Zodiac Signs: The Ancient History

03-14-21

As an Astrologer I focus on the planets moving on the ecliptic path; I also focus on the background of fixed stars behind that path. It reminds me of the backgrounds of billboards around a racetrack. I can tell the positions of the cars around the track just by identifying the billboards behind each car. I believe the ancients used the background of fixed stars the same way. They divided their racetrack (the ecliptic) into 12 equal sectors. Each sector was named after the fixed- star group seen in that sector- Aries the ram, etc. The ancients referred to these sectors as the “little zoo” which in Greek is “zodiac”.

The Significance of the Signs:

The planets represent the energies that drive your physical, emotional, mental and intuitional systems. These energies manifest themselves differently depending on the positions of the planets in the signs of the zodiac. Different signs channel the energies into different behavior patterns, which are then recognized as personality traits. In a word the traits associated with each sign are as follows:

• Aries: Outgoing
• Taurus: Conservative
• Gemini: Versatile
• Cancer: Emotional
• Leo: Authoritative
• Virgo: Exacting
• Libra: Helpful
• Scorpio: Determined
• Sagittarius: Optimistic
• Capricorn: Cautious
• Aquarius: Independent
• Pisces: Impressionable

Every sign falls into a group of signs: fire, earth, water, and air- depending on their orientation in the zodiac. These ancient astrologers had associated each Element with their  temperaments and each group of elements is at 120 degree angles to each other.

• Fire Signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. Enthusiastic, Courageous, Passionate and Impulsive
• Earth Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn. Practical, Materialistic, Conservative, and Inhibited
• Air Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius.  Intellectual, Adaptive, Impractical, and Superficial
• Water Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.  Emotional, Sensitive, Placid, and Susceptible

These four groups of signs: fire, earth, air, and water, combine to form two major groups that represent two fundamental approaches to life; active and passive. The fire and air signs make up the active or masculine signs, while the earth and water signs make up the passive or feminine signs.

Another group of traits occurs among signs that are 90 degrees apart from each other. There are four signs in each group of Qualities, which are cardinal, fixed, or mutable. They suggest the basic kinds of activity a person will be engaged in- getting things started, keeping them going, or steering them in different directions.

• Cardinal Signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn. Initiating, enterprising, ambitious, domineering
• Fixed Signs: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius.  Determined, conventional, organizing, dogmatic
• Mutable Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius.  Adaptable, imaginative, tutorial, critical

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Love and Blessing!

Michael Camack