How to decorate for Christmas based on your star sign
How to decorate for Christmas based on YOUR star sign – from ‘lots of flashing lights’ for Geminis to ‘practical and neat’ for Virgos
Your choice of Christmas decor will be influenced by everything from the guests you’re epxecting to family tradition, but could the stars have something to do with it too?
UK-based psychic and astrologer Inbaal Honigman, has teamed up with carpet and flooring retailers Tapi to reveal how each sign of the zodiac should decorate their home this Yuletide.
Party-loving Geminis are advised to lean into a ‘shiny, glitzy and joyful’ aesthetic for winter whereas the décor for practical Virgos is best when it’s ‘fuss-free, and easy to vacuum underneath’.
Elsewhere family-focused Cancers may want to focus on keeping their space ‘wipe-clean and unbreakable’.
Here Femail reveals how to nail the Christmas look that will resonate best with your star sign.
ARIES
Aries are the fieriest of all the fire signs, so red should be a staple colour. Consider pairing with black to make the red look more intense (stock image)
Preferences: Value speed and efficiency – Aries can’t spend days buying, unwrapping, and placing decorations!
Décor: Pop-up tree, with decorations already attached. Red tinsel to reflect fire element and give it some statement glitz.
Colour scheme: Aries are the fieriest of all the fire signs, so red should be a staple colour. Consider pairing with black to make the red look more intense.
TAURUS
Sentimental Tauruses will focus their aesthetics around tradition and comfort, sprucing their home up with fond memories (stock image)
Preferences: Traditional and sentimental, Taurus love to pull out their childhood decorations every year. A vintage look is inevitable, to go along with the genuine antiques, for those born under the sign of the bull.
Décor: Christmas gonks, angel tree topper, candles, and a stocking-adorned fireplace
Colour scheme: Red and Green – The traditional Christmas look is perfect for Taurus, as they’re lovers of tradition and of the olden days.
GEMINI
Shiny, glitzy and joyful is a favourite aesthetic for party-loving Geminis enjoy the festivities this winter (stock image)
Preferences: Gemini are all about the party so every room, especially social areas such as the living room and kitchen, need to sparkle. Shiny, glitzy and joyful is their favourite aesthetic for winter.
Décor: Lots of glittering wall art, flashing Christmas lights, and a statement star tree topper. The glitzier the better! A large table laid with buffet food and plenty of festive drinks for the party.
Colour scheme: Blue and Red. There’s no end to the joy a Gemini can feel, and they’re buoyed by clashing colours and loud seasonal tunes.
CANCER
Cancer love to be surrounded by family, so their festive decorations will be practical, wipe-clean and unbreakable (stock image)
Preferences: Cancer love to be surrounded by family, so their festive decorations will be practical, wipe-clean and unbreakable.
Décor: A big Christmas tree to accommodate lots of presents for family! The cosier the better, so guests can gather together and enjoy the festivities. Lots of picture frames with Christmas’s gone by, as well as plenty of board games for all to enjoy.
Colour scheme: Old items fit with new items in a red and green aesthetic, so all the heritage pieces won’t look out of place.
LEO
Leos’ Christmas display will be lavish, extravagant, and displayed by all the windows and on the front door and porch (stock image)
Preferences: Leo like to make a good impression – they even care what the neighbours think! Their Christmas display will be lavish, extravagant, and displayed by all the windows and on the front door and porch.
Décor: Outdoor lights display that will turn heads. Lots of trimmings in the doorway so that guests will be in awe! Plenty of statement Christmas artwork and a Christmas Tree with impressive lights and big statement baubles – and a big gold star on top!
Colour scheme: Green and Gold – Lux and bright is how a Leo likes to keep it. If it looks regal, they love it.
VIRGO
Virgos love looking festive, but never messy. These Earth signs love a bit of green – it’s natural, it’s fun, but it’s also kind of neutral at Yuletide (stock image)
Preferences: Practical and neat, Virgo love having a clean home. Their styling will be minimalist, fuss-free, and easy to vacuum underneath. They love looking festive, but never messy.
Décor: Minimalist theme with no excess of trimmings. Tastefully placed candles and a Christmas tree neatly decorated to a theme – not too much sparkle!
Colour scheme: Earth sign Virgo loves a bit of green – it’s natural, it’s fun, but it’s also kind of neutral at Yuletide. Mixing it with gold feels festive and fancy, in a way that’s not too overpowering.
LIBRA
Keeping up with trends demands a lot of focus, so Libras’ main pieces will be timeless and neutral, and the rest will fit with their inevitably subtle colour schem (stock image)
Preferences: Libra are stylish and elegant, and their look will be trendy every year. Keeping up with trends demands a lot of focus, so their main pieces will be timeless and neutral, and the rest will fit with their inevitably subtle colour scheme.
Décor: Tasteful and expensive-looking – Libra would never be found with an excess of Christmas ‘tat’! Lots of elegant ornaments and warm lighting, as well as a few long candles.
Colour scheme: White and Gold – The most elegant sign of the zodiac, Libra, love pearly white as a neutral. They enjoy the airy quality of a combination that is light, luxurious, and not overbearing.
SCORPIO
A darker aesthetic just screams Scorpio. They love a stylish combo, but equally appreciate the shadow side of life (stock image)
Preferences: Scorpio love their interior décor to have a bit of an edge. Be it a black tree, a gothy vibe, or a single vintage star, they want their Christmas displays to be unique.
Décor: A black Christmas tree with gothic, vintage baubles and ornaments. Nothing too bright or flashy, and plenty of long, brooding candles to light the rooms.
Colour scheme: No other sign loves the eerie aesthetic quite like those born under the sign of the Scorpion. Red and Black – A darker aesthetic that just screams Scorpio. They love a stylish combo, but equally appreciate the shadow side of life.
SAGITTARIUS
Sagittarius don’t like to follow rules necessarily, so their colour scheme would fit whatever their collection of decorations allow (stock image)
Preferences: Sagittarius are free spirited and love to have fun, whatever the season. They want all the colours and follow their own tastes. With their love of travel, their Christmas décor would be a collection of ornaments from places around the world.
Décor: A Christmas tree adorned with a mishmash of ornaments from places they’ve visited. Lots of photos around the home from their travels, and some scented candles with smells that remind them of different countries.
Colour scheme: Sagittarius don’t like to follow rules necessarily, so their colour scheme would fit whatever their collection of decorations allow!
CAPRICORN
Capricorns should go all out at Christmas with unique and potentially expensive pieces that get heads turning (stock image)
Preferences: Capricorns carry an air of luxury in all that they do. Quality is a whole vibe for those born under the sign of the Sea-goat. Their aesthetic is that of opulence and charm, so more is more! During the holidays they want to feel a billion times more luxurious than usual.
Décor: Their designer baubles and one-off tree are their pride and joy at Christmastime.
Capricorns should go all out at Christmas with unique and potentially expensive pieces that get heads turning.
Colour scheme: Silver and Gold – An air of luxury is never far from splendour-fan Capricorn. Their aesthetic is that of opulence and charm, more is more. During the holidays they want to feel like life is luxurious, times a billion.
AQUARIUS
Charity is important to those born under the sign of the Water-bearer, so they’ll shop for handmade, quirky decorations locally (stock image)
Preferences: Aquarius’ are unique and creative, so their Christmas décor would reflect this – they’d have a cosy and busy home.
Décor: Unique, hand-made, nature-inspired, and ethically sourced. Charity is important to those born under the sign of the Water-bearer, so they’ll shop for decorations locally. A real tree with a quirky charm, and lots of crafty Christmas Gonks and ornaments around the home.
Colour scheme: Black and Gold – unique and welcoming is how an Aquarian likes to keep their household. A colour combination that’s very festive, but also almost neutral.
PISCES
Pisces want to decorate in a way that makes everyone feel happy at Yuletide and will go for quirky individual pieces with a colourful rainbow of lights. Stock image used
Preferences: Pisces care more about feeling joy at Christmastime than looking fancy!
Décor: Pisces want to decorate in a way that makes everyone feel happy at Yuletide and will go for quirky individual pieces with a colourful rainbow of lights. It’s a time for giving, for those born under the sign of the Fish. A large tree with plenty of space for gifts and lots of hanging lights.
Colours: Blue and White – A colour combination reminiscent of the sea will bring much festive joy to Pisces. Water signs love the feeling of being surrounded by the beauty of water and sea foam, even through wintertime.