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AstrologySemester One Lesson Five

The Zodiac SignsThe personal signs,

Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer

with Julija SimasAgent12

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“The planets are the actors, the signs are the roles they play and

the houses are the settings or situations in which the cast

portrays the role”

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From Joan Mc Evers and Marion March's book,“The only way to learn astrology”

Planets = What (the action)

Signs = How (flavour, theme,character)

Houses = Where (the place, setting)

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The Personal Signs

! Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer are principally aware of and concerned with individual concerns.

! Self development and personal needs.

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❖ Glyph - Aries is represented by the glyph of the Ram’s horns, symbolising impulsive action, the spirit of the moment, fresh, new and sprouting energy

• 1st sign• The Ram• I am

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! Element: Fire ! Mode: Cardinal ! Gender: Masculine - Yang ! Modern Ruler: Mars ! Traditional ruler: Mars ! Exaltation: The Sun ! Anatomy: The head, ears, mouth, tongue, eyes, brain, the cerebrum,

face, upper jaw, carotid arteries. ! Sequence - Top , head, beginning, first, leader

Little Tree - a seed sprouting, being born, becoming

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ARIES

! Primal, urge ! Start, beginning, ready - set - go ! Birth, impulse to live, burn, survive, be ! Identity, assertion, courage to be ! The heroes journey begins ! Go getter, warrior, pioneer, adventurer ! Psychological function: to encourage sense of identity, assert

ourselves, courage to pursue what we want

! Bestial sign - Taurus, Leo, Capricorn

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Aries - ( not Ares/Mars - God of War)

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Mythology of Aries

! Fire signs : Heroic laboursJason and the Argonauts and the golden Fleece, having to prove himself the rightful heir to throne, born with a quest

! Time of year for spring and lambs, northern hemisphere ! Hamal, bright star in Aries means Lamb (Hebrew) ! Babylonian zodiac , MULU.APIN, Agrarian Worker, Hired Man ! Egypt - AMON - RA, Sun God- horns of Ram (Sun exalted in Aries) ! Sun at spring Equinox in constellation of Aries

“ Age of Aries” - 2150 BC and ended in ca. 1 AD.Romans, armies, fighters, conquering lands, gladiators, polytheism began being replaced with monotheism - Aknaten

! Moses (born c. 16th-13th Century BC; condemns his own people upon finding them worshiping a 'golden calf' (a symbol of the previous Age of Taurus and of the worship of the bull deity)

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! Aries, the first zodiac sign, is associated with the beginning of the zodiacal year and a new cycle.

! Aries is a seed of potential about to burst open through the impulse to incarnate.

! Aries represents the original energy that springs from the primordial waters of Pisces, symbolised by “the waters breaking” during birth.

! Through Aries one begins the fight for survival. Aries’ energy is therefore immediate and raw.

! Aries symbolises dawn and emergence; beginnings, new projects and enthusiasm.

! Aries prefers to remain uncluttered by the past, and emotionally untied. ! Aries represents the desire for adventure – be it physical, spiritual or

intellectual. ! Aries is concerned with ‘Me’ whereas Libra (Aries’ opposite sign) is

concerned with ‘We’.

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! Traits -Quick, initiating, pioneering, eager, spontaneous, engineering, courageous, competitive, independent, a fighter, a warrior, freedom-loving, impulsive, assertive, fiery, impatient, selfish.

! Shadow - angry, argumentative, impatient, loner

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Astronomy

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Aries a small faint constellation with its brightest stars, Hamal and Sharatan, making up the Ram’s head. Discovered in Aries in 2003 is the star Teergarden, one of our

own Sun’s closest neighbours at only 12 light years away. In both the northern and southern hemispheres, Aries is best seen at midnight in the

midheaven when the Sun is in Libra during September and October.

Northern hemisphere view Southern hemisphere view

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❖ The Taurus glyph represents the horns of a bull symbolising the ability to gather, receive and stabilise energy. The bull, an ancient symbol of fertility and abundance, was a central figure in fertility rites and initiations, and also symbolised the victory of humanity over its animal nature.

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• 2nd sign

• The Bull

• I have

! Element: Earth ! Mode: Fixed ! Gender: Feminine- Yin ! Modern Ruler and traditional ruler: Venus ! Anatomy & Illnesses: Neck, shoulders, throat, voice.

The part of the body that expresses self value – eg. holding up head and shoulders, speaking one’s voice – and being able to swallow outside influences.

! Sequence - The stable one, the support, solid, soothingLittle Tree - stabilising roots, finding nourishment and support for what it’s basic needs

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! Primal needs ! Consolidate, stabilise ! Material body and senses, ! Physical needs, pleasure, sensations ! Sustenance and support from material world ! The provider, abundance, wealth, the fertile garden, green thumb ! Psychological function: To relate to the body and sense, pleasure,

sustenance and needs from material world ! Bestial sign - with Aries, Leo, Capricorn,

Fertile sign - with Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

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Mythology of Taurus

! Gaia’s gifts ! Fertility of the land ! The bull and the goddess, protection of goddess ! The minotaur, the cretan bull, the prized Bull ! Mithra- and the bull, initiation killing of Bull ! Hyades- Pleiades(seven sisters) ! Equinox point in constellation of Taurus

The Age of Taurus - ca. 4300 BC and ended in ca. 2150 BC. worship of bull, building of megalithic structures, production, agriculture,

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! Taurus nurtures the seed sprouted by Aries and gathers, grounds and gives it form in order for it to grow and flourish.

! Taurus is concrete and stable with the ability to manifest. ! Taurus indicates security, practical application, productivity and work. ! Taurus is dependable, physical, organic, instinctual, sensual and sensate. ! Taurus communicates through the five senses – smell, touch, sound, taste and sight. ! Taurus does not easily comprehend the intangible world. ! Taurus values time, process, hard work and patience in order to manifest material

reality. ! Taurus is slow, practical and concerned with the real world including one’s

possessions and money. ! Taurus represents a grounding of self whereas Scorpio, the opposite sign, seeks a

transformation of self.

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! Traits Slow, possessive, materialistic, devoted, resourceful, sensual, stubborn, earthy, cautious, nurturing, practical, materialistic, natural, tangible, stable, creative, self indulgent, sensual, cautious

! Shadow Stubborn, resistant to change, headstrong

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Astronomy

! Taurus is an easy constellation to see because of its well defined V-shape near Orion and the Pleiades star cluster. The bright star, Aldebaran, an orange giant, depicts the eye of the bull. The Pleiades, a beautiful open star cluster, is often called the Seven Sisters and forms the bull’s shoulder. The Hyades, a more spread-out open star cluster, forms the bull’s head. In both the northern and the southern hemispheres, Taurus is best seen when the Sun is in Scorpio in the midheaven at midnight during October and November.

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! The Gemini glyph’s two identical sides or poles represent duality and polarity, as shown through the myth of The Twins, Castor and Pollux. Yet these poles are fused together, creating oneness.

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❖ 3rd sign❖ The Twins❖ I think

! Element: Air ! Mode: Mutable ! Gender: Masculine ! Modern and Traditional Ruler: Mercury ! Anatomy & Illnesses: The arms, hands, fingers, nerves, lungs, bronchi,

breathing.Body parts that relate to the immediate environment and atmosphere through what we breathe in and touch

! No exalted planet ! Sequence - relating to surrounding, curiosity and awareness of everything that

surrounds one, space. Little tree aware of itself and conscious of surrounds and others

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! Our ability to use language, ideas, concepts, thoughts, communicate, ! Intellect, intelligence, ! Our sense of reality our environment ! Awareness and curiosity, learning ! Archetype - Storyteller, actor, the Puer, the student, trickster ! Gemini ruled by Mercury and is associated with the process of learning,

communicating, ! Psychological function: ability to send language, ideas, concepts and thoughts, to

communicate and make sense of our reality ! A human sign with Libra and Aquarius (air signs) and a double bodied sign with

Sagittarius and Pisces (bicorporeal signs-two bodies)

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Mythology of Gemini

! Air : Quest for soul mate ! Search for missing other ! The Dioscuri, twins Myths: Gemini twins- Castor and Pollux- Dioscuri.

Castor -mortal Pollux- divine (join mortal brother)

! Equinox point in constellation of “Age of Gemini “-The Age of Communication, trade and writing

! The Age of Gemini ca. 6450 BC and ended in ca. 4300 BC. ! The beginning of using the wheel, transport, writing

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! What began in Aries and was stabilized in Taurus now becomes expressed and released through Gemini.

! Gemini, the first air sign, uses the logical mind to seek explanation and meaning. ! Gemini signifies ideas, information, curiosity and discovery, represented by a mind

full of questions yet not enough answers. ! Gemini shows how we understand ourselves through our surroundings, especially

our immediate environment (family, siblings, relatives), neighbourhood and schooling.

! Gemini indicates our flexibility; our ability to change and adapt. ! The search for a ‘twin soul’ is represented through Gemini, symbolising the need to

integrate our other half, or shadow side, in order to become whole. ! Gemini represents equality, separateness, duality and polarity (eg. divinity/mortality,

black/white, good/evil). ! Gemini is rational, functional intelligence whereas Sagittarius, Gemini’s opposite

sign, represents symbolic, philosophical intelligence.

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! Traits ! Expressive, inventive, quick-witted, changeable, clever, theatrical, funny,

curious, restless, ! Inquisitive, versatile, moveable, willing, communicative, curious ! Agile, adaptable, Coherent, inconsistent, changeable, curious, dextrous, social,

conscious, intellectual,

! Shadow ! Nervous and tense , scatterbrain, flighty, superficial and inconsistant ,

Cunning and inquisitive, deceptive, tricky

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Astronomy

! Gemini is easily identifiable by its brightest star, Castor, and second brightest, Pollux. These stars form the heads of the twins and another two stars create the twins’ feet, making up the distinct lines that resemble the Gemini glyph. The constellation Gemini is close to the ecliptic, and in both the northern and southern hemispheres is best seen in the midheaven at midnight when the Sun is in Sagittarius in November and December.

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Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere

Astronomy

! Taurus is an easy constellation to see because of its well defined V-shape near Orion and the Pleiades star cluster. The bright star, Aldebaran, an orange giant, depicts the eye of the bull. The Pleiades, a beautiful open star cluster, is often called the Seven Sisters and forms the bull’s shoulder. The Hyades, a more spread-out open star cluster, forms the bull’s head. In both the northern and the southern hemispheres, Taurus is best seen when the Sun is in Scorpio in the midheaven at midnight during October and November.

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❖ The glyph of Cancer is made up of two crescents and two circles facing inward, representing The Crab. This symbolises a tough hardened shell protecting a vulnerable centre

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4th sign

The Crab

I Feel

! Element: Water ! Mode: Cardinal ! Gender: Feminine ! Modern Ruler and Traditional Ruler: The Moon ! Anatomy & Illnesses: Breasts and stomach. Body parts that relate to

nourishment and nurturing. ! Exaltation : Jupiter ( in the source) ! Sequence: belonging, emotional ties, where you came from

Little Tree - feeling and knowing where he belongs, and who he belongs to, family, roots

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! Our ability to receive and provide emotional security, warmth, love ! Capacity to nurture, belong and feel ! Archetype - Mother, Baby, Caretaker, caregiver, Family Home, Family of origin ! Myths stories, the great mother, universal mother, unconditional parent, The

Hydra, Herakles, ! Fertile sign - Pisces, Scorpio, Taurus ! Psychological function: ability to receive and provide emotional warmth and

security for self and family, capacity to nurture and be nurtured ! Cancer is ruled by the Moon and is associated with the process of bearing,

birthing, nurturing, and protecting.

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! Cancer is the fourth zodiac sign and represents where and how we create security after the restlessness of Gemini.

! Cancer represents the urge to withdraw into our feeling space, and to seek comfort through what is familiar and known.

! For Cancer, security comes through emotional bonds, family and loved ones. ! Cancer is associated with home, stability, tradition and our pasts. ! Cancer represents the principal of mother and unconditional love, nurturing and being nurtured,

and our unconscious memory. ! Cancer holds onto its own and has the capacity to manipulate and not let go, especially

emotionally. ! Cancer doesn’t like exposure because it feels vulnerable to outside influences, and therefore

guards and protects family and loved ones. ! Cancer represents one’s private place whereas Capricorn, Cancer’s opposite sign, represents one’s

place out in society. ! Cancer from the depth of the ocean - source, Capricorn to the heights of humanity

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Mythology of Cancer

! Water : Bonds of love and hate

! The great Mother, universal womb we are all born from

! In the Egyptian records of about 2000 BC it was described as Scarabaeus

(Scarab),

! The crab Karkinos- Hercules and the , slaying of Hydra

! Equinox point in sign of Cancer "The Age of the Great Mother” goddess

worship, sacred feminine, women ruled

! Age of Cancer - ca. 8600 BC and ended in ca. 6450 BC.

! The beginning of civilization, with domestication of farm animals including pigs,

goats and bees.

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! Traits ! Protective, sensitive, family oriented, moody, emotional, homey,

careful, receptive, domestic ! Closeness and security, nurture and caring, Mother-Child,

dependency, sensitivity, privacy, protection, Patriotic, shrewd, timid, understanding,

! Shadow ! Smothering, clingy, oversensitive, overemotional ,

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Cancer is a faint constellation positioned right on the ecliptic, resembling a Y-shape.The brightest star in Cancer is Acubens, one of the crab’s claws. The main feature of Cancer is an open star cluster called the The Beehive (Praesepe), consisting of over 200 stars. In both the northern and the southern hemispheres, Cancer is best seen at midnight in the midheaven when the Sun is in Capricorn in December and January.

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