Category: Zodiac and Tarot Posts

So that 24 hour readathon really took a lot out of me, I think with my medicine and chronic illness it will probably be the last one for me. Too many recovery days. Getting back to our Zodiac posts our next sign is Leo, often represented by a Lion.

Leo is the fifth sign of the zodiac (July 22 to August 23), it is a

-fixed sign

-fire sign

-ruled by the Sun

Leo Personality

Sign Positives

People born under this sign are natural born leaders with natural charm. They are dramatic self confident and extremely difficult to resist. On the positive side Leos can achieve anything in any area of life they commit to. They often have many friends and are generous and loyal people.

Self confident they are able to unite different groups toward a shared cause. They also have a great sense of humor which makes uniting people easier. People who are this sign are also warmhearted, loving to laugh and they love to have a good time. These people like to use their mind to solve complicated problems.

Sign Negatives

On the bad side they can have a dominant personality. They can easily ask for everything they need and easily unconsciously neglect the needs of those around them in their own chase for personal gain or status.

The can easily become too fond of their achievements and status setting themselves up for a downfall. They will use their anger as a protective wall to shield their vulnerabilities. They want to be perceived as unbreakable because they are scared of admitting vulnerability, needing things from other people, being incomplete.

What does this sign hate

This sign despises being bossed around. They feel very much in charge of their own worlds and destiny. Leos are perpetually wounded by perceived betrayal and abandonment. They wield their pride as a sword to wield to protect themselves. Their ingrained need to be acknowledged and validated can be can border on narcissistic.

They hate being told what to do, but if you get them to think it was their idea you can usually persuade them. This sign demands respect and they don’t take kindly to people who don’t respect them.

Sources

https://www.astrology-zodiac-signs.com/zodiac-signs/leo/

https://www.costarastrology.com/zodiac-signs/leo-sign

Basic Information

The fourth sign of the Zodiac Cancer or Crab in Latin people born under this sign: are born from June 21st to June 22to July 21 and July 22. Some things which we will discuss later about Cancer are the fact that it is

-A water sign

-A negative sign

-A cardinal sign

Emotions

Cancers are deeply in touch with their intuition and Cancer can be one of the most challenging Zodiac signs to get to know. They are deeply in touch with their emotions and care about the matters of home and family, or found family. One of the easiest ways to insult a Cancer is to insult their family. They are sympathetic to their families needs and like to keep them close.

This sign can be very loyal to those they get close to and are able to empathize with other people’s pain and suffering. They feel the most controlled by other planets that rule them, we’ll do a post on ruling planets soon. Especially because they are controlled by the moon and the moon is close.

Mood Swings of the Crab

As children they are prone to mood swings and don’t have the tools to deal with the outer world and need to be treated with kindness and understanding. They will slowly learn defensive mechanisms for the world and other ways to cope however.

They will continue to have mood swings later in life if not taken care with enough patience and love. Cancers content to be with their family and avoid conflict. The crab will only fight someone bigger than itself when it thinks itself or it’s family is being beat up on. If you see a Cancer in a conflict they are trying to help others and are probably not aware of their own strength. A cancer would do much better to avoid conflict.

Tomorrow we will examine any literary Cancers we can think of

The third sign in the Zodiac we are going to address after Taurus is Gemini this summer sign that goes from May 21 to June 20. Gemini is in fact set of bright stars the brightest of which are Castor and Pollox. Castor was originally thought to be brighter but that was because of historical issues with telescopes. Pollox is indeed the brighter star, named for historical twins.

These are the though they are the two brightest stars astronomically the two are quite different from each other. This makes sense also when we think about the Gemini personality. Gemini’s often get one of the worst reputations of all the signs, there are a few others which I’ll mention when we come to them. Those different twins, can lead to people thinking Gemini are two faced. While Gemini do seem to have two personalities its not necessarily a bad thing.

Gemini are expressive and quick witted and you’ll never know which side of them you’ll face which could be tough for some people to deal with, but Gemini’s just want to see everything they are social, communicative and ready for fun, but can at the drop of a hat turn serious and contemplative even a bit restless, as though there isn’t enough time to see and do everything they want to do. They really love the world and this is where that restlessness comes from.

Some things we will talk about later Gemini is an

Air Sign (The first one we’ve encountered, we’ll do a post to go over the elements soon)

Mutable

Positive sign

In the next post we will explore characters we think have Gemini traits and try and take some of the negative stigma away from this misunderstood sign.

Sources

Gemini Info

The Magician is technically the first card in Major Arcana. The Fool takes the place of 0. Since this is the first card it is as good as a place as to talk about reverse meanings. A reverse meaning is when you pull a card and it’s upside down. For example take this card if you pull it right side up its meanings are manifestation of good things, resourcefulness and power and inspired action. When the card is pulled in a reading upside down though it means manipulation, poor planning and talents you haven’t used.

Not all readers believe in reverse meanings some will simply only read the cards one way, that’s my personal way of reading. That doesn’t make it wrong or right. How you decide to read is up to you.

Examples of the Magician

More about the Magician card it’s a card you often see when you need to show the world your talents. Get out their and nail a presentation! Yeah! Find your inner Magician, present yourself for a great interview at work that’s this card at work. Now if aren’t showing the world your talents this card will keep coming round telling you to put yourself out there to try those new beginning and opportunities even if they seem scary.

This card wants you to know that you are in control and you should be ready to show the world your talents in the traditional Rider-Waite it shows a man holding up a staff reaching towards the stars this deals with the person on the card manifesting their dreams from the metaphysical realm into physical one. More modern feminist decks also evoke this imagery and they show that you can bring forward your dreams into the real world.

In the next post we will go over character who evoke this card, either main character or side characters who have Magician energy.

Coming back to Zodiac signs the next sign after Aries is Taurus This sign is often associated with the bull. It is the second astronomical sign in the modern western Zodiac. A Taurus is someone who was born between April 20th and May 20th. Taurus is a smart, ambitious, and trustworthy sign.

While they have a reputation for being stubborn leads to the bull image while what they really value is honesty, they are willing to change their opinion but not just for others only when they truly have a change of heart. They are also hard workers not afraid to pull up their sleeves and throw in their share of work to get the job done.

Also some things we are going to note but that we won’t discuss till later

Taurus is a

-Fixed Sign

-Earth Sign

-Negative Sign

While we will discuss these in future posts, now more about the Taurus personality

About Taurus

The Taurus: The Bull Personality

Tauruses are normally content with the way things are. They love stability. An oasis of calm, or a rock of dependability when things are falling apart arounds them. People of this sign tend to focus on practical knowledge and experience.

Tauruses are focused on the world around them, and tend to be grounded and logical, they are big fans of routine and their own comfort. This sign likes to be in control and any materialism is an extension of their own stability. Otherwise they are patient and steady.

Once they get into a routine it’s difficult for them to break. They prefer things to be predictable. To the point of eating the same meal or wearing the same outfit over and over and over. They like to discover what they have fun doing then keep doing over and over again.

Tauruses like to work, and while they can be stubborn, bull headed and set in their ways they are also great listeners and very dependable. They are great workers in the fact they they will see a problem through till it is finished

Negative Traits

Tauruses have a tough time with criticism. Not that they react negatively more like they are apathetic and it has no effect.

This sign is stubborn thus its sign, the bull. You will not make a Taurus do something they do not want to do. They are slow to change their minds because it threatens their sense of stability. Becoming so set in a routine can cause them to lose sight of what matters and they become emotionally and physically lazy.

Being stubborn and obstinate means that they have a hard time listening to other people.

Overall this sign is strong and a great helper but can have it’s stubborn moments. Tomorrow we will discuss characters who fit this sign.

Sources

Horoscope Spirituality

Co-Star

So tarot is a broad topic. We are going to stick to the basics for now until we get reason to go deeper into the topic, which knowing what I’m planning to do for these post we probably will lol.

Major Arcana in Tarot

The cards are separated into two different types. The whole deck consists of 78 cards, when you are doing a tarot reading most readers use the whole deck. Though every reader is different. The difference then between Major and Minor Arcana is their gravitas Major Arcana card of which there are 21 number (1 unumbered The Fool). The Major Arcana represent the major life choices and teacher and influences coming into our lives if you see a Major Arcana card in your reading pay attention because the universe is trying to tell you something.

Minor Arcana

While the Major Arcana deal with the the large tribulations in life the Minor Arca na deal with our day to day issues, things from a stubbed toe to traffic, these are the cards you will see if you’re going to be reading a lot. They will come up from day to day as you deal with your problems. They are place into four courts or houses, cups, swords or knives, wands, and pentacles or coins. In this way the minor arcana is set up like a deck of regular playing cards. They are numbered from 1 to King. The court cards are usually associated with some person coming into your life.

Getting a Reading

It is best when you are getting a reading to have a specific question in mind even if you are being read virtually the reader can focus on that question when they do their reading.

It’s also good to charge your cards and keep them in a place with positive energy, if you’re not familiar with charging we’ll do a post on that in the future. But popular methods include letting them charge under the full moon also protecting them in silk or some kind of nice bag.

Soon we will go over the first card of the Major Arcana: The Fool. This card has a deceptive name but we’ll go more into that in our next post.

Thanks for reading, and we’ll soon be comparing some bookish characters to the Fool.

A good resource to look at for basic information is Biddy Tarot