Attachment styles

Attachment theory began with John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth observing how infants relate to caregivers. Decades of follow-up research extended the framework to adult relationships, identifying four broad patterns: secure, anxious, avoidant (dismissive), and disorganized (fearful-avoidant). Most adults lean toward one but show traces of others under stress.

These patterns aren't fate. Attachment style is a description of your default move under emotional pressure — and like any default, it can be examined, named, and gradually rewritten. Reading your attachment style alongside your sun sign helps you separate the temperament you were born with from the relational habits you learned.