Intro to Astrology 1 Notes

Notes from Class 1

Gender

• Masculine-active, initiating, outwardly expressed

  • Glyph-Mars Symbol

• Feminine-passive, receptive, attracting

  • Glyph-Venus Symbol

Elements

There are four elements. Each sign falls into one of the four.

• Fire (masculine) - the element of spirit/often talked about in mythology as the gift from the gods given to humans

  • Key words and phrases: Believe/Fire in the belly

  • Other characteristics/associations:

    • provides warmth and heat

    • shameless/raw expression/unfiltered

    • honest

    • passion

    • forceful/drive/ambition/will power

    • confident

    • creative

    • optimistic

    • destructive

    • arrogant

    • bossy

• Earth (feminine) - the element related to material, tangible, and physical things

  • Key words and phrases: Doing/Down to earth

  • Other characteristics/associations:

    • reliable

    • built to last

    • practical/common sense

    • grounded

    • natural/natural progression

    • slow moving/everything is a process

    • adverse to quick changes

    • conservative

• Air (masculine)

  • Key words and phrases: thinking/Mind over Matter

  • Other characteristics/associations:

    • Intellect

    • communication

    • ideas

    • quick wit/cleverness

    • genius

    • perception

    • subject to change/fickle

    • rational

    • objectivity and detachment

    • fairness/balance

• Water (feminine)

  • Key words and phrases: Feeling/going with the flow

  • Other characteristics/associations:

    • deep

    • mysterious

    • the subconscious

    • intuition

    • emotion

    • psychic ability

    • compassion

    • emotionally perceptive

    • healing

Modes

• Cardinal- These signs/seasons always fall on an equinox or solstice. They mark the beginning of a new season. Signs under this mode are:

  • Self starters/initiating

  • bold/they make themselves known and heard

  • great at starting things, not so great at finishing them

  • highly ambitious

  • planting the seed

  • Always up for a challenge

• Fixed-These signs/seasons always fall in the middle of the season and are characterized by steady weather and are the epitome of what you usually think about when that season is perceived. Example: for winter you think of lots of snow, Aquarius season is usually very cold and is in the middle of winter.
  Characteristics and associations:

  • perseverance

  • commitment

  • persistent

  • reliable

  • consistent

  • a season where you may yet to see rewards for your hard work but moving forward with your plan is needed to ensure said rewards do come later.

  • associated with roots growing

• Mutable-These signs/seasons always fall at the end of a season and are a mix between Cardinal and fixed energy. Mutable signs and energy are:

  • adaptable/flexible

  • somewhat persistent depending on the cycle they are currently in

  • experience focused

  • quick thinkers

  • accumulators of information

  • transformative

  • associated with sprouts forming

Finding polarities or opposites

Ironically, opposites in the zodiac actually mean they are complimentary. When looking for a sign’s opposite, we keep the mode and gender the same, but the elements are different.

However, the elements of opposite signs will always be compatible.

Eample: Fixed Fire's opposite is Fixed Air. Fire and Air are both masculine. We are looking for the fixed mode in each element for opposites, therefore the opposite of fixed fire is fixed air.