The 4 elements and combinations of astrology

An important factor in the fate of a relationship is the elements. The elements define our basic temperament and what we are most spontaneously apt to do. Sometimes we act unconsciously, blindly, and inpulsively because of the strength of our element. We don't really realize that ourselves sometimes and usually fire signs are the ones who are most likely to think astrology and horoscopes are nonsenses.

Air - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

Air sign people are mental and analytical and usually use their heads more than their hearts. Typical air signs trust their logic in their heads over their intuition and are forever trying to figure things out with their head. They are emotionally detached, changeable and sociable as well as needing alot of space and stimulation. They are usually the smartest people you can find.

Thus air signs love verbal and intellectual communication or someone who can turn them on with their excellent communication skills. However, emotionally they can be superficialand difficult to pin down as they are indecisive when it comes to matters of the heart. They often find themselves asking themselves what they want. Of all the elements, fire and air signs have the hardest time with commitment and the most capable of being unfaithful.

Air sign people enjoy brief, superficial interactions that other elements might consider foolish and shallow. They are often heavy clubbers, who like the fire signs, just wanna have a good time in the moment. Air signs hate being tied down and can be very fickle should that happen.

Because their heads rule their hearts, they can get terribly confused at times about what they are feeling. Air signs are the ones who are most capable of changing as a person and become very hard to read or understand. They can seem to be an overnight best friend and when in the light of the day, that connection gets completely forgotten.

They approach relationships with rational analysis, not feelings. Therefore emotional displays usually frightens them or make them feel suffocated. When when they get frighten, they tend to run or hide away.

The most materialistic people are usually air signs. This is because people under these signs love a life of luxury and simply prefer the best. Only the best would do for them.


Fire - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius

Fire sign people are energetic, impatient and impulsive. They are full of life, vim and vigor and are highly self expressove. Often childish in their attitude, they tend to want what they want when they want it. Most of all, they want to have fun. The world is their playground and their mission is as much pleasure as can be had.

They seek excitement, hate being bored and loved to be entertained. Likewise, they are often entertaining themselves. Fire signs are usually prone to 'love at first sight' siutations that can be quickly burnt out should things get boring.

Passionate, impulsive, romantic and enthusiastic, they often act before they think and sometimes get themselves into some serious emotional stews. They are the most self-centered and restless people you can find and never let anything get them down for long.

Although they love having alot of attention, they also tend to need a challenge. So they hate people who are clingy, weepy and wanting more of their time than they can afford to give. This is also because fire signs prize their most important asset - freedom. They need lots of it and always want to have their way with things. It is either their way or the highway. This applies to every aspect from friends, career and relationships.


Earth - Virgo, Taurus, Capricorn

People borned under earth signs are the most practical and pragmatic types who have 2 feets on the ground and need to know where they are going. These are the ones who love having a routine or schedule to follow - what they will be doing every week, what time, and where, etc.

Earth signs are the most security-oriented, both on a material and emotional level. They prefer concrete, stable and enduring relationships that promises both security and longevity. Because earth signs are earthly people, they need what is tangible (real) and not what is most exciting or ideal. Unlike air signs that dont give a damn as long it is exciting and interesting, earth signs are the complete opposite.

This type of people are usually very organized, task oriented and perfectionistic performers. Highly focused and completely tenacious, they climb the mountain one step at a time and make steady progress even so they will eventually get to where they want. They are often able to own the mountain because of their amazing patience and fortitude when faced with obstacles.

This same attitude brought into relationships often make other signs think they are boring. However the truth is that typical earth signs do not consider excitement. More likely, they will consider stability and security as well as trust. Loyal and trustworthly, they want a partner they can depend on, not a playmate.

They are often blind to seeing siutations that are under the surface. When too earth bound, earth can suffocate air, put out fire, and turn water into mud. However, they just do not see it and probably will never. They think that as long they make money, handle it well, and show up day after day to share it with a partner, they are doing their job well. But a relationship isn't a job.


Water - Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Sensitive, intuitive and emotional, the water signs are all emotional introverts who live in their own world. Don't be fooled by how popular they are or how many friends they have. Usually aware of the smallest details, water signs see human subtleties and instinctively understand them. They trust their feelings as a source of truth and more than often would use their heart over their heads unlike air or fire signs.

Water sign people are often psychic sponges and need to be self protective in negative siutations because they are easily prone to hurt and emotional stress which can cause a change in their moods. Their feelings are often so intense that it is nearly impossible for them to deal with the day to day frustrations of life. This make them very difficult people to understand.

They are also slow at moving on after a setback as they tend to think and get too carried away with their thinking or unwilling to let go of the past.

Water signs live and die by their feelings and so if they strongly feel something, without question they will know it is true and stick by it. As they are sensitive people, they detest insensitive people who often get on their nerves as they cant see and feel what water signs can.

They have a special gift in being perceptive(very sensitive). But it is also their curse as living day to day in a superficial world when you have such amazing emotional depth is not easy. Thus water signs end up battling their moods with their emotions daily. They are one of the most moody people you can find.

The people who need love more than any are usually water sign people. Highly romantic and passionate, they seek close, intimate connections that reflects their affirm and inner sensitiveness. Most water signg seek a soulmate and would would be the last to marry for money. What they want in life is not the bucks but the love and bliss they can find in a true love. They can have all the millions and success in the world but they will never feel complete without love.

Water signs like scorpios and cancers carry a mystifying aura around them which most would find highly seductive and sensual. And unlike other elements, they have their own unique ways of seeing and doing things which leads other elements to theme them as wierdos or ridiculous.


Elemenets Combination

Fire with Fire
Having the same element, they have the same essential temperament: impatient, impulsive, fast, fun loving and excitement seeking. Fire is the most intensely alive element and it expects others to run at its pace. They dont want to be held back and hate the word NO. Together, 2 fire signs will make great partners for friendship, business and love. Inspired, enthusiastic, creative and forever looking for the most fun way to do something, they instinctively fire each other up and the incandescent energy is contagious!

Fire with Air
Air fans the flames of fire while fire inspires air. A fire sign with an air sign is an excellent combination with instant chemistry and great emotional compatibility. Fire and air complement each other in such a way that they bring the best out of each other's temperament, stimulate each other's minds and spirits and energize each other in their choosen directions. Fire and air signs are very intense when together and make a great choice for friendship, marriage or just having loads of fun.

Fire with Earth
A fire sign with an earth sign is a challenging choice at best. A good combination for business, as the different headsets can both complement and compensate for each other. Fire tend to feel smothered by earth and earth is often irritated by the energy of fire. They both look at life in completely different ways. Earth is slow, practical and motivated by the need for security whereas fire is fast, impulsive and freedom loving and easily impatient and bored. This combination is irritating and not really a wise choice.

Fire with Water
Just as water will put out a fire, fire signs often feel extinguished by water signs. Fire signs hate the feeling of being curbed or contained. They want to feel free to move in whatever direction takes their fancy, and they often feel slowed down by the emotional water signs. Fire can get impatient with all that emotional displays of water while water can look upon fire as shallow and insensitive. On a very close contact, fire can make water even more insecure and fire may feel especially with the intense energies of scoprio, that there is a subtle energy pull that puts out the fire. At the same time however, this can be a sexually passionate connection that can sizzle both emotionally and sexually.

Air with Air
An air sign with another air sign is a completely at home. Communication is a thing of ease here and since air signs are naturally curious, they like to carry on communications about how things work and why. Air also has strong space and freedom requirements that they mutally respect. Air with air is built in comfort zone that requires little work but offers endless satisfaction. Because air's number 1 need is to have mental stimulation, 2 air signs can fufill that for one another effortlessly. Air signs tend to become friends first and lovers later, building a strong foundation that can form a lifetime of meangingful experience. This is a smart choioce where relating is easy.

Air with Earth
Air signs and earth signs are highly incompatible with each other because they approach life in very different ways. Earth is practical and grounded, always focused on the pragmatic view of a siutation whereas air can get lost in ideas that can be theoretical rather than practical. The slow, plodding ways of earth can really annoy air who is mentally agile and quick to come up with answers without hours of footwork. On the other hand, earth may see air as undependable and unreliable. These 2 elements are grounded in completely different spheres that could lead to communication breakdown and is one of the most difficult choices.

Air with Water
This is another challenging combination that could work or fail. It requires patience on the parts of both parties. Air signs are not as emotional as water signs whereas water signs use their heart more than their head unlike air signs. As long they can put this right and understand this, there is every chance of this combination working. Water tend to see air as cold and unmoved while air tend to see water as utterly subjective. Water can drown air in their emotions whereas air can hurt water's feelings with their emotionally cold attitude. However, both elements are highly intelligent in their own unique ways and if they can manage to just sit down, trash things out and listen to each other's viewpoints, this is a choice that could work out.

Earth with Earth
An earth sign with another earth sign is a most compatiable combination where both people are temperamentally alike and share the same mindset and views. They speak the same language emotionally, physically and mentally. They may not be an exciting combination like fire with fire but they are the most durable and lasting ones. Since earth signs tends to want things to last forever, this is a very good choice.

Earth with Water
Earth signs and water signs complement each other and could be a very compatible combination. This is because water signs find security in earth while earth signs love the sensitive and caring nature of water signs. Both need stability to feel safe and both want enduring relationships, not one night stands. Since both are sensual, there is usually a high sexual compatibility. There is also a mutal support and understanding for each other and therefore this combination usually makes for a lasting relationship that feels like comfort zone. It could be a very smart choice.

Water with Water
Two water signs ensures there is alot of emotional and sensual compatibility. Although each water sign is different in its individual approach to the world, all 3 of them are emotional, intuitive and ruled by their feelings and heart. Water signs can intuit each other and can often read each other's mind like a book. They have a strong need for emotional security that is an overriding factor of their life. They also have a need for intimacy in a relationship which some of the elements lacks. Although most water signs are complex and moody, they have an essential intuitive basis for understanding each other. Such a deep affinity makes this a good combination.