Learning The Qualities And The Elements

[Leon]

THE QUALITIES - Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable

The Cardinal signs are: Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn.
All of these signs are fundamentally ambitious and self preserving.

The fixed signs are: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.
All of these signs are fundamentally stubborn and very determined.

The mutable signs are: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces.
All of these signs are fundamentally adaptable and changeable.

THE ELEMENTS - Earth, Fire, Air and Water

1. Earth Signs

Well-grounded, and realistic, your earth sign makes sure you stay in the real world. When it comes to friendship, no-one is more rock steady than you. A builder of long-lasting bonds, you are talented in business and good with money. You find fulfillment in seeing tangible results for your efforts.

2. Fire Signs

These three are the sexiest signs in the Horoscope. Enthusiastic and creative, courageous and spontaneous, confident and fun-loving, you are ardent in love. Other cooler signs may be dazzled by your bright flame. Fire signs are: Leo, Aries and Sagittarius.

3. Air Signs

These three are the most intellectual signs of the Horoscope. Their skills make them great thinkers and problems solvers.

4. Water Signs

These three always stay tuned to their feelings, conscious and subconscious, with a level of intuitiveness sometimes bordering on the psychic. Water is the element of the poet, which have them ready to interpret the universe.

As you can see a typical Cancer will have qualities of a Cardinal and hold the elements of water. Scorpio will have the qualities of fixed and the element of water and so on.

Using this chart will become helpful when you try to read people, if you know their star sign. I will teach you more how to put the qualities and elements into use in a later lesson.

[marciusa]

oh cant wait to learn more leon !

[Sinsual]

Is everyone of every sign the same element as everyone else in their sign? That seems a bit fundamentally skewed. Or is it more like eastern astrology where your element is determined by your actual date of birth in the cycle of the sign you are born under?

[Leon]

Everyone of the same sun sign will hold the same element and quality as the others in the world. So if you are Libra, that will give all libran's a quality of Cardinal and the element of Air. We are only talking of sun signs at the moment but the same would go for the moon, venus mars etc, when we do the full ephemeris.

[wyldeindigo]

I am the poster child for the Air sign.

We hate to be controlled or contained. Memory, intellect, travel, psychic power, wants to move to a different place from where it is & therefore relate to something else.

[grace222]

Very interesting,Leon.I'd like to learn more about astrology.
Thank you Grace

[blossom]

Very Informative post Leon.Thank you for sharing.

[mirrorpoint]

Yes, Blossom. A thanks to Leon and all that shared something here, including you.

Astrology's a complex art and discipline, rightfully a science in that it can be observed. However, since interpretation very important, it's more an art.

[mirrorpoint]

Astrological synthesis very important!

[greenorange]

YES! I finally identified this article! I've been seeking just for this write-up for so extended!!

[mirrorpoint]

Well, to be honest, I just identified a mistake in the astrological synthesis (or blending). What was meant is that the various components of astrology in, let's say a birth chart, must be synthesized together. That is, we each are a mixture of elements and qualities- not just one or the other. There can be a preponderance of an element or quality, as well as an absence of either. The latter's rare, but there's frequently a least element and quality.