The zodiac signs

The zodiac is a circle of twelve signs that the Sun, Moon and planets move through. Your Sun sign is one of them, and every other planet in your chart sits in one too.

The twelve signs

• Aries: The first spark: courage, speed and a short fuse.
• Taurus: Steady, sensual and hard to move.
• Gemini: Curious, quick and of two minds.
• Cancer: Protective, moody and loyal to its own.
• Leo: Warm, proud and made for an audience.
• Virgo: Careful, useful and hard on itself.
• Libra: Fair, charming and slow to choose.
• Scorpio: Intense, private and all or nothing.
• Sagittarius: Free, frank and always heading somewhere.
• Capricorn: Ambitious, dry and built to last.
• Aquarius: Independent, idealistic and a little apart.
• Pisces: Tender, imaginative and hard to hold.

Elements

Each sign belongs to one of four elements. Fire acts, earth builds, air thinks and water feels.

• Fire signs: Drive, warmth and faith.
• Earth signs: Practical, patient and real.
• Air signs: Ideas, talk and connection.
• Water signs: Feeling, depth and memory.

Modalities

Each sign also starts, holds or ends a season.

• Cardinal signs: The ones who start things.
• Fixed signs: The ones who hold on.
• Mutable signs: The ones who adapt.