How to Break Up With an Earth Sign (Part 2 of the Breaking Up Series)
August 19, 2007 by Jeffrey Kishner
This post was written by Jara aka BlahBlah.
Disclaimer: This blog entry is for humorous and educational purposes only. Adhere to the following advice at your own risk.
If you’ve ever been in a relationship with a tender Taurus, virtuous Virgo, or a committed Capricorn, then you know how it feels to be with a partner who wants to be your biggest asset. But what happens when your earth sign mate has become a liability? Here’s how to make a clean break with a Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn:
The Breakup Strategy
Taurus doesn’t like change – even if the change is for the better. This quality is what makes breaking up with Taurus challenging, especially for signs that don’t like change anymore than Taurus does (that means you, Cancer) or who would prefer that a problem solve itself (yes, I’m talking to you, Pisces). You want the quickest way to break up with Taurus? It doesn’t exist. When you entered into a relationship with Taurus, you made an agreement to be in it for the long haul and you must honor that agreement. This includes enduring a long breakup. Begin by weaning Taurus out of your relationship by failing to cater to the Bull. Stop cooking all those great meals. Don’t run any more bubble baths. No more late night massages! If this doesn’t work, try introducing Taurus to someone who cooks better than you.
Breaking up with Virgo is actually very simple. Virgo is a mutable sign, which means that the Virgin easily adapts to new stimuli. In this case, the new stimuli would be you wanting to break up. Expect many questions about how you came to your decision. Although the chain of questions will seem endless, it’s just Virgo’s way of gathering more information for future reference. Not answering the questions only inspires more questions, so carve out some time to satiate Virgo’s curiosity and you’ll be home free!
Capricorns are usually the ones doing the dumping, so breaking up with them is relatively easy – as long as you let them be the boss of the breakup. Present yourself as a loser without future earning potential or any interest in money or status what-so-ever. No matter how many times the Goat introduces you to a great mentor in your career field, say you’re not sure this is the right step for you. The Capricorn will fire you from the relationship for being an unsuitable mate (aka business partner). If you don’t let Capricorn dump you, then look forward to changing jobs, bank accounts, and social security #s in order to protect yourself from the Capricorn wanting to get revenge against you (especially if your goat has Venus in Scorpio).
Ex-files
Unless you broke Taurus’ trust, a Taurus ex will probably be in your life forever in some way or another (especially if you have kids together). If you married Taurus without a prenuptial agreement (how’d you manage that?), then be prepared for a long battle in court if you want to leave the marriage with anything Taurus wants to keep, like the car, the house, the kids, or YOU. If you’re moving out of the home you’ve built with the Bull, make sure to clearly mark all of your belongings. It will make packing so much easier.
You will enjoy Virgo better after a breakup than you did during the relationship. Not only do you still get the constructive “advice,” but Virgo might even help you reorganize your life after it falls apart due to Virgo’s highly noticeable absence. If you share children with Virgo, you won’t have to fight for joint custody, but you will have to endure Virgo frequently correcting and criticizing your parenting style.
The great thing about a Capricorn ex is that the Goat won’t kiss and tell about your breakup. It will be as if you never existed at all…
How did your relationship with a Taurus, Virgo or Capricorn end? Did the end of your relationship with an earth sign leave you feeling on shaky footing or on solid ground?
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Hey Adam, I dated a Taurus for 3.5 years. Man I could tell you too many stories like the ones you have mentioned above. They don’t show much emotion. I have a cancer moon and I would be all sweet and sensitive he would often call me needy and SO very emotional. Kind of the reason we broke up cause I DID everything all the time and I got so tired. Cleaning, cooking and looking after things. I’m a Libra, we can be lazy about these things too, but someone had to do it lol and I have a cancer moon so I have a strong tendency to nurture and I am very sensitive.
Not sure what you can do though as being with the aloof bull can take a lot emtionally. I’ve dated two other tauruses who were much worse.. but all in all most I have encountered appear cold and aloof, but when you get past it can be very warm they just don’t express it them same way…one thing I loved about my bull he was stable and relaible… but the emotional stuff doesn’t come up sometime until you are walking out the door…my ex bull cried like a baby, and I am NOT exaggerating when I decided to leave him…I was shocked! I had know idea it was that Real for him…I mean loudly sobbing…he still wants to come back as many Tauruses never let go fully.. As I still care for him deeply I want to make sure he can be alittle more of what I need, if this is even possible as this is their nature… so idk, at the end of the day Adam you got to do whats best for you;)
OMG I just was reading some of the posts about Virgos and my experiences were the same. My first REAL boyfriend was a Virgo, in the beginning I knew something wasn’t quite right about the relationship. So whenever I would try to break up he would tell me he would kill himself, I was reading libralady’s posts about her Virgo ex, wow sounds so much like my first bf…goodness that is wierd, I thought it was just me. Plus idk me and Virgo didn’t have much in common, he thought I thought way too much overanalyzing and I thought he was too rigid…dang when I think about it most of my relationships have been earth signs!hmmm interesting…But I did date another libra and I found that exhausting and full a drama lol…
Libra30:
Ohmygod thank god someone with some cancerian in them understands!!
OK and cos you have cancerian in you, you love to nurture, care and I take it as a wacky sense of humour and can make everyone laugh
HOW DO YOU MAKE IT WORK?
someone said a taurus likes slap-stick humour. Erm what like someone being hit with a frying pan? Wow maybe I should pay someone to hit someone with a pot on every date I have! Not. Humour – advice? did YOUR tauruses laugh and if yes how did you do it????
I mean – i know another taurus guy, he’s just a friend and he won’t laugh either! I don’t get it…and i like to make someone laugh as it makes me feel better about myself/makes the date go better but he’s happy to sit there and discuss normal things
Hmm they only show emotion if you say you’re leaving. Ick. I can’t handle that. He’s reliable etc and will cuddle me all day long
love that. But I need to be TOLD he cares for me cos you must understand, my mind goes into over-drive of questions – why won’t he tell me? DOES he like me at all? etc.
just pleeeease tell me all the things you did / said to your tauruses that made him laugh or happy.
I think I can look past that, but did you ever do something that made him say aloud he appreciates you? Cos I cook, clean his flat and everything else. Nothing. Not a peep. *sigh*
sorry I know how needy I sound
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE xxxx
Man they make Caps look bad.
ok so I am going to try as best I can to answers these concerns Adam cause I wish someone told me what I was in for lol ok here goes…
Erm what like someone being hit with a frying pan?
**Well from my experiences they do make jokes but its not in the same why me and you might it is slack stick. I find slap stick stupid lol he likes the dumb comedies where guys are doing all sorts of silly random things…**
Wow maybe I should pay someone to hit someone with a pot on every date I have! Not. Humour – advice? did YOUR tauruses laugh and if yes how did you do it????
**yeah like a frying pain to the head…my taurus was on the cusps between tau and gem so he was kind of funny very sarcastic though, he helped me to be more funny since I am emotional and didn’t really know how to laugh at myself…well I don’t really make him laugh still lol, not very good at that but he likes when a playfully tease him about stuff this makes him smile.**
But I need to be TOLD he cares for me cos you must understand, my mind goes into over-drive of questions – why won’t he tell me? DOES he like me at all? etc.
**See this is what my Tau always said “if I didn’t think you were great and sexy and all that I wouldn’t be with you right??”…LOL yeah he said it just like that**
I think I can look past that, but did you ever do something that made him say aloud he appreciates you?
**Its funny when I wouldn’t look for it he would say and do they most loving things…when I would just be sitting there minding my business he would say you are beautiful, I love you hair, your smile… I love you so so much …but its usually out of the blue you know…its not said everyday, but they show you how much they care and are dedicated…I was very much into him telling me in the beginning…I honestly though I was really sure he loved me for along time…but now I know he does love me…but I still struggle with whether I can be back with him knowing that I won’t hear it, sometimes I just need to hear it more often, so I understand totally Adam what you go through and how you feel.**
One thing about this relationship that I learned like no other was the need to be strong emotionally and independent cause I have a tendency to latch on for dear life lol, and it benefited us both when I was more independent and gave him more room to express love and do more in the relationship… but of course this might not be factor in you relationship Adam, I just really had this tendency to smother.
edit in second to last paragraph. I honestly thought he didn’t loved me for a long time.
Why Mountain Goat, just curious???
Libra30….I just have to say thank you soooo much you gave like the best and most detailed advice
and it really did help prepare me for the storm of un-emotional times ahead from my taurus!
But after reading all of that and understanding it all cos I see those exact qualities in MY man too….I’m not sure a taurus is ever going to be for me.
Your man said ‘if I didn’t think you were great and sexy and all that I wouldn’t be with you right?? … OK first off I don’t know how you didn’t slap him and just lose it lol but mine said something similiar. I didn’t reply to his txts / phonecalls after our 5th date to try and make him work a bit more for me
then when I phoned him and was all ‘I’m soooo sorry my life has been non stop’ he said ‘I know why you didn’t return my calls and how can I like you more if you’re not there when I need you? *long sigh* cause i’m with you cause you love to care for me’.
Taurus men, eh????
They think thats gonna flatter us. Haaaa they need a kick sometimes! lol
But honey after that advice of what they need / want from you I’m not sure I can give him that. I’ll continue to cook, clean and pay him with gooey comments but if he can’t tell me he wants to be with me in so many words, not a taurus ‘i’m with you so stop worrying’ remark then there’s going to be problems. Lots.
I think i’m going to give it another week of trying and also trying to pull sentimental comments out of him in the process to make ‘us’ feel more secure but if he CAN’T then I may have to end it.
and while that seems drastic, ending it cos he wouldn’t tell me he appreciated all I did for him and being that needy I wanted constant re-assurance, i’m quite sure any cancerian would agree that would drive them wild in the end and I don’t want to stick around for the long haul to be only disappointed.
Thank you Libra30
I know it seems you must not have helped cos I’ve basically decided 2 dump my boyfriend haha but noooooo really you have. thank you thank you thank you for the advice, you really cleared me out 
best of luck with your taurus, too! xxxx
I can totally understand, its hard not to hear and know how someone feels and when they speak in code about how they feel or say nothing at all. It can be gut wrenching. I don’t know how I stayed in it so long I guess they Libra part of me just kept holding on, trying to make it better, which when it hurts or ain’t working I stayed… this is not a good quality to have a times you know…some Taurus do need a good kick lol, they are very hard to change, if at all and they have to think it is their idea hahah! I like Taurus I have a couple of Tau friends…I experience the same things….
I mean I had one Tau female friend and for years I wasn’t sure she even liked me(again not sure why I put up w/ this) think that libra again wanted to be liked…then once in while she would say stuff that would make me think ok we are friends….but I long gave up on her cause sometimes she would do things that made me think she didn’t care either way…honestly as a warm and sensitive people We really do need that type of vocal affection you know…and I would like to find that in a person…so I totally understand Adam…seriously for us its important to hear it:) Cause after a while it feels like neglect you know, and you do all things loving and caring and then nothing this is why I left my bull alone.