ZODIAC SIGNS AD THEIR MEANING

The sun crosses the tropical zodiac in the opposite direction clockwise. Part of the point 0 aries about march 21, when he starts the new astrological year. 0 aries corresponds to the spring equinox (beginning of autumn in the southern hemisphere) and is also called the vernal point. Occurs at the point of intersection between the ecliptic and celestial ecuador, from the sun in its apparent movement north of the southern hemisphere.

Signos del zodiaco

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So called because formerly the march equinox occurred in the constellation of aries, but currently does not match the zodiac constellations and this is due to a phenomenon called precession of the equinoxes, which causes the vernal point moves slowly in a movement backward in the ecliptic retrograde about 50.29''per year.

The fundamental difference between the sidereal and tropical zodiac, is that the former is based on the constellations while the second is governed by the seasons. So that the zero degree of aries coincides with the equinox in the tropical zodiac, but not stellar, beginning where he starts the constellation of Aries.

After aries, the sun passes through Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries coming back and closing the loop.

Polarities | Modalities | Elements

The two polarities

Zodiac signs are alte ated so that a positive sign (sender, active, masculine, yang, day) is always followed by a negative one (receiver, passive, feminine, yin, night) and vice versa, so that:

Positive polarity signs are Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius.

Negative polarity signs are Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Caprico and Pisces.

The three modes

The signs are grouped by type resulting in three groups of four signs each, known as four times the signs zodiac. Each sign is assigned an attribute as follows:

Cardinal signs:

Are those that coincide with the start of the season. If the march equinox marks the 0 aries, the equinocco september marks the point opposite, 0 Libra. similarly, the June solstice corresponds to 0 Cancer and December solstice at 0 Capricorn.

The cardinal signs Aries , Cancer , Libra and Caprico are signs of initiative and leadership.

Fixed signs:

Fixed signs are just after the cardinal, in full season. In this group are Taurus , Leo , Scorpio and Aquarius . Are signs of stability and wholeness.

Mutable signs:

Zodiac signs are that close the season and end just when you start the equinox or solstice to that lead. They are flexible, changing and more impredecibes.

The mutable signs are Gemini , Virgo , Sagittarius and Pisces .

The four elements

Each element belongs three signs, and each of them, the element is expressed differently depending on whether a cardinal sign, fixed or mutable. These three forms of each element is called the manifest signs tricplicidad .

Fire signs:

Energy, initiative, dynamism and expansion. The onset of action and force for change.

Fire signs are Aries , Leo and Sagittarius

Earth signs:

Pleasures, material, practical, the foundations of human life and the search for prosperity, stability and security.

Belong to the earth element Taurus , Virgo and Caprico

Air signs:

Contact with the other, intellect, logic, communication, relationships, exchange of ideas.

Gemini , Libra and Aquarius are air.

Water signs:

Emotions, feelings, intuition and instinct. Sensitivity, empathy and compassion.

Water signs are Cancer , Scorpio and Pisces