FIRE

The Spirit of Life
Element of Conception, Intuition, Imagination

Aries _ Cardinal Fire –
Leo - Fixed Fire –
Sagittarius - Mutable Fire

• Fire upward outward radiating energy
• Fire is a hot and dry energy
• Humour - choleric
• Alchemical stage - Calcinato ,
• Fire represents that which is ignited, intuition, future orientated,  burns with inspiration
• Fire is a purifying, masculine energy, connected to strong will and energy.
• Fire creates, destroys, burns, purifies.  Fire can heal or harm, and can bring about new life or destroy the old
• Fire is conscious, intuitive, spontaneous, enthusiastic, fiery, passionate, motivated, optimistic, adventurous, restless
• Seeks clarity, quests, self discovery, direction
• Shadow  - lack of spirit, risk taking, lethargy, lacking imagination
• Archetype - Father
• Direction - North
• Astrological opposite - AIR - feeds fire - promotes ideas and plans
  Psychological Opposite - Earth -  accepts reality and is practical develops sensate function - FIRE  - develops intuitive function  
• Elemental opposite - Water - can make fire go out

 

EARTH

  The Substance of Life
Element of Sensation - Demonstration- Incarnation

Capricorn - Cardinal Earth 
Taurus - Fixed Earth
Virgo - Mutable Earth

• Earthinward downward moving energy
• Earth is primarily dry and cold
• Humour - Melancholic  
• Alchemical stage - Coagulatio
• Earth  represents that which has substance, the physical, embodied, secure, and grounded
• Earth is a stable feminine energy, earthy, able to commit and deliver, fertile and
• Earth manifests energy, grounds and stabilizes,
• Earth  is practical, sensual, earthy, material, sensual, sensate, organic, natural, slow
• Seeks solidness, grounding, predictability, tasks
• Shadow Earth - Stuck, debt bound,  restrictive, ,materially orientated, possessive,
• Archetype - Daughter
• Direction - South
• Astrological opposite - Water  - Nourishes Earth  - earth needs water
• Psychological Opposite - Fire  - develops intuitive function , Earth  develops sensate function
• Elemental opposite - Air - moves earth and destroys it’s stability

AIR

The Breath of life  -
Element of Thinking, Intelligence, Separation ,

Libra - Cardinal Air 
Aquarius - Fixed Air
Gemini  - Mutable Air

• Air () upward moving energy
• Air is moist and  hot
• Humour - sanguine
• Alchemical stage - Sublimatio
• Air represents duality, polarity, relationship, equality, communication
• Air is an abstract moving, light, airy changeable energy
• Air is conscious, masculine energy, objective focused, active, intellectual
• Air   is abstract, weightless, open  in deed, idealistic, logical, rational
• Seeks space, theories ,questions, ideas, thoughts
• Shadow Air  - judgemental,
• Archetype - Son
• Direction - East
• Astrological opposite - Fire  - gives air new energy and ideas
• Psychological Opposite - Water  - the feeling function - clashes with the rational Air thinking function
• Elemental opposite - Earth - contains air restricting freedom and movement

 

 

WATER

The Soul of life
Element of Feeling, Opinion, Merging

Cancer - Cardinal water–
Scorpio - Fixed water
Pisces  - Mutable water

• Water () downward inward moving energy
• Water cold and moist
• Humour - Phlegmatic
  Alchemical stage - Solutio
• Water  represents depth, soul, feelings, connections, memory, love
• Water is a strong, complex, deep, instinctive, fluid energy
• Water is an unconscious, feminine energy ,subjective ebbing and flowing, emotional
• Water   is bendable ,boundless , knowing, feeling, psychic, responsive, enmeshed, receptive, compassionate, wavering, regenerative,
• Seeks memories,  the past, expression, love,
• Shadow Water  - shameful, guilty, cold, lacking empathy .toxic, water logged, overemotional, harmed, dependant
• Archetype - Mother
• The Direction - West
• Astrological opposite - Earth  - gives water boundaries and containment, a vessel to live in
• Psychological Opposite - Air - the thinking function - clashes with the emotional feeling function
• Elemental opposite - Fire - makes water steam or boil

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water… Its substance reaches everywhere :it touches the past and prepares the future: it moves under the poles and wanders thinly in the heights of air. It can assume forms of exquisite perfection in a snowflake, or strip the living to a single shining bone cast upon the sea. Loren Eiseley (1907-77) “The Immense Journey” American writer and anthropologist

 

 

 

CARDINAL

Aries/Cancer/Libra/Capricorn

Changing of seasons Cardinal modes coincide with  equinoxes and solstices , and the four directions

Represent - new energy, initiation, rebalance, taking action, independence, enthusiasm, ambition, energy that goes strong and then peters out

Cardinal signs are - instigators, direct, forthright, leaders, quick, insatiable, concerned with moving and directing ideas and energy

· Shadow - impetuous, domineering, no stamina to follow through ideas and actions, thoughtless, angry

 

 

FIXED

Taurus/Scorpio/Leo/Aquarius

The middle of the seasons - Fixed modes are solidly established in each season when there is not much change

Represent the peak, stability, accomplishment,that which needs to be held, honoured established , accomplished , energy that is constant and stable

Fixed  energy is  stable, determined, proud, persevering, accumulative and immovable, slow and steady, concerned with keeping and holding and using energy

Shadow doesn’t give in, egotistical, obstinate, firm opinions

 

 

MUTABLE

Sagittarius/Gemini/Virgo/Pisces

Rules the end of the seasons - the time of harvest , completion and sharing the bounty, when we look forward to the future and what’s next

Represent change, movement, flowing, shape shifting energy, energy that goes where it needs to go

Mutable  energy is  adaptable, versatile, changeable, subtle, intuitive, understanding, philosophical, educating, concerned with sharing,  giving, collecting and distributing  information and ideas

Shadow unreliable, fickle, deceptive, cunning, lost, nervous,