Aries, The Ram

Polarity:  Masculine / Positive (outward expression)

Quality:  Cardinal (directed activity)

Planetary Rulers:  Mars--lower aspect (violent, impulsive energy)

Personality Traits:  Chaos, disruptiveness, explosiveness, extravagance, force, strength, energy, vigor, impulsiveness, assertiveness, impatience, and spontaneity

Taurus, The Bull

Polarity:  Feminine - / Negative (hidden form)

Quality:  Fixed (stability, stored-up potential energy)

Planetary Ruler:  Venus--lower aspect (acquisitive attraction)

Personality Traits:  An instinct for gathering material wealth, powers of concentration, captivity, retention, and conservation. solidity, strength, concentrated physical energy, determination, preservation, and self-sufficiency

Gemini, The Twins

Polarity:  Masculine / Positive (outward expression)

Quality:  Mutable (oscillatory activity)

Planetary Ruler:  Mercury--lower aspect (restless communication)

Personality Traits:  Dualistic, versatile, changeful, unstable, erratic, restless, indecisive, nervous, temperamental, mercurial, youthful, extremely communicative

Cancer, The Crab

Polarity:  Feminine / Negative (hidden form)

Quality:  Cardinal (directed activity)

Planetary Ruler:  The Moon (cycles, protectiveness, nurturing)

Personality Traits:  Moody, mothering, nurturing, providing, self-preserving, possessive, sensitive, shy, gentle, protecting, and dependable

Leo, The Lion

Polarity:  Masculine / Positive (outward expression)

Quality:  Fixed (stability, stored up potential energy)

Planetary Ruler:  The Sun (power, will, individuality)

Personality Traits:  Power, central will, vitality, dominion, authority, courage, self-confidence, dignity, extroversion, integration, and the ability to organize

Virgo, The Virgin

Polarity:  Feminine / Negative (hidden form)

Quality:  Mutable (oscillatory activity)

Planetary Ruler:  Mercury--higher aspect (discriminative communication)

Personality Traits:  Selective, nitpicky, highly critical, analytical, discriminatory, seek perfection

Libra, The Scales

Polarity:  Masculine / Positive (outward expression)

Quality:  Cardinal (directed activity)

Planetary Ruler:  Venus--higher aspect (cooperative attraction)

Personality Traits:  Seekers of cooperative relationships and ventures, tactful, diplomatic, manipulative, dependent, have a strong sense of justice, concerned with conjugality, partnership, marriage, union, and "we" consciousness

Scorpio, The Scorpion

Polarity:  Feminine / Negative (hidden form)

Quality:  Fixed (stability, stored up potential energy)

Planetary Rulers:  Mars--higher aspect (assertive, generative energy)

Personality Traits:  Creative, resourceful, firm, determined, self-controlled, self-confident, self-reliant, willful, obstinate, proud, rebellious, resentful, vindictive, and passionate, revolutionary, initiator of upheaval, the power behind the throne

Sagittarius, The Centaur-Archer

Polarity:  Masculine / Positive (outward expression)

Quality:  Mutable (oscillatory activity)

Planetary Ruler:  Jupiter--higher aspect (optimistic expansion)

Personality Traits:  Aspiring, freedom loving, independent, friendly, outgoing, direct, optimistic, willing to take a chance, interested in moving into the future, and lacking in discipline

Capricorn, The Goat

Polarity:  Feminine / Negative (hidden form)

Quality:  Cardinal (directed activity)

Planetary Ruler:  Saturn--lower aspect (rigidified restraint)

Personality Traits:  Ambitious, hard-working, disciplined, patient, persistent, dependable, expedient, efficient, confident, realistic, constructive, practical, lover of routine and tradition

Aquarius, The Water-Bearer

Polarity:  Masculine / Positive (outward expression)

Quality:  Fixed (stability, stored-up potential energy)

Planetary Rulers:  Saturn--higher aspect (self-disciplined restraint)

Personality Traits:  Opinionated, cold, detached, inflexible, critical, rebels, individualists, liberators, inventors, and eagerness to change the established order to meet future needs

Pisces, The Fishes

Polarity:  Feminine / Negative (hidden form)

Quality:  Mutable (oscillatory activity)

Planetary Rulers:  Jupiter--lower aspect (extravagant expansion)

Personality Traits:  Tend toward nebulousness, lose their personal identity through service to social causes and the collective whole