This makes finding a partner a slow and challenging task for this reserved sign. Leaving themselves open for rejection is anathema for a Jackal, and violates their innermost need to feel comfortable and secure. This goes for casual social situations as well as dating. In reality, they are observing, evaluating, and reacting to their new acquaintance, maintaining a neutral politeness and general friendliness until they have decided whether or not to share elements of their true selves with this stranger. When they do have to enter unfamiliar social situations, Jackals seem surprisingly at ease. Their idea of giving is more likely to be in the form of introspective, emotional support rather than the giving of money or material possessions - for everything dollar they give away is seen by them as taking them one step further away from security. With close friends they will let their guard down and will share their innermost feelings, which they typically bottle up, and on a good day can be as charming, funny, and giving as anyone. They prefer a small, close, consistent group of friends to having a wide variety of acquaintances.
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Though they have a reputation for being sullen, evasive, and even moody, Jackals are actually quite social by nature. If they don’t, they risk missing out on their own lives as they are living them. Jackals need to learn to take pleasure in each day and not just use it as a platform to get closer to their future. Those born under this sign have a hard time living in the moment, and are prone to depression and sulking because their goal seems so far away. Everything Jackals do is in an attempt to realize the fantasy of being set comfortably for life. Though they can be self-indulgent, they will never sacrifice their future security for momentary bliss. In truth, Jackals desire the finest homes, possessions, food, and drink. They don’t mind living in squalor and eating scraps if it leads to an eventual reality of comfortable, if not extravagant living. To a member of this sign, being secure means being able to live day to day on autopilot - having a comfortable routine that they can change at their whim but will always be there for them to fall back on. Jackals have a deep-seeded need for long-term security that heavily influences most of their behavior. On the inside, however, they are constantly re-evaluating situations and making plans for the future. On the outside they often look bored, disinterested, and lazy.
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But to consider these traits as negatives is to misunderstand the Jackal completely. To be fair, members of this sign don’t like to take risks, feel most comfortable on their own turf, and favor long-term survival over momentary satisfaction. In the Primal Zodiac, those born under the sign of the Jackal are often misrepresented in the same way. In the animal kingdom, jackals are often mistakenly thought of as lazy scavengers who don’t like to take risks or venture outside of their own territory.