Elements of the signs meaning in Vedic astrology: tattvas

Also called: tattva, fire signs, earth signs, air signs, water signs

Definition

Each sign carries one of four elements (tattvas): fire, earth, air or water, which describes its underlying state.

Fire (agni) signs are Aries, Leo and Sagittarius; earth (bhoo) signs are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn; air (vaayu) signs are Gemini, Libra and Aquarius; water (jala) signs are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. The fifth element, ether (aakaasa), is present in every sign.

P.V.R. Narasimha Rao (PVR) describes the states: fire transforms the state of things, earth has a constant and solid state, air a varying state and water a flexible state.

Each sign has one element and one type (movable, fixed or dual), and no two signs share both.

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Sources for this entry

P.V.R. Narasimha Rao, Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach

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