Another Division, Three Ways of Moving
In addition to the division into the four qualities of fire, earth, air, and water, the 12 signs have a division by the three ways of moving of cardinal, fixed, and mutable. In astrology, these ways of moving are called qualities.
The cardinal signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn. The fixed signs are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius. The mutable signs are Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. Four signs go into one way of moving. If the four qualities are a division for seeing "what is valued," the three ways of moving are a division for seeing "how one moves." Layering the two shows your own way of proceeding more concretely.
Cardinal — The Power to Start, and the Power to Make a Break
Cardinal signs are read in connection with starting things and making new breaks. Signs that fall at the beginning of a season are gathered here, and speed in starting to move is a characteristic. In situations where a decision is made, a way of proceeding where you present a new form and adjust afterwards, rather than continuing the current state, tends to fit.
Because the power to start is strong, maintenance after starting needs to rely on another way of moving. What is important in a cardinal reading is not to make starting itself the purpose. If, when you start, you decide by when, and who will take over and continue it, the speed of starting leads directly to a work result. Thinking of the judgment to decide and the arrangements to continue separately is the way to use the cardinal quality.
Fixed — The Power to Continue, and the Power to Draw a Line
Fixed signs are read in connection with continuing what has been decided and not wavering in the middle. Signs that fall in the middle of a season are gathered here, and the power to keep a form once decided is a characteristic. The power tends to come to the surface more in work where you hold the same assignment for a long time and build it up than in work where the person in charge changes frequently.
Because the power to continue is strong, judgments to stop tend to be delayed. This is because, even if conditions change, you think on the premise of continuing. In a fixed reading, it is necessary to set, by your own division, a time to decide again whether to continue. For example, at the break of the year, or at a time for reviewing assignments, you put the reason for continuing into words and check it. If you make continuing something chosen as a result of deciding again, judgments to stop can also be made on the same foundation.
The power to continue can also be used as the power to draw a line. How far you continue as your own assignment, and from where onward you hand over. If you decide that boundary in words, the scope of assignments to continue becomes clear, and too much holding in can be prevented. The strength of the fixed quality lies not in holding everything and continuing it, but in continuing a decided scope without wavering. If you divide the judgment that decides the scope from the execution that continues, the goodness of this way of moving comes to the surface more easily.
Mutable — The Power to Adjust, and the Power to Hand Over
Mutable signs are read in connection with changing the way of proceeding to match the situation. Signs that fall in the period before a season changes are gathered here, and adjustment for moving to the next form is a characteristic. Rather than continuing a fixed procedure as it is, a way of proceeding where you change the order or method to match the other person or the situation tends to fit.
Because the power to adjust is strong, your own line drawing can become vague. This is a form where, as you repeat changes to match the other person, the original purpose and deadline slip. In a mutable reading, it is important to divide in advance the scope you will adjust and the part you will not change. If you decide even just one part that you will not change, the power to adjust works not as acting on the spur of the moment, but as a power to coordinate. The same applies in situations where you hand things over: a form where you decide the scope to hand over, and match the way of proceeding to the other person, is suited.
The Three Ways of Moving Change by Situation Even Within One Person
This division does not fix people into three types. Even the same person, in a situation of starting, may show a cardinal way of moving, and in a situation of continuing, may show a fixed way of moving. The quality of the sun sign is read as the way of moving that, among these, tends to come to the surface most.
Looking at work situations, the step of planning, the step of continuing operations, and the step of adjusting to match a business partner each require different ways of moving. When the way of moving you are good at and the way of moving required in the current step are out of line, rather than forcing a change in your way of proceeding, it is more realistic to place separately a person to take that step. Conversely, in a period when your way of moving matches the step, not postponing judgment and deciding on the spot advances the arrangements.
As a concrete work example, if you consider the handing over of an assignment, a cardinal way of moving is needed in the situation of deciding a new structure of assignment, a fixed way of moving in the situation of continuing without breaking the form after handing over, and a mutable way of moving in the situation of adjusting the order of handing over to match the other person's situation. That is to say, within a single handover, the three ways of moving are needed in turn.
Using Them Layered onto Monthly Readings
When reading this site's monthly horoscope, these three ways of moving can also be used layered on. In a month where a reading about starting something new is strong, decide breaks consciously using a cardinal way of moving. In a month centered on review and maintenance, check the reasons for continuing with a fixed way of moving. In a month with many changes and adjustments, with a mutable way of moving, divide the part to change from the part not to change.
Knowing your way of moving is not pinning down your own personality. It is material for distinguishing which way of moving is needed for the current step of work. When you can make that distinction, you can place judgments such as deciding, continuing, and handing over anew for each situation.
Awareness of your own way of moving can also be used when reviewing judgment itself. This is because, the more a period of decisions continues, the more judgments lean toward the way of moving you are good at. Whether only judgments to start have become fast, whether, fixed on continuing, judgments to stop have been delayed, whether, leaning toward adjusting, line drawing has become vague. If you have time to check this bias even once a month, you can look at judgments objectively, a little apart from your own habits. This checking itself is work that takes only a few minutes.