Qualities have to do with how we Act. There are three qualities, each with four signs. Their
names are Cardinal,
Fixed, and Mutable,
but I prefer to call them the Action
signs, the Stubborn signs, and the Adaptable
signs. If you have a majority of planets (at least 5) in any one
quality, it stands out in your life.
A majority in the Cardinal
Signs
(Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn) shows a person who
dives into one project after another. Life to folks with a
Cardinal majority has to have plenty of action. They don't
adapt, like the Mutable signs. They attack. ?i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Forward
charge!?/i> is their motto. They always seem to attract
crises, and if they can't find one, they will create a crisis
just to have something to do. Marc Edmund Jones said that those
with a Cardinal majority are 搊pportunistic rather than
particularly aware of the right or wrong of anything.?Of
course. For Cardinal majority people, action is where it's at.
A good example of a horoscope with a Cardinal majority is the chart of Clint
Eastwood. Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto are all in Cardinal
Signs. Clint specialized in playing action heroes. However,
typical of the Cardinal sign need for new worlds to conquer,
he branched out into producing, directing, and politics (he
was the mayor of Carmel, California).
Donald
Trump also has a Cardinal majority (Mercury,
Venus, and Saturn are in Cancer, and Jupiter and Neptune are in
Libra). He goes from one deal to the next and has even written a
book called 揟he Art of the Deal.?Again, in Cardinal sign
fashion, staying in one field is not enough for that restless
nature. He also owns casinos, wrote two books, tried owning an
airline, and considered a run for president.
Henri
Landru had seven
planets in Cardinal signs, and six of them were in his 12th
House (psychological problems and matters that we want to keep
hidden). He went from wife to wife, getting them to take their
money out of the bank and then making them 揹isappear?(none
of the bodies were ever found). He did it 10 or eleven times (I
lost count; he probably did too) before he was caught and sent to
the guillotine.
Audrey
Hepburn had five Cardinal planets. Her career path is a good example of the effect of
a Cardinal majority on the life. Rather than stay in one career
her entire life, she went from modeling to movies and then retired
at age 37 to raise her children. Later, instead of returning to
Hollywood, she worked with the United Nations on children's
matters.
Bill
Cosby has five Cardinal planets. He started as a stand up comic, made a hit as an
undercover agent in the ground breaking series 揑 Spy? had a
short run in another series as a football coach, had a monster hit
in his sitcom 揟he Cosby Show? played a retired medical
examiner in 揟he Bill Cosby Mysteries? and hosted a quiz
show. A perfect example of Cardinal
sign opportunism and always looking for new worlds to conquer.
A majority of planets in the Fixed
Signs
(Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) shows a person who may
take a long time to start something. But once they are moving,
they don't stop. And they are stubborn. Stability
is the main interest of those with a Fixed majority. They don't
like to change. Someone with a Cardinal majority will probably focus on
immediate results. Those with a Fixed majority will most likely
set their sights on the long view (OK, if I do this now, I'll
get that good result right away, but 5 years down the line it's
going to be a disaster).
Mohammed
Ali has seven planets in Fixed signs. He was always in there for the long haul. In most of
his fights, the late rounds went to him. He took on the U.S.
government over a matter of principle and won. But his strength
turned out to be a weakness. Ali didn't know when to quit the
ring and kept fighting long past his prime.
Conrad
Hilton had five Fixed sign planets. The hotel chain still bears his name.
Carl
Jung
had six Fixed sign planets. He had one big insight and spent the rest of
his life following it up.
Woodrow
Wilson
was another with six Fixed planets. Even though he ultimately failed, his goals were
based on principle and not just an immediate crisis.
Arthur
Miller
also has six Fixed
planets. His most famous play, 揟he Death of a Salesman? didn't
deal as much with human relationships or immediate crises as much
as it did with the principles by which the main character, Willy
Loman, lived and how those principles resulted in disaster.. 揟he
Crucible?on the surface was about a 17th century crisis, but it
really dealt with a recurring human flaw. 揟he View From the
Bridge?would seem to be an exception, since it seemed to be
concerned with relationships. In reality, it was based on an
ancient Greek tragedy and dealt with problems that could be
considered 揺ternal.?o:p>
One other thing about Arthur Miller. We looked at his chart
earlier in the chapter that dealt with having a majority of
planets in one element. Miller also has five planets in Water
Signs. What does this mean? It gives him the traits of the Sign
that is both fixed and water. Scorpio. This is why we can't overemphasize the Sun Sign. His Sun
is in Libra, a sign that normally likes to have everything in 揼ood
taste.?But with 5 planets
in water signs and 6 in fixed signs, he can act more like a
Scorpio, a sign that likes to dig deep and get at the dirty little
secrets, a sign that likes to see and experience the underside of life. We wouldn't know this about
him unless we counted the planets.
A majority of planets in Mutable
Signs shows a person who is more concerned with Relationships
and Communications than either principles or immediate problems.
Whenever there is a problem, the opportunistic Cardinal signs want
to attack it and come up with a fast solution, the Fixed signs
will reach an answer based on principle (whatever those principles
happen to be), but the Mutable signs will want to 搕alk it over?
If there is no one else involved, then they will research the
situation from every possible angle. Learning and experiencing
are big things with them.
Mutable
Signs tend to keep working on things as long as they are
interesting, even if there is a deadline. When the situation isn't
interesting any more, they have an urge to drop it, whether or not
the job has been finished.
Mutable
Signs and Cardinal
signs can drive each other crazy because Mutable will keep
talking about a situation from every possible angle. All the
Cardinal signs want, however, is the minimum of information they
need to reach a decision and take
action!
Noel
Coward had seven planets in Mutable
Signs. The time of his birth is uncertain, but that does not
affect the Sign Positions
of the planets. His plays were mostly light, breezy comedies. The
one exception was 揃rief Encounter?which was about a
relationship.
Charles
Addams had five Mutable planets. He also had Uranus, planet of the unexpected and shocking, right at the top of
his chart. His cartoons usually portrayed people in unusual
situations (like the one that showed a dignified, matronly lady
sitting in an upscale doctor's office when she suddenly notices
that the pictures on the wall are all scenes of torture). His 揂ddams
Family?cartoons became the basis for a TV series and two
movies. In typical Mutable signs fashion, they showed relationships,
viewed, of course, from a perverted standpoint.
Henry
David Thoreau had eight Mutable planets. He once wrote that if most people wanted to
take a trip around the world, they would first work and slave to
earn the money (most likely at a job they didn't like) but he
would just go, taking odd jobs along the way to meet expenses.
And, he continued, he would have a better time and learn
more. As good an example as any of the Mutable sign desire to
stay with things as long as they are interesting.