It doesn’t get more ride or die than a pair of friends who came together while competing for the affections of the same dude.
The wildly popular ABC dating series “The Bachelorette,” is back and season 19 promises to double down on the leading ladies and (fingers crossed) the chaos.
Following calamitous Season 26 of “The Bachelor” where the dastardly rose revoking Taurus Clayton Echard got intimate left and right and duplicitous all over, two women emerged scathed but hopeful; ladies and gentlemen Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia.
Christened our new Bachelorettes, Windey and Recchia are best pals and franchise co-leads united in their quest to find love.
“It’s not the destination,” ABC says in the trailer for the new season that premieres July 11, 2022. “It’s the journey” and we can be sure that road will be paved with washboard abs, jaw dropping revelations, high flying adventure and the best and worst of mammalian mating rituals.
Because of the oppressive weight of the patriarchy our money says this season will ultimately see our two fair ladies battling it out for the affections of a single, overwhelmingly average dude. I’m personally rooting for the plot twist where Recchia and Windey ride off together in a red muscle car leaving ashes and trodden petals in their wake.
But who are these women and who should they be looking to build a foundation of life long love with? Read on to learn more about the zodiac signs and birth charts of both.
Gabby Windey is a Capricorn that suffers no fools, sheds no tears
Born January 2, 1991, Gabby Windey is an enterprising Capricorn sun with a proud Leo moon, this combination indicates a person that wants success and respect in equal measure. Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign and natives tend to have a strategic, somewhat stoic approach to getting what they want.
They are interested in establishing a legacy by building things of lasting value and investing in relationships that are fruitful, inspiring and beneficial to them on several levels. They expect the best from themselves and hold those closest to them to a similar standard of excellence.
We see the full shine of Windey’s Capricorn sun in her epic “Bachelor” exit where she adjusted her top knot, dropped tough truths and shed not a single tear for Echard. She cemented her Cap sun, and fan favorite status by straight up refusing to let the lecherous lout walk her out. We love to see it.
The somewhat stringent, melancholy nature of Capricorn is softened by Windey having Venus, planet of love, aesthetics and attachment, conjunct her sun. This adds a levity and sense of humor to her Capricorn energy. Indeed our girl’s social media is refreshingly funny; think digitizing her Labradoodles genitalia and captioning a 2020 bikini photo with “Jokes on you coronavirus, I don’t even use TP.”
Yet, her irreverence is perhaps best exemplified by her presentation to Clayton Echard, upon first meeting him, of a pillow emblazoned with his face and the admittance, “I just want to sit on your face.” The ideal mate for Windey is someone that will laugh at her jokes and match her ambitions.
She describes her relationship check list as a bro that is “emotionally intelligent, mature, [and] can challenge her.” Windey will find a fine bedfellow in a fellow earth sign like Taurus, a fun loving Sagittarius or an empire building Scorpio.
Rachel Recchia is the human equivalent of a Care Bear
Born March 8, 1996, Rachel Recchia is a Pisces sun with a Libra moon making her a suspected sucker for love, monogamy and Instragram poets. Pisces is a mutable water sign and natives feel acutely, emote openly and fall in love easily. Libra is the sign of partnership and when it tangos with a Pisces sun, relationships are sure to be at the forefront.
Because Pisces is avoidant and Libra can be people pleasing, there’s a danger here of staying away from depth and conflict in the interest of staying in a relationship. This is written all over Recchia’s admission that she wants someone who is “supportive and someone that loves me.” Dream big, sis.
The combined effect of Recchia’s sun and moon is readily apparent in her exit from the Bachelor as she assured Echard his choice to eliminate her wound haunt him and she admitted, through a deluge of tears and eroding mascara that she wouldn’t stop loving him.
Astrology 101: Your guide to the stars
We would be remiss in painting Recchia as a pushover as she has Mars, planet of action and aggression conjunct her sun in Pisces. Here, the planet of desire and drive is linked to essential selfhood, and those with this aspect tend to be physically active, sexually prolific and subscribe to a bit of a hero mentality. Because Mars is masculinity incarnate, women with this conjunction tend to defy feminine stereotypes. We see this expressed in Rechhia, a commercial pilot and flight instructor taking the lead in what is has traditionally been a male dominated industry.
Recchia needs an emotionally evolved partner that can match her intensity of feeling, commit fully, and celebrate, rather than tolerate her incredible accomplishments. The answer may lie in a fellow water sign. I can see a seductive, all encompassing Scorpio or a caretaking Cancer with a fiery moon being able to show up for her in the ways that she needs.
Best of luck to both these babes on the rocky road to romance. Come what may, they and we, can rest assured that it can’t get worse than Clayton.
Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports back on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience. She is also an accomplished writer who has profiled a variety of artists and performers, as well as extensively chronicled her experiences while traveling. Among the many intriguing topics she has tackled are cemetery etiquette, her love for dive bars, Cuban Airbnbs, a “girls guide” to strip clubs and the “weirdest” foods available abroad.
