Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth: A Sagittarius and a Capricorn Who Came Back and Came Apart
Miley Cyrus (Sagittarius, November 23, 1992) and Liam Hemsworth (Capricorn, January 13, 1990) met on the set of The Last Song in 2009. They were engaged, broke up, reconciled, married in December 2018, and Miley announced their separation in August 2019 — eight months later. She has since written explicitly about the relationship, most notably in "Flowers."
The Elemental Tension
Sagittarius is the freest sign of the zodiac — expansive, honest, mobile, and fundamentally resistant to anything that constrains the range of who they're allowed to be. Miley's Sagittarius has been visible in every chapter of her public life: the reinventions, the refusal to be the person anyone expected her to be, the directness about her experiences, and the art that tends to be about liberation of one kind or another.
Capricorn is the builder — patient, structured, committed to the long form, and tending toward a vision of stability and legacy. Liam's Capricorn is less publicly documented, but the pattern of the relationship — returning, committing, waiting — is consistent with an Earth sign that believes in the investment.
Fire + Earth — 55/100
Fire and Earth need each other but move at different speeds. The 55/100 reflects a pairing where the Fire person can feel constrained and the Earth person can feel perpetually unsettled. For Sagittarius specifically, any relationship that asks them to be smaller than their range tends to produce the particular restlessness that precedes departure.
"Flowers" — "I can buy myself flowers / write my name in the sand / talk to myself for hours / say things you don't understand" — is one of Sagittarius's most direct expressions: the discovery that freedom from a constraining relationship is itself a kind of love. Whether it was constraining or not is between them; the Sagittarian reading of it is clear.
Common Questions
What is Miley Cyrus's zodiac sign?
Miley Cyrus is a Sagittarius, born November 23, 1992. Sagittarius is a Fire sign known for radical honesty, serial reinvention, freedom as a core value, and a need to not be smaller than the full range of who they are.
What is Liam Hemsworth's zodiac sign?
Liam Hemsworth is a Capricorn, born January 13, 1990. Capricorn is an Earth sign known for patience, commitment, a long-term view of investment, and a desire to build something that endures.
Were Miley and Liam compatible?
Sagittarius + Capricorn is a Fire + Earth pairing that scores 55/100. The friction between Sagittarius's need for freedom and Capricorn's need for stability is one of the more common patterns in this pairing — and the one that's most often described in the Sagittarius's art after the fact.
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