Important Stuff with a Western Flavor

Introduction

Elements, modalities, houses, and aspects are very important in (Western) astrology.  There are 4 elements and they each have their own flavor.  There are 3 modalities with their own personalities.  The house are important and it's 12 of them.  The aspects effect the relationships between planets have in our birth chart.  

Elements

There are 4 of these.  They are as fellows: fire, earth, air, water.  Fire is passion, excitement and action.  Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are fire signs.  Earth is realistic, objective, hardworking, and foundational.  Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are earth signs.  Air is intelligence, travel, and communication.  Gemini, Libra and Aquarius are air signs.  Water is sensitive, psychic and compassionate.  Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are water signs.          

Modalities

There are 3 of these.  They are as follows: cardinal, fixed, mutable.  Cardinal signs are the first signs of the seasons.  Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn are the cardinal signs.   They are the leaders of the zodiac.  They like to get stuff started, like Brahma.   Fixed signs maintain the energy cardinal signs brought in.  Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius are the fixed signs.  They are like Vishnu.  The last modality is mutable.  Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces are the mutable signs.  They big on transformation.  They remind me of Shiva.         

Aspects

These are the  angles planets have to each other and the celestial poles in your birth chart.  Each aspect has a different meaning.  Some of them positive, others are negative.  Your behavior and destiny are greatly influenced by it.  There are 7 different aspects.  

Conjunction: 2 planets are close together or in the same degree.  There energies mix together and this positive.  Unless it's 2 opposing planets.  

Opposition: 2 planets are 180 degrees apart.  Their energies battle each other.  This is usually negative.  

Trine: Planets are 120 degrees apart.  This is very positive because it creates harmony.  

Square: Planets are 90 degrees apart.  This is negative because it's like opposition.

Sextile: Planets are 60 degrees apart.  Very positive, these are areas of your talent.  

Twelftile: Planets are 30 degrees apart.  Similar to a sextile in effect.

Quincunx: Planets are 150 degrees apart.  It mixes harmonious and conflicting energies together.            

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References

duckduckgo.com

https://www.almanac.com/

https://astrostyle.com/astrology/12-zodiac-houses/

cafeastrology.com

https://hexosophy.com/aspects/