There are a few distinct lenses through which you can have access to zodiacal knowledge. The most obvious method is to learn about planets, aspects, and houses based on your own narcissistic discoveries through the lens of your own birth chart. This is a perfectly valid route. I’ve completed the task. It’s something I’ve done to myself, my crushes, and even my celebrity crushes. I was ten years old and anxious to figure out how Gerard Way, the lead singer of My Chemical Romance, and I could finally make it work. One of the touchstones of my current astrological understanding was that romantic desperation.
But if I could start over, I’d start with the fundamentals: the ingredients. The 12 zodiac signs are split into four elements in Western astrology: air, water, fire, and earth. Each has its own characteristics and associations, which are included in diverse ways by the three signs an element rules.
You’ll have a good knowledge of every sign if you comprehend the ingredients. This will give you access to the full wheel of the zodiac. The planets in each sign become (kind of) easy to imagine from there. Even compatibility, which we’ll discuss later, becomes more straightforward. Earth and water coexist, fire and air coexist, water extinguishes fire, air hovers above the earth… It’s like playing Pokmon or Rock, Paper, Scissors on a cosmic scale.
Of course, it was an air sign who first introduced me to this ingenious strategy. Air signs are both communicative and intellectual. They are experts in the ephemeral, or things that do not have a physical shape in our world, and this is especially true of language and knowledge. Our breath is the air element, and it is the most important and unseen function of our bodies. The Chinese zodiac does not recognize air as a traditional element; instead, it is transformed into qi, the ultimate power that pervades everything. The Air, which represents the East on a Wiccan altar, can be symbolized by anything from a feather to incense; the Air is untouchable and immaterial because it has no tangible material form, even in devotion.
Air signals are especially subject to their own personal projections because air is formless and lacks a physical body. Air signs are unrestricted by space and can fly everywhere, from places to individuals; as a result, they’re prone to total imagination. They prefer theory to practice and can become engrossed in continually thinking or talking about something rather than implementing it.
Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius are the three air signs. For the time being, consider each of them to symbolize a different stage of emotional and spiritual development. Gemini is the first sign on the zodiac calendar, and Aquarius is the last, making it the most mature of the three. So, in Gemini, we have a newborn, a nave variant on air; in Libra, we have a teenager who wants to try everything; and in Aquarius, we have a cantankerous, old soul.
The twins are GEMINI. I believe that the things we dislike the most in ourselves are the qualities that zodiac signs have the worst reputations for, and poor Gemini is a constant victim of that unjust slander. In Paprika, one of my favorite movies, a minor character transforms into a villain, splitting into dual heads and rupturing his seam with cerulean butterflies. “I never knew this side of you!” exclaims the heroine, horrified. “I have many sides,” our doppelganger responds, “and that is what makes me human!”
All of that bullshit about Geminis being two-faced liars is true, but we all do it to some extent. This is code-switching in its purest form. It’s “turning on for work,” having a “phone voice,” and avoiding the topic of your kinky sex life at the dinner table with your Evangelical grandfather. Our identity is fleeting, changing all the time. Gemini simply embraces its natural duality a little more forcefully and openly than the other of the zodiac signs.
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What does the zodiac sign of air mean?
Air signs are the zodiac’s thinkers, communicators, and doers. They investigate, synthesize, and analyze. They fly through life, never pausing to take a breath. They have a “live and let live” attitude, and their intelligence aids them in making quick decisions.
Leaders in society are air signs. They have the ability to see circumstances objectively and without emotion clouding their judgment. Ideas, accomplishments, and accurate information are all represented by air signs. Air attempts to connect one’s soul with deeper knowledge by expanding it to its utmost capacity, with no limits.
What zodiac sign does air belong to?
Air signs are inquisitive, communicative, and impulsive. These individuals are logical, inquisitive, and adaptive. They have little trouble processing complex concepts, tasks, or relationships, and they prefer variation to constancy. They pursue growth rather than being rooted to one plan for the rest of their lives because they have a strong desire to live. They are eager to explore and are frequently highly social as visionaries and free spirits. They can, however, be quite disconnected from their emotions and the practical world due to their cerebral nature.
Instructors, communicators, architects, and planners with a lot of air in their birth charts are excellent teachers, communicators, architects, and planners. They can readily think outside the box and make things happen by combining their expertise and people abilities.
What is it about air signs that makes them so appealing?
When it comes to love compatibility, air signs Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius have the most romantic affinities. Fire signs, like air signs, are both thinkers and doers. Air signs appreciate seeing their partners discuss and research intellectual matters, thus their passionate and driven personalities appeal to them.
What are the characteristics of air signs?
Air signs are recognized for being expert communicators and for disseminating ideas. They are “change agents” who are very intelligent but have their heads in the clouds.
As the twins point out, “When things get stale, air signals give everyone a breath of fresh air. You can’t quite catch them, like the air, and you never know where they’ll dump you once they’ve swept you up. However, it will virtually always be an experience.”
These signs thrive on fascinating discourse, and communication is a common element in both their love and non-romantic relationships, as well as their professional lives. They’re usually bright and funny people who enjoy socializing and don’t want to sit still for lengthy periods of time.
While their free-spirited attitude is bound to keep things exciting, air signs must be careful not to become dispersed, as their “all over the place” energy can leave them feeling ungrounded.
Who is the air sign’s supremo?
Libra is cardinal, the leader of the air signs; Aquarius is fixed, able to stick to one line of thinking; and Gemini is mutable, as unpredictable as the planet that rules it.
Which zodiac has the most attractive hair?
Sure, Aries is always on the move, but they’ll do whatever it takes to get everything done on time and to the best of their ability. They usually don’t get enough sleep, yet they have the most energy. They must always stand out as the zodiac’s most fiery sign. And they’re well aware that they won’t be able to do so with just any old hairstyle. Their hair is always perfectly manicured and nurtured, even if it means losing an hour of sleep in the morning. To this sign, being the best isn’t everything; it’s everything.
Do the signs of air and fire complement each other?
“Water, Earth, Fire, and Air,” says the narrator. This sentence is not only the first line of Avatar: The Last Airbender, but it is also a foundational term in modern astrology. The meanings of the zodiac elements differ, and they have a significant impact on each zodiac sign and, by extension, each individual. You may be aware that there are 12 zodiac signs, but do you know what each sign’s element is? The four elements are fire, earth, air, and water, forming a triplicity of three signs for each element.
The zodiac begins with Aries, the first fire sign, and then moves through an earth sign (Taurus), an air sign (Gemini), and finally a water sign (Cancer) (Cancer). Rinse and repeat as needed. So there are three fire signs, three earth signs, and so on. Some astrologers believe that you feel better during “your” elemental seasons; for example, if you are a Cancer, you will feel better throughout the watery seasons of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces.
It’s very straightforward when it comes to compatibility: air signs normally get along with other air signs, water with water, fire with fire, and so on. As a general rule, fire and air signs complement each other (think oxygen and flame), while water and earth signs complement each other (think of rain and plants). The combination of fire and water signs can be dramatic and passionate, but it frequently results in extinguished fire (energetic) and scalded water (emotions). Earth and air can converse for hours, but there may be a lack of emotional bonding between them. Knowing these minor facts will help you understand astrology a lot better, and it can help you understand why you get along well with fire signs but not so well with earth signs. Elements can accurately characterize your personality and help you better understand others. You’re in luck if you want to learn more about the elements of the zodiac.