petrovsky’s life makes you green with envy, we can’t really blame you. You’re ruled by Neptune, the planet of fantasy, magic and romance! It’s not a total stretch for you to imagine an existence where time and space are of no consequence and art is basically everything. Like “The Russian,” you could happily emerge from a long day in your secluded studio for a late-late dinner at the Russian Samovar, then take in midnight performance art before departing on an extended work trip to Paris—gorgeous amour in tow. Psst…In this imaginary(?) life, you might get so caught up in the moment that you neglect said amour, even though you just dropped major Euros on a diamond necklace for bae. The dream state is where Pisces perpetually dwell. Reality? Don’t take the bait!