Qualities of a sign: Element
There are 4 Elements in astrology:
When understanding a sign, that sign is always first in an element, always orienting itself and having its internal mechanism drawn towards the approach detailed by the element. The element explains how a sign grows and finds happiness and security, and the sign will always find happiness and security when its elemental needs are met.
The elements each correspond to a different orientation and approach. Whatever way you feel secure or relate to the world comes from the element of a sign due to its nature in how you orient yourself and approach the universe. A fire sign will likely work their way through the world by following their intuition, an earth sign through their senses, an air sign through their mind, and a water sign through their emotions. Each element is more complex than this, finding itself in how you begin, maintain, and change throughout each stage of life.
When thinking of fire, where does your mind go? To a match? A forest fire? The Sun? All of these examples of fire have at least one thing in common; Energy. Fire is inspired by where to go and where to come from. A fire sign will also ask what else can be done with something, rather than what are the material qualities of something. This element is focused on possibility, play, dynamacy and discovery, loving to explore the energy and passion involved in the imagination and intuition.
When thinking of the future, which happens often for this element, it is easy to envision a wide array of outcomes that are satisfying, yet they can change as new possibilities come to life. With the right amount of freedom, this element can give life to whatever comes its way, and accepts challenges with a playful attitude as it begins to explore whatever it might see. Routines may often break down as the future moves on, it is important to understand that having enough stimulation and room for improvement will keep this element satisfied.
The thought of Earth ends up in only a few places; hard and structured rock, rich and abundant gold, fertile and living soil. When examining the earth element, these qualities come together to form a perspective based on whatโs around. Relying on the senses, the earth sign will see whatโs in front of them, taking in the physical properties of their life, finding a lot of security in the use of bodily senses. While misunderstood as being materialistic, the earth element simply has an understanding of the physical and how it resonates with their inner world. Without the symbol of matter, it can be difficult for this element to develop an opinion or to place a compassionate value upon it, which can lead to stress and worry about the good and bad future possibilities involved. Without the ability to perceive something through the senses, the earth element feels out of touch.
Truly โfeeling things outโ is a natural path for this element, using the senses to wait and see how stable something is, or to hear chaos coming. Ultimately practical and detail oriented, the earth element will not settle for something they cannot understand a future with, only what can grow alongside or relax as a solid foundation is coming with. This provides a focus on the present, letting the earth element take their time with what their body is feeling and experiencing to decide on its personal value.
When thinking of air, what happens? Do you feel the rush of the wind? Do you hear the sound of beautiful music? Maybe you feel your own breathing, or remind yourself of the way you need to take a deep breath before speaking.
Air is the element of Soul, concerned with thinking, truly understanding something, and accommodations. The strongest tools in its arsenal are logic and abstract thought. When multiple minds come together, a truer, more reasonable answer can be conceived, responded to with a need for communication. Extremely flexible in speech and thought, the air element can tailor its speech to the community surrounding it, finding relativity and rationality in the world. Thinking rationally about whether or not things are where they should be, or why things are the way that they are are two key traits of this sign.
Explanations are the key to its security, asking questions and explaining themselves give the opportunity to better understand the inner and outer worlds. Connecting between people and with facts brings out the true nature of this element, though expressing or explaining their own feelings can be extremely difficult, as they are irrational and naturally illogical. This element might think or talk about emotions first.
What do you imagine when you think of water? Is it the ocean or rain? Is it about crying? Or maybe the need to drink water to survive? Water is, well, fluid; water takes the form of whatever itโs in and reflecting like a mirror whilst still.
The water element experiences first and foremost the emotion that something conjures, feeling whether or not there is a desire to experience it again or to avoid it completely. Based entirely on impression, the water element will accept or reject things based on the emotional energy thatโs brought forth. This brings the need to give an emotional value to everything, from people to places to words and to things. A difficult aspect of this is being unable to explain why something doesnโt feel good, as there isnโt a logical aspect to emotions. This can close off the water element, as feeling unsafe or having bad feelings towards an atmosphere or experience often excludes opportunities for appropriate communication.
However, explaining why something does or doesnโt feel good isnโt a priority, itโs the feeling of good or bad that is. Discerning using emotions is the safest path for the water element, allowing it to connect to its surroundings and take on its shape.
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