Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Astrology Basics: Lesson 2

Hi everyone

I know everyone must have a lot of question regarding their birth charts, lucky days, lucky numbers and a lot of other stuff.
In this blog I would try to answer as many questions I can and as promised I am back with Lesson 2 : Astrology Basics

Today we will talk about the rest of the three categorizations of the 12 signs of zodiac,
So lets start now..
As you all may remember signs of zodiac can be categorized in threes, fours and sixes.

Quadruplets (division in fours)

All the signs are categorized in 4 seperate groups of 3, each symbolizing a single element.
There are 4 basics elements: fire, water, earth and air.

Fire Signs
Aries, Leo and Sagittarius
Characteristics: active and enthusiastic

Earth Signs
Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn
Characteristics: practical and stable

Water Signs
Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces
Characteristics:emotional and intuitive

Air Signs
Gemini, Libra and Aquarius
Characteristics: intellectual and communicative


Triplets (division in threes)

The zodiac signs are also divided in 3 groups of 4 signs each depending the quality which means whether they are fixed, cardinal or mutable.

Cardinal Signs
Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
Characteristics: enterprising, outgoing and initiators

Mutable Signs
Gemini, Virgo,, Sagittarius and Pisces
Characteristics: flexible, versatile and adaptable

Fixed Signs
Taurus, Leo ,Scorpio and Aquarius
Characteristics: resistant to change, perfectionist and finishers

Polarities (Division in sixes)

The 12 signs are divided in 6 groups containing 2 signs each. Each group is called a polarity meaning opposite. Each sign has an opposite sign in the zodiac and the 2 signs exhibit opposite traits.

Aries and Libra:
Aries is an independent sign whereas Libra believes in partnerships

Taurus and Scorpio:
Taurus is sign of personal possession whereas Scorpios usually gain from legacies and shared possessions

Gemini and Sagittarius:
Gemini is very self expressive whereas Sagittarius has a higher level of thinking and is into philosophy

Cancer and Capricorn:
Cancer believes in family life whereas Capricorn has a public life

Leo and Aquarius:
Leo is the sign of personal pleasure and creativity whereas Aquarius is the sign of hopes and ideal on a larger scale

Virgo and Pisces
Virgo is the sign of work and self improvement whereas Pisces is the sign of dreams

You will see that all signs are different and not 1 sign has all the same characteristics.

In the next lesson I will talk about moon signs and their importance.

I hope you enjoyed and found this blog helpful.

Thanks for visiting my astrology blog.

Love
Dia