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Zodiac Meanings
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 persistance 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.
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 persistance; slow, steady, methodical; fertile, productive;
unreflective, content to simply be; spirit becoming involved with the material
world.
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; changable, inconstant,
attention easily drifts to something new, seeks novelty.
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.
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.
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 responsiblities;
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.
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 peacably 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.