Personal Life / Personality

Those born under the Cygnus constellation between Capricorn and Aquarius tend to have an aura of innocence about them. They are perhaps the most difficult Cusp to make sense of, since Capricorn and Aquarius are different in so many ways. With the dedication of a Capricorn and the idealism of an Aquarius, Cygnus signs are a bit of a paradox. 

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They’re effectively the result of raising the already-high standards of a Capricorn so high that only their imagination can sufficiently satisfy them. More than any sign, they retain a whimsical, dreamy, even childish demeanor throughout their lives. This may be because their focus on creativity ultimately becomes adaptive, despite its motivations originating far from any sense of result-orientation. 

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Not all can escape the oppressive demands of the world, however, in such a balanced manner. The allure of escapism can be hard for them to overcome, especially in the digital age. They may feel that every compromise with reality tarnishes their innocent spirit, but in order to share their spirit with the rest of the world, they have to find a way to accept and even ultimately find inspiration within reality itself. 

Interpersonal Life / Relationships

They must be careful not to idolize their significant others. 

• Cool, accepting, tolerant, attentive, caring, spirited, free, compromising, nurturing, helpful, supportive, generous, altruistic, caretaking, 

• Petulant, prudish, suffocating, dependent, judgmental, intolerant, paranoid, insecure, sacrificial, coddling, suspicious, nervous, anxious, awkward, self-defeating, split personality, limerant, 

Social Life / Society

• Vision, prudent, meticulous, perfectionistic, original, agreeable, cooperative, organized, optimistic, principled, idealistic, eloquent, informative, rigorous, studial, 

• Impractical, irrational, undisciplined, pretentious, slow, incompetent, naive, isolated, reclusive, inflexible, uncompromising, 

Archetypal Story of Cygnus

Deserted on an island, Hank is about to hang himself when a dead body washes up on shore. The novelty distracts him from is suicidal intent, and he discovers a myriad of handy survival tools the corpse can mimic, the first of which being a jet ski that ferries the two of them to a mainland shore. Having recovered enough hope and will to live to aspire to make it back to civilization, Hank explores the handy corpse gadget further and finds it can produce drinking water, spark fires, and become a compass to guide him home. But the body is so much more than that. He becomes animated, and explains that he is an amnesiac. Hank names him Manny, and their journey back to civilization becomes sidetracked by his newfound impetus to help retrieve his memories and teach him how to do normal human things. 

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Hank proves to be creative and resourceful, flaunting a quality of Substance which runs counter to his overthinking conceptual nature. In the forest he builds elaborate sets and costumes to simulate scenarios for Manny, many of them revolving around his interest in someday finding a girlfriend. Projecting his own longings for a girl he fell in love with on the bus, Hank puts himself in her shoes to recreate the situation and sees the encounter from the other point of view. This did not turn out to be as eye opening as it could have been, as he and Manny share an awkward kiss and it is revealed that he hadn’t been honest about his relationship with Sarah. They had never actually met, he just creepily took a picture of her and saved it on his phone, presenting her as a romance he had been estranged from rather than the fantasy it was. This causes a rift between them, and wishing he were dead again Manny regresses to his catatonic state. 

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The reality of his survival situation comes crashing back in again when a bear attacks, and Hank is helpless to defend himself. Despite their differences, Manny springs back to life and action and fends off the bear, standing on his own two feet for the first time. When Hank passes out he carries him out of the woods seeking help, and they end up in the yard of who else but Sarah. Her daughter was out playing at the time, and sight of the strange men sent her running to her mom to call the cops. As if showing up with a corpse wasn’t incriminating enough, the phone pic and investigation of his woodland scenes which turned out to have been very close to her house the entire time paint him in a very stalker light. Nobody believes him about Manny’s powers, so he takes him back to the shore in a bid to escape but he remains lifeless and Hank is apprehended. As he is being hauled off, the mysterious body-man propels himself back out into the ocean from whence he came. 

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This is arguably the most bizarre story example of them all, but despite the novelty if we look past some of the literal strangeness the lesson it holds seems to be this: A suicidal loser who hates himself learns to accept himself through taking care of an amnesiac man he finds by teaching him how to be human. Seeing the world through the innocence of another gives him newfound appreciation for a life he has taken for granted. They share a vibe of Fluidity, as the transition between accepting reality and fashioning a more favorable one becomes more mindful and more empowered through their interaction. Both men are able to ‘come to life’ by working through their limitations in this creative, cooperative way. Manny is a projection both of the supportive father he didn’t have, and the child he wishes he could share and rediscover life with, but in the end he cannot use his fantasy as a substitute for reality and keep himself safe by isolating on an island and never taking any risks.