However, there are many more facets of astrology that together make up the uniqueness of each person.
For example, each zodiac sign has not only an element of astrology but also a modality.
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What are the modalities in astrology?
The three modalities of astrology are cardinal, fixed and mutable and represent how we interact with our environment and those in it. This also refers to how well we handle the unexpected and how we navigate through challenges or even chaos.
Our modality, or quality, has to do with how we take in our external environment, process it internally, and then decide what to do with it in our own lives.
Your modality affects how you express your emotions, your energy, what you are drawn to participate in, and what you commit to. Ultimately, your modality is how you meet the outside world.
There are four zodiac signs in each of these three categories, with one sign from each element for more balance.
cardinal signs
1. Cancer
2. Pound
3. Aries
4. Capricorn
Cardinal signs are all about control. Not that it always translates to having a leadership role, although Aries tends to be in that seat most of the time.
It’s really about the need to control your external environment. These signs are usually the first to rise up and take charge due to this factor and are known as the starters of the zodiac.
We can’t get much started without these cardinal signs, and while they each take charge of life in a different way — Cancer is the home, Libra is the social scene, Aries is business, and Capricorn is money — they’re all about life, too. of ideas. they bring to the table.
Control over home and family is important to Cancer, while Aries needs to feel validated in the business world. Libra wants to be that social butterfly that she goes where she wants and when she wants, while Capricorn is hoarding money, just in case.
By exerting control over their physical lives in this way, they feel more secure and successful.
Cardinal signs are experts and launch into new projects without the need for a safety net. They just trust that they can fly, and if they don’t, they get back up and try something else again.
Because of this, these signs tend to find great success in life. However, like everything in the natural world, there is a balance due to his need to control his environment too much.
Unfortunately, the dark side of cardinal signs is that overly controlling nature where they don’t allow others to be themselves, or feel the need to have everything their way.
While much of this may dissipate as you learn and progress on your life path, that’s also why it’s important in terms of relationships.
Because cardinal signs dominate nature, they are better suited to mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces), as these signs tend to go more easily with the flow and are flexible.
fixed signs
1. Leo
2. Taurus
3. Aquarius
4. Scorpio
While cardinal signs tend to control their external environment, fixed signs are known to have more control over their emotional or internal worlds.
For these signs, they do not adapt very well to changes, especially in their physical life. But unlike cardinal signs who take steps to influence things one way or another, fixed signs just bury or punish themselves.
These signs tend to focus more on their personal lives and what matters most to them in an effort to maintain stability. They thrive on knowing what to expect in their lives and become very grounded in linking their self-esteem and beliefs to what happens.
Because of this, these fixed signs can get stuck in the past or be unable to move on from things that others (or themselves) have done.
While cardinal signs are preoccupied with their physical surroundings, fixed signs want things to remain in order in their minds and belief systems. When we say that, as humans, we can be our worst nightmare, nothing is truer than the mind of the fixed signs.
For these signs, it’s really their own mind that ends up holding them back, albeit in different ways: Leo has a hard time forgiving, Taurus isn’t always the most understanding, Aquarius is negative, and Scorpio fears worthlessness.
However, as they learn to control this shadow side of themselves, they also tend to drop the habit of believing the worst about themselves and others.
While these qualities tend to work themselves out over time, Taurus may have difficulty relating to others because they think they are always right, which can come across as patronizing others.
Leo has a hard time forgiving others, which means he could sabotage several relationships until he realizes he has to put his own pride aside to find the happiness he seeks.
Aquarius has to get over the fear that the worst case scenario is inevitable and instead learn to take the risk of thinking that everything might turn out better than they could have planned.
However, Scorpio is in a similar boat and can sometimes get lost in their own thoughts, especially the dark ones where they wonder if they will be alone forever or if they are worthy of love.
For these signs, it’s important not only to have a flexible partner in their life, but also someone to help them shed their own demons and help them see that life exists outside of what they fear.
While these signs can be good romantic partners for one another, the biggest drawback is that when we put two stubborn people together, no one budges.
Because of this, mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) are best suited.
mutable signs
1. Gemini
2. Virgo
3. Sagittarius
4. Pisces
At last, we hear about the signs that are the best partners for everyone! The number one asset of this modality is that they are flexible. This is an important quality, as it allows these signs to adapt to their external environments with ease and fluidity.
However, the one important quality of mutable signs is that they also need a solid foundation in their lives.
For these signs, it’s almost as if once they’re rooted, they can bend with whatever else is going on around them. But for mutable signs, being grounded and stable on their own is something they often struggle with.
This is their shadow job: thinking that they need to be in partnership with someone in order to have those roots that require them to be as flexible as they are inclined to be.
These signs are more vulnerable to outside influences and energies than other signs simply due to their adaptable nature. It’s almost like they’re more porous than other signs, allowing them to take in more of the world and the people around them, even if it looks different for each sign.
Virgo is physical life, Gemini is the thoughts of others, Sagittarius is distraction, and Pisces wears a mask.
To break it down further, Virgos would find it more difficult not to be personally affected in a toxic work environment, while Geminis would not be able to work because they are worried about people talking about them.
But Sagittarius isn’t doing any work while searching for new prospects on LinkedIn, and Pisces is there smiling, looking like everything’s fine, but sneaking off to the bathroom to cry because she’s feeling overwhelmed.
Another dark side of this modality is that they can blend in with the environment around them, not consciously, but because they are so adaptable.
Sometimes these are the signs that end up changing who they are because of where they are or who they are around, not realizing until later that they aren’t really being themselves.
Over time and moving through the lessons that life brings to these signs, they are often able to realize that their flexibility is actually part of their roots, allowing them to stop being a chameleon.
While mutable signs make great partners for both Fixed and Cardinal, they tend to be good romantic partners for themselves as well.
This is because mutable signs are those who are so flexible that they can step up and lead if their partner wants to follow. Ultimate success, however, depends on the complete birth chart.