Astrology Signs Meaning

More About Astrology Signs

You’ve probably heard about fire signs, earth signs, air signs, and water signs. These are the four elements. Twelve signs divided by four elements equals 3 signs per element. The astrology signs go in this order: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

If you start with Aries as the first fire sign, then just skip to every 4^th sign, you’ll see that the fire signs are Aries, Leo and Sagitarrius. Taurus is the first earth sign, then Virgo and Capricorn. Gemini is the first air sign, then Libra and Aquarius. Cancer is the first water sign, then Scorpio and Pisces. That’s an easy way to remember each sign’s element without having to memorize at first. Just know Aries is fire and count from there.

So what does a fire sign mean? These signs tend to burn hard and fast. They start strong and then can flame out just as quickly as they began. Do you know a person with a Aries, Leo or Sagittarius Sun? Then you may notice that these people are a little more intensely emotional, whether that be in happiness or anger. They may likely be more honest. And they may likely be more likely to take action quickly and with no holds barred. These are generalities, of course. Other planets in a person’s birth chart can intensify or mute this fire Sun sign as well.

An earth sign is quite different than fire. Earth is much more slow and grounded. Much more practical and even-tempered. And less likely to have a wide range of emotions., and more likely to be stubborn and set in their ways. This goes for Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn Sun signs. Again, if a person with a Taurus Sun happened to have other planets in their chart that had lots of fire – say Mars in Aries and Moon in Leo, then you would see a better blending of emotion and action. If this same Sun in Taurus person instead had a Moon in Virgo and Mars in Capricorn, then you would be much more likely to see this earth energy in action in their thoughts and personality.

An air sign such as Gemini, Libra and Aquarius are very much mental and logical. Think about air in general. It can move quickly and easily over lots of ground. Air signs are aware of all the sides of an issue and can take on the greatest perspective when it comes to seeing ideas clearly. So someone with a Sun in one of these signs might be strong in communication skills and discovering new ideas. However, they may be less likely to effectively take action on these great concepts.

You can see how interesting the signs really are, how they color and tint the original meaning of a planet, and how knowing a bit more about what element each sign is can help you understand more. It’s an interesting facet to learn about people you know. And if you know it about yourself, it can help you ultimately boost your confidence, improve low self esteem, and give you focus to enhance other parts of your life too. Understanding the nature of astrology signs and how you reflect them through your actions is a key step in getting to be the best you can be. By now you should have a bit of an idea on using the concepts to apply to the water signs. See if you can guess what water signs bring to the table!