EARTH: practical productive patient

materialistic methodical persistent

down-to-earth exacting enduring
security-minded thorough dependable
realistic orderly stable
People with 6 or more earth signs will be concerned with
concrete details and tangible results. They will operate most
frequently in the world of their senses, attuned to their immediate
environment, to their physical bodies, and to sensory
comforts and pleasures.
AIR: intellectual observant indecisive
questioning objective talkative
conceptualizing detached interacting
synthesizing unrealistic cooperating
People with 6 or more air signs usually live in their minds,
restlessly seeking knowledge and sharing their thoughts with
other people. Somewhat impersonal, they nevertheless thrive
on communication and social interaction.
WATER: moody responsive personal
sensitive dependent flowing
vulnerable nurturing intuitive
sentimental protective imaginative
empathic secretive passive
People with 6 or more water signs frequently lose themselves
in their feelings or the feelings of other people, and have
difficulty maintaining their separateness. Their extreme sensitivity
often leads them to withdraw into themselves. Often
quite psychic, they respond with great compassion to the
needs of other people.
A2. WEAKEST ELEMENT
(How many? Circle if 0 or 1/14.)
If a chart has 0 or 1 of an element, or if all the counts of
one element are those of outer planets, the individual in question
may be markedly deficient in the characteristics of that
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element. Two counts of an element indicates a minor deficiency.
Sometimes, other variables in a chart can at least partially
compensate for this deficiency.
Compensations for 0 or 1 fire counts include: Mars in a
fire sign (particularly Aries); Mars in a focal position (conjunct
an angle, at the end of a t-square or at the handle of a
bucket); Mars in, or to some extent ruling a fire house (particularly
the 1st house); Mars conjunct Sun, Jupiter or Moon;
Jupiter in Sagittarius; or a cardinal emphasis.
Compensations for 0 or 1 earth counts include: Satum in
an earth sign (particularly Capricorn); a focal Satum (conjunct
an angle, at the end of a t-square or at the handle of a bucket);
Satum in, or to some extent ruling an earth house (particularly
the 10th house); Saturn conjunct Sun, Mercury or Mars; Mercury
in Virgo; Venus in Taurus; or an emphasis on fixed signs.
Compensations for 0 or 1 air include: Mercury in an air
sign (particularly Gemini); a focal Mercury (conjunct an angle,
at the end of a t-square or at the handle of a bucket); Mercury
in, or to some extent ruling an air house (particularly the 3rd
house); Mercury in Virgo; Mercury conjunct Sun; Uranus or
Venus; Venus in Libra; or a mutable emphasis.
Compensations for 0 or 1 water include: Moon in, or to
some extent ruling a water house (particularly the 4th house);
a focal Moon (conjunct an angle, at the end of a t-square or
at the handle of a bucket); Moon conjunct Sun, Neptune or
Pluto; or an emphasis on mutable signs.
These compensations should be taken into account when
assessing the importance of a particular deficiency in a chart.
Such compensations may not substitute for a lack of an element;
they may simply increase the desire to express that
element, without giving the natural ability to function accordingly.
Nevertheless, because people who are weak in an element
have not developed most of that element's characteristics,
they usually are aware of their lack and strive to overcome
it. Initially, their attempts to compensate for an inherent lack
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may make them appear as if the element in question is strong
in their charts. However, because