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Water Element - One of the four astrological elements. A feminine element, it stands for emotion, feeling, matters to do with intuition and so on. The other elements are, Fire, Air and Earth.

 


The Water element in the horoscope
People with a strongly emphasised water element are feeling types and are very sensitive. Their imaginative and emotional lives are deep and rich.
Water signs are:
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces ...

The Water Element
An overview of the Water element in astrology, its signs and characteristics.
The Four Elements
Moses Siregar III on the Four Elements in astrology.

The Water element is the feminine or yin energy of emotion. It corresponds to the Jungian typology of Feeling.

When you place a water element planet in a fixed air sign, something has to give.

The Signs of the Water element, Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. Also termed Dumb Signs, in that afflictions to planets therein often produce speech defects.
NEGATIVE.
v. Positive.

Phlegmatic Humour Corresponding to the Water Element, according to Culpeper it rules the brain and "cools and moistens the heart, thereby sustaining it, and the whole body...". Ruled by Moon and Venus, it works through the Phlegm. See Humours.

Fire and Water Type The heavy emphasis on Fire and Water elements in your chart would indicate a general tendency to express everything emotionally, excitedly, and rather impulsively.

The Moon is a cold and moist planet with a particular affinity with the Water element. Thus in humoral terms, this lunar tree has an affinity with the cold, moist, phlegmatic humour in the body.

His chart lacks the water element that confers sensitivity to others, except for Jupiter which falls in the fiery water sign of Scorpio. Scorpio has the sensitivity of the other water signs, but it operates differently.

With no planets in the water element you may have trouble understanding or penetrating the deeper meanings of things. Your emotions may not be easily engaged, and your intuitive skills not readily available.

Perhaps you need to bring more obvious manifestations of the water element into your home. Give new thought to a swimming pool, hot tub, fountain, aquarium or even a urinal or bidet. You may even wish to move close to the water.

The Alchemy of Cancer involves working with the water element; Cancer is a sign of nurturing and motherhood. The Sun enters the sign of Cancer at Summer Solstice, June 21 this year.

One of the four suits of the Minor Arcana, identified with the water element, associated with emotion, love and other strong feelings, dreams, memories, fears, disappointments, sensitivity, water, oceans, rivers and streams, pleasure, ...

Here, we hit upon a fundamental problem of Vesta-orientated people (when they are not alleviated by a strong Water element): an impersonal distancing of oneself from one's achieved insights.

Element: Water
Astrologically, the water element symbolizes emotion. Water runs deep; it seeks its own level and will flow until it has found its...
Pisces Strength:
Your compassion for those in need is your forte....

In a Human being, the Earth element governs the solid form, from skeleton to skin; the Water element governs the liquid form, from the water content of the body to the bloodstream; the Air element governs the gaseous form such as the breath; ...

In Medical Astrology and Astro-Meteorology the Water element is of the humour Phlegmatic, being cold and moist. Planets that are such are Moon and Venus.
Recommended reading on this particular subject: ...

Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces People with a strongly emphasized water element are very sensitive. Their imaginative and emotional minds are deep and rich.

A Pisces represents the water element while Aries is fire. This is a very difficult combination. I was warned to be ready of an active individual who is self driven and enthusiastic. The match will seek to encourage me to invest in my talents.

If you think the water element is sensitive, what about the water-air combo? These beings are reputed to have the most delicate nervous systems in the galaxy.

In general, the element of water represents emotion, responsiveness, instability and change. For its application in the signs and houses, see below. To read more about the water element in a Natal Chart, Click here! ...

See also: Water, Element, Pisces, Earth, Signs

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