Masculine Signs / Feminine Signs

It has nothing to do with sex

Rebecca Brents
4 min readFeb 23, 2019
Movement and stability

Fire and Air / Earth and Water

The Fire signs are Aries, Leo and Sagittarius. The Air signs are Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. They are the masculine signs.

The Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn. The Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. They are the feminine signs.

Two orientations on the world

In Astrology and metaphysics, Masculine and Feminine refers not to gender or personal manner, but to one’s basic orientation on the world and one’s preferred strategies for dealing with problems.

Essentially, “masculine” signs prefer to seize the moment, make things happen and change what doesn’t suit them with their actions and choices. Feminine signs take a more subtle, passive approach when dealing with challenge or working for change.

Masculine sign people are life’s movers-and-shakers, while feminine signs prefer to be patient, bide their time and “wait and see what happens” before spending energy and resources to make life bend to their will.

Steady as she goes

They believe that in an ever-changing world, life will often hand them a better situation and require nothing but a…

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