Key Themes and Experiences of the 12 Zodiac
Signs
© 2002 by Melanie Lichtinger
All the signs are indicated by
their element: Fire, Earth,
Air, Water
^ Aries
Independent activist, individual fighter, courageous hero, absolute beginner,
daring pioneer, fresh spring energy, hunter, fast and furious, impatiently
urging, assertion of own will, impulsive and direct, youthful and open for the
new, entrepreneurial.
Adventure
oriented: “Me
first!” or “Just do it!”
_ Taurus
Settler and
gatherer, holding on and possessing, territorial, endurance and resistance,
perseverance and tenacity, steady and patient, “slow food”, patient,
conservative, appreciating beauty and value, sensually enjoying Mother Earth’s
pleasures.
Security
oriented: “This
is mine!”
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Gemini
Interested learner and communicator, lighthearted explorer, versatile and
adaptable, curious and restless, scattering energy, checking out new and modern
trends, picking up and transmitting information and ideas, making contact,
social butterfly.
Variety
oriented:
“That’s interesting!” or “I doubt it!”
a
Cancer
Sensitive
protector, emotionally receptive and fluctuating, crusty with soft interior,
homemaker and nurturer, occupation with the past, intuitive, indirect approach,
“Memories, Dreams and Reflections” (C.G. Jung’s autobiography), romantic
and dreamy.
Caring
oriented: “That
makes me feel better.”
b Leo
Self-assured entertainer, center of
attention, creative self-expression, ‘special’ and ‘privileged’, artist
and actor, ‘bigger than life’ drama, flamboyant and radiating, generous and
warm, openhearted, playful and sunny, ‘joie de vivre’.
Appreciation oriented: “Look at me!”
c Virgo
Diligent organizer, working and serving, assimilation, analyzing and
synthesizing, precision and clarity, logic and reason, discriminating and
critical approach, budgeting and planning, healing, problem solving and
repairing, differentiated and complicated.
Perfection
oriented: “Give
me the facts!”
d
Libra
Charming diplomat, peace and aesthetics, art and style, balance and serenity,
fairness and justice, figuring in all angles, weighing all points, indecisively
pleasing many people and facets, avoiding conflict, compromising,
non-involvement.
Harmony
oriented:
“Everything in moderation” or “I cannot decide yet!”
e
Scorpio
Magnetic
extremist, deeply passionate emotions, relentless drive for purpose, intuition
and penetration of human nature, keen on understanding secrets, mysteries and
taboos, researcher and magician, loyal and controlling, vengeance and obsession,
radically changing self and others, ‘phoenix out of the ashes’.
Intensity oriented: “All or nothing at all!”
f Sagittarius
Enthusiastic philosopher, expanding horizon (geographically and mentally), desire to find truth and meaning, traveling in the world and mind, versatile, fun and humor, gregarious and generous, honest and straightforward, opinionated, ‘forever young’.
Truth and freedom oriented:
“Too much of a good thing is wonderful!” (Mae West)
g Capricorn
Ambitious achiever, self sufficient, pragmatic, outcome and completion, success and status, authority and recognition, the law and societal institutions, time management, schedules and organization, heavy duty and load (Atlas), responsibility, perseverance and discipline.
Goal and structure oriented:
“Time is on my side!”
h Aquarius
Eccentric vanguard, unconventional and unorthodox, liberal and progressive, independent thinker, intellectual and open minded, rebel and revolutionary, crazy inventor, experimental and unpredictable, humanitarian and political, detached yet friendly.
Freedom oriented: “I’m different” or “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité!”
i Pisces
Impressionable visionary, ‘not of this world’, higher consciousness and ‘getting high’, spirits (of all kinds), ideals and illusions, escapism, drugs and drifting, openness and (co-)dependency, imaginative and artistic, path of least resistance, absorption, vulnerability and victim hood, priests and prophets, eternity and redemption.
Surrender oriented: “Go with the flow!”
The Celtic Wheel of the Year shows
Holidays related to the cardinal signs (Aries: Ostara / Spring Equinox, Cancer: Litha / Summer Solstice, Libra: Mabon / Fall Equinox, and Capricorn: Yule / Winter Solstice) at the beginning of each season, and
Holidays related to
the fixed signs (Taurus:
Beltane, Leo:
Luchnassad, Scorpio:
Samhain / Halloween,
Aquarius: Imbolc)
at the center of each season:
Another
way of describing the cycle of Zodiac is by a cycle of on-going themes of life:
Aries: Beginnings
You
can see that signs in the same element trinity have related themes, and
signs in the modality quadrinity have dynamically conflicting themes.
Referring to the table of 'dignities' (rulership, exaltation, fall and exile of planets in signs), you can see how some players are 'natural' at acting out certain themes, like Pluto the magician, just loves Scorpionic transformation. Love goddess Venus loves Taurean pleasure and Libran balance - their favorite 'costumes' and 'scripts'
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