Blueprint of the Soul—Part 03
The Four Elements: Fire, Earth, Air & Water
The essential building blocks of astrology
Welcome to Blueprint of the Soul — an ongoing series about using astrology to become the architect of your own destiny.
In the previous article, we discussed taking an energy approach to astrology and defined the basics of astrology in terms of energy and experience — how we use our energy determines how we experience our life. It’s a plain and simple fact, but one we often forget in our hectic, modern world. By grounding ourselves in this fundamental approach we can more deeply appreciate the subtle (and not so subtle) energies of the cosmos and how they affect us here on Earth, seeking ways to (consciously) work with them, lest they work (unconsciously) against us.
Essential Building Blocks
Building upon this fundamental energy approach, we next want to introduce the concept of the Four Elements: fire, earth, air, and water. These are the essential building blocks of astrology.
Most of us are at least somewhat familiar with the concept of the Four Elements. It expresses the idea that everything in life is composed of some combination of four archetypal elements — an idea that is as old as civilization…
