The quality of signs, or Crosses, are cardinal, mutable, and fixed. Even based on the names, we already see a lot. Can we assume that the cardinal does something quickly and irrevocably? Can. Does the fixed one strive for something long-term? We can too. It’s a bit difficult for us here with mutables, but with mutables it’s always like that :) Therefore, there is a synonym for them - movable signs, which also tells us that the owners of a pronounced mutable cross are restless and fickle people.
Cardinal signs
The cardinal order includes Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. The key word for everyone is speed. Aries will be the hottest and, of course, the fastest among all. The slowest sign here will certainly be the sign belonging to the element of earth - Capricorn. These signs are the most active and the most irritable. They make decisions quickly, but each is guided by their own motives.
For Aries it is an impulse, for Cancer it is emotions, for Libra it is an endless fluctuation, but if they have already made a decision, they will accept it. And Capricorn is a profit motive. Most often, astrologers recommend such people a profession where quick results are needed and where the work can be done at once. When a person does not have a cardinal cross, then he lacks initiative.
Mutable signs
The mutable order includes Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and, of course, Pisces. All mutable signs can start several things. But starting does not mean finishing. This is the problem with mutability. The way out here I see is this: they should study various activities simultaneously. Thus, many representatives of this particular cross combine several jobs. For example, a woman can work as a school teacher and at the same time be a teacher in some children's center. Another option can be suggested: the activity is inconsistent and different. If this is a web designer, then he needs to make different orders. For example, one site on psychology, a second for a company that sells communications equipment, another for a “PR person,” etc. So that these orders are not of the same type.
Fixed signs
We don't have many "for dessert" signs left. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius. Fixed signs are the slowest of all. zodiac circle. But, in fairness, I cannot help but note their constancy. Stability is a word of fixed signs. They have difficulty “throwing themselves” into new things and adventures. They are the most jealous of all, even Aquarius, which is often at odds with tabloid horoscopes. Such horoscopes say that Aquarius and stability are incompatible concepts. My practice has shown that they are quite compatible, if there are no other indicators that refute this.
Why do we even need to know crosses? Firstly, this is a piece that allows you to delve deeper into astrology. This may seem strange to you, but I will explain. The fact is that, for example, in a horary chart, the crosses show the time of the event. For example, I often like to build horaries about searching for things. And when I see that the significator indicating a thing is in Sagittarius, then I understand that the sign is mutable. And many moving signs speak of a thing sandwiched between objects. Just recently I was looking for my dress and the significator of the dress fell into Sagittarius. Bottom line: I found my dress between 2 other things that were simply folded very tightly.
In synastry, we also look, thanks to the qualities of the signs, to what extent people are suitable for each other in temperament. In a solarium, the occupancy of houses, which are also cardinal, mutable and fixed, can tell a lot. For example, whether the year will be fateful for a person or not.
The key word characterizing cardinal signs is action. All of them are united by the desire to achieve a goal at any cost and, in general, the desire to act. At the heart of this is the need of all cardinal signs to succeed, to take on challenges and to win. Representatives of the cardinal signs of the zodiac are very active, active, energetic and intolerant. Cardinal signs highly value personal freedom, resolutely rejecting any attempts to impose restrictions on them, getting rid of any encroachments on their independence from anyone else.
Symbol of cardinal signs
Common features of the signs of the cardinal cross: action, activity, perseverance, desire, desire and ability to influence environment; hence the desire for change. Energy is directed from the center to the outside.
Cardinal Zodiac Signs
Cardinal signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn. They are considered the initiators of the Zodiac. This is confirmed by the fact that on the first day of each season the Sun is in a cardinal sign: Aries in spring, Cancer in summer, Libra in autumn and Capricorn in winter. In external activities Representatives of these four signs are the initiators of any processes. These are generators of energy and new ideas, creators of new directions in the field in which they are employed. People of these zodiac signs are extremely active and active. They value personal freedom and reject attempts to impose restrictions from the outside. But their habit of doing everything their own way can lead to problems with others, as they strive to discover new facets of life, but at a time and where it suits them, often showing intolerance towards others. These signs can be called pioneers. They are distinguished by their ability to discover new facets of the world, to master new and exciting aspects of life.
Cardinal signs are best combined with the element of fire, which is why Aries is the only cardinal sign. fire sign- embodies it in its most obvious form.
People of cardinal signs
Usually people with a predominance of cardinal qualities are ambitious, they can even be unceremonious. They strive to keep everything under control, although this desire may be veiled and imperceptible at first glance. However, each of these zodiac signs is governed by its own element, and the entrepreneurial spirit of nature manifests itself in accordance with it.
Aries ()
Aries is the most energetic of all the cardinal signs; he makes decisions with lightning speed and begins to act. He paves the way for others, infecting them with enthusiasm, but at the same time he himself quickly wastes his ardor. He is more successful in short-term affairs.
Cancer ()
Cancer approaches any task emotionally, therefore, more than other representatives of the square, he tends to become attached to the results of his work; he more often turns to the past, looking for inspiration in it.
Scales ()
Libra tries more than others to take into account the circumstances and opinions of other people, because people of this sign most often act in the area human relations. These are the most hesitant representatives of the cardinal square, but they hesitate as long as the decision is being considered. Having accepted it, they are already unshakable.
Capricorn ()
Capricorn is the most patient of the cardinal square, unlike its other representatives, he knows how to distribute his forces well and always brings the job he starts to the end. Even if it takes a lot of time.
Cardinal Zodiac Signs
The mutable cross is the cross of reason, connection, adaptation, distribution. The main quality is the transformation of ideas. He is always here and now, that is, in the present. It gives mobility, flexibility, adaptability, flexibility, duality.
Symbol of mutable signs
General traits: mobility, complaisance, flexibility, diplomacy, courtesy, sociability, talkativeness. These signs are endowed with flexibility of perception. This is a very valuable quality that gives them the ability to quickly adapt to change. They have the ability to find unconventional solutions. These signs don't need a fight. They are strong in originality, resourcefulness, negotiations, because they are mobile and ambivalent.
Mutable Zodiac Signs
Mutable Zodiac Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces. Mutable (changeable) signs are the chameleons of the Zodiac. Adaptable and flexible, people of these signs can easily cope with change. Where cardinal signs lose interest in their goal, mutable signs are able to breathe life into it new life. Although they are inventive and versatile, their constant desire for change makes achieving something thorough, long-term and lasting quite challenging task. However, this does not bother them very much, since more than anything else they want to be free to discover new things. The mutable cross of the Zodiac is associated with new ideas and the acquisition of knowledge. The adaptability and flexibility of representatives of mutable signs can develop into inconstancy and endow them with amazing resourcefulness. But without correct distribution energy it cannot be used constructively and will be wasted.
In general, mutability is characterized by versatility, flexibility, adaptability, changeability, flexibility. Thanks to mutability, people have the ability to compromise, to look for some common ground among themselves.
People of mutable signs
In external activities, representatives of these four signs are transformers and disseminators of ideas. These are energy distributors; when doing any work, they know how to rationally spend their energy without immediately splashing it out. Having done one thing, they easily give it up and look for something else to do. Most of all, they are tired of monotony and boredom, but the unrestrained race for success and eternal competition do not appeal to them either. They are not afraid of change, as they can easily adapt to any changes. Moreover, they are often supporters of reforms and disseminators of new ideas.
Twins ()
Geminis try to do everything on time and in the right place, because everything changes and is relevant in at the moment things may become irrelevant. Geminis are associated with the element of Air, they change and adapt their worldview in accordance with new ideas.
Virgo()
Virgo pays the most attention to details and thinks them through carefully. This is the most disciplined and responsible representative of the square. Virgo, ruled by the element of Earth, constantly monitors the laws of the material world in order to change in better side and show off your many talents.
Sagittarius ()
Sagittarius approaches the matter actively and on a grand scale, the main thing is the idea, the goal, and the fact that it may be unattainable is not scary. Sagittarius, expressing the properties of the element of Fire, strives for adventures that give him inspiration.
Fish ()
Pisces bring a lot of feelings into business, they enter into business as if in a flow, they are not afraid to make a mistake, hoping that their intuition will not let them down. Pisces, as representatives of the element of Water, are constantly trying to adapt to changing emotional impact both your own and those around you.
Mutable Zodiac Signs
In the article you will learn about three types of behavior in the Zodiac: cardinal, fixed and mutable. This knowledge will help you get to know yourself better and more easily understand the behavior of your loved ones.
Our daily life is such that every day we have to play many of the most different roles. And often, when we are in any relationship with our assistants, partners or children, we have situations where it is the role we have taken that dictates the rules of our behavior. It turns out to be a kind of paradox: we want to express ourselves, our “I”, as fully as possible, but we are constantly forced to spend a lot of effort and energy on realizing only some of its parts, or even roles that are not typical for us. Therefore, it is no coincidence that many of those who are engaged in self-realization have turned to astrology these days to get additional useful information about oneself and about the relationships a person enters into throughout his life. We will be better able to realize our potential if we understand how we are different from our friends or others with whom life confronts us. Let's try to explain one of the reasons for our difference from others.
The easiest way to try to understand this is by using three patterns of behavior known in astrology. These are cardinal, fixed and mutable (or variable) types of behavior - such terms are used in astrology, and they are easy to define in any chart, because all the signs of the Zodiac (the basis of astrology) are divided into these three groups. Cardinal signs Zodiac - Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn; fixed signs - Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, whereas mutable signs - Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. To find out which of these types predominates in your character, you just need to calculate which type of signs are most often involved in your (or in someone else’s) birth chart. If one of these three types has a much higher number than the other two, then it is this type that most often determines the style of your behavior. It's very simple!
Let's look at this example. Let's say you were born on January 2, 1974. According to ephemeris tables (if you have them) or according to available relevant computer programs You determine which zodiac signs the planets were in that day and write down this information. This is what you should get:
The Sun is in Capricorn - this is the first cardinal point;
The Moon in Aries is another cardinal point;
Mercury in Capricorn is again a cardinal sign;
Venus in Aquarius is a fixed sign;
Mars in Taurus is a fixed sign;
Jupiter in Aquarius is a fixed sign;
Saturn in Cancer is a cardinal sign;
Uranus in Libra is a cardinal sign;
Neptune in Sagittarius is a mutable sign;
Pluto in Libra is a cardinal sign.
Now it is easy to determine the predominant type. In this case, cardinal signs were most often encountered. And if you were born on this day, then your character traits are most likely characteristic of the cardinal type. Traits corresponding to a fixed type of behavior are manifested weaker, but character traits corresponding to a mutable type are manifested worst of all.
It should be recalled here that every person contains traits corresponding to all three types of behavior, and the pure type is extremely rare. Usually one of the types predominates over the others, but is complemented by their inherent features. Let's try to understand how people behave when one or another type of behavior predominates.
Cardinal type of behavior
If you, your life partner or your children are most involved cardinal signs
, then you are literally bursting with the desire to immediately begin to act. Such people simply need movement, active actions and an active lifestyle, otherwise they quickly begin to experience boredom and their creative potential may simply burn out. People of the cardinal type of behavior personify fearlessness, and the motivating factor for them to start carrying out any projects is the action itself. Because they are willing to take the initiative, they often become leaders.
The most big drawback If there are many planets in the birth chart in cardinal signs, the problem is that too much iron melts in their fire at the same time. We all know those individuals who start a thousand things, but rarely complete them. If you are dealing with a strong cardinal personality, then direct confrontation is the best way to reduce all problems to zero, and this will need to be done as quickly as possible! A strong but friendly defense is best in this situation, as they cannot wait long and are easily discouraged.
To help a cardinal type person complete his endeavors, he must constantly establish short terms execution. If the goal is quite huge, it is better to break it down into a number of small ones that can be completed fairly quickly.
As you already understand, patience is not their main advantage!!! If you are going somewhere with a person of a strong cardinal type, then, regardless of whether he is an adult or a child, make sure to take with you enough toys, books, pictures, etc., or make sure that you have Lots of topics to discuss because they always need to have something to keep them occupied.
Fixed type of behavior
When the birth chart is dominated by fixed type , such a person is most often concerned about issues of protection and safety and prefers to adhere to the established order of things once and for all. They really don’t like any accidents, attempts to introduce something new into their usual routine, and generally don’t like changes. Once they learn something, you can bet anything that this is what they will do forever. Therefore, the first thing that must be constantly kept in mind is that it is very difficult for them to decide on any changes. When they act within the usual framework, they have a feeling of safety, security, and it is from this that they draw strength - after all, they always know where they will go and what should happen in the next minute, they do not need any surprises!
The energy that fixed signs give is stability, reliability, stubbornness and, of course, perseverance and constancy (sometimes even to your own detriment). These are precisely those people who are too slow to make a decision, are afraid to take advantage of the opportunity that falls to their lot or the opportunity that opens up, as a result of which they lose everything. It was they who came up with the saying: “Less is better.” They constantly need to be encouraged and encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity and make some changes in their lives.
If you have a child with a strong fixed type of behavior, then as a parent, you are obliged to create such an environment for him so that he feels so protected and out of danger in it that from time to time he can make (or at least allow) changes in his life . Such children love everything familiar, and if something in their cozy world is disrupted, it can cause a feeling of insecurity and even hysteria.
The only way to get a fixed type person to do exactly what you want is through indirect influence. You must “plant the seed,” so to speak, by letting them know what you would like and leaving them to act on their own.
You will be surprised with what sense of responsibility your child, who has a significant number of planets in fixed signs, will begin to repeat your own actions at the beginning of the task! And then, very soon, he will believe that he has an amazing idea (that is, he will begin to consider your idea as his own), and then slowly but surely, he will begin to implement it. So the main difficulty for people with most planets in fixed signs is that they need to be able to advance. They need to be pushed (unlike people of the cardinal type of behavior, who just need to point out the problem), but once they get wound up, it will be very difficult to stop them!
Step by step, they will go all the way to the end. A person with a fixed type of behavior only needs to be encouraged and given direction. If you talk to such people, you will definitely hear complaints that they do not understand where and how to start in order to implement their favorite project! And all only because any change confuses them, and they are only able to do one thing.
If your child has a predominant fixed type, then during the day he does not need the entire set of toys available in the house, because he will be focused and concentrated on only one thing, and he will play this game with abandon for hours. Plus, they are dependent, so you can always count on them. Sometimes, as mentioned above, this can be a source of trouble because they do not easily give up their habits and have difficulty getting used to new things. You could allow this new thing to come into their life and move them psychological mechanisms so that they become more flexible and mobile. Then goals that need to be achieved over time may turn out to be exactly what they need, giving necessary protection and the meaning of their lives.
Mutable behavior
If you are dealing with a person with strong mutable type (who has most of the planets in mutable zodiac signs) or if you are such a person yourself, you may find such people difficult to manage. They flow around you like a stream of water, get lost in the crowd, giving in and giving in to the desires of others, and then changing their attitude. And as a result, it often turns out that by giving in, they ensure that others begin to fulfill their desires and accept their point of view.
Children of this type do not know peace and adapt well to the constantly changing environment and living conditions. They are malleable, easily adapt to the environment and are suggestible. Where people of the cardinal type find ways to change what is happening, people of the mutable type simply adapt to it. Very often, they can completely change their personal habits and behavior depending on what people they are with at the moment. These are, of course, not people of a fixed type, always remaining true to themselves and to everyone and everyone, demonstrating the same thing.
People of the mutable type are very sensitive and try in every possible way to avoid any direct conflicts. They slide from one topic to another, and therefore best method communicating with them is a polite but firm approach. Arm yourself with patience and let them, albeit in parts, in pieces, tell the truth. Moreover, one part may be contained in one story, the other in a seemingly trifling remark, etc. If they are forced into rigid conventions, mutable people will feel hampered because such conventions limit their freedom to change depending on the situation. They are very fond of phrases like: “And that’s enough about this,” “Let’s talk about it tomorrow.” Their enormous strength- in their ability to respond to changes in the surrounding world, adapting to them and finding new way existence.
Now you see how just a small part of the information contained in the birth chart helps to understand the motives different behavior in the same situation.
People of the cardinal type will find it difficult to appreciate the instructions and calls for regularity and following established orders, which find a warm response among representatives of the fixed type. The latter are shocked by the need of people of the cardinal type to be in the thick of events and actively influence them. People of the mutable type are the best adapters of all others and, apparently, can get along better than others with everyone else, although their restless nature can cause a lot of problems for people of the fixed type of behavior.
Compatibility is not a simple matter, and there can be many complications. Moreover, we must not forget that in each of us there are traces of each of these three types. Each of us must learn to understand ourselves, and this can be the key to understanding those who are dear to us.
We all need love, approval and care, and we all want others to treat us well. If we can understand how we are different from others and why we do certain things, then perhaps it will be easier for us to understand and accept the motives and actions of other people. So why did this happen? GO FOR IT!
Mutable Zodiac Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces. Mutable (changeable) signs are the chameleons of the Zodiac.
Adaptable and flexible, people of these signs can easily cope with change. Where cardinal signs lose interest in their goal, mutable signs are able to breathe new life into it. Although they are inventive and versatile, their constant desire for change makes achieving anything solid, long-term and lasting quite a challenge. However, this does not bother them very much, since more than anything else they want to be free to discover new things.
Properties of mutable signs
The mutable cross of the Zodiac is associated with new ideas and the acquisition of knowledge. The adaptability and flexibility of representatives of mutable signs can develop into inconstancy and endow them with amazing resourcefulness. But without proper distribution of energy, it cannot be used constructively and will be wasted.
Changing behavior is a feature common to all mutable signs, but there are features imposed by the element that governs the Zodiac sign. Geminis are associated with the element of Air, they change and adapt their worldview in accordance with new ideas. Virgo, ruled by the elements of Earth, constantly monitors the laws of the material world in order to change for the better and show off her many talents. Sagittarius, expressing the properties of the element of Fire, strives for adventures that give him inspiration. Pisces, as representatives of the element of Water, are constantly trying to adapt to the changing emotional influences, both their own and those of others.
When faced with a problem, they try to avoid dealing with the situation by burying their head in the sand. If to natal chart changeability dominates, a person can get confused in own desires, experiencing a feeling of dissatisfaction. Naturally absent-minded, people with pronounced mutable qualities find it difficult to concentrate and work for the future. They adapt and adapt very easily, but this can lead to lack of will and disorientation. Excessive inconstancy can be expressed in waste of energy, lack of will and determination. A person with a dominant mutable property in the natal chart is a restless spirit. To turn his many talents into real achievements, he needs to set a goal for himself. On the other hand, if a person has few or no planets in the mutable cross of the Zodiac, it is difficult for him to adapt to the changes that life brings.
