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ELEMENTS
The Elements divide the twelve signs into four groups of three signs each: Fire, Earth, Air and Water. The signs allocated to the same Element are believed to share basic psychological and temperamental characteristics.
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The most basic component of any chart are the elements -- fire, earth, air and water. When taking a first look at a chart, take a look at the elements in play.

The elements can be further sorted into two more groups: the positive, masculine, or yang in expression, and those that are negative, feminine, or yin.

Elements: Ancients believed that the universe consisted of four primary elements, air, earth, fire and water from which the triplicities (also called elements), a four-fold division of the zodiac, are derived.

The Elements and Qualities
The basic structural components of the world are known as elements, modified, or flavoured by their modalities, or qualities. In astrology, four material elements are recognised: Fire, Earth, Air and Water (see table).

Chinese elements and characteristics
Click on your Chinese Element for an in depth description of your elemental qualities
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ELEMENTS
Also known as the Triplicities
Astrology and its interpretation is built up in a series of layers. The elements form the foundation layer.

The elements that are low or lacking are the ones not believed valid or "positive". There are 0 points in Fire! A mistrust of the self (nation) and a difficulty entering into experiences with trust and spontaneity.

What elements are the other elements compatible with? Like, what is fire good with, etc?
I'm water, and perfectly happy with that :] That means we are very warm hearted people:]
And im cancer by the way xxx
hell ya!i am fire! ...

When these elements are translated as personality traits or temperament, they become important features of the delineation.

About the Elements
Defining characteristics in terms of Elements is based on whether a person's initial (elementary) reaction to everything in life is physical, pragmatic, intellectual, or emotional.

Mars in the Elements

Mars in Fire people (that is, those with Mars in Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius) are generally quite passionate. When they get angry, those around them generally know it.

The Signs are further grouped into one of the four Elements. The Elements Fire, Earth, Air and Water each have its own temperament. The Fire Signs are vital and intense. Earth Signs are practical and stable. Air Signs are social and intellectual.

When we think of illness, we mostly consider the physical variety, but metaphysics teaches us that there are four bodies: ethereal or spiritual, mental, emotional and physical - like the four elements! ...

»» quadruplicities : qualities : triplicities : elements ««
cardinal
The cardinal signs are the initiators of the zodiac. You are active, vigorous and enterprising with verve, courage, ambition and great leadership potential.

Elements - The elements are Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. Fire signs are active and enthusiastic: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. Earth signs are practical and cautious: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.

Elements
Fire, Earth, Air, Water. Designations from ancient alchemy that reflect the basic nature of the sign: Fire = energy; Earth = practicality; Air - intellect; Water = emotion. Also called the Triplicities.

Elements, the four: fire, earth, air and water, characterising different energies and attentions which work through the zodiac signs; there are three signs of each element, in trine formation, each sign representing one of the modes.

Elements: In astrology these are Fire, Earth, Air and Water.
Elevation: In a chart this would be a planet near the Midheaven and therefore, it is given more emphasis.

Elements Air, Water, Earth and Fire.
Ephemeris Pronounced "eh-FEM-er-is". A book that supplies the positions of the Sun, Moon and Planets, usually daily. Positions are usually given in celestial longitude, latitude and declination.

Elements and Qualities - There are 4 elements: Fire, Earth, Air, Water. There are 3 Qualities: Cardinal, Fixed, Mutable. A person's disposition is determined by these influences.

Elements. See "Triplicities."
Elevation. The altitude of a planet or other body above the horizon.
Eleventh House. The house ruled by Aquarius and Uranus.

Elements. The four fundamental natures, symbolized as Fire, Earth, Air and Water. v. Signs.
Elevation. Astronomically, the distance of a planet above the horizon; its altitude.

Elements & Qualities
As indicated on the Astrology Keys printed out earlier, each sign of the zodiac corresponds to an element: fire, earth, air or water. Each sign also corresponds with a Quality: cardinal, fixed or mutable.

The Elements Mode and Modes
The element related to Gemini is Air.
The Air element is the masculine or yang energy representing the breath or prana - the realm of ideas and archetypal associations that link the physical and non-physical world ...

The Elements of the Art of Astrology
Al-Biruni's Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology was written for Lady Rayhanah, one of the members of the Khwarizm court carried off to Ghaznah by Mahmud in 1017.

Other elements:
If possible, have a look at the planetary hour and day. Ideally, the planetary ruler of the hour/day is the same as the natural ruler of the matter.
Natural significators ...

Major Elements of Tibetan Astrology
The manipulation of the animal signs, elements, parkhas, mewas, etc. (presented below) takes considerable skill in calculation and, as might be expected, even more expertise when it comes to interpretation.

Elements: A fourfold division of the Zodiac that is comprised of Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Signs of the same Element share similar characteristics. Also known as Triplicity.

Elements in the Horoscope
Each sign is governed by one of the four Elements. A horoscope with a dominance or lack of planets in one Element tells you about the person.

The elements tell us something about the temperament of the horoscope person.
Step 3: Distribution of planets in the qualities or modes (quadruplicities)
Step 4: Planets in and rulers of the "professional" houses 2-6-10 ...

The elements of Original Essence; the basic differentiation upon and of which all things are made. The term refers to the seven fundamental aspects of the One Universal Reality in cosmos and in man.

The elements differ in Chinese astrology from their Western counterparts: Air is not one of the elements as defined by the Chinese. Instead, Wood and Metal are elements alongside Earth, Fire and Water.

Modes/Elements: Part 2 of 12
Even more fundamental than the signs of the zodiac, which were covered in Part 1 of this series, are the elements and modes. In fact, the elements and modes come together to create the signs, as you'll soon see.

The Four Elements
Fire, earth, water and air are the four elements, and three signs are associated with each element giving rise to the term triplicities. The three fire signs are: Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.

The same elements can be seen in the nineteenth century. Though Blavatsky tried to wrest Sinnett's title Esoteric Buddhism away from Buddhism as such, claiming that the form should have been 'Budhism' (since Theosophy was centred on 'Budha', ...

The four elements go farther than the mere locating of the Sun position. The qualities contained in the signs positing the Moon and the planets are gradually developed by every stimulation that reaches the native through these points of receptivity.

need attention or bringing to light before you get on with your goals.

THE ELEMENTS
Each zodiac sign belongs to one of the four elements.

One of the four Elements. Earth qualities include: stability, dependability, seriousness, manifestation, structure, down-to-earth, grounded, realistic. Earth signs are: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.
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From these basic elements:
- the reflex muscle reaction to the stimulus of an external energy field (i.e. the radiesthetic faculty, from the practitioner's point of view);
- the substitution of a sample from the patient for the patient himself; ...

Once the sensual elements of your nature come to the surface, you tend to become fixated on the pleasurable aspects of that feeling. Try not to allow yourself to get carried away by overindulging these sensate patterns in your personality.

Using these natural elements, James and Sandra Crowley span the four seasons, demonstrating how the patina of aged wood lends itself to an autumn day or the simple austerity of a raked-sand garden complements winter.

(2) the Five Elements.
Feng Shui utilizes the concepts of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements to help rebalance the competing energies in your home. The Feng Shui elements have a strong role to play for balancing the Chi of a space or home.

ELEMENTS: Four-fold division of the Zodiac: Fire, Earth, Air, Water. Signs of the same element share qualities of that element.
EPHEMERIS: Astrological almanac listing Zodiacal positions of the planets and other Astronomical data.

The signs can be grouped into four affinity groups known as the elements, or three groups each of whose members conflict one another known as the quadruplicities (see page 46 for more).

Natural magic is reliant on the elements and occult properties of material things and required a knowledge of natural philosophy.

Earth : One of the 4 classical elements, representing the traits of sensuality, concreteness, practicality and an orientation towards the material plane. The earth signs are Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.

The rete was designed by the artist and the supporting elements are in the shape of an anatomical human heart. The heart arteries support the star pointers. There are 32 star pointers, each of which is labeled.

Clement, Bishop of Alexandria, incorporated various elements of Platonism and while he agreed that "there was of old implanted in man a certain fellowship with the heavens"[6] he nonetheless did not accept astrology.

In a horoscope, all the elements of a story are implicit. The planets are the characters-both inner and outer-which are motivated by specific concerns and have potentials for certain kinds of action.

The aspects made between the composite planets offer an insight into the different elements that combine to make the relationship what it is.

Chinese horoscopes also pedestal its predictions on the five elements depending on which earth the self was untaught under. Earth, Fire, Metal, Wood and Water correspond with the planets Saturn, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury.

There are four elements (air, earth, fire and water) and three qualities (cardinal, fixed, mutable).

The concept revolves around synchronizing the five basic elements of Earth viz Akash (SKY), Prithvi (EARTH), Paani (WATER), Agni (FIRE), and Vayu (WIND) with ‘Man' and his ‘Works' on Earth.

each is assigned one of the four principle elements of fire (Fire is lively and aggressive), air (Air is lively in mind and fluent in expression), earth (Earth is matter-of-fact and controlled), and water (Water is sensitive and intuitive).

Please note that if the distance between two elements (planets, signs or houses) is more than 180 degrees you should substract that distance from 360 to get the shortest distance between the two planets.

Here male corpses were wrapped in un-tanned ox-hides and left exposed in the tops of the trees for the elements to claim and the birds to eat.

They also indicate the elements of the science of reading a horoscope. A great deal of additional information along these lines is given in the Philosophic Encyclopedia following.

"Not only does the OSFA course introduce the essential elements of chart interpretation to the student, it is exceptionally well organized and succinct.

Cardinal: The four basic Elements (Fire, Earth, Air, and Water) can each act in one of three basic ways, or Modes (Cardinal, Fixed, or Mutable).

See also: Element, Astrology, Planet, Signs, Moon