Most likely to…

Most likely to have a backup plan for their backup plan

Three routes, two spare restaurants, and a first-aid kit in the bag. Here’s the order of affectionately excessive foresight. Topping the ranking: Virgo, just ahead of Capricorn and Scorpio. All twelve signs follow, from most to least likely, each with its reason, to be read with a smile, never as a verdict.

  1. 1
    Virgo

    He’s got a spreadsheet, tabs, and a plan C that has its own plan C. For him, planning for the unplanned isn’t anxiety, it’s love of the list.

  2. 2
    Capricorn

    He’s anticipated every failure scenario and calmly built a strategy for each one. Risk doesn’t exist in his world, it was already handled last week.

  3. 3
    Scorpio

    He’s got one visible plan and three hidden ones no one suspects. He likes knowing he always keeps a card up his sleeve, just in case.

  4. 4
    Cancer

    Backpack stuffed with bandages, snacks, and sweaters for everyone, you never know. His foresight is motherly, and secretly everyone benefits from it.

  5. 5
    Taurus

    He plans ahead to protect his comfort, because he hates bad surprises. Stash of food, spare battery, everything calmly secured.

  6. 6
    Libra

    He’s got a plan B in case someone isn’t happy with plan A, harmony obliges. His foresight is social: that no one is ever disappointed.

  7. 7
    Aquarius

    He’s got brilliant, improbable backup plans, built for problems that will never happen. Ready for the zombie apocalypse, far less so for Monday morning.

  8. 8
    Leo

    He’s got a prestige plan B, because letting the evening fall flat is out of the question. The foresight stops where the urge to make everything shine begins.

  9. 9
    Gemini

    He’s got plenty of backup ideas, all excellent, but none written down anywhere. The plan B exists... somewhere in his head, between two other thoughts.

  10. 10
    Pisces

    His backup plan is believing it’ll all work out, and strangely it often does. He trusts the current more than any itinerary.

  11. 11
    Sagittarius

    For him, the backup plan is improvising, and that’s exactly what makes the trip fun. Why plan for the unexpected when the unexpected is the best part?

  12. 12
    Aries

    Plan A and that’s it, we go, we’ll figure it out on the spot. The word “backup” feels vaguely insulting to his instincts.

No sign is « better » than another, promise. It is a leaning, not a verdict, and Virgo wears the top spot with a smile.

Sources

  • Robert Hand, Horoscope Symbols, Whitford Press, 1981.