The four elements
Fire, earth, air and water: every sign belongs to one, in a pattern that repeats every four signs.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Fire, earth, air, water
- What an element tells you
A first look at the lesson
Every sign has an element (tattva). Going round from Aries, the elements come in the same order again and again: fire, earth, air, water.
Astrologers use the element as a first clue to a sign's nature. Fire signs are energetic and bold, earth signs practical and steady, air signs quick and sociable, water signs feeling and sensitive.
More lessons on this subject
- The 12 rashis in orderLearn the 12 signs in order, with their numbers, Sanskrit names and what each name pictures.
- Counting from a signCount the 4th, 7th or 12th sign from any sign, and find the sign opposite it.
- Movable, fixed and dualEvery sign is movable, fixed or dual, in a pattern that repeats every three signs.
- The lords of the signsEach sign is ruled by a graha: the Sun and the Moon one sign each, five grahas two signs each.
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