A Sagittarius purse, a starry dress and more have sparked out-of-this-world theories
The stars are aligning for Taylor Swift fans.
Across social media, Swifties are piecing together details from the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter’s latest outfits — many of which feature a celestial motif — to help them speculate that Sagittarius might be the name of her next album. Swift, who is a Sagittarius herself with her 34th birthday on Dec. 13, hasn’t announced a new album since Midnights in October 2022.
The streak started when Swift carried a Sagittarius purse to dinner to support her friend Emma Stone in her new movie, Poor Things.
The Gold Armory clutch — which retails for $1,995 on the label’s website and comes in 12 zodiac signs — was the golden touch to Swift’s all-black movie night look, which also featured Charlotte Simone’s faux fur “Penny” coat, a long black dress and Giuseppe Zanotti open-toe pumps.
A few days later, fans spotted Swift wearing a black dress with a silver moon and starry night sky for her birthday. The Clio Peppiat Lucina Embellished Stretch-mesh black mini dress currently retails for $2,335. Recently, Clio Peppiatt went viral when two characters in The White Lotus wore the designer’s dresses in season two.
But fans are also pointing out that this isn’t the first time Swift has dropped astrology easter eggs. In her music video for Karma, Swift makes a pointed reference to her ex Joe Alwyn as the camera zooms in on a vinyl cover for her song “Mastermind.” The cover features two constellations, one for her astrological sign Sagittarius and another for Alwyn’s astrological sign Pisces.
The album cover is also a nod to the opening lyrics of “Mastermind,” as Swift sings, “Once upon a time, the planets and the fates / And all the stars aligned / You and I ended up in the same room / At the same time.”
TikTok user @eurosweetheart also noted that when Swift partnered with Google to create a secret website called “All The Stars Aligned” for its 25th birthday, the password to unlock the site happened to be Sagittarius.
Swifties, of course, are known to search for clues throughout the singer’s lyrics, videos, style and more — and Swift herself famously attaches meaning to significant numerals in her life.
“Something is coming on her birthday, on Dec. 21 and Taylor using this bag is just a hint at that,” the TikToker continues. “On Dec. 8 we went back to Midnights on all her social media platforms. 13 days from Dec. 8 is the 21st. The winter solstice, the end of Sagittarius season.”
In another video, the same TikToker says: “Taylor has 10 albums, 14 if you count the re-records so that makes whatever album to come next the 15th album and the 15th largest constellation in the Milky Way is Sagittarius.”