LODESTAR JOURNALYou might see Aries called a ‘masculine’ sign and Taurus a ‘feminine’ sign. The words sound personal, but they name groups of zodiac signs, not groups of people.
Two groups alternate around the zodiac
The fire and air signs form one group, and the earth and water signs form the other. Starting with Aries, they alternate: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius in the first group; Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces in the second.
The names are old symbolic labels
Older Western astrology called the first group ‘masculine’ and the second ‘feminine.’ The older words can sound like labels for people's gender. Here they describe a way of sorting signs.
Read the sign, not the person
If a list calls Libra ‘masculine,’ it only puts Libra in the same group as Aries and Gemini. It does not tell you someone's gender, personality, or future. You can leave this extra label aside while learning the basic chart symbols.
A few common questions
Does a ‘feminine’ sign belong only to women?
No. It is an old name for one group of signs. People of any gender can have planets in any sign.
Sources & further reading
Astrology sources describe their own traditions and methods; they do not establish predictive accuracy. The writing exercises are original Lodestar editorial material.
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