We all know the 12 astral signs but we could also think of the zodiac as six axes of signs; each axis with two opposite and complementary signs. Let’s discover what our opposite sign is and see if we experience it as threatening and exclusive or as balancing and compensating. Having one sensation or the other will depend on how much we can include those who are different from us.
The six axes are: Aries-Libra, Taurus-Scorpio, Gemini-Sagittarius, Cancer-Capricorn, Leo-Aquarius, and Virgo-Pisces.
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Aries with Libra: “The warrior and the conciliator”
As threatening and exclusive: Aries feels that Libra is not completely honest about their intentions and this generates mistrust. Libra feels that Aries is excessively direct and experiences it as aggressive and impatient.
As for balance and compensation: If Aries managed to lower his speed, he could perceive that subtlety and good Libra treatment can lead him to a much better port than when he walks alone and pushes. On his part, if Libra manages to be able to express himself in a more genuine way without thinking that they will stop loving him for that, he will develop, together with the courageous Aries, the courage to achieve what he aspires to and could not do alone.
In the profound wisdom of this Aries-Libra relationship, subtle and beautiful movements are generated so that passionate projects are always renewed. As in the movement of a pendulum, one pushes and the other leads the way in rhythm.
In the Aries-Libra bond, it is revealed that connecting with one’s own desire should not be synonymous with isolation and loneliness, since personal vitality is activated even more when we encourage ourselves to meet others.
Taurus and Scorpio: “The landowner and the alchemist”
As threatening and exclusive: Taurus is simple, explicit, and concrete: “to bread, bread, and to wine, wine.” From this flat way of being, the strategic and complex nature of Scorpio is intolerable to him. Scorpio perceives the bullfighter as excessively comfortable and basic. Both highly value the security and satisfaction of their needs Taurus of the material world, Scorpio of the emotional world and the simplicity of the first as well as the tension of the second will be experienced as extremely threatening.
As for balance and compensation: If Taurus overcomes the first feeling of intimidation and manages to perceive that with Scorpio he understands complex ways, he will be able to operate more powerfully in the material world. While if Scorpio recognizes in the simplicity of Taurus a possible key to overcoming his paranoid tendencies, he will be able to enjoy himself a little more. The relationship between Taurus and Scorpio generates a bond of magnetism and power that will be difficult to miss.
Scorpio will open the hidden potential that Taurus did not see before to make it someone more powerful in the material world. Together with the bull, Scorpio overcomes his tendency to live from a painful intensity and discovers moments of plenitude and enjoyment in everyday life. This intense relationship transforms both of them and becomes a source of healing for old wounds.
Gemini and Sagittarius: “The communicator and the guide”
As threatening and exclusive: Gemini feels Sagittarius is too closed and dogmatic. In opposition, Gemini’s tendency to explore the multiple variants of reality is perceived as chaotic and superficial by Sagittarius. Gemini relativizes everything and Sagittarius longs to find one-way and absolute answers.
As for balance and compensation: Geminis are aware of their own tendency to always want to open up infinite variants and they know that this can lead them to lose themselves in eternally finding new discoveries and therefore new questions. If he manages to accept Sagittarius’s definite beliefs, then this becomes the best antidote to his dispersion. On his part, if the Sagittarian recognizes that by accepting Gemini’s doubts, he will have to investigate and seek new answers that will revitalize him in his long-awaited exploratory experiences.
Gemini and Sagittarius discover that for every question there is an answer, from which a new, even richer and more complex question will emerge. Each answer calms and, at the same time, generates a new concern. Together they are generators of new ideas because in this endless search for variables and philosophical openings they allow visions of transcendent truths to flourish, revealing ideas and principles of more comprehensive orders that the rest of mortals would never have considered.
Cancer and Capricorn: “The Protector and the Authority”
As threatening and exclusive: Cancer feels that his need to remain protected in nuclei of family belonging is judged by Capricorn as a childish whim. For his part, Capricorn feels that his objective reality is threatened by the incongruous fears of the fearful Cancerian.
Cancer perceives Capricorn as cold and demanding, while Capricorn views Cancer as childish and foolish. The Cancerian takes refuge in his rights, and from the opposite sidewalk, the Capricornian emphatically reminds him of his obligations.
As for balance and compensation: If Cancer tolerates a certain rigidity from Capricorn, they will begin to appreciate the maturity and supportiveness that this will bring to their life. And if Capricorn does not react to emotional demands from the cold, it will begin to benefit from Cancerian sensitivity; because he will be able to incorporate compassion and tenderness becoming more connected and, therefore, more efficient in the real world.
The deep complementarity between the sensitive nature of Cancer and the security and efficiency of Capricorn generates responsible relationships that can take care of both what happens in the family world and in the social reality “outside doors”. Together they provide structure and material support to the private and public world. Cancer and Capricorn in loving alchemy manage to abandon childish ways of understanding life to account for the complex needs of the human soul. This relationship creates solitary connected links where it is possible to develop concrete actions towards the vulnerable of humanity.
Leo and Aquarius: “The king and the creative”
As threatening and exclusive: The Leonine needs to be the center clashes with the dizzying and changing personality of the Aquarius. Leo can’t be seen or applauded because Aquarius “isn’t there anymore” -always looking for something new and different-. Leo will feel that Aquarius has neither the time nor the patience to recognize what he needs, while Aquarius will feel his freedom restricted by the demand for Leo’s attention.
The leonine personality will perceive that its creativity is wasted in the face of the perpetual change of Aquarius. The Aquarian personality will consider that its possibilities are limited by having to please the egoic Leo.
As for balance and compensation: Both personalities are extremely creative in nature, so if Leo manages to give up the scepter and Aquarius stay put, they can strengthen themselves and become a continuous stimulus and improvement of their respective creativity.
The loving alchemy of this relationship allows us to discover that their identities, rather than competing or interacting individualities, are, in truth, little sparks of the immense solar fire, minimal expressions of the profound creativity of life itself. The awareness that the fullest creativity has no owner or creator flourishes. Aquarius and Leo can recognize that their expressive talent is a gift to reach the hearts of others that allows them to circulate renewed and creative information in human networks.
The loving Leo-Aquarius relationship allows each member to be creative and move freely in relationships. They experience for themselves the moving evidence that the sun is the radiant center of a system and, at the same time, a star that, together with others, forms part of a constellation. The individual is himself a sun that shines with its own light (Leo) and, at the same time, is a participant in the vast current of life circulation and what radiates from human groups and networks (Aquarius).
Virgo and Pisces: “The Servant and the Mystic”
As Threatening and Exclusionary: Virgo’s yearning for order and precision can clash with Pisces’ confused sensibilities. The Piscean dream of a more loving world is frustrated by the skeptical and critical Virginian observations.
Virgo finds Pisces too self-indulgent with their fantasies and daydreams. And excessively rational and stark Pisces to Virgo’s desire to adapt to a logical, reasonable, and mechanical world.
As for balance and compensation: Although confused and frightened by that other who is diametrically opposed, both perceive that their antagonistic views of the same reality could have a lot of value. If Pisces tolerates experiencing Virginian logic, he may begin to feel calmed down by this common sense.
For his part, if Virgo loosens the need to have everything under control, he will probably begin to perceive that with the Piscean life flows and relaxation is generated that he begins to subtly enjoy. They will have to tolerate that there are areas of reality in which, although shared, they are perceived in diametrically opposed ways. Both will have to let go of their classic ways of acting, Virgo will have to overcome the excessive need for logic and rational efficiency, and Pisces will need to abandon their excessive tendency to be sensitive.
Pisces and Virgo’s meeting allows them to grasp deeper and more mysterious levels of reality. Together they should be encouraged to trust that the perception of the most hidden of each being, rather than disconcerting or confusing, allows us to recognize patterns that operate in the universe without being visible to our rational logic.
The deep alchemy of the Virgo and Pisces bond reveals that the world does not respond only to a demanding and strict analysis that the intellect can make, but also to delicate subtle structures that are beyond the possibilities of our human reason. The exquisite system with which reality works responds to a sacred order, which can be perceived with maximum sharpness, clarity, and discrimination, but, at the same time, never explained or reproduced with the tools of the mind.