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Weddings, huh? Happiest day of your life... and more stress than you can shake a stick at. Here's our quick guide to the Brides and Grooms of the Zodiac. (Missing sign profiles being added as fast as we can) Qualities You Bring to your Marriage: Adventurousness, energy, courage, confidence and quick wits, but also selfishness, impatience, foolhardiness and a quick temper. If you are an Aries Bride or Groom then your direct and essentially uncomplicated nature should be able to cope well with the trials and tribulations of arranging a wedding. You have the enviable ability to see clearly the essential elements of any important decision, and you are also very decisive and not one to dither and dally. You do, however, want to stand out from the crowd, so a run-of-the-mill bash is simply not your style at all. Although it is after all your wedding, you should try to take care not to ride roughshod over your loved ones’ feelings (especially your fiancée!), and try within reason not to be too selfish in insisting upon doing things your own way. Although you have bags of energy and enthusiasm for your big day, neither details nor patience are your strong points, and so it would be good if you could enlist the support of a more earth-based personality type to dot the I’s and cross the T’s for you – just in case. Take care also to have all of the legal formalities correct and in order – sun sign Arians are renowned for a distaste for ‘petty’ legalities! It might also be rather more difficult than you imagine for you to keep within your specified budget, so a good idea might be to decide which elements of the wedding are most important to you and to splash out on those and cut back firmly on less important parts of the day. This is of course very much a personal decision, and you certainly know your own mind and have very strong views on matters such as these, so at least you won’t be in two minds about what you do and don’t want! When all the planning is over, and your wedding day turns out to be just as you had hoped and dreamed, you will be able to feel a real sense of satisfaction and achievement at another job well done. Ideal Engagement Stone: Diamond Ideal Engagement Stone: Diamond Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: All shades of red and orange Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: All shades of red and orange Ideal Wedding Style: Lively and gregarious, with plenty of dancing and music Ideal Wedding Style: Lively and gregarious, with plenty of dancing and music Ideal Wedding Foods: Include shallots, capers, mustard, chilli Ideal Wedding Flowers: Honeysuckle, Bryony, Peppermint Ideal Wedding Flowers: Honeysuckle, Bryony, Peppermint Ideal Wedding Transport: Something suitably ‘flashy’! Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Naples, Capua, Verona, Florence, Marseilles or anywhere in the UK (yes!), France, Germany or Denmark. Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Naples, Capua, Verona, Florence, Marseilles or anywhere in the UK (yes!), France, Germany or Denmark. The Taurus Bride or Groom Qualities You Bring to your Marriage: Patience, reliability, persistence, determination and warmth, but also jealousy, possessiveness, resentful nature and self-indulgence. If you are a Taurus Bride or Groom, the one thing that is likely to have you losing sleep during your wedding planning is the prospect of any of your plans having to change! Your methodical and decisive mind has probably had no problem in deciding what you want and in attending to the details of how to get it – but you sometimes lack flexibility and vision, and tend to panic easily if your security is threatened by any kind of enforced change of plan. Your normally placid nature may be prone to flares of temper during stressful periods, and the legendary Taurean possessiveness is likely to apply in this instance to your wedding itself – you dislike intensely anyone else trying to tell you what to do or how to do it, and you feel that the planning stages too are entirely ‘yours’. This can lead all too easily to conflict with your fiancée and also with both families and friends, who are after all only trying to help and to express an interest. You are extremely generous, and so would no doubt like a lavish wedding, with plenty of food and drink for the guests, and plenty of entertainment too. Watch out that your generosity works in tandem with your budget though, else you could easily find yourself planning well beyond your means. Not that fond of exercise at the best of times, the run up to your wedding could also see you turning to food and or alcohol for comfort in times of stress; try to battle your nerves instead with some fresh air and a good chat – it’s important that you keep yourself in good shape for your big day. Ideal Engagement Stone: Emerald Ideal Engagement Stone: Emerald Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: Pink, Pale Blue, Pale Green Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: Pink, Pale Blue, Pale Green Ideal Wedding Style: Indulgent, opulent and luxurious Ideal Wedding Style: Indulgent, opulent and luxurious Ideal Wedding Foods: Berry fruits, asparagus, artichokes, grapes, figs Ideal Wedding Flowers: Roses, poppies, violets, large daisy arrangements Ideal Wedding Flowers: Roses, poppies, violets, large daisy arrangements Ideal Wedding Transport: Tractor (or, for the less rurally inclined, any form of horse drawn transport) Ideal Wedding Transport: Tractor (or, for the less rurally inclined, any form of horse drawn transport) Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Dublin, Lucerne, Leipzig, or anywhere in Ireland or Switzerland. Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Dublin, Lucerne, Leipzig, or anywhere in Ireland or Switzerland. The Sagittarian Bride or Groom Qualities You Bring to your Marriage: Optimism, humour, honesty and a philosophical outlook, but also carelessness, irresponsibility, tactlessness and a restless nature. If you are a Sagittarian Bride or Groom you can be a bit of a handful, in the nicest possible way. Of all the zodiac signs, this is the one most overflowing with natural exuberance and enthusiasm. When planning a wedding, this can mean budgets flying out of the window, parties on a scale grander than any Millennium do, and a general tendency to go over the top whatever kind of wedding is planned. That said, your enthusiasm is catching, and your raw energy inspires everyone around you to get as keyed up as you are for your Big Day. With such a philosophical nature, you are able to take the ups and downs of wedding planning in your stride, and it is your natural instinct to look on the bright side of any issue. Every cloud has a silver lining, so they say, and if anyone can find it, you can! And yes, this even applies to any problems on your wedding day – your sense of humour will see you through. Although you have great breadth of vision, you are often bored by detail – it would be wise to have someone from a more detail loving sign such as Virgo or Taurus around to dot the I’s and cross the T’s. You also tend to flit from one aspect of the planning to the next, without quite finishing any of them! No matter, because yours is the grand vision of the whole that will make final sense of everyone else’s contributions. Ideal Engagement Stone: Topaz Ideal Engagement Stone: Topaz Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: Dark Blue, Purple Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: Dark Blue, Purple Ideal Wedding Style: Outdoor element to ceremony or reception, not too traditional. Ideal Wedding Style: Outdoor element to ceremony or reception, not too traditional. Ideal Wedding Foods: Grapefruits, sultanas, leeks, cinnamon and sage Ideal Wedding Flowers: Anything Pink or Purple Ideal Wedding Flowers: Anything Pink or Purple Ideal Wedding Transport: Horse and Carriage Ideal Wedding Transport: Horse and Carriage Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Toledo, Stuttgart, Cologne, Avignon, Toronto, Naples or anywhere in Spain, Australia, South Africa or Arabia Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Toledo, Stuttgart, Cologne, Avignon, Toronto, Naples or anywhere in Spain, Australia, South Africa or Arabia The Capricorn Bride or Groom Qualities You Bring to your Marriage: Discipline, ambition, practical nature, patience and wit, but also pessimism, over-conventionality and a tendency to grumble. If you are a Capricorn Bride or Groom you are probably in your element planning your Big Event. You have big aspirations, together with a very practical nature – this combination makes for very big weddings, planned with military precision and coming in right on budget! Your natural planning abilities mean that you enjoy detail, and it is often the little, thoughtful touches that make a Capricorn wedding really eye-catching and memorable. Quite conventional at heart, you will want to be seen to do the ‘right thing’ no matter how traditional or otherwise your wedding. A stickler for etiquette and social niceties, this is the sign more than any other that is likely to have nightmares over the phrasing of invitations! Although you will work very hard in the run up to your wedding, your delightfully wry sense of humour will pop out even in the most serious of moments, which makes working with you at this time a joy for friends and family alike. Your practical nature means that you will want to make sure that your future domestic life is completely sorted out before you take the plunge, so there will be a lot of worry for you until your marital home is found, bought, signed for and fitted out to your total satisfaction. On the other hand, you will probably be quite happy to leave details of the honeymoon to your fiancée, safe in the knowledge that you will love it wherever it turns out to be. Ideal Engagement Stone: Amethyst or Turquoise Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: Dark Green, Silver, Warm Brown Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: Dark Green, Silver, Warm Brown Ideal Wedding Style: Traditional, with all the trimmings; traditional elements incorporated into a less usual event Ideal Wedding Style: Traditional, with all the trimmings; traditional elements incorporated into a less usual event Ideal Wedding Foods: Potatoes, barley, spinach, onion, malt and pasta Ideal Wedding Flowers: Ivy, Amaranthus, Pansies Ideal Wedding Flowers: Ivy, Amaranthus, Pansies Ideal Wedding Transport: Silver Rolls Royce Ideal Wedding Transport: Silver Rolls Royce Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Delhi, Brussels, Mexico City or anywhere in India, Yugoslavia, Orkney/Shetland and Saxony. Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Delhi, Brussels, Mexico City or anywhere in India, Yugoslavia, Orkney/Shetland and Saxony. The Aquarius Bride or Groom Qualities You Bring to your Marriage: Honesty, loyalty, friendliness, intellectual stimulation, but also aloofness, stubbornness and a need for independence within the relationship. If you are an Aquarian Bride or Groom you are probably hoping that others will not want to help (or, in your words, ‘interfere’) with your plans too much. Your independent nature means that you are quite happy to shoulder the responsibility yourself, and your slightly aloof nature also means that you are the least likely of all of the zodiac signs to spend hours discussing little details with friends and acquaintances. Aquarians have a strong unconventional streak, and it’s very likely that you will want your wedding to be somehow ‘different’. You have very firm, fixed ideas of what you do and don’t want, and when you have your heart set on something you are almost impossible to budge, so compromise is not something that’s likely to be going on a lot in your wedding plans! You don’t like to have important events hanging over your head for too long, so a short engagement or even a sudden wedding may well be the case. Very philosophical, Aquarians tend to be very tolerant of other faiths and cultures, and of all of the signs, Aquarians are least likely to be troubled by entering a mixed faith marriage. Indeed, it may well be completely your cup of tea to incorporate elements of other faiths into your ceremony if you can. A large guest list is very likely, because Aquarians are friendly to absolutely everyone. However, woe betide any friend or relative – or even your partner – who tries to push you into a certain direction for the wedding. You can have a rather perverse nature in that the harder someone tries to persuade you to do something in a particular way, the more likely you are to do completely the opposite. Ideal Engagement Stone: Aquamarine Ideal Engagement Stone: Aquamarine Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: Electric Blue, Turquoise, Aqua Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: Electric Blue, Turquoise, Aqua Ideal Wedding Style: Unconventional, different, perhaps humanist or in an unusual venue. Ideal Wedding Style: Unconventional, different, perhaps humanist or in an unusual venue. Ideal Wedding Foods: Apples, Star Fruit, Kiwi Fruit, Lime, Kumquat, Chillies Ideal Wedding Flowers: Orchids, Golden Rain Ideal Wedding Flowers: Orchids, Golden Rain Ideal Wedding Transport: Hot Air Balloon Ideal Wedding Transport: Hot Air Balloon Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Moscow, Salzburg, Hamburg or anywhere in Sweden, Poland or Israel. Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Moscow, Salzburg, Hamburg or anywhere in Sweden, Poland or Israel. The Pisces Bride or Groom Qualities You Bring to your Marriage: Romance, imagination, sensitivity and compassion, but also escapism, secretiveness, possible deceit and gullibility. Pisceans are renowned for being a little bit perverse (in the nicest possible way!), as the image of this sign – two fishes swimming in opposite directions – might suggest. As far as your wedding goes, the Piscean Bride or Groom is tugged in two different directions – torn between wanting everything to be just perfectly romantic for you yourself, yet also wanting to please EVERYONE else. It is very important that you stand up for yourself during the planning of the wedding – this sign above all others sometimes needs reminding that it is YOUR day, not everyone else’s! Taking the line of least resistance may make for a smoother run up to the wedding, but it may also mean sacrificing some of your dreams, and you really shouldn’t be doing that on your wedding day of all days. The colourful Piscean imagination is a wonderful asset in planning a wedding to remember, and your creativity is a real bonus in inventing special little touches to make your day unique to you. Traditionally a very romantic sign, you nonetheless surprise those around you in your often unorthodox expression of romance – the golden rule here is that if it feels romantic to you and your partner, it IS romantic! Sun sign Pisceans are however not always the best at making decisions, especially about important events. Much hesitation is likely over the smaller details of your Big Day, and you are also quite likely to change your mind several times before you settle on what you really want. Beings such an emotional sign, your nerves may well get the better of you as they day approaches, and it could be that the slightest little thing will bring on the tears as the tension grows. Relaxation of some kind is therefore essential throughout the wedding planning process, but particularly in the later stages – you would also do well to cultivate a sense of proportion as well as a sense of humour! At the end of the day, however, your natural kindness and sensitivity shines through to ensure that not only do you have the time of your life on your wedding day, but so do your relatives and friends. Capable of planning and executing a truly special wedding, all you need to do is to hold your nerve. Ideal Engagement Stone: Moonstone Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: Soft Sea Green, Cream Ideal Wedding Theme Colours: Soft Sea Green, Cream Ideal Wedding Style: Romantic, possibly religious, but not necessarily 'traditional' Ideal Wedding Style: Romantic, possibly religious, but not necessarily 'traditional' Ideal Wedding Foods: Fish of all kinds, pumpkin, exotic salads, figs, melon Ideal Wedding Flowers: Waterlilies in a water display. For the other flowers, any that bloom in cream, yellow or green. Ideal Wedding Flowers: Waterlilies in a water display. For the other flowers, any that bloom in cream, yellow or green. Ideal Wedding Transport: Boat Ideal Wedding Transport: Boat Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Portugal, Scandinavia, Jerusalem, Seville, Alexandria, any island. Ideal Honeymoon Destinations: Portugal, Scandinavia, Jerusalem, Seville, Alexandria, any island.
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