![]() "Someone could have several planets in both air and water signs, for example, and in that case, could reflect a blend of both temperaments." -Stephanie Gailing, astrologer "For example, someone could have several planets in both air and water signs, for example, and in that case, could reflect a blend of both temperaments," she says. As Gailing points out, many components of your overall natal chart-and the various elements they reflect-can play into your style or nature. Just as your astrological sun sign doesn’t determine your entire personality, the particular element of that sign doesn’t have full sway over your temperament, either (and, not to mention, your zodiac sign compatibility). How modern astrologers interpret the elements So, if we can then extrapolate one step further from those terms to modern astrological interpretations, the classic tendencies of the different elements begin to surface: Fire is often connected to extroversion, independence, and radiance air is linked to communication and social energy Earth is reflected in responsibility and practicality and water is associated with emotional and ever-changing energy, says Gailing. “This then translated to the four temperaments: fire is choleric, air is sanguine, Earth is melancholic, and water is phlegmatic.” “Fire is dry and hot, air is wet and hot, Earth is dry and cold, and water is wet and cold,” Gailing says. ![]() ![]() Stephanie Gailing, astrologer, wellness consultant, dream interpreter, and author of The Complete Guide to Astrological Self-Care and The Complete Book of DreamsĪround that period of time, a few centuries BCE, the elements also made an appearance in Hippocratic medicine (a system pioneered by the Greek physician Hippocrates), for being reflective of a person’s general constitution. ![]()
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