Where our emotions take place
Since ancient times, Astrology has used the four elements – Fire, Earth, Air, and Water – as one of the ways of classifying and dividing the energies of the zodiac. Thus, the signs are grouped by their similar characteristics, according to the qualities of each element.
The Water signs are associated with sensitivity and everything that returns us to our ancestry, to times lost in the past and that mark the soul in the present. In the astrological chart, this is the element that connects us to the depths of our being, symbolizes our emotions, and represents intuition, inspiration, and fantasy.
Water is the essence of life, the primitive nature of human existence. And for you to better understand the characteristics of the Water signs, how they manifest and how much strength and power we can extract from this energy, just follow what we have prepared in the next lines.
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Water Signs: characteristics and manifestations
Deep, sensitive and dense, the element of Water provokes an irresistible need to penetrate the mysterious labyrinths of the soul. Water symbolizes fecundity, fertility, transformation, purification, strength, and cleansing. In its essence, it encompasses a hidden universe. The water and the path merge as a single being.
And the signs that gather these characteristics are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.
Natives with a sun sign or a large amount of this element in their astrological chart are usually people of very high sensitivity, with a tendency to be extremely creative and captivating.
Empathic and dreamy, like water itself, they are able to infiltrate into any corner, and because they can easily absorb the energies of the environment around them, they are very susceptible to temperament oscillations.
Although they are guided by feelings and emotions, it is worth pointing out that the typical characteristics of the Water element manifest themselves in different ways in each sign. Let’s check it out:
The sign of Cancer is marked by affection and welcoming. It is ruled by the Moon and has to do with the art of caring and being cared for. It symbolizes home, affective and family ties, nutrition, and shelter, besides speaking of memories, roots, and our past. It is closely connected to the human need to feel protected and cared for.
In the sign of Scorpio, we find the power of rebirth and transformation. It is the sign of detachment, of renewal, of closing cycles for the birth of new ones. Its ruler is Pluto, the lord of the depths and of the mysteries, from where the power of regeneration is revealed.
The sign of Pisces speaks of subjectivity and fantasy. The last sign of the zodiac, ruled by Neptune, is the guardian of the cosmos and chaos, the symbol of invisible forces, of sharp intuition, of the whirlwind of emotions. Pisces is a radar that captures the intangible and is very much related to spirituality.
Positive and challenging aspects
Subjectivity, movements of interiorization, and reality coated in psychic meaning are some of the expressions of this enigmatic and difficult to understand element.
We all receive the influence of the Water signs in our chart, and it is in the areas where they are that we relativize facts and are subject to the current of emotion.
The Water element is associated with free transit through the universe of imagination. Moldable and sensitive, intense and emotional, involving and contemplative, it puts us in direct contact with the solitude of the soul, where our richness and inner chaos reside. This journey can be painful and anguishing, usually feared, but necessary for our self-development and improvement.
People with strong positions in this element tend to capture the mood and energies of the environment. They are like sponges that absorb and clean, but also get intoxicated. On the other hand, they are able to welcome those who suffer, dissolving distress and offering emotional comfort and warmth.
Silence is a challenging aspect here, for it can act both as a provider of deep peace for some, and as a terrifying experience for others. And it is only in inner contact that we prepare ourselves to deal with these feelings.
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Excess of the Water Element in the astrological chart
Those who have excess of the Water element in their astrological chart tend to live submitted to emotional fluctuations, and usually experience great distortions of reality because they live in the world of fantasy and imagination. Because they live with emotions “at the surface of their skin”, mood instability can be a constant for these people.
In addition, they let themselves be overly influenced by what happens around them and easily absorb the energies of their environment. They can become victims of everything, and can also manipulate feelings, whether their own or those of others. Imagination dominates, and as a consequence, fears also increase significantly.
To balance this excess of the water element, the tips are:
Learn to accept reality better, especially when it contradicts expectations and imagination;
- Get organized, cultivate discipline;
- Do manual, repetitive work;
- Contact with the earth.
Lack of the element of water in the astrological chart
For those who lack this element, the great difficulty is to get in touch with their own feelings and to deal with the feelings of others. They are also people who suffer from neediness and emotional fragility, problems that tend to somatize easily, generating psychological and even physical conflicts.
The difficulty in expressing feelings leads these people to inhibit more intimate contact with others, or to mistrust those who open up more easily. There can also be an attitude of excessive internalization and a lack of courage to take emotional risks.
To balance the lack of the water element, the tips are:
- Contact with the arts.
- Practice some artistic or creative activity,
- The use of imagination to get in touch and express the inner self helps considerably in balancing the element.
Complementary elements: the dynamic between water and earth
As we have seen, Water speaks of our emotional dimension, the way we feel and deal with emotions. But in the energetic dynamic, this element must be in balance with the Earth, which speaks of our physical perception of the world.
If in Water we experience our intuition and sensibility, in Earth, the experiences happen through the five senses. It is our contact with the materiality of objects, with the visible. They are like light and shadow of each other.
At the same time that we dream, idealize or desire something, it is necessary for us to make efforts with the intention of realizing these objectives. They are complementary energies.
While Water is sensitive, idealizing and intuitive, Earth is the world of consciousness, of form and occupation of space.
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Water is the soul of reality
Three quarters of the Earth is covered by water, and man develops throughout gestation enveloped in the amniotic fluid.
Finally, in the Water signs are the references of our sensibility and how we are affected by it. These are experiences whose meaning the objective mind is unable to reach or reproduce.
