Nearly everyone has heard of the signs of the zodiac, mostly through
"sun-sign astrology" columns, where the signs are taken as major
determinants of the personality. In fact, in natal astrology, the use of
signs is much more modest. The zodiac signs are considered to
modify or color the energies of the major planets (not just the Sun),
bringing out certain traits of a planet, inhibiting others, but without
wholly changing that planetary energy. Astrologers also view the
zodiac as the archetype of "cycles" and "cyclic time", the signs being
phases or levels of development within the entire cycle.
the followings are The Zodiac Sign Profiles:
Aries - Taurus - Gemini - Cancer - Leo - Virgo
Libra - Scorpio - Sagittarius - Capricorn - Aquarius - Pisces
Each profile contains: the common symbol (also known as a
"glyph") for the sign, the planetary ruler(s) of the sign; the
various Sub-cycles that make up its core meaning; the main
personality themes related to this energy; keywords and phrases
of related topics.
General Info on the Zodiac
What is the Zodiac?
What are Zodiac Signs?
Rulers
Sub-cycle Symbolism
What is the Zodiac?
If you could observe the motion of the Sun against the stars for an
entire year, it would appear to trace out a large circle in the sky that
we call the "ecliptic" . This circle also happens to be the plane of the
Earth's orbit around the Sun. The zodiac is a thin band of the sky on
either side of the ecliptic. The word "zodiac" literally means "circle of
life", since most of the zodiac signs are animals or people.
What are Zodiac Signs?
The zodiac is divided into 12 signs, each 30 degrees long. The cycle of
zodiac signs starts with Aries, which begins at the spot on the ecliptic
where the Sun is on the first day of spring. These 30 degree sections
of the sky are actually blocks of space, not time.
Zodiac signs are often confused in the popular mind with "sun signs" .
When a person says, "I'm an Aries!", what they're really saying is they
were born at a time of the year when the Sun is in the zodiac sign of
Aries. Because our calendar is designed to mimic the motions of the
Sun around the zodiac, the Sun is in Aries at nearly the same time
period each year (roughly March 20th or 21st to April 19th or 20th).
Hence the 12 sun signs are like months of a calendar based on the
zodiac. They represent time, not space.
The motions of the other planets through the zodiac signs can be
quite irregular, compared to the Sun's motion. On average, they range
from the fast moving Moon (which spends about 2-1/2 days in each
sign) to the slow poke Pluto (roughly 12 to 24 years in each sign).
Planetary Rulers of the Signs
Each sign is associated with a planet that is called the "ruler" of that
sign. Usually, there is some similarity in meaning or energy between
the sign and its ruler. A planet is supposed to express its energy in the
most natural, straight-forward fashion through the sign it rules.
Some signs (Scorpio, Aquarius, Pisces) have two rulers, an old,
traditional ruler and a modern one. Since the discovery of Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto the last few centuries, these planets have replaced
the traditional rulers. And with the introduction of Chiron and the major
asteroids into astrology, yet-another-round of arguments about rulers
is breaking out. Perhaps the entire notion of "rulership" should be
taken with a grain of salt.
Sub-Cycle Symbolism
Although a certain amount of mythology is associated with the
meanings of each sign, most of these meanings are actually derived
by looking at the zodiac as a collection of overlapping cycles within
cycles.
For instance, the cycle of the 4 elements (fire, earth, air, water)
describes 4 different personality types. This cycle is repeated 3 times
around the zodiac.
The 3 modalities (cardinal, fixed, mutable) establish 3 distinct styles of
expressing energy; this cycle is repeated 4 times.
Each sign has a polarity (positive/negative, or in the older texts,
masculine/feminine) that alternates with each sign.
Further, the zodiac is divided into thirds (primordial, individual,
universal) and halves (subjective, objective), which suggests a life-
cycle of growing emotional and social maturation.
The interweaving of all these sub-cycles then creates the overall profile
of the zodiac sign.
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 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.
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
persistance; slow, steady, methodical; fertile, productive; unreflective,
content to simply be; spirit becoming involved with the material world.
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; changable, inconstant, attention easily
drifts to something new, seeks novelty.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"sun-sign astrology" columns, where the signs are taken as major
determinants of the personality. In fact, in natal astrology, the use of
signs is much more modest. The zodiac signs are considered to
modify or color the energies of the major planets (not just the Sun),
bringing out certain traits of a planet, inhibiting others, but without
wholly changing that planetary energy. Astrologers also view the
zodiac as the archetype of "cycles" and "cyclic time", the signs being
phases or levels of development within the entire cycle.
the followings are The Zodiac Sign Profiles:
Aries - Taurus - Gemini - Cancer - Leo - Virgo
Libra - Scorpio - Sagittarius - Capricorn - Aquarius - Pisces
Each profile contains: the common symbol (also known as a
"glyph") for the sign, the planetary ruler(s) of the sign; the
various Sub-cycles that make up its core meaning; the main
personality themes related to this energy; keywords and phrases
of related topics.
General Info on the Zodiac
What is the Zodiac?
What are Zodiac Signs?
Rulers
Sub-cycle Symbolism
What is the Zodiac?
If you could observe the motion of the Sun against the stars for an
entire year, it would appear to trace out a large circle in the sky that
we call the "ecliptic" . This circle also happens to be the plane of the
Earth's orbit around the Sun. The zodiac is a thin band of the sky on
either side of the ecliptic. The word "zodiac" literally means "circle of
life", since most of the zodiac signs are animals or people.
What are Zodiac Signs?
The zodiac is divided into 12 signs, each 30 degrees long. The cycle of
zodiac signs starts with Aries, which begins at the spot on the ecliptic
where the Sun is on the first day of spring. These 30 degree sections
of the sky are actually blocks of space, not time.
Zodiac signs are often confused in the popular mind with "sun signs" .
When a person says, "I'm an Aries!", what they're really saying is they
were born at a time of the year when the Sun is in the zodiac sign of
Aries. Because our calendar is designed to mimic the motions of the
Sun around the zodiac, the Sun is in Aries at nearly the same time
period each year (roughly March 20th or 21st to April 19th or 20th).
Hence the 12 sun signs are like months of a calendar based on the
zodiac. They represent time, not space.
The motions of the other planets through the zodiac signs can be
quite irregular, compared to the Sun's motion. On average, they range
from the fast moving Moon (which spends about 2-1/2 days in each
sign) to the slow poke Pluto (roughly 12 to 24 years in each sign).
Planetary Rulers of the Signs
Each sign is associated with a planet that is called the "ruler" of that
sign. Usually, there is some similarity in meaning or energy between
the sign and its ruler. A planet is supposed to express its energy in the
most natural, straight-forward fashion through the sign it rules.
Some signs (Scorpio, Aquarius, Pisces) have two rulers, an old,
traditional ruler and a modern one. Since the discovery of Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto the last few centuries, these planets have replaced
the traditional rulers. And with the introduction of Chiron and the major
asteroids into astrology, yet-another-round of arguments about rulers
is breaking out. Perhaps the entire notion of "rulership" should be
taken with a grain of salt.
Sub-Cycle Symbolism
Although a certain amount of mythology is associated with the
meanings of each sign, most of these meanings are actually derived
by looking at the zodiac as a collection of overlapping cycles within
cycles.
For instance, the cycle of the 4 elements (fire, earth, air, water)
describes 4 different personality types. This cycle is repeated 3 times
around the zodiac.
The 3 modalities (cardinal, fixed, mutable) establish 3 distinct styles of
expressing energy; this cycle is repeated 4 times.
Each sign has a polarity (positive/negative, or in the older texts,
masculine/feminine) that alternates with each sign.
Further, the zodiac is divided into thirds (primordial, individual,
universal) and halves (subjective, objective), which suggests a life-
cycle of growing emotional and social maturation.
The interweaving of all these sub-cycles then creates the overall profile
of the zodiac sign.
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 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.
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
persistance; slow, steady, methodical; fertile, productive; unreflective,
content to simply be; spirit becoming involved with the material world.
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; changable, inconstant, attention easily
drifts to something new, seeks novelty.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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