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Astrology and the classical elements

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The seasonal qualities account for the differences in expression between signs of the same element. All the fire signs are by their nature hot and dry. However, the addition of the elemental qualities of the seasons results in differences between the fire signs. Aries being a Spring sign is wet (hot
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In many traditional Chinese theory fields, matter and its developmental movement stage can be classified into the Wu Xing. They are Wood ruler Jupiter, Green, East and Spring, Fire ruler Mars, Red, South and Summer, Earth ruler Saturn, Yellow, Center and Last Summer, Metal ruler Venus, White, West
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In ancient astrology, triplicities were more of a seasonal nature, so a season was given the qualities of an element, which means the signs associated with that season would be allocated to that element. The seasonal elements of ancient astrology are as follows:
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In addition, in Vedic thought each of the five planets are linked to an element (with space as the fifth). It was said in the Veda that everything emanated from the one basic vibration of "Om" or "
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Four Classical Elements; this classic diagram has two squares on top of each other, with the corners of one being the classical elements, and the corners of the other being the properties.
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Beginning with the first sign Aries which is a Fire sign, the next in line Taurus is Earth, then to Gemini which is Air, and finally to Cancer which is Water. This
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and Autumn and Water ruler Mercury, Black, North and Winter. That said, the essence of the Wu Xing is really about the notion of five
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These associations are not given any great importance in modern astrology, although they are prominent in modern Western
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Late Classical Astrology: Paulus Alexandrinus and Olympiodorus (with the Scholia of later Latin Commentators)
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Sidereal (Vedic) astrology shares the same system as Western astrology of linking zodiac signs to elements.
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the ruler of the water triplicity for both day and night charts – and
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Triplicity rulerships (using the "Dorothean system") are as follows:
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In traditional astrology, each triplicity has several planetary
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Zodiac symbols (Vedic astrology) on the terrace of a temple in
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Autumn (dry becoming cold) – Earth – Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
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Winter (cold becoming wet) – Water – Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
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This yields secondary and tertiary elements for each sign.
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In the Southern Hemisphere the seasonal cycle is reversed.
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later modified the rulerships of Water triplicity, making
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Summer (hot becoming dry) – Fire – Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
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Spring (wet becoming hot) – Air – Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
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Element (astrology)
Astrology

Worship of heavenly bodies
History of astrology
Astrology and astronomy
Glossary
Planets
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Zodiac
Traditions, types, and systems
Astrology and science
Astrologers
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