In the article "Classification of the Zodiac Signs - Four Divisions", the four-element classification method is mainly introduced.
A few years ago, I also wrote about the four elements of fire, earth, feng shui, and the twelve zodiac signs.
Today, let's move on to another common classification method of the zodiac signs - the rule of thirds.
If we say that the quadrangle divides the twelve zodiac signs into four categories according to the basic energy**.
Then the rule of thirds is to divide the twelve zodiac signs into three categories according to their action patterns and qualitative traits - creating constellations, fixed constellations, and changing constellations.
How do you understand and memorize which type each zodiac sign corresponds to? There are two ways to do this.
The first method: memorize according to the season.
Recall when the four seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres met and began?
Spring equinox (March 20), summer solstice (June 21), autumn equinox (September 22), winter solstice (December 21).
And how do we find out about our zodiac signs? That's right, based on our date of birth.
Each zodiac sign is in charge of about 30 days of the year.
Taking the Northern Hemisphere seasons as an example, the date table of the twelve zodiac signs is arranged in the following order:
Spring: Aries (321-4.19), Taurus (420-5.20), Gemini (521-6.21）
Summer: Cancer (622-7.22), Leo (723-8.22), * seat (823-9.22）
Autumn: Libra (923-10.23), Scorpio (1024-11.22), Sagittarius (1123-12.21）
Winter: Capricorn (12.)22-1.19), Aquarius (120-2.18), Pisces (219-3.20）
If you are sensitive to numbers and are very familiar with the 24 solar terms in China, then you will find that the start and end dates of the zodiac signs and the dates of some solar terms basically coincide.
In contrast to the above arrangement, the constellations that govern the beginning of each season correspond to the initiation constellations, which represent the beginning and stage of development of each season.
The zodiac signs that govern the middle part of each season correspond to the fixed signs, representing the gradual and stable phase of each season.
The constellations that govern the end of each season, correspond to the signs of change, representing the end of each season and the transition to the next.
And this order also corresponds to the order of the twelve constellations on the chart.
The second method: memorize according to the four elements.
If you really can't remember the time, order, and position of each sign, then there is another way for you to understand and remember.
In fact, you can think of the trichotomy of the zodiac signs as a refinement and extension of the quadrangle.
As mentioned at the beginning of the article, the quadrangle divides the twelve zodiac signs into four categories: fire, earth, and feng shui according to the basic energy**.
Then, the rule of thirds roughly "describes" the process of each elemental energy from "birth" to "stability" and then to "change".
It may still be abstract to say this, but it will be much clearer to list one.
Overall, the rule of thirds is not so difficult to understand, and you can roughly understand it according to the literal meaning.
To put it simply, creation-fixation-change mainly summarizes the entire development process of things.
Substituting into the constellations reveals the thinking patterns and behavioral habits of each type of constellation, which will be introduced one by one in future articles.
Constellations