Elias Mendes - Astrology

The primitive qualities

2009-12-12T06:31:00.003-02:00

Have a very clear understanding about the primitive qualities is something very important , because if you compare the chemistry with astrology, the atoms that constitute the elements in chemistry are to her the same thing that the primitive qualities are for astrology. The primitive qualities are the parts that making up the elements, signs and planets, so, are the primary foundation of all astrology.

Hot and Cold

Two of these qualities form a pole of opposites that we call hot and cold, but they mean the same as male and female or day and night, or Yin and Yang, at least with regard to their most basic meanings.

Hot: This quality refers, basically, to everything that has movement, that is dynamic, which promotes change, that have a great desire to influence. The hot quality represents the most positive qualities, the optimism, vigor, intelligence, authority and creativity, as well as aggressiveness, assertiveness and the exaggeration. The Sun is the major source of heat in the universe and is what best represents the quality Hot, but the planets Mars and Jupiter also share this quality. In the elements, fire and air are hot; therefore, the signs of Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquarius also have this quality. Spring and summer are the seasons represented by the hot quality.

Cold: This quality refers to everything that have no movement, that is passive, stagnant, and represents conservation, maintenance and everything that is going in search of safety. The cold represents the most negative qualities, such as pessimism, caution, patience, waiting, endurance and restraint. Saturn is the planet that better represents this quality, he is the great antagonist of the Sun, and is the planet that is seen in ancient philosophy as being farther from the sun, but the Moon, Mercury and Venus also share with him this quality. In the elements, Earth and Water are cold, and the same thing with the signs of Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces. Autumn and winter represent the cold quality.

Dry and Moist

The other pair of opposite qualities that are the foundation of astrology are the qualities that we call Dry and moist. In other words they mean the same as hard and soft, rough and smooth, pain and pleasure, of course with regard to the most fundamental sense of each word.

Dry: This quality refers to all that offers resistance, that is rough, that hurts, that is visible and can be touched. Psychologically represents the imposition and resistance. Mars is the planet that best represents the dry quality, and is the planet that rules the violence, cuts and pain, but the planets Saturn and Mercury and the Sun also share with him the dry quality. In the elements, Fire and Earth are related to dryness, and for this reason the signs of Aries, Taurus, Leo, Virgo, Sagittarius and Capricorn are also dry. In the seasons, summer and autumn represent the dryness.

Moist: This quality represents everything that offers no resistance, represents the adaptation, passivity, plasticity, volatility and solubility. Everything that is smooth, soft, which is nice or easy, what is invisible or at least muddy and difficult to see and touch, but you can feel. The Moon is the planet that best represents the moisture, and is the great ruler of liquids and emotions, but Venus and Jupiter also share the moist quality with her. In the elements, air and water are moist, so, the signs of Gemini, Cancer, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces. The seasons are winter and spring.

To remember:

Planets

Sun = Hot + Dry = Fire

Moon = Cold + Moist = Water

Mercury = ? (Mercury tends to absorb the qualities of what it touches, but when it is viewed in isolation, without any other influence, is considered cold and dry, like a miniature of Saturn)

Venus = Cold + Moist = Water

Mars = Hot + Dry = Fire

Jupiter = Hot + Moist = Air

Saturn = Cold + Dry = Earth

Elements

Fire = Hot + Dry = Summer

Earth = Cold + Dry = Autumn

Air = Hot + Moist = Spring

Water = Cold + Moist = Winter

Signs

Aries = Hot + Dry = Fire

Taurus = Cold + Dry = Earth

Gemini = Hot + Moist = Air

Cancer = Cold + Moist = Water

Leo = Hot + Dry = Fire

Virgo = Cold + Dry = Earth

Libra = Hot + Moist = Air

Scorpio = Cold + Moist = Water

Sagittarius = Hot + Dry = Fire

Capricorn = Cold + Dry = Earth

Aquarius = Hot + Moist = Air

Pisces = Cold + Moist = Water

Pisces

2009-10-08T15:21:00.001-03:00

The idealism of our last stage, Aquarius, in theory is actually something very beautiful, and when that comes up, that is something really necessary, but its error is the absolute coolness and disregard for human and emotional factor. It does not take into account the natural need of security and our natural attachment to what is dear to us. Aquarius comes and destroys the old and the consequence is pain, chaos and madness. Aquarius destroys an empire, but not puts nothing in its place, what remains is an undifferentiated mass of everything that ever was in the old order. So is Pisces the stage that comes after Aquarius, after the geniality and intelligence, the advanced need of freedom, the modern desires of renovation, inaugurating the madness, pain and despair, Chaos, rupture, disorder, that is simply the direct consequence of the modernity’s of Aquarius.

Virgo took care of the maintenance of order, in a time when there was an order, a goal, a direction. In the stage of Pisces, Virgo loses the reason to continue to exist. There is no more a way of doing things, there are no more rules, the "right" and "wrong" concepts have become confused. Pisces is a stage without laws, without a defined path, without a great goal because it no longer exists anywhere else to go. What prevails is the confusion and cloudiness in the face of total uncertainty about the future. At this stage the remains of a cycle that died are still alive, wandering in an undead state, unconscious and phantasmal.

Pisces is also a stage of abundance. The fall of the old structures exhibited all the treasures that was stored. Everything that we had in the early stages, which was kept as a relic, In Pisces becomes just another component of the mass, and is lost amid the rubble, naked from his old meanings and is now exposed to everything and everyone. It is an infinite abundance of the most varied resources, coupled with a total unawareness of the material value of whatever. But these features are there, with the dirt and debris coming from the ruins of the old, available for those who are wise and know how to distinguish between what is true and what is fool's gold.

Time and space lose their logic in the stage of Pisces, all of benchmarks fell, and the line between reality and pure imagination is vague. In Pisces, The reality is hard, and what you want at this stage is forget, be blind to this frightening scenario and the absence of horizons. It is the abandonment and surrender, the permission to be taken by any kind of flow, and follow any kind of path, wherever they want to go, since our actual path is lost. It is the anxiety that everything will end soon, passivity and despair in the face of the lost of his certitudes. In Pisces we have Self-denial, the willingness to sacrifice ourselves for whatever, as a way to comes out of us and not live our own personal crisis. It is a genuine generosity, a result of the desperate desire to not look our total lack of direction. Pisces is also the breadth and infinite beauty of the chaos, the universe as a whole, and the infinite possibilities of expression.

Scorpio rejoices in the stage of Pisces, because Pisces is the achievement of the purpose of Scorpio, to take things to their conclusion. Scorpio is also the sign that drain resources from other, that captures the supplements for enlarge his force, and in Pisces, Scorpio have a free path to absorb plenty in the chaotic amalgam of infinite resources. And Capricorn, which represents the wisdom and maturity, is conscious of time and with a keen sense of opportunity, he predicted that things would come to this state of chaos and confusion, and he arrives in Pisces prepared, keeping firmly to its structure through the transition that is approaching and finally find the true security in Taurus. Capricorn and Scorpio are best placed to take full advantage of all that is available in the ocean of Pisces.

And finally it's all over, and in the end we have a proof that the end is something ungrateful and without glory, and we have no prospect of a fresh start for ourselves. Who prevails is the anguish, the feeling that everything that existed lost his meanings, and that now there is nothing to be experienced to really have a value. What we want is a return to the past, the simplicity, when everything seemed so certain and great, so rewarding and full of glory. But it is in the midst of this bleak scenario that will come the spark of hope, Aries, a new idea, a new direction, a new cycle will start.

Aquarius

2009-09-01T06:45:00.000-03:00

Aquarius reacts to the stage of Capricorn denying everything what was built over an entire cycle. Capricorn is the representation of the maximum that a particular thing can reach, is the culmination, the apex and also a stage that indicates a progressive process of decay. The idea emerged in Aries, displayed in Leo and expanded in Sagittarius reaches the stage of Capricorn with the exceeded epithet. There is nothing more to progress, since all possibilities were spent in Sagittarius, so the option is to keep it standing for as long as possible. But this maintenance becomes oppressive, prevents the development. Aquarius comes to destroy everything that is old, opening way for the new. Aquarius is the sign that creates the freedom in the midst of the height of repression and crystallization, is a breach of any obligation for the ancient things. The watchword now is renewal.

In Aquarius, the action is framed in a cold and perfectionist idealism, which does not give room for the human aspect, prone to errors. Something is too old, became oppressive and hostile to the further development. That 'something' must be removed so the cycle has its continuity. Sabotage, sedition and revolution are specific manifestations of what is to be the action in an Aquarius’s moment. It is the collapse of the cycle on itself, the fall of a entire empire.The madness comes in Aquarius, but this "madness" is absolutely necessary now, becoming the most perfect logic. Aquarius is only considered ‘crazy’ when the cycle is on its development, especially in moments represented by Cancer, Leo and Virgo. But the Aquarius’s ‘madness’ it becomes necessary when reality becomes too oppressive, what happens on the stage of Capricorn. Everything that is planned and desired in Aquarius is a new way of acting, something that can bury definitively all the things that the cycle represents in the past. It is definitely the kickoff for the creation of the 'new'. But Aquarius isn't the new itself.

Aquarius is a collective moment. The action at the collective level is initiated in Libra, at which it becomes aware of the existence of all. Continues in Scorpio, where the relations that was tested in Libra are consummated, but eventually emerges a kind of prison feeling in the alliances of Scorpio. In Sagittarius, the alliances are broken and the individual is free to explore the community as a whole. In Capricorn, since there is nothing to be explored, all boundaries have been delimited and the individual arrives at a sort of climax, where everything was supposed to be learned and taught already been done. The individual then is master of himself and begins to want to serve as a master and role model to others in order that all become to be masters and that word - 'Master' - lose their raison to exist. Although still a collective stage, Capricorn is the sign that heralds the zone of the zodiac that culminates in Aries, where the individual is more important than the relationship itself, the individual zone between Capricorn and Gemini.Aquarius brings the need to the individual find himself, and despite being the most complex stage in the collective sector, Aquarius is the moment where the individual really goes to find his personal true.

Libra and Sagittarius are happy at the stage of Aquarius. The Aquarius’s ideal of freedom and equality fascinates Libra, which is in essence the community. Aquarius’s rules place all at the same level in terms of relationship, without hierarchies. Aquarius is the relationship of equals, is friendship, fraternal and without commitment union. And for Sagittarius, Aquarius is the ideal of freedom in a wider sense, where Sagittarius is expressed at the most fully way. Aquarius creates the freedom in a moment of hard control, aging and decay. Freedom is invented in Aquarius and the new is intensely desired here, but this only comes in Aries. But before the introduction of the new, the consequences of what happens in Aquarius must be faced. The breaking of the structures and the collapse of the cycle originate chaos, finally, the stage of Pisces and completion and the purge of the cycle as whole.

Capricorn

2009-08-31T03:12:00.000-03:00

Capricorn is a reaction to Sagittarius. In the earlier stage, the optimism and the blind faith was an obstacle to a realistic view of things. Sagittarius is the aspiration and the dream of a wonderful reality, but Capricorn represents the boring and dull limitations of the real world. All that was desired in the Sagittarius stage was the arrival in Capricorn, i.e. the maximum. But when we reach Capricorn, what ensues is the disappointment of finding that reality of things, Capricorn gives us the limits of life, the symbolic ceiling.

In Capricorn we discovered that the highly anticipated "peak" of Sagittarius, is nothing but a pipe dream and a huge disappointment: We discover that the peak is just the beginning of the landslip and the end of the cycle as a whole. The new approach adopted in Capricorn is that of caution: stay as long as possible in the symbolic apex. So this stage tells us about the conservation and maintenance of the old order, about hardening and crystallization. Capricorn will stay on top while he can, for ever if it is possible, at this point any return is strictly prohibited, and the possibility progress are disabled for ever. There is nowhere else to go, there is nothing more to evolve. The only thing left is the death as a forerunner of the new beginning. So Capricorn is a stage that will keep things crystallized, stratified and cause them to age, to deteriorate and to petrify. And so the inanition will cause the death of the cycle, making the ancient empire falling down for it self. Keywords for Capricorn: Resistance, control and decadence.

The wisdom of having lived so long time is the great bonus of Capricorn. Here at this stage there is already a long walk, and here we also have a panoramic view of what is to come. Unlike Sagittarius, which has only prophetic visions because he can only see to the new beginning (Aries), Capricorn looks beyond the Sagittarius, and he can see what the new will not only be started, but it will be also established and will invalidate the existence of the old cycle(Taurus). The perspective in Capricorn can be fatalistic but is also realistic. So is this the sign of opportunism, that posse the knowledge of what lies ahead and that starts a process to save resources, to prepare for the difficult times that lie in wait, and that only he can foresee. And what comes over there is simply the destruction of everything that had built, and the establishment of a new reality, arid and without resources (Aries), new and unexplored. Capricorn don’t have the naivety of believing that he can maintain the ancient cycle forever, and for that reason he wants to get to the new Aries with guarantees of survival, until the moment when things become solid again (Taurus), and so we turns to have a minimum of security.

Capricorn is the realization of the purpose of Virgo: after all, the purpose of Virgo is to keep things up in prepare to the big time, until the big climax. And Capricorn is also like Virgo, but there is a difference: Capricorn only will maintain things when he can take some benefit from them; when things become to crumble, it does not mark the end to Capricorn, on the contrary. Virgo is the craving for maintaining order at all costs, and the thing itself gains an abnormal importance. Virgo had its reason for being over the cycle, and without Virgo, things would never be what they are at the time of Capricorn. However, the efforts of Virgo in maintaining order are useful only as far as we are still in Capricorn and the maintenance of order, more than ever, is needed. After that, Virgo becomes something hostile to the continuation of the natural course of things. Scorpio rejoices in Capricorn, when it is aware of the limit and sees a chaotic future (Pisces). Capricorn opens a time when we must make the most of all things, before the arrival of the end. And Scorpio, the sign of compromise, which represents a persistent and tenacious approach, serves this demand with all the pleasure.

Thus the stage of Capricorn teaches us that there are limits and that we must face the future with realism. The importance of achievement and understanding of what is exactly the term "evolution" are the greatest lessons of Capricorn. Here we see that evolution, or the continuation of the development, maintenance of the primary spark depends on the destruction of the old. Just something new might have the power to overcome everything that has been done in this cycle. However, Capricorn is precisely this 'old'. After Capricorn all that remains is the collapse of the entire structure. Although Capricorn knows what needs to be done, this sign is conservative and will stay on top, at the height while he can. Once the process of collapse begins, we will enter the stage of Aquarius.

Sagittarius

2009-08-30T14:05:00.000-03:00

Sagittarius emerges as a reaction to Scorpio, requiring back his lost independence. At this stage, the importance of continuity of our own development is greater than the maintenance of the pact made in Scorpio. If this pact becomes something harmful, it hinders the freedom and prevents the free expression of will, it must be broken. We stop to look to the other as a threat, because we come to trust him, automatically we come to trust on all and we become stripped of all walls that kept the others away of our own reality, and we discovered that showing the truth of what we are, do not give us risk, but give us freedom. In Sagittarius we are authorized to follow our own path and we lose the fear of what others could do with our ‘secrets’ that he knows about our intimacy, cause in Sagittarius we have no more secrets, here we are like open books, stripped of armor, generous and willing to give everything we have in exchange for all that the world has to offer. Here we seek the maximum development, we are going to the top (Capricorn), this is the stage of great big abundance, faith and optimism. Here the expansion is so unrestricted, towards the infinite, and we go in all directions, exploring everyone and everything, but at the same time teaching what we know and offering a little of what we have for everyone.

Gemini has no meaning to exist here at this stage, because what "I know" now becomes "what we all know." Here, we don’t have anything more to discover: we have things to share with the world. The culture is a Gemini concept, but the collectivity of cultures is a Sagittarius concept, which is also the internationality and exchange of experiences. Sagittarius will not be limited to the knowledge that it collects, he is going to build things on top of that, seek answers to their personal anguish, to the point where he will develop a kind of personal philosophy or dogma, becoming the uncompromising From this moment by believing that he found "the truth". He found his own truth, but that does not mean that this is the absolute truth. Sagittarius goes beyond the ordinary conformity to know who he is, he wants to know why the things are, and how far he can go and he will go towards this "top" with faith and optimism, towards something which he still haven't, but going to its own peak, to be better than it already is, to be bigger than he already are.

In the stage of Sagittarius Leo is rejoiced, and Sagittarius looks like a refined version of the stage of Leo. Leo is the moment where the man discovered himself and begins to exercise its powers to the fullest. In Sagittarius the man already was aware of himself, but at this stage he is seeking something else, is seeking its maximum, and is seeking the infinite, the impossible. Sagittarius is a desire to become more than what it is, it is faith that can be more than what is considered possible. It is interesting that this yearning for the infinite of Sagittarius will be result in Aries, later on. Aries will be a new beginning, and will give further rise to a new Leo, which consequently lead to a new Sagittarius, and the cycle repeats forever. Libra is also expressed to the fullest in Sagittarius and is the first moment of the collective hemisphere of the Zodiac. Libra is the awareness of this community, still does not know what we are dealing with, and we can't take relations in a absolute way. Scorpio is the sign that breaks the barriers, which penetrates into this collectiveness, but Scorpio is a stage where we feel trapped and suffocated in the community, Sagittarius is the stage of liberation and also the stage to assume ourselves in front of everybody else, without fear of what others will do with what they find out about us. At this stage, we do not have more to hide; we are free to know all because now everyone can know us.

And so is going the Sagittarius, towards the infinite, to the unknown anywhere, a place he has no idea how is, but he has one certainty: certainly "over there" is better than here. Feeding this hope, Sagittarius fallow its path, always inflating, always expanding, absorbing and emitting uncontrollably and uncensored. Sagittarius is also the stage of exaggeration, the quantitative at the expense of quality. The expectations of Sagittarius are unreal, but he doesn't care. At this stage, the only concern is to move forward, towards the top to come. This is the moment where the emotion of the proximity of the outcome dominates us, is the great anticipation. Little does the Sagittarius what awaits him after the Apex. He still can not see, but the whole top is an illusion, the apex is infinitely transient: after the peak, the only thing left is the fall. When Sagittarius finally arrives the top, and become aware of reality, when he notices of the existence of limits, definitely it is no longer Sagittarius, we arrive on the Capricorn fields.

Scorpio

2009-08-29T21:19:00.000-03:00

After the moment of discovery of the ‘other’, and the awareness that we are not alone, after we know each other and after to test a relationship with this other, based on a distant way of relate and a frivolous conduct, it is time to make a decision, it is time to choose a side. When this moment finally arrives, we enter in the fields of Scorpio. This is the moment of the alliances, the alliances of deep intimacy. Is when two individuals decide to join, sharing all experiences they has had so far, trading everything they have and everything they are . To receive the gift of others you must also give up part of what you are. So, Scorpio is the sign of sharing, but also is the sign of losses. Here the principle of conservation arrived in Taurus loses its meaning. The instinctive retention of resources leads to constant sharing of personal treasures. There may be a loss, but it is compensated by the gains.

When you decide to "pick a side," this is like a death to the opposite side. It's like a loss of your former freedom to move freely in all directions. But this "pass through every corner" is fruitless, what’s the advantage of seeing what the other is and what the other has, and can not touch it, can not feel this other? The only way to gain the intimacy and live a fully determined universe is giving up everything else. And it's like a death, and it is impossible to live without a little suffering, bitter regret for not choosing the other side and that feeling occurs regardless of your choice. In Scorpio we learn that to get the most of something, we must give up everything else. Another characteristic of Scorpio is that once you decide to dive deep into something, you agree to take this thing to the end, with tenacity and commitment, no matter the consequences. The persistence, so it is an attribute of Scorpio. But this same persistence, at the future will be revealed as the death sentence of the cycle as a whole.

Cancer is the sign that it rejoices in Scorpio. It may seem strange at first glance; someone to take advantage of grief and loss, but for Cancer, the Scorpio’s stage is the return of the intimacy that was lost in Leo. Scorpio is actually a refined version of Cancer. There is the same closeness that existed between mother and child, the same dedication, the same intensity of the moment of Cancer, but with one great difference: In Scorpio there is no dependency. The two individuals are free, and they freely chose the fusion of them both. But what most pleased Cancer is the fact of knowing that, thanks to Scorpio, the death of this cycle is inevitable, and that in the future things will be weak again, will be needing care, will be needing support, and this scenario is that cancer will back to the scene, which occurs again the enthronement of the mother. The sign of Virgo is also very happy at this stage, since Virgo is the zealous inspector of the zodiac that takes care of the maintenance of the cycle and above all, is primarily responsible, operationally speaking, to bring things up to "perfection", to the desired apex that will be arrive in Capricorn.

In the intimacy we are invited to know the other completely, we exposed our most ugly secrets, and at the same time we are exposed to ugliest part of our partner. Scorpio demands a degree of absolute loyalty, since some very intimate part of us, something very visceral are exchanged; things that people would share only with the ones that who have a real intimacy. It is in Scorpio that arises then the concept of treason, arising from distrust and fear of what others can do with that part of us so intimate that you decided to share. We can get some hard feelings stemming from the too much closeness that occurs in Scorpio, among then a desire to destroy the other when the suspicion reaches much high levels. Revenge is a notable feature of Scorpio.

Even that in Scorpio there is not mutual dependence, those two individuals that had been united in the past; at sometime they perceived that both are fixed one to another. They also perceived a great big world around then, and they can see other different things that are impossible to them posses, because they have some kind of “blood alliance”, they are stuck on this “pact”. They experience deep and horrible feelings: hate, envy, repentance. There is only one solution to exit the cycle of stagnation where they are, for the two individuals break free and follow each of your way: Faith. Treachery exists only when we surrender to the mistrust. The remedy for Scorpio is faith, trust; move on without looking back, without charge and without trying to see what the other will do with his part that stayed with him. But when we become confident, when we learn to have faith, we fail to be Scorpio and we enter the next stage: Sagittarius.

Libra

2009-08-28T20:26:00.000-03:00

In Libra we finally can see that we are not alone, that there is not only an "Aries" in the world, but so simultaneous to our development, other systems, or individuals, or cells, or whatever, we finally realize that other also exist and are being developed. Here Aries loses the reason to exist: we become to realize that in fact the world is much wider, and we make up a part of a community. When we take courage to face these others, get in touch, join a social system, we are no longer in Virgo, we are in Libra.

So, Libra is the consciousness of the other, and now the actions are based on the consequences that we are able to have for the relations that we are creating with those people. Concern for reputation and placements with impartiality becomes important, but as we're exploring the universe of the community we realize that there are allies that are our allies for a affinity of goals, and opponents, who are our opponents because we have a shock of goals. In Libra we become equilibrists living with the enemy as well as we live with the ally. We make ourselves flexible, and we become to wear masks, harmoniously gliding through the differences, always trying to avoid the conflict.

Libra seems to be a repetition of Gemini, but Libra in fact is a sophisticated version of the mutable sign. At Gemini we still do not know what we are or who we are. This becomes clear only in the stage of Leo. And the principle that we can be able to identify the other is that we become to be able to identify ourselves, and Gemini is a stage where we are still seeking this knowledge. In Gemini we walk in a world completely unexplored, this is a strictly exploratory phase. When we arrived in Libra we've met, and we are also aware of our goals. The exploration on the stage of Libra is not just a mere curiosity; in Libra we seek allies and models that can somehow help us in continuing our own development towards our maximum.

Libra also reveals an expression opportunity for Leo. In Libra we expose what is best in ourselves (and only that), we find a venue for the expression of our inner Leo. What is the meaning to be something when we are alone? In Libra, we find that, after all, if we are something, we are to the other.

In Libra we relate, and we compare ourselves with others and we continue our development. But when we explore the universe of relations, we realize that at some point we must abandon the mask of good rapport, we are not be able to please both the two opposing factions: We will have to pick a side! Abandoning frivolous conduct and dive headlong into just one extreme, one of the parties and face the consequences. Once we have chosen a side, we enter the fields of Scorpio.

Virgo

2009-08-27T17:16:00.001-03:00

We arrived in the stage of Virgo, and now the development of our new order is at full speed. The Virgo's stage of the cycle brings a frantic rhythm, something mechanical and automatic. In Leo the idea was displayed in all its content and in all its fullness, even including their imperfections. Where there is awareness of failure and the humility to recognize this failure, certainly we have not Leo, we finally arrive in Virgo.

Systematization, method, calculation, hygiene and order: In Virgo the movements are synchronized and uniform; there is a constant monitoring work that seeks to identify and eliminate flaws. The impression is no more interested, at this stage the concern is with the details, where every detail is gaining importance; each angle is mapped out, coldly considered, all in the name of perfection.

Virgo is like a sophisticated version of the Taurus, since Virgo is flexible and works on the same principle of conservation of the Taurus when he creates schemes to keep order and structure desired. The principle of conservation is originated in Taurus. In Virgo, conservation is not done with simply hardening and strength, but through mechanisms that require the strictly accomplishment of several kind of rules.

Virgo is also an expression of Cancer because it is the stage where Cancer's precautions goes to leave off a plan internalized (or strictly personal) and forwards it to the social sphere. Virgo is the preparation for the inevitable encounter with the other (Libra). The Hygiene is not limited to a simple maintenance of health conditions of an individual (in Cancer, the precautions are for himself and his own family), because in the Virgo's stage, hygiene working as a social code of mutual respect. Virgo treats himself not only for himself but also treats himself to the other, is some kind of "waiting" for the other.

The sign of Virgo is the pruning necessary so that what appears in Leo develops with greater force. It also represents the work diligently on behalf of maintaining order. Also, here is where is the awareness of the existence of the other is.

But Virgo still not know who are the “others”, Virgo only knows that they are over there, so, this is a stage where occurs some preparation for the great meeting with the “others”. While the others not arrive, they seem to be something of a higher nature, perhaps because on the Virgo's phase we simply do not yet have the concept of their nature. The preparation and eternal improvement comes in the name of leveling with each other. And when we finally feel safe to go to this other, we left the Virgo and become to enter in Libra.

Leo

2009-08-26T18:04:00.000-03:00

And so are opened the stage of Leo: Cease the darkness and humidity of the previous stage and so begins the rule of light. Leo reacts to cancer shouting his will and taking responsibility for him. Leo is the optimism and the self-confidence, is the idea of Aries materialized, the new finally established. And the force represented in Leo, the dynamism, the imposition and authoritarianism are strictly necessary for him to break free the shackles of Cancer. Creativity, self-centeredness and the pride are characteristics necessary for Leo no more need to the mother (Cancer) tells him how he is able to do the things, now it takes the force itself, it longer be subject to and shall display to the world. Is an aggressive energy, ‘wild child’, who still don’t know the world around them, unlike cancer, which despite being insulated with his son was fully aware of the existence of other worlds, other places beyond its realities, what exactly motivated him to insulate and to ensure their survival.

Leo is the stage of the cycle that has no connection with the past, and it is devoid of parameters to consider a future, because we have not made contact with "others" at this stage, so there is still no idea how far we can go. In Leo, therefore, has the feeling that everything is infinite, an eternal present where there is an absolute “rulership”. In this phase will be established the "character", or characteristics that describe the cycle, its rules, laws, who or what he definitely is. Identity, character, pride, honor, passion, creation: these are all words related to the Leo. It is here, so that a new order, or a new one, or a new structure will lose his epithet "new" and are be able to establish itself as the present, as the absolute and unquestionable reality.

Leo is the manifestation of Aries, something that at first seemed like an idea so simple-minded, finally this thing, when it reach the Leo stage is defined and now is completly full. The ghosts of Pisces were forgotten, no longer even the shadow of the previous cycle is reminded, we are now definitively placed in a new "era" and heading up to the completely development (which will occur in Sagittarius). So Leo is a direct consequence of Aries, The idea was created in Aries and reach his basic development over Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Now, in Leo the idea is no longer something ethereal, now it gets a body, a character, a soul and has now the freedom to walk and start to try to conquer the world. The cycle now takes his own life, the full independence; we realize there an expression of Gemini, that restlessness, some kind o frantic movement in direction to something new and unexplored. After all, is in Gemini which appears for the first time the feeling of discontent with the boredom. Leo is also an explorer, but unlike Gemini, Leo is not aimless, exploitation of Leo not aimlessly, but always aims to further improve himself.

And so goes the Leo, imposing himself, believing that there is nothing in the world beyond him, and believing that he is the manifestation of perfection. Leo is very proud of himself, and have a lot of confidence and there is nothing that will convince him otherwise. And it's great that so is, because he is the responsible for a colossal task: to replace permanently a new whole existence will requires much fight, imposition, courage, spirit, determination, go over all the zombies trying to stop the establishment of this new reality. But is needless to say that: Leo is not perfect. And to improve progress and grow, it needs to recognize that. When he finally recognizes this, however, it is no longer the Leo. We enter the fields of Virgo, symbolizing the eternal pursuit of perfection.

Cancer

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The reaction to the stage of Gemini is a decision against dispersion and superficiality. Cancer is the moment that we decide to place our roots somewhere, delimit a territory and invest in our own development. This sign is attached to motherhood, to beginnings and ends, the past as the exclusive model for the construction of the present. Thus, Cancer is a sign full of ghosts, cause this stage is the moment where occurs a return of the ancient’s ways of doing things. This is the way to think on Cancer stage: "It's better keep me firm in my own bases, in my own 'centre', than to continue forever in the trials and irresponsibility of Gemini without any results".

But the rescue, in the Cancer stage, is just structural, much more connected to tradition, a method of doing things, rather than an exact repetition of a particular way of developing things. Cancer is very focused on keeping alive the original idea of the Aries stage, and to ensure this and to not take risks at this stage, it's preferred to repeat the strategy of the ancients, in view of past achievements. Nutrition is one of the main features of Cancer and this is the stage of absorption of resources, "fatten", and the preparation for the imminent birth that happens in the Leo stage, when the simple idea brought from Aries finally gets his body, passes to exist and become the new reality.

All water signs seem to have some connection with the death, with organic things and with the emotional aspects of life. Cancer can be symbolized as an uterus, but can also be represented as a catacomb: Our first and our last abode, indeed, the concept of 'home' is what best defines the stage of Cancer.

A desire arose in Pisces, the sign of water that precedes Cancer. Pisces represents the fluidity and the greatest desire is that everything ends at once (in this case, the desire is that the previous cycle ends once and forever) and it is only in the Cancer stage that Pisces will experience his "final rest." In Cancer, the new cycle has not yet been established, because the new is still being generated, nurtured in a uterus. But that is precisely what will put an end to the past, when things cease to be cancer and get to be the Leo, when the entity that develops finally born. Cancer, in fact, marks the moment when things really comes to an end, is the ultimate death of the previous cycle, while Cancer is already inserted in the new cycle, as the main pillar of the development stage of this cycle.

From the standpoint of Taurus, Cancer is a relief that things are back to become calm again, passivity reigns and a more effective structuring happens. Accumulation is an original idea of Taurus, but is manifest in a practical and efficient way in Cancer. Taurus is the one that accumulates only to have, while Cancer instinctively act on behalf of the survival and development.

Some problems arise in Cancer: the extreme passivity, the insecurity, the fear. To ensure its survival and on behalf of the child's survival, Cancer creates an unhealthy dependence, represses: The alleged overprotection on behalf of her son, but actually is much more the fear of losing this child. Thus the Leo arose: a reaction to passivity and insecurity of the past and as a consequence, the dethronement of Cancer.

Gemini

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Gemini is a reaction to the Taurus’s inertia. At this point, we’re tired of staying in the same place and we decided to fly like butterflies from flower to flower, to know the nearby places, and explore the world around us. Within a cycle, Gemini is the stage that starts in a fragile way the real development of the new order. Because Gemini is also a reaction to custom, is a craving for novelty, by new stimuli, where everything lost its value very quickly because things are not sorbed. The great goal is just to try a little of everything, everything was unknown and unexplored. Experimenting all that is possible, often shifting between rival factions and totally contradictory things, because the objective is learn and try, and not "be" anything.

Aquarius and Gemini have a lot in common, and Gemini is like a refined version of Aquarius. Aquarius is unhappy with a whole decrepit system that has no more reason to exist, and symbolizes a rebellion, a major impetus for change, to break with the past. Gemini is not rebellious, is adaptive and does not plan to destroy anything (the reasoning of Gemini and the reality that it is inserted disregard the existence of "orders") because this is something that still flourish. Thus, Gemini represents some kind of dispersion of the new, the idea originated in Aries and fixed in Taurus, but in a good way, a way that he can learning and get experience. The goal of Aquarius is the liberation from the constraints arising archaic values of a certain "order", and in Gemini, Aquarius finally finds this freedom to the fullest way.

This is the stage that represents the total freedom of the mind where the opposites intersect and have the freedom to switch between the different layers of reality, where reality becomes multifaceted, where the truths lose their meaning. It is not difficult to see how Aries and Gemini are connected, since Gemini is a continuation of Aries, or a multiplication of Aries, that starts from a point and went to several points, knowing everything in a territory and learning as much as he can with everything what is in your path.

We can also say that Gemini is the dissipation of energy associated with the stage of Aries, which previously was condensed into Taurus and dissipates now in Gemini. Like Aries, Gemini has no goal, just wants to start things and has no interest in continuing anything. Gemini reinvents things based on what has begun in Aries, but he is apparently so lawless, just enjoying the scenery, but without any real destination, and without the intention to finishing anything. Gemini goes to everywhere, but does not stay anywhere. We can see something superficial and frivolous in this energy, but it is essential because this is the initiator of the real development, the things finally start to move on and begin to have some progress, but we are still without a purpose or destiny. We will have a direction, a "north", a base, when finally place roots in one spot and enter the stage of cancer.

Taurus

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In Taurus the new things are now established and are no longer called “new”. The new is now traditional, normal, basic, corporate, stiff, but not yet worked or developed: just set and fix on his own space. Definitively nothing more is new, when we reach the Taurus stage. Is Taurus so the solidification stage of what is designed in Aries. This sign symbolizes security, durability and is the one who brings the concept of value and attachment extremely necessary to ensure the survival of Aries’s idea, so fragile and rudimentary. Taurus is the stage where we got used to certain thing and that thing gives us comfort, pleasure and makes us safe, we know it will always be there when we need it.

We can say that Taurus is the ultimate goal of Capricorn. Capricorn as the culmination of a cycle, symbolizes the awareness of the imminent fall, is the moment where it begins preparation for finalizing and also for the stage of primitive conditions represented by Aries, where everything is new and uncertain. The Capricorn’s wisdom, which can be interpreted as pessimism and unwillingness in some instances, induce the urge to save and prepare for the end that is near, and is a quest for the conditions symbolized by Taurus, of safety and soundness. Aquarius initiates the uncertainty foreshadowed in Capricorn, the things that they had prior loses its value and what happens is a widespread devaluation than it had as the "certain" and a total release in terms of values, where the value word itself is a both incoherent. In Aquarius, the things are abrupt and change very quickly and it is impossible to keep anything. The way is to let things happen at once, the way they have to occur.

And when we reached the Pisces’s stage we can observe how Taurus may be a consequence of Pisces: The action of Aquarius generates suffering, because it is cold and iconoclastic, and the lost values bring us uncertainty. The attachment to old values generates suffering when we are at this stage, and in Pisces we learn detachment from the old values and the new acceptance of what is yet to come, so that security (Taurus) will not delay to much. Pisces represents the extreme passivity, when finally gives up keep whatever the previous cycle was and yearns for the new (Aries).

While we are stopped, we are in Taurus. Taurus does not go beyond the solidification and its natural consequence is boredom. Its function is to lay the foundations of the cycle that is just beginning. Others will develop it better, and never considering the idea of ending, when we are at the stage of Taurus. Finish is not a matter of Taurus, the sign want everything to last forever. It is the impulse to keep things, something essential to ensure survival, but something that can be harmful to the concept of development. When we got movement, speed and change, we reach the Gemini’s stage.

Aries

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Aries as the initial sign is the initiative and the vigor, the initial impulse that moves everything at the beginning. It’s a thoughtless action, an impulse, something rude and rough. A totally new idea, extremely simple and rudimentary, but is the most necessary thing, at the moment that it arises: Aries is preceded by the Chaos, by the generalized disorder and by the end of an idea that was developed to the limit, and that actually is exceeded. Only Aries can, with his audacity and aggressiveness, impose a new order, albeit simple and rudimentary, that is able to override the prostration and the zombie’s fragments remnants of the past.

Aries is a consequence of Sagittarius and Aquarius. Is Sagittarius who’s try to predict the future, eager for a new order, a new cycle, a new beginning, always with a new hope, and for it Aries is the “achievement” of the Sagittarius's pursuits. Aries is the fifth house of Sagittarius, if you consider Sagittarius in the ascendant, and the fifth house means the things that we create, the space of the heaven where acts our generator power.

Aquarius is who enables the existence of Aries. In Capricorn, we got the apex of a cycle, the point of maximum development of something, and is the point of maximum crystallization and aging, and it also foreshadows the end of all. Aquarius, in substitution of Capricorn, is the destruction of the current order, and is who leads the things to the manifestations of the predictions of Sagittarius. But before the arrival of the new order (Aries) we have a last stage. Pisces is the consequence of Aquarius, and signifies the chaos and devastation of a entire cycle. Between the rubble we got a new hope: its Aries arising and beginning a totally new thing, a new cycle starts.

While the things are in his initial form, we got Aries. While the ideas are only new ideas, we have only Aries. Is not Aries who starts the development of the cycle, he only starts the things, he is the primordial movement but he isn’t who will make the hard work. Aries function is to do things that the others never dreamed, but he is only it: an initiator. When we got stabilization, form, solid results, “ground”, we have no Aries, but we got Taurus!