Astrology
The twelve signs
Tropical signs as a symbolic vocabulary.
Reflective symbolism only. This site does not calculate a chart and does not describe the sky tonight.
Aries
Aries is the tropical sign that opens at the March equinox, a symbol for clean starts rather than a verdict on courage.
♉Taurus
Taurus is the fixed earth sign of mid-spring in the north, a symbol for keeping, appetite, and the patience of material things.
♊Gemini
Gemini is the mutable air sign of late northern spring, a symbol for messages, doubling, and the skill of translation.
♋Cancer
Cancer is the cardinal water sign that begins at the June solstice in the north, a symbol for shelter, memory, and the ethics of care.
♌Leo
Leo is the fixed fire sign of high summer in the north, a symbol for visibility, warmth offered on purpose, and the courage to be specific.
♍Virgo
Virgo is the mutable earth sign of late northern summer, a symbol for discernment, repair, and the intelligence of useful detail.
♎Libra
Libra is the cardinal air sign of the September equinox in the north, a symbol for measure, agreement, and the work of weighing rather than a personality of niceness.
♏Scorpio
Scorpio is the fixed water sign of mid-autumn in the north, a symbol for staying with what is consequential, not a brand of darkness.
♐Sagittarius
Sagittarius is the mutable fire sign of late northern autumn, a symbol for aim, study, and the ethics of leaving a place better than you found its story.
♑Capricorn
Capricorn is the cardinal earth sign of the December solstice in the north, a symbol for structure, time, and ambition that can be carried.
♒Aquarius
Aquarius is the fixed air sign of midwinter in the north, a symbol for systems, friendship at civic scale, and ideas that have to meet a real street.
♓Pisces
Pisces is the mutable water sign of late northern winter, a symbol for permeability, imagination, and the skill of closing a gate on purpose.