Sun Sign, Moon Sign: Discover the personality secrets of the 144 sun-moon combinations. Charles Harvey

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СКАЧАТЬ combination blends the most feminine and the most masculine of the elements. An extreme ‘yang’ and an extreme ‘yin’ quality together produces a very creative but also a very volatile and often difficult combination for either sex to handle. Both males and females can experience huge mood swings as they contact first their powerful independence and pride, and then their sensitivity and vulnerability. In general, both males and females will seek highly personal professional avenues. Conforming to convention is not their strong point!

      Under the label of the ‘artist’, both the male and female Fire – Water type will find more compassionate acceptance as well as intense admiration from others. In other words, their artistic inspiration and highly theatrical style usually more than compensates for their lack of emotional stability.

      Earth – Air Combinations (See nos. 15, 19, 23, 26, 30, 34, 63, 67, 71, 74, 78, 82, 111, 115, 119, 122, 126, 130)

      This combination produces a productive, rational personality which can be both innovative and efficient. The challenge of being up-in-the-air and down-to-earth at the same time is that of bringing together abstract thought with the nitty-gritty issues of getting on in the world. These two elements combine easily and make for a clear-headed, objective and scientific approach. This is the temperament of the practical idealist who observes, thinks, plans a course of action and then acts. American president John F. Kennedy (Sun Gemini, Moon Virgo) is an example of this combination, and expresses the lunar instinct to give service to a rational, well-considered ideal in his famous injunction:

      Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.

      When the Sun is in Earth and the Moon is in Air, the conscious, rational impulse is to get to grips with reality, to build, consolidate and organize with the logical instinct to make one’s efforts as humane and far-reaching as possible. There is often a dry sense of humour and capacity to use language with adroit accuracy. The late American poet Carl Sandburg (Sun Capricorn, Moon Aquarius) had a talent for using colloquialisms, which is characteristic of this combination, and his view of slang expresses this down-to-earth communicative ability:

       Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

       Shadow

      The Earth – Air individual is adept at mastering the mundane world, learning how things work and then applying his knowledge in many different and normally useful ways. He can, however, easily lose touch with the less quantifiable things of life such as emotions. When this happens he risks the danger of becoming ‘dry as dust’ and stuck in the pragmatic, cost-effective, scientific approach.

       Relationships

      This type enjoys communicating and being helpful, and tends to get on well with most people at a practical, social level. They will find predominantly Fire and Water types either alien or fascinating, but either way the latter would enable the Earth – Air person to contact the more mysterious and emotional, irrational parts of his personality. The Earth – Air individual seeks rational rapport in a relationship and is very supportive and adaptable, but he needs help in learning how to discover and share his feelings.

       Male v. Female

      This is a very androgynous combination, encouraging both the supportive skills associated with natural female roles and the intellectual skills of the male.

      Earth – Water Combinations (See nos. 16, 20, 24, 38, 42, 46, 64, 68, 72, 86, 90, 94, 112, 116, 120, 134, 138, 142)

      Flanders and Swan sing ‘Mud, mud, glorious mud’, and you do not have to be a hippopotamus to appreciate the qualities of mud. Think of the rich fertility of well-irrigated fields, the potter’s clay on the wheel ready to be formed, the clay of bricks and tiles, or the malleable concrete which forms the basis of so much construction. This is one of the most practical, supportive and nourishing of combinations. It combines the capacity to feel sympathy for others with a devotional determination and enterprising ability to do what needs to be done to meet others’ needs. American churchman Reinhold Niebuhr (Sun Cancer, Moon Taurus) gives eloquent expression to this type’s orientation:

       God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

      When the Sun is in Earth and the Moon in Water, the individual can readily develop a practical understanding of day-to-day life, and seems to have the innate wisdom to know what is important and what is not in a situation. For this type, both practical and emotional needs ‘make sense’ and should intertwine in a balanced, normal life. Consider this view of the 18th-century wit Samuel Johnson (Sun Virgo, Moon Pisces):

       A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

      A bit dated yes, chauvinistic indeed, but nevertheless Johnson expresses that practical wisdom and measured sensuality of the Earth – Water combination.

       Shadow

      The Earth – Water individual wants both material and emotional security, and therefore usually views change and challenge as threatening. As a result, there is with this type a propensity to get stuck in the mud, and a danger of getting swamped by duty and slowed down by the inertia of possessiveness and limited viewpoint.

      Life is highly personal for this individual; what he can see, taste, hear, smell and feel, and how it might affect his world, is all important to him. The larger, detached viewpoint is usually lost on him. He may need to learn how to move just a little out of his well-defined groove so that life does not become too stagnant. And like quicksand, his mind can suck him down.

       Relationships

      The Earth – Water person normally finds immense satisfaction in a relationship that brings out the innate dependable, resourceful, gentle, devotional qualities of this combination. This individual feels affirmed and valued when he knows he is needed and valued for his useful accomplishments.

      People with this combination are particularly good at serving and caring for others, and once they find their romantic niche they get on with nurturing and nest-building. Hence they make excellent partners, and tend to prefer sitting around the fire drinking hot cocoa to lots of razzle-dazzle on the town. This type helps to ground and contain the more unstable, exciting Fire – Air type, and there is likely to be a mutual attraction due to the striking differences.

       Male v. Female

      This is a primarily receptive, feminine combination and has all the hallmarks of the female stereotype – caring, domestic, loyal, quiet, persevering. Both male and female of this type will tend to be introverts and could work well on their own in an artistic medium, but they could also develop a shrewd business sense and do well in the marketplace. They can employ their pragmatism and sensitivity in quiet but purposeful ways, ‘sussing out’ the climate of the times and the integrity of would-be business partners.

      Air – Water Combinations (See nos. 28, 32, 36, 39, 43, 47, 76, СКАЧАТЬ