Aries The Ram March 21 to April 20 Fire Cardinal Taurus The Bull April 21 to May 20 Earth Fixed Gemini The Twins May 21 to June 20 Air Mutable Cancer The Crab June 21 to July 21 Water Cardinal Leo The Lion July 22 to August 22 Fire Fixed Virgo The Virgin August 23 to September 22 Earth Mutable Libra The Scales September 23 to October 22 Air Cardinal Scorpio The Scorpion October 23 to November 21 Water Fixed Sagittarius The Archer November 22 to December 21 Fire Mutable Capricorn The Sea Goat December 22 to January 20 Earth Cardinal Aquarius The Water Bearer January 21 to February 19 Air Fixed Pisces The Fish February 20 to March 20 Water Mutable*1 The twelve signs of the Western zodiac are very familiar to us, many astrologically savvy would also know that each sign carries specific elemental attributes, i.e. either earth, water, air, or fire, also it can be cardinal, fixed or mutable. Traditionally the first sign is Aries, Ram, as it was the constellation where the Sun rose at vernal equinox in the 7th century BC according to the Babylonian calendar. Naturally nowadays the first sign should be counted from Pisces, we are in the "Age of Pisces," however the tradition took its roots and is widely used.*2 the precession of the equinoxes describes the movement of the equinoxes westward, opposite to the motion of the Sun, along the ecliptic relative to the fixed stars.*3 Over a period of approximately 25,625 years the zodiac belt constellations make a 360 degree rotation, thus causing the rise and fall of the Iron, Copper, Silver, and Golden Ages, each Age has three (start, middle, end) out of twelve signs of zodiac: Gemini, Taurus, Aries of the Iron Age represent elemental Earth; Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn of the Copper Age represent elemental Water; Sagittarius, Scorpio (traditionally Eagle constellation), Libra of the Silver Age represent elemental Air; and Virgo (traditionally the House of Bread, hence the origins of the word Bethlehem*4,) Leo, and Cancer of the Golden Age represent the elemental Fire. Now, you might have noticed in the above table that each of the zodiac signs is already attributed to an elemental earth, water, air, or fire and now being placed in the precession of The Ages carry yet another set of elemental attributes, however this time it describes the sign's position relative to he procession of time on Earth and its heavenly home base address, i.e.: the earth animals of bull and ram with the human twins embody the elemental earth; the water bound fish and water bearer spilling water through the air to fill the bowl for Capricorn naturally represent elemental water; the Sagittarius piercing air with an arrow, followed by the Scorpio, which is traditionally known as the constellation of Eagle, and Libra, ruled by Venus, with her scales balancing in the air symbolize elemental air; and the fiery Virgo, traditionally known as the House of Bread (the heaven's bakery), Leo, and Scorpio signify the elemental fire. Thus each sign has two elemental attributes. For example, our current Copper Age is in the sign of Pisces has double water (water/water) attributes, soon followed by Aquarius (water bearer spilling water through the air) which is (air/water) combo, then Capricorn (water/earth); the Silver Age starts with the sign of Sagittarius (fire/air), Scorpio (water/air) the reverse order from Aquarius, then Libra (air/air); the Golden Age is ushering in by the Virgo (earth/fire), climaxing with the Leo (fire/fire), and dwindling out with Cancer (water/fire) as water extinguishes the fire with great smoke as it fizzles out opening the way for... the long dry spell grip of the Iron Age overseen by the elemental earth signs: Gemini (human twins, air/earth); the Taurus (bull, earth/earth); and the Aries (ram, fire/earth). Thus is how the Great Wheel of Time turns. ________________________________________________________________ *1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_astrology#The_twelve_signs *2 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac#Early_history *3 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precession_of_the_equinoxes *4 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem