New Moon on Monday Astrology

Lots of people are familiar with the Elements in the Zodiac: Fire, Earth, Air and Water. 

There are also Qualities to each sign: Cardinal,  Fixed, and Mutable. 

Each Quality embodies one sign of each element: 

ARIES is the Cardinal FIRE sign, CANCER is the Cardinal WATER sign, LIBRA is the Cardinal AIR sign and CAPRICORN is the Cardinal EARTH sign. 

TAURUS is the Fixed EARTH sign, LEO is the Fixed FIRE sign, SCORPIO is the Fixed WATER sign and AQUARIUS is the Fixed AIR sign. 

GEMINI is the Mutable AIR sign, VIRGO is the Mutable EARTH sign, SAGITTARIUS is the Mutable FIRE sign, and PISCES is the Mutable WATER sign. 

3 Qualities x 4 Elements = one unique combination for each of the 12 signs. 

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Once you start to learn how each Element and Quality can manifest, you start to get the combinations and everything astrological starts to make even more sense.  

Here are some keywords: 

CARDINAL: beginnings, changes, the Boss

FIXED: endurance, stubbornness, loyalty

MUTABLE: adaptability, fluidity, shifts

FIRE: spirit, passion, warmth, generosity

EARTH: practicality, stability, sensuality, ground

AIR: communication, intellect, thoughts, nerves

WATER: emotion, intuition, feelings, depth

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The Element describe what motivates a sign, and the Quality describes how it acts on that motivation.  

Now put them together.  The Sun is in Cancer right now, so let’s do Cancer, the Cardinal Water sign: 

CARDINAL: beginnings, changes, the Boss

+ WATER: emotion, intuition, feelings, depth

Then you start to get a feel for how the sign of Cancer manifests:  it takes charge (Cardinal) and initiates beginnings and changes (Cardinal) in an emotional, intuitive (Water) way.  Cancer is the sign of the Mother.  Like your Mother the Boss (Cardinal), catching you redhanded because she loves you (Water).  

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The Moon is in Aries right now, so we’ll do that next.  Aries takes charge (Cardinal) and initiates beginnings and changes (Cardinal) in a spirited, passionate, generous way (Fire).  Aries is the first sign, the Warrior.  It goes for what it wants.  

Aries and Cancer are both Cardinal signs, so they act in the same take-charge, cardinal, initiative way.  But their motivations are different.  Cancer does what it does because of how things feel, Aries does what it does to provoke passion and action.

Both of these CARDINAL signs take action and initiative and sometimes act like the Boss of You (because they’re Cardinal, so that’s just how they roll) - but they have different motivations:  ARIES acts from Impulse (Fire) and CANCER from emotions (Water).  

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Astrology is all about combinations.  The Elements and Qualities are the basic building blocks.  And once you start to work with them, they make perfect sense like riding a bike. 

xoxo Adeline