The Zodiac
Have you often wondered about the nature of the 12 zodiacal symbols as they appear today?
Imagine them as pictographs, perhaps premonitions, of events, archetypal phenomena, or ubiquitous experiences possibly representing the deepest primordial impressions of the universe upon the human psyche.
The four elements correspond as follows:
Earth - physical world, resources, material things
Air - mind, ideas, communication
Fire - will, spirit, energy
Water - feelings, emotions, compassion
The quadruplicities (so named because the zodiac is divided into four quadrants, 3 x 4 = 12):
Cardinal - start, initiate, lead
Fixed - maintain, stabilize, continue
Mutable - adapt, stop, end
...perhaps a story, or a prophecy, in symbol...
Aries
creation, genesis, manifestation, bursting forth, outward, upward, the first idea
Traditional Tarot - Emperor IV
Fire, Cardinal
Taurus
differentiation, emanation, from the one come two, otherness
Traditional Tarot - Heirophant V
Earth, Fixed
Gemini
magnetism, electricity, attraction, two bodies interact
Traditional Tarot - Lovers VI
Air, Mutable
Cancer
the dance, the ritual, copulation, unity of opposites, conjunction
Traditional Tarot - Chariot VII
Water, Cardinal
Leo
the seed, the individual, the masculine
Traditional Tarot - Strength VIII (XI)
Fire, Fixed
Virgo
the womb, the virgin, the mother, the feminine
Traditional Tarot - Hermit IX
Earth, Mutable
Libra
equilibrium, equality, horizon, the sun, a great dawn or dusk
Traditional Tarot - Justice XI (VIII)
Air, Cardinal
Scorpio
sexuality, individuality and uniqueness, desire, creativity
Traditional Tarot - Death XIII
Water, Fixed
Sagittarius
spirituality, will seeking a larger will, will seeking itself
Traditional Tarot - Temperance/Art XIV
Fixed, Mutable
Capricorn
shelter, retreat, struggle between ego and self
Traditional Tarot - Devil XV
Earth, Cardinal
Aquarius
a great flood, deluge, flux, transition
Traditional Tarot - Star XVI
Air, Fixed
Pisces
apocalypse, collision of two celestial bodies, rebirth
Traditional Tarot - Moon XVII
Water, Mutable
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