Memorising twelve signs can seem hard. Yet each sign is simply a combination of two features: an element and a modality.
The four elements
- Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius): enthusiasm, courage, action.
- Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn): patience, practicality, effort and security.
- Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius): thought, communication, relationships and ideas.
- Water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces): emotion, intuition, compassion and depth.
The three modalities
- Cardinal (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn): initiates and leads.
- Fixed (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius): sustains, protects, is determined.
- Mutable (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces): adapts and transforms.
Taurus, for example, is "fixed earth": steady and practical. Gemini is "mutable air": curious and flexible.
Which elements your Sun, Moon and planets gather in shows your temperament. See your element balance as a bar chart in your free chart.