Aries
Ruler: Mars / Element: Fire / Mode: Cardinal
Pole: Positive / Third: Primordial / Half: Subjective
Unbridled expression of your inner nature; activity that is
self-motivated, unaffected by others; new beginnings, the start of new
cycles, birth; enthusiasm and vitality.
Aggressive, willful, powerful, assertive; enthusiastic about whatever
interests you at the moment, focused in short bursts, unlikely to
sustain interest in the long term; ego expression; adventurious,
pioneering; Warrior-type energy; impatient with having to cooperate with
others, works best alone or in leadership role; unconcerned with
approval or acceptance; lacks persistence and stamina; honest and
forthright, "what you see is what you get", not given to airs or
pretenses; the first expression (or incarnation ) of spirit within a new
cycle on the physical plane.
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Taurus
Ruler: Venus / Element: Earth / Mode: Fixed
Pole: Negative / Third: Primordial / Half: Subjective
Grounding, bringing down to earth; constancy, steadiness, fixedness;
spirit becoming embodied, entering matter, taking on a form; a vessel or
container for spiritual forces.
Earthy, grounded, in touch with the body; sensual, pleasure seeking;
stubborn, fixed, stands their ground; focuses and concentrates energy,
gives it concrete expression, practical, provides stamina and
persistence; slow, steady, methodical; fertile, productive;
unreflective, content to simply be; spirit becoming involved with the
material world.
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Gemini
Ruler: Mercury / Element: Air / Mode: Mutable
Pole: Positive / Third: Primordial / Half: Subjective
Curiousity, cleverness, skill, communication; making connections with
surroundings, trying to "figure things out"; the first display of
intelligence by embodied spirit.
Talkative ("a Gemini is born with a telephone in each hand!"),
communicative, sociable; loves to interact with others (at least on a
superficial level); unemotional, impersonal, ruled by "rationality";
requires great mental stimulation, curious to a fault; playful, the
Trickster, the Devil's Advocate; changeable, inconstant, attention
easily drifts to something new, seeks novelty.
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Cancer
Ruler: Moon / Element: Water / Mode: Cardinal
Pole: Negative / Third: Primordial / Half: Subjective
Nurturing, support, belonging, emotional bonds; your roots, source,
ground of your being; the unconscious, feelings, emotion; the Great
Mother, Universal Womb; spirit's first emotional attachments to the
world.
Mothering, emotional and physical nurturance; experiences and imprinting
during infancy and childhood; family, ancestors, heritage, relationships
to the past; belonging, feeling "at home"; maternal love, caring;
feeling supported by the world, that your needs are provided for;
insecurities and fears if your needs haven't been fulfilled;
possessiveness, "twisted love", inability to nurture others are negative
expressions.
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Leo
Ruler: Sun / Element: Fire / Mode: Fixed
Pole: Positive / Third: Individual / Half: Subjective
Spirit entering the realm of the individual person; ego development,
setting yourself apart from the rest of the world, becoming your own
person; self-expression, being true to your inner nature, acting from
the heart; dawning awareness of self in relation to others.
Ego, self-centered, arrogant; fixed, stubborn, persistant; artistic or
creative expression as a vehicle for revealing "who I am"; needs to be a
center of attention, requires acknowledgment and approval, likes to be
noticed and appreciated ("ego-strokes"); personal integrity, true to
self, honorable, trustworthy; kingly, self-assured, confident.
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Virgo
Ruler: Mercury / Element: Earth / Mode: Mutable
Pole: Negative / Third: Individual / Half: Subjective
Embodiment of the individual in the world; problems of adjustment
dealing with the world and others; perfection of your approach to life,
development of mundane skills; ability to change to adapt to life
better.
Service, helping, self-effacing; perfectionist, always seeking to
improve, efficiency; practical, functional, interested in crafts and
projects; true to self in a simple, unassuming manner; reacts to defeats
and setbacks by pulling back and altering approach, lacks confidence in
the face of opposition; lives up to duties and responsibilities;
interested in maintaining the body as a fit vehicle; diet, exercise,
herbs, etc.; aware of conflicts with others, of the give and take
required by life.
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Libra
Ruler: Venus / Element: Air / Mode: Cardinal
Pole: Positive / Third: Individual / Half: Objective
Spirit as individual entering into relationship with others;
partnership, one-to-one relationships, meeting others as an equal,
interdependency; encountering repressed parts of yourself through others
(via projection); going beyond ego boundaries; peace, harmony, balance;
social awareness.
Partners, marriage; learning how to get along peaceably with others,
treating others as equals; "I vs. You", conflict, enemies; art, beauty,
harmonious surroundings; distressed by stressful, inharmonious
interactions; intimacy; people in counseling professions.
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Scorpio
Ruler: Pluto / Element: Water / Mode: Fixed
Pole: Negative / Third: Individual / Half: Objective
Transformation, change, ego-death, rebirth, transcendence; intense
emotional involvement with the process of personal growth; movement from
individual certainties to the "mysteries of life"; spirit breaking
through the limitations of individual ego.
Intense, passionate, brooding, magnetic; stubborn, unyielding, driven by
emotions; stands up for self, usually covertly, manipulates power;
understands deeper layers of the psyche beyond the ego, unable to
communicate this well leading to misunderstandings; intrigued by the
"dark side" of life; the underground, people whose job involves going
beneath surface appearances; sexuality, especially the transformative
power of the orgasm; self-mastery, breaking free of illusory
limitations, the Hero.
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Sagittarius
Ruler: Jupiter / Element: Fire / Mode: Mutable
Pole: Positive / Third: Universal / Half: Objective
Spirit moving beyond the realm of the individual into the world at
large; becoming a member of a wider society; experiences that lead to
consciousness expansion, being receptive to new points of view, wisdom,
enlightenment; using your talents for the benefit of the greater whole.
Freedom loving, idealist, unfettered by "small thinking"; inspiration;
religion, philosophy, the law; awareness of your connections to the rest
of the world; can be distant from others, afraid to give up freedom,
reluctant to be tied down; on the other hand, aware of the value of the
social contract; enthusiastic, gregarious, generous; loves abstract,
theoretical ideas, sees the big picture, ignores the details; in love
with an ideal; foreign travel, liberating experiences.
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Capricorn
Ruler: Saturn / Element: Earth / Mode: Cardinal
Pole: Negative / Third: Universal / Half: Objective
Spirit's attempt to bring about the perfect society, to create heaven on
earth; making practical, efficient connections with others on the
physical plane; ambitious, feels pride in accomplishments; concern with
truth, reality, "hard facts"; relationship to authority.
Serious, determined, disciplined, focused; needs to play more;
fathering, disciplining love; authority figures; seeks certainties in
life, wants things "cast in concrete"; the Businessman, concerned with
the practical relationships to support yourself within society; not
interested in "blue sky" ideas, needs to bring theory into concrete
reality; "knowing the rules and playing the game"; making a niche in the
world.
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Aquarius
Ruler: Uranus / Element: Air / Mode: Fixed
Pole: Positive / Third: Universal / Half: Objective
Spirit's attempt to create ideal relationships and organizations, based
on freedom and cooperation between individuals; free-thinking,
unorthodox, not shackled by outdated ideology; the perfection of
society.
Even though ideas are often far-sighted, they can be held and expressed
in rigid, dogmatic fashion (this is a fixed sign, afterall!); "everyone
should be free to be just like me!"; idealistic, utopian; derives sense
of identity from groups and their goals, tends to dominate them;
impersonal thinking, detached from emotional considerations; produces
"humanitarian without compassion"; friendships based on common goal.
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Pisces
Ruler: Neptune / Element: Water / Mode: Mutable
Pole: Negative / Third: Universal / Half: Objective
Surrender to the universe, to higher goals; ego sacrifice; compassion
and empathy, selfless work; seeing the unity of all things; the ends of
cycles, forming "seeds" for the next cycle of growth; spirit as
individual dissolving back into pure spirit.
Mysticism, escape into the One; sees the unity, fails to make "normal"
distinctions, often weak ego; victim, martyr, servant; tends to
escapism, fantasy, drugs (especially alcohol), religion; very receptive,
sensitive, even psychic; co-dependency, care-taking; withdrawn from the
world; release from the world.
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