At the top of this page I mention that you might want to have your chart handy when reading some posts (or have it done.) This is one of those posts, so if you don't have a chart www.astro.com will do it for free. You'll need your place and time of birth.
Basic astro chart readings will tell you what's built into your personality and what you can expect down the road. If you've ever had a good private reading you'll notice how useful that is. But there are lots of ways to read a chart -- my own interest is in global, spiritual/psychological and elemental astrology -- and this post is about you and your elements.
Balance, Balance, Balance...
There are four elements: Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Fire is our will, ambition and forward drive. Earth is about our ability to stay grounded and be practical. Air is about our mental faculties and Water our emotional and psychic ones.
Check your chart and see how many planets are in each of the four elements -- fire, earth, water and air. Add a "planet-point" to that element for each one. For the purpose of this exercise, if it's your sun, moon or ascendant, count those as two planet-points in that element.
If your planet-points are evenly divided between elements, it's likely that you'll have some a balance of all of the traits in you. You might be a thinker (air), but have an emotional life (water). You'll have enough drive to get things done (fire), but your earth signs will keep you grounded enough so that you're not driven. (At times the planets in elements may be in conflict -- a fundamental part of reading your chart...more on that in later posts.)
What Have You Got?
Let's say you have six or more planet-points in fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius). The rest of your "points" are balanced between water, earth and air. You'll want to move forward for most of life, getting things done, moving onto the next task when one is completed.
If instead there are six or more points in air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) you're bound for the thinking life. Analysis and reason are important to you and how you will lead your life.
If it's water you've got (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces), emotions are a critical part of you, as is reacting to unseen "psychic" energy that surrounds us.
And if you have plenty of Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) you are the practical one, the one who keeps their head, when everybody else is losing theirs.
Is Something Missing?
So far so good. And if you're the balanced chart sort, you're done. But that's generally not the case. Often our charts are weighted in one or two elements and we're missing the others.
For instance, if you have plenty of air activity, but little or no fire -- you might wish you could do actually get more done with what you think about -- but you lack the drive.
Or, if you've got more water, with no planets or only one planet in an air sign, you'll find yourself "going with the flow" without any mental analysis to make you think about what you're actually doing -- maybe so much so that you feel you just can't "reason" your life out to make the right choices.
And if you're a fire sign with no earth, you may go zero to sixty on a project before you've even decided that's what you want to do. It's worth mentioning something specifically about Virgo here. Virgo grounds you through mental activity and so can be the non-grounding earth sign -- since you're still in your head. If you have only Virgo as the Earth element in your chart, don't be surprised if you're still not feeling grounded.
You Can Add Something to Your Recipe.
You get the picture. If you look at your chart and see what's missing you'll instinctively know whether this fits you or not. If it's not bothering you, that you can stop here. But if you sometimes you feel you're missing something that would allow you to be more productive, thoughtful, caring or grounded -- there's good news. Your chart can pinpoint what you need and you can do something about it.
Just about everything surrounding us has varying degrees of earth, water, air or fire in it -- and by knowing what element you'd like to increase in your life you can supplement some of the elements you're missing -- something like vitamins for the soul. That's what I meant when I said a chart is a blueprint. Without going to a therapist, chiropractor or doctor you can get a diagnosis and prescription for what ails you.
In the next posts, I'll talk about each of the elements and how you can find supplements for them when they're missing in your chart.
Basic astro chart readings will tell you what's built into your personality and what you can expect down the road. If you've ever had a good private reading you'll notice how useful that is. But there are lots of ways to read a chart -- my own interest is in global, spiritual/psychological and elemental astrology -- and this post is about you and your elements.
Balance, Balance, Balance...
There are four elements: Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Fire is our will, ambition and forward drive. Earth is about our ability to stay grounded and be practical. Air is about our mental faculties and Water our emotional and psychic ones.
Check your chart and see how many planets are in each of the four elements -- fire, earth, water and air. Add a "planet-point" to that element for each one. For the purpose of this exercise, if it's your sun, moon or ascendant, count those as two planet-points in that element.
If your planet-points are evenly divided between elements, it's likely that you'll have some a balance of all of the traits in you. You might be a thinker (air), but have an emotional life (water). You'll have enough drive to get things done (fire), but your earth signs will keep you grounded enough so that you're not driven. (At times the planets in elements may be in conflict -- a fundamental part of reading your chart...more on that in later posts.)
What Have You Got?
Let's say you have six or more planet-points in fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius). The rest of your "points" are balanced between water, earth and air. You'll want to move forward for most of life, getting things done, moving onto the next task when one is completed.
If instead there are six or more points in air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) you're bound for the thinking life. Analysis and reason are important to you and how you will lead your life.
If it's water you've got (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces), emotions are a critical part of you, as is reacting to unseen "psychic" energy that surrounds us.
And if you have plenty of Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) you are the practical one, the one who keeps their head, when everybody else is losing theirs.
Is Something Missing?
So far so good. And if you're the balanced chart sort, you're done. But that's generally not the case. Often our charts are weighted in one or two elements and we're missing the others.
For instance, if you have plenty of air activity, but little or no fire -- you might wish you could do actually get more done with what you think about -- but you lack the drive.
Or, if you've got more water, with no planets or only one planet in an air sign, you'll find yourself "going with the flow" without any mental analysis to make you think about what you're actually doing -- maybe so much so that you feel you just can't "reason" your life out to make the right choices.
And if you're a fire sign with no earth, you may go zero to sixty on a project before you've even decided that's what you want to do. It's worth mentioning something specifically about Virgo here. Virgo grounds you through mental activity and so can be the non-grounding earth sign -- since you're still in your head. If you have only Virgo as the Earth element in your chart, don't be surprised if you're still not feeling grounded.
You Can Add Something to Your Recipe.
You get the picture. If you look at your chart and see what's missing you'll instinctively know whether this fits you or not. If it's not bothering you, that you can stop here. But if you sometimes you feel you're missing something that would allow you to be more productive, thoughtful, caring or grounded -- there's good news. Your chart can pinpoint what you need and you can do something about it.
Just about everything surrounding us has varying degrees of earth, water, air or fire in it -- and by knowing what element you'd like to increase in your life you can supplement some of the elements you're missing -- something like vitamins for the soul. That's what I meant when I said a chart is a blueprint. Without going to a therapist, chiropractor or doctor you can get a diagnosis and prescription for what ails you.
In the next posts, I'll talk about each of the elements and how you can find supplements for them when they're missing in your chart.
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