Sun Sign, Moon Sign: Discover the personality secrets of the 144 sun-moon combinations. Charles Harvey
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Название: Sun Sign, Moon Sign: Discover the personality secrets of the 144 sun-moon combinations
Автор: Charles Harvey
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Эзотерика
isbn: 9780007483327
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Fire is preoccupied with the future, with the hidden meaning and potential of things and what can be made of them. Earth is interested in the here-and-now, in facts and figures, concrete accomplishments, and getting things done in a practical way. Water is concerned with personal feelings and emotions, with safety, security, and connectedness, and is especially concerned with the past. Air is concerned with the abstract reasons behind things and their cause and effect; air scans past, present, and future in an attempt to get the broad picture and the abstract principle.
INTERPRETING THE ELEMENTS
The elements can at times be taken literally. Thus those with a strong Earth element in their charts will be strongly physical in some way – they will like and feel at home with the earth, gardening, farming, pottery, building and working with their hands to make things. Water types will often thrive beside the sea or next to a lake or a stream. Fire types can quite literally enjoy piling up a roaring open fire and even being the blacksmith. Air types often love the open air, walking in the wind, bird-watching, flying, gliding, or simply flying a kite or listening to their wind chimes.
It is not quite that simple, however. A person may be strongly Water, yet be an airline pilot, or strongly air and be deeply attached to farming or become a master builder. Strength in an element or elements shows us an approach to the world. This can be illustrated by considering the chart of Gertrude Ederle. One of the great pioneer women swimmers of early this century, she became, in 1926, the first woman to swim the English Channel. Surely someone who spent so much time in the water would have to have her Sun, the focus of her life, in a Water sign? In fact, Ederle had Sun in Libra and Moon in Capricorn, making her an Air-Earth type. So what is an Air-Earth type doing spending their days immersed in the salty deeps?
First of all, it should be said that her birth chart does have a great deal of Water in it, not least a conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune in Cancer trine Saturn in Pisces, indicating watery ideals and ambitions, and Mercury in Scorpio, indicating a mind attracted by oceanic depths. But what is her approach to swimming? Listen to what she has to say on the subject:
To me the sea is like a person – like a child that I’ve known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I’m out there.
So although she spent much of her life immersed in water, her approach and attitude to swimming was utterly airy.
THE ELEMENT COMBINATIONS
Each Sun – Moon type is a combination of elements. In the following descriptions of the element combinations, please remember that the pairing can be either way around. For example, a Fire – Earth combination refers equally to Sun Fire – Moon Earth as it does to Sun Earth – Moon Fire. There will be subtle differences, but the dynamic is generally the same. The diagram on page 26 will tell you which elements your Sun and Moon are in. See the table of Sun – Moon combinations (below) to find your Sun – Moon type.
The Sun – Moon Combinations
SUN/MOON:
The four pure types, with both Sun and Moon in the same element, most vividly express the element involved. Such an emphasis on one element also represents an imbalance, so such types are liable to swing into their complementary or opposite element.
Fire-Fire Combinations (See nos. 1, 5, 9, 49, 53, 57, 97, 101, 105)
Fire is the most primary of elements – hot, volatile, creative, dramatic. The double-fire type is intensely passionate and lives from a very self-centred perspective. That is, he approaches life according to his keenly-felt beliefs and visions of what could be and what is truth for him. The double-fire type may be so in tune with his inner reality that he becomes insensitive to others. Frequently his relationships suffer from his lack of awareness that others might not have such a strong sense of destiny. Whatever his interests might be, this individual throws himself into life with enormous enthusiasm, often bumping into and scattering others in the process.
When Aneurin Bevan described Winston Churchill – a double-Fire type (Sun Sagittarius, Moon Leo) – he summed up the problems of the pure-Fire combination:
The seven league boot tempo of his imagination hastens him on to the sunny uplands of the future, but he is apt to forget that the slow steps of humanity must travel every inch of the weary road that leads there.
There is about the double-fire type all that one associates with the imagery of fire – it burns, it roars, and it waits for nothing. This type can be brash, arrogant and impatient, but also inspiring and childlike with an immense capacity for enjoying life and persuading others to believe in themselves and to ‘have a go’. This type will often sense the hidden opportunity in a situation, and his belief that anything is possible is the magic ingredient behind his natural leadership qualities. Never mind the fact that he needs plenty of lackeys to make it all happen in the concrete world, he has the vision – the rest is incidental!
Shadow
Because of his very enthusiastic flight towards glory, the strongly fire type may paradoxically develop a compensating pessimism when he comes down to earth. Indeed, coming down to earth is generally what he tries to avoid, for the mundane necessities of life seem like obstacles thwarting the pursuit of important things. Churchill’s oppressive periods of what he called ‘black dog’ and Mark Twain’s, (Sagittarius – Aries) bouts of dark depression are classic examples of what can happen when there is a loss of meaning for the fiery individual. This type’s tendency to rebel angrily against the confines of the mortal condition, such as seeing to the needs of the body and the bank account, will severely restrict his potency. He needs to develop patience, moderation, practical skills, sensitivity to others, and respect for the simple, inarticulate material world.
Relationships
The pure-Fire type may gravitate towards other Fire types, but this can be too much of an exhausting good thing. The airy individual is intellectually provocative and challenging for the double-fire type, and together they can make a very creative team. A relationship with the watery individual can be quite exciting and romantic but also volatile and unstable. The most compelling relationships tend to be with the Earth type, people who are comfortable and adept at dealing with the everyday world – making breakfast, mowing the lawn, getting the tax returns in on time. There is a strong mutual fascination between these two types which can help to build a strong relationship although inevitably there will be some difficulties in understanding each other’s basic values.
Male v. Female
Men in Western society are undoubtedly more inclined to feel at home with the strongly extrovert qualities that Fire normally bestows. Whilst ‘spirit’ and energy are admired in women, there is no question that the Western woman who overtly uses her Fire energies is likely to be rather disparagingly labelled as ‘pushy, forceful, quick-tempered and bossy’. This is slowly changing, however. The double-Fire woman is not inclined to care too much about what others think, and is very able to stand up for herself in a man’s world.
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