Cardinal sign (astrology) Cardinal sign (astrology) The practice of astrology recognizes four cardinal signs of the zodiac: Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn — sometimes called reacting signs. It associates those people born "under" one of these with certain human behaviors and traits like being active, self-motivated, insightful and ambitious. The word "cardinal" originates from the Latin word for "important," since they each mark the turning point of a temperate season. They were called "moveable" by traditional astrologers because, as Bonatti says, the "air" changes when the Sun enters each of these signs, bringing a change of season. Sometimes the word "cardinal" is confused
Decan (astrology) a triplicity, consisting of three of the four classical elements air, water, earth or fire, and is therefore subdivided into three equal parts of 10 degrees each; these parts are referred to as "decans" or "decanates". Each decan of a sign is assigned rulership by the planet ruling the sign and secondary rulership by the planet ruling the decan. The decans and their rulers are assigned as follows as based on the concepts of modern Western astrology: The decans and their rulers are assigned as follows as based on the concepts of ancient Western astrology : Decan (astrology) In astrology,