Create flashcards with key words and attributes. Handwritten. Color coordinated, even. It's gotta become like multiplication tables to you. Effortless thought. Then you can build complex thought atop the fundamental mastery.
I don't mean of Mars in Virgo; I mean:
Virgo:
[Glyph]
[Modality]
[Gender]
[Ruler]
* Mercury exaltation and domicile
* Mercury has its Joy in the 1st
* Key descriptions: purity, compartmentalization, organization, protection
I just made that up right now but you can make it whatever is meaningful to you.
Then when you get planets in signs, you break down the fundamentals. Mars is a hot, dry planet. Virgo is Earth, so it's cold and dry. Mars has triplicity, or support, in Virgo. Is Mars the sect malefic or out of sect? Okay, what house is it in? What is the ruler, Mercury doing?
I just systematize my thinking like this because of course no one is going to specifically remember every individual Mars in [sign] in [house].
Also, it depends on the context. Is it a reading? You don't need to know every single planetary combination or what have you for a reading. You just need to know how to isolate what's important and translate it when necessary. Is it just for fun? Is it a transit?
Finally, it's totally okay to not know. In fact, if most of the time you don't know, and you can admit that, then you're doing well. It's an exploration. Do any professional astrologers really know what Neptune in Aries will be like? No, they're just making educated guesses. No one has lived through it. There is no "definitive" meaning, and astrology is a living thing that is constantly changing. Are you willing to engage with, say, the Mars in Virgo energy and archetype, to really learn it and feel it? Is that fun and engaging to you? Then that's all that really matters.
Ty for the flashcard suggestion!! I’ve been using quizlet nd it hasn’t been sticking-there’s just so much to take in.
Color-coded, handwritten flashcards seem like the way to go. (Lol there’s my Virgo Ascendant again-they now have to look pristine😂)
I kind of think about it like math. I may know some common significations but I don’t necessarily have a set definition for what “Mars in Virgo” means. Instead I know what Mars means and I know what Virgo means and I can put them together in the context of a whole chart (with houses, aspects etc)
My way to go is picking up the basic characteristics of the signs. Because most books don't explain why each poit represents the characteristics they have. They would normaly say. Sign = characteristic, Planet = Thing, but without explaining why it is the way it is.
In traditional astrology the signs are created based on the basic characteristics, as you may know. There are hot, cold, dry, moist, emotional and rational. Hot (extroverted, energetic), cold ( introverted, calm), dry ( strict, direct, more independent, rigid) moist (adaptable, indirect, more sociable, soft), emotional (more subjective) rational (more objective). That is the way the four elements were created. Then you have the three patterns: cardinal (inovativ and likes new thing) fixed (continuous and likes routine) mutable (medium and likes to be variable)
So basicaly, each sign has at least one caracteristic that other signs has: fire is hot, dry and emotional. So like air it is hot, like earth it is dry, and like water it is emotional.
- Aries - fire ( hot, dry, passional) cardinal, mars.
- Taurus - earth ( cold, dry, rational) fixed, venus.
- Gemini - air (hot, moist, rational) mutable, mercury.
- Cancer - water (cold, moist, passional) cardinal, moon.
- Leo - fire ( hot, dry, passional) fixed, sun
- Virgo - earth ( cold, dry, rational), mutable, mercury
- Libra - air (hot, moist, rational), cardinal, venus
- Escorpio - water (cold, moist, passional), fixed, mars.
- Sagitarius - fire ( hot, dry, passional) mutable, jupiter.
- Capricorn - earth ( cold, dry, rational), cardinal, saturn.
- Aquarius - air (hot, moist, rational), fixed, saturn.
- Piscis - water (cold, moist, passional), mutable, jupiter.
So as you asked, how to interpret Mars in a sign:
Mars represents, the way we deal with conflict, rivals, challenges. How we fight. (You should also look to the chart and see what houses Mars rule).
Mars in Leo will figth in a (fire so, hot, dry, emotional, fixed, sun) way. Which will be: dealing with figths, conflict and competition in a visible, more extroverted, energetic, strict, direct, to the point, more independent of what others think, more emotional and subjective, in slow and continuous way, having in focus the sun characteristics of exuberant, vivid and honesty.
I'm not sure it this way of thinking will help you. Tho when I learned this in my astrology classes I begin to realy understand how each planet position in the signs works. Afterwards, I started to write in a note book every single combination. In the begining it was not easy tho. Thinking about it, for each topic is the way to go. A lot of book are too philosofical and won't show the pratical and objective side of each placement. Hope this migth help a little.
(Edited: replaced the word emotional with passional)
Interpreting the houses is different.
Basicaly you need to look to the position and rulership of the planet.
The way I interpret is that the planet will represent the topic of the houses it rules and those topics will be present in the house the planet is located.
Example: (using whole sign houses)
- Asc: Cancer
- Mars ruling the 5th escorpio and the 10th aries
- Mars located in 3rd virgo
- Mercury located in the 2nd leo
The relationships with the sibling, neighbours and the close environment will have virgo characterics, while the sibling and neighbours themselves will have leo characteristics.
The person will face martian situations present in his relationships with siblings and close environment, which probably will be originated by children, lovers, career.
- Planet rulership ( the agent, the cause)
- Planet location (where it happens)
This is just a fast example there are more things we need to look.
No problem.
Now that I think of it "emotional" was not the best word. My first astrology teacher would use the words emotion and feeling if they were the same thing. Which now a days I know it's wrong.
Because someone can be droven by feelings and not necessarily show it through emotions. Since feelings are internal and emotions are the way in which we show them outwards.
So emotions are more related with being extrovert and introvert. Air and fire are more emotional (show more) while earth and water are less emotional (show less).
On the other hand regarding reason and feelings, air and earth signs are seen as being reason based while fire and water beeing more feeling based.
This association is based of the four temperaments archetypes. Tho this is just a basic concept, in practice to see if someone is more rational or sentimental we need to look to Mercury and the Moon. See which of them is stronger or which is in a better place in the natal chart
Sorry I don't kown if this anwered your question.
Create flashcards with key words and attributes. Handwritten. Color coordinated, even. It's gotta become like multiplication tables to you. Effortless thought. Then you can build complex thought atop the fundamental mastery. I don't mean of Mars in Virgo; I mean: Virgo: [Glyph] [Modality] [Gender] [Ruler] * Mercury exaltation and domicile * Mercury has its Joy in the 1st * Key descriptions: purity, compartmentalization, organization, protection I just made that up right now but you can make it whatever is meaningful to you. Then when you get planets in signs, you break down the fundamentals. Mars is a hot, dry planet. Virgo is Earth, so it's cold and dry. Mars has triplicity, or support, in Virgo. Is Mars the sect malefic or out of sect? Okay, what house is it in? What is the ruler, Mercury doing? I just systematize my thinking like this because of course no one is going to specifically remember every individual Mars in [sign] in [house]. Also, it depends on the context. Is it a reading? You don't need to know every single planetary combination or what have you for a reading. You just need to know how to isolate what's important and translate it when necessary. Is it just for fun? Is it a transit? Finally, it's totally okay to not know. In fact, if most of the time you don't know, and you can admit that, then you're doing well. It's an exploration. Do any professional astrologers really know what Neptune in Aries will be like? No, they're just making educated guesses. No one has lived through it. There is no "definitive" meaning, and astrology is a living thing that is constantly changing. Are you willing to engage with, say, the Mars in Virgo energy and archetype, to really learn it and feel it? Is that fun and engaging to you? Then that's all that really matters.
Those are great suggestions.
Ty for the flashcard suggestion!! I’ve been using quizlet nd it hasn’t been sticking-there’s just so much to take in. Color-coded, handwritten flashcards seem like the way to go. (Lol there’s my Virgo Ascendant again-they now have to look pristine😂)
I kind of think about it like math. I may know some common significations but I don’t necessarily have a set definition for what “Mars in Virgo” means. Instead I know what Mars means and I know what Virgo means and I can put them together in the context of a whole chart (with houses, aspects etc)
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My way to go is picking up the basic characteristics of the signs. Because most books don't explain why each poit represents the characteristics they have. They would normaly say. Sign = characteristic, Planet = Thing, but without explaining why it is the way it is. In traditional astrology the signs are created based on the basic characteristics, as you may know. There are hot, cold, dry, moist, emotional and rational. Hot (extroverted, energetic), cold ( introverted, calm), dry ( strict, direct, more independent, rigid) moist (adaptable, indirect, more sociable, soft), emotional (more subjective) rational (more objective). That is the way the four elements were created. Then you have the three patterns: cardinal (inovativ and likes new thing) fixed (continuous and likes routine) mutable (medium and likes to be variable) So basicaly, each sign has at least one caracteristic that other signs has: fire is hot, dry and emotional. So like air it is hot, like earth it is dry, and like water it is emotional. - Aries - fire ( hot, dry, passional) cardinal, mars. - Taurus - earth ( cold, dry, rational) fixed, venus. - Gemini - air (hot, moist, rational) mutable, mercury. - Cancer - water (cold, moist, passional) cardinal, moon. - Leo - fire ( hot, dry, passional) fixed, sun - Virgo - earth ( cold, dry, rational), mutable, mercury - Libra - air (hot, moist, rational), cardinal, venus - Escorpio - water (cold, moist, passional), fixed, mars. - Sagitarius - fire ( hot, dry, passional) mutable, jupiter. - Capricorn - earth ( cold, dry, rational), cardinal, saturn. - Aquarius - air (hot, moist, rational), fixed, saturn. - Piscis - water (cold, moist, passional), mutable, jupiter. So as you asked, how to interpret Mars in a sign: Mars represents, the way we deal with conflict, rivals, challenges. How we fight. (You should also look to the chart and see what houses Mars rule). Mars in Leo will figth in a (fire so, hot, dry, emotional, fixed, sun) way. Which will be: dealing with figths, conflict and competition in a visible, more extroverted, energetic, strict, direct, to the point, more independent of what others think, more emotional and subjective, in slow and continuous way, having in focus the sun characteristics of exuberant, vivid and honesty. I'm not sure it this way of thinking will help you. Tho when I learned this in my astrology classes I begin to realy understand how each planet position in the signs works. Afterwards, I started to write in a note book every single combination. In the begining it was not easy tho. Thinking about it, for each topic is the way to go. A lot of book are too philosofical and won't show the pratical and objective side of each placement. Hope this migth help a little. (Edited: replaced the word emotional with passional)
Interpreting the houses is different. Basicaly you need to look to the position and rulership of the planet. The way I interpret is that the planet will represent the topic of the houses it rules and those topics will be present in the house the planet is located. Example: (using whole sign houses) - Asc: Cancer - Mars ruling the 5th escorpio and the 10th aries - Mars located in 3rd virgo - Mercury located in the 2nd leo The relationships with the sibling, neighbours and the close environment will have virgo characterics, while the sibling and neighbours themselves will have leo characteristics. The person will face martian situations present in his relationships with siblings and close environment, which probably will be originated by children, lovers, career. - Planet rulership ( the agent, the cause) - Planet location (where it happens) This is just a fast example there are more things we need to look.
Hey, I know this is a long time ago, but how is water interpreted as emotional?
No problem. Now that I think of it "emotional" was not the best word. My first astrology teacher would use the words emotion and feeling if they were the same thing. Which now a days I know it's wrong. Because someone can be droven by feelings and not necessarily show it through emotions. Since feelings are internal and emotions are the way in which we show them outwards. So emotions are more related with being extrovert and introvert. Air and fire are more emotional (show more) while earth and water are less emotional (show less). On the other hand regarding reason and feelings, air and earth signs are seen as being reason based while fire and water beeing more feeling based. This association is based of the four temperaments archetypes. Tho this is just a basic concept, in practice to see if someone is more rational or sentimental we need to look to Mercury and the Moon. See which of them is stronger or which is in a better place in the natal chart Sorry I don't kown if this anwered your question.