Triplicities were identified because of the harmonious relationship inherent in the shape created by their relationship to each other.
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Triplicities
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 Elements.
Triplicities. v. Signs.
Tropical Signs. Cancer and Capricorn. v. Signs.
Triplicities. The elements of fire, earth, air, and water. Once referred to as a trigon or group of three signs of the same element.
Triplicities:
The signs of the Zodiac are variously grouped to show certain of their qualities.
D. Triplicities:
the Fire Trigon for the Sun; and so on.
v. Dignities: Rulers of the Triplicities.
There are four triplicities in astrology, which is a grouping based on the elements. The other trplicities are water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces), fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) and earth signs (Capricorn, Taurus, Virgo).
Triplicity also triplicities: This describes the grouping of signs denoting their element and the quality of the house they occupy.
The Qualities (Triplicities)
Each sign is also identified by its quality, or modality, that is whether it is
Cardinal (creative), Fixed (determined) or Mutable (changeable) in character.
Also known as the Triplicities
Astrology and its interpretation is built up in a series of layers. The elements form the foundation layer.
In "A History of Horoscopic Astrology", James Holden asserts that the Babylonians had already grouped the signs into Trigons or triplicities that were adopted by the Greeks. This is basic geometry.
Astrological symbolism also deals with triplicities and quaternities. There are four elements (air, earth, fire and water) and three qualities (cardinal, fixed, mutable).
These are called the “triplicities' as there are three (“tri') signs in each of these groupings: fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius), earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn), air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius), and water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces).
THE FOUR ELEMENTS Fire, Air, Earth, and Water; the Triplicities Fire, Air, Earth, and Water, the four elements, sometimes called the Triplicities, play an important part in astrology.
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The second division of zodiacal signs is by modality, which is sometimes referred to as triplicities as there are three types of modes: Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable.
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cardinal
The cardinal signs are the initiators of the zodiac. You are active, vigorous and enterprising with verve, courage, ambition and great leadership potential.
Those signs for which planets in them relate with relative harmony fall into one of four groups called the "triplicities" or the more familiar "elements.
To take the fourfold division, sometimes termed the 'Triplicities' or 'Elements', the signs are (if taken in series from Aries) Fire, Earth, Air, Water then Fire again and so forth, ...
For example, planetary exaltations originated with the Babylonians and are still used today; the Babylonians named the benefic and malefic planets; defined Triplicities, albeit without the elements as they're recognized today; ...
Step 2: Distribution of planets in the elements (triplicities)
The elements tell us something about the temperament of the horoscope person.
Step 3: Distribution of planets in the qualities or modes (quadruplicities) ...
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 earth signs are: Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.
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.
Triplicity - An equilateral triangle superimposed on an astrological chart, each point indicating signs of the same element. There are four triplicities, representing the elements of fire, earth, air and water.
3rd Edition includes electional sections plus a complete set of diagrams and tables, plus explanations of their use, including essential dignities, orb and aspect tables, almuten tables by degree for day and night using the Dorothean triplicities, ...
Elements (Triplicities) are understood to relate to the fundamental 4 types of energy emitted by the constellations and described as either fire, earth, ...
 See also: Signs, Astrology, Planet, Element, Sun
  
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