PREVIOUS THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY April 7 2014 to April 13 2014 Monday April 7 Divide and Rule Last week, I told how the Cardinal signs (Libra, Aries, Cancer and Capricorn) bestow courage and initiative while the Fixed signs (Leo, Aquarius, Taurus and Scorpio) imbue their subjects with determination and consistency of purpose. I also mentioned the Mutable signs of Gemini, Sagittarius, Virgo and Pisces and suggested they had, in common, a willingness to adapt and adjust. And of course, we can also divide the twelve signs into four groups of three: the elements of Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Neatly, each sign of a particular element becomes either Cardinal, Fixed or Mutable. I'll explain more tomorrow. Tuesday April 8 The Fire Brigade Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are the fire signs. They share a natural warmth and excitability. If you think of them as different kinds of flame, then Aries, the 'Cardinal' fire sign is a wild spark, leaping out of nowhere with the potential to alter everything. Leo, the 'fixed' fire sign is perhaps more the fierce glow of a furnace or the hypnotic flicker of a hearth log. And Sagittarius, the 'mutable fire sign' may be seen more as the sudden burst of a firework. Tomorrow I will explain how the Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable principles apply to Earth signs. Wednesday April 9 Down to Earth Capricorn, Taurus and Virgo are the Earth signs. They bestow sensible, practical, nurturing qualities. To understand the difference between them it may help to think of all three as different kinds of 'earth'. Capricorn, the 'Cardinal' earth sign is best seen as a rock, boulder, even a mountain. It obliges everything that comes towards it to respectfully make an allowance for it. Taurus, the 'fixed' earth sign is more like fertile soil. It stays largely in one place, slowly and consistently supporting new growth. And Mutable Virgo is more like sand or clay. It shifts and changes shape. Thursday April 10 On Air Gemini, Libra and Aquarius are air signs. We can't see air. We can only see what it does. We can say the same about opinions and ideas. These too, are invisible and ethereal. We use abstract methods, like language and numbers, to communicate them. Libra, the 'cardinal' air sign, may be thought of as the breeze that blows a weather vane, allowing sensitive measurements and subtle comparisons. Aquarius, the 'fixed' air sign, is more like refined air atop a high mountain: ideals, ethics and innovations. Gemini, the mutable air sign, is about transactions and solutions. The wind of change! Friday April 11 Deep Water The 'water signs' are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. Water represents emotion, deep feeling and profound intuitive empathy. The 'fixed' sign of Scorpio might be compared to the water in a lake. We can draw inference here from the old saying, 'Still waters run deep.' Pisces, meanwhile, is perhaps best thought of as a babbling brook, wending and winding its way to the sea by any available route. It is the most 'mutable' (or adaptable sign) of the most fluid element. And the Cardinal sign of Cancer surely symbolises the sea itself. Moods and sensitivities that can seem endless and overwhelming. Saturday April 12 Your Week Ahead Welcome to a powerful, historic, potentially life-changing week. It brings a total lunar eclipse plus a rare 'Grand Cross' shape of heavenly bodies between the Cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. These are considered to imbue the qualities of initiative and leadership. Uranus in Aries now forms a right angle to Jupiter in Cancer which in turn forms a right angle to Mars in Libra which squares the circle once more in an angle to tiny but mighty Pluto in Capricorn. This should be seen by us all as a week where anything positive is possible. Sunday April 13 Your Week Ahead - Love Focus Remember, your Love Forecast today doesn't just cover romance. A love forecast may also have something to say about your family life, your closest friendships and even some of your most important working relationships. Back to Index   Click here for Jonathan Cainer's Daily Zodiac Forecasts