Cardinal sign (astrology) This article is about the zodiac signs.
For the five cardinal signs of inflammation, see Inflammation#Clinical_signs. The four cardinal signs are: Jump up ^ Guido Bonatti, Liber Astronomiae, Part II. [tr. Negative sign. These signs constitute the earth and water triplicities.
Introduction to signs[edit] In astrology there are two groups: positive and negative. These two groups also include six individual signs that are called zodiac signs. The negative signs associated with the zodiac are Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces. Cancer (astrology) The concept of the zodiac originated in Babylonian astrology, and was later influenced by Hellenistic culture.
According to astrology, celestial phenomena relate to human activity on the principle of "as above, so below", so that the signs are held to represent characteristic modes of expression,[1] or primary energy patterns indicating specific qualities of experience, through which planets manifest their dimension of experience.[2] The twelve sector division of the ecliptic constitutes astrology's primary frame of reference when considering the positions of celestial bodies, from a geocentric point of view, so that we may find, for instance, the Sun in 23º Aries (23º longitude), the Moon in 7º Scorpio (217º longitude), or Jupiter in 29º Pisces (359º longitude).