The twelve signs

A sign is a manner, not a personality: it colours whichever planet stands in it. Each page gives the dates, the element and modality, the ruler, the gift and the shadow, and the tarot cards the tradition attributes to it.

• ♈ AriesFire · Cardinalabout 21 March – 19 April — initiating, courageous, direct.
• ♉ TaurusEarth · Fixedabout 20 April – 20 May — steady, sensual, loyal.
• ♊ GeminiAir · Mutableabout 21 May – 20 June — curious, verbal, quick.
• ♋ CancerWater · Cardinalabout 21 June – 22 July — protective, tidal, devoted.
• ♌ LeoFire · Fixedabout 23 July – 22 August — radiant, generous, proud.
• ♍ VirgoEarth · Mutableabout 23 August – 22 September — discerning, useful, precise.
• ♎ LibraAir · Cardinalabout 23 September – 22 October — relational, aesthetic, fair.
• ♏ ScorpioWater · Fixedabout 23 October – 21 November — intense, penetrating, private.
• ♐ SagittariusFire · Mutableabout 22 November – 21 December — expansive, philosophical, candid.
• ♑ CapricornEarth · Cardinalabout 22 December – 19 January — strategic, enduring, responsible.
• ♒ AquariusAir · Fixedabout 20 January – 18 February — inventive, detached, principled.
• ♓ PiscesWater · Mutableabout 19 February – 20 March — porous, imaginative, compassionate.